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IIT Chicago-Kent to participate in National Trial Competition regional tournament
IIT Chicago-Kent is sending two teams to participate in the National Trial Competition\'s (NTC) Region 8 tournament February 9 to 11 at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago. The top two teams in the regional tournament will advance to the national competition in Austin, Tex. Teams from IIT Chicago-Kent have represented the region in the national tournament for the past five years and for 24 out of the past 30 years. Read more...
In Memoriam: William Simon, Class of 1935
The IIT Chicago-Kent community mourns the recent death of antitrust pioneer and lawyer William Simon \'35, a founding partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Howrey Simon Baker & Murchison, later known as Howrey. Read more...
Call for Entries: 2012 IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize
Entries will be accepted through July 1, 2012, for the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize. Established in 2007, the prize honors a work of scholarship that explores the tension between civil liberties and national security in contemporary American society. Read more...
IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Sungjoon Cho selected as member of Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement Arbitration Panel Roster
Professor Sungjoon Cho has been selected by the Korea-EU Trade Commission to become one of 15 members of the Arbitration Panel Roster under Chapter 14 of the Korea-European Union Free Trade Agreement. Professor Cho\'s term begins immediately. Read more...
IIT Chicago-Kent\'s transformed Tax Clinic to provide services to middle-income taxpayers and small businesses
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law\'s Tax Clinic will shift its focus to provide a variety of legal services to middle-income and small-business taxpayers effective January 2012. Focusing on three practice areas, the clinic will specialize in Tax Court representation, IRS collection-related services, and planning and transaction-related tax advice. Read more...
IIT Chicago-Kent has top bar pass rate in Illinois
Graduates of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law have attained the highest pass rate in Illinois on the latest state bar examination. According to results released by the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, 97 percent of IIT Chicago-Kent graduates who took the bar exam in July 2011 for the first time received passing scores, exceeding the pass rates of graduates from Illinois\' eight other law schools. Read more...