Cynthia D. Bond
Associate Director, Lawyering Skills Program; Clinical Professor of Law
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Cynthia D. Bond has a BA in English and Rhetoric with high honors from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MFA in English from Cornell University. After graduating from Cornell University Law School, Bond served as a volunteer staff attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services, a public interest law office, before opening a solo practice in Ithaca, New York, focusing on family law for low-income clients. Subsequently, Bond became an associate with True, Walsh & Miller, LLP where her practice areas included litigation, domestic relations, and real estate. Professor Bond taught legal writing and a seminar on law and popular culture for 5 years at Cornell Law School. She is a recipient of the Tompkins County Bar Association award for outstanding pro bono legal services and the American Bar Association Journal Ross Essay Award. Professor Bond came to UIC Law as a visiting professor in 2004 and joined the full-time faculty in 2006. She teaches Lawyering Skills I, Family Law, Images of Law in Film, and Law and Culture. Her scholarship addresses images of law in popular culture and legal writing pedagogy.