Search Committee
Wayne Giles
wgiles@uic.edu
Search Committee Co-Chair
Dean and Professor
School of Public Health
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Kathryn Kennedy
kkenned@uic.edu
Search Committee Co-Chair
Professor
Director of the Center for Tax Law & Employee Benefits
School of Law
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Alicia Alvarez
aalvar95@uic.edu
Professor
Associate Dean for Experiential Education
School of Law
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Alberto Bernabe
abernabe@uic.edu
Professor
School of Law
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Megan Bess
mbess@uic.edu
Assistant Professor
Director of the Externship Program
School of Law
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Allison Bethel
allisonb@uic.edu
Professor
Director of the Law and Fair Housing Clinic
School of Law
Allison K. Bethel joined UIC John Marshall Law School in 2008 as a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Fair Housing Legal Clinic. She is a Chicago native and received her BS from Northwestern University and her J.D. from the University of Florida. While in law school, she received numerous awards for her advocacy skills including Best Oral Advocate, Best Brief Award and the Presidential Recognition Award.
Following law school, she worked in the private sector for two AV rated law firms in south Florida specializing in civil trial work. She later joined the Florida Attorney General’s Office where she was appointed Assistant Director of the Civil Rights Division. In that capacity, she supervised the development and litigation of civil rights cases throughout the State of Florida. In 2000, she was promoted to Director of Civil Rights and remained in that position, serving both Republican and Democrat administrations, until joining the law school in 2008. As Director of Civil Rights, Ms. Bethel litigated landmark civil rights cases, including a multimillion dollar action against a major hotel chain, drafted and successfully lobbied for historic amendments to Florida’s civil rights act and developed innovative education and training programs.
Professor Bethel is AV rated, which is the highest rating a lawyer may receive by the Martindale-Hubbell rating system. She is a member of the Alternative Dispute Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and the Legal Education, Admissions and Competence Committee (LEAC). She is Past Chair of the LEAC, Past Co-Chair of the Clinical Legal Education Section and Clinicians of Color Committee of the American Association of Law Schools. Other affiliations include serving as President of the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association, the Board of Governors of the Florida Bar and the Chicago Area Fair Housing Association. In 2018, she was recognized for outstanding service to the law school and in 2020 for outstanding service as faculty advisor to the Black Law Students Association.
Ramsey Donnell
rdonnell@uic.edu
Clinical Professor
Associate Dean of the Law Library
School of Law
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Fredrick "TJ" Joshua
fjoshua@uic.edu
Student
President of the Student Bar Association
School of Law
Fredrick “TJ” Joshua is a 3L at UIC Law School and currently the President for the Student Bar Association. He has been a Student Ambassador since his first semester. During his 2L year he served as a UIC Student Senator and the American Bar Association Representative for the Student Bar Association's Executive Board.
He is also a board member and co-founder of The Impact Project Inc., which is a non-profit organization geared towards mentoring the youth in underserved communities.
Before going to law school, TJ worked for a personal injury firm for about ten years. TJ was a 2021 Summer Associate for Reed Smith and recently accepted an offer to join the firm after graduation.
Daryl Lim
daryllim@uic.edu
Professor
School of Law
Daryl Lim is Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (IP), Information & Privacy Law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. The IP Center is a founding IP institution in the United States and is consistently ranked as offering one of the premier IP programs in the country.
Professor Lim is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator of global trends in IP and competition policy and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. Thomson Reuters (West) selected two of his articles as the best IP articles of the year, in 2018 and 2021. He has also contributed to practitioner-focused publications for the American Bar Association, Law360, IPWatchdog, IP Watch, and IP Magazine. In addition, legal publications, specialty blogs such as Patently-O, and mainstream media sources such as Forbes, Slate, The Daily Journal, RealClearPolicy, and USA Today featured his views on current IP developments.
Website: https://lawdaryl.com
Teri McMurtry-Chubb
tmcmur2@uic.edu
Professor
School of Law
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Alexandria Pollard
apollard@uic.edu
Student
Vice President of the Student Bar Association
School of Law
Alexandria Pollard is a 3L at UIC School of Law, and the current Vice President of the Student Bar Association. While at law school, she served as Communications Chair for the Black Law Student Association. During her 1L summer, she had the opportunity to intern with Northern Trust in their Banking and Regulatory group. This summer, Alexandria was a Summer Associate at Chapman & Culter LLP in their Chicago Office. Outside of law school, she sits on the Associate Board for Legal Prep Academy."
Marques Rice
mrice01@uic.edu
Academic Support Specialist
Academic Achievement Program
School of Law
Steven Schwinn
schwinn@uic.edu
Professor
School of Law
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The Honorable James Shadid
james_shadid@ilcd.uscourts.gov
United States District Judge
Central District of Illinois
Judge James Shadid has been a United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois since March of 2011. He was Chief Judge of the District from 2012 to 2019. Prior to sitting on the Federal bench, Judge Shadid was a Circuit Judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit of Illinois from December of 2001 until March of 2011. A native of Peoria, Judge Shadid attended Bradley University and John Marshall Law School. After graduating from law school, he returned to Peoria where he was engaged in the private practice of law from 1983 until 2001. While in private practice he served also as an Asst. Public Defender, originally in juvenile court, but serving 14 years in felony court. He has served as adjunct professor at several nearby colleges and universities during his professional career, including Bradley University, John Marshall Law School, UIC Law School and University of Illinois College of Law. He is also currently the chairman of the Bradley Board of Trustees.
Chanté Spann
cspann1@uic.edu
Assistant Dean for Administration
School of Law
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