Craig Mousin

Craig B. Mousin served as the University Ombuds at DePaul from 2001 until 2023. He received a B.S. from Johns Hopkins University, a J.D. 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. Mousin co-founded the Center’s Interfaith Family Mediation Program. In addition to teaching Asylum, Immigration, and Mediation at DePaul’s College of Law, he has taught in DePaul’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the Religious Studies Department, The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy, Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, and the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies program. He has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Illinois College of Law and 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 for Immigrant Justice where he continues to serve. 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 former President and member of the Board of the Eco-Justice Collaborative, and a former President and Board member of the Immigration Project of downstate Illinois. The International Ombuds Association named him a Distinguished Emeritus Ombuds in 2024.