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Professor Jenny Carter-Johnson (JCJ) focuses her interests on intellectual property law, food and drug regulation and bioethics. She combines her scientific and legal training to investigate issues at the intersection of biological research and the law.

Professor Carter-Johnson joined Michigan State University College of Law in fall 2010. Prior to joining MSU, JCJ was a visiting faculty fellow at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri, and practiced law in Seattle, Washington, specializing in intellectual property licensing and representation of biotechnology companies.

Since joining MSU College of Law, Professor Carter-Johnson has served in a variety of roles including as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the faculty lead for development of the MSU Ethics Institute, Co-Associate Director for the Intellectual Property, Information, and Communications program, faculty mentor the first generation law student group (JCJ is the first in her family to graduate from college), and coach for the college’s three intellectual property moot court teams. JCJ also served as the Council Chair for the Michigan State Bar Section on Intellectual Property Law.

Professor Carter-Johnson graduated with highest honors from Union University with a B.S. in mathematics and biology. She earned her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Virginia, where her research concentrated on immune system development. She then received her law degree with honors from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was an articles editor and symposium coordinator of the Michigan Law Review. A member of the Michigan State Bar, she is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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