NIU Law boasts an experienced, student-centered faculty dedicated to preparing skilled and successful lawyers. Educated at some of the nation’s most prestigious law schools, this diverse group brings a broad range of academic and practice experience to the classroom. The NIU Law faculty is committed to not just teaching the law, but teaching the law with an emphasis on public service.
Since 2004, the Princeton Review has ranked NIU Law among the top ten law schools for having the most diverse faculty in its annual publication, Best 170 Law Schools. More than 40 percent of the full-time faculty at NIU Law are people of color and half are women.
Elvia R. Arriola
Professor of Law
Jeffery M. Brown
Associate Professor of Law
Kathleen L. Coles
Associate Professor of Law
Mark W. Cordes
Professor of Law
Marc D. Falkoff
Assistant Professor of Law
David B. Gaebler
Associate Dean & Associate Professor of Law
Leona S. Green
Associate Professor of Law
Robert Jones
Assistant Professor of Law
Guadalupe T. Luna
Professor of Law
Malcolm L. Morris
Professor of Law
Jeffrey A. Parness
Professor Emeritus
Daniel S. Reynolds
Associate Professor of Law
Laurel A. Rigertas
Assistant Professor of Law
Jennifer L. Rosato
Dean & Professor of Law
Lawrence Schlam
Professor of Law
Lorraine A. Schmall
Professor of Law
Daniel M. Schneider
Professor of Law
Gordon B. Shneider
Professor Emeritus
David H. Taylor
Director of Skills Training & Presidential Teaching Professor
John A. Walton
Associate Professor of Law
Jay R. Naftzger
Visiting Associate Professor of Law/
Practitioner in Residence
Meredith Stange
Instructor
Academic Support Coordinator
Jeanna L. Hunter
Instructor
Academic Support Coordinator
Elsa M. Miller
Instructor
Academic Support Coordinator
John R. Austin
Director of the Law Library
Associate Professor of Law
Gary L. Vander Meer
Associate Director of the Law Library
Technical Services Librarian
Associate Professor
Therese A. Clarke Arado
Instructional Services
Reference Librarian
Associate Professor
Sharon L. Nelson
Assistant Technical Services & Systems Librarian
Assistant Professor
Frank Lima
Computing & Electronic Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
David H. Taylor
Director of Skills Training and Professor of Law
Paul J. Cain
Supervising Attorney
Wendy Vaughn
Staff Attorney