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(LAW 3rd Year)

鈥溊贤趼厶 has made pretty much all of my dreams possible,鈥 says Joseph Strom (LAW 3rd Year). 鈥淚 had some idea of what I may want to do in the future, but was unsure how I would get there, what...

(LAW 2nd Year)

When Ivana Bailey-Mu帽oz (LAW 2nd Year) was volunteering at Chicago-Kent College of Law鈥檚 Self-Help Resource Center at the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago, she helped a father and daughter...

(LAW 3rd Year)

鈥淭he first time I walked the picket line was when I was a college student,鈥 AK Alilonu (LAW 3rd Year) says of an experience he had supporting graduate students at the University of Chicago during his...

LAW '25

When Mark Tamvakis 鈥25 attended the Ilana Diamond Rovner Appellate Advocacy Competition banquet in his first year as a student at Chicago-Kent College of Law, he was struck by the camaraderie and...

LAW '22

鈥淚 got accepted to a couple of art schools, but I always wanted to be a lawyer,鈥 says Joey Zawacki 鈥22. 鈥淚 also wanted some kind of financial security, so I closed my little art dream and I put it...

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LAW '78

Before he went to law school, Thomas Donovan 鈥87 was a mechanical engineer looking for more. 鈥淚 worked in the nuclear power industry, where I did piping stress analyses for nuclear power plants,鈥 he...

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LAW '78

Gadgets and gizmos. That鈥檚 the favorite part of the job for Patrick G. Burns 鈥78, a founding member of the intellectual property firm Greer, Burns & Crain. Over his esteemed career, Burns has seen his...

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LAW '21

Editor's note: this is an updated story from the the Fall 2024 Chicago-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . 鈥淚 just love intellectual property,鈥 says Jen Nacht 鈥21. 鈥淚 love...

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(LAW 鈥02)

By Kayla Molander Shortly after moving to Iraq in 2007, Sherizaan Minwalla (LAW 鈥02) collaborated with an Iraqi lawyer, guiding the lawyer as they worked together to identify and represent a woman who...

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LAW '13

鈥淲hen I was interviewing with the White House and Export-Import Bank of the United States, Chicago-Kent was part of my background and history, and I believe that was a compelling consideration,鈥 says...

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