Faculty and Staff Directory

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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
Tita Kaus Administrative Assistant tkaus@niu.edu 815-753-1068 270
Yolanda M. King Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law yking@niu.edu 815-753-7231 192B
Le Ann Baie Office Manager for Faculty and Associate Dean lbaie@niu.edu 815-753-0618 190
Anita Maddali Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Law amaddali@niu.edu 815-753-0668 276
Julie Mahoney-Krzyzek Registrar and Director of Academic Records and Payroll jmahoney@niu.edu 815-753-1620 285
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
Lauren E. Threatte DEI Postdoctoral Fellow with the College of Law and Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality lthreatte@niu.edu 815-753-8595 197B

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Faculty

Name Title Email Phone Office
Elvia R. Arriola Professor Emerita N/A N/A N/A
Evan Bernick Assistant Professor of Law ebernick@niu.edu 815-753-1068 197C
Mark W. Cordes Professor Emeritus N/A N/A N/A
Greg Elinson Assistant Professor of Law elinson@niu.edu 815-753-8383 196A
Marc D. Falkoff Professor of Law mfalkoff@niu.edu 815-753-0660 196B
Sarah Fox Associate Professor of Law sarah.fox@niu.edu 815-753-0285 195A
Heidi L. Frostestad Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library hkuehl@niu.edu 815-753-9493 267D
David B. Gaebler Professor Emeritus dgaebler@niu.edu N/A
Robert Jones Associate Professor of Law rljones@niu.edu 815-753-1460 199A
Yolanda M. King Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law yking@niu.edu 815-753-7231 192B
Guadalupe Luna Professor Emerita N/A N/A N/A
Anita Maddali Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Law amaddali@niu.edu 815-753-0668 276/199C
Andrew Mamo Assistant Professor of Law amamo@niu.edu N/A 192C
Daniel S. McConkie, Jr. Associate Professor of Law mcconkie@niu.edu 815-753-1560 194B
Malcolm L. Morris Professor Emeritus N/A N/A N/A
Peter Ormerod Assistant Professor of Law pormerod@niu.edu 815-753-1068 197D
Jeffrey A. Parness Professor Emeritus jparness@niu.edu 815-753-0340 172E
Laurel A. Rigertas Professor of Law lrigertas@niu.edu 815-753-1680 199B
David Rosenfeld Associate Professor of Law drosenfeld@niu.edu 815-753-9489 195B
David H. Taylor Distinguished Teaching Professor dtaylor@niu.edu 815-753-0560 192A
Lorianne Updike Toler Assistant Professor of Law lupdiketoler@niu.edu N/A 197E
Telia Williams Assistant Professor of Law twilliams3@niu.edu 815-753-1068 198B

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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 198C
Colleen Boraca Clinical Associate Professor cboraca@niu.edu 630-229-0752 N/A
Paul J. Cain Clinical Professor pcain@niu.edu 815-962-9980 N/A
Lawrence A. Stein Clinical Assistant Professor l-stein@niu.edu 815-753-8595 197A

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Law Library Faculty and Staff

Circulation desk: 815-753-0507
Fax: 815-753-9499

Name Title Email Phone Office
Heidi L. Frostestad Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law hkuehl@niu.edu 815-753-9493 267D
Therese A. Clarke Arado Deputy Director of the Law Library and Professor
Acting Director of Administration and Special Projects
tclarke@niu.edu 815-753-9497 290B
Matthew Timko Academic Technologies and Outreach Services Librarian and Assistant Professor 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 Director of Academic Success and Interim Assistant Dean for Student Affairs jeannah@niu.edu 815-753-9481 181
Meredith A. Geller Director of Legal Writing Program mstange@niu.edu 815-753-1958 179
Sandra E. Kupelian Legal Writing Instructor skupelian@niu.edu 815-753-0140 175A
Jay Streitz Legal Writing Instructor jstreitz@niu.edu 815-753-0280 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 rarnold@wwmlawyers.com N/A 197A
Steven D. Blanc Adjunct Professor steveblanc@blanctax.com N/A 172F
Laura Conroy Adjunct Professor lconroy@pslegal.org N/A N/A
Richard Dvorak Adjunct Professor, Prisoners' Rights Project rdvorak1@niu.edu 630-568-3190 310
Robert Fioretti Adjunct Professor rfioretti@niu.edu N/A N/A
David Fish Adjunct Professor dfish@niu.edu N/A N/A
Michael Fleck Adjunct Professor mfleck@niu.edu N/A N/A
John R. Hardison Adjunct Professor John_Hardison@ilnb.uscourts.gov N/A 172C
Markham M. Jeep Adjunct Professor mjeep@jeeplawyers.com N/A 149
John F. McAdams Adjunct Professor jmcadams@niu.edu N/A 196A
Brian D. Shore Adjunct Professor bshore@niu.edu N/A 197A

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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 350

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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
Christy Cunningham-Watson Assistant Director of Strategic Communications, Alumni Engagement and Diversity Initiatives ccunningham@niu.edu 815-753-1505 350

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Budget and Records

Fax: 815-753-1615

Name Title Email Phone Office
Ann M. Apple Director of Budget and Finance aapple@niu.edu 815-753-6580 280

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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
Rebecca A. Leneau Office Manager rleneau@niu.edu 815-753-0589 N/A

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Information Technology Services

Fax: 815-753-8087

Name Title Email Phone Office
General IT Help N/A

Classroom-related services: colit@niu.edu

Spam or suspicious email: abuse@niu.edu

Tech Support:
815-753-0860
N/A
Rahul Thatte Director of Information Technology rthatte@niu.edu 815-753-1784 356

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Faculty Offices

Fax: 815-753-9301

Name Title Email Phone Office
LeAnn Baie Office Manager lbaie@niu.edu 815-753-0618 190

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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
Lucy Galpin Office Manager lgalpin@niu.edu 815-962-9980 N/A

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Student Organizations

Name Email Phone Office
Law Review lawreview@niu.edu 815-753-0619 290D
Moot Court Society mootcourt@niu.edu 815-753-9483 172D
Public Interest Law Socieity (PILS) N/A

815-753-0589
815-753-4501 (fax)

280
Student Bar Association (SBA) N/A 815-753-1663 172
Other Student Organizations N/A 815-753-9484 172

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