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Excellence in
preparation
forpractice
Today’s employers want
graduates with hands-
on skills. A Loyola law
education complements
solid classroom learning
with signi cant practical
and clinical experience.
15
$
112,832
powers of attorney
for health care
documents completed
in outstanding
medical debt forgiven
for clients
success rate
in motions
granted to dismiss in
eviction cases
With seven online degree pro-
grams, Loyola has become one of
the top law schools in the country
for online legal education. This fall,
the
Institute of Consumer Antitrust
Studies
launched the
world’s rst
online-only master’s program in
global competition law.
Online
education
leaders
100
%
Health
Justice
Project
BY THE
NUMBERS
Collaborating on
professional
responsibility
Loyola’s second annual
Building a
Community of Legal Professionals:
Professional Responsibility for
the Law Student Extern, Legal
Volunteer, and Clinician
event gave
students working for the rst time in
the legal community an overview of
their
roles and responsibilities as
legal professionals.
The American
Bar Association Center for Professional
Responsibility, Attorney Registration
& Disciplinary Commission of the
Illinois Supreme Court, and Illinois
Supreme Court Commission on
Professionalism collaborated on the
program agenda.
To the
White House
2L Khari Fischer-Pratt
was
selected for the prestigious
White
House Internship Program
during the 2015 summer session.
She worked in the O ce of
Presidential Personnel, which
oversees the selection process for
presidential appointments.
Students organize
cutting-edge conferences
Loyola student-run law journals hosted the
following timely conferences and symposia:
Annals of
Health Law
“The Crossroads of Health
Law—the Evolution of
Insurance Coverage”
Children’s Legal
Rights Journal
“Discipline in Schools: Moving
Beyond Zero Tolerance”
Public Interest
Law Reporter
“Senate Bill 16 and Education
Funding in Illinois”
Loyola University
Chicago International
Law Review
(with the Beazley Institute
for Health Law and Policy)
“Cross-Border Health Care:
The Movement of Patients,
Providers, and Diseases”
Loyola Consumer
Law Review
“The Landscape of
Emerging Payments”
Loyola University
Chicago Law Journal
“Privacy in a Data
Collection Society”
$
297,000
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client cases handled
by
students enrolled in the
Federal Tax Law Clinic last year.
in taxes due from
clinic clients correctly
eliminated.
$
22,000
refunded
to Loyola
clients who sought the
clinic’s help.
Legendary
litigators share
experiences
Distinguished law alumni
Joseph
A. Power Jr (JD ‘77) and Todd
A. Smith (JD ‘76),
above left and
right, two of the founding partners
of the Chicago law rm Power
Rogers & Smith, spoke to students
about their experiences
litigating
some of the most in uential jury
trial cases in Illinois history
at
the School of Law’s 2014 Corboy
Lecture in Advocacy.
Federal
Tax Law
Clinic
BY THE
NUMBERS
