Jennifer Cunningham Beeler - Northfield, IL

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
    Juris Doctorate
    Honors: CALI Award Winner in Trial Advocacy
    Honors: CALI Award Winner in Wills, Trusts and Estates
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: Certificate in Family Law
    Honors: Certificate in Dispute Resolution in Family and Divorce Mediation

• Non Legal Education

  • Northwestern University, School of Communication
    M.A., Master of Arts
  • Illinois Wesleyan University
    Bachelor of Arts
    Major: English
    Major: Business Administration
  • DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Child Representatives, GALs, and Therapists: What CAN WE Talk About?, Illinois State Bar Association, 2014 - Present
  
• Speaker, Child Representative Training Publications, Lake County Bar Association, 2014 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Lake Bluff Park District Board of Commissioners, Member
• Friends of Lake Bluff Parks, Liaison
• Lake Bluff Park District Foundation Board, Liaison
• Cook County, Financial Mediator
• Cook County, Custodial Mediator

Published Works

Articles

• When God is in the Prenup - Civil Court Enforcement of Religious Divorce in Islam, Judaism and Catholicism, Lake County Bar Association Docket, September, 2015
  
• When God is in the Prenup - Civil Court Enforcement of Religious Divorce in Islam, Judaism and Catholicism, Family Law Newsletter of the Illinois State Bar Association, December, 2015
  
• The Silver Divorce: How to Address Social Security Benefits in the Dissolution of Marriage, Lake County Bar Association Docket, December, 2013
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Other Affiliations

• Lake County Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
• Jefferson Inn of Court