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Robert Gilbert Johnston

 

Robert Gilbert Johnston
Professor, Former Dean
The John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312.987.1429
E-mail: 6johnsto@jmls.edu

JD, University of Chicago

 

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The son of Scottish immigrants, Robert Gilbert Johnston was raised in Hawaii on a sugar plantation. He first joined John Marshall as an adjunct professor in 1963. He became a full-time professor in 1965.

He returned to Hawaii in 1969 and spent two years as executive director of Hawaii Legal Services, after which he entered private practice, principally representing institutionalized persons and community groups, and private social service agencies, including American Friends Service Committee, Hawaii Association of Retarded Citizens, Hawaii League of Women Voters, and Queen Liliuokalani Children's Center.

Since returning to Chicago and rejoining the John Marshall faculty in 1975, Professor Johnston's activities have included serving as reporter for numerous Illinois Judicial Conferences and as vice chair of the Jefferson Inn of the American Inns of Court in 1993. He is also active in bar activities in both Illinois and Hawaii.

He was associate dean for academic affairs from 1988 to 1994, and on behalf of the law school visited China and the Czech Republic, where he lectured extensively, as well as Lithuania and Ireland. He has appeared before Illinois and Hawaii state and federal courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Professor Johnston was appointed dean in 1995 and served until retiring from that post in 2003. He teaches Civil Procedure II and Professional Responsibility.

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Publications

Book Chapter: Academic Dishonesty: Revoking Academic Credentials, in Student Disciplinary Issues: A Legal Compendium (Faulkner & Tribbensee eds.) (3d ed.), NACUA (National Association of College and University Attorneys), 2005

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Presentations

Illinois Judicial Regional Conference - Bloomington (prepared and presented paper on miscellaneous remedies and declaratory actions) 2001.

Illinois Judicial Regional Conference - Springfield (prepared and presented paper on contempt), 2002.

Speaker, Republic of Korea, Seoul at International Conference on Business, Technology & Intellectual Property in IT Age on the "Future of American Legal Education" and "Organization and Jurisdiction of American Courts", Spring 2001.

Speaker, Republic of Korea, Pohang, at Handong University on "Ethics," Spring 2001.

Speaker, Peoples Republic of China, Shenyang and Shanghai, Rule of Law Workshop on "American Judicial System" and "Legal Ethics," Spring 2000.

Speaker, Czech Republic, Prague, conference sponsored by Prague Bar Association at St. Charles University, "Professionalism," Fall 2000.

Speaker, Czech Republic, Prague, conference sponsored by Prague Bar Association at its offices, "Jury Verdicts," Fall 2002.

Speaker, Czech Republic, Brno, conference co-sponsored by Masaryk University Law School and The John Marshall Law School on "Jury Trials and Verdicts," Fall 2002.

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Last Updated On: 7/2/09
 

 


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