Jessica Wilen Berg
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Jessica Wilen Berg is an American attorney and specialist in Bioethics and Public Health Law. She is Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law. She previously served as co-Dean at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, the first female co-Dean or Dean in the law school's 129-year history.[1][2][3] She is a reference book author in the area of informed consent.[4] Her scholarly opinion is often reported by institutions and media on ethical aspects of innovative biomedical procedures.[5][6][7][8][9]
Berg graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1991.[1] In 1994, she graduated as Juris Doctor (JD) from Cornell Law School.[1] She undertook consecutive positions as a fellow at the Institute for Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law (1994), fellow at the Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia School of Medicine (1994), and Scholar in Excellence at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine (1996-1996).[1] In 2009 she completed a Masters in Public Health (MPH) at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.[1]
