UIUC College of Law
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The University of Illinois College of Law (UIUC Law) is the law school
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
, the flagship campus of the public
University of Illinois university system
. The College of Law was established in 1897, and offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law. Known for its academic rigor and considered to be among the country's leading law schools, the College of Law also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers. The school's prestige, small class size, and strong placement into Chicago law firms make its admissions process highly selective. The school offers 10 scholarly areas of research, teaching, and coursework, called specialty programs. These are not majors or concentrations in the traditional sense but areas of academic interest and strength within the College of Law. The specialty programs include; Business Law and Policy; Comparative Labor and Employment Law Policy; Constitutional Theory, History and Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Health Law and Policy; Intellectual Property and Technology Law; International and Comparative Law; Law, Behavior and Social Sciences; Law and Philosophy; and Legal History. The school boasts the 14th largest law library in the country, and a long list of notable alumni in law firms, politics, the judiciary, and academia, including: Albert Jenner, Jr., name partner at law firm Jenner & Block, LLC., and Philip McConnaughay, Dean of Penn State University Dickinson School of Law. In the 2010 U.S. News and World Report ranking of American law schools, the College of Law was ranked 21st in the country.
The College of Law was founded in 1897 and is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools
. The law honor society
known as the Order of the Coif
was founded at the University of Illinois College of Law in 1902.
University of Illinois College of Law is one of the most prestigious law schools in the Midwest and one of the best public law schools in the country. It is on the south end of the main University of Illinois campus in Champaign, near the football stadium and Assembly Hall. In this relatively quiet setting, the College of Law has built up a strong reputation for itself, earning a great measure of respect among members of the legal community, especially in the fields of Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property law, Law and Economics, International Trade law, Antitrust, and Human Rights law. Accordingly, Chicago firms, only a few hours away, look to the law school each year to hire top-quality graduates.
The College of Law offers the Juris Doctor
(J.D.), the first professional degree
in law, as well as the Master of Laws
(LL.M) and Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.), academic
graduate degrees in law.
The College also offers joint degree programs with the JD; students may earn the JD along with the Ph.D
in either arts and sciences or education
(JD/Ph.D.), Master of Business Administration
(JD/MBA
), Master of Science in Finance (JD/MSF), Master of Science
in either chemistry
or natural resources
(JD/MS), Master of Arts
in either education or journalism
(JD/MA); Master of Computer Science
(JD/MCS); Master of Education
(JD/MEd); Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations (JD/MHRIR); Doctor of Medicine
(JD/MD); Master of Urban Planning (JD/MUP); and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (JD/DVM). A Top 10 public law school, Illinois hosts a highly visible faculty. Illinois faculty have long been known for groundbreaking work in legal fields as diverse as bankruptcy, constitutional law, elder law, taxation, international law, property law, labor law, business law, criminal law, and family law. Nearly half of the College of Law faculty hold advanced graduate degrees beyond their juris doctorates in fields such as medicine, economics, engineering, business, and psychology. As a group, the College of Law faculty is (i) consistently placed in the Top 20 among U.S. law schools in studies of scholarly impact; (ii) ranked 7th in the nation in per-faculty-member productivity for the last three years, as measured by the number of articles posted by faculty on SSRN; (iii) ranked 9th in total productivity, joining much larger schools in the Top 10 listing of the most productive American law schools; (iv) ranked in the Top 10 on SSRN for the number of downloaded Illinois faculty papers; (v) quoted more than 60 times per month in national print and electronic media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Associated Press, National Law Journal, NPR, and FOX.
There are currently 662 students in the J.D. program. Thirty-six students from nine countries are enrolled in the one-year international LL.M. program. Students come from 42 states
, 14 countries, and 189 undergraduate institutions
. Over 30 percent of students are people of color, which is the highest percentage among public universities in Illinois and in the Big Ten.
The flagship law review
is the University of Illinois Law Review; the law school also publishes two specialized law journals, the Elder Law Journal and the Journal of Law, Technology & Policy, which ExpressO has ranked as the #4 Science & Technology law journal. The College is also the home institution for the Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal
, and for Law and Philosophy.
The Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Memorial Library is the College's law library
. It is the 14th largest academic law library in the United States, with some 750,000 volumes.
The U.S. News & World Report
law school rankings
ranked the law school #21. The graduating class of 2012 has a median GPA of 3.8 and median LSAT of 166.
Law school
A law school is an institution specializing in legal education.- Law degrees :- Canada :...
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
, the flagship campus of the public
Public
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University of Illinois university system
University system
A university system is a set of multiple, affiliated universities and colleges that are usually geographically distributed. Typically, all member universities in a university system share a common component among all of their various names...
. The College of Law was established in 1897, and offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law. Known for its academic rigor and considered to be among the country's leading law schools, the College of Law also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers. The school's prestige, small class size, and strong placement into Chicago law firms make its admissions process highly selective. The school offers 10 scholarly areas of research, teaching, and coursework, called specialty programs. These are not majors or concentrations in the traditional sense but areas of academic interest and strength within the College of Law. The specialty programs include; Business Law and Policy; Comparative Labor and Employment Law Policy; Constitutional Theory, History and Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Health Law and Policy; Intellectual Property and Technology Law; International and Comparative Law; Law, Behavior and Social Sciences; Law and Philosophy; and Legal History. The school boasts the 14th largest law library in the country, and a long list of notable alumni in law firms, politics, the judiciary, and academia, including: Albert Jenner, Jr., name partner at law firm Jenner & Block, LLC., and Philip McConnaughay, Dean of Penn State University Dickinson School of Law. In the 2010 U.S. News and World Report ranking of American law schools, the College of Law was ranked 21st in the country.
History
Association of American Law Schools
The Association of American Law Schools is a non-profit organization of 170 law schools in the United States. Another 25 schools are "non-member fee paid" schools, which are not members but choose to pay AALS dues. Its purpose is to improve the legal profession through the improvement of legal...
. The law honor society
Honor society
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America...
known as the Order of the Coif
Order of the Coif
The Order of the Coif is an honor society for United States law school graduates. A student at an American law school who earns a Juris Doctor degree and graduates in the top 10 percent of his or her class is eligible for membership if the student's law school has a chapter of the...
was founded at the University of Illinois College of Law in 1902.
University of Illinois College of Law is one of the most prestigious law schools in the Midwest and one of the best public law schools in the country. It is on the south end of the main University of Illinois campus in Champaign, near the football stadium and Assembly Hall. In this relatively quiet setting, the College of Law has built up a strong reputation for itself, earning a great measure of respect among members of the legal community, especially in the fields of Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property law, Law and Economics, International Trade law, Antitrust, and Human Rights law. Accordingly, Chicago firms, only a few hours away, look to the law school each year to hire top-quality graduates.
2011 Restatement of Numbers
On September 11, 2011, the News-Gazette reported that the University of Illinois College of Law posted inaccurate information on its website about the LSAT scores and GPAs of its incoming first-year law students. The school removed the inaccurate information and placed an assistant dean on administrative leave. However, the school declined to reveal that person's identity. On September 19, 2011, the University of Illinois College of Law posted the corrected information on its website. The actual LSAT and GPA medians for the class of 2014 were 163 and 3.70, respectively. The numbers that had previously been disseminated were a median LSAT of 168 and a median GPA of 3.81.. On November 8, 2011, the law school announced that the manipulation had been the work of Assitant Dean of Admissions Paul Pless alone, and that Pless would no longer work for the College.. However, in a 2009 email Dean Bruce Smith had noted that he had found Pless' purported results "frankly, thought to be unattainable," but had not investigated or instituted any sort of overview process.Academics
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
(J.D.), the first professional degree
First professional degree
A professional degree prepares the holder for a particular profession by emphasizing competency skills along with theory and analysis. These professions are typically licensed or otherwise regulated by a governmental or government-approved body...
in law, as well as the Master of Laws
Master of Laws
The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
(LL.M) and Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.), academic
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
graduate degrees in law.
The College also offers joint degree programs with the JD; students may earn the JD along with the Ph.D
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in either arts and sciences or education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
(JD/Ph.D.), Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
(JD/MBA
J.D./M.B.A.
A J.D./M.B.A. or M.B.A./J.D. is a dual degree program offered jointly by many law and business schools. The program generally lasts four years and results in the candidate earning both a Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Business Administration degree...
), Master of Science in Finance (JD/MSF), Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
in either chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
or natural resources
Natural Resources
Natural Resources is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas in 1970 on the Gordy label. The album is significant for the Vietnam War ballad "I Should Be Proud" and the slow jam, "Love Guess Who"...
(JD/MS), Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in either education or journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
(JD/MA); Master of Computer Science
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
(JD/MCS); Master of Education
Master of Education
The Master of Education is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum and instruction, counseling, and administration. It is often conferred for educators advancing in...
(JD/MEd); Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations (JD/MHRIR); Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
(JD/MD); Master of Urban Planning (JD/MUP); and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (JD/DVM). A Top 10 public law school, Illinois hosts a highly visible faculty. Illinois faculty have long been known for groundbreaking work in legal fields as diverse as bankruptcy, constitutional law, elder law, taxation, international law, property law, labor law, business law, criminal law, and family law. Nearly half of the College of Law faculty hold advanced graduate degrees beyond their juris doctorates in fields such as medicine, economics, engineering, business, and psychology. As a group, the College of Law faculty is (i) consistently placed in the Top 20 among U.S. law schools in studies of scholarly impact; (ii) ranked 7th in the nation in per-faculty-member productivity for the last three years, as measured by the number of articles posted by faculty on SSRN; (iii) ranked 9th in total productivity, joining much larger schools in the Top 10 listing of the most productive American law schools; (iv) ranked in the Top 10 on SSRN for the number of downloaded Illinois faculty papers; (v) quoted more than 60 times per month in national print and electronic media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Associated Press, National Law Journal, NPR, and FOX.
There are currently 662 students in the J.D. program. Thirty-six students from nine countries are enrolled in the one-year international LL.M. program. Students come from 42 states
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
, 14 countries, and 189 undergraduate institutions
Undergraduate education
Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...
. Over 30 percent of students are people of color, which is the highest percentage among public universities in Illinois and in the Big Ten.
The flagship law review
Law review
A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...
is the University of Illinois Law Review; the law school also publishes two specialized law journals, the Elder Law Journal and the Journal of Law, Technology & Policy, which ExpressO has ranked as the #4 Science & Technology law journal. The College is also the home institution for the Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal
Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal
The Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal is a law journal which publishes articles in the field of comparative and transnational labor and employment law....
, and for Law and Philosophy.
The Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Memorial Library is the College's law library
Law library
A law library is a library designed to assist law students, attorneys, judges, and their law clerks and anyone else who finds it necessary to correctly determine the state of the law....
. It is the 14th largest academic law library in the United States, with some 750,000 volumes.
The U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
law school rankings
Law School Rankings
Law school rankings are a specific subset of college and university rankings dealing specifically with law schools. Like college and university rankings, law school rankings can be based on empirical data, subjectively-perceived qualitative data , or some combination of these.Such rankings are...
ranked the law school #21. The graduating class of 2012 has a median GPA of 3.8 and median LSAT of 166.
Alumni
The College of Law has produced notable alumni that have excelled in a variety of fields.Academia
- William Bennett Bizzell 1912—fifth president of the University of OklahomaUniversity of OklahomaThe University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
and president of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M UniversityTexas A&M UniversityTexas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
) - Ralph L. BrillRalph BrillRalph L. Brill is Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law.-Early life:Brill was born in Chicago, the son of Romanian immigrants. He attended the University of Illinois, where he received both his undergraduate degree and his Juris Doctor. While in law school, Brill served as associate...
—Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of LawChicago-Kent College of LawChicago–Kent College of Law, the law school affiliated with Illinois Institute of Technology, is nationally recognized for the scholarship and accomplishments of its faculty and student body. It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois. Many of the applications of technology in the...
and legal writingLegal writingLegal writing is a type of technical writing used by lawyers, judges, legislators, and others in law to express legal analysis and legal rights and duties.- Authority :...
innovator - Philip J. McConnaughayPhilip McConnaughayPhilip J. McConnaughay , is the current Dean and The Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at The Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law. Previously, he was a Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law...
1978—current DeanDean (education)In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
at The Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of LawDickinson School of LawPenn State University Dickinson School of Law is the law school of The Pennsylvania State University... - William D. UnderwoodWilliam D. UnderwoodWilliam D. Underwood has served as the eighteenth President of Mercer University since 2006. He was the interim President of Baylor University from 2005 to 2006.-Biography:...
—eighteenth president of Mercer UniversityMercer UniversityMercer University is an independent, private, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Mercer is the only university of its size in the United States that offers programs in eleven diversified fields of study: liberal arts, business, education, music,...
Federal
- Wayne R. AndersenWayne R. AndersenWayne R. Andersen is a former United States federal judge.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Andersen received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1967 and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1970. He was an Administrative assistant to Majority Leader Henry Hyde in the Illinois House of...
1970—United States federal judgeUnited States federal judgeIn the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution....
on the United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisThe United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois.... - Owen McIntosh BurnsOwen McIntosh BurnsOwen McIntosh Burns was a United States federal judge.Burns was born in Danville, Illinois. He received an A.B. from the University of Illinois in 1916. During World War I he served in the U.S. Army infantry, holding the rank of Captain. He received an LL.B. from the University of Illinois College...
1929(LL.B.Bachelor of LawsThe Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
)—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of PennsylvaniaUnited States District Court for the Western District of PennsylvaniaThe United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal law. The Honorable Judge Gary L. Lancaster is currently Chief Judge of the Western Pennsylvania District... - James L. ForemanJames L. ForemanJames L. Foreman is a former United States federal judge.Born in Metropolis, Illinois, Foreman was in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. He received a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1950, and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1952. From 1952 to 1972, he was...
1952—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Southern District of IllinoisThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is a Federal district court covering approximately the southern half of the state of Illinois.... - James F. HoldermanJames F. HoldermanJames F. Holderman is a United States federal judge. He was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1946.-Education:* He received a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois in 1968....
1971—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Frederick J. KapalaFrederick J. KapalaFrederick J. Kapala is a United States federal judge.Born in Rockford, Illinois, Kapala was a captain in the United States Army Reserve from 1970 to 1980. He received a B.A. from Marquette University in 1972 and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1976...
1976—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Alfred Younges Kirkland, Sr.Alfred Younges Kirkland, Sr.Alfred Younges Sr. Kirkland was a United States federal judge.Born in Elgin, Illinois, Kirkland received a B.A. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1941 and a J.D. from University of Illinois College of Law in 1943...
1943—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - David LaroDavid LaroDavid Laro is a senior judge of the United States Tax Court.Laro graduated from the University of Michigan in 1964, earned a J.D. from the University of Illinois Law School in 1967 and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University Law School in 1970.He was admitted to Michigan Bar, and United...
1967—senior judge of the United States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtThe United States Tax Court is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8 of which provides that the Congress has the power to "constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court"... - Walter C. LindleyWalter C. LindleyWalter C. Lindley was a United States federal judge.Born in Neoga, Illinois, Lindley received an A.B. and an LL.B. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1904, and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1910. He was in private practice in Danville, Illinois from...
1910—United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:* Central District of Illinois* Northern District of Illinois... - George Michael MarovichGeorge Michael MarovichGeorge Michael Marovich is a United States federal judge.Born in East Hazel Crest, Illinois, Marovich received a B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1952 and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1954. He was a Title examiner, Chicago Title and Trust...
1954—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Prentice Henry Marshall 1967—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Philip Godfrey ReinhardPhilip Godfrey ReinhardPhilip Godfrey Reinhard is a United States federal judge.Born in LaSalle, Illinois, Reinhard received a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1962 and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1964. He was an Assistant state's attorney of Winnebago County,...
1964—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Stanley Julian RoszkowskiStanley Julian RoszkowskiStanley Julian Roszkowski is a former United States federal judge.Born in Booneville, New York, Roszkowski was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army Air Force during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He received a B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1949 and a J.D....
1954—United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Harlington Wood, Jr. 1948—United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
State
- Arno H. DeneckeArno H. DeneckeArno H. Denecke was an American jurist born in Illinois. He served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1963 to 1982, and as the 37th Chief Justice of the court from 1976 until leaving the bench. The World War II veteran retired from the United States Army at the rank of colonel in 1974.-Early...
1939—Chief JusticeChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
Oregon Supreme CourtOregon Supreme CourtThe Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem, Oregon, near the capitol... - Lloyd A. KarmeierLloyd A. KarmeierLloyd A. Karmeier is a fifth district justice on the Illinois Supreme Court. A Republican, he was elected to his current position in a highly-contested election against Democrat Gordon Maag in 2004.-Biography:...
1964—Justice Supreme Court of IllinoisSupreme Court of IllinoisThe Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: Three justices from the First District and... - Ray KlingbielRay KlingbielRay I. Klingbiel was the Chief Justice of Illinois in 1956–57, and again from 1964 to 1967. In 1969, while Klingbiel was still sitting on the Supreme Court of Illinois, a major Illinois scandal erupted when conspiracy theorist Sherman Skolnick revealed that Klingbiel and Chief Justice Roy J....
1924—Chief Justice Supreme Court of Illinois - Howard C. RyanHoward C. RyanHoward C. Ryan was an elected judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois from 1970 to 1990, and the Chief Justice of this court in 1982–1985.A native of Tonica, Howard C...
—Chief Justice Supreme Court of Illinois - Roy SolfisburgRoy SolfisburgRoy J. Solfisburg, Jr. was the Chief Justice of Illinois for the 1962-63 term and again from 1967 to 1969. Solfisburg was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in 1960, the first time in the states history, a sitting Justice was defeated by a challenger. This created a political stir having a...
1940(LL.B)—Chief Justice Supreme Court of Illinois
Other
- R. Grant HammondGrant HammondSir Robert "Grant" Hammond, KNZM, is a judge of the New Zealand Court of Appeal and from 1 December 2010, the President of the New Zealand Law Commission.- Education :...
(LL.MMaster of LawsThe Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
)—judgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
of the New Zealand Court of Appeal
Politics
- John Bayard Anderson 1946—U.S. CongressmanUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
and Presidential candidate - William W. ArnoldWilliam W. ArnoldWilliam Wright Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Life and career:Born in Oblong, Illinois, Arnold attended the country schools of his native county and Austin College, Effingham, Illinois....
1901—U.S. Congressman - Terry Lee BruceTerry L. BruceTerry Lee Bruce was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Olney, Illinois, Bruce graduated from East Richland High School in Olney in 1962, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1966, and from the University of Illinois Law School in Urbana in 1969.He was admitted to the bar...
1969—U.S. Congressman - John Porter EastJohn Porter EastJohn Porter East was a Republican U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1981 until his suicide in 1986....
1959-U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each... - Tom FinkTom FinkThomas A. "Tom" Fink is a Republican politician in Alaska. He was Mayor of Anchorage from 1987-1994 and Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1973-1975. He is also a former member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board after being appointed by President George W...
1952—Speaker of the House, Alaska House of RepresentativesAlaska House of RepresentativesThe Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of about 15,673 people . Members serve two-year terms without term limits...
; Mayor of Anchorage - Otis Ferguson Glenn 1910—U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
- William J. GrahamWilliam J. GrahamWilliam Johnson Graham was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near New Castle, Pennsylvania, Graham moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Aledo, Mercer County, in 1879.He attended the public schools....
1893—U.S. Congressman - William Perry HoladayWilliam P. HoladayWilliam Perry Holaday was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Ridgefarm, Illinois, Holaday attended the common schools, Vermilion Grove Academy, Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and the University of Missouri.He graduated from the law department of the University of Illinois at Urbana...
1905—U.S. Congressman - George Evan HowellGeorge Evan HowellGeorge Evan Howell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and judge on the United States Court of Claims.Born in Marion, Illinois, Howell attended the public schools at Villa Grove, Illinois....
1930—U.S. Congressman - Jesse Jackson, Jr.Jesse Jackson, Jr.Jesse Louis Jackson, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since the special election in 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
—U.S. Congressman - Tim Johnson—U.S. Congressman
- Samuel H. ShapiroSamuel H. ShapiroSamuel Harvey Shapiro was the 34th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1968 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party....
—GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... - William L. SpringerWilliam L. SpringerWilliam Lee Springer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Sullivan, Indiana, Springer attended the public schools and Sullivan and Culver Military Academy at Culver, Indiana....
1935—U.S. Congressman - Michael StrautmanisMichael StrautmanisMichael Strautmanis is an American lawyer. President-Elect Barack Obama announced on December 5, 2008, that Strautmanis will serve as Chief of Staff to Valerie Jarrett who is to be the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement...
—Chief CounselGeneral CounselA general counsel is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a corporation or government department. The term is most used in the United States...
and the Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs on the Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
presidential transition teamPresidential transition of Barack ObamaThe presidential transition of Barack Obama began when he won the United States presidential election on November 4, 2008, and became the President-Elect. He was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 15, 2008... - Samuel H. YoungSamuel H. YoungSamuel Hollingsworth Young was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Casey, Illinois, Young graduated from Urbana High School, Urbana, Illinois, 1940.LL.B., University of Illinois, 1947....
1947—U.S. Congressman
Other
- Leonard V. FinderLeonard V. FinderLeonard V. Finder was a lawyer and newspaper editor and publisher.-Early career:Leonard Finder was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois School of Law in 1933...
—newspaper editorEditingEditing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
and publisherPublishingPublishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public... - Reginald C. HarmonReginald C. HarmonReginald C. Harmon was a Major General in the United States Air Force and served as its first Judge Advocate General. At the age of 29, he was elected as the mayor of Urbana, Illinois.-Background:...
1927 — First United States Air Force Judge Advocate General - Albert E. Jenner, Jr.Albert E. Jenner, Jr.Albert Ernest Jenner, Jr. was an American lawyer and one of the name partners at the law firm of Jenner & Block. He served as assistant counsel to the Warren Commission; as a member of the U.S...
1930 (LL.B.Bachelor of LawsThe Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
)—one of the name partners at the law firm of Jenner & BlockJenner & BlockJenner & Block is a U.S. law firm with offices in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. Approximately 450 attorneys serve a wide range of clients in corporate litigation, business transactions, and in the public sector. Jerold S. Solovy was the longtime Chair of the firm, but on Sept... - Thomas R. LamontThomas R. LamontThomas R. Lamont is the current United States Assistant Secretary of the Army , having assumed office on June 22, 2009.-Biography:Thomas R...
1972 – United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)The Assistant Secretary of the Army — abbreviated ASA — is a civilian official in the United States Department of the Army.U.S... - Michael MasserMichael MasserMichael Masser , a former stockbroker, is a composer and producer of popular music. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law, but left to pursue his interest in music...
— composer and producer of popular musicPopular musicPopular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local... - Jerome W. Van GorkomJerome W. Van GorkomJerome William Van Gorkom was a United States businessman who was U.S. Under Secretary of State for Management 1982-83. He served as the CEO of TransUnion for eighteen years. Van Gorkom is probably best known as the named plaintiff in the landmark corporate law case of Smith v. Van Gorkom, 488...
1941 — CEO of TransUnionTransUnionTransUnion is the third largest credit bureau in the United States, which offers credit-related information to potential creditors. Like major competitors Equifax and Experian, TransUnion markets credit reports directly to consumers.- History :...
, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Management 1982-83, best known as the named party in the landmark corporate lawCorporate lawCorporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law...
case of Smith v. Van GorkomSmith v. Van GorkomSmith v. Van Gorkom 488 A.2d 858 is an important Delaware Supreme Court decision, primarily because of its discussion of a director's duty of care. It is often called the "Trans Union case".-Facts:...
, 488 A.2dAtlantic ReporterThe Atlantic Reporter is a United States regional case law reporter. It is part of the National Reporter System created by John B. West for West Publishing Company, which is now part of Thomson West....
858 (Del. 1985).
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