John M. Breen

As an undergraduate, Professor Breen studied the "Great Books" while majoring in Notre Dame's Program of Liberal Studies; he graduated with highest honors. He then attended Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Board of Student Advisors, teaching research and writing to first year law students. Following graduation from law school, Professor Breen clerked for Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. At the completion of his clerkship he practiced law at Sidley & Austin in Chicago where he specialized in commercial litigation. Professor Breen was an associate visiting professor of law at the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University before joining the Loyola faculty.