Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityJulie Biehl
Director, Cook County Juvenile Court Clinic
Phone: (312) 433-6649
E-mail: j-biehl@law.northwestern.edu
Julie L. Biehl is the Director of the Cook County Juvenile Court Clinic, a collaborative project between the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law, and the Office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Ms. Biehl has spent her career advocating for the rights of children and families.
Before founding the clinic in 1997, Ms. Biehl was an Assistant Cook County Public Guardian ad Litem representing children in Juvenile Court proceedings and an attorney at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago advocating for the rights of homeless children and families. Ms. Biehl recently also served as director for the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Mental Health Initiative, a project that identified youth in the detention center with mental health needs and linked them to community-based services. She is vice president of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Juvenile Justice
- Clinical Teaching
EDUCATION
- BA, Duke University
- JD, Northwestern University
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant Cook County Public Guardian ad Litem, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
- Director, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Mental Health Initiative
