Chicago-Kent News

Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech will host two events relating to the ABA TECHSHOW this month. Over the weekend of March 12 to 13, the free, public Tech for Justice Hackathon aims to bring together lawyers, judges, legal aid workers, technologists, domestic violence experts, activists,...

In a widely publicized study appearing in the March 8 issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, a research team from Chicago-Kent's Institute for Science, Law and Technology examined the privacy policies and practices of Android diabetes apps and reported that they came up...

Professor Lance Compa will discuss "The External Workforce and the Domestic Workplace: Connecting International Labor Standards and Free Trade Agreements" at the 2016 Kenneth M. Piper Lecture. Cornell University professor Lance Compa will discuss "The External Workforce and the Domestic Workplace:...

Second-year students Nick DeRyke (left) and Daniel Ristau won the award for best respondent's brief at the 2016 Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition. In addition, Ristau was honored as the tournament's best oral advocate. Nick DeRyke and Daniel Ristau, second-year students at Chicago-...

Students Caitlin Ajax and David Love will advance to the national tournament of the 2016 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition. The Chicago-Kent team of Caitlin Ajax and David Love won a regional championship at the 2016 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, held March 3 to 5 in San...

From left: Michael Cosgrove, Alexandria Seydel and Paul King will represent Chicago-Kent at the 2016 Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court in New York. Second-year students Michael Cosgrove, Paul King and Alexandria Seydel will represent Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech...

From left: Kendra Spearman '16, Lindsay Hicks '16, Sona Arora '17 and Tracey Harkins '16 will compete on one team representing Chicago-Kent at the 2016 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Regional Competition. Two teams from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech will compete in the regional...

From left: Second-year students Nicholas Dollenmaier, Schuyler Ufkes and Matt Cannon will participate in the 2016 Frank A. Schreck Gaming Law Moot Court Competition. Matt Cannon, Nicholas Dollenmaier and Schuyler Ufkes, all second-year students at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, will...

Tefere Gebre, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, will deliver Chicago-Kent's 11th Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture on March 10. Tefere Gebre, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, will discuss "Changing the Rules to Create Shared Prosperity" March 10 at Chicago-Kent College of Law's 11th...

Patrick Grimaldi (left) and Micah Hensley will compete on one of two teams representing Chicago-Kent in the 2016 Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Regional Competition. Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech will send two teams to the 2016 Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court...

A member of the Chicago-Kent faculty since 1993, Katharine K. Baker has been named Distinguished Professor of Law. Illinois Institute of Technology has appointed Katharine K. Baker to the rank of Distinguished Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Distinguished Professor, the highest rank...

From left: Benjamin Jacobs '17, Whitney Williams '16, Brandi Burton '16 and Dion Beatty '16 will represent Chicago-Kent in the 2016 Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Midwest Regional Competition. Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech will advance to the national finals of the 2016 Thurgood...

The law school will remain open this afternoon and evening, but individual faculty members may cancel or delay their classes due to the snowstorm. Students will be notified by email of any cancellations or delays, and we will post notices here as we receive them. Commercial Law: Secured...

From left: The team of Jenna Kim, Maxwell Eichenberger and Kathleen Karnig won the national championship and best brief award at the 2016 William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition. For the third year in a row, Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech has won the national...

David Springer and Margaret Wojkowski will compete on one of two teams representing Chicago-Kent in the 2016 ABA Mediation Regional Competition. Jennifer Snyder (left) and Robyn Lang comprise the other team representing Chicago-Kent in the 2016 ABA Mediation Regional Competition. Two teams from...

From left: Ariel Olstein, Briana Mayes and Debora Barbosa, all third-year students, will represent Chicago-Kent in the 2016 National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare and Adoption Law. Third-year students Debora Barbosa, Briana Mayes and Ariel Olstein will represent Chicago-Kent College of...

From left: Second-year students Emily Linehan, Jeff Michalik and Alyssa Jutovsky will compete on one of two teams representing Chicago-Kent in the 2016 National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition. From left: Second-year students Alexandra Reitzner, Karen Vaysman and Karolen Younan will...

The most recent issue of the Seventh Circuit Review is available online at www.kentlaw.iit.edu/7cr . Articles in this issue analyze recent decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dealing with appellate procedure, civil rights law, criminal procedure and Second Amendment law...

Caitlin Ajax '17 and David Love '17 will compete on one of two Chicago-Kent teams participating in the 2016 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Regional Competition. Alex Halaska '17 and Theresa Starck '17 will comprise the other Chicago-Kent team participating in the 2016 ABA National Appellate...

Second-year students Daniel Ristau (left) and Nick DeRyke will represent Chicago-Kent at the 2016 Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition. Nick DeRyke and Daniel Ristau, second-year students at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, will represent the law school at the 2016...