John Marshall Prof. Steven Schwinn Comments on the High Court's Decision on...
June 21 - National Public Radio Prof. Steven Schwinn quoted "It's an extraordinary opinion. It goes beyond what the court needed to rule on. And it goes to great lengths, in my estimation, to...
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William McGrath Acting Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law Activities The Illinois Press Association presented two awards to him for selected columns that appeared in the Chicago Daily Law...
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John Marshall Law School Students Given Employee Benefits Awards
Melissa Travis (center), who earned JD/LLM degrees in May 2012, and Jason Faust (right), a 2011 JD graduate now enrolled in the LLM in Employee Benefits Program, were honored by the Chicago Bar...
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Three John Marshall Law School Graduates Clerk Abroad
Katarina Durcova and Professor Shahram Dana Many students and graduates of The John Marshall Law School work as law clerks or externs for successful firms and judges, but some pursue positions abroad....
View ArticleJohn Marshall Legal Immersion Initiative Now a Statewide Program
June 22 - The Southern Illinoisian The “Inspiring Leaders-Changing Lives” legal immersion program will bring students from minority, ethnic and other groups traditionally underrepresented in legal...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Alumnus Matt Claes (JD '11) in Practice with His Father
June 22 - Patch - Darien Claes is no longer alone in his practice. His son, Matt, graduated from John Marshall Law in May 2011. Matt passed the bar exam and now works for his dad. “(Dad) always exposed...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Alumnus Alexander Marsh (JD '11) Joins Ottawa Law Firm
June 25 - The Times During law school, Marsh also was the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Decisive Utterance and in 2009 received the American Bar Association award for best student...
View ArticleAlumnus Paul E. Johnson (JD '09) Honored in Windy City Times' 30 Under 30
June 20 - Windy City Media Group In addition to writing winning applications for funding and awards from the American Bar Association (ABA) for John Marshall's Diversity Affairs Committee, as a student...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Alumnus Vik Patel (JD '11) Featured as an Entrepreneur by...
June 25 - Crain's Detroit Business Vik Patel parlayed a college hobby into a business that runs servers for clients in more than 110 countries around the world. Novi-based Future Hosting Technologies...
View ArticleDavid Levis (JD '98) of Moneyhouse Wants to Bring Reverse Mortgages to U.S....
June 25 - Reverse Mortgage Daily Born in Puerto Rico, Levis came to the U.S. for college, attending Penn State University and then obtained a law degree from John Marshall Law in Chicago. After...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Prof. Steven Schwinn Comments on Arizona's Court Ruling on...
June 25 - Bloomberg “Officers will have to [enforce the law] very, very carefully,” said Steven Schwinn. “If they start racially discriminating or holding people longer than they should be, then that...
View ArticleErik Gibson (JD '07) Challenges Employer John Pepmeyer (JD '76), for Knox...
June 25 - The Register-Mail An assistant to Knox County State’s Attorney John Pepmeyer has filed to run against his boss in November’s general election, according to candidate papers filed with the...
View ArticleProf. Steven Schwinn Comments on Obama's 'Big Win' with Supreme Court
June 27 - LexisNexis The fact that Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kennedy signed onto a decision siding with the federal government against a state, so soon before the Obamacare decision, gave extra...
View ArticleAssociate Dean Ralph Ruebner Comments on Southern Illinois Prosecutor's...
June 27 - Chicago Tribune "I wouldn't expect to see this in this day and age anywhere. This is reminiscent of the way things were done in the last century," Ruebner said. "But equally appalling is the...
View ArticleJohnetta Paye (JD '08) Sets Her Sights on Africa
July 2012 - ABA Journal.com Liberia-born solo Johnetta Paye is betting her homeland holds great promise for American attorneys. Africa is opening up as a new frontier for American business, and Paye is...
View ArticleProf. William McGrath Discusses Court's Different Procedural Approach in...
June 22 - Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Oh, the indignities to which our judiciary is sometimes subjected! Judge Richard Cudahy—West Point grad, Army Air Corps, Yale Law—has sat on the 7th Circuit Court...
View ArticleHUD Grant Allows Chicago's John Marshall Law School to Continue Its Work on...
June 27 - Digital Journal A $97,133 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is allowing The John Marshall Law School in Chicago to continue its Fair Lending/Home Preservation...
View ArticlePatent Lawyer and John Marshall Alumnus James Goedken (JD '02) Joins Faegre...
June 26 - LawFuel James F. Goedken has joined Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as a partner with the intellectual property group. He will practice from the law firm's Chicago office. Read more: Patent Lawyer...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Throws Open Doors to New Student Amenities
June 27 - National Law Journal Online The John Marshall Law School in Chicago is in the midst of a $16 million expansion, and leaders gathered Wednesday to open the first phase of the project. The...
View ArticleProf. Steven Schwinn Says Illinoisans Don't Have Much of an Option When it...
June 28 - Illinois Statehouse News Steven Schwinn, professor of law at John Marshall Law School and co-founder of Constitutional Law Prof Blog, told Chicago Public Radio on Thursday that states such...
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