Elon University - School of Law
School of Law - Elon University
George R. Johnson Jr., interim dean, professor of law, associate dean for academic affairs
 (336) 279-9237, gjohnson8@elon.edu

Professor George Johnson George R. Johnson Jr., formerly served six years as president of LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tenn. He also has been associate dean and professor of law at Howard University in Washington, D.C. From 1979 to 1981, he worked in the Carter administration as assistant general counsel in the Executive Office of the President. He also served as assistant counsel to the Committee on Banking, Finance & Urban Affairs in the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition to Howard, he has taught at George Mason University. He has spent the past four years in Washington, practicing law and serving as a consultant to colleges and universities. Johnson has also served on the boards of trustees/directors of Amherst College, the United Negro College Fund, the Council of Independent Colleges, the Economic Club of Memphis, and Universal Life Insurance Company. Johnson has a bachelor's degree from Amherst College and a juris doctor from Columbia University.