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Clinic Wins Settlement Protecting First Amendment Free Speech Rights of Human Rights Worker

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University Web Feature: Law Students Help Build Supreme Court Case

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by Sarah Galer

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 for the nation’s highest court.

Faculty: 
Craig B. Futterman

Clinic Students Help See Case to Supreme Court

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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.

Faculty: 
Craig B. Futterman

Clinic Wins Justice for Stateway Gardens Residents After Police Raid of Community Basketball Tournament

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Mandel Clinic Students Prepare Evidence for Supreme Court Case

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U of C law students help prepare case challenging forfeiture law

By Dave Newbart
Chicago Sun-Times
October 14, 2009

Chicago Lawyer Magazine Highlights Mandel Clinic

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University of Chicago: Making a difference in law school

By Josh Wolff
Chicago Lawyer
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.

Faculty: 
Randall D. Schmidt
Faculty: 
Craig B. Futterman

Futterman Persuades City of Chicago to Change Terms of Settlement Agreements

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Chicago changes settlement terms in cop cases

Lynne Marek
National Law Journal
June 30, 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.

Faculty: 
Craig B. Futterman

Mandel Clinic Challenges Chicago’s Unethical Legal Practices

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Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall?

University of Chicago Law School Clinic Successfully Challenges City of Chicago's Unethical Legal Practices

Faculty: 
Craig B. Futterman

Craig B. Futterman

Clinical Professor of Law

Prior to his 2000 appointment to the Law School Faculty, Craig Futterman was the Director of Public Interest Programs and Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. He graduated with the highest distinction from Northwestern University in 1988, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Economics. He then graduated from Stanford Law School in 1991.

Mandel Clinic Study: The Chicago Police Department's Broken System

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Craig Futterman, a Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, Melissa Mather, a Clinical Lecturer, and Melanie Miles, a recent law graduate, have released a major study of the Chicago Police Department’s supervisory and disciplinary practices.

Faculty: 
Craig B. Futterman
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