Professor Jill Spears
Professor Spears is a veteran educator with a variety of experiences and expertise. In addition to teaching bar courses, she has served as a classroom professor, course writer, and administrator at several law schools and universities.
She graduated from University of Southern California School of Law where she served as the Executive Editor of the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice.
Professor Spears began her legal career at Irell & Manella LLP, where she practiced general litigation and corporate reorganization. She went on to practice all aspects of employment law and class action defense. Professor Spears counsels numerous companies and organizations in the areas of organizational human resources and general employment law.
(We have known Jill since she was a 1L when she enrolled in the Essay Exam Writing Workshop in1998!)
Prof. Spears has been lecturing for Fleming’s Fundamentals of Law and teaching graduate legal courses and other undergraduate courses since 2004. In addition to teaching bar-related courses, Professor Spears teaches law school students at Dayton University, Chapman School of Law, Whittier Law School, and The Colleges of Law.