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College of Law welcomes 10 new full-time and visiting faculty

The University of Illinois College of Law is pleased to welcome 10 new faculty members to our roster this fall.   ...
Lawless and Kar honored with 2026 College of Law awards for scholarly excellence

Lawless and Kar honored with 2026 College of Law awards for scholarly excellence

Professor Robert Lawless was awarded the 2026 Wayne R. LaFave Award for Scholarly Excellence for his book "Debt's Grip: Risk ...
Sarah Lawsky

Lawsky delivers talk on law school hiring at AALS Candidates Workshop

Professor Sarah Lawsky spoke on a panel about law school hiring during an AALS Candidates Workshop on August 6, 2026 ...
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Rowell op-ed: The End of NRC Independence and the Future of Nuclear Safety

What does the future of nuclear safety look like, and what might still be done to reduce the risk of ...
Colleen Murphy

Murphy appointed Vice Provost for Global Engagement

The Office of the Provost and Illinois International announced Colleen Murphy’s appointment as vice provost for global engagement earlier this month. In ...
Jessica Bregant, Jennifer Robbennolt and Verity Winship pose for a photo together

Article co-authored by Robbennolt and Winship wins Best Scholarly Article Award from AALS

An article co-authored by Professors Jennifer Robbennolt, Verity Winship, and alumna Jessica Bregant '09, originally published in the Journal of ...
Fred Bartlit

Illinois Law remembers Fred Bartlit ’60

Alumnus Fred Bartlit died on August 6, 2026. He was a member of the College of Law's JD Class of ...
Jennifer K. Robbennolt, the Alice Curtis Campbell Professor of Law at Illinois; Scott Althaus, director and the Merriam Professor of Political Science at Illinois; Jay Jennings, the assistant director of research and a research scientist; and Ajay Singh, the assistant director of strategic research initiatives and a research scientist.

Robbennolt and interdisciplinary team introduce new ‘anomaly detector’ that flags outlier counties in police uses of lethal force

A new data-driven dashboard produced by the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign uses ...
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Gerke named 2026-27 University Scholar

Sara Gerke is among five professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that have been named 2026-2027 University Scholars in ...

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