Tad Daley was the opening speaker at a conference, sponsored by Birkbeck College of the University of London, called “Does the World Need a Government?” His paper will be published next year as the opening chapter in a compendium volume in Springer Publication’s World Systems Evolution and Global Futures series.
Author: Krista Gaedtke
Ava George Stewart ’03
Ava George Stewart ’03, of Chicago, Illinois, was appointed by Governor J.B. Pritzker to a second term as a member of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, where she has been elected Vice-Chair of the Commission.
Nicholas P. Kelly ’17
Nicholas P. Kelly has been promoted to partner at the Wallace Miller law firm based in Chicago. He has spent the past few years at Wallace Miller building a personal injury practice and the Wallace Miller team is excited to see him step into this leadership role.
Lauren Ferrante ’09
On December 1, Kilpatrick announced the addition of Lauren Ferrante, Counsel, to the firm’s State and Local Tax Team. She represents clients at all stages of state and local controversy disputes at the audit, administrative, and judicial levels.
Laura Kotelman ’97
On November 26, 2025, Laura Kotelman was sworn in as a Commissioner of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners by the Office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Ronald Franklin Coplan ’65
Ronald Franklin Coplan, 88, of Valparaiso, Indiana, formerly of Morrison, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
New paper from Sherkow: “Intellectual Property, New Genomic Technologies And Plant Innovation: Clearing Innovation Pathways”
Professor Jacob Sherkow has co-authored a new paper with Laura Valtere (University of Copenhagen – CeBIL) and Timo Minssen (University of Copenhagen – CeBIL) titled “Intellectual Property, New Genomic Technologies And Plant Innovation: Clearing Innovation Pathways.” The abstract follows: New genomic technologies (NGTs), such as genome editing-the modification of DNA in living cells-promises to revolutionize […]
Lawless and co-authors discuss their book “Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy” in 2-part series with Law360
Professor Robert Lawless, along with co-authors Pamela Foohey and Deborah Thorne, recently sat down with Law360 for an in-depth interview on their book “Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy.” The book is the latest to come out of the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, a long-term interdisciplinary research project on consumer bankruptcies in the U.S. that began […]
Pahre publishes paper in Texas A&M Journal of Property Law
Professor Jennifer Pahre recently published “A Comparison of Inadequate Doctrines: The Canadian “honour of the Crown” and the U.S. Federal Trust Responsibility” in the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law. The paper, written as a result of a grant from the Indigenous Politics Program at the American Political Science Association, compares key policies of the […]
Mazzone discusses constitutionality of a proposed “billionaire’s tax” in Illinois
Although it was ultimately not included in the recently approved Chicago area transit bailout measure, Professor Jason Mazzone told the Cook County Record in late October that the proposed “billionaire’s tax” would face a stiff uphill battle in court. “The sponsors of the (legislation), which would impose a tax on unrealized gains on assets owned […]