Recently, Associate Director of Career Services Joseph Kearney and I contributed an article to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in which we briefly examined the current state of civics in our nation. We argue that fundamental misunderstandings of the function of government have become exposed particularly during this unusually contentious election cycle. However, all is not lost: law students and lawyers, both of whom are studied in our government’s function, can contribute to their own professional identity by helping to “correct the record” when faced with misunderstandings about how our democracy truly functions. The full article can be read here.
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Justice Margaret O’Mara Frossard (Ret.)
Associate Dean, Professionalism & Career StrategyPhone: 312.427.2737 ext. 112
Email: mfrossar@jmls.edu
Justice Frossard earned her BA, with honors, from Northwestern University and her JD, with honors, from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law. She was a member of Law Review and the National Moot Court Team. After law school, she specialized in violent crime prosecution at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, eventually becoming Chief of the Felony Trial Division supervising 200 trial and appellate attorneys. Frossard then joined the Cook County Circuit Court, served 9 years as a trial judge, 13 years as a Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court and retired in 2010. She has been an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Law School, Chicago-Kent College of Law, and DePaul Law School. She currently teaches Trial Advocacy at John Marshall. She has published numerous legal articles, lectured extensively and is a member of several bar associations. Frossard served on the Governor’s Commissions on the Status of Women and on the Criminal Code.
