Curriculum

Law firm establishes diversity scholarship

The inaugural Levenfeld Pearlstein Diversity Scholarship at the Chicago-Kent College of Law has been presented to first-year student Jessica E. Joshua, who has devoted three summers to biochemical and oncological  research projects at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

In 2005, Joshua worked with the International Health Professionals Network to set up village clinics and compile medical histories of residents in Senegal, and she also volunteered with the Tippecanoe County prosecutor’s office while a student at Purdue University.

The Chicago law firm established the scholarship that is based on academic achievement, financial need, leadership ability, employment history, community service involvement and extracurricular activities.

News from academia

The Southern Illinois University School of Law will hold a holiday reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, in the formal lounge of the Hiram Lesar Building, Carbondale. Call (618) 453-8700.

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A Center on Law and Globalization has been created at the University of Illinois College of Law as a partnership with the American Bar Foundation, thanks to the vision of Prof. Thomas Ginsburg and assistant dean Charlotte Ku.

Staff members promoted

Three members of the staff of the University of Illinois College of Law have received promotions to assistant dean positions. They are:

• Maxine Sandretto, to assistant dean for finance and human resources from director of budget and resource planning; Virginia Vermillion, a law alumnus, to assistant dean for academic administration and dean of students; Charlotte Ku, from director to assistant dean for graduate and international studies.
• Meredith Olson has been named to the new position of assistant director for alumni relations after two years of service.

Student achievements

Sara Siegall, a student at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, won the title of best preliminary round oralist in the 16th annual National Health Law Moot Court Competition held last month at the Southern Illinois University School of Law.

She will receive $250 from the law school’s Center for Health Law and Policy, which was a co-sponsor with the SIU School of Medicine Department of Medical Humanities and the American College of Legal Medicine.

A team from the South Texas College of Law in Houston defeated a Seton Hall School of Law team in the finals on Nov. 10 in Carbondale. Chicago-Kent, The John Marshall Law School and Loyola University School of Law also participated.