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The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) is proud to welcome Professor Claire Johnson Raba to the law school’s faculty. Professor Johnson Raba will join UIC Law in Fall 2022 a...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/uic-law-hires-professor-claire-johnson-raba-from-uc-irvine-law/

On May 20, the Law School hosted its 46th Freedom & Distinguished Service Awards Ceremony, the first held since the ceremony’s postponement in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s h...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/uic-law-hosts-46th-freedom-distinguished-service-awards-ceremony/

News Clips, Press Releases, and Publications from John Marshall Law school

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On Friday, May 6, the Honorable William Yu (JD 1996), Associate Judge in the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, delivered the address at the Law School’s 211th Com...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/pioneering-judge-william-yu-96-delivers-211th-commencement-address/

News Clips, Press Releases, and Publications from John Marshall Law school

https://news.law.uic.edu/alumni-profiles/alumni-profile-leonard-f-amari-68/

Back in 1973 I found myself in Dean Lee’s infamous Illinois Constitutional Law class. Like all of my classmates, I did my best to remain invisible. Then one day it happened… As usual, I had n...

https://news.law.uic.edu/why-i-give/why-i-give-hon-anne-scott-74/

Effective July 1, Gary Friedlander (JD 1987), Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel – International with TransUnion, will assume leadership of UIC Law’s Center for Intellectual Pro...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/gary-friedlander-87-transunion-senior-vp-to-lead-ip-program/

Faculty Professor Kevin Hopkins On May 9, he quoted in a WBEZ story about Cook County judges who approve subpoenas to witnesses for court hearings that don’t exist. Professor Ann Lousin On Ma...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-may-2022/

2Ls Jake Leahy published “California Non-Compete Law Is One Step Too Far” in the California Review. He also published “Employers Beware: Recent Changes Create Major Roadblocks to Non-Compet...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-may-2022/

1982 John P. Maniatis accepted a position as Of Counsel at Arongberg Goldgehn. 1985 Antonio Romanucci, Partner at Romanucci & Blandin LLC, was named #5 on Leading Lawyers‘ 2022 Top 10 Personal ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-may-2022/

The Hispanic Lawyers Scholarship Fund of Illinois (HLSF) will recognize nine UIC Law students next month at its May 10, 2022 scholarship reception, hosted at Barnes & Thornburg’s Chicago office...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/nine-students-earn-scholarships-from-hispanic-legal-scholarship-fund-of-illinois/

More than 75,000 Afghans have been resettled in the U.S. since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021. In the nine months since, local human rights organizations have responded ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/international-human-rights-clinics-students-help-local-afghan-refugees/

UIC Law welcomed Associate Dean and Professor Adrien Wing of the University of Iowa College of Law in April to deliver its 2022 Fred F. Herzog Memorial Lecture. The lecture series, named in honor...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/2022-fred-f-herzog-memorial-lecture-by-iowa-laws-adrien-wing-available-online/

John “Jack” Ottenwess was a 3L when he externed with the National Council on Disability. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the NCD is an independent agency of the U.S. Government that advises ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/externship-experiences/externship-experiences-jack-ottenwess/

As a 2L, Joelle Maryzelle Juarez had the opportunity to extern with Hon. Franklin U. Valderrama of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The U.S. District Court for the N...

https://news.law.uic.edu/externship-experiences/externship-experiences-joelle-maryzelle-juarez/

Professor Alicia Alvarez, Associate Dean for Experiential Education at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law), and co-author Paul R. Tremblay of Boston College Law School have...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/associate-dean-alicia-alvarez-co-author-paul-tremblay-publish-new-edition-of-introduction-to-transactional-lawyer-practice/

For the first time in its history, the law school’s Edward T. & Noble W. Lee Chair in Constitutional Law has been jointly awarded to two scholars. Professors Hugh Mundy and Steven D. Schwinn wi...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/professors-hugh-mundy-steven-schwinn-named-2022-2023-lee-co-chairs-in-constitutional-law/

Professor Ann M. Lousin officially accepted her 11th consecutive award from the Illinois State Historical Society at the ISHS’s annual awards luncheon on Saturday, April 9. The award recognizes...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/professor-ann-lousin-wins-11th-consecutive-ishs-award-for-columns/

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law students cut their Spring Break short this year for a chance to meet with the nation’s second-highest-ranking Senate Democrat. With the nation still...

https://news.law.uic.edu/promoted/justice-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation-adds-meaning-to-visit-by-sen-dick-durbin/

Faculty Professor Megan Bess On April 5, she was quoted in a preLaw magazine article about revisions to ABA accreditation standard 303 which address formation of students’ professional identity...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-april-2022/

1976 Gregory K. Harris, U.S Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to serve on the Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys. 1985 Hon. M...

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Lauren L. Witkowski (JD 2009), Senior Trial Attorney at Zurich North America, will be installed as President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) at a ceremony in June. Ms. Witkows...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/lauren-witkowski-09-to-serve-as-president-of-womens-bar-association-of-illinois/

3Ls Zahra Ermoian is currently serving as an ASA 711 Intern in the Domestic Violence Division of the Lake County State’s Attorney Office. Cymone L. Forde was awarded BWLA Chicago’s 2022 Sprin...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-april-2022/

Nicola “Nicky” A. Boothe has been named Dean of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law), effective June 16, 2022, pending approval by the University of Illinois System Boar...

https://news.law.uic.edu/promoted/nicky-boothe-named-thirteenth-dean-of-uic-law/

Congratulations to Emily Johnson (JD 2010) and Daniel R. Saeedi (JD 2008) who were named 2021 Rising Stars in Law by Crain’s Chicago Business. Johnson and Saeedi were among the emerging attorne...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/emily-johnson-10-daniel-saeedi-08-named-2021-rising-stars-in-law-by-crains-chicago-business/

The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) inducted an additional 33 alumni into its Hall of Distinction on March 3 at its 2022 Induction Ceremony. During the virtual event, the H...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/uic-law-inducts-33-new-judges-elected-officials-into-hall-of-distinction/

Congratulations to seven graduates of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) who were named 2021 Notable Gen X Leaders in Law by Crain’s Chicago Business. Michael Bonamarte ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/seven-alumni-named-2021-notable-gen-x-leaders-in-law-by-crains-chicago-business/

Faculty Professor Allison K. Bethel She was named one of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center’s 2022 Stars of Excellence. Professor Sonia Bychkov Green On March 11, she presented at the “Emp...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-march-2022/

The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) will honor three UIC Law alumni at its 2022 “Top Lawyers Under 40” reception in New Orleans later this month. Katherine Britton (JD 2007), Jennife...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/katherine-britton-07-jennifer-crespo-14-daniel-hernandez-16-named-2022-hnba-top-lawyers-under-40/

Students in the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) Fair Housing Legal Clinic now have the support of Baird & Warner in the fight to further fair housing. The Illinois real-est...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/baird-warner-establishes-john-baird-scholarship-to-support-uic-law-fair-housing-students/

1979 Joseph Duffy, Partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP, will continue to serve as a Commissioner on the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board. Hon. Gregory Wojkowski, Circuit Judge of the Circuit Court o...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-march-2022/

3Ls Sean Birt is currently a Law Clerk in the Financial Industry Group at Reed Smith. Hudson Cross is current a Law Clerk at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. Kiesha Mull has accepted a summer Ju...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-march-2022/

Nearly 700 graduates of the Law School have been rated “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars” for 2022 by SuperLawyers.com. Released annually, Super Lawyer’s lists recognize attorneys in mor...

https://news.law.uic.edu/promoted/superlawyers-com-names-690-alumni-2022-super-lawyers-rising-stars/

Faculty Professor Alicia Alvarez She published the second edition of Introduction to Transactional Lawyering Practice (West Academic) with co-author Paul R. Tremblay. Professor Samuel V. Jones He...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-february-2022/

1975 Hon. Russell W. Hartigan was elected Justice of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Society. 1985 Antonio Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin LLP was named an Illinois Top 100 Super Lawyer. 1987 Miriam E. ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-february-2022/

Erica Fatima, a third-year student at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law), has been awarded the Women’s Bar Foundation of Illinois’s 2021 Scholarship. The $10K annual s...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/3l-erica-fatima-named-2021-womens-bar-foundation-scholarship-recipient/

3Ls Steven Angell has accepted an offer to join the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office after graduation as an Assistant Public Defender. Erica Fatima was named a 2021 Women’s Bar Founda...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-february-2022/

News Clips, Press Releases, and Publications from John Marshall Law school

https://news.law.uic.edu/alumni-profiles/alumni-profile-joyce-tucker-78/

UIC Law Professor Mark Wojcik was named the inaugural Outstanding Achievement Award honoree by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Global Engagement. Professor Wojcik, who h...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/professor-mark-wojcik-named-aals-section-on-global-engagement-outstanding-achievement-awardee/

3Ls Alexandria Pollard co-moderated UIC’s Critical Conversation with Michelle Alexander for MLK Commemoration Week. 2Ls Mahroosa Haideri is completing a spring internship with Cabrini Green L...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-january-2022/

News Clips, Press Releases, and Publications from John Marshall Law school

https://news.law.uic.edu/why-i-give/why-i-give-teresa-kopriva-08/

1984 Denise Loftus was named to Super Lawyers‘ “Elite Lawyers of 2022.” 1985 Thomas Hook III was appointed Public Administrator and Public Guardian of Lake County. 2002 Lance Northcutt was ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-january-2022/

Members of the Chicago legal community came together in December to honor a number of UIC Law graduates at the 2021 Unity Dinner, an annual event hosted by the Diversity Scholarship Foundation. T...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/speaker-of-the-house-welch-and-other-alums-honored-at-unity-dinner/

Faculty Professor Amy Campbell On January 7, she commented on the legality of opt-out testing programs in a Chicago Sun-Times article about Covid testing for CPS students and union concerns. Prof...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-january-2022/

Brandy Johnson, a third-year student at UIC Law, is spending her Spring semester clerking for United States Senator Dick Durbin. Senator Durbin is the 47th U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/3l-brandy-johnson-lands-clerkship-with-senator-durbin/

Antonio Romanucci (’85), a powerhouse civil rights attorney and University of Illinois Chicago School of Law alumnus, has been named Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year. Romanuc...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/antonio-romanucci-named-person-of-the-year-by-chicago-lawyer-magazine/

The new JD Concentration in Criminal Law & Procedure at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC Law) is designed to enhance those JD Candidates who are pursuing a career in criminal justice, spec...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/jd-concentration-in-criminal-law-procedure-prepares-students-for-careers-in-criminal-justice/

The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) has launched a new JD Concentration in Critical Race & Gender Studies to provide degree candidates impassioned to use the law as a mecha...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/jd-concentration-in-critical-race-gender-studies-offers-avenue-to-address-issues-of-privilege-and-power/

As published by Windy City Times A new article out from Windy City Times spotlights third-year student Maddie Townsend and her recent moot court competition win for best oralist at the 27th Annua...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/3l-maddie-townsend-featured-in-windy-city-times-for-historic-moot-court-win/

Professor Kevin Hopkins, recently announced as the inaugural Brody-O’Neill Endowed Faculty Scholar, will begin development on a new course, entitled Law at the Intersection, in Spring 2022. The...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/professor-hopkins-developing-course-on-intersection-of-torts-and-public-policy-as-brody-oneill-endowed-faculty-scholar/

Faculty Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb On December 2, she was featured on Episode 23 of the EdUp Legal podcast about her work to develop UIC Law’s 1L Antiracist Curriculum Project, the JD Concen...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-december-2021/

1955 Leo Melamed was honored by the Museum of American Finance with the 2022 Financial Innovation Award. 1985 Antonio Romanucci received an Advocate for Diversity Award at the 2021 Unity Award Ga...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-december-2021/

On December 6, 2021, 3L Nikki Lazzara and Jillian E. Berner (JD 2014), Senior Staff Attorney at the Veterans Legal Clinic, argued on behalf the appellant in Hayes v. McDonough before Judges Green...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-news/3l-nikki-lazzara-jillian-berner-llm-14-argue-before-u-s-court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims/

2Ls Adriana Rahana accepted a federal judicial externship with the Honorable Judge James Russell Sweeney II in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana for the Spring...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-december-2021/

Adriana Rahana, a second-year student, was recently awarded scholarships from the Illinois Judges Foundation and The Assyrian American Bar Association. Rahana was specifically awarded the Harold ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/2l-adriana-rahana-wins-multiple-scholarships/

A new interdisciplinary JD/Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Administration at the University of Illinois Chicago offers aspiring attorneys and public health administrators the tools a...

https://news.law.uic.edu/promoted/new-joint-jd-master-of-public-health-degree-prepares-graduates-to-address-community-inequities/

Faculty Professor Sonia Bychkov Green She was interviewed by WGN-TV about Indiana’s plan to challenge the new federal vaccine mandate for workplaces. Professor Ann Lousin In her Chicago Daily ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-november-2021/

Published by UIC Advancement In 2006, three Law School degree candidates recognized that veterans were having trouble navigating the Veterans Benefits Administration claims process. In an effort ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/veterans-legal-clinic-teams-up-with-uics-cuppa-to-better-serve-those-whove-served/

Students at UIC Law have three additional JD concentrations to choose from as they prepare to pursue justice on behalf of their clients and communities. The new concentrations in Criminal Law & P...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/uic-law-launches-three-new-jd-concentrations-to-prepare-graduates-for-success/

On October 20, UIC Law’s Writing Resource Center hosted its 2021 National Day on Writing event, “Write Chicago: Words and Power.” The second annual discussion featured a dynamic panel of pr...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/uic-law-hosts-second-annual-write-chicago-event-in-honor-of-national-day-on-writing/

3Ls Brandy Johnson will be serving the Office of Senator Richard Durbin in the spring as a law clerk to his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee staff. 2Ls Joseph Alguzzeh will be joining Clifford La...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-november-2021/

1994 Michael Bendel has been approved as a Shareholder at Davis|Kuelthau, s.c. 2006 Ryan Lawrence appointed as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Shift Technologies, Inc. 2012 Natasha Jen...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-november-2021/

Faculty Professor Renee Hatcher She joined PBS’s The Laura Flanders Show for a discussion about how some cooperative businesses managed to survive during the pandemic. Professor Daryl Lim He ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-october-2021/

Professor Daryl Lim, Director of the Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law at UIC Law, has been named a Senior Scholar at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School�...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/professor-lim-named-senior-scholar-at-george-mason/

UIC Law’s new Health Equity, Law & Policy Program (HELPP) is on a mission to create healthier communities. Through a matrix of an expanding curriculum, community partnerships and multidisciplin...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/uic-law-offers-students-helpp-to-address-systemic-inequities-in-health/

Professor Michael Seng, Director of the Fair Housing Legal Support Center and Professor at UIC Law, was selected by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago as the 2021 recipient of the Lifetime Ach...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/professor-seng-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-award-from-catholic-lawyers-guild/

1975 Mary Ann Hynes was recognized by Crain’s Chicago as a “2021 Notable Nonprofit Board Leader” for her work as Founding Board Member and Board Development Committee Co-Chair of Girls Inc....

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-october-2021/

Recognizing the opportunity to critically address legal inequities in the traditional core law courses, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) launched a 1L Antiracist Curricu...

https://news.law.uic.edu/promoted/uic-law-launches-first-year-antiracist-curriculum-project/

The Law Library at Washington and Lee School of Law has ranked UIC Law’s Review of Intellectual Property Law fifth in the world in its latest law journal rankings. The UIC Review of Intellectua...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/washington-and-lee-ranks-uic-review-of-intellectual-property-law-as-a-top-5-ip-journal-for-eighth-consecutive-year/

Registration is now open for the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law’s 65th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, to be held virtually on Thursday and Friday, November 4–5, 20...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/65th-annual-ip-law-conference-highlights-nexus-of-forward-thinking-ip-legal-and-innovation-issues/

2Ls  Benjamin Blekhman accepted a Summer 2022 Associate position in Kirkland & Ellis’s Chicago office. Andrea Carro accepted a 2L Summer 2022 Associate position at Jones Day. Meaghan Mahone...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-october-2021/

On September 17, former Senator Carol Moseley Braun joined UIC Law and the greater UIC Community and presented the 2021 Constitution Day Lecture, “Race and the Constitution in the 21st Century....

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/senator-carol-moseley-braun-gives-2021-keynote-at-constitution-day-lecture/

Faculty Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb On September 14, she was featured on the New Books Network “History” podcast about her book, “Race Unequals: Overseer Contracts, White Masculinities, a...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-september-2021/

News Clips, Press Releases, and Publications from John Marshall Law school

https://news.law.uic.edu/why-i-give/why-i-give-joe-diehl-79/

1985 Antonio Romanucci received the Inaugural Dominic DiFrisco Lifetime Achievement Award. 1990 William Nicholas Fahy was selected, by vote of Cook Country Circuit Court judges, as an Associate J...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-september-2021-2/

Recently retired after more than 58 years in law practice, Joseph D. Ament’s resume speaks for itself— Valedictorian of the Class of 1962, a successful CPA, a founding member of Much Shelist ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/alumni-profiles/alumni-profile-joseph-d-ament-62/

Prominent critical-race-and-gender scholar Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb has published a new, comprehensive pedagogical how-to on diversity, equity and inclusion teaching methods. Strategies & Te...

https://news.law.uic.edu/promoted/professor-mcmurtry-chubbs-strategies-techniques-for-integrating-dei-into-the-core-law-curriculum-available-as-free-download/

UIC Law has welcomed its 2021 entering class with 318 JD students, up from 316 JD students last year. This is the first fall class to start under Interim Dean Julie Spanbauer, whose appointment a...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/uic-law-welcomes-318-new-students-to-its-fall-class/

Seven graduates of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law have been added to the 40 Under Forty list for 2021 issued by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer. The honorees a...

https://news.law.uic.edu/promoted/seven-alumni-on-40-under-forty-list/

The Illinois State Bar Association has awarded UIC Law’s Fair Housing Legal Clinic its 2021 Illinois State Bar Association’s Excellence in Legal Education Award, which honors a law school pro...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/fair-housing-legal-clinic-honored-by-isba-for-excellence-in-legal-education/

3Ls Natalie Elizaroff published an article for the Chicago Bar Association titled, “Much Ado About Cryptocurrency.” Denise Luna started an internship with the Cook County Public Defender. Ste...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-september-2021/

1981 Paul A. Bradley was included in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.  1994 Daniel Cotter is serving as the 2021-2022 Secretary for the National Conference of Bar Presidents. 200...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/class-notes-august-2021/

3Ls Radhika Aggarwal published an article for the Chicago Bar Association titled, “A Call to Action as The Illinois Eviction Moratorium Phases Out.” Steven Angell accepted a two-semester ex...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-august-2021/

Faculty Professor Alicia Alvarez She was appointed to the ABA Council on Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar for a three-year term. Professor Sonia Bychkov Green On August 13, she provided co...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-august-2021/

Professor Hugh Mundy and recent graduate, Mohena Kaur, published an article in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin focusing on “course of conduct” testimony. Kaur is a 2021 graduate of UIC Law and...

https://news.law.uic.edu/alumni-news/professor-mundy-and-recent-grad-mohena-kaur-publish-op-ed-in-cdlb/

1955 Leo Melamed was a guest speaker at the Democratizing Data & Financial Services Solutions Forum.  1967 Lee Daniels was nominated to continue serving as an Independent Director on the Board o...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/alumni-class-notes-july-2021/

2Ls Sam Walker, Managing Editor for RIPL and an Associate Justice for the Moot Court Honors Board, was chosen by the American branch of the International Law Association to serve as a Student Amb...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-july-2021/

Faculty Professor Steven Schwinn He was a panelist at “Supreme Court Term in Review,” which was hosted by the ACLU of Illinois. He provided analysis on the Supreme Court’s latest term and r...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-july-2021/

2Ls Aleksandra Gasich, Candidacy Editor for UIC Law Review, is working as a summer associate at Husch Blackwell. Megan Moleski is working as a law clerk at Diaspora Law. Alexandria Pollard , SBA ...

https://news.law.uic.edu/student-success-report/student-success-report-june-2021/

A 1979 John Marshall graduate, Paula Hudson Holderman’s impact on the Illinois legal community is unmistakable. In addition to her position with Winston & Strawn, during her career, Ms. Holderm...

https://news.law.uic.edu/alumni-profiles/alumni-profile-paula-hudson-holderman-79/

The Law School is proud to announce that Vice Dean Julie Spanbauer, a member of the law faculty for more than 30 years, has been named Interim Dean. Spanbauer’s appointment, effective June 1, 2...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/vice-dean-and-long-time-professor-julie-spanbauer-named-interim-dean-of-the-law-school/

I have been involved with the Law School for more than 50 years—first as an evening student entering in the summer of 1969, then later as a day student, an alum, a member of the adjunct faculty...

https://news.law.uic.edu/why-i-give/why-i-give-jordan-peters-75/

Faculty Professor Ann Lousin She provided comments to the Chicago Sun-Times about Gov. Pritzker’s claim related to redistricting and Republican lawmakers. Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb She spok...

https://news.law.uic.edu/fap/faculty-activities-publications-june-2021/

Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb published a new book titled Race Unequals: Overseer Contracts, White Masculinities, and the Formation of Managerial Identity in the Plantation Economy. The book is a...

https://news.law.uic.edu/featured-news/professor-mcmurtry-chubb-publishes-new-book-focusing-on-race-and-contracts/

1985 Joseph A. Olszowka Jr. joined the Family and Divorce Law practice group at Schaumburg-based Lavelle Law. 2002 Christopher E. Goebel accepted a new position as an attorney at Jeffrey M. Levin...

https://news.law.uic.edu/class-notes/alumni-class-notes-june-2021/

Cashmere Cozart was a 2L student at UIC Law when she externed with Hon. Sharon Johnson Coleman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The U.S. District Court for the No...

https://news.law.uic.edu/externship-experiences/externship-experiences-cashmere-cozart/

Professor Ann M. Lousin was once again honored by the Illinois State Historical Society for her writings on public issues in Illinois. This is the tenth consecutive year the ISHS has honored Lous...

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2Ls Estefania Diaz accepted a summer associate position at Romanucci & Blandin. Benjamin Goodman accepted a summer associate position at Thompson Coburn. Fredrick “TJ” Joshua, SBA President, ...

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1991 Jasper D. Vaccaro accepted a new position of Senior Vice President at Prairie Trust, a division of Waukesha State Bank.  1993 Lloyd Fiorini accepted a new position as Deputy General Counsel...

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Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb, a national leader in legal writing and a prominent critical-race-and-gender scholar, has been appointed Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development at UIC Law...

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