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United States figure skater Amber Glenn may have won a gold medal in the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, but that didn’t stop her from skating into copyright issues with...
The Chicago-Kent College of Law Trial Advocacy Team is heading back to the National Trial Competition after dominating the Midwest Regional for the third year in a row. This marks...
“I was very surprised,” says Chicago-Kent College of Law Assistant Professor of Law Pedro Gerson. “I think more than anything, it’s the fact that the ideas in the paper resonated...
“I don’t think this really is a partisan issue. This should be an American issue,” says Harold Krent, professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “We want to encourage people to vote, and we don’t want to dampen participation in our republic. My fear is that the Supreme Court will do that.”
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Harold J. Krent
Noah Smith-Drelich, a law professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, said accountability is important because it “shapes how people behave.” Smith-Drelich said “the atmosphere that exists right now, that federal officials will face little to no repercussions,” is likely contributing to “some of the violence that we’re seeing” being perpetrated by federal agents.
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Noah Smith-Drelich
“The United States Supreme Court has said a defendant who represents [themself] is held to the same standard as an experienced criminal defense attorney,” says Richard Kling, a clinical professor of law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. “He’s not going to be able to come in later and say, ‘Well, I didn't know what I was doing because I'm not really a lawyer.’”
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Richard S. Kling