Rebecca DiLoreto

Rebecca DiLoreto is the supervising attorney for the Institute for Compassion in Justice Externship and teaches Family Law and Children and the Law. She is the Executive Director of the Institute for Compassion in Justice. Prior, Professor DiLoreto had a twenty-four year career with the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy (DPA) in indigent defense. She served as Post Trial Division Director for DPA for ten years and was the first director of the Lexington Public Defender’s Office. She also served as the Litigation Director for the Children’s Law Center, Inc. She has represented young people in juvenile, family and circuit court across the Commonwealth.