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Reporting on the large number of amicus curiae briefs filed concerning the upcoming Supreme Court case involving health care reform, Reuters notes that Justice Antonin Scalia told IIT Chicago-Kent students last October that he does not personally read them.

March 20, 2012
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IIT Chicago-Kent Wins Seventh Annual National Ethics Trial Competition

March 20, 2012
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law second-year students Bernadett Guy, Jordan Lebovitz, Tara Korthals and Erin Mayer are the winners of the seventh annual National Ethics Trial Competition, held March 15 to 17 at the Robert T. Matsui Federal Courthouse in Sacramento, Calif.
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The New York Times Caucus Blog points out that many recordings of US Supreme Court arguments are available online from the Oyez Project, a multimedia archive of court materials at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.

March 19, 2012
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IIT Chicago-Kent adjunct Amethyst C. Smith has been hired as legal counsel for generic pharmaceuticals maker Perrigo Co., MLive announced on March 14.

March 15, 2012
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Harvard Computer Science Professor Harry Lewis To Address IIT Chicago-Kent Conference On “Internet Privacy, Social Networks & Data Aggregation” March 23

March 14, 2012
Harry Lewis, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, will speak at the opening plenary of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law’s “Internet Privacy, Social Networks and Data Aggregation conference.” The…
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Thompson Reuters reported that the Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent published a list of the longest Supreme Court arguments since 1995, comparing them to the six hours of argument granted for the challenges to the health care reform law.

March 8, 2012
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IIT Chicago-Kent Advances to 2012 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition National Finals

March 7, 2012
The IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law team of Daniel Crone ’12, Marcell Taylor ’12, Jessica Velez ’12, and Carlos Vera ’12 has advanced to the national finals of the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) 2012 Student Trial Advocacy Competition by winning the regional tournament March 1-4 in St. Louis.
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IIT Chicago-Kent Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace Martin Malin spoke with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about independent arbitrator Shyam Das, who cast the deciding vote in the 2-1 decision that overturned Brewers left-fielder Ryan Braun’s 50-game suspension last month.

March 4, 2012
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IIT Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law Lori Andrews talked with PBS Newshour and NPR’s Talk of the Nation about Google’s new privacy policy, how personal data is used on the web, and the pushback among privacy advocates.

March 2, 2012
NPR Talk of the Nation PBS Newshour Watch Google’s New Privacy Policy: Invasive, Innovative or Both? on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.…
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IIT Chicago-Kent Repeats as National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition Champions

February 29, 2012
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law successfully defended its championship in the third annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition. The tournament, sponsored by DePaul University College of Law and the Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, was held February 24 and 25 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. This is IIT Chicago-Kent's second consecutive National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition championship.
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