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Undressing the Law: Chicago-Kent Professor Breaks Down Grok Photo Scandal
“From a criminal law standpoint, AI-generated nude images might run afoul of the recently enacted Take It Down Act, which criminalizes the publication of certain digitally created ‘intimate visual depictions’...
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Levers of Change: Chicago-Kent Staff Member Honored with Civic Champion Award
“You can teach students the three branches of government, but teaching them access to power, access to change, is equally important,” says Dee Runaas, project director of Chicago-Kent College of...
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Learning by Teaching: Law Students Turn Celebrity Legal Battles into Civics Lessons
“There is a very big difference between understanding something and understanding it well enough to explain it to someone else ,” says Cody Clark ’26, paraphrasing Albert Einstein. Clark is...
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Black Markets and Contraband: Chicago-Kent Hires Expert in Human Trafficking
Alexandra F. L. Yelderman joined the faculty at Chicago-Kent College of Law in fall 2025. Between 2012 and 2020, Yelderman practiced at the Human Trafficking Legal Center in Washington, D.C...
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The Conviser Connection: Fall 2025 Edition of Chicago-Kent Magazine Released
The fall 2025 edition of Chicago-Kent Magazine is now available online. This edition features two alumni who are running intellectual property firms while creating employment opportunities for Chicago-Kent College of...
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Legal Triage: Chicago-Kent Students Get Real-World Immigration Law Training
“It’s not something you can necessarily prepare for,” says Gaby Treviño-Gutiérrez ’26. “It’s like legal triage, in a sense.” In May 2025, Treviño-Gutiérrez and four other Chicago-Kent College of Law...
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Financial Times Recognizes Chicago-Kent Law Professor as a Top 20 Legal Market Shaper of Past 20 Years
“From a technical perspective, I have long felt as though the legal sector is really behind most of the rest of the economy in terms of the utilization of modern...
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Chicago-Kent Law Librarian Named a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
Jean M. Wenger, director of the Chicago-Kent College of Law Library and teaching professor, was recently named a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation. The American Bar Foundation Fellows...
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Chicago-Kent Alumnus Bryce Hensley Donates $1.5 Million to Strengthen Law School’s Nationally Recognized Advocacy Program
CHICAGO—November 18, 2025— Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) today announced that it has received a $1.5 million gift from Bryce Hensley (LAW ’17), founding...
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The Constitutionality of Social Mobility: Lucien Ferguson Joins Chicago-Kent Faculty
“There’s all of this research—sociological, economic, political—showing that social mobility is crucial for a strong, stable democracy,” says Chicago-Kent Professor of Law Assistant Professor Lucien Ferguson, who joined the college’s...