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 […]

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 […]

Dean J. Sharpe joins Candid Conversations on Leadership podcast

Dean Jamelle Sharpe discussed his life, career, and path to the leadership of the College of Law on a recent episode of the Candid Conversations on Leadership podcast. Speaking with hosts Candice Solomon-Strutz and Chris Tidrick, Sharpe recalls his upbringing as a first-generation American, his time working on Wall Street, and how administrative law became such a […]

Website from Wilson and students help clarify abortion law

Trying to navigate the morass of state-level abortion laws in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade is “a hot mess,” according to Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson. To help individuals understand the laws where they reside, Wilson and a team of students led by Sara Peal ’25 created a website feature a […]

MIT Technology Review quotes Sherkow on restoring the woolly mammoth

Colossal Biosciences is making headlines with its bold initiative to bring back the woolly mammoth, but the venture raises significant ethical and legal questions. Professor Jacob Sherkow is quoted in a new article from the MIT Technology Review about the complexities surrounding intellectual property in de-extinction efforts. He notes that while natural animals cannot be […]

Federal privacy laws protecting consumer data are necessary, Gerke says

The bankruptcy of the genetic testing company 23andMe has raised a number of issues, but one specifically prudent issue is the lack of legislation preventing the sale of customers’ data due to financial exigencies. Speaking with the Illinois News Bureau, Professor Sara Gerke explained why this issue is significant. “Companies like 23andMe are sitting on […]