J. C. Lore III

J.C. Lore III is the director of trial advocacy. He trains law students and attorneys throughout the country and internationally, including statewide trainings of attorneys in Florida, New Jersey, California, and New York and numerous other regional and national trainings for both public interest attorneys and attorneys in private practice. Professor Lore has been a faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) since 2004 and has taught as both a team leader and program director. He also was a faculty member at NITA's 40th Anniversary National Session and received NITA's 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award. He currently is a faculty member of the Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program at Emory Law School and has previously taught trial advocacy at Northwestern University School of Law. Professor Lore also provides training to trial advocacy instructors. 

Professor Lore is the coauthor for Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice (with Steven Lubet), which is a leading trial advocacy book used by lawyers and students throughout the world. Modern Trial Advocacy has been adopted by over 90 United States law schools, and has been translated or adapted for use in Japan, Canada, Israel, the Republic of China (Taiwan), the People's Republic of China, and Chile.

In 2011, he created and now directs the Center for Public Interest Training at the Rutgers Law School, which provides free training for public interest lawyers. Professor Lore's commitment to teaching was recognized by Rutgers when he was awarded the 2012 Chancellor's Award for Civic Engagement, the 2013 Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, 2014 Lawyering Professor of the Year, 2015 Professor of the Year, and 2016 Professor of the Year.

Professor Lore came to Rutgers in 2006 to become the founding codirector of the Children's Justice Clinic, the first Rutgers Law School clinic to focus on children. As part of the clinic, third-year law students receive academic credit for representing children in southern New Jersey facing juvenile delinquency matters. In addition to providing legal services, students also work with their clients to address the causes of delinquency problems in their home environment.

Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 2006, Professor Lore served as the acting director of the Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic at Villanova University School of Law. He also has worked as a staff attorney and pro bono coordinator at the Bluhm Legal Clinic of Northwestern University School of Law where he managed the training and supervision of more than 200 Chicago area law firm attorneys who represented children in juvenile court. Before pursuing a teaching career, he was an assistant public defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia and the Cook County Public Defender's Office in Chicago. Throughout his career he has litigated hundreds of trials and motions before a wide variety of courts and administrative agencies.

Professor Lore serves on several committees and boards, including the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Minority Concerns and the New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee. He is an expert on issues of children's rights, juvenile law, and trial advocacy and has been a frequent contributor to various media outlets throughout the country.