Alexander Rabanal teaches courses at Chicago-Kent College of Law focused on legal innovation and technology, including courses in technology and access to justice, professional responsibility, and artificial intelligence. He also serves as the associate director of The Law Lab, the law school’s legal innovation and technology program.
Rabanal is the faculty adviser to the Self-Help Resource Center, a student-run help desk providing legal information to self-represented litigants at the Richard J. Daley Center courthouse.
Rabanal received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated cum laude and as a James Scholar. He received his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law where he also graduated cum laude and was a member of the Chicago-Kent Law Review and International Moot Court Honor Society.
Rabanal is a recipient of the Michael J. Graff Teaching Innovation Award (2024) from Illinois Tech and the Pro Bono Honor Roll (2024) from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
Education
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Awards
Illinois Tech Michael J. Graff Teaching Innovation Award, 2024
Association of American Law Schools Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2024
Publications
Access to Justice and Technology: Reaching a Greater Future for Legal Aid, in Legal Informatics, (Cambridge University Press 2021), (with Ronald W. Staudt).
Educating the Underground: The Constitutionality of Non-Residence Based Immigrant In-State Tuition Laws, 88 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 1059 (2013).
Community Service
Member, Board of Advisors, Justice Entrepreneurs Project (Chicago Bar Foundation)
Member, Pro Se Advisory Committee, Chicago Bar Foundation
Presentations
Self-Represented Litigation Network Conference, September 2024
American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (CLE webinar), September 2022
ABA TECHSHOW (American Bar Association), February 2020
Fin(Legal)Tech Conference, Chicago-Kent College of Law, October 2017
Chicago Bar Association (CLE presentation), March 2017
Society of American Law Teachers Teaching Conference, September 2016
Association of American Law Schools Clinical Conference, May 2016
Legal Services Corporation TIG Conference, January 2015
National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) Annual Conference, November 2014
Kane County Bar Association (CLE presentation), October 2014
CALICon (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction)
June 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2021(online)
Courses
Justice and Technology Practicum; Practice and Professionalism; Justice and Technology Practicum II; Introduction to Legal Innovation & Technology; Legal Analytics