Newsletter Archives — 2007

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December 2007 - January 2008

• Cribbet Professor Lawrence Solum named Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
• College teams up with ABF to create Center on Law and Globalization
• "Public School Finance & Reform" class welcomes prominent politicians and administrators
• Fall Trial Team Gains Experience; Labor Law Team finishes Third in ABA Chicago Competition
• The College Honors Three Distinguished Alumnus Award Winners in Chicago
• Students, Faculty, and Staff Continue the Tradition of Holiday Giving
• Campus Charitable Fund Drive
• Student Hurricane Network
• Eastern Illinois Food Bank Canned Food Drive
• Angel Tree Project
• Women's Law Society assists local shelter
• Juvenile Detention Center Service Day
• It's Time to Make Your Annual Gift to the College!

November 2007

• Welcomed the Fourth District Appellate Court
• féted Heidi Hurd
• hosted the 67th David C. Baum Lecture
• held the Program in Business Law and Policy symposium
• invested Professor David Hyman
• Vacketta-DLA Piper Lecture featuring Marc Grossman
• Board of Visitors
• Center on Law and Globalization
• Homecoming
• Distinguished Alumni

October 2007

• Professor Hyman to be invested as Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor
• Chief Justice Roberts appoints Professor Leipold to Judicial Conference Advisory Committee
• Swanlund Professor Thomas Ulen to receive Honorary Doctorate
• College hosts Professor Martha Nussbaum and longtime Ambassador Marc Grossman
• College honors this year's Distinguished Alumnus Award recipients
• University of Illinois named one of Top 20 law schools for Hispanic
• Professor Fleischer testifies before House Ways and Means Committee on Private Equity Tax
• Women's Law Society hosts annual Ambulance Chase
• Homecoming 2007 Right Around the Corner
• Delaware Chancellor to come to Illinois
• "7 Reasons to Leave the Party" - 1980 grad Judge Drummond's crusade to save high school students
• Four Illinois students selected for BLSA Midwest Region Law Journal
• Professor Morriss on C-Span on Massachusetts v. EPA

September 2007

• Welcome, Class of 2010!
• Welcome Our New Faculty
• College kicks off $50 million "Agenda for Excellence"
• Students host "Community Service Day" at UI's Allerton Park
• Illinois Bar Foundation honors Peer Pedersen '48
• College Celebrates Upcoming Investiture of Professor Leipold
• What a summer! Illinois law faculty become media celebrities
• Trial Advocacy Program releases Champaign County Courtroom Report

May 2007

• Illinois Faculty Will be Visiting Law Schools Around the Country and Conducting Research Around the World!
• The College of Law Welcomes Professor Nuno Garoupa to the Faculty
• The College Bids a Sad Farewell to Professors Lee Fennell, Richard McAdams, and Jim Pfander
• The College of Law Celebrates Staff Promotions, Commemorates Staff Retirements, Welcomes New Incoming Staff, and Bids Farewell to Staff who Are Moving to New Opportunities
• Annual Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship Go To Professors Leipold, Hyman, and Freyfogle
• Professors Hyman, Leipold, Reynolds, Kesan, and Lawless are Honored with Endowed Professorships and Faculty Scholar Positions
• The College's Baum Lectures Attract the National Spotlight after the U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart
• Professor Tabb Moves into Top 10 in SSRN Downloads with a New Bankruptcy Paper
• The College Dedicates the Kimball R. and Karen Gatsis Anderson Courtroom
• The 2007 Class Gift Campaign Breaks the Record for Student Participation
• Professor Kaplan and the Elder Law Journal Partner with the SEC and Federal Reserve Bank for a Senior Investor Protection Symposium
• College of Law Faculty and Alumni Gather for a June Reunion in Geneva–And All Are Invited!

 

April 2007

• The College Hires One of the Academy's Most Celebrated "Power Couples"
• The Class of 1939 Joins Together for Delightful Teleconference Reunion!
• College of Law Students Make a Spring Break Journey to Washington, DC and New York City
• Illinois Law Students Resurrect a Tradition for Which the College is Nationally-Known–"Service Day"
• 1L S. Asra Husain elected Treasurer of National Law School Democrats
• Federal Trade Commission Chief William Kovacic Will Present the Epstein Lecture
• Former Detroit Mayor, Michigan Supreme Court Justice, and ABA President Dennis Archer to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Graduation of Amos P. Scruggs
• Professor Colombo Invested in the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professorship
• The College Mourns the Passing of Ms. Marguerite Proctor, the Patron Saint of the College's Rickert Awards
• The College Hosts a Conference on "Why Lawyers Matter: Building and Rebuilding Justice Systems after Katrina" with Judge Arthur Hunter
• Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier '64 Headlines the 2007 Gala
• What Do Pat Robertson's Diet Shakes, Ameren's Rate Hikes, and the Bankruptcy of the San Diego Diocese Have in Common?
• The College Hosts a "Women in Law Alumni Reception" at Jenner & Block in Chicago
• College of Law Moves up Two Places in U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools" Rankings

 

March 2007

• The College Hires One of the Academy's Most Celebrated "Power Couples"
• The Class of 1939 Joins Together for Delightful Teleconference Reunion!
• College of Law Students Make a Spring Break Journey to Washington, DC and New York City
• Illinois Law Students Resurrect a Tradition for Which the College is Nationally-Known–"Service Day"
• 1L S. Asra Husain elected Treasurer of National Law School Democrats
• Federal Trade Commission Chief William Kovacic Will Present the Epstein Lecture
• Former Detroit Mayor, Michigan Supreme Court Justice, and ABA President Dennis Archer to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Graduation of Amos P. Scruggs
• Professor Colombo Invested in the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professorship
• The College Mourns the Passing of Ms. Marguerite Proctor, the Patron Saint of the College's Rickert Awards
• The College Hosts a Conference on "Why Lawyers Matter: Building and Rebuilding Justice Systems after Katrina" with Judge Arthur Hunter
• Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier '64 Headlines the 2007 Gala
• What Do Pat Robertson's Diet Shakes, Ameren's Rate Hikes, and the Bankruptcy of the San Diego Diocese Have in Common?
• The College Hosts a "Women in Law Alumni Reception" at Jenner & Block in Chicago
• College of Law Moves up Two Places in U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools" Rankings

 

February 2007

• The Faculty Adopts a New 1L Curriculum for the Class of 2010
• Gregory Willard '79 Serves as Spokesman for the Family of Former President Ford
• Lt. Commander Charles Swift Speaks on Defending Hamdan
• The Great American Cities Program Chalks Up Early Employment Results for Students
• Professor Lawless Testifies on the 2005 Bankruptcy Act before U.S. Senate Committee
• Jane Hays '79 and Mark Wanda '86 Assume Leadership of the Annual Fund Drive
• The National Trial Competition Returns to Illinois
• Professor Ross Co-Hosts the Michigan-Illinois Comparative Law Workshop
• 16th Alumni-Student Career Conference is a Rousing Success
• Illinois Alumni Achieve High Bar Passage Scores Again ? in California!
• Professor Ginsburg Advises Thai Leaders as They Ponder a New Constitution
• The Military Law Society Hosts its Annual Care Package Drive for U.S. Troops
• Lawyers Practice the Law of Poetry and Poets Contemplate the Poetry of Law
• The College Community Celebrates Books with President White and Provost Katehi
• Professor Finkin is Invested as the Albert J. Harno and Edward W. Cleary Chair in Law
• The Legend of Albert Jenner '30
• Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier '64 Headlines this Spring's Gala Dinner

 

December 2006 - January 2007

• Students, Faculty, and Staff Continue the Tradition of Holiday Giving
• Alumnus Marshall Eisenberg '71 Funds the Thomas M. Mengler Faculty Scholar Position
• A Broker of Services: A Profile of Assistant Dean Virginia Vermillion
• Movie Stars, Mystery Writers, and Alumni: Edwin Adams '39 and George Chandler '55
• "Illinois Law" Continues to Examine Leading Legal Issues in the News
• The Fall Trial Team Advances to "Sweet Sixteen" at Buffalo-Niagara Competition
• The College Honors Three Distinguished Alumni Award Winners in Chicago
• Alumni and Friends Help Fill the 88% Gap in College Funding