Lonnie T. Brown has been named the Kean Family Dean of the Beasley School of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia. He will begin his new appointment on August 1.
Professor Brown comes to Temple from the University of Tennessee, where he has been serving as the dean, Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law, and Haslam Family Professor in the Winston College of Law. Earlier in his career, he was the A. Gus Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism at the University of Georgia School of Law. He also held the title of Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, the university’s highest honor for teaching excellence. From 2013 to 2015, Professor Brown was associate dean for academic affairs at Georgia Law.
As a scholar, Professor Brown focuses on lawyering, legal ethics, and judicial ethics. He is the author of former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark’s biography, Defending the Public’s Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark (Stanford University Press, 2019), and co-author of Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach (West Academic Publishing, 6th ed. 2026).
“I am deeply honored and humbled to have been selected as Kean Family Dean of the Beasley School of Law,” said Professor Brown. “The university and law school’s sincere commitment to student success, broad access, community engagement, and overall excellence is palpable, and I could not be more excited about this amazing opportunity to contribute to those critically important objectives in the years ahead.”
Professor Brown received his bachelor’s degree in English from Emory University in Atlanta and his juris doctorate from Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville.
