Kathleen M. Mangold-Spoto
Professor of Law
- BA, University of Illinois, Champaign–Urbana
- JD, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
- kmangoldspoto@piercelaw.edu
- (603) 513-5225
- Courses: Legal Skills I & II, Civil Procedure
- Committees: Teaching Effectiveness and Technology, Lectures
- Scholarship
Kathleen Mangold-Spoto teaches legal writing at Pierce Law. Prior to coming to Pierce, she taught legal writing at the University of Maine School of Law, DePaul University College of Law, and Northern Illinois University College of Law.
Before she began teaching, Professor Spoto practiced law for 15 years as a civil rights attorney. Her area of expertise is constitutional rights litigation, with a primary focus on school issues relating to racial segregation and educational equity. She is a former partner of the Chicago law firm of Futterman & Howard, where she is currently of counsel.
Following graduation from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law in 1986, Professor Spoto served as a judicial clerk for Judge Stanley J. Roszkowski of the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Professor Spoto earned a BA degree in English and American literature from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She is the author of Third Party Challenges to Desegregation Remedies, 15 Civ. Rights Litig. and Att. Fees Annual Handbook 17-1 (1999).
