Mary Jean Dolan
Assistant Professor
The John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312.427.2737 ext. 867
E-mail: 7dolan@jmls.edu

BA, magna cum laude, University of Notre Dame,
Phi Beta Kappa
JD, cum laude,
Northwestern University School of Law

Before coming to John Marshall in 2007, Dolan was a special counsel for the City of Chicago, advising and drafting laws and policies. Prior to that, she taught at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and the University of Florida Law School.

Her specialty areas are the First Amendment and Family Law.  During the past year, Dolan's article, "The Special Public Purpose and Endorsement Relationships-New Extensions of Government Speech," was published in the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, her article on Establishment Clause guidelines appeared in the Municipal Lawyer. She authored an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in a government speech case, Pleasant Grove v. Summum.

Dolan received a J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law, and was notes editor for the Northwestern University Law Review. After graduation, she clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Hon. Ilana Rovner.

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