Press Releases
Oct 16, 2017
The Chicago-Kent trial advocacy team of Mariam Chamilova '19, Dina Lupancu '18, Carolina Solano '19 and Ashur Youash '19 finished in second place at the 2017 Queens County District Attorney's Mock Trial Competition, held October 14 and 15 at the Queens County Courthouse in Kew Gardens, New York...
Sep 27, 2017
The Chicago-Kent community mourns the death of Professor Suzanne Ehrenberg, a gifted lawyer and teacher and a cherished colleague and friend who mentored hundreds of Chicago-Kent students in the art of legal research and writing. Professor Ehrenberg died September 26 at her home in Evanston...
Sep 14, 2017
International IP scholar Graeme B. Dinwoodie , the professor of intellectual property law and information technology law at the University of Oxford, will move full-time to Chicago-Kent College of Law as a Global Professor in Intellectual Property Law. Professor Dinwoodie, who currently holds the...
Sep 8, 2017
Nicole Murphy '17, Nicholas Pangere '18 and Laura Reichel '18 are the recipients of the 2017 Fleischman Family Awards for Excellence in Criminal Clinic at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech. The awards, which include a cash stipend, are made at the end of the academic year to Chicago-Kent...
Aug 11, 2017
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... Jul 11, 2017
Naomi Frisch '18 is the recipient of the 2017 Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law Prize. The prize was established in 2009 at Chicago-Kent College of Law by the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP to honor the memory of Sandra P. Zemm, who died in September 2008 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Zemm Prize...
Jul 10, 2017
Professor Carolyn Shapiro received a 2017 Abner Mikva Award from the Chicago Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society at a luncheon June 19 at the Union League Club in Chicago. The award, renamed last year in honor of the late Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Jul 6, 2017
Chicago-Kent's intellectual property law program has been ranked No. 1 in the United States by Law Street , a popular law and policy website published by Law Street Media and targeted to millennials. The new research, which identifies America's top ten IP programs, comprises the latest installment...
Jun 9, 2017
Dean Harold Krent welcomed the 2017 PLUS Scholars to Chicago-Kent on June 5. A diverse group of 21 undergraduate students from across the country is participating this June in Chicago-Kent's 16th annual Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program, designed to introduce undergraduates who are...
May 30, 2017
Once again in 2017, Professors Lori Andrews and Sheldon Nahmod have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America , an annual peer-review publication that names leading lawyers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia plus more than 60 additional countries. Professor Lori Andrews Professor...