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Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship -- My Streets My Eats
March 30, 2012

The law throws up barriers in the paths of the most seemingly simple businesses.  For example, the nonprofit organization Fresh Moves, which has converted an old CTA bus into a produce market that visits schools and neighborhoods in Chicago’s food deserts, cannot get a business license.

Craig Futterman comments to Tribune on handling of fatal DUI involving Chicago cop
March 28, 2012

The February 22 issue of the Chicago Tribune contained a comment from Clinical Professor of Law and founder of the Mandel Clinic...

Futterman Speaks with NBC Chicago about SOS Scandal in Chicago Police Department
March 26, 2012

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Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights -- Immigrant Children, Trafficking . . . And Abortion?
March 6, 2012

The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights sent a delegation to Capitol Hill to push for immigration reform.  What follows is the account of that trip from Young Center clinic students Cathy Yang '13 and Peter Chen '13.

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Employment Discrimination Clinic Files Class Action Challenge to Race Discrimination on South Side of Chicago
February 29, 2012

Cockroaches crawling out of your cable set-top box rates high on the ‘ick’ scale.  But on the south side of Chicago, it may be symptomatic of a deeper problem, and one that Wes Griffith (’12),...

Corporate Lab: An In-House Lab for Future GCs
February 23, 2012

One law school has developed an innovative way to help students gain experience in the business of law.

Recent Developments in the Corporate Lab - Transactional Clinic
February 22, 2012

Since David Zarfes, Michael Bloom and Sean Kramer co-founded the Corporate Lab in 2009, the Lab has continued to expand its...

Students Take Lead Role in Creating Gendered Violence and the Law Clinic
February 19, 2012

University of Chicago Law School students Eileen Ho and Mishan Wroe spent the past year working to fill a void in their school's offerings.

Int'l Bar Association, OECD, and UN To Use Corporate Lab Special Report
February 12, 2012

The International Bar Association, OECD, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are using the Corporate Lab's recent Special Report as part of their anti-corruption educational tools.

Housing Initiative Clinic Closes Transactions in South Chicago, West Humboldt Park
February 9, 2012

The Housing Initiative Clinic recently closed two transactions in a single week.  The first project was the acquisition and rehabilitation of an eight-unit building in the South Chicago neighborhood area.   The...