Antonio Romanucci (’85) Named Person of the Year by Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Antonio Romanucci (’85), a powerhouse civil rights attorney and University of Illinois Chicago School of Law alumnus, has been named Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year. Romanucci is a...
View Article3L Brandy Johnson Lands Clerkship with Sen. Dick Durbin
Brandy Johnson, a third-year student at UIC Law, is spending her Spring semester clerking for United States Senator Dick Durbin. Senator Durbin is the 47th U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, the...
View ArticleFaculty Activities & Publications | January 2022
Faculty Professor Amy Campbell On January 7, she commented on the legality of opt-out testing programs in a Chicago Sun-Times article about Covid testing for CPS students and union concerns. Professor...
View ArticleRep. Chris Welch (’97), Other Alums Honored at Unity Dinner
Members of the Chicago legal community came together in December to honor a number of UIC Law graduates at the 2021 Unity Dinner, an annual event hosted by the Diversity Scholarship Foundation. The DSF...
View ArticleClass Notes | January 2022
1984 Denise Loftus was named to Super Lawyers‘ “Elite Lawyers of 2022.” 1985 Thomas Hook III was appointed Public Administrator and Public Guardian of Lake County. 2002 Lance Northcutt was appointed to...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | January 2022
3Ls Alexandria Pollard co-moderated UIC’s Critical Conversation with Michelle Alexander for MLK Commemoration Week. 2Ls Mahroosa Haideri is completing a spring internship with Cabrini Green Legal Aid....
View ArticleProfessor Mark Wojcik Named AALS Section on Global Engagement Outstanding...
UIC Law Professor Mark Wojcik was named the inaugural Outstanding Achievement Award honoree by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Global Engagement. Professor Wojcik, who has a...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | February 2022
3Ls Steven Angell has accepted an offer to join the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office after graduation as an Assistant Public Defender. Erica Fatima was named a 2021 Women’s Bar Foundation...
View Article3L Erica Fatima Named 2021 Women’s Bar Foundation Scholarship Recipient
Erica Fatima, a third-year student at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law), has been awarded the Women’s Bar Foundation of Illinois’s 2021 Scholarship. The $10K annual scholarship...
View ArticleClass Notes | February 2022
1975 Hon. Russell W. Hartigan was elected Justice of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Society. 1985 Antonio Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin LLP was named an Illinois Top 100 Super Lawyer. 1987 Miriam E....
View ArticleFaculty Activities & Publications | February 2022
Faculty Professor Alicia Alvarez She published the second edition of Introduction to Transactional Lawyering Practice (West Academic) with co-author Paul R. Tremblay. Professor Samuel V. Jones He was a...
View ArticleSuperLawyers.com Names 690 Law Alumni 2022 Super Lawyers, Rising Stars
Nearly 700 graduates of the Law School have been rated “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars” for 2022 by SuperLawyers.com. Released annually, Super Lawyer’s lists recognize attorneys in more than 70...
View ArticleStudent Success Report | March 2022
3Ls Sean Birt is currently a Law Clerk in the Financial Industry Group at Reed Smith. Hudson Cross is current a Law Clerk at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. Kiesha Mull has accepted a summer...
View ArticleClass Notes | March 2022
1979 Joseph Duffy, Partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP, will continue to serve as a Commissioner on the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board. Hon. Gregory Wojkowski, Circuit Judge of the Circuit Court of...
View ArticleBaird & Warner Establishes John Baird Scholarship to Support UIC Law Fair...
Students in the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) Fair Housing Legal Clinic now have the support of Baird & Warner in the fight to further fair housing. The Illinois...
View ArticleKatherine Britton (’07), Jennifer Crespo (’14) & Daniel Hernandez (‘16) Named...
The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) will honor three UIC Law alumni at its 2022 “Top Lawyers Under 40” reception in New Orleans later this month. Katherine Britton (JD 2007), Jennifer Crespo...
View ArticleFaculty Activities & Publications | March 2022
Faculty Professor Allison K. Bethel She was named one of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center’s 2022 Stars of Excellence. Professor Sonia Bychkov Green On March 11, she presented at the “Empire’s...
View ArticleSeven Alumni Named 2021 Notable Gen X Leaders in Law by Crain’s Chicago Business
Congratulations to seven graduates of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) who were named 2021 Notable Gen X Leaders in Law by Crain’s Chicago Business. Michael Bonamarte IV (JD...
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