Northern Illinois University
College of Law

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Dean's Office

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Cassandra L. Hill	Dean and Professor of Law	clhill@niu.edu	815-753-1068	270
N/A	Office of the Dean	N/A	815-753-1068	270
Heidi Frostestad	Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Information Services Professor of Law	hkuehl@niu.edu	815-753-9493	192B
Kathy Mosher	Office Administrator and Assistant to the Associate Dean	colfacultyoffice@niu.edu	815-753-0618	190
Jeanna Hunter	Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Interim Director of Academic Success	jeannah@niu.edu	815-753-9481	280A2
Lisa A. Hoebing	Support Specialist for Associate Dean for Student Affairs	lhoebing@niu.edu	815-753-9488	276
Greg C. Anderson	Assistant Dean, Director of Career Opportunities and Professional Development and Director of Externships	ganderson@niu.edu	815-753-9604	280A1
Melody Mitchell	Chief of Staff, Assistant Dean of Strategic Communications, Alumni Engagement and Diversity Initiatives	mmitchell@niu.edu	815-753-9655	350

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Faculty

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Elvia R. Arriola	Professor Emerita	N/A	N/A	N/A
Michael Baima	Visiting Practitioner in Residence	mbaima@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Evan Bernick	Associate Professor of Law	ebernick@niu.edu	N/A	199C
Mark W. Cordes	Professor Emeritus	N/A	N/A	197A
Greg Elinson	Associate Professor of Law	elinson@niu.edu	815-753-8383	195A
Marc D. Falkoff	Professor of Law	mfalkoff@niu.edu	815-753-0660	196B
Michael Fleck	Visiting Practitioner in Residence	mfleck@niu.edu	N/A	194A
Heidi L. Frostestad	Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Information Services Professor of Law	hkuehl@niu.edu	815-753-9493	192B
David B. Gaebler	Professor Emeritus	dgaebler@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Robert Jones	Associate Professor of Law	rljones@niu.edu	815-753-1460	199A
Guadalupe Luna	Professor Emerita	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daniel S. McConkie, Jr.	Director of Faculty Development and Research, Professor of Law	mcconkie@niu.edu	815-753-1560	194B
Stephen R. Miller	Professor of Law	millers@niu.edu	N/A	198C
Malcolm L. Morris	Professor Emeritus	N/A	N/A	172B
Jeffrey A. Parness	Professor Emeritus	jparness@niu.edu	815- 758-2864	172E
Tiffany Puckett	Associate Professor of Law	tpuckett@niu.edu	N/A	198B
Laurel A. Rigertas	Professor of Law	lrigertas@niu.edu	815-753-1680	199B
David Rosenfeld	Professor of Law	drosenfeld@niu.edu	815-753-9489	195B
Lorianne Updike Schulzke	Assistant Professor of Law	lupdiketoler@niu.edu	N/A	197E
David H. Taylor	Distinguished Teaching Professor	dtaylor@niu.edu	815-753-0560	192A
Lauren E. Threatte	Assistant Professor of Law	lthreatte@niu.edu	N/A	197B
Michael Zuckerman	Visiting Practitioner in Residence	mzuckerman@niu.edu	N/A	197D

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Clinical Faculty

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Wendy Hinton Vaughn	Director of Clinics and Clinical Professor	wvaughn@niu.edu	815-962-9980	198D
Colleen Boraca	Clinical Associate Professor and Pro Bono Coordinator	cboraca@niu.edu	630-229-0752	318/ 319
Paul J. Cain	Clinical Professor	pcain@niu.edu	815-962-9980	318/ 319
Robert Hsu	Clinical Assistant Professor	rhsu@niu.edu	815-753-7098	318C

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Law Library Faculty and Staff

Circulation desk: 815-753-0507

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Heidi L. Frostestad	Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Information Services Professor of Law	hkuehl@niu.edu	815-753-9493	192B/ 267D
Therese A. Clarke Arado	Interim Director of the Law Library and Professor	tclarke@niu.edu	815-753-9497	290B
Matthew Timko	Interim Deputy Director of the Law Library and Director of Administration and Special Projects	mtimko@niu.edu	815-753-9492	269A1
Rachel Ford	Resources Management Librarian and Assistant Professor	rford2@niu.edu	815-753-2021	267C
Kate Hartman	Library Operations Associate	khartman4@niu.edu	815-753-9184	267A

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Legal Writing and Academic Success Program Faculty

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Jeanna L. Hunter	Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Interim Director of Academic Success	jeannah@niu.edu	815-753-9481	280A2
Jay Streitz	Co-Director of the Legal Writing Program	jstreitz@niu.edu	815-753-0280	181
Lisa Woods	Co-Director of the Legal Writing Program	lwoods@niu.edu	815-753-2667	179
Mary McDonnell	Legal Writing / ASP Instructor	mmcdonnell@niu.edu	815-753-1076	175A
Tracy Simmons	Legal Writing / ASP Instructor	tsimmons@niu.edu	815-753-1057	175B

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Adjunct Faculty

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Greg C. Anderson	Assistant Dean, Director of Career Opportunities and Professional Development and Director of Externships	ganderson@niu.edu	815-753-9604	280A1
Robert P. Arnold	Adjunct Professor	rarnold6@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Nicholas Atwood	Adjunct Professor	natwood1@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Karen Baker	Adjunct Professor	klbaker@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Bianca Carmago Rodriguez	Adjunct Professor	bcamargo@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Michael Cortina	Adjunct Professor	mcortina@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Kathryn Gwiazdon	Adjunct Professor	kgwiazdon@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Jessica Harrill	Adjunct Professor	jharrill1@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
John F. McAdams	Adjunct Professor	jmcadams@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Brian D. Shore	Adjunct Professor	bshore@niu.edu	N/A	192C
Adam Weaver	Adjunct Professor	aweaver@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
David White	Adjunct Professor	dwhite9@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Karen Wilkerson	Adjunct Professor	kwilkerson3@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Robert Zalud	Adjunct Professor	rzalud@niu.edu	N/A	N/A

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Admissions and Financial Aid

Fax: 815-753-5680

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
General Admissions Contact Information	N/A	law-admit@niu.edu	815-753-8595	151
Talk and Tour	N/A	law-admit@niu.edu	815-753-8595	151
Kellie Martial	Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions	kmartial@niu.edu	815-753-8595	151
Candice Olagunju	Associate Director of Admissions	cwheaten1@niu.edu	815-753-8595	151
Alex Chapman	Admissions/Records Representative	achapman1@niu.edu	815-753-8595	151

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Advancement

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Michelle Japlon	Director of Advancement	mjaplon@niu.edu	815-753-9486	267B

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Strategic Communications, Alumni Engagement and Diversity Initiatives

Fax: 815-753-4501

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Melody Mitchell	Chief of Staff, Assistant Dean of Strategic Communications, Alumni Engagement and Diversity Initiatives	mmitchell@niu.edu	815-753-9655	350
Lydia Nickels	Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, Strategic Communications, and Diversity Initiatives	lnickels@niu.edu	815-753-4899	350

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Budget and Records

Fax: 815-753-1615

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Larry Madlock	Director of Budget and Finance	lmadlock1@niu.edu	815-753-1459	276A

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Office of the Registrar

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Christy Cunningham-Watson	Registrar and Director of Academic Records	ccunningham@niu.edu	815-753-1505	285

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Career Opportunities and Professional Development

Fax: 815-753-8073

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Greg C. Anderson	Assistant Dean, Director of Career Opportunities and Professional Development and Director of Externships	ganderson@niu.edu	815-753-9604	280A1
Sean Raleigh	Office Manager	sraleigh@niu.edu	815-753-0589	280

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Information Technology Services

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Rahul Thatte	Director of Information Technology	colit@niu.edu	815-753-0860	356
Rohit Reddy Chenreddy	Graduate Assistant	colit@niu.edu	815-753-0860	356

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Faculty Offices

Fax: 815-753-9301

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Kathy Mosher	Office Administrator and Assistant to the Associate Dean	colfacultyoffice@niu.edu	815-753-0618	190

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Clinical Law Center

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Marc D. Falkoff	Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney, Prisoners' Rights Project	mfalkoff@niu.edu	815-753-0660	196B
Robert Hsu	Director of Business Law Innovation Clinic and Clinical Assistant Professor	rhsu@niu.edu	815-753-7098	318C
Ashley McVady	Office Manager	amcvady@niu.edu	815-753-8815	318
Business Law Innovation Clinic	N/A	BusinessLawClinic@niu.edu	815-753-0031	318
Prisoners' Rights Project	N/A	N/A	815-753-0055	318

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Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic - Rockford

401 W. State Street
Suite 600
Rockford, IL 61101
Fax: 815-962-9984

Name	Title	Email	Phone	Office
Wendy Hinton Vaughn	Director of Clinics and Clinical Professor	wvaughn@niu.edu	815-962-9980	N/A
Paul J. Cain	Director of Criminal Defense Clinic and Clinical Professor	pcain@niu.edu	815-962-9980	N/A
Stephanie Price	Office Manager	sprice2@niu.edu	815-962-9980	N/A
Civil Justice Clinic	N/A	CivilJusticeClinic@niu.edu	N/A	N/A
Criminal Defense Clinic	N/A	CriminalDefenseClinic@niu.edu	N/A	N/A

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Student Organizations

Name	Email	Office
Law Review	lawreview@niu.edu	290D
Moot Court Society	mootcourt@niu.edu	110
Public Interest Law Society (PILS)	N/A	110
Student Bar Association (SBA)	N/A	110
Other Student Organizations	N/A	110

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