John C.P. Goldberg

John Carlo Paul Goldberg (born October 10, 1961) is an American legal scholar who has been the dean of Harvard Law School since 2024. He was previously the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard.

Early life and education Goldberg was born to a Jewish family. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University in 1983. He then attended St Antony's College, Oxford, and obtained a Master of Philosophy in politics in 1985. In 1989, Goldberg received a Master of Arts from Princeton University in politics and then a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the New York University Law Review. On June 30, 2025, Goldberg was officially appointed dean of Harvard Law School.

Goldberg is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Goldberg also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Tort Law, where he was editor in chief from 2009 to 2015, and is currently co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Legal Analysis. Goldberg is a co-author of the casebook Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress.