James W. McMasters
Harry B. Reese Teaching Clinical Associate Professor of Law

Phone
(312) 503-2090
Related Links
Pritzker Legal Research Center
Assistant
Shona Bonds
Assistant Phone
(312) 503-4852
Assistant Email
shona-bonds@law.northwestern.edu
Biography
Jim joined the staff of the Pritzker Legal Research Center in 2002. He worked as a reference librarian at Loyola from 2000-2002, and prior to that taught Communication and Legal Reasoning at Northwestern for six years. From 1990-1994, Jim was a litigation associate at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd in Chicago.
Areas of Expertise
- Legal Writing
- Legal Research
Education
- BS, Northwestern University
- JD, Northwestern University
- MLIS, Dominican University
Prior Appointments
- Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Lecturer in Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Director of the Pritzker Legal Research Center, Northwestern University School of Law
- Reference Librarian, Loyola University Chicago
- Lecturer in Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Associate Attorney, General and Commercial Litigation, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd