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Faculty and Staff Directory

Dean's Office

Name Title Email Phone Office
Cassandra L. Hill Dean;
Professor of Law		 clhill@niu.edu 815-753-1068 270
Greg C. Anderson Assistant Dean, Director of Career Opportunities and Professional Development and Director of Externships;
Adjunct Professor		 ganderson@niu.edu 815-753-9604 280A1
Daniel S. McConkie, Jr. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs;
Professor of Law		 mcconkie@niu.edu 815-753-1560 194B
Jeanna Hunter Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Interim Director of Academic Success; Legal Writing 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
Kellie Martial Assistant Dean;
Director of Admissions		 kmartial@niu.edu 815-753-8595 151
Melody Mitchell Chief of Staff, Assistant Dean of Strategic Communications, Alumni Engagement and Diversity Initiatives mmitchell@niu.edu 815-753-9655 350
Kathy Mosher Office Administrator and Assistant to the Associate Dean colfacultyoffice@niu.edu 815-753-0618 190

Faculty and Staff

Name Title Email Phone Office
Chynar Amanova Program Assistant, Part-Time J.D. Program camanova1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Therese A. Clarke Arado Deputy Director of the Law Library;
Professor		 tclarke@niu.edu 815-753-9497 290B
Nicholas Atwood Adjunct Professor natwood1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Karen Baker Adjunct Professor klbaker@niu.edu 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
Colleen Boraca Pro Bono Coordinator cboraca@niu.edu N/A 318/319
Joe Bruce Adjunct Professor jbruce@niu.edu N/A N/A
Paul J. Cain Clinical Professor; 
Director of Criminal Defense Clinic, Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic (Rockford)		 pcain@niu.edu 815-962-9980 318/319
Alexandra Chapman Admission and Records Representative achapman1@niu.edu 815-753-8595 151
Christy Cunningham-Watson Registrar and Director of Academic Records ccunningham@niu.edu 815-753-1505 285
Greg Elinson Associate Professor of Law elinson@niu.edu 815-753-8383 195A
David Fish Adjunct Professor dfish3@niu.edu N/A N/A
Michael Fleck Visiting Practitioner in Residence mfleck@niu.edu N/A 194A
Rachel Ford Resources Management Librarian;
Assistant Professor		 rford2@niu.edu 815-753-2021 267C
Heidi Frostestad Director of the Law Library; Professor of Law hkuehl@niu.edu 815-753-9493 267D
Kathryn Gwiazdon Adjunct Professor kgwiazdon@niu.edu N/A N/A
Jessica Harrill Adjunct Professor jharrill1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Kate Hartman Library Operations Associate khartman4@niu.edu 815-753-9184 267A
Pinchas Huberman Assistant Professor of Law N/A N/A N/A
Michelle Japlon Director of Advancement mjaplon@niu.edu 815-753-9486 267B
Robert Jones Associate Professor of Law rljones@niu.edu 815-753-1460 199A
Christian Ketter Adjunct Professor N/A N/A N/A
Larry Madlock Director of Budget and Finance lmadlock1@niu.edu 815-753-1459 276A
Miles Malbrough Assistant Professor of Law mmalbrough@niu.edu N/A N/A
Mary McDonnell Legal Writing/ASP Instructor mmcdonnell@niu.edu 815-753-1076 175A
Fernando Mendoza Lopez Assistant Professor of Law N/A N/A N/A
Stephen R. Miller Associate Dean for the Part-Time J.D. Program, Professor of Law millers@niu.edu N/A 198C
Jonathan Mincieli Adjunct Professor N/A N/A N/A
Lydia Nickels Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, Strategic Communications, and Diversity Initiatives lnickels@niu.edu 815-753-4899 350
Candice Olagunju Associate Director of Admissions cwheaten1@niu.edu 815-753-8595 151
Felicia Owens Office Manager, Business Law and Innovation Clinic fowens@niu.edu 815-753-0631 318
Stephanie Price Office Manager, Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic (Rockford) sprice2@niu.edu 815-962-9980 N/A
Tiffany Puckett Associate Professor of Law tpuckett@niu.edu N/A 198B
Sean Raleigh Office Manager, Career Opportunities and Professional Development sraleigh@niu.edu 815-753-0589 280
Laurel A. Rigertas Director of Faculty Development and Research; Professor of Law lrigertas@niu.edu 815-753-1680 199B
David Rosenfeld Professor of Law drosenfeld@niu.edu 815-753-9489 195B
Brian D. Shore Adjunct Professor bshore@niu.edu N/A 192C
Robert Simmons Adjunct Professor rsimmons1@niu.edu N/A N/A
Tracy Simmons Legal Writing/ASP Instructor tsimmons@niu.edu 815-753-1057 175B
Jay Streitz Co-director of the Legal Writing Program jstreitz@niu.edu 815-753-0280 181
David H. Taylor Distinguished Teaching Professor dtaylor@niu.edu 815-753-0560 192A
Rahul Thatte Director of Information Technology colit@niu.edu 815-753-0860 356
Lauren E. Threatte Assistant Professor of Law lthreatte@niu.edu N/A 197B
Matthew Timko Director of Administration and Special Projects; Reference and Instructional Librarian; Associate Professor mtimko@niu.edu 815-753-9492 269A1
Wendy Hinton Vaughn Director of Clinics and Clinical Professor wvaughn@niu.edu 815-962-9980 198D
Adam Weaver Adjunct Professor aweaver@niu.edu N/A N/A
Karen Wilkerson Adjunct Professor kwilkerson3@niu.edu N/A N/A
Jerrod Williams Director of ASP/Instructor jwilliams62@niu.edu N/A N/A
Lisa Woods Co-director of the Legal Writing Program lwoods@niu.edu 815-753-2667 179
Robert Zalud Adjunct Professor rzalud@niu.edu N/A N/A
Nick Zimmerman Adjunct Professor nzimmerman@niu.edu N/A N/A
Michael Zuckerman Visiting Practitioner in Residence mzuckerman@niu.edu N/A 197D

Faculty Emeriti

Name Title Email Phone Office
Elvia R. Arriola Professor Emerita N/A N/A N/A
Mark W. Cordes Professor Emeritus N/A N/A 197A
David B. Gaebler Professor Emeritus dgaebler@niu.edu N/A N/A
Guadalupe Luna Professor Emerita N/A N/A N/A
Malcolm L. Morris Professor Emeritus mmorris5@niu.edu N/A 172B
Jeffrey A. Parness Professor Emeritus jparness@niu.edu 815-758-2864 172E

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815-753-8595
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