Laura Caldwell

B.A., University of Iowa, 1989; J.D., Loyola University Chicago, 1992

Professor Caldwell graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa and earned her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago in 1992. Following graduation, she was employed by the Chicago law firm of Clausen Miller, where she litigated in the areas of medical malpractice, insurance defense and entertainment law. She subsequently worked for Bresler Harvick & Glenn and later for Worker & Power, where she was elected partner. She has been published in a variety of legal and mainstream publications, including Chicago Magazine, Lake Magazine, Woman's Own, Northern Illinois University Law Review and The Young Lawyer. She is the also author of twelve novels, as well as a non-fiction book, Long Way Home: A Young Man Lost in the Legal System and the Two Women Who Found Him. Laura is currently a Distinguished Scholar of Residence and the Director of Life After Innocence, a program designed to assist Illinois exonerees--people who have been wrongfully convicted and later declared innocent. She is the recipient of the 2007 St. Robert Bellarmine Award, given to alumni who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to the profession and the School of Law. Please visit her web site at www.lauracaldwell.com.

   James P. Carey

B.A., cum laude, Holy Cross, 1965; J.D., University of Chicago, 1968

Professor James P. Carey is director of the Advocacy Center, Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He teaches evidence, criminal law, criminal procedure, comparative criminal procedure and trial advocacy. Before coming to Loyola, Professor Carey served 10 years as an assistant Cook County (Chicago) Public Defender, where he was a member of the homicide task force and a supervisor in the Maybrook court center. He is a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and serves as the program director of the Midwest Regional Trial Skills Program for NITA. He won the Oliphant award for service to NITA in 2005. He is a former member of the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association, and is presently a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Bar Foundation. He has taught comparative criminal procedure in the Rome summer program seven times starting in 1997. He also teaches in Loyola's exchange program with Hurtado Jesuit University, Santiago, Chile, where his focus is on criminal procedure and trial advocacy.

   James J. Faught

B.A., Notre Dame, 1971; J.D., Loyola Chicago, 1976

Dean Faught practiced law in a small Chicago firm for three years before returning to Loyola, where he earned his law degree, to become a member of the administration in 1979. As associate dean for administration, he oversees the general operation of the School of Law including admissions, registration, and career resources. He has served on a number of professional committees including the Illinois State Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Education, Admission and Competence as chair; various Law School Admission Council Committees; the Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Liaison with the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission; and the Lawyers' Assistance Program of Illinois. In 2004, Dean Faught was appointed to the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission. He has published articles on the status of women in law schools and on controversial student organizations. Dean Faught is the director of Loyola's Externship Program, and he is the founder and director of the London Comparative Advocacy Program.

   Rogelio Lasso

B.S., magna cum laude, Mankato State University; J.D., University of Minnesota

Before enrolling in law school, Rogelio Lasso had a background in chemistry, worked as a research scientist for Pillsbury, as an entrepreneur, and as a consultant for American companies in Latin America. After obtaining his J.D. degree, he was in private practice with two Chicago law firms where he litigated cases ranging from medical malpractice and products liability to breach of contract and patent infringement. His book, Products Liability and Safety: an American and Comparative Approach, has recently been accepted for publication. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, often on the topic of technology and affirmative action. Professor Lasso is currently a member of the faculty at John Marshall Law School, teaching torts, products liability, and complex litigation.

   John L. McCormack

B.S., Wisconsin, 1964; J.D., Wisconsin, 1968

Professor McCormack was the articles editor of the Wisconsin Law Review and later served as law clerk to the Hon. Thomas E. Fairchild of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He practiced with the Chicago firm of Sidley & Austin until he joined the Loyola faculty in 1971. He is the leading American expert on the Torrens System of title registration. He has conducted a series of seminars on zoning litigation, environmental law, landlord-tenant and mortgage foreclosures for the Illinois Judicial Conference.

   Nadia N. Sawicki

B.A., magna cum laude, Brown University, 2000; M. Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004; J.D., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2004

Professor Sawicki has published in both traditional law reviews and in peer-reviewed journals on a variety of topics, including professional discipline by state medical boards, the use of tort law as an incentive for appropriate medical treatment in end-of-life and reproductive care, and the medical community's role in supporting public health efforts. In 2008, she was recognized as an emerging health law scholar by the American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics, which selected her working paper, A Theory of Discipline for Professional Misconduct, as one of four to be presented at the annual Health Law Scholars Workshop. Professor Sawicki regularly presents her work at law faculty workshops throughout the country, and at the annual conferences of the American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics and the American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities. She serves as a member of the editorial board for the MIT Press "Basic Bioethics" Series. Her research has also informed public policy; in 2006, she co-authored a white paper for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services providing an ethical analysis of state paternity disestablishment policies.

   Anita Weinberg

B.A., Michigan, 1974; M.S.S.W., Columbia, 1977; J.D., Loyola Chicago, 1986

Anita Weinberg has worked on behalf of children and families for 30 years as an attorney and as a social worker. Currently she is Clinical Professor, and Director of the ChildLaw Policy Institute at Loyola's School of Law. Professor Weinberg teaches courses in legislative advocacy, domestic violence, and children’s "best interests." She involves students in interdisciplinary policy and legislative projects in the areas of child welfare and health.

   Allen S. Shoenberger

B.A., Swathmore, 1966; J.D., Columbia College, 1969; LL.M., New York University, 1972

After graduation from law school, Professor Shoenberger served as a visiting lecturer at the University Of Nairobi, Kenya from 1969-1971; he was the assistant editor of the East African Law Reports and an International Legal Center Fellow during that period. He was also a Ford Urban Law Fellow in 1971-72, as well as a National Science Foundation Fellow to the Seminar in Social Science Methods in Legal Education in 1972. He has been a hearing officer for the Illinois Pollution Control Board. He has served as a consultant for the Administrative Conference of the United States on disability law, as well as for other agencies and groups, often in various areas regarding the rights of the disabled with particular attention to educational rights. He has also supervised the appellate practicum program, which represents prisoners on court appointment before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Shoenberger has served on the law faculty since 1972. Additionally, he has received joint appointments with Loyola's Schools of Social Work and Medicine.