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Chief Judge Diane P. Wood — only the second woman to sit on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — was the lone female professor at the University of Chicago Law School when she joined the faculty in 1981.

By Sarah Mansur

Women before the Supreme Court: What it takes

Women before the Supreme Court: What it takes

When Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professor Sarah O’Rourke Schrup appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court last October for oral argument, she cemented her place in court history.

By Jordyn Reiland

Investigation, decrees among state’s legal fees in 2019

Investigation, decrees among state’s legal fees in 2019

Illinois paid out nearly $26 million in legal fees during the last fiscal year, according to state financial records, a figure that included nearly $600,000 for Schiff Hardin LLP’s investigation of sexual harassment claims at the statehouse.

By Andrew Maloney

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Voting rights are hardly history

This year’s Law Day theme is “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100.” In the century since the women’s suffrage movement successfully fought for women’s right to vote, other reform movements have followed a similar playbook.

By Marc Karlinsky

Kristy M. Gonowon

Letter: Supporting Asian-Americans in the legal profession

One hundred years ago, our country fought over whether women had the right to be heard.

By Kristy M. Gonowon and Sang Yup Lee

Law Day ★ 2020

Voting rights are hardly history

This year’s Law Day theme is “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100.” In the century since the women’s suffrage movement successfully fought for women’s right to vote, other reform movements have followed a similar playbook.
By Marc Karlinsky
A century afloat for the Jones Act

For the last century, a key federal law has kept workers on waterways protected from on-the-job injuries.
By Jordyn Reiland
Investigation, decrees among state’s legal fees in 2019

Illinois paid out nearly $26 million in legal fees during the last fiscal year, according to state financial records, a figure that included nearly $600,000 for Schiff Hardin LLP’s investigation of sexual harassment claims at the statehouse.
By Andrew Maloney
Stories behind the data

Chief Judge Diane P. Wood — only the second woman to sit on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — was the lone female professor at the University of Chicago Law School when she joined the faculty in 1981.
By Sarah Mansur
Women before the Supreme Court: What it takes

When Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professor Sarah O’Rourke Schrup appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court last October for oral argument, she cemented her place in court history.
By Jordyn Reiland
Letter: Supporting Asian-Americans in the legal profession

One hundred years ago, our country fought over whether women had the right to be heard.
By Kristy M. Gonowon and Sang Yup Lee

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Attorney John W. Chwarzynski Jr., Jamillah Ali, and attorney Mike Joyce stand in front of a Richard Slone painting of Jamillah’s father and Joyce’s father-in-law, boxing legend Muhammed Ali. The painting has been made into a nonfungible token to be auctioned off to the highest bidder via online platform SuperRare. The money from the auction will be split between Joyce’s Celtic Boxing Club, the boxing program Leo High School, and a currently undecided charity supporting Parkinson’s Disease research.

Attorneys bring Ali into new digital arena

Judge: Consumer fraud suit against Whole Foods didn’t hold water

A May 2020 file photo of a Southwest Airlines airplane. On Wednesday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit of a Southwest ramp supervisor out of Midway International Airport. The court agreed with the plaintiff, Latrice Saxon’s, argument that as a baggage handler she’s considered a transportation worker.

Southwest employee exempt from arbitration

A Lucid Air inside a showroom. A new lawsuit filed in Cook County alleges two electric vehicle manufacturers, Rivian and Lucid Motors, are taking online orders for direct sales in Illinois. The dealerships argue state law requires car makers to contract with independently franchised dealerships.

Suit takes on direct sales of electric cars

A man wearing a mask walks past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 Census in Seattle. A delay in census data is scrambling plans in some states to redraw districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. The Census Bureau has said redistricting data that was supposed to be provided to states by the end of March won’t be ready until August or September.

Census delay scrambles redistricting plans