Maybell Romero joined the NIU Law faculty in 2017. Her teaching and writing interests focus on criminal law, criminal procedure, legal ethics, and law and rurality. She has served as both a state’s attorney and defense attorney during her decade of practice in Utah, where she also handled child welfare and civil litigation matters. Professor Romero is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. She also holds a B.A. from Cornell University, where she studied both English and government.
