Deans and Administration

Twinette Johnson is Dean and a Professor of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law (SLU LAW).  As Dean, she is the chief operating, financial, and academic officer of SLU LAW.

Prior to becoming Dean at SLU LAW in 2024, she served as Dean, Interim Dean, and Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. 

As a professor, Dean Johnson has taught contracts, commercial law, higher education, legal writing, professional identity, and bar exam skills courses. As an expert in the bar exam preparation field, Dean Johnson has also created programs and courses designed to enhance student preparedness for bar licensure exams.

Dean Johnson’s research interests include higher education access policy, learning theory models in legal education, affinity group formation and identity, and disaster policy.

Dean Johnson’s previous professional experience includes a clerkship on the Missouri Supreme Court with Judge W. Duane Benton. She also held a position as an associate attorney at Shearman and Sterling, LLP, a New York based law firm. There, she practiced in the Bank Finance group where she represented financial institutions and corporations in investment grade and non-investment grade financing transactions.

Dean Johnson earned her Ph.D. in Public and Social Policy with a concentration in Implementation and Management from Saint Louis University, her J.D. from Tulane University School of Law, and her B.A. in English Literature from Saint Louis University.  

deansoffice@slu.edu
314-977-8172

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Dana Malkus, J.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor
Director, Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic
dana.malkus@slu.edu
314-977-2777

Molly Walker Wilson, J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Engagement
Professor
molly.wilson@slu.edu
314-977-3308

Kathryn Banks, J.D.
Associate Dean for Experiential Education
Associate Professor
Director, Children's Permanency Clinic
kathryn.banks@slu.edu 
314-977-2778

Shannon Morse, J.D.
Assistant Dean for Administration
shannon.morse@slu.edu
314-977-2761

Michael J. Kolnik, J.D.
Dean of Admissions
michael.kolnik@slu.edu
314-977-3990

Mary Pat McInnis, J.D.
Dean of Career Services
mary.mcinnis@slu.edu
314-977-2771

Jessica Ciccone
Senior Director of Communications and Strategy
jessica.ciccone@slu.edu
314-977-7248

Belinda Dantley, J.D.
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
belinda.dantley@slu.edu
314-977-4571

Jon Baris, J.D.
Dean of Students
jon.baris@slu.edu
314-977-3675