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(LAW '26)

When Ivana Bailey-Mu帽oz (LAW '26) 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 gain...

(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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LAW '00

There is never an easy path to becoming a lawyer. Mona Anahita Chawla 鈥�00, who had recently graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law, faced some extra challenges. As a foreign student, politics and...

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