Rebecca Billick

Rebecca has dedicated her career to exploring the dynamic interactions between legal, educational, criminal, and mental health communities, specifically emphasizing how these relationships affect children and families. Her extensive experience has led her to develop multi-agency initiatives, provide conflict resolution and domestic violence training, conduct efficacy studies for child-focused programming, and publish briefs on various topics related to children and the law.

However, her most valuable insight comes from her firsthand experience as a therapeutic foster parent and school counselor, allowing her to understand how policy initiatives impact the daily lives of children and families.

Currently, Rebecca focuses on serving as a mediator, parenting coordinator, and guardian ad litem, but she also takes on a variety of family law cases.

education

  • Indiana Maurer School of Law in Bloomington – Juris Doctorate

  • Purdue University – Master of Science Counseling

  • Florida State University – Bachelor of Science in Criminology with Minors in Public Administration and Juvenile Justice

  • Andrean High School

Accreditations

training

  • Domestic Relations Mediator

  • Licensed Attorney  State of Indiana

  • Licensed Attorney State of Illinois

  • Collaborative Law Professional 

  • Parenting Coordinator

  • Guardian ad Litem

  • Therapeutic Foster Parent, 2002 – 2011

  • Licensed School Counselor, 2003 – 2013

publications + presentations

  • Young Children and the Courts,  Indiana Association for Infant and Toddler Mental Health, 2013

  • School Choice in Indiana: Sifting through the Rhetoric, The Center for Education and Evaluation Policy, 2011

  • INFOCUS Television Show, WTIU PBS, Panel Member discussing School Choice, 2011

  •  Indiana’s Future, Navigating New Demands & Directions, Center for Excellence in Leadership of Learning, 2011

  •  Juvies, MTV – participated in a documentary on juvenile detention

  • The Impact of Project Harmony, Florida State University, 1998

Background

  • Valparaiso University School of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2018 - current

  • Illinois Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Board of Directors, 2017 - current

  • Indiana Association for Infant and Toddler Mental Health, Board of Directors, 2016

  • Women Lawyers Association, President, 2015 - 2016

  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2012 – current

  • Indiana Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, President, 2012 – 2014; Board of Directors, 2012 - current

  • Illinois State Bar Association, 2016  

  • Chicago Bar Association, 2016 

  • Lake County Bar Association, 2015 - current

  • Porter County Bar Association, 2015 - current

  • Indiana State Bar Association, 2011 – current

  • Indiana Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force, 2013 - 2014

  • Monroe County Bar Association, 2011 – 2013

  • United Way of Monroe County, Board of Directors, 2011 – 2013

  • Bloomington First United Methodist Church, Board of Trustees, 2012 – 2013

  • Monroe County Circuit Court VII, Law Clerk to Hon. Steven Galvin, 2009 – 2010

  • Americorps, Site Supervisor for the Indiana Mentor Corps

  • Porter-Starke Community Mental Health, Behavioral Technician

  • Purdue North Central,  Continuing Lecturer