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University Web Feature: Law Students Help Build Supreme Court Case
November 9, 2009

When third-year law student Kathleen Rubenstein was a child, she dreamed of being a Supreme Court Justice. So it was a huge thrill for her to be part of a legal team from the Law School that helped prepare a case...

Criminal Defense Lawyers to Honor Randolph Stone for Lifetime Achievement
October 30, 2009

“The goal is not perfection; the goal is excellence,” Randolph Stone, Clinical Professor of Law, is often heard saying in the halls of the Law School’s Mandel Legal Aid Clinic.

Clinic Students Help See Case to Supreme Court
October 26, 2009

Four current and former Law School students were on hand at the Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday, Oct. 14 to hear oral arguments on a case they had been working on for months.

Mandel Clinic Students Prepare Evidence for Supreme Court Case
October 14, 2009

A half-dozen University of Chicago law students spent hundreds of hours helping prepare arguments for a legal brief challenging Illinois’ forfeiture law that was submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that the vast majority of...

Chicago Lawyer Magazine Highlights Mandel Clinic
September 17, 2009

Dana M. Davenport was just a second-year law student at the University of Chicago Law School when she began using the law to make a difference in the lives of others.

She had started to work with the school's Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, and one of her first cases was the classic...

Video: IJ Clinic Brings Attention to "Entrepreneurs Under Siege"
August 20, 2009

Earlier this year, the University of Chicago Law School's Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship released a study detailing how the laws and regulations of the City of Chicago hinder small business entrepreneurs. Beth Milnikel, Director of the IJ Clinic, details in this interview how...

Crain's Chicago Business Discusses IJ Clinic Report
August 10, 2009

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley talks often about supporting small business.

"Small businesses are the backbone of our neighborhood economy," he said in a speech last year. "It is impossible to overstate the importance of having successful small businesses throughout Chicago."

But...

IJ Clinic's Milnikel on Chicago's Regulation of Small Business
July 17, 2009

Futterman Persuades City of Chicago to Change Terms of Settlement Agreements
July 1, 2009

The City of Chicago will change its settlement terms in federal civil rights cases brought against police officers accused of misconduct, dropping a provision that precludes using those settlements as evidence in future litigation.

Heyrman on New Rules for Adult Guardianship
June 14, 2009

Legislation that would require certification of some guardians of impaired adults is expected to be signed by the governor, but one lawyer involved in Illinois guardianship reform efforts said it doesn't address the biggest problem.