Illinois Law professor and IP expert Jacob Sherkow spoke to Nature Biotechnology about the recent Tome Biosciences acquisition of Replace Therapeutics to enhance their gene editing capabilities. ...
Professor Colleen Murphy will deliver the keynote address at the Delft Design for Values Institute event Share Fair: Design for Justice. The event is intended to share knowledge, networks, perspe...
Professors Bob Lawless and Jennifer Robbennolt co-authored a blog post for Psychology Today, titled "Purdue Pharma, Bankruptcy, and Procedural Justice." In the post, they discuss how the Sackler ...
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis on April 17, 2024, ruling in favor of a female police sergeant who said she was unlawfully transferred from the intelligence di...
The First Amendment Clinic is hiring a Fellow for the 2024-2025 academic year. This is a one-year position, with an anticipated start date between June 15, 2024, and August 19, 2024, with the pos...
Professor Jacqueline E. Ross was awarded the 2024 WAYNE R. LAFAVE AWARD FOR SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE for her book "Making Sense of Youth Crime: A Comparison of Police Intelligence in the United State...
Professor Arden Rowell has teamed up with the Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) Research Laboratory , led by Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering Associate Professor Zahra Mohaghegh...
For Immediate Release | May 2024 Contact: Rachel Del Rossi, PBF Executive Director RDelRossi@PeggyBrowningFund.org Philadelphia, PA, May 2024 - Jehong (Joseph) Park from the University of Illin...
The Rickert Awards are the most prestigious awards conferred upon students at the University of Illinois College of Law and recognize excellence in student achievement. The Rickert Awards Program...
"I think the cases are a step in the right direction," Professor Eric Johnson told USA Today about a new tactic from prosecutors in the battle against gun violence. Three separate cases have rece...
Professors Pia Hunter and Faye Jones spoke at the 2024 Popular Culture Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, on March 27, 2024. The Popular Culture Association is a group dedicated ...
Professor Richard Kaplan was one of six law professors who filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit case State of Utah et al. v. Julie Su et al. The brief was file...
In the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Judge Craig T. Goldblatt relied heavily upon the scholarship of Professor Robert Lawless in his opinion for Yellow Corporation's Chapter...
Bayer AG is considering employing the controversial legal tactic known as the Texas Two-Step bankruptcy to address the thousands of lawsuits alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. Th...
Professor Matthew Finkin's scholarly expertise was recently in demand in the Northeast. On Wednesday, March 20, Professor Finkin testified before a committee of the Vermont Legislature concerning...
A recent $2.5 billion bankruptcy settlement between the Boy Scouts of America and childhood sexual abuse survivors seemed to put a close to an awful chapter in the victims lives, until the settle...
Former President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term is generating a lot of constitutional questions, which is keeping Professor Jason Mazzone busy. Writing at the News-Gazette, Mazzone explor...
The American Constitution Society selected 34 up-and-coming legal professionals as 2024 Next Generation Leaders, including College of Law student Bobby Mannis. The Next Generation Leader program ...
Cook County Judge Tracie Porter's decision to remove Former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot made Illinois one of three states barring him from the ballot. Similar to cases in other st...
The College of Law, Dr. Paul Lisnek, Dean Jamelle Sharpe, and the Trial Advocacy Program extends a heartfelt congratulations to the award winners and finalists for the Paul M. Lisnek Awards for E...
The University of Illinois College of Law is honored to announce Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, will deliver the convocation address to the Class of ...
Today, the University of Illinois College of Law published its 2023-2024 Employer Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes employers who have regularly hired recent College of Law graduates. The Hon...
After hours of interviews, research, writing, and compiling a case to present in court, there are several emotions a young lawyer might feel. Nothing compares, however, to the flood of emotion th...
Quadrangle, the magazine of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, profiled the Illinois Scholars at Risk program in its Spring 2024 issue. The profile highlights the work done by the program,...
The United States Bankruptcy Court Western District of North Carolina recently denied a motion to dismiss the bankruptcy of companies implicated in asbestos liability cases, citing and quoting fr...