Multidisciplinary Legal Educator and Advocate

BART E. BEALS

Flossmoor, Illinois • 312-***-**** • *********@*****.***

Author • Educator • Legal Professional • Advocate

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Versatile legal professional, educator, and author with over 20 years of experience. CORE COMPETENCIES

Teaching & Tutoring • Legal Research & Writing • Public Speaking • Client Communication Case & Project Management • Program Development • Policy Analysis • Negotiation Advocacy & Community Engagement • Critical Thinking • Evidence Review • Problem Solving

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WY ZANT — Remote

Tutor 2025–Present

- Provides individualized tutoring...

AUTHOR — Choices: From Prison to Penthouse

Independent Publication December 2025

- Authored a motivational nonfiction book...

BEALS LAW FIRM — Chicago, Illinois

Owner & Lead Advocate 2006–2025

- Managed all aspects of client representation from client communication to trial. DCHA — Washington, D.C.

Assistant General Counsel 2005–2006

- Provided strategic legal guidance...

WESTWOOD COLLEGE — Calumet City, Illinois

Instructor, Criminal Justice 2004–2005

- Taught undergraduate Criminal Justice...

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ROLES (Condensed)

- Criminal Justice Act Attorney...

- Law Partner...

- Associate Attorney...

- Summer Associate...

SELECT TRIAL & ADVOCACY EXPERIENCE

- First-chair and second-chair experience...

PUBLICATIONS

- Choices: From Prison to Penthouse (2025)

- Social Darwinism Has No Place In Public Classrooms, Chicago Journal (Vol. 2, No. 47) September 5, 2002.

PAPERS PRESENTED

- Affirmative Action White Paper...

- NAACP Statement...

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, Howard University School of Law

B.A., Business Administration, Illinois Institute of Technology HONORS & AWARDS

- Merit Scholarship Recipient...

- CALI Award...

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