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IJ Clinic's Elizabeth Milnikel on Regulation Maze Facing Culinary Entrepreneurs in Chicago
November 29, 2010

Americans from coast to coast are gathering together with family this week to celebrate Thanksgiving, feasting on staples like turkey, cranberries and pumpkin pie. In Chicago, we also delight in a delicious local treat: Jim Mullen's ...

Insitute for Justice Releases Update to Study on Small Businesses in Chicago
November 15, 2010

So many Chicagoans are out of work.  So why do Chicago and Illinois laws continue to make it so difficult for people to start a business that creates jobs?  And why do they make job creation hardest for the very people who need these opportunities the most—the poor?

Seventh Circuit Sides with Law School's Federal Criminal Justice Project
October 21, 2010

In 2008, the Federal Criminal Justice Project was new to the Law School's Mandel Legal Aid Clinic--and was a new concept to the clinic world in general.

Crain's Chicago Interviews IJ Clinic's Beth Milnikel on Red Tape in Chicago
October 14, 2010

Crain's ChicagoBusiness recently sat down with the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship's Beth Milnikel to discuss the Clinic's soon-to-be-released report the perils of red tape in starting a small business in Chicago. Video is embedded below....

Corporate Lab Course Gives Students Hands-on Experience
July 30, 2010

There's an old saying that law school doesn't teach you how to be a lawyer, just how to think like one. The adage has an uncomfortable ring of truth that has become a hot-button issue among legal educators.

Longtime Clinic Case Reaches Its End
June 8, 2010

The Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic's Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project began representing Italo Sanders when he was 16 years old, accused of killing a man based on the word of a 7-year-old eyewitness in Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes.

Students Spearhead Win for Police Accountability Project
May 17, 2010

While working for the Police Accountability Project at the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, I had the incredible experience of representing a client at trial in Cook County Circuit...

Randolph Stone Welcomes New Members of Illinois State Bar
May 14, 2010

University of Chicago Law School Clinical Professor Randolph Stone welcomed about 500 lawyers into the Illinois State Bar last week, encouraging them to find mentors and treat each case with seriousness and respect.

Students Help Preserve Affordable Housing
February 23, 2010

Two students in the Law School's Housing Initiative have put the finishing touches on their project to refinance a low-income Chicago housing complex, a move that will help keep the complex affordable for its tenants and will generate more than half...

Alison Siegler Testifies Before United States Sentencing Commission
January 25, 2010

Last week, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic’s Federal Criminal Justice Project Alison Siegler testified at the...