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01/06/2025 - DePaul Law’s Emma Soglin (’25) Awarded Prestigious Skadden Fellowship to Support Immigrant Families

DePaul Law proudly announces that Emma Soglin (’25) has been awarded a 2024 Skadden Fellowship, one of the most prestigious opportunities for aspiring public interest attorneys. Dubbed the "legal Peace Corps" by the Los Angeles Times, the Skadden Fellowship Foundation funds two-year legal projects that provide life-changing support to underserved communities. ...

03/01/2023 - Access to Justice Summit 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice hosted the Law Student Leaders Access to Justice Summit on February 24, 2023. DePaul Law nominated six 3L student leaders to represent the law school at the Summit.DePaul student leaders joined student leaders from each of the state's law schools for a day focused on educating...

01/27/2023 - Student Spotlight: Riley Franklin

​Public Interest Law Student Riley Franklin Seeks to "Help People on the Ground"​Public interest law student Riley Franklin (’23) holds leadership positions with DePaul Law’s Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) and Public Interest Law Association (PILA), while also interning with the Legal Aid Society. CIPL Executive Director Shaye Loughlin says, “Riley is dedicated to his public...

08/25/2022 - Criminal Appeals Clinic Victorious in Obtaining Conviction Reversal for Client

​​​​​Recently, Adjunct Professor of the Fall Criminal Appeals Clinic, Elizabeth Botti and her students from the Fall 2021 clinic obtained an outright reversal of conviction for their client. The defendant was charged by accountability with drug-induced homicide, acquitted of that charge, but found accountable of possessing the decedent's drugs as a lesser-included offense of drug-induced...

08/25/2022 - Gilbert Lenz of the Criminal Appeals Clinic Wins "Bruce Robert Jacob Award"

​​​​Adjunct Professor of the Spring Criminal Appeals Clinic, Gilbert Lenz, was selected by the Illinois Public Defender Association to be the recipient of the Bruce Robert Jacob Award during their May 2022 conference. According to the State Appellate Defender website, this award is present to a Defender "whose efforts embody the core values of the Public Defender Movement in the United...