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Polarization and Punishment: Stanford Professor Awarded 2026 Palmer Prize
“The most sensible ways to approach criminal justice often are approaches that draw support from across the political divide,” says David A. Sklansky, Stanley Morrison Professor of Law at Stanford...
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Chicago-Kent Professor Daniel Martin Katz Co-Authors New Book on the History, Design and Governance of AI Agents
“We are moving into this world of increasingly autonomous systems operating on our behalf,” says Professor Daniel Martin Katz. “People need to know what that means.” Katz, with co-authors Michael...
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Chicago-Kent Climbs to No. 7 in IP Law Rankings
Chicago-Kent College of Law has been ranked the 7th-best law school in the nation for intellectual property law by U.S. News & World Report in the publication’s 2026 Best Law...
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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 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...
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Proving Discrimination: Jason R. Bent Tapped to Lead Chicago-Kent’s Malin Institute
“There’s an argument that because of the labor history in Chicago and because of the amount of interesting labor and employment things that are going on here, that geographically this...
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Hope and Impact: Public Interest Center Director Receives Chicago Bar Award
The Chicago Bar Foundation has awarded its 2025 Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence to Chicago-Kent College of Law Public Interest Center Director Michelle Vodenik, who also works as senior...
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Defining Greatness: Chicago-Kent Hosts 2025 Public Interest Awards
“Oftentimes these days it can feel like hope and courage are scarce,” says Joseph Strom ’25. “But in this room, with all of you, I see it overflowing.” Strom is...
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Kings of Queens: Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy Team Takes Gold in New York
A team from Chicago-Kent College of Law took first place in the Queens County (New York) District Attorney’s Office’s 10th Annual Mock Trial Competition the weekend of March 9–10, 2025...