News about College of Law students
On February 1, 2024, College of Law students Cree Medley and Richard J. Sammartino were sworn in by the Honorable Eric I. Long, United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of Illinois, at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Urbana.Under the supervision of the University of Illinois College of Law First Amendment Clinic Director Lena […]
Congratulations to 3L Alban Beqiri on the publication of his article, “When a Nonfiling Spouse’s Support of an Adult Child Prevents Relief,” in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. In his article, Beqiri takes a deep look at the issue of supporting adult children while pursuing bankruptcy, writing “If these payments for adult children are not […]
On September 21, 2023, College of Law students Trisha A. Makley and Natasha E. Spann were sworn in by the Honorable Eric I. Long, United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of Illinois, at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Urbana. Under the supervision of the University of Illinois College of Law First Amendment Clinic […]
The University of Illinois College of Law has been ranked 5th in the nation in the Gavel Trial Advocacy Rankings, the only law school in the state of Illinois to make the top ten. The Gavel Rankings are the only empirical/quantitative ranking assessment of trial team programs. Per the Gavel Rankings website, these rankings “identify […]
Congratulations to 3L Alec Klimowicz, who recently published an article, “Creditor Matrices Are Trending Toward Immediate Concealment,” in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. The journal is ABI’s monthly professional magazine that is distributed to thousands of members. Klimowicz’s article explores the recent trend of judges being asked to conceal debtor information included in the creditor […]