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Faculty members in the NIU College of Law have entered the conversation on Syrian refugees. Both the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and the DeKalb Daily Chronicle and covered the college’s recent panel discussion on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to temporarily close the state’s doors to refugees. Acting Associate Dean Mark D. Falkoff and professors Robert...

The NIU College of Law celebrated the careers of three long-time distinguished faculty members Nov. 17 at a retirement reception. Associate Dean Dave Gaebler (32 years), Professor Dan Reynolds (33 years) and Professor Elvia Arriola (15 years) were honored for providing a wealth of contributions to the law school in their combined 80 years of...

NIU’s David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library has announced its hours for reading period and final exams, beginning Monday, Nov. 30, and ending Sunday, Jan. 10. The library is open: Monday, Nov. 30, through Thursday, Dec. 3: 7:30 a.m. to midnight Friday, Dec. 4: 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5: 8:30 a.m. to...

Mark Cordes, interim dean of the NIU College of Law, invites the university community to a retirement celebration in honor of Professor Dan Reynolds (33 years), Associate Dean Dave Gaebler (32 years) and Professor Elvia Arriola (15 years). A reception to celebrate their long and distinguished careers will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m....

Northern Illinois University College of Law alumni Diana M. Law (2004) and Gary C. Pinter (2007) are being honored as “40 under 40” attorneys by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. The Law Bulletin Publishing company conducts the “40 under 40” survey annually to determine who they believe are the “up and coming” young attorneys in...

The NIU College of Law is again ranked among the top law schools in the nation based on value by the National Jurist magazine. As part of its 2015 Best Value Law Schools study, NIU Law was named among the top 64 schools featured on the list, receiving an A- as the overall rating by...

Every educational institution that receives federal funds is required to hold an educational program Sept. 17 related to the U.S. Constitution, which was signed Sept. 17, 1787. Northern Illinois University will commemorate Constitution Day during a panel discussion of College of Law faculty who will discuss recent U.S. Supreme Court cases. The event is scheduled...

Mark W. Cordes, interim dean of the NIU College of Law, recently answered questions from the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin about his ideas and goals for the next year. According to the article, published Sept. 1, Cordes is preparing the school for its American Bar Association accreditation visit in 2017 and developing a new strategic...

Yolanda M. King, an associate professor in the NIU College of Law, will speak Friday, Oct. 2, as a panelist during a copyright symposium at Columbia Law School. Called “Copyright: Outside the Box,” the symposium is part of an annual series of copyright symposia hosted by the Columbia Law School’s Kernochan Center for Law, Media...

NIU’s David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library has released a schedule of hours for the fall semester. From Monday, Aug. 17, through Tuesday, Nov. 24, the library is open: from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday; and from noon...

Colleen Boraca, clinical assistant professor in the NIU College of Law, wrote an op-ed July 23 for the Chicago Sun-Times. “The human face of proposed budget cuts” comes in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget cuts, one of which calls for a reduction of $12.7 million for homeless services. “A recent day was normal...

Donna Sandacz’s first year of law school at Northern Illinois University almost proved disastrous. Her daughter, Shaina Kalanges, suffered serious injuries in a bad automobile accident while an undergraduate student at University of Illinois. “I ended up having to miss two weeks of law school – which could have been catastrophic –because I was with...