International Conference on the Future of Legal Education

Patrick E. Longan

Professor Longan holds William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics and Professionalism at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law and is the Director of the Mercer Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and came to Mercer in 2000, after practicing law for seven years in Dallas and teaching at Stetson University College of Law for nine years. Professor Longan teaches legal ethics and professionalism at Mercer and serves as a member of the Georgia Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism. Professor Longan was the recipient of the 2005 National Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Professionalism, which was presented by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism, the Conference of Chief Justices, and the Burge Endowment for Legal Ethics.