Pro Bono Litigation Clinic Takes on Wage Act Cases Thanks to Receiving Cy...
The Pro Bono Litigation Clinic at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago will now start taking Wage Act cases after receiving $125,000 in cy pres funds from a class action Wage Act case. Julia...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Moot Court Team Travels to Hong Kong
As published by Chicago Daily Law Bulletin John Marshall students Zhiwen “Jeannette” Jie, Caroline Muzarek, Zike “Ariel” Yang and Gabrielle Neace will compete in The Willem C. Vis East International...
View ArticleDean Dickerson Named President-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools
On January 4, Darby Dickerson, Dean of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, was named President-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools for 2019; she will serve as President during 2020....
View ArticleFour John Marshall Alums Recognized in Crain’s 2018 Notable Minority Lawyers...
John Marshall Law School graduates Yuezhong Feng, Reginald Hill, Francine Lynch and Manish Mehta were all recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as some of Chicago’s Notable Minority Lawyers. The...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Welcomes Retired Federal Defender Carol Brook as Distinguished...
The John Marshall Law School in Chicago has hired Carol Brook as a Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence to teach Criminal Procedure. Brook is a prominent Chicago attorney, having recently retired as...
View ArticleIP Director Lim Invited to Speak at High-Level AI Conference at U.S. Patent...
Professor Daryl Lim will speak at a conference organized by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on artificial intelligence (AI) on January 31. Lim serves as Director of the Center for Intellectual...
View Article3L Nora Fitton Lands Legal and Regulatory Internship with UFC
3L Nora Fitton is interning with the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department in Las Vegas this fall. While searching on the internet for entertainment law internships...
View ArticleProfessor Hunt Named a Top 100 Lawyer by National Black Lawyers Organization
Cecil J. Hunt II, the current Edward T. and Noble W. Lee Chair in Constitutional Law at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, has been selected as a Top 100 lawyer by The National Black Lawyers...
View ArticleJohn Marshall 2L Michael Lynn Wins ABA Student Writing Competition
Congratulations to 2L Michael Lynn, who took first place in the William W. Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition. The competition was sponsored by the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar...
View Article3L Bianca Valdez Lands 2019-2020 GE Transportation Denniston Fellowship
3L Bianca Valdez has been awarded the competitive 2019-2020 GE Transportation Denniston Fellowship, a one-year, post-graduation position with GE Transportation’s 12-attorney legal team open to 3L...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Celebrates 206th Commencement
The John Marshall Law School held its 206th Commencement on December 16 at The Standard Club in Chicago. At this year’s winter commencement, the law school conferred 62 degrees, including 48 JDs, 12...
View ArticleProfessor Cecil Hunt Named 2018-2019 Lee Chair
John Marshall Law School Professor Cecil Hunt has been named The Edward T. and Noble W. Lee Chair in Constitutional Law for the 2018-2019 academic year. During his term as Lee Chair, Professor Hunt...
View ArticleFair Housing Legal Support Center & Clinic Wins 2018 Human Rights Day Award
The Fair Housing Legal Support Center & Clinic at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago was selected by the Illinois Department of Human Rights for the 2018 Human Rights Day Award. The award was...
View ArticleIHRC Makes Submission to U.N. Listing Concerns of Unsafe Dumping of Coal Ash...
The International Human Rights Clinic at John Marshall made a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee listing a number of issues concerning the unsafe dumping and mismanagement of coal...
View ArticleProminent Patent Attorney Sherry Knowles Publishes Article in RIPL
Sherry Knowles, a well-known patent attorney who has been named one of the top 10 most influential people in intellectual property, recently published an article in The John Marshall Intellectual...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Named Most Diverse Law School in the Midwest
The John Marshall Law School in Chicago is proud to again be recognized as one of the most diverse law schools in the country. In this year’s diversity survey, preLaw Magazine rated John Marshall the...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | December 2018
2000 John Fotopoulos joined the law firm Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz as a practicing attorney. 2013 Gregory Belatti joined the law firm Burr & Forman LLP as an associate. 2015 Kyle Sellett...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | January 2019
2003 Patricia Cornell has been named the newest associate justice in the 19th Judicial Circuit. 2005 Will Hansen (LLM ’06) was named Chief Government Affairs Officer of the American Retirement...
View Article3L Donald Buresh Publishes Article In American Journal of Political Science...
Donald L. Buresh, a third-year-student at John Marshall, has had one of his papers published by the American Journal of Political Science Review. The article, entitled “Why No One Knew that Hillary...
View ArticleInternational Human Rights Clinic Makes Joint Submission to Special Rapporteur
The International Human Rights Clinic at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago has made a joint submission with LatinoJustice to the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression in the Inter-American...
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