Cristina Tilley
Visiting Assistant Professor
Phone: 312-503-1855
E-mail: c-tilley@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Professor Tilley is a former news reporter who focuses on media law issues. After graduating from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, she was a journalist for several years, specializing in business and legal affairs at United Press International and other publications. Professor Tilley graduated from Northwestern University Law School, where she served as Editor in Chief of the Northwestern University Law Review. A member of the Appellate Group at Mayer Brown, she worked extensively on asbestos litigation, securities class action issues, and First Amendment matters. She has taught courses in media law and ethics at Northwestern and at DePaul University's College of Communications. She clerked for Judge Richard D. Cudahy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Areas of Expertise
- Conflicts of Law
- Torts
- Media Law
Selected Publications
- Reviving Slander in 2011 utah law review (forthcoming Fall 2011).
- A Feminist Repudiation of the Rape Shield Laws in 51 drake law review 45 (2002).
- Comment, Applying a “Persona Test” for Newsgathering Privilege to in 93 northwestern university law review 1287 (1999).
Education
- BSJ, Northwestern University
- JD, Northwestern University School of Law
Prior Appointments
- Chambers of Judge Richard D. Cudahy, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Adjunct Professor, DePaul University - College of Communications
- Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University
- Associate, Appellate Litigation Group, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
