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The NIU College of Law will host the State of Illinois Appellate Court for the Second District when it convenes at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, to hear oral arguments in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall. Oral arguments will be followed by an informal question-and-answer session. A reception will then be held...
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As part of its ongoing commitment to prospective Chicago-based students, the NIU College of Law has spearheaded a new program, The Chicago Initiative, based at the NIU Alumni Association office, 33 N. LaSalle St. The Chicago Initiative enables the law school to offer the convenience of its various admission programs in Chicago, as well as...
Lazy days of summer? Think again. For nearly 30 undergraduate students on campus at NIU this summer, the season provided opportunities to work alongside professors and delve deep into research projects. Shekinah Bergmann, for example, worked with mechanical engineering professor Behrooz Fallahi and several graduate students, designing and building a robot, nicknamed “Nightwing.” It has...
Alexis Simmons
The Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association, has awarded one of its inaugural post graduate legal fellowships to Alexis Simmons, a 2014 graduate of NIU College of Law. Simmons will work at the school’s Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic in Rockford, beginning in August. The foundation launched its post graduate legal...
Richard D. Felice
Richard D. Felice, a lawyer in private practice in Wheaton, will be installed Friday as the 138th president of the Illinois State Bar Association. During his year as president, Felice plans to place special emphasis on three projects. The first is the formation of a task force that will address the impact of law school...
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The NIU College of Law Alumni Council held its 10th annual golf outing June 6 at River Heights Golf Course. Golfers drove and putted their way around the course on a beautiful afternoon, all to have a good time and raise money for student scholarships. Proceeds from the generosity of sponsors and golfers go toward the...
John Festa
The Peggy Browning Fund has awarded a 10-week summer fellowship to John Festa, a second-year student at the NIU College of Law. Festa will spend the fellowship working at the Chicago Newspaper Guild in Chicago. Peggy Browning Fellows are distinguished students who have not only excelled in law school but who have also demonstrated their...
Jan R. Schlichtmann
The Northern Illinois University College of Law welcomed attorney Jan R. Schlichtmann April 16 as he gave the Marla Dickerson Lecture on Public Interest in the college’s Francis X. Riley Courtroom. Schlichtmann is considered one of the country’s most notable plaintiff attorneys concentrating in the areas of consumer, environmental, product, toxic torts and mass tort...
Emily Perkins
Emily Perkins, a third-year student in the NIU College of Law, was selected as one of the winners of The National Law Review’s Winter 2014 Law Student Writing Competition. Her article is titled “Regulating Appearance in the Workplace: An Employer’s Guide to Avoid Employment Discrimination Lawsuits.” The National Law Review’s online edition was created to...
Karen Conti
The NIU College of Law will welcome national media expert and commentator Karen Conti as she speaks on “Why Lawyers Should Talk to the Media.” This program will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall and will be followed by a reception. Conti, who...
Jan R. Schlichtmann
The NIU College of Law will welcome Jan R. Schlichtmann, a nationally renowned attorney and advocate for public justice and environmental issues, as the featured speaker for the Marla Dickerson Lecture on Public Interest. The lecture will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall...
Christian Spears
Four attorneys who are putting their law degrees to good use in the world of sports will talk Wednesday, April 16, at NIU about such career choices for lawyers. Presented by the Entertainment and Sports Law Society and the NIU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, the panel discussion is scheduled for noon in Room 188 of...
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