Overview
Ellen Lueking concentrates her practice in K-12 education, often focusing on issues dealing with Title IX, student discipline, employee misconduct and other regulatory and compliance matters. Ellen also conducts Title VII and Title IX investigations for universities. She has represented clients in actions before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, and the Illinois Department of Human Rights.
Ellen provides her clients with actionable, practical advice based on deep knowledge of the law and previous experience working as an educator. Prior to attending law school, Ellen received a master’s degree in Physical Education and Coaching Pedagogy from Southern Illinois University. She taught physical education at North Side Elementary School and coached middle and high school volleyball in Fairfield, Illinois.
While in law school, she clerked at an education law firm in southern Illinois. Ellen also served as a Research Assistant in the Academic Success Program at the Southern Illinois University School of Law and was an editor on the Southern Illinois University Law Journal. Before joining Franczek, she was a senior associate at an Illinois education law firm.
She currently serves as an adjunct professor teaching Education Law at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Ellen also earned an Observation Certificate after completing the ChildFirst Forensic Interview Protocol training offered by the Child Advocacy Centers of Illinois and the Zero Abuse Project.