John Robinson has been a member of the faculties of the Notre Dame Law School since 1983 and the university’s Department of Philosophy since 1981, becoming an assistant professor of law in 1998 and tenured associate professor of law in 1999.  In addition to teaching, he directed the law school’s Thomas J. White Center for Law and Government (1986-87 and 1988-97), and since 1994 has served as the faculty editor for the Journal of College and University Law, the hallmark publication of the National Association of College and University Attorneys.  He served as associate dean for academic affairs from 2002 until 2004.  He became executive associate dean in July 2005. 

He earned his A.B. from Boston College in 1967, his M.A. and Ph.D. from Notre Dame in 1972 and 1975, respectively, and his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1979.  He has been a member of the Rhode Island Bar since 1980.  He taught philosophy as an assistant professor at the University of San Francisco (1973-76), served as an instructor at the University of Miami (1979-80) and clerked at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut (1980-81).