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Moot Court Teams Continue Impressive Spring 2021 Streak
Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Moot Court Honor Society teams continued their impressive 2021 run this week, placing high in a pair of national competitions and earning a best oralist award...
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Chicago-Kent Students Volunteer to Secure Benefits for Those Affected by COVID-19 Crisis
One client, recently let go from a job due to COVID-19, was besieged by hospital bills. His dire medical situation didn’t help. Another lived in a household with no income...
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Rare Pair of Chicago-Kent Teams Advance in Prestigious National Trial Competition
In the decades-old history of the National Trial Competition—the most prestigious trial advocacy contest of the year—only three times have a pair of teams advanced from a single school in...
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Law Lab Leader Co-Edits New Book on Integration of Law and Technology
In an increasingly technological and virtual world, how will the law be practiced? Who will have access? Which processes will become automated, and which will require more than a simple...
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Public Interest Interns Awarded Stipend for Work at Chicago-Area Nonprofits
A trio of Chicago-Kent College of Law students wanting to serve the underserved have been awarded internships at local nonprofits under the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) this spring. The...
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Dynamic Moot Court Duo Wins “Best Brief” Award in Prestigious National Competition
Like many of their teammates, Hayden Dinges and Daniel Kfoury didn’t see moot court as a possibility when they enrolled in law school. “I didn’t want to do it. I...
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Chicago-Kent Team Wins 2020 Illinois Tech Staff Excellence Award
As the COVID-19 pandemic altered education across the world this year, four veteran Chicago-Kent College of Law staff members—Emily Barney, technology training and marketing librarian; Debbie Ginsberg, educational technology librarian...
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Financial and Investment Funds Regulations Expert Available to Discuss Gamestop and Robinhood Legal Issues
CHICAGO, January 29, 2021—Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor William A. Birdthistle says he anticipates that the class action lawsuit filed against the Robinhood app related to Gamestop stock sales will...
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Chicago-Kent Student Wins $5,000 Mary Rose Strubbe Prize for Timely, Meticulous Submission
As a Chicago union organizer, Martin Stainthorp learned firsthand how important paid sick leave is. And when the COVID-19 pandemic spread, he knew the need would only grow. His winning...
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Chicago-Kent Law Lab Leader Daniel M. Katz Gains National Acclaim
The director of the Law Lab at Illinois Tech’s Chicago-Kent College of Law has won recognition as a top leader in the field of data and analytics from a national...