Former Southern Poverty Law Center Senior Fellow and Award-Winning Journalist...
Mark Potok, a former senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, will speak at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago on March 7 during the law school’s annual Diversity Week. Potok, who is one...
View ArticleProfessor Hopkins Serves on Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee for Eighth...
Professor Kevin Hopkins is currently serving for the eighth consecutive year as professor-reporter of the Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee. Hopkins is an Illinois State Bar Association Appointee to...
View ArticleProfessor Bernabe Inducted Into Puerto Rico Academy of Jurisprudence
On February 27, Professor Alberto Bernabe was inducted into the Puerto Rico Academy of Jurisprudence (the “Academia Puertorriqueña de Jurisprudencia y Legislación”), which is an affiliate of the...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Named Top Law School for African-American and Asian Law Students
The John Marshall Law School is proud to again be recognized for its diversity. In this year’s “Best Law Schools for Diversity” issue, preLaw magazine rated John Marshall the top law school in the...
View ArticleAlumni Jobs, Promotions & Honors | October 2017
1977 Gregory A. Scott was recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Pinnacle Professional Member in the legal field. Scott is one of the founding partners of Scott & Scott, P.C. 1980 Patrick...
View ArticleAlumni Jobs, Promotions & Honors | November 2017
1978 Jeffrey S. Firestone has been named Director & Vice President of Investor Relations of Wigi4You, Inc. Wigi4you, Inc. intends to provide a Website and mobile application to assist event...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | January 2018
1974 Jeffrey M. Goldberg was recognized as a Pinnacle Professional Member in the Field of Law by Continental Who’s Who. 1990 Longtime Lake County Circuit Judge, Hon. Margaret J. Mullen, retired...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | February 2018
1975 Leo Melamed announced his retirement from the CME Group Board of Directors. Following his retirement, Melamed will serve as a consultant to the company for two years. After that time, Melamed...
View ArticleProfessor Chanbonpin Comments on Implicit Bias in Interview with Illinois...
Professor Kim Chanbonpin was interviewed by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism as part of its diversity and inclusion e-learning modules. This series supports Illinois’s new...
View ArticleAlumni Profile: Alumna Hon. Judith Rice (’88)
The granddaughter of sharecroppers and the daughter of Thelma Dean Martin and Fred Rice, Chicago’s first African-American Police Superintendent, Judge Judith Rice (’88) was the first female...
View ArticleIP Director Lim Explores New IP and Privacy Partnerships in Europe
John Marshall Law School Professor Daryl Lim, Director of the Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, spent late February exploring partnerships with international IP,...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Celebrates Diversity Week
Last week, The John Marshall Law School in Chicago celebrated Diversity Week. Each year, the law school hosts a week of programming celebrating its diversity. This year’s theme was Live Law in Color....
View ArticleJohn Marshall’s Legal Writing, Trial Ad and IP Programs Ranked Among Top in...
The John Marshall Law School’s Legal Writing, Trial Advocacy and Intellectual Property Law programs have once again been ranked among the nation’s best in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report’s Best...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Hosts 28th Annual National Criminal Justice Trial Competition
On March 9-11, The John Marshall Law School in Chicago hosted the 28th Annual National Criminal Justice Trial Competition, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. At this year’s competition, 20...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | March 2018
1969 Hon. Timothy C. Evans was named as one of Chicago Defender’s Top 20 Most Influential Political Figures. 1998 Christina L. Bass has been appointed as municipal judge for the towns of Yorkville and...
View ArticleThird-Year Student Christian Ketter Tell’s ABA’s Student Lawyer Why He’s Not...
As published by ABA Student Lawyer John Marshall third-year student Christian Ketter explained to the ABA’s Student Lawyer magazine why a professionally trained singer and pianist would want to go to...
View ArticleProfessor Schwinn Talks to FiveThirtyEight About Executive Privilege
As published by FiveThirtyEight Professor Steven Schwinn spoke to FiveThirtyEight about executive privilege and the importance of not abusing the power that comes along with it. Read the Full Story
View ArticleIP Center Director Lim Appointed Peer Reviewer to Top Empirical Legal Journal
Professor Daryl Lim, director of the John Marshall Law School’s Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law has been appointed a peer reviewer to the Journal of Empirical Legal...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Hosts 17th Annual Folsom Lecture on International Business and...
The Center for International Law at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago will host its 17th Annual Folsom Lecture on April 4. The topic of the lecture will be “Piercing the Corporate Veil: A...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Named One of the Best in the Country for Intellectual Property...
The John Marshall Law School’s Intellectual Property Law program was rated as one of the best in the nation by preLaw magazine for the second year in a row. John Marshall was one of the few law schools...
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