3L Vania Cebrero Awarded WBF Scholarship
3L Vania Cebrero was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Women’s Bar Foundation. In order to apply for this scholarship, you must be nominated by your law school. Cebrero was nominated by her Career...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Remembers Professor Ronald Smith
Ronald C. Smith, a retired professor from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, died Oct. 19, 2018. He was 84. Smith spent nearly 50 years in the classroom at John Marshall before his official...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | October 2018
1992 Ava Berry has joined Helping Hand Partners as Director of Social Enterprise. 1995 Perry Accardo has been promoted to Lead Counsel at Allstate. 1996 Daniel Kolhoff has joined John Paul Mitchell...
View ArticleIHRC Director Davila-Ruhaak Talks to Chicago Tribune About Trump’s Plan to...
As published by Chicago Tribune Sarah Davila-Ruhaak, Director of John Marshall’s International Human Rights Clinic, spoke with the Chicago Tribune about President Trump’s plan to end U.S. citizenship...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Students Assume Leadership Roles within the Hispanic National...
Students Jessica Ocampo, Vania Cebrero, Jonnsebastian Orozco and Jeremy Esparza from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago have assumed leadership positions within the Hispanic National Bar...
View ArticleJohn Marshall’s 62nd Annual IP Conference Focused on Current Developments in...
The John Marshall Law School in Chicago was proud to present its 62nd Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference. This one-day conference on November 2 covered developments in patent and antitrust;...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Named a Best School for Legal Technology
The John Marshall Law School in Chicago has been named a Best School for Legal Technology by preLaw Magazine. John Marshall was selected as one of only 30 schools in the nation to make the honor roll....
View Article3L Arturo Arriaga Wins Cook County State’s Attorney Law Clerk Award
3L Arturo Arriaga was selected by the Cook County State’s Attorney Office to receive a law clerk award at the 26th Annual El Humanitario Awards Ceremony held last month. Arriaga initially began working...
View ArticleJohn Marshall BELAW Clinic Helps Get Worker Cooperative Resolution Passed in...
The Business Enterprise Law Clinic (BELAW) at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago has been instrumental in helping get a resolution passed before the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The...
View ArticleIP Director Daryl Lim Invited to Attend High-Level U.S.-Japan Patent Meeting...
Professor Daryl Lim attended the 27th Annual U.S. Bar – JPO Liaison Council Meeting between representatives of U.S. Bar groups and the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) on October 22. Lim serves as Director...
View ArticleFourth John Marshall Alum in Six Years Named President of ISBA
James F. McCluskey has been named President of the Illinois State Bar Association for the 2018–2019 term. McCluskey holds an LLM from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He is the fourth John...
View ArticleProfessor Seng Receives Honorary Degree from Masaryk University in the Czech...
Michael Seng, Professor and Director of the Czech/Slovak Legal Institute at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, was awarded an honorary law degree from Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic....
View ArticleProfessor O’Neill Publishes Column in CDLB: Appellate Court Ruling Opens Door...
As published by Chicago Daily Law Bulletin In Professor Timothy P. O’Neill ‘s November 2018 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin column he explores whether a voluntary guilty plea precludes a subsequent...
View ArticleProfessor Wojcik Tells the Boston Globe Why “Cutting and Pasting” Can Result...
As published by the Boston Globe Professor Mark Wojcik spoke to the Boston Globe about the dangers of cutting and pasting, particularly as it relates to those working in the legal field and at...
View ArticleColorado State Judge Cites Professor Jones’ Human Trafficking Study
As published by ABC KTRE A 2010 study by Professor Samuel V. Jones was cited by a Colorado state judge, and member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. The judge cited the study while...
View ArticleAlumni Class Notes | November 2018
1988 James McCluskey has been named President of the Illinois State Bar Association for the 2018-2019 term. 1990 Martin Driscoll joined Balfour Beatty US as Business Development Director. 2001 Susan...
View ArticleJohn Marshall Trial Ad Team Wins Buffalo Niagara Mock Trial Competition
Students from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago were crowned co-champions of the Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition. The competition is one of the biggest national invitationals in the...
View ArticleAlumni Profile: James G. Sotos (’85)
One of the relatively few private attorneys to have argued multiple cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, James G. Sotos (’85), Owner of The Sotos Law Firm, P.C., has achieved an enviable rate of...
View ArticleWhy I Give: Nivita Beri (’99)
I give because The John Marshall Law School provided me with a solid foundation that impacted who I am today—a Partner in Fishman Stewart PLLC’s Trademark Practice, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. I...
View ArticleJohn Marshall’s International Human Rights Clinic Ramps Up Outreach Efforts...
Alejandra Palacios, a 2018 graduate of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, has joined the law school’s International Human Rights Clinic as an Illinois Bar Foundation Fellow. In this position,...
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