Student 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...
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