Mary Jean Dolan
Visiting Professor
The John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312.427.2737 ext. 867
E-mail: 7dolan@jmls.edu

BA, magna cum laude, University of Notre Dame,
Phi Beta Kappa
JD, cum laude,
Northwestern University School of Law

Mary Jean Dolan previously taught at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law and the University of Florida, including courses in legal writing, family law, feminist theory, and employment discrimination. Most recently, she served as special counsel to the City of Chicago, advising and drafting laws. She specialized in the First Amendment, on which she has published several law review articles. She is an expert and frequent speaker on legal emergency preparedness.

In law school, Professor Dolan was an editor of the Northwestern University Law Review. She clerked for Hon. Ilana D. Rovner, who was then on the federal district court, and spent several years as a litigation associate at Mayer Brown. She will be a visiting professor during 2007-2008, teaching Lawyering Skills and Family Law.