Press Releases

The Chicago-Kent College of Law trial advocacy team of Valerie Letko ’21, Kimberly Napoleon ’21, Zoe Green Appler ’22, and Emily Salomone ’22 finished as national semifinalists in the 2020 All Star Bracket Challenge. The team went undefeated and emerged as the Midwest Region’s #1 team, and Letko...

Joel Daly, a legendary Chicago news broadcaster and Chicago-Kent College of Law alumnus, died October 22, 2020, at the age of 86. Daly was honored among the Chicago-Kent’s 125 Alumni of Distinction in 2013, and he was a member of Chicago-Kent’s first National Trial Competition championship team...

The Chicago-Kent College of Law team of Bora Ndregjoni ’21, Megan Escobosa ’21, and Megan Williams ’21 finished as national semifinalists at the 11th Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition sponsored by Elon University School of Law. The team also took home one of the top...

Bora Ndregjoni ’21 is the recipient of the 2020 Illinois Judges Foundation Harold Sullivan Scholarship. “I feel incredibly honored to receive the Judge Harold Sullivan Scholarship. It’s amazing how the Illinois Judges Foundation gives back to law students in their community, and I am so lucky to be...

The Chicago-Kent College of Law trial advocacy team of Claire Axelrood ’21, Adrian Delgado ’20, Andrew Hale ’20, and Eddie Hettel ’21 reached the semifinal round of the 2020 National Pretrial Competition held by Stetson University College of Law. This year’s competition was held over Zoom from...

CHICAGO, September 14, 2020—Michael Z. Green has been named the next director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Institute for Law and the Workplace. Green is currently professor of law and director of the Workplace Law Program at Texas A&M University School of Law. He will become the second...

Marsha Ross-Jackson, assistant dean for student professional development, and head of the Office of Diversity and inclusion, Multicultural Affairs, and Professional Development at Chicago-Kent College of Law, shared her tips on navigating law school and professional life in a new book that seeks to...

The Constitutional Democracy Project (CDP) will hold a virtual panel discussion on voting rights in celebration of Constitution Day on September 17 from 4-5 p.m. The program is free and open to the public. The panel, “What Does the Constitution Say About Voting?,” will focus on the history of the...

Monica Pechous has won the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) 2020 Willis R. Tribler Law Student Writing Competition for her article “The Impact of Technology on Home Rule Power in Illinois.” This is her third writing competition win over the past year. Monica Pechous In the...

New director of the national institute to be named in September. CHICAGO, September 1, 2020 ̶̶ Martin H. Malin , founder and director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Institute for Law and the Workplace , has announced that he is retiring at the end of May 2021. Malin says that he plans to remain...