Lurene M. Contento

Illinois

Supreme Court of Illinois

Since 2000

Professor of Legal Skills, International LLM Program, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

2022 - Current

Visiting Professor of Legal Skills for International LLMs, Jul 2019 - Jul 2022

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing 1 for International LLMs

St. John's University School Of Law

2020 - 2022

Assistant Professor and Writing Center Director

The John Marshall Law School, Chicago (currently UIC Law)

2001 - 2019

The John Marshall Law School

J.D.

Honors: magna cum laude; Fred F. Herzog Academic Excellence Scholarship; West’s Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Scholastic Excellence: Torts I, Torts II, Contracts; CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Constitutional Law, Evidence.

Loyola University Chicago

B.A. | English Literature

Honors: summa cum laude; Otto W. Lehmann Foundation Academic Scholarship; Martin J. Svaglic Literary Excellence Award.

Association of American Law Schools

Section on Grad Programs for Non-US Lawyers

2016 - Current

Activities: Section on Teaching Methodologies, 2015 to present; Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research, 2009 to present

Association of Legal Writing Specialists

Chair

2014 - Current

Activities: National Coordinator, 2012-2014

Global Legal Skills Conference Series

Program and Planning Committee

2010 - Current

Activities: Program Chair, 2013-2016

Illinois State Bar

Member

2000 - Current