UC Law SF, Prof. Manoj Viswanathan Will Serve as Interim Provost & Academic Dean in 2027:

After more than a decade of teaching, scholarship, and service at UC Law San Francisco, Professor Manoj Viswanathan is preparing to take on one of the College’s most important roles.

Starting in January 2027, Viswanathan will serve as interim provost & academic dean, succeeding outgoing Provost & Academic Dean Morris Ratner. As the College’s chief academic officer, he will oversee the academic program, including faculty, centers, curriculum, student-facing departments, and the student experience from orientation through post-graduate bar preparation.

Since joining the faculty in 2015, Viswanathan has helped shape the College’s academic offerings by co-founding the Center on Tax Law, creating or co-creating experiential tax law courses such as the Business Tax Practicum and Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, and publishing influential scholarship on tax policy, inequality and economic mobility. An award-winning teacher who has been named the Joseph W. Cotchett ’64 Professor of Law, he now brings that experience to a leadership role focused on guiding the College’s academic mission.

Viswanathan shares his top priorities for the role and his vision for the future of academics at UC Law SF.

What excites you most about stepping into this role?

As a regular faculty member, it’s hard to stay on top of all the amazing things my colleagues are doing. As provost & academic dean, acquiring this institutional knowledge is part of the job. I’m very much looking forward to learning more about how the pieces of our institution fit together.

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