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Erika Weaver's Biography

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Full Name:

Erika C. Weaver

Gender:

Female

Family:

3 Children

JD, Loyola University Chicago, 2014-2017

MS, College Student Affairs, Eastern Illinois University, 2009-2010

BS, Kinesiology and Sport Studies, Eastern Illinois University, 2007-2008

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 15, 2020

Assistant Public Defender, Coles County Public Defender's Office, 2019-present

Associate Attorney, The Tapella & Eberspacher Law Firm, 2018-2019

Fellow, Public Interest Law, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, 2017-2018

Adjunct Professor, Law, Loyola University Chicago, 2017

Legal Intern, 711 License, Coles County State's Attorney Office, 2016

Judicial Intern, Illinois Sixth Judicial District, 2016

Judicial Intern, Illinois Circuit Court, 2015

Judicial Extern, United States District Court, 2015

Adjunct Counselor/Adjunct Faculty, Lake Land College, 2011-2014

Co-Chair, Law Student Outreach Committee, Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, Incorporated, 2019-present

Member, American Association of Single Parents, Incorporated, 2018-present

Member, Board, Mattoon Community School District #2, 2017-present

Member, American Bar Association, 2015-present

Member, Black Law Students Association, 2014-present

Member, Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, Incorporated, 2014-present

Member, Executive Board, Law Students for Reproductive Justice, 2014-present

Former Solicitations Editor, Children's Legal Rights Journal, Loyola University Chicago

Director of Resolution, Cultural Impact Initiative

Former Staff Writer, Public Interest Law Review, Loyola University Chicago

Social Chair, Women's Law Society

Volunteer, Coles County Court Appointed Special Advocates, 2011-2019

Member, Board, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of East Central Illinois, 2018

Intern, Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, American Bar Association, 2015

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