Allison Bethel
Clinical Professor and Director, Fair Housing Clinic
The John Marshall Law School
315 S. Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604
312.427.2737
7bethel@jmls.edu

BS, Northwestern University
JD, University of Florida

While in law school, Allison Bethel received numerous awards for advocacy. She started her legal career in the private sector, specializing in civil trial work, including personal injury, commercial litigation, and condominium issues. In 1996, she joined the Florida Attorney General's Eminent Domain Division, representing the Florida Department of Transportation in million-dollar property acquisitions. In 1998, then Attorney General Robert Butterworth appointed Professor Bethel assistant director of the Civil Rights Division and promoted her to director in 2000. Professor Bethel joined the John Marshall faculty in April 2008 and directs the Fair Housing Clinic's work supervising students as they litigate fair housing cases.