Jennifer Mnookin

Jennifer Mnookin
Mnookin in 2025
21st President of Columbia University
Designate
Assuming office
July 1, 2026
SucceedingClaire Shipman (interim)
30th Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Assumed office
August 4, 2022
Preceded byKarl Scholz (interim)
Rebecca Blank
Succeeded byEric Wilcots (interim)
Personal details
Born1967 (age 58–59)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Academic background
ThesisImages of Truth: Evidence, Expertise, and Technologies of Knowledge in the American Courtroom (1999)
Doctoral advisorMichael Fischer
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Institutions

Jennifer Leigh Mnookin (born 1967) is an American legal scholar who has been the 30th chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison since August 2022. She previously served as dean of the UCLA School of Law from August 2015 to June 2022.

On January 25, 2026, the Board of Trustees of Columbia University named Mnookin the incoming 21st president of Columbia University, effective July 1, 2026.