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Since 1897, the University of Illinois College of Law has offered students a rigorous, broad-ranging and innovative legal education on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, one of the world's great research universities.
A philanthropist and pillar of the community, Dave Downey was likely also the only Illinois Law student to ever turn down the NBA in order to earn a JD. We send our condolences to his family and friends.

Read more about Downey's remarkable life on our website.

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January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
In a new article published in The George Washington Law Review, Professor Suja Thomas compares the U.K.'s tribunal system to the U.S.'s jury trials in employment discrimination cases. Read the full article online now.

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January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Professor Meghan Brinson has a unique background, coming to the law after earning her MFA in creative writing. In the latest Illinois LawCast, she talked about her work with undergraduate students and her reading recommendations. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
California's own brand of insulin will begin distribution this month. The San Jose Mercury News spoke to Professor Jacob Sherkow about how this has affected insulin prices everywhere.

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Mercury News quotes Sherkow on California's generic insulin - College of Law
To help residents with the high cost of insulin, a necessary drug for patients with diabetes, the state of California decided to develop its own generic brand of the medicine. The project will begin distributing "CalRx" insulin to consumers in January, and the San Jose Mercury News spoke to Professor…
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January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The season of giving is winding down, but our crowdfunding campaign for student organizations is going strong. If you would like to support a specific group or the general fund, donate today and help enrich the education of Illinois Law students.

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December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Federal grand juries have twice declined to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, dealing the Trump administration a blow. Professor Andrew Leipold is quoted in a recent Harlem World article about the case.

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Grand Jury Declines To Reindict New York AG Letitia James
Grand jury declines to reindict NY AG Letitia James. A federal grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, declined Thursday to reindict New York Attorney General
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December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Can Illinois's Bivens Act survive constitutional scrutiny? Professors Jason Mazzonne and Vikram Amar dig into that question and more in a new Justia Verdict article.

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December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You can help our students pursue their passions within the law. Donate now to our crowdfunding campaign, give to a specific group or to the general fund to play a part in enriching the educational opportunities for Illinois Law students.

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December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We should be wary of monolithic interpretive theories that purport to apply across the board,” Professor Bill Watson asserts in his new article. The article examines "meta-interpretive" questions about what legal interpretation debates are truly about.

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December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Jennie Pahre's latest, published in Texas A&M's Journal of Property Law, compares U.S. and Canadian policies towards Indigenous populations, noting how they "failed to meet their obligations to support Indigenous communities in North America properly."

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December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our crowdfunding campaign supporting student organizations helps our students pursue their passions within the law. You can donate now to a specific group or to the general fund to play a part in enriching the educational opportunities for Illinois Law students.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you need a little caffeine to boost your studies, Sinclaire's coffee has your back. Special hours this weekend for the final exams push.

Check out their menu online: sinclairescoffee.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In an effort to generate hundreds of millions of dollars or more for Chicago public transit, Illinois considered a "billionaire" tax on "unrealized" asset gains. Professor Jason Mazzone spoke to Legal Newsline about the constitutionality of such a measure.

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IL tax on billionaires’ ‘unrealized gains’ would face stiff constitutional test
UPDATE: The proposed tax on billionaires’ “unrealized” asset gains was not ultimately included in a $1.5 billion Chicago area transit bailout measure approved by Illinois state lawmakers and advanced to
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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This #GivingTuesday, you can provide free meals and necessities to students facing food insecurity. Visit go.illinois.edu/GivingTuesday2025 to support students as they pursue their dreams. 

If you are a current student in need of assistance, visit: campusrec.illinois.edu/wellness/foo...
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From the Illinois Law family, wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Recent changes in the rules governing nuclear power reactors were enacted to expand nuclear energy technology, but several issues threaten to derail progress. In a new editorial, Prof Arden Rowell and her co-authors examine questions facing the nuclear energy industry.

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Nuclear power's new rule book: Managing uncertainty in efficiency, safety, and independence
Although much remains unsettled, three questions in particular stand out as both urgent and deeply confusing: Legally, nuclear regulation and licensing must now be "efficient." What does "efficient" mean, and what happens if the NRC fails to be efficient? The NRC has developed both deterministic and probabilistic safety-centric methods, including probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) under risk-informed, performance-based (RIPB) regulation.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congratulations to Mary Clayton Coleman for being the recipient of the 2025 McLean County Bar Association Community Service Law School Scholarship. Coleman is a 3L who plans to practice law in McLean County after graduation, working in public defense.

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November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congratulations to the Anderson Center Trial Team who were semifinalists in the National Trial Competition, sponsored by the Syracuse College of Law. Ashley Bussell, Annie Fulgenzi, Alan Kennedy, and Jeff Wright only missed the championship by a tie breaker; Bussell was named Best Overall Advocate.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Professor Richard Ross was recently a featured guest on the Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness podcast. He discussed the creation of the legal concept of the people with the right to overthrow their government. 

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Creating "THE PEOPLE": Whig Legal Concepts plus Lessons from Ireland and Spanish America
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for ONE PEOPLE to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..." "Whenever a
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last week, Prof Michael LeRoy filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals on behalf of women athletes in NCAA v. House. LeRoy and co-authors argue the settlement, which awards >90% of damages to men, violates federal rules and goes against precedent.

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LeRoy co-authors amicus brief in NCAA v. House - College of Law
In early November, Professor Michael LeRoy was part of a group that filed an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of women athletes in the case of NCAA v. House. LeRoy and his co-authors argue that a recent settlement in federal…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The ABLJ Roundtable recently hosted a panel discussion of "Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy," co-authored by Professor Robert Lawless. Stream the conversation at the link.

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ABLJ Roundtable October 15, 2025 “Debt’s Grip, Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (2025)”
ABLJ Roundtable “Debt’s Grip, Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (2025)” October 15, 2025, 1:00 p.m. ET. Moderators: Judge Christopher Bradley and…
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"It's not how we expect government officials to operate."

Professor Jason Mazzone was unequivocal when speaking about Texas judges who decline to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies. Read his full comments in KERA's article.

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Texas judges who don’t perform gay weddings for faith reasons won’t face sanctions, high court says
Judges who decline to perform weddings based on their religious beliefs won't be violating state rules on judicial impartiality, the Texas Supreme Court said in a comment added to the state judicial conduct code Friday.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Learn more about our newest full-time faculty, including Professor Sarah Lawsky, on the latest episode of Illinois LawCast. Available now where you find podcasts and on YouTube.

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November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Professor Ralph Brubaker's latest article, examining the "Texas Two-Step" maneuver as courts grapple with its legitimacy, was recently spotlighted in the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable.

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November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don't forget to register to take part in our Watch Party at Joe's on Weed St. in Chicago, IL, starting 30 minutes prior to kick-off in the Illinois vs. Maryland game. Register at the link! 

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November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM