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July 3, 2023 /
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DePaul Law is excited to announce the incoming Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center Advisory Board Chair Danielle Parisi... read more
December 1, 2022 /
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Lucas Godwin Finds Something Interesting in Every Family Law Case Lucas Godwin (’23) has been actively involved with the Schiller... read more
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May 10, 2022 /
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The DePaul College of Law Family Law Clinic provides legal assistance with marriage,... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
July 1, 2021 /
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DePaul Law is excited to announce the incoming Chair of the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center Advisory Board, Lisa Nelson... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
February 15, 2021 /
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The Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center and the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative are excited to launch the... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
July 1, 2020 /
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DePaul University College of Law’s Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center Advisory Board welcomes Kelly Bennett, Law Offices of J.... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
January 31, 2020 /
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DePaul Law is excited to announce the incoming Chair of the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center Advisory Board, Brendan J.... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
November 7, 2019 /
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While the traditional model of the American family has been evolving over the last century, recent cultural, legislative, and case law... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
November 6, 2019 /
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Cook County Domestic Relations Judges were invited to hear Prof. Susan Crokin, the O’Neill Institute Legal Scholar at Georgetown... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
October 25, 2019 /
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The SDF Family Law Center partnered with the Illinois State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Women & the Law in hosting a second... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
October 25, 2019 /
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Although modern-day couples looking to divorce have options ranging from mediation and self-representation to collaborative law and... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
September 26, 2019 /
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SDF Family Law Advisory Board Member Colleen Hurley (Lavelle Law, Ltd.) returned to DePaul to present her second annual talk on... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
September 20, 2019 /
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The SDF Family Law Center collaborated with the Jewish Community Against Sex Trafficking and Helen Tarokic Law PLLC to host a full day... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
August 29, 2019 /
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Each year, the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center hosts a Family Law Welcome Reception in the beginning of the fall semester... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
May 1, 2019 /
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To help ease students’ stress and anxiety during finals, the SDF Family Law Center hosted a yoga class with Student Affairs. After... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
April 2, 2019 /
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The SDF Family Law Center invited Zoe Armiros (Our Family Wizard) to talk with students and practitioners about how... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
March 25, 2019 /
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The SDF Family Law Center continued in its partnership with the Center for Public Interest Law and the Pro Bono & Community Service... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
March 15, 2019 /
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The SDF Family Law Center partnered with the Center for Public Interest Law and the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative to host... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
March 5, 2019 /
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Family Law Advisory Board Members Brendan Hammer (Berger Schatz) and Michael Sevin (Beermann LLP) talked with... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
February 11, 2019 /
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The SDF Family Law Center hosted multiple events in collaboration with the Vincent G. Rinn Law Library, Center for Public Interest Law,... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
February 11, 2019 /
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SDF Family Law Advisory Board Member Andrea Belard (Legal Aid Society), Brandy Brixy (Cook County Public Defender –... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
November 5, 2018 /
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SDF Family Law Advisory Board Member Stacy Freeman (Beattie Freeman Onorato Family Law Group) and her partner Nicole... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
October 19, 2018 /
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The SDF Family Law Center hosted a full day symposium featuring Jerry Moe, the National Director of the Children’s Program at the Betty... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
October 18, 2018 /
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The SDF Family Law Center collaborated with Ledded Ltd. to host a Judge’s Reception for all of Cook County Domestic Relations... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
October 18, 2018 /
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The SDF Family Law Center hosted its annual Family Law Welcome Reception as well as celebrated its 15th anniversary at DePaul.... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
October 1, 2018 /
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SDF Family Law Advisory Board Member Brandon Peck (Peck Ritchey, LLC) met with law students to talk about the growing practice... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
September 26, 2018 /
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SDF Family Law Advisory Board Member Colleen Hurley (Lavelle Law, Ltd.) presented to all of DePaul’s family law students on... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
September 20, 2018 /
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The SDF Family Law Center hosted a joint program with the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women on office... read more
By Kathryn C. Liss, Director of the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center /
August 6, 2018 /
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The Family Law Center organized a variety of programs and service projects for students as well as the legal community over the course of... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
April 2, 2018 /
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Erika Wyatt (Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP) presented to law students and practitioners about the recent change in the Illinois... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
March 22, 2018 /
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Prof. Jody Raphael (DePaul Senior Research Fellow) and Kaethe Morris Hoffer (Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation)... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
March 12, 2018 /
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SDF The Family Law Center partnered with the Center for Public Interest Law, University Ministry in the Loop, and the Pro Bono &... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
March 7, 2018 /
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Jonathan Beitner (President of the Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program Associate Board and Associate at Jenner & Block LLP)... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
March 2, 2018 /
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The SDF Family Law Center partnered with the Center for Public Interest Law and the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative to host... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
February 22, 2018 /
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Hon. Susan Kennedy Sullivan, Wendy Cappelletto (Office of the Cook County Public Guardian Adult Guardianship Division), Mallory... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
February 15, 2018 /
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The SDF Family Law Center’s distinguished lecture featured Lynn Rosenthal, former White House Advisor on Violence Against Women under... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
February 12, 2018 /
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Kathleen Doherty (Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network) presented on the important legal area of domestic violence to our... read more
By Kathryn Liss /
January 25, 2018 /
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Rae Kryitsi (Center for Conflict Resolution), Rachel Johnson (Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation), Líadan... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
March 23, 2017 /
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A devoted cadre of twelve law students volunteered for the College of Law’s annual Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Spring... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
March 1, 2017 /
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The Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center & SHALVA are partnering to host a film screening and panel discussion of NO WAY OUT... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
February 28, 2017 /
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DePaul’s Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center, Center for Public Interest Law, and Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
February 16, 2017 /
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DePaul’s Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center recently held a Distinguished Lecture featuring guest speaker George H. Sheldon,... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
December 8, 2016 /
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DePaul's
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center hosted two Learn-N-Learn events in November.
The first featured James... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
December 2, 2016 /
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DePaul University College of Law’s
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center held its annual panel
on the practice of family law... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
November 1, 2016 /
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University College of Law's Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center joined with the Center for Public Interest... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
October 25, 2016 /
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The Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center's October Lunch-N-Learn program focused on fee shifting in marital dissolution cases... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
October 6, 2016 /
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Family
law attorney and alumna Colleen Hurley (JD ’14) presented on
interpreting the newly revised Illinois Parentage Act during a... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
September 24, 2016 /
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DePaul’s Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center hosted Roger White from White Scott & White, for an
informal discussion... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
September 9, 2016 /
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DePaul University College of Law's Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center and the Child & Family Law Association combined... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
April 18, 2016 /
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Family law attorneys shared career experiences, advice on practicing family law and tips on... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
April 8, 2016 /
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DePaul law and graduate counseling students spent five days at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC)... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
March 11, 2016 /
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DePaul's Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center invited Professor Shari Motro from the University of Richmond... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
March 9, 2016 /
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The Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center hosted a series of expert panels on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for... read more
By Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center /
January 25, 2016 /
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Assistant Professor Cary Martin Shelby shared her experience growing up in foster care at the
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
November 3, 2015 /
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The Schiller
DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center hosted a panel event on Thursday, October 29 during the lunch hour,... read more
By Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center /
September 28, 2015 /
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The College of Law’s Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center hosted its first Lunch & Learn event of the year on Thursday,... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
May 28, 2015 /
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When it comes to comparing maternity leave and paid-time off with other countries, the United States ranks close to last. The Center for... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
October 1, 2014 /
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The Pro Bono and Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) teamed up with DePaul College of Law’s Child and Family Law Association
to host... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
May 8, 2014 /
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Students interested in juvenile law learned about careers in this area during a recent Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) event.... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
May 5, 2014 /
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For decades, attorneys have used shaken baby syndrome, or SBS, as proof that a caretaker murdered a child. However, the medical community’s... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
March 18, 2014 /
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In opinion piece "The Changing Face of Exonerations" for TIME magazine online, Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer said,... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
December 20, 2013 /
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Rose Rivera (JD ’09) built the Center for Legal Justice from a model she’d been quietly hatching for years.
Rivera entered law school... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
December 11, 2013 /
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The Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative, joined by the Center for Public Interest Law, the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
December 3, 2013 /
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In mid-November, DePaul law students and the Pro Bono Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) joined nearly 1,000 other regional volunteers... read more
By Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center /
October 29, 2013 /
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Xavier McElrath-Bey has a remarkable story to tell. Imprisoned for first degree murder at age 13, he's now in his 30s with a... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 16, 2013 /
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On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, the Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL), the Public Interest Law Association (PILA) and Law Career Services... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
September 26, 2013 /
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DePaul law students are known for their commitment to service and public interest work so it was no surprise that the Fall Student... read more
By Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center /
September 19, 2013 /
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Jody Raphael, author, national researcher and senior research fellow at the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center, met law... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
May 14, 2013 /
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Wendy Musielak (BUS '99, JD '03) was named DuPage County Bar Association's Lawyer of the Year in recognition of her... read more
By Center for Public Interest Law /
April 29, 2013 /
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The Center for Public Interest Law concluded the yearlong Public Interest Legal Skills Series with a three session restorative justice... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
April 25, 2013 /
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DePaul College of Law's Jody Raphael has been named the 2013 recipient of the Illinois State Bar Association's Human Rights... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
March 21, 2013 /
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DePaul University Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center Senior Research Fellow Jody Raphael's new book "Rape is... read more
By DePaul University College of Law /
February 8, 2013 /
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On Wednesday, February 13, the Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center will celebrate its 10th anniversary with the 10th annual... read more