Past News Releases
Fall 2009
- Funding renewed for Veterans’ Legal Assistance Program
- Frank Houdek appointed interim law school dean
- Erbes named interim director of legal clinic
- McGreal named interim associate dean
- Faculty Summer Scholarship Activities
- Constitution Day Schedule
- Dr. Arthur Grayson lecturer to discuss costs of
health care reform - New faculty join School of Law
- Law, medical students explore ethical issues
- Former UN official to discuss nation building - October 1
- Dr. Arthur Grayson lecturer discusses cost of
health care reform- watch video - Homecoming Schedule
- Class of 2012 Induction Ceremony
- 2009 Intramural Moot Court Competition “Selecting Judges: Merit Selection and Other Matters"
- 5th District Appellate Court Oral Arguments held at School of Law
- Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier to preside over Swearing-In Ceremony
- SIU Veterans Ceremony
- IL Attorney General joins Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra with a reading of Bill of Rights
- 18th Annual National Health Law Moot Court Competition- Winners
Lecture by Stephen L. Wasby – Oct. 26 International Intellectual Policy Colloquium includes speakers from three continents
Summer 2009
- Law students win scholarships, awards
- JD/MD student wins Fulbright Scholarship
- Law school hosts CLEO Summer Institute
- Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs to open a satellite office in partnership with Veterans’ Legal Assistance Program
- Andrea R. Taylor receives ISBA Law Student Division’s Public Service Award
- Mary Rudasill retires from law school June 30
Spring 2009
- Veterans’ issues focus of teleconference from Iraq
- Law school to host nationally recognized institute
- Summer study- abroad program in Ireland
- Habeas Corpus presentations part of Lincoln
Bicentennial Celebration - “Military Service & the Law” conference set for Feb. 20
- Panel to discuss fair use of copyrighted music
- Symposium to explore the intersection of public health and environmental law - Feb 27
- Christopher Nugent to deliver Lesar Lecture – March 4
- Associate Prof. Trish McCubbin speaks about the Public Health & Environmental Law Symposium PODCAST
- Bioethicist to explore ‘The Puzzles of Pedophilia’
- SIUC to honor Barbara Lesar for service
- American College of Legal Medicine honors Marshall Kapp
- Event will honor Lesars, raise scholarship funds - RSVP
- Justice Marilyn Skoglund is 2009 William L. Beatty
Jurist-In-Residence - Judge Brent Moss speaks about alternative courts
- Assistant Professor Mark Schultz examines benefits of creative industries for developing economies.
Full study - Law student named Franke scholarship recipient
- Spring 2009 Commencement
- Missing Chinese attorney receives Rule of Law Citation
- Listen to Professor Paul McGreal discuss Law Day
- Symposium explores issues in health care reform
- Fifteen to take oath to join U.S. Supreme Court bar
Fall 2008
- SIU School of Law applications buck national trend
- Grant funds law school initiative to assist veterans
- Professional Responsibility Day
- Michele L. Mekel joins School of Law as
Visiting Associate Professor of Law - Associate Professor McCubbin reflects on China
Podcast : China & issues surrounding Olympics - Kathryn L. Tucker to deliver 2008 Dr. Arthur Grayson Distinguished Lecture
- Firm’s gift honors alum Lisa Franke
- Homecoming Activities - Oct. 10-11
- Panel discussion to examine Student Conduct Code
- Beth Boggs (class of '91) honored by SIU Alumni Association
- Justice Karmeier leads lawyer induction ceremony
- Welcome Central States Law Schools Association
- Program helps law students obtain ‘Law Suits’
- ACLU forum to explore election and Constitution
- IL Appellate Court, 5th District, to sit for oral arguments at School of Law
- 17th Annual National Health Law Moot Court Competition
- SIU observes Veterans Day
- National Health Law Moot Court Competition Winners
- Food drive creates friendly competition
- Workshop for potential law faculty at ISBA Midyear Meeting
- IL Bar Foundation to honor Dean Alexander
- 'Big 3’ face difficult choice regarding bankruptcy
Summer 2008
- Chief Justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court receives
Rule of Law Citation - Upcoming Continuing Legal Education Programs
- SIU law school graduates perform well on bar exams
- Law school recruitment DVD wins award
- Associate Professor Buys co-editor of new International Law Prof Blog
- Illinois State Bar Association honors two law school faculty members
- Associate Professor Cindy Buys to present
human rights lecture in Lithuania
Spring 2008
- Expert in bioethics to speak at law school – April 2
- Judge Julio M. Fuentes to visit as William L. Beatty
Jurist-in-Residence - SIU law students win three of six awards at
McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition - Film, presentation & guest speaker explore labor issues– 4/ 17
Film analyzes shift in jobs from U.S. to Mexico - IL Attorney General’s Office to host clinic on domestic violence laws & victims services – 4/23
- SIU law school students take top honors at moot court
- Commencement 2008 Law Day 2008
- The Dangerous Patient: Medical, Legal and Public Policy Responses
- Student wins prestigious national fellowship
Fall 2007
- Grayson Lecturer address legal, medical, ethical issues
- Law, medical students discuss ethical dilemmas
- Justice Karmeier presides over Induction Ceremony
- Panel discusses police-citizen interaction
- SIU School of Law graduates ace bar exam
- Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice visits law school
- SIU hosts National Health Law Moot Court
- South Texas College of Law team wins competition
- Scholarship honors mentor to law school dean
- Elizabeth Gastelum receives Women’s Bar Foundation
- ScholarshipLaw school hosts regional receptions in December
- Legal clinic brightens holidays for local family
- Law school to host 'Inside the 7th Circuit'
Summer 2007
- Reception, scholarship honor retired federal judge
- Whitfield retiring from law school
- Houdek named associate dean for law school
- Grants fuel Center for Health Law and Policy study
- Candidate for dual JD/MD degree enjoys challenge
- Busy law student enjoys challenge of dual degree
- Douglas Lind is new director of law library
- Technology helps blind law student pursue dream
- Graduate's sound counsel leads to law school gift
Spring 2007
- Grants support law school's services to region
- Law school hosts bankruptcy seminar
- Former U.N. weapons inspector presents Lesar Lecture
- Law school hosts associate justice from Maine
- Expert discusses medical records, privacy issues
- Law school achieves strong placement in survey
- Illinois Attorney General speaks at law school
- Law students to conduct mock trials
- People's Law School set for April 30-May 1
- Law school hosts ceremony for new judge
- Health Policy Institute “Access to Care: Who Pays for
- Healthcare for the Uninsured and Underinsured”
- Law school honors activist in Zimbabwe