Courses Taught

Children and the Law
Civil Justice Clinic
Civil Justice Clinic: Children & Family Defense Project
Constitutional Law I

Profile

Professor Annette R. Appell is an expert in child advocacy, adoption, clinical legal education, and child welfare. She served as the inaugural associate dean of the law school’s top-ranked Clinical Education Program from 2008-2011 and continues co-direct of the Civil Justice Clinic; she also teaches Children and the Law. She regularly publishes her research in law reviews and multidisciplinary books and journals, as well as presents papers on these subjects at conferences and workshops throughout the United States and in other countries. A recipient of a variety of grants and awards, Professor Appell testifies before state legislative bodies regarding child welfare and adoption practice and policy. In addition to her teaching and scholarship, she is on the Board of Directors for the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform and a member of the National Advisory Board for the Family Defense Center. Before joining the academy, she practiced law in Chicago with Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal and at Meites, Frackman, Mulder, Burger & Mollica. Additionally, she worked for the Office of the Public Guardian of Cook County as an attorney and guardian-ad-litem.