http://www.law.illinois.edu/rss/news/student The latest student news from the Illinois College of Law 60 http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2208?src=rss Law 2L Isabel Freitas Peres was recently awarded a Lemann Graduate Fellowship. As part of her fellowship, Isabel will develop a research project to determine whether Brazil would be a successful candidate to benefit from the issuance of diaspora bonds. Congratulations on this exciting achievement! http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2208?src=rss Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2204?src=rss Law Newlyweds Erin Cox (’12) and Rachel Halfpap (’11) are serving as clerks for federal judges in the Central District of Illinois. A federal clerkship is one of the most highly sought positions for recent law school graduates. In the fiscal year 2011 (the most recent statistics available), only about 2 percent of applicants were selected for clerkships with federal judges. And to have a married couple both selected for clerkships in the same district is rarified air, indeed. http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2204?src=rss Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2195?src=rss Law Please join the College in congratulating Anthony DeLaPaz who was recently selected as a recipient of the 2013 Ward F. McDonald Scholarship. Now in its third year, the scholarship was created in honor of Professor Ward McDonald through the generosity of friends and Professor McDonald himself. It is awarded to a 3L student who has displayed a strong commitment and intent to pursue a career in real estate law. http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2195?src=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2196?src=rss Law Please join with us in congratulating the 12 students and their coaches on the College of Law's Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) Mock Trial Team for their strong performances at PAD's National Trial Competition on March 8-9. The College of Law sent three teams of four students--all 1Ls--to compete against 30 teams of mostly 2Ls and 3Ls from around the country. http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2196?src=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2174?src=rss Law Illinois Law's Elder Law Journal, which recently published its 20th volume, ranked 3rd among tax journals in Washington and Lee’s annual law review rankings. The rankings are based on citations to articles published in 2005-12. The Journal's faculty advisor, Professor Richard L. Kaplan, said that "this ranking is especially remarkable because The Elder Law Journal does not regularly publish tax articles but clearly chooses extremely high quality work when it does so." http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2174?src=rss Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2053?src=rss Law As reported in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, graduates of the University of Illinois College of Law achieved a 98% passage rate among first-time test takers on the July 2012 administration of the Illinois bar examination – the highest passage rate among the nine law schools in the state of Illinois. Read the story at law.illinois.edu. http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2053?src=rss Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2027?src=rss Law The University of Illinois College of Law and the League of Women Voters released the 2010-11 Courtwatching Report of observations made in Champaign County courtroom proceedings. The report covers the period from September 1, 2010 through December 1, 2011, during which time 45 total trials were observed. The courtwatching program, one of the longest standing in the state, provides a comprehensive review of court proceedings and personnel, with a particular focus on jury trials. http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/2027?src=rss Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT