Chicago-Kent Law Review

Join us on April 9th to celebrate the student authors chosen for publication in Volume 100. The event will feature a student panel discussion covering the note writing process, followed by an opportunity to network with current law review members. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/g4viJKDU.

This Women’s History Month,?Chicago-Kent Law Review?celebrates the life and work of?Barbara Babcock, a trailblazing feminist in American law. Babcock was a pioneer, the first female?Stanford Law?professor, the first?director of the D.C. Public Defender Service, and one of the first?women to serve as an Assistant Attorney General. She dedicated her career to defending the powerless while documenting the women who paved the way before her. Her article,?"Women's Rights, Public Defense, and the Chicago World's Fair,"?explores how women like?Clara Foltz, California’s first woman lawyer, helped shape the legal landscape at the?1893 Chicago World's Fair, advocating for reforms that led to today’s?public defender system. Babcock’s legacy continues to inspire.?Chicago-Kent Law Review?is proud to highlight her work. Read the article here:?https://lnkd.in/guv-B6-v

Reminder to register for the symposium happening this Friday! Attendance is free. Register by visiting: https://lnkd.in/geZY3njb. Learn more by visiting the symposium website at: https://lnkd.in/gnhiWKeC.

Introducing Chicago-Kent's 2025 Spring Symposium: In Search of Common Ground. Over the past few decades, America’s religious diversity has rapidly increased, as have the number of individuals who are nonreligious or unaffiliated with any specific denomination. This shift, along with deepening cultural and political divisions, has posed new challenges for defining the relationship between law, religion, and secularism under the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment and beyond. Please join Symposium Chairs Steven Heyman and Kathleen Brady on February 21, 2025 for the Chicago-Kent Law Review’s Symposium, where leading law-and-religion scholars will explore a range of doctrinal issues – such as free exercise exemptions, government expression and funding, and the meaning of religion under the First Amendment – and discuss how people who hold very different worldviews can live together in contemporary society. The symposium will be held virtually and attendance is free. Register by visiting: https://lnkd.in/geZY3njb. Learn more by visiting the symposium website at: https://lnkd.in/gnhiWKeC. Please reach out to Francesca Sikora ([email protected]) with any questions.

The Chicago-Kent Law Review would like to thank those who joined us to celebrate the Journal’s 100th Volume. Past alumni and current students gathered to connect and share memories of their time on the Law Review. We are very grateful to have this growing network and community. We want to give a special thank you to our sponsors for supporting our centennial celebration event. Thank you to Fox Rothschild, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Mayer Brown, Revolution Brewing Chicago, and Sidley Austin LLP.

Join us in welcoming our Volume 100 Chicago-Kent Law Review members. This milestone volume represents a century of legal scholarship, innovation, and thought leadership. We couldn't be more excited.

Don't miss DAY 2 of Chicago-Kent Law Review's AI Disrupting Law Symposium THIS FRIDAY! AI has disrupted many facets of IP laws, raising fundamental questions that go to the very core of these legal regimes. At the Chicago-Kent Law Review's Symposium on AI Disrupting Law, leading IP scholars from around the world will discuss some of the major challenges wrought by AI. Please join Symposium Chair Ed Lee and other leading experts for a day of probing discussion on April 26. The symposium will be held virtually and attendance is free. Register by scanning the QR code below or visiting:?https://lnkd.in/gN2dxG5H Learn more by visiting the symposium website at:?https://lnkd.in/gwEJikps Please reach out to Danielle C. Taylor ([email protected]) with any questions. We hope you will join us!

On behalf of the Executive Board, we are pleased to announce the student authors selected for publication in?Volume?100?of the?Chicago-Kent Law Review: ? John Debbie,?Dancing Around Bankruptcy: Using Texas Two-Steps to Efficiently Handle Mass Tort Liability Brianna D.,?Innovate Responsibly: Post-Grant Mechanisms to Deter Unnecessarily Toxic Pharmaceutical Patents Raymond Gaytan,?Fruit of the Poisonous Utility Pole: Why Digital-Age Privacy Expectations Renders Warrantless Pole Camera Surveillance Unconstitutional Julie Jacobs,?Keeping Cruises at Bay: Whether Port Cities Violate the Dormant Commerce Clause and Federal Maritime Law Stephanie Perez,?Don’t Be a Drag, It’s Not Obscene: Examining the Use of the Word “Obscene” to Ban Drag Shows Jonathan Potter,?Uncle Sam, We’re Ready For Our Closeup: A Just Proposition to Resolving the Issue of Police Officers’ Failure to Activate Body-Worn Cameras ? Breck Radulovic,?A Modest Proposal: Is Covenant Marriage a Reasonable Accommodation for Religious Faith or State-Sponsored Theology? ? Luke Winbery,?The Big Picture: The Illinois Right of Publicity Act, Its Statute of Limitations, and Emotional Harm ? Anna Ylitalo,?Bad, Bad Medicine–When a State's Healthcare Infrastructure Violates the Integration Mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act Many congratulations to these individuals for this fantastic achievement! Thank you very much for your scholarship and your hard work.