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Dee Runaas

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...

Cody Clark '26

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...

Alexandra Yelderman

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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Supreme Court’s Emergency Decisions Can Have Permanent Impact for Many, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

“They may describe these decisions as temporary. But for many people, and in some instances for everybody, this is it,” said Carolyn Shapiro, the founder and co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States. “There is no more.”

Bloomberg Law

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Carolyn Shapiro

Carolyn Shapiro

  • Professor of Law
  • Co-Director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States

Professor Emerita Lori Andrews: People Are Turning to AI Chatbots for Companionship. Is This Robot Love Risky?

“Alexa, will you marry me?” When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reported in 2016 that over 250,000 people had proposed to their Alexa devices, commentators laughed it off. But by 2026, people have said, “I do,” to avatars, chatbots and robots in ceremonies around the world.

Chicago Tribune

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Lori Andrews

Lori B. Andrews

  • University Distinguished Professor Emerita
  • Professor of Law Emerita
  • Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology

Law Professor Raff Donelson Says County Should Consider Criminal Penalties if Municipalities Fail to Follow Tax Foreclosure Rules

“Seized properties should be put up for public auction, or there should be some other suitably public way that everyone has a fair chance of getting at the property,” said Raff Donelson, professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “If that doesn’t happen, that really ought to be a crime.”

Investigative Project on Race & Equity

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Raff Donelson

Raff Donelson

  • Professor of Law
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

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