Beth W. Jantz at a glance
- Current role
- U.S. Magistrate Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois · Federal
- Judicial service
- Active
Beth W. Jantz
U.S. Magistrate Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Service record and verification
Judicial service and assignments
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · U.S. Magistrate Judge · Active · February 12, 2020–present · Assignment source ↗
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · U.S. Magistrate Judge · Active · Assignment source ↗
Appointment and verification
- Source authority
- Official United States court source; CourtListener / Free Law Project
Biography
Professional career
- In April 2026, she returned to Dartmouth as part of the Rockefeller Center’s Law and Democracy series, sharing her career and perspectives on criminal justice reform
- U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed in 2019, with a career spanning public defense, private practice, and judicial service
- She has publicly advocated for shifting from an “incarceration model” to a “treatment and rehabilitation model” in criminal justice
Education
- B.A. in Political Science from Dartmouth College (1999) and a J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (2002)
Additional information
- Magistrate, District Court, N.D. Illinois, 2020-present
- Judge Jantz has been instrumental in the SOAR program, which offers a therapeutic alternative to incarceration for eligible felony defendants.
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
Identity source checked July 29, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 29, 2026.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · Official United States court source; CourtListener / Free Law Project · effective February 12, 2020 · Source checked July 29, 2026
View U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois current judicial profile ↗CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · Source checked June 30, 2026
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Identity source · HTML · Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts · Source checked July 29, 2026
View U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster ↗CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · Source checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · Source checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗BR/MAG Judge Database: Beth W. Jantz
Identity source · HTML · University of Virginia School of Law Legal Data Lab · Source checked August 2, 2026
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