“It’s not an exaggeration to say this is my dream job,” says Zach Sommers, who began his role as an assistant professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law in fall 2024. “I was pretty confident that I...
“You have to be nominated by people who recognize your work and think you have something important to contribute to this organization, so it’s really an honor,” says Carolyn Shapiro, co-director for...
On June 4, 2023, United States President Joe Biden signed A Proclamation on Securing the Border and his administration issued an interim final rule titled Securing the Border. This is aimed at...
The C-K Law Group isn’t just a working law firm, fighting for its clients. It’s a training ground where Chicago-Kent College of Law students learn to translate the law into results for real people...
“If you ever need conversation at a cocktail party, ask somebody if they’ve served on a jury,” says Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Nancy Marder. “If they did, they will remember it. They will...
The Illinois Women’s Bar Foundation has selected two Chicago-Kent College of Law students to be recipients of its 2024 WBF scholarships. Only two students from each law school can be nominated. This...
“I’m really grateful to have landed here where we have a really big, robust public interest community,” says Jacob Marshall ’24. “I really have no idea where I would be right now without that. I’m...
Jacqueline Garcia ’26 grew up with a negative view of the justice system. “I know many people who have made mistakes in their lives, including some family and friends,” she says. “One of my earliest...
In March the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would force its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the popular video social media app. “Lawmakers are concerned that the app is a...
“Our civic life is not going very well.” So opens Democracy’s Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times (Harvard University Press 2022), a book written by Michael J. Sandel, Anne T. and Robert...
