The Center for Advocacy
Advocacy Faculty and Administration
Professor James P. Carey, who serves as the Director of the Center for Advocacy, has an extensive background both in the practice of law and, for many, as one of the country's leading teachers of trial advocacy for both students and practitioners.
Megan Canty, Assistant Director of Advocacy.
Several members of the full-time faculty teach courses that involve advocacy skills in a wide variety of contexts. Loyola also utilizes adjunct faculty, comprised of distinguished member of Chicago's extensive legal community. The adjunct faculty devote significant amounts of time and energy to the education of law students, sharing their knowledge, skills, and insights of the art and science of advocacy.
The Chicago law firm of Cooney & Conway has announced a $1.5 million donation to the School of Law which will establish a new faculty chair position: the Cooney & Conway Chair in Advocacy. It is through the generosity of three Loyola School of Law alumni, John Cooney (JD '79), Robert Cooney Jr. (JD '78), and Kevin Conway (JD '76), that this position will be established. This year, the law school will begin a national search for a leading scholar in advocacy to assume the role of chair in the Fall of 2009. This is a wonderful development in our advocacy program, and we are very grateful to Cooney & Conway for this gift.
