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LAW '12

鈥淚 never see it that I鈥檓 the one defending the bad guys,鈥 says Heather Widell 鈥12. 鈥淚鈥檓 defending people, and I鈥檓 defending the [United States] Constitution.鈥 Widell has run her own firm, the Law...

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LAW '03

鈥淓verybody loves a good redemption story,鈥 says Ginger Leigh Odom 鈥03. 鈥淓very sports movie is about coming from behind and having success, and I think that the expungement-and-sealing statute is an...

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LAW '90

Eileen O鈥橬eill Burke 鈥90 was in the sixth grade when former justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow spoke to Burke鈥檚 class about her career as a judge. McMorrow went on to be the first woman to serve on the...

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LAW '12

鈥淢r. Ammoura, is that you?鈥 It was summer 2011, and Ali Ammoura 鈥12 was a law student at Chicago-Kent College of Law when he heard a meek voice cut through the hustle and bustle of the lockup at the...

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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 '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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