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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
Heidi Frostestad Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Information Services;
Professor of Law ; Law Library		 hkuehl@niu.edu 815-753-9493 192B
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
Therese A. Clarke Arado Interim Director of the Law Library;
Professor		 tclarke@niu.edu 815-753-9497 290B
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
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 Clinical Associate Professor;
Pro Bono Coordinator		 cboraca@niu.edu 630-229-0752 318/319
Paul J. Cain Clinical Professor; 
Director of Criminal Defense Clinic, Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic (Rockford)		 pcain@niu.edu 815-962-9980 318/319
Rohit Reddy Chenreddy Graduate Assistant, Information Technology Services colit@niu.edu 815-753-0860 356
Michael Cortina Adjunct Professor mcortina@niu.edu N/A N/A
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
Marc D. Falkoff Professor of Law; 
Supervising Attorney, Prisoners' Rights Project; Clinical Law Center		 mfalkoff@niu.edu 815-753-0660 196B
Michael Fleck Visiting Practitioner in Residence mfleck@niu.edu N/A 194A
Rachel Ford Resources Management Librarian;
Assistant Professor; Law Library		 rford2@niu.edu 815-753-2021 267C
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
Robert Hsu Clinical Assistant Professor;
Director of Business Law Innovation Clinic, Clinical Law Center		 rhsu@niu.edu 815-753-7098 318C
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
Larry Madlock Director of Budget and Finance lmadlock1@niu.edu 815-753-1459 276A
John F. McAdams Adjunct Professor jmcadams@niu.edu N/A N/A
Daniel S. McConkie, Jr. Director of Faculty Development and Research;
Professor of Law		 mcconkie@niu.edu 815-753-1560 194B
Mary McDonnell Legal Writing/ASP Instructor mmcdonnell@niu.edu 815-753-1076 175A
Ashley McVady Office Manager, Clinical Law Center amcvady@niu.edu 815-753-8815 318
Stephen R. Miller Professor of Law millers@niu.edu N/A 198C
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
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 Professor of Law lrigertas@niu.edu 815-753-1680 199B
Bianca Carmago Rodriguez Adjunct Professor bcamargo@niu.edu N/A N/A
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
Brian D. Shore Adjunct Professor bshore@niu.edu N/A 192C
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 Interim Deputy Director of the Law Library;
Director of Administration and Special Projects		 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
David White Adjunct Professor dwhite9@niu.edu N/A N/A
Karen Wilkerson Adjunct Professor kwilkerson3@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
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 N/A N/A 172B
Jeffrey A. Parness Professor Emeritus jparness@niu.edu 815-758-2864 172E

Contact Us

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Swen Parson 270
815-753-1068

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