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...
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...
‘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...
Polarization and Punishment: Stanford Professor Awarded 2025 Palmer Prize
“The most sensible ways to approach criminal justice often are approaches that draw support from across the political divide,” says David A. Sklansky, Stanley Morrison Professor of Law at Stanford Law...
Chicago-Kent Professor Daniel Martin Katz Co-Authors New Book on the History, Design and Governance of AI Agents
“We are moving into this world of increasingly autonomous systems operating on our behalf,” says Professor Daniel Martin Katz. “People need to know what that means.” Katz, with co-authors Michael...
Chicago-Kent Climbs to No. 7 in IP Law Rankings
Chicago-Kent College of Law has been ranked the 7th-best law school in the nation for intellectual property law by U.S. News & World Report in the publication’s 2026 Best Law Schools rankings. That is...