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Steven Schwinn
Associate Professor
The John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: 312.427.2737 ext. 865
Email: 7schwinn@jmls.edu
BA, Michigan State University
JD, American University Washington College of Law
Scholarship | SSRN Publications | Presentations
Steven Schwinn came to John Marshall from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he joined the faculty in 2001. In 2005, he received the Clinical Legal Education Association Award for Excellence for his work as a faculty co-supervisor on a post-conviction case involving a petitioner's claim of innocence, and has been recognized for his pro bono work. Previously, he taught at George Washington University Law School for two years.
Professor Schwinn also was assistant general counsel for the Peace Corps from 1996 to 1999. In law school, he was a member of the editorial board of the American University Journal of Gender & Law. He has written and lectured on a variety of legal topics. Professor Schwinn's specialty areas include constitutional law, negotiation, client interviewing, appellate advocacy, legal analysis, and writing.
Professor Schwinn joined the faculty in 2007. He teaches Lawyering Skills and Constitutional Law II. Visit Professor Schwinn's Constitutional Law Page.
Scholarship
Displaced Workers and Their Search for Support in a Broken Bureaucracy, 40 Clearinghouse Rev. J. of Poverty L. & Pol'y 107 (2008)
Reconstructing the Constitutional Case Against Mandatory Welfare Home Visits, 42 Clearinghouse Rev. J. of Poverty L. & Pol'y 42 (2008)
Developmental Learning Theory in the First Year: From Regression to Progression (2008)
Welfare Reform in a Global Economy, 11 U. Iowa J. Gender, Race & Justice 209 (2008)
Presentations
International Future of Legal Education Conference, "Actual Legal Work in the First Year," Atlanta, GA (February 2008)
