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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...

The Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF), the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association, has awarded one of its 2015 Post Graduate Legal Fellowships to Marishonta Wilkerson, a 2015 graduate of the NIU College of Law. During the one-year fellowship, she will work at the school’s Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic in Rockford. “Marishonta had already...

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...

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...

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...

Northern Illinois University College of Law has been named to the Top 50 list of the most diverse law schools in the country – by preLaw and The National Jurist magazines. These diversity rankings take into account the percentage of students of color in the student body and faculty at each law school in the...

The David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library in Swen Parson Hall has announced its hours for the spring semester through Monday, April 27. Regular hours are 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 11:30 p.m. Sunday. From 6 p.m....

NIU’s David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library has announced its hours for reading period and final exams, beginning Monday, Dec. 1, and ending Sunday, Jan. 11. The library will open from 7:30 a.m. to midnight Monday, Dec. 1, through Friday, Dec. 5, as well as from Monday, Dec. 8, through Friday, Dec. 12, and from...

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...

Northern Illinois University’s College of Law has been named a Top 5 Regional Law School for Latina/o Students by Lawyers of Color, a minority legal organization. The school will be featured in the inaugural edition of the Latina/o Students Guide to Law Schools 2015, published by Lawyers of Color. Lawyers of Color previously recognized NIU...

The NIU College of Law hosted alumni and guests May 19 as they were admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. This year’s group of nine inductees included NIU Law alumni, faculty and members of the DeKalb County Bar Association. The exceptional day started at the Supreme...