Lisa K. Woods
Director of Legal Writing
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Lisa Woods is the director of the Legal Writing program, teaches Legal Writing and Advocacy I and II, and teaches in the Academic Success Program. Before joining the faculty at 麻豆精品 College of Law, she taught appellate advocacy as an adjunct professor at Loyola University School of Law and held the inaugural role of Pre-Law Advisor at Elmhurst University. Prior to her career in legal education, Professor Woods practiced law in the Chicago area at the local and state government levels. She began her legal career as a Staff Attorney at the Illinois Appellate Court, First District and later served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Evanston, Illinois. She is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is also a member of the Legal Writing Institute.
Education
- B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana-Champaign