NIU Today

Past Chair and present Trustee of the Northern Illinois University Board, Cherilyn G. Murer has authored her seventh book examining a new business framework aimed at better coordinating efforts by hospitals and physicians to reduce cost, increase quality and improve patient satisfaction. Published this month by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, the book, “Clinical Co-Management:...

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...

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...

NIU College of Law alumnus Jeffrey Lenkov has played a huge role in a significant moment in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB). Lenkov helped to broker a major deal between former professional baseball legend Pete Rose and Fox Sports for Rose to be a guest studio analyst. MLB’s all-time hits leader, Rose was...

NIU’s Division of Academic Affairs will host a farewell reception Thursday, May 14, in honor of Jennifer Rosato Perea. Rosato Perea, dean of the NIU College of Law, has accepted a position as dean at DePaul University’s College of Law. Her last day at NIU is June 14. The reception takes place from 3 to...

NIU’s College of Law will host a faculty symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, on “Cross-Border Migration of Unaccompanied Minors: Prospects for Legislative and Policy Reform.” The event in Altgeld Hall, including lunch, is free and open to the public. Registration is required and available online; 5.5 hours MCLE credit is...

Provost Lisa Freeman consulted April 2 with the faculty of the College of Law regarding the processes to be used for identifying and appointing an individual to serve as dean during the period between Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea’s departure and the appointment of a permanent successor. It is anticipated that a national search will be...

Spring into action and join the NIU College of Law for the 2015 edition of its annual 5K Run/Walk and BBQ. Dust off those running shoes, stretch out those legs and get ready to hit the road Saturday, April 11. All runners, walkers, volunteers and sponsors to invited to participate in this exciting, Dean Jennifer...

The Northern Illinois University College of Law will host its 22nd annual Francis X. Riley Lecture on Professionalism at 3 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom. The Honorable Charles R. Wilson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Tampa, Fla., will present, “That Justice Shall Be...

The Northern Illinois University College of Law lost Professor Larry Schlam, one of its academic patriarchs, Saturday, March 7. He was 72. His absence leaves more than an empty office in the faculty suite of the NIU College of Law, but also an empty hole in the hearts of his NIU Law family. “Professor Schlam is...

Northern Illinois University College of Law Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea has been named to the 2015 Lawyers of Color fourth annual Power List, a comprehensive catalog of the nation’s most influential minority attorneys and non-minority diversity advocates. Rosato Perea will be honored Wednesday, March 18, at the awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Winners also will...