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LAW '16

Gerena Gregory ’16 wasn’t sure what to expect when she moved to Âé¶ąAPP to attend Âé¶ąAPP-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

“Nothing trains you for the courtroom like Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law’s trial advocacy program,” says Sameeul Haque ’19. “I have repeatedly been able to go back to the lessons I learned through the...

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(LAW ’03)

When he was growing up, Bob Reiter (LAW ’03) got some early exposure to unions—and the need for them. His father was a heavy equipment operator who dug sewer lines and worked on deep tunnel projects...

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LAW '12

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

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LAW '03

“Everybody loves a good redemption story,” says Ginger Leigh Odom ’03. “Every 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

“Mr. Ammoura, is that you?” It was summer 2011, and Ali Ammoura ’12 was a law student at Âé¶ąAPP-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 3rd Year)

“Illinois Tech has made pretty much all of my dreams possible,” says Joseph Strom (LAW 3rd Year). “I had some idea of what I may want to do in the future, but was unsure how I would get there, what...

(LAW 2nd Year)

When Ivana Bailey-Muñoz (LAW 2nd Year) was volunteering at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law’s Self-Help Resource Center at the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Âé¶ąAPP, she helped a father and daughter...

(LAW 3rd Year)

“The first time I walked the picket line was when I was a college student,” AK Alilonu (LAW 3rd Year) says of an experience he had supporting graduate students at the University of Âé¶ąAPP during his...