Beatriz Diaz-Pollack joined Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in July 2021. She serves as Senior Counsel for the education equity practice area working to address educational disparities in our public school systems and advocating to secure access to a high quality education for all students.

Beatriz brings experience working on issues related to the educational system from multiple perspectives including, most recently, as an Illinois Special Education Due Process Hearing Officer, as a researcher and consultant examining legal issues impacting the education of Multilingual Learners, and as an educator at both the elementary school and university levels. In addition, Beatriz previously worked for the Illinois State Board of Education as an Assistant General Counsel, focusing primarily on issues relating to special education and school funding. She began her legal career at Legal Assistance Foundation, providing civil legal services to clients experiencing poverty in Chicago.

Beatriz serves on the Illinois Due Process Screening Committee as the Experienced Hearing Officer appointee of the Illinois Attorney General. Beatriz earned her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and was her class's Latino/a Law Students Associations’ Student of the Year and the recipient of the Brown vs. Board of Education Award for outstanding commitment to public education and poverty law. She also holds a Master of Science in Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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You can contact Beatriz Diaz-Pollack at bdiaz-pollack@clccrul.org.