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NIU’s College of Law has received a matching gift challenge from an anonymous donor to match up to $25,000 in new and increased gifts made by Tuesday, Dec. 31, Dean Jennifer Rosato has announced. Donations raised in this campaign will be used for key efforts to increase student success. “Student success continues to be a...

NIU’s David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library will extend its hours for reading period and final exams, beginning Monday, Dec. 2, and ending Tuesday, Dec. 17. The library will open from 7:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Thursday, from 7:30 a.m. to midnight Friday, from 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday and from 10 a.m....

Mike Denning, a 2002 alum of the NIU College of Law, has been named to the Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s list of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty who are “up and comers” in Illinois. Denning is a partner in Heyl Royster’s Rockford office. “Those who have witnessed Denning in action,” the Law Bulletin profile...

The Northern Illinois University College of Law will be hosting an exciting program about the importance of “giving back” (volunteer pro bono service). A panel discussion will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in the Riley Courtroom at the NIU College of Law. Keynote speaker Jonathan K. Baum, a prominent attorney...

What do NIU College of Law Dean Jennifer L. Rosato and pop star Selena Gomez have in common? Both are on the 2013 HispanicBusiness 50 Influentials list. which showcases the diversity that characterizes the American socioeconomic landscape. Hispanics now make up 17 percent of the U.S. population, or 53 million in all, according to the...

NIU President Doug Baker and College of Law student Irakere Picon are among the speakers Wednesday, Oct. 16, during a panel discussion in support of common sense immigration reform. Hosted by the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition, NIU alum and Illinois State Rep. Joe Sosnowski and NIU, the forum is designed to foster a solutions-oriented conversation...

The NIU College of Law was ranked among the top public law schools in the nation based on value by the National Jurist magazine. As part of the 2013 Best Value Law Schools study, NIU Law was named among the top 45 public schools featured on the list, receiving a B+ as the overall rating...

The NIU College of Law team of Manar Zayed and Kathryn Guensburg placed second at the national moot court competition, held Sept. 26 and 27 as part of the 17th annual National Latina/o Law Student Association (NLLSA) conference in New Mexico. Zayed and Guensburg also were awarded Best Respondent’s Brief; Guensburg was honored as the...

Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride will present a lecture on professionalism from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center. Chief Justice Kilbride will discuss ethical issues and challenges for lawyers as part of the NIU College of Law’s Murer Speaker Series on Professionalism....

Bennie Starks is the featured guest from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, when the NIU College of Law and the Innocence Project of Illinois will host a panel discussion on wrongful conviction. Starks was wrongly convicted in Lake County of a 1986 rape and battery that he did not commit. He spent the...

NIU Law Dean Jennifer Rosato and the Law Alumni Council held its Awards Reception Sept. 19 at the University Club of Chicago. The council celebrated alumni and friends who serve in the public and private sectors and are all dedicated to the communities they serve. These honorees were recognized for their career accomplishments, devotion to...

Dean Jennifer Rosato and the NIU College of Law have welcomed six new distinguished members to its Board of Visitors. Kelli M. Childress, Kane County public defender, St. Charles, Ill.; Vincent F. Cornelius (’89), The Law Office of Vincent F. Cornelius and third vice president of the Illinois State Bar Association, Wheaton, Ill.; The Honorable...