Angela Reilly

Law Clerk

Chicago
[email protected]

I graduated with a degree in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and am a third-year J.D. candidate at the University of Chicago Law School. I handle consumer, privacy-related class actions, government actions, and mass tort litigation.

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO
Summer Walker
SITE I FREQUENT
NYTimes.com
PERFECT VACATION
Paris -> French Riviera -> Bordeaux
Favorite QUOTE
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” -Barack Obama

Favorite Emoji
Desired Superpower
Cups of Coffee
How I Get Around

What is the most important thing they don’t teach you in law school?

Don’t be short-sighted when taking on a new case. Consider the ramifications of the possible outcomes beforehand, because that case will affect those who come after you.

Curriculum Vitae

ANGELA REILLY is a Law Clerk at Edelson PC where her work focuses on consumer, privacy-related class actions, government actions, and mass torts.

In law school, Angela has worked as a Law Clerk at Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago where she helped clients enforce their rights under the American with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Fair Housing Act. Angela has also conducted research for Professor Genevieve Lakier on a variety of First Amendment issues, and externed for the Honorable Sophia H. Hall in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Angela is an active member of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project at the University of Chicago Law School’s Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, where she helps represent children and adolescents accused of crimes and advocates for reform of the juvenile justice system.

Miscellaneous

Prior to law school, Angela was a Research Project Coordinator at DePaul University’s Center for Community Research, where her research focused on Substance Abuse Disorder and recovery programs. Additionally, Angela worked as a Research Assistant at the Metropolitan Planning Council, an independent policy organization that strives for a more equitable and sustainable Chicago region.

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