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Paper on Constitutionality of Critical Race Theory Bans Wins Chicago-Kent’s Racial Justice Writing Competition
A paper exploring the constitutionality of a slate of recent state laws banning critical race theory in elementary and high school classrooms has won Chicago-Kent College of Law’s second annual...
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A New Path: Chicago-Kent Student Gets Full-Ride Scholarship After Successfully Appealing Life Sentence
The second time his attorney missed filing for his appeal, Marshan Allen asked his family for one thing. “Just get me a typewriter,” Allen said. He was sent to prison...
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Got Personal Data? New Chicago-Kent Privacy Certification Addresses Increasingly Complex Legal Landscape
As laws governing privacy get more complex and sophisticated, working professionals—including those working in information technology—can often feel behind the ever-heightening curve. That’s why Chicago-Kent College of Law is offering...
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Expert on Discrimination and Disability Law to Head Chicago-Kent’s Institute for Law and the Workplace
Nicole Buonocore Porter, Chicago-Kent College of Law’s new director of the renowned Martin H. Malin Institute for Law and the Workplace , jokes that some might think her scholarship’s radical...
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Chicago-Kent Professor's Research Finds Teaching Artificial Intelligence Models in Legalese is Surprisingly Efficient
How good of a lawyer should an artificial intelligence system be? More importantly, how good do you want one to be? When it comes to teaching machines how to understand...
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Chicago-Kent's New "Public Interest Center" Launched at Awards Ceremony Honoring Student Pro Bono Work
Thousands of volunteer hours by dozens of Chicago-Kent College of Law students were commemorated at the 2022 Public Interest Awards ceremony, where the school’s leaders announced the founding of a...
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United Airlines Chief DEI Officer to Deliver 2022 Commencement Keynote Address
Jessica Kimbrough, the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at United Airlines and a 2004 graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, will deliver the keynote address at the law school’s...
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Chicago-Kent Student Dedicated to Government Labor Relations Earns 2022 Sandra Zemm Prize
A Chicago-Kent College of Law labor and employment law student who specialized in government and community service work has been awarded the Sandra P. Zemm Prize in Labor and Employment...
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Chicago-Kent Librarian Elected to Head Chicago Association of Law Libraries
A Chicago-Kent College of Law librarian has been elected to head the largest law librarian association in Illinois next year. In March Mandy Lee , the college’s research and instructional...
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Chicago-Kent Students Spend Winter Break Assisting Domestic Violence Survivors
A half-dozen Chicago-Kent College of Law students decided to spend their winter break tackling one of the toughest pro bono jobs out there: helping survivors of domestic violence and sexual...