Terrance A. Norton Member of the Clinical Faculty and Director of the Center for Open Government

Terrance A. Norton currently serves as the director of the Center for Open Government, which is housed in the Chicago-Kent Law Offices. He and Chicago-Kent law students advise and represent citizens who seek legal assistance in bringing about government transparency and accountability.

Before joining the Chicago-Kent Center for Open Government, Director Norton was the pro bono partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, where he was responsible for directing the firm's national pro bono program. Prior to his tenure at Sonnenschein, he served as executive director of the Better Government Association, a Chicago government watchdog organization. During the 1990s, he was a clinical professor and faculty member at Chicago-Kent.

Upon graduation from law school, he was named an Honor Law Graduate by the U.S. Department of Justice and served as a special attorney in the Department of Justice's Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, in both the Pittsburgh and Chicago Strike Forces. He also served as deputy chief of the Chicago Strike Force. After his Department of Justice experience, he served as general counsel and assistant director of the Better Government Association, where he co-authored Official Corruption & Misconduct in Cook County: Legal Definitions, Standards of Conduct, Existing Remedies & Enforcement Agencies: Report to the Chicago Ethics Project (Better Government Association 1987) (with L. Shimkus), and as a trial attorney with Pretzel & Stouffer Chtd. in Chicago.

Director Norton received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from DePaul University, where he was managing editor of the DePaul Law Review.