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...
In early 2024, a federal district court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Disney Corporation against Florida officials for alleged retaliation against Disney’s opposition to certain Florid...
Professor Ralph Brubaker has received the Lawrence P. King Award for Excellence in the Field of Bankruptcy by the Commercial Law League of America. Below is the text of the press release announci...
On February 17–18, 2024, the College of Law's Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law co-sponsored a conference at Harvard Law School on the Supreme Court's uses of "history and tradi...
The famous system of breaking down legal analyses into ordered subparts, Issue-Rule-Analysis-Conclusion, needs an updated focus on the last part, according to Professor Jacob Sherkow. In his new ...
Robin Fretwell Wilson has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for the academic year 2024-2025. She will spend the year in Lisbon, Portugal at the NOVA School of Law. The Fulbright Program i...
Generative artificial intelligence is a new tool that can offer robust results, but users must master the art of crafting effective search prompts to yield relevant responses. The ABA Journal spo...
Judge Arthur Engoron dealt a significant legal and financial blow to former President Donald Trump's business empire, including a staggering $355 million fine and temporary removal of Trump and h...
You can check out, but never leave the Hotel California, or so the song's lyrics state; when the original lyrics sheet, penned by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, was taken from the artists, it was not...
Professor Nicola Sharpe is one of five individuals selected to be part of a screening committee whose task is to review and vet District Court candidates and advise regarding the candidates’ qu...
Robin Wilson recently testified at two statehouses. On Friday, February 2, she testified before the Utah House Judiciary Committee on Utah House Bill 396, protecting religious freedom. On Februar...
A recent lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee and other plaintiffs challenges Mississippi's practice of counting mail-in ballots received within five business days after "Election ...
Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson was honored on the floor of the Utah Senate for the assistance she has provided lawmakers over nearly a decade, including her work as a special consultant over the...
Professor Michael LeRoy's latest research “Are Collectives Joint Employers of College Athletes? An Empirical Analysis of NIL Deals and School Policies,” will be published in a leading sports ...
Writing in the New York Times, columnist Jamelle Bouie writes that former President Donald Trump's actions make him an insurrectionist by any reasonable definition and that the Supreme Court shou...
As part of the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson took part in a panel discussion arranged by the Illinois Department of Corrections Kewanee Life ...
Transfer rules and the changes to those rules have played an outsized role in college athletics in recent years. The federal government joining 10 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit...
In his role as the College of Law’s first Leader in Residence, Michael Strautmanis ’94 is ready to embrace the opportunity to inspire students and spark dialogue about the role lawyers play i...
On February 1, 2024, College of Law students Cree Medley and Richard J. Sammartino were sworn in by the Honorable Eric I. Long, United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of Illinois...
Congratulations to 3L Alban Beqiri on the publication of his article, "When a Nonfiling Spouse’s Support of an Adult Child Prevents Relief," in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. In his...
The strength of Professor Ralph Brubaker's scholarship provided "considerable force" in the mind of Bankruptcy Judge J. Craig Whitley of Charlotte, N.C., and he cited Brubaker's work extensively ...
In late December 2023, U.S. bankruptcy court in North Carolina denied motions to dismiss the Texas Two-Step mass-tort bankruptcy cases of entities created to resolve the asbestos liability of the...
When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life in unprecedented ways, one of the most consequential was the suspension of eviction hearings and moratorium on evictions imposed by the CARES Act. When e...
When it comes to speech, "There is legal freedom and there is practical freedom," Professor Lena Shapiro explained. The director of the First Amendment Clinic explained how the freedoms related t...