Jason Scott Johnston
Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor in Environmental Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Jason Scott Johnston is the Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor in Environmental Law and director of the John M. Olin Program in Law & Economics at the University of Virginia School of Law, and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research applies law & economics to environmental regulation, natural-resources law, torts, contracts, consumer protection, and regulatory science.
Before his current role, Johnston served as the Nicholas E. Chimicles Research Professor in Business Law and Regulation at the University of Virginia School of Law. He previously held the Robert G. Fuller Jr. Professorship of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he also directed the Program on Law, Environment, and Economy.
Earlier, he taught at Vanderbilt Law School and Vermont Law School. He also held visiting or fellowship appointments at Yale Law School, the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, the American Academy in Berlin, and the Property and Environment Research Center.
At the start of his legal career, Johnston clerked for Judge Gilbert S. Merritt of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
He has served on the board of directors of the American Law and Economics Association, on the National Science Foundation’s law-and-social-science grant-review panel, and on the board of the Searle Civil Justice Institute. He also received the Robert A. Gorman Award for Teaching Excellence.
Johnston earned a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. He also holds a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College.
