As Associate Director at National Louis University, Mrs. Dunnagan acted as a key player in the implementation of Customer Relations Management software for the enrollment department to help “serve those who serve.” Her job allows her to be part of an institution whose mission is to assist teachers and health care workers. The skills she learned in the Legal Studies Master’s Degree Program helped her improve her research ability, organize the information and apply it to the appropriate circumstance.

Erica Nichols Cook is a staff attorney at the Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) and a Legal Studies graduate! Ms. Nichols Cook enrolled in the Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Program at UIS because she was able to work towards her degree and retain her full-time job as a paralegal by attending evening classes.

Mr. Bryant Hitchings is currently an Assistant State’s Attorney of Coles County Illinois. Mr. Hitchings is a former graduate of the University of Illinois Springfield’s Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Program and has received his J.D. from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan. Prior to working as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Mr. Hitchings was a legal clerk at the Strong Law Offices in Peoria, Illinois. Similar to many other Legal Studies alumni, Mr.

Rodney Perry is an independent consultant and expert witness in commodity futures and options compliance…and a University of Illinois Springfield’s (UIS) Legal Studies Department graduate! Mr. Perry graduated with his Master’s Degree in Legal Studies from UIS in 2010. He chose the online Legal Studies Master’s Degree Program at UIS as a way to help him professionally, while preparing him for law school.

The old saying you can’t teach an old dog new tricks couldn’t be less accurate for Ms. Tracey Jensen. Ms. Jensen decided to pursue the Legal Studies Master’s Degree Program at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) 15 years after receiving her Bachelor’s Degree.