Robin Fretwell Wilson
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Robin Fretwell Wilson is Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law at the University of Illinois College of Law and Distinguished Visiting Professor at NOVA School of Law, where she taught during the 2024/2025 academic year under a Fulbright Scholarship in Law and Sustainability.
The author of twenty-two books, Professor Wilson has ranked among the Top Ten Family Law Scholars in the United States for scholarly impact in each ranking done by the Leiter Report since 2010. She co-directs the College of Law’s Epstein Health Law & Policy Program, as well as its Family Law & Policy Program.
Professor Wilson also founded and directs the Tolerance Means Dialogues, made possible with private philanthropic support, to bridge divides in the culture war.
A member of the American Law Institute, Professor Wilson has eight times been honored for her work with lawmakers on innovative laws that address thorny questions, such as how to mesh LGBT rights with protections for religious belief and practice—including the 2022 Respect for Marriage Act, hailed as the most significant LGBT piece of legislation in the last decade.