A roundup of faculty appearances in news sources and media from the last week, 1/16/14 to 1/23/14.
1/17 – The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin ran a feature on Chicago-Kent’s new Praxis Program, which aims to provide students with practical, experiential learning that will prepare them for the law profession (“Training ‘client-ready’ students at Chicago-Kent,” behind paywall). According to the article, the program is “named for the Latin word that distinguishes practice from theory” and “will place a framework around 25 pre-existing courses that train students in a list of core competencies, such as interviewing clients, networking and understanding the new roles of technology in the law.” Dean Harold Krent and Professors Sarah Harding and Kathy Baker were featured in the article.
1/22 – In an interview on WDCB Public Radio, Dean Harold Krent discussed the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, now 41 years old (“Roe v Wade Changed Public Perception of Supreme Court”). Listen to the interview below.
Blogs:
1/20 – Professor Sheldon Nahmod wrote about a new Supreme Court case at his blog, Nahmod Law (Cert Granted in New Public Employee Free Speech Case: Lane v. Franks).
For more information, contact the Office of Public Affairs at IIT Chicago-Kent.
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