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Student Argues 7th Circuit Case for Federal Criminal Justice Clinic
October 4, 2012

In May 2012, Federal Criminal Justice Clinic student Amanda Penabad (’12) presented oral argument to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Luis Marin-Castano. The Clinic did not represent Mr.

Housing Initiative Closes on NSP Property Acquisition
September 28, 2012

The Housing Initiative Clinic closed this week on a property acquisition under the City of Chicago's Neighborhood Stabilization Program.   Clinic students Ashley Graffeo '14 and William Panfel '14, along with Clinical...

University of Chicago Magazine on The Exoneration Project
September 13, 2012

On the night of April 18, 1990, taxi driver Billy G. Williams, 44, was found dead in his cab, shot in the head on Chicago’s South Side. Two days later, 20-year-old Shawn Whirl was arrested and confessed to the murder. He pleaded guilty and has been in prison ever since.

Love Goes to Texas
September 7, 2012

Kristin Love is moving to Harlingen, Texas to open an office for the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. Harlingen is a city on the U.S./Mexico border, with...

The Young Center Appears Before United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva
September 5, 2012

On June 18th, Maria Woltjen, Director of the Young Center Clinic, appeared before the United  Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Committee on the...

Alison Siegler Named to Committee to Assist in Selecting Federal District Court Judges for Northern District of Illinois
August 13, 2012

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IJ Clinic's Beth Kregor's Testimony About Proposed Amendments to Chicago Food Truck Legislation
July 23, 2012

Beth Kregor is the director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Law School. She & the IJ Clinic have been organizing informational events and providing information and resources in order to help fight Chicago’s oppressive legislation...

Employment Discrimination Clinic Files Brief On Sovereign Immunity in the Illinois Appellate Court
July 18, 2012

The Employment Discrimination Clinic recently wrote and filed a Brief in consolidated appeal of two cases in the Illinois Appellate Court.  The Clinic’s clients each sued the State of Illinois, in its capacity as their...

Chicago Tribune Interviews Heyrman on Impact of ACA and Local Cuts on Mental Health Care
July 17, 2012

Health care has dominated the headlines recently at the federal, state and local levels:

The Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act. Six of 12 Chicago-run community mental health clinics are shut, as is the state-run Tinley Park Mental Health Center.

Employment Discrimination Project Clients Awarded $11 Million Consent Decree
July 5, 2012

An $11 million consent decree entered here today in federal court has ended the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) race harassment and discrimination lawsuit against a major transportation company. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox granted preliminary approval of the decree....