Eric W. Shannon

Eric W. Shannon currently teaches the Legal Writing sequence for 1L students. Since 2019, Professor Shannon has taught numerous courses at St. John’s Law for both J.D. and LL.M. students, including skills-based courses centering writing, client counseling and interviewing, and negotiation, as well as Professional Responsibility at both the Queens and Rome St. John’s campuses. From 2020-2025, Professor Shannon served as the Law School’s Dean of Students, recognized twice as a university-wide St. John’s Values and Inclusion (VIP) award recipient, in 2023 and 2025.

Professor Shannon’s scholarship explores topics in legal education, legal research and writing, lawyering skills, professional identity formation, and professional responsibility/legal ethics.

Before joining St. John’s Law in 2018, Professor Shannon was a litigation associate at an international corporate law firm based in New York City. His practice focused on representing health care industry clients in complex federal litigation, internal investigations, and compliance-related matters. His robust pro bono practice included representing immigration clients seeking asylum status, seeking executive clemency for non-violent offenders from the U.S. President, and representing two clients on death row appealing their capital punishment sentences in the state of Alabama.

After completing his undergraduate studies and before enrolling in law school, Professor Shannon taught high school biology at an under-resourced public school in the Bronx through the Teach For America program.

Professor Shannon received his J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law and graduated a member of the NYU Law chapter of the Order of the Coif. Before that, he received his M.S.T. from Fordham University while teaching full-time. He graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude with distinction in research, where he was a Merrill Presidential Scholar.