Press Releases
Feb 25, 2019
Professor Nancy S. Marder , director of the Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center at Chicago-Kent College of Law, has been selected as a Senior Fellow of the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy. Housed at the University at Buffalo School of Law, the Baldy Center supports interdisciplinary...
Feb 22, 2019
Adam Weber, a seasoned litigator and former international war crimes prosecutor, has been appointed as the director of the International Trial Advocacy LL.M. Program at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Former war crimes prosecutor Adam Weber has been appointed as the director of Chicago-Kent's LL.M...
Feb 21, 2019
Craig Ettinger '18 has published a scholarly paper titled, "Does the History Behind the Adoption of the Fourth Amendment Demand Abolishing the Third-Party Doctrine?" in the fall 2018 issue of George Mason University’s Civil Rights Law Journal. Craig N. Ettinger, a 2018 graduate of Chicago-Kent...
Feb 12, 2019
The Chicago-Kent team of Jewell Ewing '20 and Andrea Mireles '20 will advance to the national rounds of the 2019 Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the National Black Law Student Association (NBLSA). The team placed second in the Midwest regional tournament, held February 6 to 8...
Feb 8, 2019
Chicago-Kent’s Program in Labor and Employment Law , known for combining theoretical education with exceptional experiential learning opportunities, has been rated the top program in the country by preLaw Magazine. The ratings, published in preLaw’s Winter 2019 issue , identify America’s top seven...
Jan 30, 2019
Updated January 30: Due to the continued extreme weather, all Chicago-Kent classes are canceled through Thursday, January 31. The library and cafeteria will be closed, but the building itself will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily. Normal operations will resume on Friday, February 1... Jan 9, 2019
The American Legal System in Popular Culture is a six-credit course offered to students seeking an introduction to the American legal system and how it is portrayed in modern media. The course is targeted at au pairs and others visiting the United States who are interested in a broad understanding of the nation's legal system and its role in shaping American culture. The spring 2019 course will meet May 17 to 19. Jan 2, 2019
Entries will be accepted through July 1, 2019, for the Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize . Established in 2007 at Chicago-Kent College of Law by the late Roy C. Palmer ’62 and his wife, Susan M. Palmer, the prize honors a work of scholarship that explores the tension... Dec 5, 2018
Anthony Joseph '18 has published a scholarly paper in the November 2018 issue of the University of Pennsylvania's Journal of Constitutional Law. Anthony Joseph, a 2018 graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, has published a scholarly paper in the November 2018 issue of the University of...
Nov 30, 2018
The 2018 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize has been awarded to Timothy H. Edgar , a senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, for his book Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance, and the Struggle to Reform the NSA (...