Announcing UIC John Marshall Law SchoolWe are proud to announce that on August 16, 2019, The John Marshall Law School and the University of Illinois at Chicago joined to create UIC John Marshall Law School, Chicago’s only public law school. With shared commitments to access, diversity, excellence, and innovation, this match made perfect sense.

UIC—Chicago’s largest university and its only public Carnegie Research 1 institution—enjoys strengths in areas including health sciences, engineering and technology, urban planning and public affairs, urban education, sustainability, the humanities, and business. UIC’s strengths derive from its top-tier faculty and staff who are committed to the promise of public education, the advancement of knowledge in their scholarly fields, and the imperatives of social justice and civic engagement. Located in the heart of Chicago, UIC is on the cutting edge of scholarship and service for a rapidly urbanizing world.

UIC John Marshall Law School is proud to become UIC’s 16th college and looks forward to creating interdisciplinary programs to train students for the future of law.

Meet Our Newest FacultyAlicia AlvarezAssociate Dean for Experiential EducationProfessor of LawFormerly of University of Michigan Law School

Megan BessAssistant Professor of LawDirector, ExternshipsFormerly of Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Sarah Dávila-RuhaakAssistant Professor of LawDirector, International Human Rights Clinic

Yelena DuterteAssistant Professor of LawDirector, Veterans Legal Clinic Formerly of Syracuse University College of Law

Shakira D. PleasantAssistant Professor of LawDirector, Legal Writing Resource CenterFormerly of University of Miami School of Law

Susan PoserUIC Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic AffairsProfessor of LawFormerly Dean of University of Nebraska School of Law

Recent Full-Time Faculty Service & AwardsDean Darby Dickerson is the 2020 President of the Association of American Law Schools.

Professor Alberto Bernabe is a member of the Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislacion in Puerto Rico.

Clinical Professor Allison K. Bethel serves on the Executive Committee of the AALS Section of Clinical Education.

Assistant Professor Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak serves on the U.S. Human Rights Network International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Task Force.

Assistant Professor Yelena Duterte was elected President of the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium.

Associate Dean Rodney Fong is a member of the ABA Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline and was appointed to the LSAC Assessment Committee.

Assistant Professor Renee Hatcher is the Co-Chair of the AALS Clinicians of Color Subcommittee. She was honored with the Shining Star Award from the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women and named a 2019 National Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

Professor Cecil J. Hunt II is one of The National Black Lawyers Top 100. He recently joined the John Howard Association Prison Inspection Committee.

Professor Kathryn J. Kennedy was appointed to the ABA Section of Taxation Nominating Committee and was reappointed to the ISBA Employee Benefits Section Council.

Professor Jason Kilborn is the Advisory Commissioner to the Seoul Bankruptcy Court. He is also a World Bank Short-Term Consultant on Personal Insolvency Reform for the EU Georgia Financial Inclusion and Accountability Project.

Professor Daryl Lim is the 2019 Thomas Edison Innovation Fellow at George Mason University’s Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

Professor William B.T. Mock is the ABA Liaison to the U.N. Open-ended Working Group on Ageing and serves as a member of the AALS Section of North American Cooperation Executive Committee.

Assistant Professor Shakira D. Pleasant received the 2019 Distinguished Service Award from the Southeastern Association of Law Schools.

Professor Mark E. Wojcik is the President of Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers, Chair-Elect of the AALS Section on International Law, Secretary of the AALS Section on Comparative Law, and Treasurer of the AALS Section on Defamation and Privacy.

Recent Rankings

2019, 2018, 2017 Best Law Schools

for Practical Training (National Jurist magazine)

2019, 2018, 2017 Best Law Schools

for Alternative Dispute Resolution

(preLaw magazine)

#8 in the Nation

in Legal Writing Best in the Midwest

(2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools)

2018 Best Law Schools

for African-American Students (preLaw magazine)

2018 652 JMLS graduates

named Super Lawyers (SuperLawyers.com)

2019, 2018, 2017 Best Law Schools

for Intellectual Property Law (preLaw magazine)

2018 Best Law Schools

for Asian Students (preLaw magazine)

2018, 2017 Best Law Schools

for International Law (preLaw magazine)

#21 in the Nation

in Trial Advocacy (2020 U.S. News & World Report

Best Graduate Schools)

2019, 2017 Most Diverse Law Schools

in the Nation (preLaw magazine)

Recent Full-Time Faculty Book & Review PublicationsDean Darby Dickerson

• “Deciding” in 50 Lessons for Women Lawyers (2019)

Professor Alberto Bernabe • Do Colleges and Universities Have a Duty to Help?: California and

Massachusetts Lead the Way, N.E. U. L. Rev. Extra Legal (Winter 2019)• Comentarios sobre la propuesta revisión del Código Civil:

Responsabilidad Civil Extracontractual, 88 Rev. Jur. UPR 342 (2019)

Professor Donald L. Beschle • Fake News, Deliberate Lies, and the First Amendment, 44 U. Dayton L.

Rev. 209 (2019)

Clinical Professor Allison K. Bethel  • A New Home for Haters—Online Home Sharing Platforms: A Look at

the Applicability of the Fair Housing Act to Home Shares, 53 U. Rich. L. Rev. 903 (2019)

Professor Kim D. Chanbonpin • “Ensuring Quality Instruction” in ABA Sourcebook on Legal Writing

Programs (forthcoming 2019)• “What Side Will We Choose?” in Shades of Prejudice: Personal

Narratives by Asian American Women on Colorism in America (Nikki Khanna ed., forthcoming 2019)

Professor Stuart Ford • Understanding Crime Gravity: Exploring the Views of International

Criminal Law Experts, 27 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 659 (2019)• The Need for a Wealth Inequality Amendment, W. Va. L. Rev.

(forthcoming 2019)• “Between Hope and Doubt: The Malabo Protocol and the Resource

Requirements of an African Criminal Court” in The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights (Charles C. Jalloh et al. eds., forthcoming 2019)

• “The Impact of the Ad Hoc Tribunals on the International Criminal Court,” in The Legacy of Ad Hoc Tribunals in International Criminal Law: Assessing the ICTY’s and the ICTR’s Most Significant Legal Accomplishments (Milena Sterio & Michael Scharf eds., forthcoming 2019)

• “International Courts” in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology (Robert D. Morgan ed.,forthcoming 2019)

Professor William K. Ford• “Implications of Video Games and Immersive Entertainment in

Trademark Law” (w/ Anna King) in Computer Games and Immersive Entertainment: New Frontiers in Intellectual Property Law (2019)

Professor Marc D. Ginsberg • Non-Physician VS. Physician: Cross-Disciplinary Expert Testimony in

Medical Negligence Litigation, 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2019)

Professor Celeste M. Hammond• Students in a Menu of Degrees Providing Context for Understanding

and Learning the Transactional Attorney’s Role, 20 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 627 (2019)

• Commercial Leasing: A Transactional Primer (3d ed., forthcoming 2019)• Integrating Adjunct Faculty into Teaching Real Estate Transactions:

Can Transactions Be Taught at a Distance?, 53 Wake Forest L. Rev. 947 (2019)

Assistant Professor Renee Hatcher• Solidarity Economy Lawyering, 8 Tenn. J. Race Gender & Soc. Just. 23

(2019)• Towards A Solidarity Economy Approach to Community Economic

Development, 63 How. L.J. (2019)

Professor Kathryn J. Kennedy• Notable Employee Benefits Articles of 2018, 163 Tax Notes 1829

(2019)• Workplace Wellness Incentive Plans: The Legal Labyrinth Employers

Must Navigate, 22 Quinnipiac Health L.J. 335 (2019)

Professor Jason Kilborn• Eyes on the Prize: Procedures and Strategies for Collecting Money

Judgments and Shielding Assets (2019)• “Crowdfunding and Crowdlending in the US: Regulations, Exemptions,

and Outcomes” in Legal Aspects of Crowdfunding (forthcoming 2019)

Professor Rogelio Lasso• A Blueprint for Using Assessments to Achieve Learning Outcomes and

Improve Students’ Learning, 12 Elon L. Rev. (forthcoming 2020) • “Negligence,” “Professional Liability,” and “Products Liability” (w/

Bruce Ottley) in Illinois Tort Law 2020 (forthcoming)

Professor Daryl Lim• AI & IP Innovation & Creativity in an Age of Accelerated Change, 52

Akron L. Rev. 813 (2019)• Predictive Analytics, Loy. U. Chi. L.J. (forthcoming 2019)

Professor Ann M. Lousin• VLM Food Trading International, Inc. v. Illinois Trading Company, an

Exercise on the Battle of the Forms Under the CISG and the UCC, 48 No. 4 UCC L.J. Art 2 (2019)

Professor William B.T. Mock• Empirical Analysis of Human Rights Treaties and Prospects for

Vulnerable Groups, 29 Transnat’l L. & Contemp. Problems (forthcoming 2019)

Assistant Professor Shakira D. Pleasant• Fisher’s Forewarning: Using Data to Normalize College Admissions, 21

U. Pa. J. Const. L. 813 (2019)

Professor Steven D. Schwinn• Kisor and the Piecemeal Dismantling of the Modern Administrative

State, 3 Am. Const. Soc’y. S. Ct. Rev. 165 (2019)• American Constitution Society Supreme Court Review 2018–2019 (ed.,

2019)

Professor Debra Pogrund Stark• Properly Accounting for Domestic Violence in Child Custody Cases: An

Evidence-Based Analysis and Reform Proposal (w/ Jessica M. Choplin & Sarah Elizabeth Wellard), 26 Mich. J. Gender & L. 1 (2019)

• Re-Imagining Law School Clinics: Leveraging Resources to Do More, for More, Under A Hybrid Model (w/ Christine Hunt), 43 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 129 (2019)

• “Whispering Sweet Nothings: A Review of Verbal Behaviors that Undermine the Effectiveness of Government-Mandated Home-Loan Disclosures” (w/ Jessica M. Choplin) in Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (2019)

Professor Mark E. Wojcik• The State of Criminal Justice 2019 (ed., 2019)• Recent Developments in Appellate Advocacy (w/ R. Aaron Chastain et

al.), 54 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 357 (2019)• Recent Developments in International Litigation (w/ Zascha Blanco

Abbott et al.), 54 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 631 (2019)• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (w/ David W. Austin et al.), 53

ABA/SIL YIR (forthcoming 2019)

New $2M Collaboration Commons In Fall 2019, we unveiled our new Collaboration Commons, a $2M construction dedicated to helping students enhance their legal studies and hone important skills. The Collaboration Commons features a range of customizable work and study spaces, including study rooms designed for student groups; meeting booths; an idea bar; and café-style seating. All spaces have floor-to-ceiling whiteboards and computer monitors that offer students the flexibility to work together on documents or communicate with classmates in other locations.