Julie L. Biehl

Clinical Professor of Law
Director of the Children and Family Justice Center


Biography

Julie L. Biehl is a Clinical Professor of Law and has served as Director of the Children and Family Justice Center since 2009. Her work focuses on the representation of indigent youth charged with crimes in juvenile court and at post-dispositional hearings, and on policy reform in the areas of juvenile sentencing, the over-incarceration of youth, mental health services for children, and the reintegration of children discharged from juvenile correctional facilities. In January 2010, Governor Quinn appointed Julie to the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission and she sits on its Executive and Communications Committees. In addition, Julie sits on the Juvenile Justice Initiative’s Board of Directors and leads Illinois’ John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Juvenile Indigent Action Network and Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Action Network.

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Areas of Expertise

  • Juvenile Justice
  • Clinical Teaching


Education

  • BA, Duke University
  • JD, Northwestern University

Prior Appointments

  • Assistant Dean of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Interim Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Assistant Dean of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Harry B. Reese Teaching Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Assistant Cook County Public Guardian ad Litem, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
  • Director, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Mental Health Initiative

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