Loyola University Chicago
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Degree Programs
Media Mentions
- Sam Brunson pens op-ed on tax exemptions and white supremacy groups
- Alexander Tsesis speaks with Time about legal trouble for President
- Stephen Rushin comments on the high cost of police accountability
- New York Times publishes Larry Singer’s letter on health care bills
- Larry Singer weighs in on Senate’s health care bill in Crain’s Chicago Business
- John Dehn quoted by San Francisco Chronicle on Trump’s strike on Syria
- Miranda Johnson speaks with WSJ about CPS graduation requirements
- Allen Shoenberger speaks with NPR about Facebook Live assault case
- Stacey Platt discusses policy reform following brutal death of 8-year-old Gizzel
- Samuel Brunson quoted in Ars Technica article about Amazon and back taxes
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COMMUNITY
A vibrant hub for learning
Loyola’s Corboy Law Center is a centerpiece of community life on campus and in Chicago
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STUDY ABROAD
Justice Ginsburg to join Loyola in Rome
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will join students and faculty as a guest lecture next summer in Loyola’s Study Law Abroad program in Rome, Italy. The program is open to current Loyola law students.
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ADVOCACY
Assisting undocumented families
Across the country families who are undocumented risk being separated if family members are detained or deported. Loyola’s Legislation and Policy Clinic created a guide to assist undocumented parents in preparing safety plans for their children.
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Student Competitions
Thomas Tang Regional Champs
Loyola took First Place, Second Place, Best and Second Best Brief Awards, as well as Best and Second Best Oral Advocate Awards, at the Thomas Tang Regional Competition held it Chicago October 13-15. Congratulations to regional champs Jasmine Stanzick and Emily Olivera, and second place team members Sowmya Sastri and Lucas Terna. -
NEWS
Progress and achievements
The 2016-17 Dean’s Annual Report highlights recent School of Law honors, accomplishments, and outstanding alumni support.
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CIVIL DISCOURSE
Leading the conversation
Loyola has emerged as a center of discourse where the nation’s thought leaders gather to engage in respectful dialogue about new and pressing issues related to law and justice.
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Faculty
Rhodes named John J. Waldron Professor of Law
Anne-Marie Rhodes, a member of Loyola’s full-time law faculty since 1980 and a legal expert in trusts and estates, as well as art law and comparative law, has been named Loyola’s John J. Waldron Professor of Law.
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Student Journals
Law Journal Executive Board
The Loyola University Chicago Law Journal is edited and managed entirely by students and publishes the work of distinguished writers, including academics, practitioners, and judges. Meet the 2017-18 executive board.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
Fulfilling a social justice mission
Loyola’s annual Day of Service introduces 1Ls to public interest law
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Center of Excellence
The Faces of Chicago Health Law
Loyola Law magazine highlights Loyola grads who dominate the field
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Lessons in lawyering
Margee Elias (JD ’86), executive vice president and general counsel of Gogo, the leading inflight internet and entertainment provider, shares her career highlights, her challenges, and what she enjoys most about the practice of law.
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INNOVATION
Design thinking in the classroom
To improve the learning process and make students more practice-ready at graduation, Loyola has significantly expanded its teaching styles to include more active, participatory learning approaches like team projects, collaborative exercises, and most recently, design thinking.
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SPECIALIZED OFFERING
PROLAW expands
Loyola’s Rule of Law for Development program in Rome now offers a one-year program for non-lawyers.
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INNOCENCE PROJECT
Coming full circle: Law alum Jarrett Adams tells NBC News about his first win in court
Loyola law alum Jarrett Adams recently had his first win in court. He helped overturn an innocent man's conviction in the same state that, years ago, had sentenced him to prison for a crime he did not commit.
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NEW FACULTY
Kate Mitchell joins Loyola’s Health Justice Project
Kate Mitchell has joined the School of Law as director of the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy’s Health Justice Project. Mitchell's areas of focus include poverty law, children’s legal rights, and health law.
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SPECIALIZED OFFERING
Loyola law: A next step for many educators
A reputation as a hub for education law is a big draw for teachers becoming lawyers
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STUDY ABROAD
Learning the law in Rome
Students and faculty attended a tour of the Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome, Italy, with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who joined Loyola this summer for two weeks to teach a course in Constitutional Law.
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ACCOLADES
Top in the country
Loyola’s Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy is ranked #1 in the country in healthcare law by Law Street Media.
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FELLOWSHIP
Loyola grad lands prestigious fellowship
After sitting for the Illinois bar exam in July, Loyola law graduate Louis Gomes (BA ’14, JD ’17) will travel to Africa and Europe to spend time with family. In late August, he will begin a prestigious legal fellowship with GE Transportation, a division of the General Electric Company.
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Student Spotlight
Why I chose Loyola
Law students share why they chose Loyola University Chicago for law school.
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Stephen Rushin joins Loyola
Stephen Rushin, a nationally recognized legal scholars who specializes in criminal law and police accountability, has joined Loyola’s full-time law faculty.
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SPECIAL PROGRAM
U.S. Reps. Schiff and Quigley speak at Loyola
U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, ranking member of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, joined Loyola law alumnus U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (JD ’89) at the School of Law on June 20 for a special panel discussion on current intelligence, security, and foreign policy issues.
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Photo Gallery
How I thrived at Loyola
Members of the Class of 2017 share their achievements and secrets to success.
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FACULTY RESEARCH
Bringing visibility to predatory litigation
When Professor Matthew Sag and recent Loyola law graduate Jake Haskell (JD ’16) decided to work together on a public interest research project about predatory litigation and copyright trolling, they did not expect that their paper would go viral. More than 4,000 downloads later, their law review article has gained national visibility.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Loyola to honor Tom Dart
Tom Dart (JD ’87), Cook County Sheriff, will be honored with the School of Law’s Damen Award at Founders’ Dinner, on Friday, June 9. Since 2006, Dart has brought an aggressive yet innovative approach to law enforcement. Dart recently was featured on 60 Minutes where he discussed mental illness in prisons and his unique efforts to reform the Cook County Jail.
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NEW DEGREE OFFERING
Loyola now offers JD/MEd
Loyola’s School of Law and School of Education are now offering a JD/MEd in Law and Education Policy. The dual degree program brings together Loyola's expertise in education policy studies, education law, and the legal rights of children.
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ADMINISTRATION
Maureen Kieffer promoted to Director of Career Services
Maureen Kieffer has been promoted to director of the Office of Career Services, where she has served for more than 10 years as associate director to develop and implement programs that support Loyola law students interested in judicial clerkships, public interest, and government careers.
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RECOGNITION
Loyola noted for Best Law School Experience
Loyola University Chicago’s received an “A” letter grade for best law school experience from The International Jurist magazine for its International LLM programs.
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SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships Open Doors
Loyola is committed to ensuring that a quality legal education is attainable
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Miranda Johnson appointed institute director
Loyola University Chicago School of Law is pleased to announce that Miranda Johnson, clinical professor and associate director of the Education Law and Policy Institute, has been appointed the Institute’s new director.
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FELLOWSHIP
LLM in Health Law Opportunity with the AMA
The American Medical Association (AMA) and Loyola’s Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy have announced the establishment of the AMA Health Law Fellowship Program for the 2017-18 school year for one highly qualified Master of Laws (LLM) candidate.
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Ryan Meade featured in Compliance & Ethics Professional
Professor Ryan Meade, director of Loyola’s Center for Compliance Studies, was featured in the April 2017 issue of Compliance & Ethics Professional, a publication of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics.
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
Loyola’s Vis Moot Fellows
Students selected for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot have the opportunity to study alternative dispute resolution in the context of international law. The Vis competitions take place each spring at in Vienna, Austria, and in Hong Kong. This year Loyola competed against 27 teams from 12 countries to win the Moot Shanghai 2017 and 3 honorable mention awards. The Moot Shanghai is a pre-moot held a week before the Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration.
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New Dean
Loyola Announces New Law Dean
Prolific legal scholar, visionary educator, and beloved professor Michael J. Kaufman appointed School of Law dean.
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GLOBAL LEARNING
Field study in Chile
Loyola students recently participated in a week-long field study in Chile. Since 2003, Loyola has partnered with the Universidad Alberto Hurtado, a Jesuit school in Santiago, to host research visits over spring break. Loyola students Brian Huff, Neda Tolooi, Laura Garcia, Caitlin Cervenka and Tony Wadas, along with Professors Anne-Marie Rhodes and Thomas Haney, are pictured at the Centro de Justicia, the central criminal court of Santiago. -
FIELD STUDY
Access to Health Care
Understanding and effectively addressing racial disparities in health care is important to the well-being of our society. Students enrolled in Professor Larry Singer’s Access to Health Care Seminar met over spring break with public health researchers, medical providers, health advocates, and government officials to learn about the state of health care in Mississippi.
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EMPLOYMENT
Loyola #33 on NLJ’s list of Top 50 Go-To Law Schools
Loyola University Chicago is #33 on The National Law Journal’s 2017 list of top 50 Go-To Law Schools for new associate hiring in the country’s largest law firms. In placing alumni in major law firms, Loyola was listed as one of the schools that significantly outperformed its 2016 U.S. News & World Report ranking. Loyola was also one of the 50 law schools to see the most alumni promoted to partner in 2016, with 12 promotions.
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Weekend JD
Weekend Warriors
Loyola's innovative Weekend JD offers a flexible option for busy students.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Restaurant brings alum back on campus
After a brief legal career as a corporate associate, Carey Cooper (JD ’81), left the practice of law to pursue a business career. His latest restaurant venture, Lyfe Kitchen, located at the corner of State and Pearson, has brought Cooper back on campus.
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STUDENT COMPETITIONS
Loyola Wins Evans Moot
Jessica Pedersen and Collin Kurtenbach have won the Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition held in Madison, Wisconsin. The Loyola team beat out 20 teams from across the country to win the championship. -
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Best-selling author Colson Whitehead
Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead recently spoke to students and faculty at the School of Law about his work as a writer and his award-winning book, The Underground Railroad, about a young slave who escapes a Georgia planation. -
STUDENT COMPETITONS
Regional semifinalists
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STUDENT COMPETITIONS
Loyola advances to Jessup International
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Student Support
Counseling over coffee
Father Jerry, a chaplain on the Water Tower Campus team of Loyola’s Campus Ministry, knows people seeking counseling can be uncomfortable in formal situations. So “I go where the people are: food courts, lobbies—and Starbucks,” he says. “I see more students, faculty, staff, and alums over coffee than I ever see in my church or office.”
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Student Competitions
Loyola places in Saul Lefkowitz Moot
Loyola earns second and third place and wins Best Oralist Award at the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition.
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Appointments
Loyolan named to AALS section
Karen A. Shaw, director of Loyola’s Graduate Legal Studies, has been appointed secretary of the AALS Section on Post-Graduate Legal Education.
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GLOBAL LEARNING
Study locally, act globally
Opportunities abroad gave Loyola law students Alison Davis and Teresa Dettloff invaluable real-world experience.
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SUMMER OFFERINGS
Study abroad in Italy or China
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will join Loyola this summer as a guest lecturer in Rome, Italy.
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TRIAL ADVOCACY
Intensive Practical Skills Training
The School of Law’s three intensive trial practice courses that provide focused litigation skills training to JD and LLM students kicked off at Loyola on Saturday, January 7.
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Social Media
Connect with faculty on social media
Follow the School of Law on Twitter, connect with our Centers of Excellence on LinkedIn and Facebook, and watch for faculty blog postings.
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RULE OF LAW
PROLAW to offer an additional master’s degree program in Rome
Loyola has expanded its Rule of Law for Development (PROLAW) program in Rome, Italy. The program will now include a one-year practice-oriented master’s degree for non-lawyers.
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PRESIDENT’S MEDALLION
Ex-teacher brings unique perspective to the law
Heather Nelson spent several years teaching Spanish to low-income students in Oakland, California, and Washington, DC. Now, she’s a Civitas ChildLaw Fellow and the 2016 School of Law President's Medallion recipient.
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TOP RANKED
Leading in Trial Advocacy
Loyola’s nationally renowned trial advocacy program continues to take top honors. Meet our 2016-17 mock trial teams.
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Alumni Spotlight
Madigan honored
Loyola law alumna and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (JD ’94) was honored by the Illinois Bar Foundation with the 2016 Distinguished Award for Excellence at its recent Gala.
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