Press Releases

Chicago-Kent College of Law Dean Anita K. Krug joined more than 150 law school deans in a public statement calling the attack on the U.S. Capitol “an assault on our democracy and the rule of law.” “The violent attack on the Capitol was an assault on our democracy and the rule of law,” the statement...

Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Stephanie M. Stern has published a book that explores how empirical, psychological research can inform our understanding of property law. Professor Stephanie M. Stern Property law has widespread impact on people’s daily lives and generates a substantial amount...

Angela Onwuachi-Willig will give Chicago-Kent College of Law’s 2021 Centennial Visitor Lecture. Onwuachi-Willig is dean of Boston University School of Law and is a renowned legal scholar and expert in critical race theory, employment discrimination, and family law. The virtual event will take place...

James Heracklis ’21 is the recipient of a scholarship from the Hellenic Bar Association Foundation. He received the $10,000 scholarship at the 70th Annual Scholarship Ball: Virtual Event on November 7, 2020. “I am deeply honored to be a recipient of the HBA Foundation Scholarship. When I first...

The Chicago-Kent team of Hayden Dinges ’21 and Daniel Kfoury ’21 is advancing to the 2021 National Moot Court Competition following a second-place finish in the regional rounds. Dinges and Kfoury beat teams from the University of Illinois College of Law, UIC John Marshall Law School, and the...

Mia Rivecco ’22 and Taylor Shuman ’22 are the recipients of the Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology’s 2020 Harold J. and Nancy F. Krent Excellence Award. “We are delighted that Taylor and Mia not only are academic superstars, but are committed to giving back to the law...

Shaunagh McGoldrick '22 Chicago-Kent College of Law students Shaunagh McGoldrick ’22 and Zachery Taylor ’21 received 2020 Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowships to support their public interest work this past summer. Stevens Fellowships are open to first- and second-year Chicago-Kent...

Mia Rivecco, a second-year student at Chicago-Kent College of Law, has won the 29th annual Ilana Diamond Rovner Appellate Advocacy Competition, sponsored by the law school’s Moot Court Honor Society. The competition is named for Chicago-Kent graduate Ilana Diamond Rovner, the first woman to serve...

The Chicago-Kent College of Law team of Micah Fishman ’21 and Michelle Locascio ’21 won second place in the 2020 National Health Law Moot Court Competition. The team defeated Suffolk University Law School, University of Maryland Carey School of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, UIC John...

Join Chicago-Kent faculty, students, and alumni for the 2019 Palmer Prize Lecture. In this lecture, Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman, winners of the 2019 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize, will present the ideas in their award-winning book Of Privacy and Power--The...