Chicago-Kent College of Law Archive

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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NPR reports that audio of US Supreme Court oral arguments dating back to 1955 is now available from The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, and that the project recently launched an iOS app and will release one for Android this summer.

April 30, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent Bar and Gavel Society Inducts Twelve New Members

April 26, 2013
Twelve members of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law's Class of 2013 have been named to the Bar and Gavel Society. Each year, IIT Chicago-Kent's Student Bar Association inducts into the society graduating seniors who have distinguished themselves through outstanding service to the law school, the community and the legal profession.
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IIT Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law Lori Andrews talked with Minnesota Public Radio about human gene patenting and a case currently being considered by the Supreme Court, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, for which Andrews filed an amicus brief.

April 11, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent Clinical Professor of Law Edward Kraus spoke with Peoria’s WEEK-TV about the needs of diabetic children in schools and the necessity of accommodation from and education of school staff, for a story about a local couple whose 10-year old son has struggled to perform needed care on the bus.

April 9, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor Carolyn Shapiro talked with the Bristol Herald Courier about Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court case that invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage, in an article looking back at a 1955 criminal case that preceded the Lovings’.

April 9, 2013
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Financial Times publishes a letter penned by IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Sungjoon Cho about the “contemporary crisis of the multilateral trading system” and arguing that the outmoded mercantilist trade policies are a primary cause.

April 5, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent and UIC’s “Shari’a and Halakha in America” conference to address the challenges faced by both Jewish and Muslim legal systems

April 4, 2013
Michael J. Broyde, professor of law and a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, will deliver the keynote address on the first day of "Shari'a and Halakha in America," a free two-day conference co-hosted by IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
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IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor Carolyn Shapiro discussed the US Supreme Court and the process by which the court chooses and decides cases with Viewpoints Radio.

April 2, 2013
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IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor of Law William Birdthistle and co-author M. Todd Henderson discuss their new article, “Becoming the Fifth Branch,” on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.

April 2, 2013
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Chicago-Kent College of Law Archive

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

NPR reports that audio of US Supreme Court oral arguments dating back to 1955 is now available from The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, and that the project recently launched an iOS app and will release one for Android this summer.

IIT Chicago-Kent Bar and Gavel Society Inducts Twelve New Members

IIT Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law Lori Andrews talked with Minnesota Public Radio about human gene patenting and a case currently being considered by the Supreme Court, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, for which Andrews filed an amicus brief.

IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor Carolyn Shapiro talked with the Bristol Herald Courier about Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court case that invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage, in an article looking back at a 1955 criminal case that preceded the Lovings’.

Financial Times publishes a letter penned by IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Sungjoon Cho about the “contemporary crisis of the multilateral trading system” and arguing that the outmoded mercantilist trade policies are a primary cause.

IIT Chicago-Kent and UIC’s “Shari’a and Halakha in America” conference to address the challenges faced by both Jewish and Muslim legal systems

IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor Carolyn Shapiro discussed the US Supreme Court and the process by which the court chooses and decides cases with Viewpoints Radio.

IIT Chicago-Kent Associate Professor of Law William Birdthistle and co-author M. Todd Henderson discuss their new article, “Becoming the Fifth Branch,” on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.

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