It seems fair to say that a lot of us are still a bit in shock over the events of this past week – the rapid spread of the virus, the shutdown of in-person classes and activities, and the move to remote law school. This is a lot to handle, and it happened so quickly. […]
Author: Leslie Oster, Director
Professor Rodriguez Discusses the Educational Piece of the Puzzle for Allied Legal Professionals
In the following article, Dan Rodriguez, the Harold Washington Professor and former dean at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, discusses efforts to increase access to legal services through the use of legal professionals who are not licensed lawyers. He focuses on how these “Allied Legal Professionals” (ALPs) might be educated to effectively represent clients, […]
Director’s Message: Year in Review
Welcome to 2020! As we greet this exciting new year, I thought this would be a good time to recap the year that was: 2019. We began 2019 by ushering in our first cohort of “spring start” online students – these are the first MSL students to begin studies in the Spring semester. Having a […]
(Repost) DPELC-MSL Speaker Series: Frank Floessel
The Fall 2018 DPELC-MSL Speaker Series launches next week with Nicholas Colvin, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Chicago City Treasurer. Before we dive into the next series of fascinating speakers, let’s revisit some of our impressive speakers from past talks! Read this post below from April 2017, when we heard from Frank Floessel, […]
Fighting Food Waste: Amy Garber (MSL ’15) and Hazel Technologies
Each year more than 25 billion pounds of post-harvest fruits and vegetables are wasted domestically, worth ~$30 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These statistics are astounding – and also heartbreaking when you consider the 42.2 million people, including 6.4 million children, living without enough to eat in the U.S. One Chicago-based company, […]