Access Now and UIC Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Seek...
The International Human Rights Clinic at UIC John Marshall Law School published a report in conjunction with Access Now on the mass electronic and digital surveillance campaign of the Assad Regime in...
View Article2L Erica Fatima Receives 2021 Midway Moving & Storage Scholarship
UIC Law student Erica Fatima is the 2021 recipient of the Midway Moving & Storage Scholarship, which recognizes and provides financial assistance to promising students serving in the Law School’s...
View ArticleFaculty Activities & Publications | March 2021
AFFILIATED FACULTY Professor Evan McKenzie He joined WSQF-FM’s (Key Biscayne, FL) radio show and podcast “Anti-Social” to offer perspective on the national growth and power of condominium and homeowner...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | March 2021
1999 Seth Lamden was named a partner at Blank Rome, LLP. He focuses his practice on insurance coverage and litigation. 2002 Aaron Abelson was inducted into the Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. 2004...
View ArticleIntellectual Property and Practical Training Programs Rated Among Nation’s Best
Specialty programs at UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago have once again been rated among the nation’s best. This is the seventh time preLaw Magazine rated UIC Law as one of the top law schools in...
View ArticleFaculty Activities & Publications | April 2021
FACULTY Associate Dean Arthur Acevedo He was interviewed by Crain’s Chicago Business in a story about directors of Tribune Publishing recommending shareholders vote for a sale to Alden Global Capital...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | April 2021
1991 Ronald L. Lewis accepted a new position as McLean County Public Defender. 1993 Catherine McCrory was appointed to the State Board of Elections. Salvatore Tornatore was appointed to the Housing...
View ArticleProfessor Collins Retires After 31 Years of Teaching
Professor Maureen B. Collins will retire at the end of this semester after teaching for more than 30 years. During her time at the Law School, she blended her expertise in intellectual property and...
View ArticleUIC Law Celebrates the Class of 2021
On May 8, UIC John Marshall Law School hosted a live, virtual event to celebrate the 231 JD and 7 LLM graduates in the May 2021 class. Emmanuel “Chris” Welch, Speaker of the Illinois House and a...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | May 2021
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 at...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | May 2021
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,...
View ArticleProfessor Ann Lousin Wins 10th Consecutive Award from the Illinois State...
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 Lousin....
View ArticleExternship Experiences: Cashmere Cozart
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 Northern...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | June 2021
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. Leving,...
View ArticleProfessor McMurtry-Chubb Publishes New Book Focusing on Race and Contracts
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...
View ArticleFaculty Activities & Publications | June 2021
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 spoke on a...
View ArticleWhy I Give: Jordan Peters (’72)
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, a...
View ArticleVice Dean and Long-Time Professor Julie Spanbauer Named Interim Dean of the...
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, 2021, was...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | June 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 Vice...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | 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...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | July 2021
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 of...
View ArticleProfessor Hugh Mundy, Mohena Kaur (’21) Address Course of Conduct Testimony...
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 an...
View ArticleFaculty Activities & Publications | 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...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | 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 externship...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | September 2021
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. Stephanie...
View ArticleFair Housing Legal Clinic Honored by ISBA for “Excellence in Legal Education”
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 program that...
View ArticleSeven Alumni on 2021 “40 Under Forty” List
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 are...
View ArticleUIC Law Welcomes 318 New Students To Its Fall Class
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 as Dean...
View ArticleClass Notes | September 2021
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 Judge...
View ArticleSenator Carol Moseley Braun Gives 2021 Keynote at Constitution Day Lecture
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.” UIC...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | October 2021
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 Mahoney...
View Article65th Annual IP Law Conference Highlights Nexus of Forward-Thinking IP Legal...
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, 2021....
View ArticleWashington and Lee Ranks UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law as a Top 5...
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 Intellectual...
View ArticleProfessor Seng Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from Catholic Lawyers...
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...
View ArticleUIC Law Offers Students HELPP to Address Systemic Inequities in Health
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 multidisciplinary...
View ArticleProfessor Lim Named Senior Scholar at George Mason
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’s...
View ArticleClass Notes | 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 Jenkins...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | November 2021
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 Law...
View ArticleWriting Resource Center Hosts Second Annual “Write Chicago” Event in Honor of...
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 professional...
View ArticleUIC Law Launches Three JD Concentrations Programs
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 &...
View ArticleVeterans Legal Clinic Teams Up with UIC’s CUPPA to Better Serve Those Who’ve...
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 to...
View ArticleNew Joint JD/Master of Public Health Degree Prepares Graduates to Address...
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 and...
View Article2L Adriana Rahana Wins Multiple Scholarships
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...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | December 2021
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 2022...
View Article3L Maddie Townsend Featured in Windy City Times for Historic Moot Court Win
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 Annual...
View ArticleJD Concentration in Criminal Law & Procedure Prepares Students for Careers in...
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,...
View ArticleAntonio Romanucci (’85) Named Person of the Year by Chicago Lawyer Magazine
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. Romanucci is a...
View Article3L Brandy Johnson Lands Clerkship with Sen. Dick Durbin
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, the...
View ArticleRep. Chris Welch (’97), Other Alums Honored at Unity Dinner
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. The DSF...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | January 2022
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 Legal Aid....
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