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�鶹APP-Kent College of Law is pleased to announce the release of the fall 2024 issue of �鶹APP-Kent Magazine, the law school’s premier alumni news source. This edition is dedicated to alumni...

Jason J. Czarnezki Appointed Dean of �鶹APP-Kent College of Law

Jason J. Czarnezki has been appointed as the next dean of �鶹APP-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, effective June 1, 2025. Czarnezki joins Illinois Tech from Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub...

Amidst all the noise around immigration, �鶹APP-Kent College of Law Assistant Professor Pedro Gerson keeps sane by focusing on the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, or healing the world. “One rabbi...

The �鶹APP Daily Law Bulletin recently named four �鶹APP-Kent College of Law alumni on its 25th annual 40 Under Forty list. The list recognizes Illinois attorneys to watch, and in 2024, they...

“�鶹APP is a great city for intellectual property law,” says Sarah (Fackrell) Burstein, one of �鶹APP-Kent College of Law’s newest faculty members. Burstein joined the �鶹APP-Kent faculty as a...

“I love teaching,” says �鶹APP-Kent College of Law Professor Cathay Y. N. Smith. “I find that my research speaks to my teaching, and my teaching often speaks to my research.” Smith joined the faculty...

�鶹APP-Kent College of Law Associate Clinical Professor Jamie Franklin has been selected as an academic fellow of the National Civil Justice Institute. Franklin joined the �鶹APP-Kent faculty in...

“You need money? Borrow it.” That’s how Jay Esparza Castillo ’24 defines the current financial landscape in the United States in his paper titled “Fair Lending in the Age of AI: Regulations to Combat...

“It’s not an exaggeration to say this is my dream job,” says Zach Sommers, who began his role as an assistant professor at �鶹APP-Kent College of Law in fall 2024. “I was pretty confident that I...

“You have to be nominated by people who recognize your work and think you have something important to contribute to this organization, so it’s really an honor,” says Carolyn Shapiro, co-director for...