Julie M. Spanbauer
Professor
The John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312.987.2385
E-mail: 7spanbau@jmls.edu

BS, cum laude, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
JD, Valparaiso University
LLM, Northwestern University

After graduating from law school, Julie Spanbauer served as a law clerk to Hon. Andrew P. Rodovich, U.S. Magistrate Judge, and Hon. James T. Moody, U.S. District Court Judge. Since joining the John Marshall faculty in 1990, she has published numerous articles in the areas of employment discrimination, constitutional law, and women's issues. She also writes a monthly online column addressing employment law issues for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.

Professor Spanbauer has organized and served as a panel moderator at diverse conferences involving discrimination issues. She has presented lectures at Trinity College in Ireland and in China. Professor Spanbauer has served as the program director for two programs sponsored by the International Law Institute in Washington, D.C. These programs prepare international LLM students to enter law schools throughout the United States. She has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Friends of Battered Women and their Children, a not-for-profit organization providing counseling, advocacy, and education services for abused women and their children.

From 2004-2008, Professor Spanbauer served as director of the special admissions program at John Marshall, the Summer College for Assessing Legal Education Skills (SCALES). She teaches Employment Discrimination, Contracts, and Lawyering Skills.

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