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About Craig B. Mousin

Craig B. Mousin was the University Ombudsperson at DePaul from 2001 to 2023. He received a BS from Johns Hopkins University, a JD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and an M Div from Chicago Theological Seminary. He joined the College of Law faculty in 1990, and served as the Executive Director of the Center for Church/State Studies until 2001, Acting Director until 2003, and co-director from 2004--2007. He currently teaches Asylum and Refugee Law at DePaul's College of Law. Mousin co-founded the Center’s Interfaith Family Mediation Program. He also co-founded the College of Law's Asylum and Legal Immigration Clinic. He teaches Transprofessional Mediation and Negotiation at DePaul's Grace School for Applied Diplomacy. He has taught in DePaul’s School for New Learning, the Religious Studies Department, and the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies program. He has also taught Immigration Law and Policy as an adjunct law faculty at the University of Illinois College of Law and also served as an adjunct faculty member at Chicago Theological Seminary.

Prior to DePaul, he began practicing labor law at Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson in 1978. In 1984, Mousin founded and directed the Midwest Immigrant Rights Center, a provider of legal assistance to refugees which has since become the National Immigrant Justice Center. He also directed legal services for Travelers & Immigrants Aid between 1986 and 1990. The United Church of Christ ordained him in 1989. At that time, Wellington Avenue U.C.C. called him as an Associate Pastor. He was a founding co-pastor of the DePaul Ecumenical Gathering (1996-2001). Mousin serves as a Life Trustee of the Chicago Theological Seminary. In addition, he is a member of the Leadership Council of the National Immigrant Justice Center, a member of the Leadership Council of the Marjorie Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture, a member of the Board of the Eco-Justice Collaborative, and a former President and Board member of the Immigration Project of downstate Illinois. Mousin also served as a member of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Ombuds Committee.​ In 2024, the International Ombuds Association honored him as a Distinguished Emeritus Ombuds.

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Present Adjunct Faculty Member, DePaul University DePaul College of Law
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Present Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
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