#  John F. Manning 

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   ![John Manning](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2024-11/John_Manning_15%20copy.jpg?h=31c7225a&itok=YiB5t3BY) 

 



 





 

John F. Manning is Harvard University’s Provost and the Dane Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Manning was the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School from 2017–2024. He joined the HLS faculty in 2004, and was the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law from 2007–2017 and Deputy Dean from 2013–2017. Prior to coming to Harvard, Manning was the Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he began teaching in 1994. Manning teaches administrative law, federal courts, legislation and regulation, separation of powers, and statutory interpretation. His writing focuses on statutory interpretation and structural constitutional law. Manning is a co-editor of *Hart & Wechsler’s Federal Courts and the Federal System* (6th ed., 2009) (with Richard Fallon, Daniel Meltzer, and David Shapiro), and *Legislation and Regulation* (2d ed., 2013) (with Matthew Stephenson). Prior to entering teaching, Manning served as an assistant to the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice (1991–94), an associate in the D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (1989–91), and an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice (1986–88). He served as a law clerk to Hon. Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States (1988–89) and to Hon. Robert H. Bork on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1985–86). Manning graduated from Harvard Law School in 1985 and Harvard College in 1982. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

**Assisted by:** Samantha Mewhorter, [samantha\_mewhorter@harvard.edu](mailto:samantha_mewhorter@harvard.edu)

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##  Provost's Team 

The Provost's Team directly supports Provost Manning in his work via project management, communications, and administrative support.

 

 



  [### Courtney Ackerman

 ](/people/courtney-ackerman) [courtney\_ackerman@harvard.edu](mailto:courtney_ackerman@harvard.edu)Project Manager

 

 

 

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   [### Lance Brisbois

 ](/people/lance-brisbois) [lance\_brisbois@harvard.edu](mailto:lance_brisbois@harvard.edu)Senior Project Manager

 

 

 

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   [### Kelsey Heroux

 ](/people/kelsey-heroux) [kelsey\_heroux@harvard.edu](mailto:kelsey_heroux@harvard.edu)Project Manager

 

 

 

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   [### Imani Luckey

 ](/people/imani-luckey) [imani\_luckey@harvard.edu](mailto:imani_luckey@harvard.edu)Executive Assistant to the Deputy Provosts

 

 

 

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   [### Jessica McCann

 ](/people/jessica-mccann) [jessica\_mccann@harvard.edu](mailto:jessica_mccann@harvard.edu)Senior Communications Officer

 

 

 

      ![Jessica McCann](/sites/g/files/omnuum12476/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/jess.jpeg?itok=MDJkiT6Z) 

 

 

 

   [### Brendan McGinty

 ](/people/brendan-mcginty) [brendan\_mcginty@harvard.edu](mailto:brendan_mcginty@harvard.edu)Briefing and Correspondence Coordinator, Office of the Provost

 

 

 

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   [### Samantha Mewhorter

 ](/people/samantha-mewhorter) [samantha\_mewhorter@harvard.edu](mailto:samantha_mewhorter@harvard.edu)Senior Executive Assistant to the Provost

 

 

 

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   [### Lisa Thomas

 ](/people/lisa-thomas) [lisa\_thomas@harvard.edu](mailto:lisa_thomas@harvard.edu)Deputy Chief of Staff to the Office of the President and Provost

 

 

 

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   [### Ellen Trudel

 ](/people/ellen-trudel) [ellen\_morrissey@harvard.edu](mailto:ellen_morrissey@harvard.edu)Project Manager

 

 

 

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