Chicago-Kent College of Law Archive

IIT Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law Lori Andrews spoke with ABC News about this week’s Supreme Court ruling against the patenting of human genes, a case for which she filed an amicus brief to the court.

June 14, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr. spoke with CLTV’s Politics Tonight about recent revelations of government surveillance of electronic communications.

June 10, 2013
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Valerie Raedy is IIT Chicago-Kent’s 2013 “Top Gun”

June 10, 2013
IIT Chicago-Kent Honors Scholar Valerie R. Raedy will represent the law school in the 2013 National Top Gun Mock Trial Competition held June 6 to 9 at Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. Raedy is one of only 16 law students nationwide to compete in this unique tournament.
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IIT Chicago-Kent hosts symposium on “Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age”

June 10, 2013
"Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age" is the theme of a symposium hosted by IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law's Center for Access to Justice and Technology and the Chicago-Kent Law Review on June 15 from 9 am - 1 pm. The half-day program will be held at the law school, 565 West Adams Street (between Clinton and Jefferson streets), in conjunction with the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI®)'s 2013 Conference for Law School Computing.
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IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Empirical Studies of Intellectual Property David Schwartz spoke with the Chicago Tribune about the complexity of the patent system following policy proposals meant to curb the activity of “patent trolls” presented by President Obama this week.

June 5, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor Carolyn Shapiro talked with WLS-AM about IRS exempt organizations office director Lois Lerner’s testimony before Congress and her invocation of the 5th amendment in refusing to answer specific questions.

May 24, 2013
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The CBS 2 News story, “Mom Of Seven Kids Celebrating Mother’s Day With Law Degree,” tells the story of Plainfield’s Jennifer Wood, a mother of seven who will receive her law degree from IIT Chicago-Kent next week.

May 10, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent Assistant Professor Christopher Schmidt reviews Angus Burgin’s “The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets since the Great Depression” for the scholarly legal blog Jotwell.

May 9, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Steven Heyman spoke with Medill Reports about the Illinois Terrorism Act, a statute that has been challenged by attorneys defending three men accused of plotting attacks before the NATO summit in 2012.

May 9, 2013
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Scott Turow to Address 2013 IIT Chicago-Kent Graduates on May 19

May 3, 2013
Attorney and author Scott Turow will deliver the keynote address at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law's 2013 Commencement on Sunday, May 19. Scott Turow is a partner in the Chicago office of the international law firm SNR Denton (formerly Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal), where he has specialized in white-collar criminal litigation since 1986, while also devoting a substantial amount of time to pro bono matters.
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Chicago-Kent College of Law Archive

IIT Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law Lori Andrews spoke with ABC News about this week’s Supreme Court ruling against the patenting of human genes, a case for which she filed an amicus brief to the court.

IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr. spoke with CLTV’s Politics Tonight about recent revelations of government surveillance of electronic communications.

Valerie Raedy is IIT Chicago-Kent’s 2013 “Top Gun”

IIT Chicago-Kent hosts symposium on “Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age”

IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor Carolyn Shapiro talked with WLS-AM about IRS exempt organizations office director Lois Lerner’s testimony before Congress and her invocation of the 5th amendment in refusing to answer specific questions.

The CBS 2 News story, “Mom Of Seven Kids Celebrating Mother’s Day With Law Degree,” tells the story of Plainfield’s Jennifer Wood, a mother of seven who will receive her law degree from IIT Chicago-Kent next week.

IIT Chicago-Kent Assistant Professor Christopher Schmidt reviews Angus Burgin’s “The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets since the Great Depression” for the scholarly legal blog Jotwell.

IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Steven Heyman spoke with Medill Reports about the Illinois Terrorism Act, a statute that has been challenged by attorneys defending three men accused of plotting attacks before the NATO summit in 2012.

Scott Turow to Address 2013 IIT Chicago-Kent Graduates on May 19

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