Craig B. Futterman
Clinical Professor of Law
6020 S. University
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773-702-9611
email: futterman@uchicago.edu

EDUCATION
Stanford Law School
J. D., 1991
Activities: Lawyering for Social Change Program; East Palo Alto Community Law Project; Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation; Recruiter at Bay Area Law School Conference; Mentor program; Intramural football and basketball.

Northwestern University
B. A. in Economics and Sociology, 1988
Graduated with Highest Distinction; Honors in Sociology; Phi Beta Kappa.

Activities: Chicago Field Studies Program; founded scholarship for Northwestern women; organized Charity Race for New City Y.M.C.A.; Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; National Greek Leadership Award; Tennis Club; Intramural basketball, tennis, and floor hockey; performed on electric keyboards/ piano in various school cultural events.

Academic Research: Comparison between Public & Private Criminal Defense Attorneys 1987-1988
Efficiency of the Criminal Justice System 1988
Plea Bargaining in the Chicago Felony Courts 1987
Residential Segregation by Race 1987

EXPERIENCE

University of Chicago Law School
Clinical Professor of Law, 2006-present
Associate Clinical Professor of Law, 2000-2006
Founder and Director of Civil Rights & Police Accountability Project

Stanford Law School
Director of Public Interest Programs and Lecturer in Law, 1999-2000

Futterman & Howard, Chtd., Chicago, IL
Associate, 1994-99

Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, IL
Trial Attorney, 1991-94
Early Entry Unit, 1991-94
Juvenile Delinquency Division, 1993-94
Abuse and Neglect Division, 1991-93

Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Assistant, Summer 1990

Stanford Law Professor Eric Wright
Assistant, 1989-90

East Palo Alto Community Law Project, East Palo Alto, California
Student Steering Committee, 1988-90

East Palo Alto Council of Tenants, East Palo Alto, California
Assistant, 1989-90

Menlo-Atherton High School Mediation Program
Staff, 1989-90

Public Advocated, Inc./Homebase, San Francisco, California
Staff, Summer 1989

Homeless Advocacy Project, San Francisco, California
Staff, Summer 1989

Attorney Sam Adam, Chicago, Illinois
Assistant, 1988

Genson, Steinbeck & Gillespie, Chicago, Illinois
Assistant, 1988

Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, IL
Assistant, Summer 1987

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Bar Memberships:Illinois 1991; authorized to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois.

Professional Memberships:American Association of American Law Schools, Clinical Legal Education Section; Clinical Legal Education Association; Society of American Law Teachers; National Lawyers Guild; National Police Accountability Project; American Civil Liberties Union.