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Student and Alumni Stories

Chicago-Kent is home to an amazing community, with a diverse range of interests and backgrounds. Browse our stories below for pictures and perspectives from our students, recent graduates, and alumni of note.

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  1. The Human Side of Business Laws

    • LAW '08

    “Human capital is important, right?” says Daniel Canales ’08. “You are your employees.” Canales is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he helps companies navigate a variety of business...

  2. Representing the People Who Build Chicago

    As a Chicago resident, Joseph V. Healy ’05 sees his fair share of construction-related traffic jams. But as secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Laborers’ District Council, or LiUNA, he likes to...

  3. The Human Side of the Deal

    • LAW '06

    “I love how weird and complicated humans are,” says Kristen E. Prinz, ’06. At the firm she founded, The Prinz Law Firm, much of her work is focused on executive...

  4. The Music of Justice

    • LAW '18

    Naomi Frisch ’18 was a young musician, working her first real job as a concert oboist in an orchestra, when her conductor was told to cut costs. “He decided to...

  5. The Other Way Around

    • LAW '09

    Editor's note: this is a story from the the Fall 2025 Chicago-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . “When I started [my firm] Incubate IP...

  6. Building a Talent Pipeline

    • LAW '97

    Editor's note: this is a story from the the Fall 2025 Chicago-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . “We have about 65 lawyers and 13...

  7. Deep Roots

    • (LAW ’78)

    When other mayors ask Jeffrey Sherwin (LAW ’78) how he’s been elected to office for eight terms—and has run unopposed in the town of Northlake, Illinois, for the last seven—he...

  8. Semper Legalis

    • (LAW ’09)

    As a judge advocate in the United States Marine Corps—the Marine equivalent of a JAG officer—Candace White (LAW ’09) spent her first tour of duty prosecuting Marines and sailors for...

  9. A Legacy of Producing Practitioners

    • LAW '20

    “Chicago-Kent College of Law represents a lot of what [Chicago] represents—grit and a diversity of perspectives,” says Saman Haque ’20. “The beauty of attending Chicago-Kent was that all of the...

  10. Practicing Law in the Big Apple

    • LAW '16

    Gerena Gregory ’16 wasn’t sure what to expect when she moved to Chicago to attend Chicago-Kent College of Law. But she had a feeling that the law school would support...