Leadership

As an esteemed alumnus, Jeffrey Jackson's journey has come full circle as the 25th dean at Washburn University School of Law, championing the values of the institution that shaped his own legal education. 

Jackson, who served as interim dean of the Washburn School of Law from 2022 to 2024, provided key leadership to law school faculty and staff as they helped to imagine and then moved to a new state-of-the-art home, Robert J. Dole Hall, in July of 2023. He also led the addition of a seventh Center for Excellence at Washburn School of Law, the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Center. 

Before serving as interim dean, Jackson was a law professor and the director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy at Washburn School of Law. He earned his Bachelor in Business Administration from Washburn University in 1989 and graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor from Washburn School of Law in 1992. In addition, Jackson holds an LL.M. in Constitutional Law from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. 

Before joining the Washburn School of Law faculty in 2005, Jackson served as a law clerk for Chief Justice Robert E. Davis on the Kansas Supreme Court and the Kansas Court of Appeals. He also worked as a law clerk for Judge Mary Beck Briscoe on the United States Tenth Court of Appeals. He was later a litigation associate at the Topeka law firm of Bennett & Dillon. Jackson also has served as the Constitutional Issues Attorney for the Kansas Supreme Court. 

Jackson's wealth of experience and dedication to innovation positions him well to lead the talented faculty of Washburn School of Law, ensuring its continued commitment to student success and the tradition of producing practice-ready graduates