Law Professor Named a Top Legal Innovator
Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Daniel Martin Katz has been named among the 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia, which was recently published by National Law Review and Wickard. The list...
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Chicago-Kent Welcomes Its Most Selective Incoming Class
Chicago-Kent College of Law has welcomed its most academically selective incoming class in its history, with 279 students joining the J.D. program this fall, 40 of whom are evening students. The class...
Judicial Discretion: Chicago-Kent Professor Cited by Federal Judge
“It’s really an honor to know that your work has been valuable to a judge in evaluating a timely issue of really great importance,” says Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Sarah Fackrell. “It’s...
NASA’s Roman Telescope Opens Up New Window to the Universe
Humanity’s view of the universe is limited by how much of the sky that we can see at once. Our most powerful telescopes have taken us billions of light-years into the cosmos, but often through narrow...
Chicago-Kent Professor Wins Best Paper Award for New Theory Explaining the Hidden Power of Law
“I’m really excited,” Chicago-Kent Associate Professor Noah Smith-Drelich says. “It’s always good to get recognition. This is a project that I’ve been actively working on for over two years but really...
Chicago-Kent Professor James Tierney Elected to The American Law Institute
“Election to The American Law Institute is an extraordinary honor,” James F. Tierney says. “For generations, the institute has played a central role in shaping and clarifying American law, and I am...
Chicago’s ‘New Normal’ Pushing Stormwater Infrastructure to Its Limit
As storms that were once considered outliers become increasingly regular occurrences in Chicago, the city’s stormwater system is struggling to keep pace. When the city found itself under a tornado...
Chicago-Kent Student Earns CHIWIP Scholarship
When Olivia (Villamagna) Staib (LAW 3rd Year) talks about the Chicago intellectual property community, she doesn’t start with patents or trademarks. She starts with the people. “Everyone is so warm...
‘Help Those People’: Chicago-Kent Celebrates Public Interest at 19th Annual Awards
According to the Law School Admission Council, a not-for-profit organization that is committed to promoting quality, access, and equity in law and education, 49 percent of 2024–25 LSAT takers were...
Law Student Honored by American College of Bankruptcy
The American College of Bankruptcy has chosen Rachel Lehmann ’26 as its 2026 Seventh Circuit Distinguished Student. The Distinguished Bankruptcy Student program aims to “identify and promote...