Erica Zunkel

California

State Bar of California

Illinois

Supreme Court of Illinois

7th Circuit

9th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court– Southern District of California

United States District Court–Northern District of Illinois General and Trial Bars

Clinical Professor of Law & Associate Director

University of Chicago Law School, Federal Criminal Justice Clinic

2021 - Current

Clinical Professor of Law & Associate Director July 2021–present; Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Associate Director July 2018–present; Assistant Clinical Professor of Law & Associate Director Jan. 2016–Jun. 2018; Acting Associate Director Dec. 2014–Jan. 2016; Clinical Instructor July 2013–Jan. 2016; Fellow & Lecturer in Law Mar. 2012–July 2013.

Trial Attorney

Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.,

2005 - 2012

Judicial Clerk to Chambers of the Honorable Martha Vázquez

United States District Court, Santa Fe, NM

2004 - 2005

University of California, Berkeley School of Law

J.D. (2003)

Honors: Berkeley Law Foundation Grant Recipient; Pride Law Fund Grant Recipient; 2003 National Association of Women Lawyers Honoree; Prosser Prizes: Community Law Practice, Death Penalty Seminar .

Activities: Projects Editor & Member, California Law Review; Co-Projects Editor & Member, Berkeley Women’s Law Journal; Co-Director, East Bay Community Law Center HIV/Homeless Clinical Outreach Program; Student Board Member, East Bay Community Law Center.

Cornell University

B.A. (1999) | American Studies

Honors: summa cum laude with distinction in all subjects

Activities: Associate Managing Editor, Cornell Daily Sun

Illinois State Bar

Member

Current

California State Bar

Member

Current

CJA PanelNorthern District of Illinois

Member

Current

National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

Member

Current

Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

Member

Current