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US Senator Dick Durbin to deliver the next Lincoln Lecture Series. October 17 at Lincoln Hall Theater
Come hear Professor Thomas discuss her new book on the declining use of juries in America - Sept 26 at 4:30

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Suja Thomas discusses her new book, The Missing American Jury

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Two alumni appointed to judicial positions in Illinois
Family Law and Policy Program honors John Witte, Jr. with Harry Krause Lifetime Achievement Award in Family Law
College of Law receives gift to launch Fairness for All Initiative
Wilson among top 10 most cited family law faculty
Federal Civil Rights Clinic students sworn in at U.S. Federal Courthouse
Reagan: What does a 1960s epidemic tell us about Zika?
Murphy: What is political reconciliation?
Mazzone: How the voting rights act could be a path to police reform
Thomas op-ed: Our juries are being circumvented
Robbennolt appointed associate dean for research
New book by Thomas details declining use of juries in America
Amar: Kennedy's swing vote and how race-based affirmative action could return to the University of California system
Program in Law and Philosophy's Environmental Ethics Initiative hosted Roundtable on the Value of Wilderness
Thomas: The rise of arbitration has also contributed to the decline in jury trials
New model legislation to protect elderly victims of financial exploitation announced

Events

9/26A book discussion on "The Missing American Jury" by Suja Thomas
9/27"How Americans are Being Deprived of Meaningful Access to Their Own Courts" lecture by Judge Rakoff (Southern District of New York)
9/29Dean’s Public Engagement Lecture Series: Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Rita Garman
9/29BLSA Presents: Demystifying the Grand Jury - The Difficulties in Indicting Police Officers
9/30College of Law Clinic CLE & Reunion Reception
10/5Fourth District Appellate Court to Hear Oral Arguments at the College of Law
10/17U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to deliver The New Lincoln Lecture: What Abraham Lincoln Means to the 21st Century
10/18"Gay Rights, Nondiscrimination, and Religious Liberty: Can We Avoid a Train Wreck?" lecture by Jonathan Rauch (Brookings Institute)
10/24Dean’s Public Engagement Lecture Series: Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride
10/28Homecoming 2016
10/28"The First 200 Days: Foreign Policy Law Challenges for the Next Administration” lecture by Harold Koh (Yale University)
11/7Stephen Carter (Yale) to deliver The New Lincoln Lecture: What Abraham Lincoln Means to the 21st Century
3/6Ian Ayres (Yale) to deliver the 2017 Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture
4/5Norman J. Ornstein to deliver The New Lincoln Lecture: What Abraham Lincoln Means to the 21st Century

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