Lisa S. Hutton

Lisa S. Hutton has been the Dean of the College of Law since July, 2019. Prior to this she acted as the College of Law Associate Dean, and Chair of the Legal Studies Program. As Chair of the Undergraduate Legal Studies Program she obtained ABA approval, giving JFK University the distinction of offering the only ABA-approved Bachelor’s Degree in Northern California.

Lisa has taught multiple courses in both the J.D. and BA programs. She served as John F. Kennedy University’s Faculty Senate President from 2009-2018.

Lisa was an associate attorney with Rankin, Sproat, Mires, Beaty & Reynolds practicing insurance defense litigation in Oakland, California. She has conducted several national conference presentations on outcomes based assessment in legal education and is a graduate of WASCUC’s Assessment Leadership Academy.

She is an Executive Board member of the American Association of Legal Educators, a member of the State Bar of California and the Contra Costa County Bar Association.