-
Doctor + lawyer = effective advocate
Bryant Cameron Webb MD (JD ’12) uses his degrees to address health inequities.
READ MORE
-
Kate Mitchell, director of Loyola's Health Justice Project, shares with Chicago Lawyer magazine how lawyers can break the link between poverty and poor health.
READ MORE
-
40 Under 40 Attorneys to Watch
Loyola proudly congratulates its distinguished alumni recently named as 40 Under 40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch.
READ MORE
-
Loyolans named associate judges
The School of Law proudly congratulates seven distinguished alumni who were recently named among the 16 new Cook County Circuit Court judges.
LEARN MORE
-
Recent law graduates share their secrets to success.
PHOTO GALLERY
-
Loyola University Chicago awarded 281 law degrees at commencement on May 12
PHOTO GALLERY
-
Emma McMullen (JD ’18) is a Civitas ChildLaw Fellow and the 2018 recipient of the Dean Nina S. Appel Scholarship. This is her story.
WATCH VIDEO
-
Loyola establishes professorships to honor the late Mary Ann G. McMorrow (JD '53)
Professorships will support research and scholarship that advocate for justice
READ MORE
-
Building bridges to success
2L embraces leadership role in Loyola undergraduate mentorship program
READ MORE
-
Aspiring academic
A passionate advocate for vulnerable populations, Loyola grad finds herself back at law school—as a professor
LEARN MORE
-
Claiming Chicago for his own city
With interests in both trial and public interest law, 3L takes full advantage of Loyola’s location
READ MORE
-
Loyola appoints inaugural Rodin professorships
Teaching and advocacy will strengthen law programs that advance equity and justice in underrepresented communities
READ MORE
-
Immigration law practicum
A unique practicum offered at the School of Law this fall will focus on current and emerging issues of immigration law and explore how this important area of practice can intersect with many others.
LEARN MORE
-
Gaining insight beyond the classroom
Field study allows students to examine public health epidemic first-hand
READ MORE
-
Reflection of King's Last Campaign
Prize-winning journalist, biographer, and cultural historian Wil Haygood will address Dr. King’s work for economic justice, with attention to his final campaign in Memphis: Wednesday, April 4,
12:00-1:00 p.m. (lunch included).
READ MORE
-
Excellence in legal education
Loyola's centers and innovative programs rank among the top in the country
LEARN MORE
-
An active learner discovers her calling in litigation
Participating both inside and outside the classroom, a 3L finds her career path
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola appoints inaugural Reithal Professors of Law
Impactful faculty research and scholarship will promote access to justice
READ MORE
-
Creating safer communities
A Loyola law education will help this police officer advocate for better policy
LEARN MORE
-
Exploring different practice paths
At Loyola, a 2L develops her twin passions for IP and public interest law
READ MORE
-
Attend an online information session and learn about our flexible weekend program.
READ MORE
-
Ben Horowitz, Nicole Gaudin, and David DeSchepper won the Texas Young Lawyers Association Regional Mock Trial Competition. DeSchepper also won Best Advocate Award. The team will advance to the national competition in April.
-
A passion for health law and policy
1L plans to use her education to eliminate racial disparities in health
LEARN MORE
-
Advocating for others
Recent Loyola law graduate Catharine Debelle (JD ’17) reflects upon her rewarding experience working with Loyola’s Health Justice Project.
READ MORE
-
Loyola team members Jalyn Mitchell, Ayah Elfarra, Anais Holland-Rudd, and Bill Lowry won the BLSA Thurgood Marshall Mock Competition held at the Midwest Regional BLSA Convention in St. Louis. The team will compete in the national competition in New York.
READ MORE
-
Loyola team members Kechia Lewis and Jalen Brown won the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition held at the Midwest Regional BLSA Convention in St. Louis. Brown also received the Best Oralist Award. The team will compete in the national competition in New York.
READ MORE
-
Stepping up
Furqan Mohammed (BA ’08, JD ’12) shifts career gears to help vulnerable workers
LEARN MORE
-
The Amaker Retreat aims to capture the spirit of our late professor Norman Amaker who fought alongside civil rights leaders to transform the social justice landscape by challenging racial discrimination during the civil rights era.
LEARN MORE
-
Answering a call
Loyola's nationally acclaimed Civitas ChildLaw Center continues to attract highly-qualified passionate advocates like Nick Zausch who want to make a difference in the lives of children.
READ MORE
-
Loyola’s leadership in competition law and policy continues to expand
Antitrust prof and scholar Spencer Waller appointed to prestigious new faculty chair
READ MORE
-
Real-world experience
Student clinician gains confidence, practical skills helping vulnerable populations
READ MORE
-
Loyolans named among 40 Under 40
Congratulations to our outstanding Loyola law alumni who were named among the 40 Under 40 Attorneys to Watch in 2017 by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.
LEARN MORE
-
Learning the law in London
Loyola’s Comparative Advocacy Program celebrates 30 years.
LEARN MORE
-
3L James Naughton is using his legal education to serve others, especially youth. He is helping Chicago students stay on track for educational success as a tutor, mentor, and Stand Up For Each Other advocate.
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola to launch legal center for social justice
Gift from Curt Rodin (JD ’75) and his wife, Linda, will strengthen law programs that serve the vulnerable.
LEARN MORE
-
Online learning at Loyola
Christena Driscoll, a current student enrolled in Loyola’s online Master of Jurisprudence in Business Law and Compliance, shares what she likes most about the program and how this advanced degree for non-lawyers will benefit her career as a compliance examiner.
READ MORE
-
Addressing the needs of veterans
New practicum lets students assist former service members while honing practical skills.
READ MORE
-
Student-created foundation brings Loyola social justice mission to life
From Chicago, 3Ls are changing lives half a world away.
-
Loyola took First Place at the In Vino Veritas Mock Trial Competition hosted by Golden Gate State University School of Law in San Francisco October 26-29. Corboy Fellows Ben Horwitz and Teresa Russo are pictured above preparing to make their closing argument in the final round of the competition, while team members Edet Nsemo and Britney Pennycook look on.
-
Loyola won the Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition held in Washington, DC, November 3-4. Loyola also won Best Brief and Best Oralist Awards. The competition is sponsored by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation. Congratulations to Emily Olivera, Jasmine Stanzick, Sevan Avakian (coach), Lucas Terna, and Sowmya Sastri. Not pictured: Coaches Kristen Kawaguchi and Ann Shea.
-
Exploring corporate ethics
Loyola’s Institute for Investor Protection Conference discussed the growing corporate movement to embrace social responsibility activities, Dodd-Frank, and how a more relaxed approach to ethics and compliance issues has led to legal and economic pitfalls. Aaron Beam (pictured), author of Ethics Playbook: Winning Ethically in Business, delivered the luncheon address.
READ MORE
-
Loyola law faculty members are renowned scholars who are making a significant impact.
READ MORE
-
Loyola’s 8th Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium brings together constitutional law scholars at all stages of their professional development to discuss current projects, doctrinal developments in constitutional law, and future goals. This year’s keynote address will be delivered by Professor H. Jefferson Powell, Duke University School of Law.
READ MORE
-
Dr. Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, a noted authority on equity issues in health care, recently spoke to students and faculty at Loyola about equality and justice in the national health debate, and specifically addressed the social determinants of health, which include race and poverty.
-
Weekend warriors
Now in its second year, Loyola’s Weekend JD continues to grow in popularity
LEARN MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
-
The 2016-17 Dean’s Annual Report highlights recent School of Law honors, accomplishments, and outstanding alumni support.
READ MORE
-
A vibrant hub for learning
Loyola’s Corboy Law Center is a centerpiece of community life on campus and in Chicago
LEARN MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
Leading the conversation
Loyola has emerged as a community hub for exploring law and social justice
LEARN MORE
-
Monday, October 2 – 12:00 p.m.
Michael Halberstam has directed more than 35 productions for the company, and has received numerous awards for excellence in theatre management and artistic achievement. This year’s program on Shakespeare’s Othello, is made possible by the generous support of Loyola law alumna Randy Lamm Berlin. Pizza will be served.
LEARN MORE
-
Earn an outstanding Loyola law degree by attending our Full-time or Weekend JD program
LEARN MORE
-
Fulfilling a social justice mission
Loyola’s annual Day of Service introduces 1Ls to public interest law
READ MORE
-
Welcoming 1Ls
Meet Loyola’s incoming class of exceptional law students
READ MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
-
Loyola Law magazine highlights Loyola grads who dominate the field
READ MORE
-
Kate Mitchell joins Loyola’s Health Justice Project
Loyola names new director of its nationally recognized medical-legal partnership clinic.
LEARN MORE
-
PROLAW expands
Loyola’s Rule of Law for Development program in Rome now offers a one-year program for non-lawyers
READ MORE
-
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.
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola’s Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy is ranked #1 in the country in healthcare law by Law Street Media.
READ MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
Loyola law: A next step for many educators
A reputation as a hub for education law is a big draw for teachers becoming lawyers
READ MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
-
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.
LEARN MORE
-
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.
LEARN MORE
-
Commencement exercises for the School of Law will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 13.
READ MORE
-
Loyola University Chicago’s received an “A” letter grade for best law school experience from The International Jurist magazine for its International LLM programs.
READ MORE
-
Loyola University Chicago’s nationally acclaimed Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy is pleased to invite original research submissions for its inaugural Wiet Life Science Law Scholars Conference on Friday, October 13, 2017.
READ MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
New Health Law Fellowship Opportunity for Master of Laws Candidate
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
-
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.
READ MORE
-
Loyola is committed to ensuring that a quality legal education is attainable
READ MORE
-
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.
-
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
-
Prolific legal scholar, visionary educator, and beloved professor Michael J. Kaufman appointed School of Law dean.
READ MORE
-
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.
READ MORE
-
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.
-
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.
-
Loyola team members Payal Patel, Sarah Stewart, and Jocelyn Chancellor were semi-finalist at the 8th Annual Transactional Law Meet Competition held at University Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in February.
-
Loyola was runner-up in the Philip C. Jessup US Midwest Regional Moot Court Competition and will compete this spring in the international round in Washington DC.
-
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.”
READ MORE
-
Loyola earns second and third place and wins Best Oralist Award at the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition.
LEARN MORE
-
Karen A. Shaw, director of Loyola’s Graduate Legal Studies, has been appointed secretary of the AALS Section on Post-Graduate Legal Education.
-
Study locally, act globally
Opportunities abroad gave Loyola law students Alison Davis and Teresa Dettloff invaluable real-world experience.
READ MORE
-
Weekend Warriors
New JD program offers classes on alternate Saturdays and Sundays
READ MORE
-
Intensive Trial Practice Programs provide practical 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.
-
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will join Loyola this summer as a guest lecturer in Rome, Italy.
LEARN MORE
-
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.
LEARN MORE
-
-
Welcoming students with DACA status
Loyola University Chicago School of Law is pleased to announce that it will offer scholarship assistance to qualified admitted students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration status or who are DACA-eligible.
READ MORE
-
Trump Presidency: What it means for law and social justice
SPECIAL PROGRAM – Thursday, Nov. 17 – 1 p.m. Join us to hear Loyola University Chicago’s distinguished law faculty discuss the potential impact President-Elect Trump’s policies will have on the law and social justice. Pizza will be served.
LEARN MORE
-
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.
-
Register now for an online info session on November 29 at 1:30 pm (CT).
-
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.
READ MORE
-
Phil Angelides, who served as chair of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that presented a report on the causes of the financial economic crisis of 2008 to the President and Congress in 2011, delivered a special luncheon address at Loyola’s Institute for Investor Protection Conference. Speakers at the conference focused on the impact of criminal activity within the financial sector and the special role that lawyers can play in protecting investors.
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola’s nationally renowned trial advocacy program continues to take top honors. Meet our 2016-17 mock trial teams.
LEARN MORE
-
Professor Diane Geraghty, Loyola’s A. Kathleen Beazley Chair in Children’s Law and director of the Civitas ChildLaw Center, along with her husband, Thomas Geraghty, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, were recently honored by UNICEF for their local and international contributions to improving the lives of children.
READ MORE
-
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 2016-17 executive board.
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola boasts one of the nation’s most robust course offerings in the area of compliance. On September 22, Loyola launched the first student-run law journal dedicated solely to regulatory and compliance issues.
READ MORE
-
Loyola welcomes Jordan Paradise to its full-time law faculty. She brings to the School of Law and the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy years of expertise in the life sciences realm. Her recent scholarly work addresses diverse legal and ethical issues of technologies, including nanotechnology, synthetic biology, biosimilars, precision medicine, and gene editing.
-
Loyola’s Seventh Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium with more than 100 constitutional law scholars will take place at the School of Law Friday, Nov. 4 – Saturday, Nov. 5. Reva Siegel, Yale Law School’s Nicholad deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, will deliver the keynote address.
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola hosts Chicago tribute to Scalia
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pays tribute to her colleague and friend
READ MORE
-
Iconic civil rights leader and activist Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) spoke at the School of Law about the Civil Rights Movement and the final volume of the March trilogy he coauthored with Andrew Ayden. “I am very optimistic about the future of this country,” he said to Loyola students and faculty. “Together we will create a loving community.”
-
Amanda Walsh (MSW ’14, JD ’15) receives fellowship for her work to create first behavioral health-legal partnership in Illinois.
READ MORE
-
Welcoming new students
Loyola’s incoming class of bright and talented 1Ls bring a wealth of demographic and experiential diversity to the School of Law.
LEARN MORE
-
Dual degree in children’s law
Loyola’s Civitas ChildLaw Center has partnered with Erikson Institute to offer an innovative new dual degree program in children’s law.
-
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (JD ’94, left) and Ignazio Caramazza (right), the former attorney general of Italy, were special guest lecturers this summer at Loyola’s Study Law Abroad Program in Rome. They are pictured with Assistant Dean Jean Gaspardo, who has served as director of the Rome program since 1991.
-
Loyola’s new president is a lifelong educator and a lawyer.
READ MORE
-
Michael Kaufman appointed interim dean
A member of the Loyola law faculty since 1986, and associate dean for academic affairs since 2005, Kaufman has devoted his professional career to the service of others and is renowned for his efforts to create greater educational diversity and equity at all levels of learning.
-
Loyola grad awarded fellowship
The Illinois Bar Foundation has awarded a post graduate legal fellowship to School of Law graduate Victoria Dempsey (JD ’16). She will begin her fellowship this fall working at Loyola’s Community Law Center Clinic.
-
A new casebook coauthored by Interim Dean Michael Kaufman provides an analytical and practical framework addressing the key subjects in securities litigation.
-
Join us on Tuesday, August 16, to learn how our brains manage emotion, make decisions, and analyze the behavior of another person. Professional Responsibility credit will be offered.
-
International scholar James Gathii, Loyola’s Wing-Tat Lee Chair in International Law, launched his new book, The Contested Empowerment of Kenya’s Judiciary 2010-2015: A Historical Institutional Analysis, at a special celebration in Nairobi on June 10.
-
Emily Benfer, clinical professor of law and director of Loyola’s Health Justice Project, recently was honored by the Erie Family Health Center with the Health Innovator Award at its 2016 Annual Luncheon.
-
On Saturday, May 21, Loyola University Chicago conferred 411 law degrees.
Check out the School of Law Commencement photos on Flickr.
-
Loyola University Chicago has appointed nationally renowned scholar Alexander Tsesis as the new Raymond and Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law. Tsesis, a member of Loyola’s full-time law faculty since 2007, will develop and expand constitutional law programs at the School of Law.
-
As part of Loyola’s Externship Field Placement Program, Loyola offers an annual professional responsibility seminar to assist students as they transition to the practice of law. The Hon. Sara L. Ellis, US District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, was as one of the dedicated legal professionals to speak at the seminar.
-
Loyola a leader in the growing area of compliance
Loyola has received approval from the Compliance Certification Board (CCB) to expand its curricular offerings in the area of compliance studies to provide students with the qualifications required to sit for the CCB’s healthcare and all-industry compliance certification exams.
-
Loyola University Chicago’s Master of Laws (LLM) offerings were highlighted in the 2016 issue of the International Jurist, a magazine for foreign attorneys studying in the US. In the article “The Best LLM Programs,” Loyola is listed as one of the top schools for the ‘Law School Experience’ and ‘Career Opportunities.’
-
Carrera Thibodeaux (2L)
Why did you choose Loyola for law school?: “Location, strong Chicago legal network”
-
John Anders (1L)
In five words or less, why did you choose Loyola? “Education Law, Part-time Program”
-
The Loyola Chapter of the Black Law Students Association announced its 2016-17 executive board (pictured with members of the 2015-16 board) at the BLSA Alumni Awards Luncheon held on Sunday, April 24.
This year alumnae Carla Kupe-Arion (JD ’08) and Candace Moore (JD ’13) were honored. Dean David Yellen was also honored with BLSA inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Award.
-
Meghan Murphy (1L)
In five words or less, why did you choose Loyola? “Chicago legal market, congenial community”
-
A panel discussion recently held at Loyola explored the history of discrimination against Muslims and Arabs in law and American society, free speech, the US immigration system, and the professional duty of attorneys to treat others with respect.
-
Michael Simonet (1L)
In five words or less, why did you choose Loyola?
“The inclusive and welcoming community”
-
More than 300 law students participate each year in public interest activities at Loyola. Students recently gather in Kasbeer Hall for a luncheon to celebrate their public interest work. Students who enrolled in the Public Interest Seminar also shared their projects with faculty and classmates. Gerald Polanco is pictured sharing with Professor Alan Raphael the initiative he and his classmates developed this semester on behalf of domestic violence survivors.
-
Loyola forum addresses lead poisoning in Chicago
Chicago public health officials and national experts in lead poisoning recently gathered at Loyola to discuss working together to combat issues surrounding lead poisoning and its devastating impact on families in local communities.
-
Loyola wins Health Law Transactional Competition
Loyola students placed first out of 21 teams from 15 law schools across the country at the 6th annual L. Edward Bryant Jr. National Health Law Transactional Competition, held at the Philip H. Corboy Law Center in March. Third-year Loyola students, Mary Buckley, Dino Petrovic, and Michael French, (pictured above with coach April Schweitzer, far left) were competition champions and won the Best Memorandum award.
-
Under the leadership of co-directors Diane Geraghty, Civitas ChildLaw Center, and David Olson, PhD, Criminal Justice and Criminology, the recently launched center brings together experts and students from several fields of study to share resources and insights—with the ultimate goal of creating a criminal justice system that is more fair, effective, and cost efficient.
-
Loyola took first place at the INADR International Mediation Tournament held at the School of Law March 8-11. Fifty-two teams from four continents competed at the mediation skills tournament. Loyola was also a semi-finalist for mediation advocacy skills. Team member Laura Doyen, as well as Silver, Koss, and Lewis also received individual awards. Pictured from left: INADR president Dick Calkins; Loyola team members Tiffany Koss, Jenna Silver, and Brittany Lewis; coach Teresa Frisbie; and INADR cofounder Fred Lane (JD ’50).
-
Loyola team members Philip Piecuch (right) and Carly Knue (second from right) won the Best Term Sheet Award at the Transactional LawMeet’s Midwest competition in Kansas City on February 26. They are pictured with Professors Shelley Dunck and Mary Hanisch, director and assistant director (respectively) of Loyola’s Business Law Clinic.
-
Loyola University Chicago and the InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution (INADR) will co-sponsor the 15th Annual International Law School Mediation Competition at the Philip H. Corboy Law Center March 8-11. More than 400 students, mediators, professors, and attorneys from around the world will participate in the four-day international mediation skills tournament, which presents students with hypothetical international legal disputes to resolve.
-
Collin Kurtenbach (second from right) won Loyola's 2016 Intraschool Moot Court Competition, and Second-Best Brief. Jessica Pedersen was Runner-up and Third Best Oral Advocate; Ronni Tansey won Best Brief, and Best Oral Advocate. Judges John Darrah, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; William Bauer, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals; and Jorge Alonso, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, served as special guest judges for the final round of the competition, which was held on Saturday, February 27. Forty-two Loyola law students competed in the competition.
-
Congratulations to Philip H. Corboy Fellows team members Christos Dimoulis, Demetria Hamilton, Matt McDonald, and Ezrah Bryant for their accomplishments at the 2016 Texas Young Lawyers National Trial Competition. Demetria and Christos (pictured) won the regional championship; Demetria also won best advocate. Matt and Ezrah were semi-finalists. Christos and Demetria will compete in April in the national competition in Dallas.
-
Finding the right key
Searching for his calling, third-year student Gerald Polanco explores an array of opportunities, all with a focus on advocating for others.
-
Professors Ramirez (pictured), Tsesis, Sullivan, and Sawicki recently gathered with students and faculty at the Corboy Law Center to debate and discuss what’s next for the US Supreme Court following the death of the controversial justice.
-
Dean Yellen named president of Marist College
After serving more than a decade as dean of the School of Law, David Yellen will depart at the end of the year to become president of Marist College. Michael Kaufman, associate dean of academic affairs, has been appointed interim-dean effective July 1.
-
Big win for Corboy Fellows
Loyola’s Corboy Fellows Ezrah Bryant, Matt McDonald, Jack Healy, and Lauline Gough won the Vino Veritas: The Golden Gate University Professor Bernie Segal Mock Trial held October 25.
-
LLM Student Wins Writing Prize
Loyola University Chicago LLM student Harrison Mbori Otieno has received a runner-up prize award in the amount of $2,500 in the Benjamin E. Ferencz Essay writing competition.
-
Remembering Prof. Mike Zimmer
Outstanding legal scholar and mentor, Professor Mike Zimmer passed away from cancer on September 23 at the age of 72.
READ MORE
-
Meet Loyola’s SBA President
SBA President Dominic LoVerde (3L) will work to promote a culture at the School of Law where each student is valued.
LEARN MORE
-
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.
LEARN MORE
-
3L leads Yale seminar on bioethics
Sumaya Noush (3L) led a six-session seminar this summer at Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics titled “The Ethics of Global Pharmaceuticals.”
-
Students from Chicago Public Schools recently attended a learn-by-doing program at Loyola, which was sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation's ABC Project (Action-Based Communities). Students discussed issues in their community, determined the best way to address them, and established action steps to make the change. Issues students addressed included school libraries, lunches, recycling, and better access to school counselors.
-
Loyola alumnus Louis Lehr (JD ’51) and John Ropiequet discussed the US Supreme Court case Zenith v. Matsushita from a civility and ethics perspective to students enrolled in Loyola’s summer law externship course. Lou Lehr practiced law for over 50 years with the Chicago firm Arnstein & Lehr.
-
Loyola drafts legislation to benefit exonerees
Loyola University Chicago School of Law students recently drafted an amendment to the certificate of innocence statute requesting higher compensation for Illinois exonerees.
READ MORE
-
Shakespeare and the Law
Join acclaimed director Michael Halberstam and actors from Writers Theatre on Monday, October 5, for a discussion and dramatic interpretation of scenes from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
LEARN MORE
-
School of Law faculty and students gathered for a luncheon celebration to recognized the hundreds of law students who participated in one of Loyola’s many public service organizations and events during the 2014-15 academic year.
LEARN MORE
-
Germond Patton (2L) presented Cynthia Cornelius with the 2015 Norman C. Amaker Award of Excellence at the Black Law Students Association’s (BLSA) annual alumni celebration held on Sunday, April 12. Loyola Trustee Jackie Taylor Holsten (JD ’99) received the Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Service Award.
-
Katherine Hinkle (left, JD ’14) and Melissa Turk (3L) recently were awarded the 2013-14 Hon. Thomas Mulroy Award for Excellence in the area of Evidence. Judge Mulroy is associate judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County and a Loyola law graduate from the Class of 1972. The award is given to the two students at Loyola who achieve the highest grades in Evidence in an academic year.
-
Dr. Luis G Franceschi (center), dean of the Law School at Strathmore University in Kenya, recently presented “The New Constitutions in Practice: Lessons from the Kenyan Experience” to law students and faculty at Loyola. He is pictured with Dean David Yellen and Professor James T. Gathii.
READ MORE
-
Loyola’s Corboy Fellows Josh Cauhorn, Jasmine Morton, Prya Murad, and Ezrah Bryant won the national championship at the National Criminal Justice Trial Competition held in Chicago. In this invitation-only tournament of champions, Loyola competed against 20 top teams in the country. Josh Cauhorn won the Overall Best Advocate Award.
-
Three distinguished Loyola law graduates were among the featured speakers at the National Association of Women Lawyers' mid-year meeting. From left: Former White House Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama Susan Sher, Dean David Yellen, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, and former American Bar Association President Laurel Bellows. Photo courtesy of Marty Morris.
READ MORE
-
Corboy Fellows Demetria Hamilton and Matt McDonald will compete in the national Texas Young Lawyers' Association National Trial Competition after they were named Second Place Champions at the regional competition held in Chicago in February.
READ MORE
-
Scott Kater won Loyola's Thirty-Ninth Annual Intraschool Moot Court Competition. He is pictured (left) with the Honorable Sarah Ellis, William Bauer, and Kenneth Ripple, final round judges; and finalist Adrienne Yoseph. Other honors: Grace Chua, Best Brief; Adrienne Yoseph, Best Oralist.
-
Professor Juan F. Perea’s new book, Race and Races: Cases and Resources for a Diverse America (with Delgado, Harris, Stefancic, and Wildman), presents interdisciplinary, critical perspectives on race and racism and covers the roles of law and history in shaping the meanings of race in the United States.
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola’s International Law Colloquium organized by Professor James T. Gathii provides a forum for leading scholars and practitioners of international law to present their research and talk about their experiences to students and faculty. The colloquium is open to all students and faculty.
READ MORE
-
Loyola’s INADR International Mediation team members Randy Ojeda, Lauren Cichowski, Ellie Chavez and Michael Gubiotti placed third in the advocate/client category of the 2015 INADR International Mediation Tournament held in London, England. Loyola advanced to the final round tournament, which included 44 teams from law schools around the world.
-
Loyola team members Eric Chung, Jena Grady, and Erin Sutton placed second out of 16 teams from across the country at the Fourth Annual Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition. Students were given 90 minutes to analyze a complex fact pattern focusing on the FDA's regulation of the life sciences, bioethical research issues, and healthcare fraud and abuse laws.
READ MORE
-
Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial team members Shawki Bell, Lauline Gough, Jade Gary and John Gnilka placed second in the Midwest BLSA Mock Trial Competition in Indianapolis where they competed against 14 other teams. They will advance to the national competition in Portland, in March.
-
Shamira Marshall and Jade Williams placed first at the Frederick Douglas Moot Court Regional Competition in Indiana. They will advance to the national competition held in conjunction with the National Black Law Students Association conference in Portland, Oregon, in March.READ MORE
-
Emily Benfer (pictured, left) and Allyson Gold (at right) were named 2015 Bellow Scholars by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The award, which was presented during the AALS annual meeting in Washington, DC, recognizes law school clinical faculty members who are involved in anti-poverty work or increasing access to justice. Benfer is director of Loyola’s Health Justice Project; Gold is the clinic’s Rodin Visiting Clinical Professor.
READ MORE
-
Loyola’s Michela Petrosino (2L) recently participated in a program coordinated by the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago (CRFC), an organization that provides elementary and secondary students with hands-on learning opportunities that introduce them to the US Constitution. Through such activities, CRFC and their volunteers hope to promote civic engagement.
LEARN MORE
-
Chicago-area high school students visit the School of Law on three consecutive Saturdays during the winter semester as part of a pipeline program designed to promote diversity in the legal profession. BLSA President Mike Montgomery (2L) is pictured speaking with students about the importance of their vote in local, state and federal elections.
-
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart (JD ’87, pictured at right with Loyola’s VP for Government Affairs Philip Hale) recently spoke at the School of Law about his career as a public servant. The event was hosted by Loyola University Chicago’s Inside Government.
LEARN MORE
-
A new book, Learning Together by Associate Dean Michael Kaufman, Sherelyn Kaufman, and alumna Elizabeth Chase Nelson (JD ’10), offers a comprehensive analysis of legal, economic, philosophical, and psychological foundations of early childhood education.
LEARN MORE
-
The Civitas ChildLaw Center recently hosted a training for new law students joining the group, Stand Up for Each Other! Chicago (SUFEO). SUFEO is a law student project designed to provide a resource for parents of public school students seeking to challenge suspensions.
READ MORE
-
Professor Juan Perea (pictured second from right) was recently honored by the Latino Law Professors Group with the 2015 Award for Scholarship, Teaching, and Service for his scholarly contributions and advocacy work on behalf of the civil rights of Latinos in the US.
-
Loyola’s London Comparative Advocacy Program, now in its 26th year, immerses students in activities in London that focus on the English legal profession and system of advocacy.
READ MORE
-
Loyola’s Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies has launched the world’s first online-only master’s programs in Global Competition Law for lawyers and working professionals in the field.
LEARN MORE
-
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will join Loyola this summer in Rome as a special guest lecturer. Space is still available. Enrollment deadline is March 2.
LEARN MORE
-
Dean David Yellen is #5 on the National Jurist’s list of 25 Most Influential People in Legal Education. The January 2015 issue calls Yellen an ‘Innovator’ for his work with the ABA and for his leadership role in the national dialog that is addressing today’s challenges and offering ways to improve legal education.
READ MORE
-
Professor John Bronsteen’s new book, Happiness and the Law (University of Chicago Press, 2014) (with Buccafusco and Masur), assesses how the law affects people’s quality of life.
LEARN MORE
-
There’s very little down time in Jonathan Sheffield’s life—and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Sheffield, who ranks 8th out of his class of 251 law students, regularly serves meals to the residents of Lawson House YMCA.
READ MORE
-
Jon Puskar and Scott Kater won the Appellate Lawyers Association (ALA) Moot Court Competition, which was held Nov. 7-8 in Chicago. The moot court problem covered the Fifth Amendment and the admissibility of witness testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence 701.
LEARN MORE
-
The Fifth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium brought together constitutional law scholars from universities around the country to debate and discuss many of the controversial issues surrounding the constitution.
LEARN MORE
-
For the fourth year in a row, Loyola has won the Thomas Tang Regional Moot Court Competition. Basim Kamal and Sevan Avakain will compete in the national competition in Arizona.
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola has received a $1.3 million grant from the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to support PROLAW’s partnership agreement with the African Union.
READ MORE
-
Lawyer and best-selling author, Scott Turow, provided remarks this year at Loyola’s Public Interest Law Convocation for first-year students. Loyola law alumna Julie Harcum Brennan (MSW ’03, JD ’03) was honored with Loyola’s Outstanding Public Interest Award.LEARN MORE
-
International Legal Careers
Lara Elborno (JD ’12), a trainee attorney in International Arbitration at the Paris office of Winston & Strawn LLP, offers advice on landing an international legal career.
READ MORE
-
Excellence in Teaching
Clinical Professor of Law Anita Weinberg, director of Loyola’s ChildLaw Policy Institute, was awarded the prestigious Ignatius Loyola Award for Excellence in Teaching at Loyola University Chicago’s Faculty Convocation held on September 14.
READ MORE
-
Loyola will collaborate with BARBRI, a leading legal education provider, to provide law students with innovative, academic support and a bar preparation program.LEARN MORE
-
Elissa Johnson (MSW ’11, JD ’11), a staff attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center and former Civitas ChildLaw Fellow, was among the distinguished speakers to participate in the recent symposium “Discipline in Schools: Moving Beyond Zero Tolerance” hosted by the Children’s Legal Rights Journal.
-
2014-15 Corboy Fellows
The Philip H. Corboy Fellowship Program in Trial Advocacy provides intensive training in trial advocacy to ten students who are chosen annually as Corboy Fellows.
LEARN MORE
-
Professor Larry Singer, Megan Bess, and Kristin Finn, have published a new book, Careers in Health Law, which discusses the development of health law, and where to find jobs in this growing area of law.
VISIT
-
Thomas Goldstein, Supreme Court practitioner and founder of SCOTUS blog, will deliver the luncheon keynote address at this year’s Institute for Investor Protection Conference, “The New Landscape of Securities Fraud Class Actions.” Continuing Legal Education credit is available.
-
Student Spotlight –
Nicole Grabianowski
Nicole Grabianowski was recently honored with a Ms. JD Fellowship. Ms. JD is an organization dedicated to the success of aspiring women lawyers.
READ MORE
-
Law students Sarah Wittenauer (left) and Khari Fischer were among the first-year students to participate in a public service activity during 1L orientation. Volunteers served hot meals at a local YMCA to underprivileged Chicago-area residents.
LEARN MORE
-
Shakespeare and the Law
Macbeth: Overleaping Ambition
The Wall Street Journal has called Writers Theatre "the best drama company in the nation." Join Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and actors from Writers Theatre on Mon., Sept. 29, at 5 PM, for a remarkable look at selected scenes from Macbeth.
REGISTER
-
.jpg "Lawyer and Author")
Distinguished Scholar in Residence Laura Caldwell, director of the Life After Innocence clinic at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, has just published her 14th novel, The Dog Park.
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola recently participated as a host for a new training initiative to establish a network of advocates committed to advancing a coordinated racial justice agenda. Fellows included Carol Ashley, a member of Loyola’s adjunct law faculty, and Loyola law graduates Candace Moore (JD ’13), and Aneel Chablani (JD ’97).
READ MORE
-
Professor Nadia Sawicki, Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, was interviewed by The New England Journal of Medicine about her recent article, which discusses the constitutional implications of clinicians' involvement in capital punishment.
VISIT
-
James Thuo Gathii, professor and Wing-Tat Lee Chair in International Law, has been elected to serve a four-year term on the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law (AJIL).
READ MORE
-
Natalie Ratliff recently attended an Education Immersion Weekend (EIW) as part of the online Master of Jurisprudence in health law degree program. Over 80 online students, faculty, and staff participated in the EIW held at the School of Law in May, which included thesis presentations as well as social and networking events. Learn more about the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola University Chicago conferred the following law degrees at the 2014 School of Law Commencement on Saturday, May 17: 1-SJD, 68-LLM, 108-MJ, and 263-JD degrees. The Honorable Ruben Castillo (BA '76), Chief Judge, Northern District of Illinois delivered the commencement address. Michael Tien, President, Student Bar Association was the student speaker.
-
School of Law graduate and Civitas ChildLaw Fellow Ann Park (JD '13) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Award to South Korea. She will work to assess the country’s child protection system, focusing on how its child protection laws are being enforced in child abuse and neglect cases. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program of the United States.
-
Students enrolled in Loyola’s LLM in Rule of Law for Development (PROLAW) held a special ceremony to celebrate the end of the coursework portion of the degree program. David J. Lane, U.S Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome, was among the speakers to deliver remarks at the ceremony.
-
Loyola won the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition in Hong Kong. Loyola beat the University of Amsterdam in the final round. Ninety-nine schools from 28 countries competed in the 2014 Vis Moot East. Congratulations to Jan Greszta, Erin Wenger, Jennifer Fair, Kelsey Leingang, and their coaches Professor Margaret Moses, John Calhoun, and Josh Heffernan.
-
Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, was among the distinguished speakers to participate in Loyola’s National Security and Civil Rights Symposium on Feb. 7. Romero discussed fugitive Edward Snowden and the political and moral implications of the government’s electronic surveillance programs. Video of the event is now available.
-
Team members (from left) Loukas Kalliantasis, Kathleen Murphy, Erin Webb, and Abigail Ledman, and coaches Matthew Chimienti, William Murphy, Chris Dionne and Giselle Santibanez Bania pose with their trophy after winning the Eighth National Ethics Mock Trial Competition hosted by University of the Pacific McGeoge School of Law.
-
Hon. Nancy Gertner, a former federal judge and current faculty member at Harvard Law School, delivered a special address at the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal Conference, which discussed the fundamental theories underlying criminal sentencing in the United States.
-
Nationally prominent defense lawyer Barry Scheck delivered a special address at Loyola’s Life After Innocence 5th anniversary luncheon celebration in February. Scheck is co-founder and co-director of the Innocence Project, which uses DNA evidence to exonerate the wrongly convicted
LEARN MORE
-
Loyola team members Meg Davis (center), Giorie Mahn and Randy Ojeda (holding trophy) were one of 52 teams to compete in the 13th Annual International Law School Mediation Tournament held March 5-8 at the Philip H. Corboy Law Center. The competition was co-hosted by Loyola University Chicago and the INADR. Loyola advanced to the semifinal round.
-
Loyola team members Johanne Verpil (left) and Kandice Harris won the Midwest Regional Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition held at the Midwest National Black Law Students Association Convention February 1-2. Johanne also won Best Oralist. The team will compete for the national championship in March.
LEARN MORE
-
IN MEMORIAM: PROFESSOR GEORGE ANASTAPLO
Professor of Law George Anastaplo passed away on Friday, February 14, of metastatic prostate cancer. He was 88. For more than 30 years, he was a vital part of the fabric of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law community, serving as a beloved colleague, a revered teacher, and a world-renowned scholar.
-
Alumni Spotlight: White House Internship
While a 3L at Loyola, Brenda McKinney (JD '13) was awarded a Fulbright scholarship starting in January 2014 to study conflict resolution in cases of youthful offending in New Zealand. Because she was also interested in gaining policy experience in Washington, DC, a friend encouraged her to apply to the White House Internship Program (WHIP). Read more about Brenda’s internship with the Office of the White House Counsel.
-
Father Araujo Greets Pope Francis
Rev. Robert John Araujo, S.J. Loyola's John Courtney Murray, S.J. University Professor, spoke with His Holiness Pope Francis at a gathering at the Sala Clementina during a recent visit to Rome, where he presented a lecture to the International Union of Catholic Jurists and the International Network of Catholic Legislators.
-
More than 100 Constitutional Law scholars recently gathered in November at Loyola's annual colloquium to debate and discuss constitutional law theory and US Supreme Court rulings.
-
As the world changes, the School of Law’s international programs are changing with it. Our study abroad programs span the globe to give law students the skills they need to stay ahead of the legal curve.
-
The School of Law hosts a Student Activities Fair at the beginning of each academic year to provide first-year students with the opportunity to meet and talk with student organization leaders about the many activities available at Loyola. There are numerous active law student organizations offered to students this year.
LEARN MORE
-
Bernie Salinas (Mexico) and Dafina Bardhi (Kosovo) are among the 20 new students from 17 countries who have enrolled in Loyola's LLM in Rule of Law for Development (PROLAW) program hosted in Rome, Italy. A bell-ringing ceremony has become a PROLAW tradition to kick-off the academic year and welcome the incoming class of students. Loyola's PROLAW degree program, which was first launched in 2011, is directed by William Loris (pictured at left).
-
Loyola’s Education Law and Policy Institute and the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law partnered to conduct an independent monitoring project for two days at Chicago Public Schools when classes resumed in August.
-
Wing-Tat Lee Induction
Professor of Law James T. Gathii (third from left) was inducted as the School of Law's Wing-Tat Lee Chair in International Law at a special ceremony at the Philip H. Corboy Law Center on Thursday, March 14. As the Wing-Tat Lee Chair, he will pursue teaching and scholarship, and bring to the School of Law international conferences, lectures, and exchange programs for students and faculty.
-
President's Medallion Award Recipient Jillian Burstein
Jillian Burstein (3L) was the School of Law's 2012 President's Medallion recipient. The award, which recognizes outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service, was presented to a student from each school at the University by Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., president, Loyola University Chicago. The President's Ball was held at Navy Pier on November 9, 2012.
-
Trivia Night at Loyola
Loyola's Catholic Lawyers Guild hosted its 13th Annual Trivia Night on April 4. As a result of the generous food and prize donations of local business--and the participation of Loyola students, professors, and friends--the Catholic Lawyers Guild raised $1,786 to benefit Southwest Chicago Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS). PADS is one of the largest non-profit agencies that provides for the immediate needs of Chicago's unemployed and homeless as well as provides job training and long-term housing alternatives to end the cycle of poverty.
-
Yet Another Corboy Fellows Win
Loyola Corboy Fellows have won the National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, which was held in Chicago April 4-7. The competition is co-sponsored by the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association and John Marshall Law School. Pictured from left, Kyle Flynn, coach Albert Maldonado, David Rivelli, coach Rebecca Gold, Daina Staisiunas, and Matt Anderson.
-
For the third straight year, Loyola University Chicago School of Law finished in first and second place at the Regional Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition held in Chicago. Shirley Chen and Kristen Kawaguchi were named regional champions. Arianne Freeman and Duo Park placed second. Both teams competed in the national Thomas Tang Competition held in Kansas City. Chen and Kawaguchi finished in second place; Freeman and Park were semifinalists.
LEARN MORE
-
Kristen Totten (3L, center) was the School of Law recipient of the 2013 President's Medallion. The annual award recognizes students in each of Loyola's schools for their outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service. Kristen is pictured with Loyola President and CEO Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., and Jean Gaspardo, assistant dean of student affairs.
LEARN MORE
-
Who better to advocate for people with disabilities than a lawyer with disabilities? That's the reasoning of Rebecca Wylie (3L), who is planning to graduate with a law degree and health law certificate in May 2015.
-
When United States Air Force Major Ja Rai Williams (JD ’05) was three years old, she announced to her household that she wanted to be a lawyer. She held onto that goal when she entered law school at Loyola, where she was a Philip H. Corboy Fellow and earned a certificate in trial advocacy.
-
With support for new transitional housing, Loyola’s Life
After Innocence continues reintegrating the
exonerated into the world outside prison.
LEARN MORE
-
Dean Yellen named one of the most influential law educators
The National Jurist has named Loyola University Chicago School of Law Dean David N. Yellen as one of the “25 most influential people in legal education” in its January 2014 issue. Yellen ranks 17th on the list of those named as having the most influence in 2013.
-
Professor of Law George Anastaplo passed away on Friday, February 14, of metastatic prostate cancer. He was 88. For more than 30 years, he was a vital part of the fabric of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law community, serving as a beloved colleague, a revered teacher, and a world-renowned scholar.
-
Loyola’s won the Midwest Regional Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition held at the National Black Law Students Association Convention in Minneapolis in early February. Team members Jennifer Thomas, Jasmine Morton, Andrea Williams, and Diona Rogers will compete at the national championship in Milwaukee in March. Thomas was also recognized for her outstanding leadership as president of Loyola's Black Law Students Association.
-
Maneesha Mithal of the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection delivered a special address at Loyola’s recent Consumer Law Review Symposium, Consumer Privacy and Data Collection. Her address focused on FTC initiatives to protect consumer privacy.
-
Professor Diane Geraghty, Loyola’s A. Kathleen Beazley Chair in ChildLaw and director of the Civitas ChildLaw Center, was recently honored by the Chicago Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society at its 2014 Legal Legend Luncheon, held at the Union League Club. READ MORE
-
Learn about students in the Loyola Law School Extern Program!
-
Searching for his calling, third-year student Gerald Polanco explores an array of opportunities, all with a focus on advocating for others.
-
After serving more than a decade as dean of the School of Law, David Yellen will depart at the end of the year to become president of Marist College. Michael Kaufman, associate dean of academic affairs, has been appointed interim-dean effective July 1.
-
Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, executive director, Cook County Jail, recently spoke to students enrolled in Prof. Larry Singer's Access to Health Care course about the mental health problems of prison and jail inmates. The course examines access to health care and the underserved, focusing each year on a different segment of society.
-
Lisa Jacobs, program manager of Loyola's new Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice, testified in January before a joint committee hearing of the Illinois General Assembly's House of Representatives. The hearing examined the challenges that arise when young adults are involved in the state's criminal justice systems, and the opportunities available to improve their outcomes, protect public safety, and utilize limited public resources effectively.
-
Loyola has signed a milestone memorandum of understanding with the Organization of American States (OAS) to promote governance and strengthen the rule of law in the Americas.
-
Maggie Condit blends academics and service like few others. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Notre Dame, a master’s degree in education from Loyola and now, as a law student, is currently ranked 24th in her class. Condit, who taught for four years at a Catholic elementary school before entering law school, serves as the student articles editor of the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal and also volunteers to help area children and families.
-
Professor Jeffrey Kwall has been consistently listed this year on SSRN’s Top 25 US Tax Professors in the “recent downloads” category. This month he is #8 on the list. His article “Backdating” has reached over 5,660 downloads.
-
Loyola’s Corboy Fellows Ezrah Bryant, Matt McDonald, Jack Healy, and Lauline Gough won the Vino Veritas: The Golden Gate University Professor Bernie Segal Mock Trial held October 25.
-
Loyola University Chicago Chancellor Rev. Michael Garanzini, S.J. leads a panel discussion on Pope Francis's recent encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, in which the Pope challenges the whole human family to work together "to seek a sustainable and integral development."
-
Loyola University Chicago LLM student Harrison Mbori Otieno has received a runner-up prize award in the amount of $2,500 in the Benjamin E. Ferencz Essay writing competition.
-
Outstanding legal scholar and mentor, Professor Mike Zimmer passed away from cancer on September 23 at the age of 72.
-
A judge working to identify victims of torture by former Chicago Police commander turned to Dean David Yellen. With the help of seven Loyola law students, Yellen sorted through more than 500 letters and court files for the case.
-
SBA President Dominic LoVerde (3L) will work to promote a culture at the School of Law where each student is valued.
-
Follow the School of Law on Twitter, connect with our Centers of Excellence on LinkedIn and Facebook, and watch for faculty blog postings.
-
Sumaya Noush (3L) led a six-session seminar this summer at Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics titled “The Ethics of Global Pharmaceuticals.”
-
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia served as a special guest lecturer in July at Loyola’s Study Law Abroad program held at the University’s John Felice Rome Center.
-
The Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation honored Mary Bird, director of Loyola’s Public Service programs, with the Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence at its annual awards luncheon in July. The award recognizes an exemplary attorney in academica who has made significant and lasting contributions to improving access to justice for the less fortunate.
-
Law Street Media has ranked Loyola University Chicago the #1 law school in the country in its 2015 Family Law specialty rankings. Loyola’s Civitas ChildLaw Center offers a wide range of family law-related classes, earning the program the only perfect score in the courses category.
-
Jerry Norton has retired after 44 years as a distinguished professor of law at Loyola University Chicago, where he taught criminal law.
-
Students from Chicago Public Schools recently attended a learn-by-doing program at Loyola, which was sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation's ABC Project (Action-Based Communities). Students discussed issues in their community, determined the best way to address them, and established action steps to make the change. Issues students addressed included school libraries, lunches, recycling, and better access to school counselors.
-
Loyola alumnus Louis Lehr (JD ’51) and John Ropiequet discussed the US Supreme Court case Zenith v. Matsushita from a civility and ethics perspective to students enrolled in Loyola’s summer law externship course. Lou Lehr practiced law for over 50 years with the Chicago firm Arnstein & Lehr.
-
Mary Meg McCarthy (JD '89) is a nationally respected advocate for immigrants and people who are underrepresented. As the executive director of Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), one of the nation's leading immigrant and human rights advocacy organizations, McCarthy has grown the staff to 50 and developed an unparalleled network of more than 1,500 pro bono attorneys who provide legal services to 10,000 immigrants annually. With its unique combination of direct service, impact litigation, and advocacy, the NIJC promotes due process protections before the US Supreme Court, Congress, and the executive branch.
-
Exonerated after a decade in prison, Jarrett Adams graduated from the School of Law on Saturday and will start a fellowship with Judge Ann Claire Williams, Seventh Circuit US Court of Appeals.
-
Hats off to the Class of 2015! Commencement for the School of Law was held on Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Gentile Arena on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.
-
Loyola University Chicago School of Law students recently drafted an amendment to the certificate of innocence statute requesting higher compensation for Illinois exonerees.
