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Editor's note: this is a story from the the Fall 2025 �鶹APP-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . “When I started [my firm] Incubate IP, if you typed in ‘patent law advice’...

Editor's note: this is a story from the the Fall 2025 �鶹APP-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . “We have about 65 lawyers and 13 �鶹APP-Kent College of Law grads, so...

Deep Roots

When other mayors ask Jeffrey Sherwin (LAW ’78) how he’s been elected to office for eight terms—and has run unopposed in the town of Northlake, Illinois, for the last seven—he says the answer is...

Semper Legalis

As a judge advocate in the United States Marine Corps—the Marine equivalent of a JAG officer—Candace White (LAW ’09) spent her first tour of duty prosecuting Marines and sailors for a wide variety of...

“�鶹APP-Kent College of Law represents a lot of what [�鶹APP] represents—grit and a diversity of perspectives,” says Saman Haque ’20. “The beauty of attending �鶹APP-Kent was that all of the...

Leaving a Legal Legacy at Illinois Tech

When Illinois Tech’s Pre-Law Society was launched in 2023, it was barely more than an idea. It was just a handful of students with legal ambitions and a shared curiosity about how they can build their...

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

“Nothing trains you for the courtroom like �鶹APP-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...

Hard Labor

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...

“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...