Helen Skinner
Adjunct Faculty, Child and Family Law Programs, Graduate Legal Studies
Helen Kim Skinner is an adjunct faculty member in the Child and Family Law Programs in the Graduate Legal Studies department at ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago School of Law. She teaches Introduction to Children's Law Policy and Practice in the program. Helen also works for the Federal Defender Program in Chicago, where she supervises graduate social work students. She previously worked as a staff attorney at the Federal Defender Program, where she created the social work internship program and also assisted in the formation of the James B. Moran Second Chance Program, a federal reentry court which operates in the Northern District of Illinois. She has a private practice as a criminal mitigation specialist, and she is a licensed clinical social worker. She was an assistant public defender in the juvenile court, an adjunct professor for ºÚÁÏÃÅSchool of Social Work, and an adjunct professor at DePaul College of Law. Helen received her J.D. and M.S.W. from ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago School of Law and School of Social work, and she also received her B.S.W. from ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago.
Education
ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago, Bachelor of Social Work
ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago, Master of Social Work
ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago, Juris Doctorate
Courses Taught
Law 667, Children's Law Policy and Practice