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Summer Experience in Washington, DC: Ben Stone, ’28, Judicial Intern, US Court of Federal Claims

Ben Stone, ’28, has been spending his summer exactly as he’d hoped— in a judicial internship in Washington, DC. Working under ...
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Summer Experience in Panama: Kaitlyn DeSouza, ’28, Research Intern, Institute of Democratic Studies

Kaitlyn DeSouza, ’28, took her passion for international law to Ancón, Panama, a historic neighborhood located in the heart ...
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Summer Experience in Boise: Jonas Ewart, ’28, Intern for the Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General

Jonas Ewart, ’28, spent his summer honing his legal research and writing skills working in the Office of the Idaho Solicitor ...
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Ian Edvalson, ’95, Joins Paul, Weiss as Partner in Corporate Department in San Francisco

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Ian Edvalson has joined the firm in San Francisco as a partner in the Corporate Department focused on life sciences transactions.
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Stephanie Yu, ’02, Named General Counsel of Sony Music

Stephanie Yu, a 21-year veteran of Sony Music, has been promoted to general counsel and executive vice president, business and legal affairs, filling the role vacated by longtime legal chief Julie ...
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Michael Peluso, ’09, Named General Counsel of First Busey Corporation

First Busey Corporation (FBC), the financial holding company of Busey Bank, announced that Michael Peluso, currently Deputy General Counsel for FBC and Busey Bank, has been appointed as General ...
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William Baude

William Baude is the Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Constitutional Law Institute at the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches a range of subjects such ...
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Noah Yavitz, ’13, Joins Ropes & Grey’s Litigation & Enforcement Practice as Partner

Ropes & Gray announced today that prominent New York-based litigator Noah Yavitz has joined the firm as a partner in its litigation & enforcement practice. Noah brings deep experience in across a ...
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Reciprocity Policy

Reciprocity privileges for the Law School’s career services resources are currently suspended. Graduates of other law schools seeking reciprocity should reach out to their law school’s career services ...
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1.1 J.D. Program Degree Requirements

In addition to providing a general foundation of legal knowledge, the program is intended to cultivate legal reasoning skills and to foster an understanding of the development of the law through ...
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Nine Clerks for Nine Justices in 2021-2022, Marking New Alumni Clerkship Record at the Supreme Court

Note: This story was updated on April 29, 2021, to reflect a new total of eight alumni clerking on the Supreme Court in the 2021 term and then again on June 2, 2021 to reflect a total of nine. Nine ...
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AI Advances into the Law School Curriculum

Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every industry, and the legal profession is no exception. At the Law School, faculty and administrators are weaving AI into the curriculum with care, ...