Jeff Minneti, ​Treasurer

Professor Jeff Minneti directs Seattle University School of Law School’s Academic Resource Center (ARC).  The ARC is a team of dedicated academic support professionals whose focus is to equip students with the academic and executive function skills they need to accomplish their personal best in law school and pass the bar exam on their first attempt.  As director, Professor Minneti leads the Law School’s Access Admission Program.  In that role, he teaches Criminal Law, and together with the ARC Team, he partners with the Access Admission students throughout their law school experience.  Professor Minneti also teaches Trusts and Estates and Enhanced Analytical Skills to upper-level students.  In addition, he meets individually with students who are academically struggling, students who are seeking to enhance their academic performance, and students who are preparing for the bar exam.
Professor Minneti's scholarship focuses on two interests: (1) the intersection of behavioral economics and environmental regulation and (2) the study of how students' preferences, choices, and behaviors affect their academic performance. A common theme across his scholarship is the study of decision making and decision architecture. A recent paper found that law students' work drive is an effective predictor of their academic performance, which suggests that when students modify their preferences and choices around the work associated with law school, they will improve their academic performance. In 2018, he published an article describing the theoretical framework for the Access Admission Program, focusing on how the program is steeped in the neurobiology of learning and student motivation.
Professor Minneti has been recognized for his service and teaching.  In 2018, he received the Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Amicus Award. In 2019, he received the BLSA Faculty Award, and he was recently appointed the William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence.