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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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