Julie L. Biehl

Clinical Professor of Law Emerita

Biography

Julie L. Biehl is a Clinical Professor of Law Emerita. She served as Director of the Children and Family Justice Center from 2009-2025. 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. 

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Areas of Expertise

  • Juvenile Justice
  • Clinical Teaching

Courses

Education

  • BA, Duke University
  • JD, Northwestern University

Prior Appointments

  • Clinical Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Director of the Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • 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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