Robin Fretwell Wilson

Robin Fretwell Wilson is the Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law at the University of Illinois College of Law.  The author of eighteen books, Professor Wilson has ranked among the Top Ten Family Law Scholars in the United States for scholarly impact in each ranking done by the Leiter Report since 2010.  She co-directs the College of Law’s Epstein Health Law & Policy Program and its Family Law & Policy Program. Professor Wilson also founded and directs the Fairness for All Initiative, which is made possible with private philanthropic support. Professor Wilson co-leads IGPA’s Equity, Justice and Human Flourishing Working Group and is a founding member of the genomic security and privacy theme of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A member of the American Law Institute, Professor Wilson has thrice been honored for her work with lawmakers on innovative laws that address thorny questions, such as how to mesh LGBT rights with protections for religious belief and practice.