Alison R. Flaum

Alison R. Flaum is a Clinical Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and serves as the Legal Director of the Children & Family Justice Center. She joined the Northwestern clinical faculty in 2005 and has taught in both the Center on Wrongful Convictions and the Children & Family Justice Center.

Her educational background includes:

• AB from Brown University
• JD from Yale University
• LLM from Georgetown University

Professor Flaum's areas of expertise encompass criminal defense, juvenile defense, post-conviction litigation, and trial advocacy. She is particularly known for her work in wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform, focusing on decarceration, diversion, and post-sentencing advocacy for youth through her clinic course 'Second Chances for Youth'.

She is a key member of the Center on Wrongful Convictions and the Children & Family Justice Center, where she leads clinical programs that provide hands-on legal experience to students while representing clients in high-impact cases involving wrongful convictions and juvenile justice reform.