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LAW '09

Editor's note: this is a story from the the Fall 2025 Āé¶¹APP-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . ā€œWhen I started [my firm] Incubate IP, if you typed in ā€˜patent law advice’...

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LAW '97

Editor's note: this is a story from the the Fall 2025 Āé¶¹APP-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . ā€œWe have about 65 lawyers and 13 Āé¶¹APP-Kent College of Law grads, so...

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LAW '20

ā€œĀé¶¹APP-Kent College of Law represents a lot of what [Āé¶¹APP] represents—grit and a diversity of perspectives,ā€ says Saman Haque ’20. ā€œThe beauty of attending Āé¶¹APP-Kent was that all of the...

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LAW '16

Gerena Gregory ’16 wasn’t sure what to expect when she moved to Āé¶¹APP to attend Āé¶¹APP-Kent College of Law. But she had a feeling that the law school would support her, no matter what the future...

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LAW '19

ā€œNothing trains you for the courtroom like Āé¶¹APP-Kent College of Law’s trial advocacy program,ā€ says Sameeul Haque ’19. ā€œI have repeatedly been able to go back to the lessons I learned through the...

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LAW '12

ā€œI never see it that I’m the one defending the bad guys,ā€ says Heather Widell ’12. ā€œI’m defending people, and I’m defending the [United States] Constitution.ā€ Widell has run her own firm, the Law...

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LAW '03

ā€œEverybody loves a good redemption story,ā€ says Ginger Leigh Odom ’03. ā€œEvery 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’Neill Burke ’90 was in the sixth grade when former justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow spoke to Burke’s 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

ā€œMr. Ammoura, is that you?ā€ It was summer 2011, and Ali Ammoura ’12 was a law student at Āé¶¹APP-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 ’25 attended the Ilana Diamond Rovner Appellate Advocacy Competition banquet in his first year as a student at Āé¶¹APP-Kent College of Law, he was struck by the camaraderie and...