Joyce Anne Hughes

Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-8373
E-mail: jahughes@law.northwestern.edu

In 1971 Joyce A. Hughes became the nation's first Black female tenure-track law professor at a majority school, 20 years after such a person was a professor at a predominantly Black law school. She has served as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court's Committee on Rules of Evidence and a member of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' Committee on Policy for Racial Justice.

Areas of Expertise

Evidence
Immigration Law

Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law

Courses

Selected Publications

Rethinking the Cuban Adjustment Act and the U.S. National Interest in 23 st. thomas law review 187 (2011). (with Alexander L. Alum)
Black and Female in Law in 5 rutgers race & the law review 105-115 (2003).
Flight From Cuba in 36 california western law review 39-75 (1999).
Neither a Whisper Nor a Shout in Rebels in Law: Voices in History of Black Women Lawyers (1998).

Education

BA magna cum laude, Carleton College
JD cum laude, University of Minnesota

Prior Appointments

Associate Professor of Law, 1975-1979, Northwestern University
Associate Professor of Law, 1971-1975, University of Minnesota
Attorney, 1967-1971, Howard, LeFevere, Lefler, Hamilton and Pearson, (Minneapolis)
Law Clerk, 1965-1967, Hon. Earl R. Larson, U.S. District Court, Minnesota

Recent Consulting Activities

Arbitrator, Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program


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