Chicago-Kent News
Jan 29, 2018
The Chicago-Kent appellate advocacy team of Christopher Gerardi ’18 and Anthony Joseph ’18 won the first-place best brief award and finished as semifinalists in the 2017–18 Andrews Kurth Kenyon Moot Court National Championship. Only 16 law schools from around the country were invited to participate...
Jan 22, 2018
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 2018 course will meet May 18 to 20. Jan 17, 2018
The Chicago-Kent community mourns the death of distinguished alumna Dolores K. Hanna ’52, an influential trademark attorney who worked tirelessly to promote the role of women in the legal profession. Ms. Hanna died January 15, 2018, in Chicago, at age 90. Dolores K. Hanna, Class of 1952. Photo ©...
Jan 9, 2018
Entries will be accepted through July 1, 2018, 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... Jan 5, 2018
George Suh, a third-year student at Chicago-Kent College of Law, is the recipient of a 2017 Korean American Bar Association Diversity Scholarship. The award recognizes service to the Korean community and commitment to public interest work. George Suh '18 (left) won a Diversity Scholarship from the...
Dec 14, 2017
The 2017 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize has been awarded to Professor Hugh Gusterson of George Washington University for his book Drone: Remote Control Warfare (MIT Press 2016, paperback 2017). George Washington University Professor Hugh Gusterson won the 2017...
Dec 1, 2017
Erika Auger, a third-year student at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, has won the law school's 2017 Dolores K. Hanna Trademark Prize. The prize was established at the law school in 2006 by the law firm of K & L Gates LLP (formerly Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC) to honor Dolores K...
Nov 30, 2017
The Chicago-Kent College of Law chapter of the Order of the Coif inducted 23 new members November 27 during award ceremonies at the law school. The Order of the Coif is a national legal honor society that recognizes superior scholarship and promotes the ethical standards of the legal profession...
Nov 20, 2017
Stephanie Flowers and Quinn Ford, third-year students at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, have won the National Moot Court Competition's Region VIII tournament, held November 18 and 19, 2017, at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee. The team also had the region's highest-...
Nov 17, 2017
Seven Chicago-Kent alumni, more than those of any other law school, were listed and profiled in the 2017 edition of Forty Under 40 , a publication honoring the 40 most talented young attorneys practicing in Illinois. A supplement to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer , the annual...
Nov 15, 2017
Margaret Kamm, a second-year student at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, has won the 26th 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, judge...
Nov 13, 2017
The Chicago-Kent team of Michael Brew '19 and Presley Valenzuela '18 won the ABA Negotiation Competition's Region 7 tournament, held November 10 and 11 at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis. Brew and Valenzuela will join teams from nine other regions at the national finals...
Nov 10, 2017
Professor Daniel Martin Katz , director of the Law Lab at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, was inducted as a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management on October 27 at the organization's 2017 annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Professor Daniel Martin Katz was inducted as a...
Nov 10, 2017
Two reports published in recent weeks have declared Chicago-Kent preeminent in using innovative curricula and programming to prepare students for the future of legal practice. Following a survey of American law schools, the fall 2017 issue of National Jurist magazine names Chicago-Kent among 20...
Nov 9, 2017
The Chicago-Kent Moot Court Honor Society team of Timothy Lavino ’18 and Alexandrina Shrove ’18 placed second in the nation and won the second-place best brief award at the 2017 Appellate Lawyers Association National Moot Court Competition, held November 3 and 4 in Chicago. From left: Marko Ilich...
Oct 24, 2017
The Chicago-Kent trial advocacy team of Kristen Farr Capizzi ’18, Alexis Halsell ’18, Shahina Khan ’18 and Jesse Pollans ’18 finished in second place at the 2017 National Civil Trial Competition, held October 21 and 22 in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, Calif. The invitation-only tournament is...
Oct 18, 2017
Two teams from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech earned wild-card invitations to the national finals of the 2017 Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition. The Chicago-Kent teams will face off against high-performing teams from three other regions during the National Asian Pacific...
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...