Justice Debra B Walker of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, received the Illinois State Bar Association’s Carole Bellows Woman of Influence Award on May 13th. This was very meaningful to Debra because former Judge Carole Bellows, the first female ISBA President and first female President of any statewide bar association in the nation, served […]
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Dr. Michelle Preiksaitis, ’91
Michelle Preiksaitis, JD, PhD (Dr. P), has launched Coastal Organizational Research and Learning Strategies, LLC (CORALS LLC) and its peer-reviewed scholarly journal, C’JAR (CORALS’ Journal of Applied Research). CORALS LLC provides research and strategy services to small business owners seeking to leverage data-driven models for growth through publication and national conference engagement. C’JAR welcomes submissions […]
Karen (Pszanka) Layng ’87
Karen P. Layng was elected in May 2025 as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association in its 100th year.
Paul M. Lisnek ’83
Paul Lisnek recently received the 2025 Alumni Award for Liberal Arts and Sciences, the 2020 Award for Chicago Alumni of the Year (due to Covid, finally presented this year), and the Krannert Award for Alumni Lifetime of Giving.
College of Law honors Rowell with 2025 award for scholarly excellence
Professor Arden Rowell was awarded the 2025 Carroll P. Hurd Award for Scholarly Excellence for her paper, “Indoor Environmental Law,” 54 Environmental Law 101 (2024). The Carroll P. Hurd Award for Scholarly Excellence was established in 2002, by Michael Moore and Heidi Hurd, in honor of Heidi’s father, Carroll Parsons Hurd, whose work as a political theorist and […]
McClane article selected as one of the Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2024
Professor Jeremy McClane’s article, “The Lost Promise of Private Ordering,” 109 Cornell L. Rev. 1-62 (2023), has been selected as one of the Top 10 Corporate and SecuritiesArticles of 2024 by the Corporate Practice Commentator. Academic teachers in the areas of corporate and securities law selected the winning articles from a list of over 300 […]
JSD student Elsa Zawedde receives BRIDGE Global South Fellowship
Elsa Zawedde, a JSD candidate at the University of Illinois College of Law, has been awarded a BRIDGE Global South Fellowship. The program supports the professional development of early-career researchers from universities in the Global South. As a visiting fellow in the College of Law, she will have the opportunity to gain insight into the […]
Thomas receives grant from Ford Foundation to advance her documentary project on the justice system
Professor Suja Thomas has been awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms program, which will fund her documentary project on the American justice system. The Foundation’s investment will support 46 film projects and initiatives, highlighting its unwavering commitment to advancing narrative power and justice through the art of storytelling. Learn more about JustFilms and the […]
J. Ross hosts Comparative Law Work in Progress Workshop
The annual Comparative Law Work in Progress Workshop took place at the University of Illinois College of Law from May 1-3, 2025. Hosted by Professors Jacqueline E. Ross (Illinois), Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton), and Jacques DeLisle (UPenn), the workshop was co-sponsored by the American Society of Comparative Law, the Illinois Program in Criminal Law, and […]
Dan Raker ’03
Dan Raker was named the Chief Human Resources Officer of Argonne National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary science and engineering research center located in Lemont, Illinois.