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=== Alumni ===
=== Alumni ===
*[[Emanuel Chris Welch|Emanuel Chris Welch –]] Illinois Speaker of the House and state representative
*[[Charles F. Armstrong (North Carolina politician)|Charles F. Armstrong]] – Illinois state representative and lawyer
*[[Charles F. Armstrong (North Carolina politician)|Charles F. Armstrong]] – Illinois state representative and lawyer
*[[William M. Daley]] – Former [[White House Chief Of Staff]] under President [[Barack Obama]]. Served as [[United States Secretary of Commerce|U.S. Secretary of Commerce]] from 1997 to 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/admin/daley.htm|title=William M. DaleyCommerce Secretary| newspaper= Washington Post|access-date= December 26, 2013|date=December 15, 1999}}</ref>
*[[William M. Daley]] – Former [[White House Chief Of Staff]] under President [[Barack Obama]]. Served as [[United States Secretary of Commerce|U.S. Secretary of Commerce]] from 1997 to 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/admin/daley.htm|title=William M. DaleyCommerce Secretary| newspaper= Washington Post|access-date= December 26, 2013|date=December 15, 1999}}</ref>
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*[[Alexander J. Resa]] – U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1945 to 1947.
*[[Alexander J. Resa]] – U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1945 to 1947.
*[[Edith S. Sampson]] – First [[Black people|Black]] [[United States|U.S.]] delegate appointed to the [[United Nations]].
*[[Edith S. Sampson]] – First [[Black people|Black]] [[United States|U.S.]] delegate appointed to the [[United Nations]].
*[[Evelyn Sanguinetti]] – Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (2015 to 2019).<ref>http://www.illinois.gov/ltg/about/Pages/default.aspx</ref>
*[[Evelyn Sanguinetti]] – First female [[Lieutenant governor (United States)]] in U.S. History and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (2015 to 2019).<ref>http://www.illinois.gov/ltg/about/Pages/default.aspx</ref>
*[[James E. Shadid]] – District Court Judge for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois]].
*[[James E. Shadid]] – District Court Judge for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois]].
*[[John Smietanka]] – [[Prosecutor]] for [[Berrien County, Michigan]] from 1974 to 1981, and a [[United States Attorney]] in [[Western Michigan]], appointed by [[Ronald Reagan]], from 1981 until 1994.
*[[John Smietanka]] – [[Prosecutor]] for [[Berrien County, Michigan]] from 1974 to 1981, and a [[United States Attorney]] in [[Western Michigan]], appointed by [[Ronald Reagan]], from 1981 until 1994.

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UIC John Marshall Law School
Parent schoolUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Established1899
School typePublic law school
DeanJulie Spanbauer (Interim)
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
41°52′40″N 87°37′42″W / 41.8778°N 87.6284°W / 41.8778; -87.6284
Enrollment1,907 (1,546 full-Time, 361 part-Time)
Faculty48
USNWR ranking147th-193rd (bottom 25%)[1]
Websitejmls.uic.edu

UIC John Marshall Law School is a public law school in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1899, the school offers programs for both part-time and full-time students, with both day and night classes available, and offers January enrollment. Beginning on July 1, 2021, the school's official name will be the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.[3]

History and location

UIC John Marshall Law School was founded in 1899 and initially accredited by the American Bar Association in 1951. It merged with the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2019.[4] On May 20, 2021, following review by a university task force, the school announced its official change of name to University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, effective July 1. The board of trustees acknowledged that "newly discovered research",[5] uncovered by historian Paul Finkelman,[6] had revealed that influential 19th century U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall was a slave trader and owner who practiced "pro-slavery jurisprudence", which was deemed inappropriate for the school's namesake.[5]

John Marshall is located in Chicago's central financial and legal district, most commonly known as The Loop. It is across the street from the Dirksen Federal Building, which houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and about four blocks from the Daley Center, which houses the Circuit Court of Cook County. It is also next door to the Chicago Bar Association.

Post-graduation employment and background

According to the school's official 2020 ABA-required disclosures, 81% of the Class of 2020 secured full-time employment within nine months after graduation.[7] 71% of graduates in the Class of 2020 passed the bar exam on their first try.[8] The vast majority of graduates work in Illinois after graduating. After Illinois, the next most popular states are, Michigan, Florida, California, and New York.[9]

Many graduates go into public service, 19% of Class of 2020 graduates work in public service and 5% of graduates work at a national law firm.[10] The top quarter of employed graduates make more than $75,000 per year.

Admissions and costs

The Fall 2019 entering class had a median GPA of 3.24 and a median LSAT of 150.[11] The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at John Marshall for the 2016–2017 academic year is $72,594.[12]

Curriculum

John Marshall has day and evening divisions, with identical instruction, course content, and scholastic requirements. Lawyering Skills courses, which focus on writing, research, and oral argument, are an integral part of the core curriculum. These courses are taught in small groups, to maximize the individual attention given to each student. A student may earn a J.D. certificate in a certain area of the law or focus more emphatically and earn a joint degree (J.D./LL.M.).

The law school also offers Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.) programs for practicing attorneys and non-attorney professionals and other individual students.

The John Marshall Law School offers seven Master of Laws (LL.M.) programs for attorneys seeking specialized education in legal issues and for current J.D. students who would like the maximum concentration in particular areas of the law. John Marshall offers a comprehensive curriculum in the following areas: Employee Benefits Law, Estate Planning, Information Technology and Privacy Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Business and Trade Law, Real Estate Law, and Tax Law.

The John Marshall Law School

Clinics, externships, and special programs

John Marshall students are required to earn three experiential learning credits – working in a clinic, externship, or a combination of both – in order to graduate. The law school offers students practical opportunities through nine clinics and more than 100 externships. Clinics include the Business Enterprise Law Clinic, Conflict Resolution Institute & Clinic, Domestic Violence Clinic, Fair Housing Legal Support Center & Clinic, International Human Rights Clinic, USPTO-certified IP Patent Clinic, USPTO-certified IP Trademark Clinic, Pro Bono Program & Clinic, and the Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic. Externship opportunities include judicial, governmental, and non-profit placements.

The Global Legal Skills Conference Series was founded in 2005 at The John Marshall Law School as a forum for professors who teach Legal English and international legal skills to exchange information on teaching techniques and materials.[13] The conference built upon the law school's strengths in legal writing education, trial advocacy, and international legal education, creating a specialized conference connecting legal writing professionals and other professors who had an interest in teaching international students and lawyers who spoke English as a second language.[14] Since its inception, the Global Legal Skills Conference has been held four times in Chicago, once in Washington, D.C., twice in Mexico, twice in Costa Rica, and twice in Italy.[15] The conference now also includes presentations of GLS Awards for individual achievement, institutional vision, and outstanding publications.[16][17]

Interscholastic competitions

In 2007, the school's Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Team of Daniel Padernacht and Curtis Vosti placed second in the American Bar Association National Negotiation Competition.[18] This competition involved 220 teams from law schools around the country.[18] The John Marshall team of Padernacht and Vosti then went on to represent the United States in the 2007 International Negotiation Competition for Law Students in Singapore[18] where they placed sixth.[19] The team was coached by Dawn Bode, Kenneth Kandaras, and Susann Maclachlan.

In 2007, in the ABA Dispute Resolution Mediation and the CBA Mediation competitions, John Marshall placed second and fourth.

In 2007, The John Marshall Moot Court teams won Second Place Brief at the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Competition, First Place in the Frederick Douglass (Black Law Student Association) Competition Nationals, Second Place in the Hispanic National Bar Association Competition, Second Place (Petitioner's Brief) at the John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Competition, and competed in the Semifinals of the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition (hosted by NAPABA), winning Third Best Brief in the nation against eighty teams.

In 2008, The John Marshall Moot Court program took first place in the Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court competition. The school also took second place at the Cardozo/BMI Entertainment and Communications Law Moot Court Competition and at the 21st Annual August A. Rendigs, Jr. National Products Liability Moot Court Competition.

Library

The Louis L. Biro Law Library occupies the 6th – 10th floors of the law school's State Street building. A team of professional librarians and staff members work to serve the students during the 96 hours/week that the library is open. The library holds over 263,003 volumes and microform equivalents and provides on-campus and remote access to some of those titles via their specialty electronic databases. It is continually adding more online subscriptions to its growing collection of electronic resources, including Lexis, Westlaw, CALI Lessons, BNA Premier, IICLE SmartBooks, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online, Justis International Law Reports, Courtroom View Network, which contains audio versions of law school casebooks and streaming trial videos, and Mango languages, an easy to follow system for learning over 20 different languages.

Students have wireless access throughout the law school and the library offers seating for 750, including twelve group study rooms. In addition to supporting the research & instructional needs of the students, faculty & staff of the law school, the library is also open to law school alumni and members of the Chicago Bar Association, whose headquarters building is next door.

Student activities

There are five honors programs: The John Marshall Law Review, The John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law ("RIPL"), the Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law, the Moot Court Honors Program, and the Trial Advocacy & Dispute Resolution Honors Program.[20] John Marshall sends teams to more than 30 moot court and mock trial competitions annually.

The student community at The John Marshall Law School includes more than 50 student organizations engaging in social awareness, community service, legal discussions, and social activities.

Notable alumni and faculty

Alumni

Faculty

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  21. ^ "William M. DaleyCommerce Secretary". Washington Post. December 15, 1999. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
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