A recent lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee and other plaintiffs challenges Mississippi’s practice of counting mail-in ballots received within five business days after “Election Day.” This practice, similar to elections in other states, could face major disruption if the lawsuit succeeds, affecting the upcoming congressional and presidential elections. Writing at Justia Verdict, Professors Vikram […]
Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson was honored on the floor of the Utah Senate for the assistance she has provided lawmakers over nearly a decade, including her work as a special consultant over the past year. On February 12, the Senate presented Wilson with a citation expressing gratitude for her work and members of the body […]
Professor Michael LeRoy’s latest research “Are Collectives Joint Employers of College Athletes? An Empirical Analysis of NIL Deals and School Policies,” will be published in a leading sports journal, Marquette Sports Law Review. His study is based on a dataset of NIL deals from an anonymized power five xonference athletic program; it shows that in […]
Writing in the New York Times, columnist Jamelle Bouie writes that former President Donald Trump’s actions make him an insurrectionist by any reasonable definition and that the Supreme Court should uphold Colorado’s decision to bar him from the ballot. To support his case, he cites extensively from an amicus brief submitted the Supreme Court by […]
As part of the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson took part in a panel discussion arranged by the Illinois Department of Corrections Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center. The event was put on in partnership with Wilson’s Tolerance Means Dialogues organization, which aims to bring together students and […]
Transfer rules and the changes to those rules have played an outsized role in college athletics in recent years. The federal government joining 10 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against the NCAA that seeks to make permanent a temporary restraining order prohibiting the governing body from imposing penalties on student-athletes that […]
In his role as the College of Law’s first Leader in Residence, Michael Strautmanis ’94 is ready to embrace the opportunity to inspire students and spark dialogue about the role lawyers play in society. There’s one thing he’s most excited to do, though. “It gives me a chance to tell a lot of great stories,” […]
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 […]
The strength of Professor Ralph Brubaker’s scholarship provided “considerable force” in the mind of Bankruptcy Judge J. Craig Whitley of Charlotte, N.C., and he cited Brubaker’s work extensively when denying a motion to dismiss a pair of “asbestos” chapter 11 cases where the family of companies could pay $250 million in current and future liability. […]