Ms. Meghan Paulas graduated in 2004 from the James Madison College at Michigan State University with a B.A. in Social Relations with a specialization in Political Science. While at Chicago-Kent, Meghan earned a Certificate in Public Interest Law, membership in the Bar & Gavel Society, and the Fleischman Family Award for Excellence in the Criminal Law Clinic.
During law school, Meghan clerked for the Cook County Public Defender's Office, the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and completed an oral argument in front of the First District Appellate Court of Illinois. Meghan is currently employed as the Assistant General Counsel for the Illinois Human Rights Commission.
Writings
2008 Honors Scholars Seminar Paper
"Crediting the Fiction": How Judicial Mislabeling of Indeterminate Civil Commitment for Sexually Violent Persons as Collateral Is Upholding Inconstitutional Pleas
