Graduate Programs: M.J. Degree in Child and Family Law
M.J. degree in Child Law
Faculty and Staff
The Staff and Faculty at the Child Law Center combine professionalism and years of experience in the fields of pediatric and family law with a commitment to helping students at the Law School attain a deeper understanding of the issues students will face once they start working in this field of law. Both staff and faculty are always available to answer any questions you might have about the Child Law Center and its different programs.
Full-Time Faculty Members
- Bruce A. Boyer
Clinical Professor & Director of Child and Family Law Clinic - Diane Geraghty
Professor of Law & Director of Child and Family Law Graduate Programs - Stacey Platt
Clinical Professor & Associate Director of Child and Family Law Clinic - Anita Weinberg
Professor of Law & Director of ChildLaw Policy and Legislative Programs
Part-Time Faculty Members
- Mary Elizabeth Burns
Civitas ChildLaw Center
Director of Community Projects, Leadsafe Housing Initiative - Victoria Bush-Joseph
Partner at Bush-Joseph & Horwich
Attorney at Law (Teaches Adoption Law Seminar) - Carol Casey
Cook County Office of the Public Guardian
Training Attorney (Teaches M.J. Introduction to ChildLaw I & II) - Cookie Levitz
Circuit Courty of Cook County
Mediator (Teaches Child and Family Law Mediation and Mediation Seminar) - Douglas A. Miller
Miller Law Group
Attorney at Law (Teaches M.J. ChildLaw Torts/Civil Procedure) - Michael Nathanson
Cadwallader Corp
President(Teaches Child and Family Law Mediation) - Helen Thornton
Office of the Inspector General, Department of Children & Family Services, Investigator (Teaches M.J. Constitutional/Administrative Law) - Cheryl Warzynski
Dykema and Gossett, PLLC
Attorney at Law (Teaches M.J. Introduction to the Law and M.J. Legal Research and Writing)Staff
- Catherine Columbus
Program Coordinator - Griselda Sanchez
Administrative Clinic Coordinator
Fellowships
- Soledad McGrath
ChildLaw Policy and Legislation Fellow - Amy Halbrook
Salisbury Fellow in Clinical Legal Education
- Catherine Columbus
