Karen Halverson Cross
Professor of Law; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Relations
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Contact
Building & Room:
C-931
Address:
300 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604
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About
Karen Halverson Cross was on the faculty of the Law School for over 20 years before joining UIC. During 2018 – 19, she served as Associate Dean for Administration at John Marshall, developing law school policies and assisting with the law school’s acquisition by UIC, and has since served on the UIC Senate, the Senate Executive Committee, the Senate Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP), and the Faculty Advisory Committee. In addition to her faculty role, Professor Cross currently serves as Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Relations in UIC’s Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Her current teaching and scholarship focus on contract and sales law, dispute resolution, and higher education law and policy. Her scholarship has appeared in the Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, Wayne Law Review, Journal of International Economic Law, Cardozo Law Review, and the Ohio State Law Journal, among other publications. She was awarded a Fulbright Distinguished Chair to Portugal in 2008 and since served on peer committees for the Fulbright program. She has served in the leadership of the Education Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools since 2022.
Education
M.S. in Higher Education Administration and Policy, Northwestern University
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
B.A., with distinction, University of Wisconsin-Madison