John Thornton

Clinical Assistant Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-7606
E-mail: j-thornton@northwestern.edu

John Thornton specialized in complex commercial litigation and employment law as an associate at Jenner & Block LLP, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, PC, and, most recently, at Scandaglia & Ryan. He received a BA from Notre Dame, a Masters in Applied Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a JD from Northwestern Law.

COURSES

Common Law Reasoning

EDUCATION

BA, University of Notre Dame, magna cum laude
MA, University of Illinois at Chicago
JD, Northwestern University

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

Associate, Scandaglia & Ryan, 2006–09
Associate, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, PC, 2005–06
Associate, Jenner & Block LLP, 2002–05
English as a Second Language (ESL) Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985–99
English as a Second Language Instructor, Truman College Refugee Program, 1983–85