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Public Interest Law Reporter

ISSN: 1087-2159

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Chicago is not a Sundown Town: A Closer Look at Youth Curfews
Nneka Ugwu

The Impact of Abortion Bans on Low-Income Women
Jeni Siegel

12+ Hours a Day: How Juvenile Detention Centers Diminish the Goal of Rehabilition in Juvenile Justice
Melanie Persangi

Education is a Fundamental Right
Anna Nornes

The Pretrial Fairness Act: Certainties and Suspicions
Ethan Mora

Why Offshore Betting is Risky
Steven Henley

Balancing Student Rights and Student Safety: An Exploration of the Constitutionality of Searches in Schools under the Fourth Amendment
Brittany Haracz Begley

Water is Life: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Legal Battle Against the Dakota Access Pipeline
Jasper Gingrich

Guns for Freedom: An Unlawful Police Tactic in Chicago
Malachy Schrobilgen

Free Appropriate Public Education: The Unfulfilled Promise of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Madison Flores

Applying Constitutional Due Process Rights in Immigration Detainment
Gabrielle Risolvato

Poverty as a Barrier to Family Unification: A Look at the Relationship between Child Welfare Involvement and Access to Housing
Abby Dompke

A Look at the Inception and Evolution of the Juvenile Legal System in Illinois
Annie Keller

Gun Violence: The American Hate Crime Epidemic
Melissa Charbonneau

NFIB v. OSHA: Weighing Public Safety against Non-Delegation
Dean Jepsen

An End To Sacrifice Zoning in Chicago
Jasmine Anderson

Guilty Until the Check Clears: How Money Bail Incentivizes Wealth and Criminalizes Poverty
Caroline Jarcho

The Next Era of Health Law: Medical-Legal Partnerships
Anna Ahrens

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Inequity for People of Color in Healthcare in the Wake of a Global Pandemic
Colleen Ahern

On Gang Databases
Louise Carhart

The Right to Vote: Felony Disenfranchisement and Making Restoration a Reality
Montana Birringer

When Justice is Blind: Accommodations for Judges with Visual Impairments and Blindness
Annie Mann

Supplemental Security Income: How a Noble Mission Without Modernization Perpetuates Poverty
Caroline Jarcho

Revisiting Poverty Under Equal Protection in the Wake of COVID-19
Alexis O'Connor

Examining the 2021 Texas Power Grid Crisis
Dean Jepsen

Voter Suppression in Georgia
Eli Woods

The Persecution of Asylum Seekers
Juan Gonzalez-Martinez

Franco and Fraihat: The Unexpected Consequences of Overlap
Romina Nemaci

A Look at Race & Reparations in America
Annie Keller

The Chicago Police Department's Murder of Adam Toledo Was Not Justifiable Self-Defense
Cruz Rodriguez

"We can't breathe." Like George Floyd, Black families in New York City have a knee on their necks
Shanee Brown

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1986 Mass Legalization: How the IRCA Can Guide a Modern-Day Amnesty Act
Louisa Carhart

Right to Counsel for Asylum Applicants
Romina Nemaci

Disenfranchisement of People with Felony Records and the Racial Discrimination Behind It
Giovanni Padilla

Environmental Racism in the Age of COVID-19
Eli Woods

Education Challenges During a Global Pandemic
Colleen Ahern

A Homes Guarantee for Chicago
Bobby Vanecko

A Pandemic Behind Bars
Camila Kaplunov

The Department of Education's Daily Impact on American Students
Lilia Valdez

Can We Help Without Knowing It's There: The Importance of Trauma Screening in the Youth Justice Systen
Sarah Ryan

The Evolving Challenges of Expanding Broadband to Rural America and its Effects on Education
Kyle Johnson

Don't Let the Label Fool You: A Closer Look at Less-Lethal Weapons in Policing
Annie Mann

Law of Publication Review in the Illinois Department of Corrections
Sean Hux

A New Frontier For Ending Qualified Immunity: State Civil Rights Acts
Kyle Johnson

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Holding Cash Bail Unconstitutional
Ashli Giles-Perkins

Use of Force in Unsuccessful Arrests: Torres v. Madrid Tests Scope of Fourth Amendment Protections
Alexis O'Connor

Brexit: How Did We Get Here, and Where Do We Go From Here?
Thomas Bishop

Defunding the Police: A "Snappy Slogan" or a Way Forward for People of Color?
Adonis Totten

Beyond Dothard: How State Correctional Facilities Are Failing to Protect Their Female Employees
Olivia Alden

The Legal and Constitutional Consequences of U.S. Police Departments Collaborating with Israeli Security Forces
Cruz Rodriguez

Reproductive Rights: A Look at the Recent Legislation Passed Across the Country Aimed at Either Limiting of Protecting the Right to Abortion Procedures
Colleen Ahern

The Presence of Racial Disparities at Every Decisional Phase of the Criminal Legal System
Nadia Woods

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How Will the Legalization of Marijuana Affect the Incarcerated in Illinois?
Kevin Anderson

Juveniles, Mass Incarceration, and Why "Raising the Age" is Not Enough
Kenya Barbara

Access to Justice: The Law and Political Economy of the Legal Services Corporation
Bobby Vanecko

Battle of the Branches
Melissa Dupor

Wrongfully Convicted Does Not Need to Mean Wrongfully Compensated: Using State Legislation to Assure Accurate Compensation
Lilia Valdez

Flawed Forensics: Cautionary Tales from Our Criminal Justice Past
Marisa Tisbo

Increased Administrative Roadblocks in Naturalization and Immigration Under President Trump
Kyle Johnson

A Hidden Crisis: Housing Insecurity on College Campuses
Christina Mendoza

International Lessons in the Systematic Adoption of Felony Restorative Justice in Chicago
Sean Hux

Prosecutorial Accountability: The Epidemic of Prosecutorial Misconduct in America
Brei'a Womack

Sex Stereotyping: Whether Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Against Transgender People
Connor Q. Hollander

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard: Admissions Administrators Threaten the Future of Affirmative Action in the United States
Seth Johnson

Uncared for in State Care
Ashli Giles-Perkins

The School to Prison Pipeline: Widespread Disparities in School Discipline Based on Race
Tara Carone

Healthcare in America: Assessing the ACA and Medicare-for-all
Thomas Bishop

The Best We Can Be: How Toxic Masculinity Creates a Second Inescapable Situation for Inmates
Mariah Woodson

Housing Preservation under VAWA: The Case for Treating Housing as an Immediate Safety Need
Olivia Alden

Death With Dignity: A Right to Death?
Emily Knox

Legalization of Marijuana in Illinois: The Broader Implications on Social Justice
Colleen Ahern

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The Plan for Transformation: How a plan with lofty goals has underperformed and forever changed public housing in Chicago
Kenya Barbara

How to Win an Election: An Analysis of the Power of Social Media in Politics
Kevin Anderson

Driving on the Edge: How Municipal Fines for Traffic Violations Negatively Affect Marginalized Communities
Mariah Woodson

The Fight to be Equal and Equally Different
Melissa Dupor

How Trump's Land of the Free Turned into the Home of the Cages for Immigrant Families Seeking Asylum
Christina Mendoza

The Effects of the New Tax Law on Health Care
Jennifer Straka

Criminal Law and Mental Illness
Marisa Tisbo

Thousands of Immigrants Face Deportation
Jon Santiago

The Wealth Gap: Through the Lens of Governmental Policies and Racial Inequality in Housing
Tara Carone

Is Mediation the Future for Settling Disputes?
Fabiola De Armas

Predatory Student Lending: The Disparate Impact on Minorities' Higher Education Plans
Brei'a Womack

The Earned Income Tax Credit: The Means Tested Welfare that Works
Maha Sadek

Regulating the Porn Industry: Change from the Inside
Claire Mellish

Policing the Police: The Fight Between Transparency and Censorship
Mercades White

Restorative Justice in Illinois: A Holistic Approach to Reformation and Juveniles in Conflict with the Law
Emily Knox

Waiting on a Turnaround: The Student Loan Debt Crisis
Michelle Tinajero

Occupational Licensing: How States and Professionals Work to Keep the Poor from Working
Seth Johnson

Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title VII
Joseph Camper

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Immigration in the Trump Era: Can American Tourism Survive Without Immigrants?
Mercades White

The Economic Impact of Immigration on the American Workforce
Michelle Tinajero

The Transgender Military Ban: A Major Step Back for LGBT Rights
Jon Santiago

Juvenile Justice: Oppose H.R. 3697, The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
Elizabeth Rodriguez

The Dodd-Frank Solution to Predatory Lending
Marko Stojkovic

Reaping Whirlwind: How U.S. Interventionist Foreign Policies Created Our Immigration Crisis
Nubia Batista Willman

Trump and Pruitt's EPA: Are We Destined for a Seismic Shift in Environmental Law?
William Ryan

The American Dream After War: Veterans' Accessibility to a Higher Education through the Post-9/11 GI Bill
Maha Sadek

"An Alarming Trend": The Dangers of Recently Proposed Anti-Protest Legislation
Kristine Ruhl

How Can Big Data Impact Affordable Housing?.
Kara Simon

Cleaning Up the Act - the Illinois Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act: Necessity, Purpose, and Effect
Joanna Pawlowska

New Income Shares Model for Determining Child Support to be More Equitable
Jennifer Straka

From Credibility Issues to Collusion with Russia: The Dangers Posed by the Spread of "Fake News" and What We Can Do About It
Brynne Morningstar

Smartphones, Fingerprints, and Search Warrants
Fabiola De Armas

Reproductive Healthcare Under a New Administration
Alexandra Lehr

Universal Basic Income: The New Safety Net?
Joseph Camper

Sanctuary Cities and the Federal Government Power Struggle: How Sanctuary Cities are Fighting Back
Conor Grealish

Los Angeles as a Blueprint for Police Reform in Chicago
Stephen Rushin

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Reparations for Descendants of American Slaves: The Recurring Clarion Call that Emerges from Race-Based, Social, and Political Movements
Erika C. Weaver

Solitary Confinement Banned in Federal Juvenile System
Bethany Dixon

Many Poor Americans Are Not Getting Access to Clean Drinking Water, A Basic Human Right
Keimer Raymond

Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Whether Senate Bill 100 Will Address Problems Specific to Students With Learning Disabilities
Adrien Fernandez

The Anti-Discrimination Paradox: How Federal Civil Rights Laws Afford Broader Protection from Discrimination Than the Constitutional Provisions that Authorize Them
Henry Rose

State Challenges to Refugee Resettlement
Anthony E. Wadas

Reform Demanded by Minorities on Police's Use of Excessive Force and the U.S. Government's Resistance to Change
Jessica Younan

Chicago Has the Blueprint for Lasting Police Accountability Reform, but Can the City Build the Future It Needs?
Austin Spillar

The Threat of Predatory Lending
Marko Stojkovic

Tunnel Vision: How the System Chooses its Target
Alison Hill

Well-Intended Federal Drug Policies May Leave Minorities Behind
William Ryan

The Final Frontier of the Privatization of Public Housing: The Rental Assistance Demonstration Program
Ji Hwang

Black People Against Police Torture: The Importance of Building a People-Centered Human Rights Movement
Vickie Casanova Willis and Standish E. Willis

Are We Contradicting Ourselves?: How the Stanford Rape Case Illustrates the Conflict Between Mandatory Sentencing and Judicial Discretion
Kristine Ruhl

The Invisibility of Female Farmworkers: How Current Workers' Rights Legislation Fails to Adequately Protect Female Farmworkers and Exposes Them to Serious Health and Safety Risks
Martha Laura Garcia

Why We Need Community Control of the Police
Larry Redmond

Continuing Barriers to Equal Educational Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
Joanna Pawlowska

Nothing is Ever Black & White: The Criminal Justice System and Its Expansion into "Criminal Alien" Enforcement
Yolanda Vázquez

The Struggle for Reparations in the Burge Torture Cases: The Grassroots Struggle that Could
Joey L. Mogul

The Pursuit of Equitable Access to Reproductive Healthcare in the United States
Alexandra Lehr

Same-Sex Families and Adoption Discrimination Post Marriage Equality
Joel Viramontes-Gallegos

The Death Row Ten: Interrupting Illinois' Death Machine
Alice Kim

Voter Identification Laws and the 2016 Election
Conor Grealish

A Different Kind of Privacy: "Bathroom Bills" and the Rights of Transgender People in Public Spaces
Sarah Nagy

Poetic Justice
Darrell Cannon

Cyberbullying and the Victims of Modern Technology
Wafeek Elafifi

Demystifying Toxic Workplaces: Transforming a Worker's Right-to-Know to a Right-to-Understand by Expanding EPCRA
Eun Jin Kim

Retired with Nothing to Retire On: A Proposal for Social Security Credits for the Burge Exonerees
Katie Burnett

In Defense of the Closed Primary
Bethany Dixon

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The Fight that Must Be Fought: Reflections on Race, School, Struggle and Sacrifice on the South Side of Chicago
David Stovall

Political Activism: Chicago Politicians' Silence When Black Lives Matter
Alison Hill

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform: Is Chicago Making the Grade?
Austin Spillar

How Chicago is Criminalizing Homelessness
Anthony Wadas

Marriage Certificates, Wedding Bells Unemployment Lines: Employment Discrimination Issues Post Marriage Equality
Joel Viramontes-Gallegos

Are the Sexual Assault Policies on Illinois College Campuses Procedurally Structured to Support the Reproductive Rights of Female Victims?
Erika Weaver

The Future of United States "Wet Foot-Dry Foot" Policy For Cuban Immigration
Elizabeth Hanford

Should Transgender Men and Women be Allowed to Get Sex Reassignment Surgery While Incarcerated?
Keimer Raymond

Congress Addresses Federally-Funded Animal Research Lab
Angela Sukurs

Who's in the Sights: Fighting the Illegal Effects of Legal Gun Ownership in Chicago
Sarah Nagy

Coop Businesses: Ownership for the Disowned
Tyler Gurss

State Budget Cuts Cause Disproportional Impact on Minorities, Women, and Immigrants
Ji Hwang

Does America Care About Mental Health Care?
Zainab Mehkeri

Finding Common Ground: Exploring Whether Gentrification and Public Housing Can Co-Exist
Adrien Fernandez

The Woes of Roe: The Future of Women's Reproductive Health in 2015
Victoria Dempsey

Polling Stations Not Up to ADA Standards Prevent Voting
Bethany Dixon

"Reparations NOW!": Municipal Reparations, International Tribunals, and the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Campaign
Nickolas Kaplan

Making Higher Education an Option: Taking a Look at the Chicago Support System for Undocumented High School Students
Martha Laura Garcia

The Vaccination Debate: From the Playground to the Courtroom
Michelle Corda

Lawyers Represent Clients ... Or Do They?
Alan Mills

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Cook County Jail: A De Facto Hosptial for the Mentally Ill
Melissa Kong

Vergara v.State of California:Judicial Aboliton of Teacher Tenure?
Perry A. Zirkel

Changes to the Illinois Juvenile Justice Laws Focus on Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Youth
Alexandra Hunstein

"The Fire [This] Time": Ferguson, Implicit Bias, and the Michael Brown Grand Jury
Nickolas Kaplan

Chicago's Pet Coke Problem: A Dusty Conundrum
Conor Desmond

Predatory Lending: What's Race Got To Do With It
Zainab A. Mehkeri

Hidden in Plain Sight: Gender-Based Differences in Addressing Sex Trafficking in Chicago
Kathryn Huber

Microfinance: An Engine for Gobal Economic Growth
Tyler Gurss

Restoring Trust and Advancing Justice: Adopting the Illinois Trust Act Is the Real Way to Secure Communities
Joseph M. Gietl

Tobacco's Other Downside: Child Labor in American Tobacco Fields
Katherine Colburn

Crime-Free Housing Ordinances: One Call Away from Eviction
Nicole Livanos

No Longer Uninsured: Residents of Illinois with a Preexisting Condition of AIDS, HIV, Mental Health, or Substance Use Are Now Covered Under the Affordable Care Act
Sonia A. Antolec and Alexis D. Figueroa

A Step in the Right Direction, but SB16 Bobby Otter Comes Up Short
Ralph Martire and Bobby Otter

More Guns: More or Less Violence?
Bonnie Peters

The Cold War of Cyber Espionage
Elizabeth Hanford

The Impact of Illinois School Funding Reform: An Overview of District Variance
Jordan Fries

The Pregnancy Exclusion in Advance Directives: Are Women's Constitutional Rights Being Violated?
Katie Rinkus

Immigrant Children and Broadening the Constitutional Right to a Lawyer
Victoria Dempsey

Illusion of School Choice Leaves Chicago Pupils with No Choice
Elise Robie

Cook County Prevents Source of Income Discrimination from Begetting Unlawful Race Discrimination and So Should Illinois
Jonathan Sheffield

A Closer Look at a Child Offender: Illinois to Review All Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences
Michelle Corda

To Whom Should the Job of Solving Inequity in School Funding Schemes Fall?
Calli Leigh Burnett

Protecting Public Health from Inside a Jail Cell
Sarah Geduldig

How Strict Voter Registration Laws Will Affect Transgender Voters
Angela Sukurs

Fixing Education Spending in Illinois Through Efficient Targeted Funding
Conor Desmond

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Is Stricter Gun Sentencing the Solution to Chicago's Rising Murder Rate?
Marjorie Kennedy

Silent Victims of the Financial Decline
Emily Hardy

Like Lambs to the Slaughter: How Unregulated Immigration Practitioners Harm Immigrants
Joseph M. Gietl

License to Thrive
Andrea Bland

The Chemical Weapons "Red Line": What International and United States Law Say About the Use of Chemical Weapons and Why We Should Care
Ghirlandi C. Guidetti

What's Next for Lathrop Homes?
Emily Coffey

Stop the "Stop and Frisk?" How Floyd v. City of New York Will Limit the Power of Law Enforcement Across the Nation
Jessica L. Fangman

Let's Talk: How Mediation Programs Provide Access to Justice for Homeowners Going Through Foreclosure
Melina Rozzisi

Keeping Families Together? The Façade of the I-601A Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver
Natalie Tepeli

A Legal Team of One: Pro Se Divorce in Cook County
Margaret Davis

50 Years of (Non) Equal Pay for Equal Work
Katie Rinkus

Give and Take: The Chicago Teachers Union Strike and its Local and National Impact
Margaret Jones

Bitcoins: Hacker Cash or the Next Global Currency?
Conor Desmond

Human Trafficking: the Missing Male Victim
Michael T. Tien

Access Denied: The "Facebook Law" and Illinois' Evolving Workplace Protections
Steven A. Montalto

The ACA's Preventive Mandate: Funding Precendent Program In Race To Reach Communities Before Illness
Lacey Asia Williams

Grab for Water Could Spark Conflict in Pakistan and India
Nicole Livanos

In the Name of "Love": Mail Order Brides-The Dangerous Legitimization of Sex, Human and Labor Trafficking
Rachelle Sico

County Care: A Step Forward for Adequate Health Insurance for Undocumented Immigrants?
Alisha Howell

Somewhere To Go: Protecting Families Facing Mental Illness Through Healthcare Reform and the Medical-Legal Partnership Model
Amanda M. Walsh

The Waiting Game: Mending the Disability Backlog
Melissa Kong

"How Much Are You Worth?" the Effects of Human Trafficking on the Sex Trade in Illinois and the Remedies Designed to Eliminate It.
Sabena Auyeung

Removing Roadblocks: Certificates of Good Conduct and Relief from Disabilties
Michael Lorden

Home Alone: Allowing Health Care to Work for Unaccompanied Minors
Graham Bowman

A Homeless Bill of Rights: Step by Step from State to State
Jonathan Sheffield

A Proposed Overhaul of the State Department's Summer Work Travel Program to Prevent Labor Violations and Human Trafficking
Margaret O'Donoghue

"C U in Crt": Legal Aid Straight to Your Phone
Jessica Ratner

Reevaluating the "Physician"--Reasonable Compensation for Allied Health Professionals Advocating on Behalf of their Patients in Illinois
Rachelle Sico

Free to a Good Home: America's Unregulated Online Market for Adopted Children
Kathryn Huber

While You Were Eating: The Unspoken Human Cost of Putting Food on Our Tables
Darci Jenkins and Miguel Keberlein Gutierrez

The Public Trust Doctrine: Does it Provide the Public With Access to the Beaches of Lake Michigan in Illinois?
Henry Rose

Honoring A Common Humanity: Maxims for Achieving Social Justice, Schweitzer Leadership Award Acceptance Remarks
Emily A. Benfer Prof.

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A Broken American Dream: The Current State of U.S. Immigration Laws and Its Adverse Effect on Students, Education, and the Economy
Sabena Auyeung

Policing in Schools: Too Much Law Enforcement?
Colleen Thomas

The Private Prison Dilemma
Adriana Ballines

Charity Care: How Much of a Good Thing?
Graham Bowman

Applying Holder in an Irregular War
Ellen Porter

Big Brother Has Big Shoulders: Defining Privacy in the Face of E-Discovery Expansion and FOIA Reform
Natnael Moges

Modern Courts and the Oldest Profession: The Litigious Development of Legalized Brothels in Ontario and Nevada
Margaret Davis

The Effect of American Saber-Rattling on Iranian Students in Chicago
Laura Knittle

Tenure Reform Amidst Economic Uncertainty: A New Jersey Model for Retaining Quality Teachers
Alisha Howell

Abuse in Illinois Immigration Detention Centers: Does the Current System Grant Human Rights to All Humans?
Norma E. Loza

Tear Down These Red Lines: A Comparison of Israel's and the United States' Approach Towards Iran's Nuclear Progam
Margaret Jones

Cause and Effect: Criminalizing the American Dream
Jessica Sanchez

No Longer "Forgotten": Specialized Judges to Guarantee Rights of Romanian Children
Melina Rozzisi

"Step by Step the Longest March Can Be Won": The Struggle to Define Housing as a Human Right
John Bartlett

Vindicating Vulnerable Victims: Illinois's Efforts to Prevent Elder Financial Exploitation
Ashley Jaconetti

The London Paralympis Games 'Inspire a Generation' and Spark Abortion Controversy
Emily Hardy

Mixed-Income Housing: A Collaborative Strategy to Spark Urban Economic Development
Daina Staisiunas

True Equality in Illinois Education: Will This Be the Year?
Cynthia Y. Herrera

In or Out: States Offer Different Tuition Rates Based on Citizenship
Michael J. Lorden

Constitutional Catastrophe: The National Defense Authorization Act vs. the Bill of Rights
Shahid Buttar

Professionalism Down the Tube: The Use of Social Networking By and Against Lawyers
Janea Raines

Seeing a Future for Accessible Reading Materials: The WIPO Treaty for the Visually Disabled
Marjorie Kennedy

The Invisible Uninsured: Non-Citizens and Access to Health Care Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act
Stephanie Altman, Gene Stephens, and Annika Yates

Unanswered Questions: Transsexual Parents Lack Equality under the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act
Brittany Francois

Barefoot and Pregnant: How the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act Will Leave Young Mothers to Fend for Themselves
Tyler Hanson

Growing the Toolbox: Diverse Strategies for Public Interest Lawyers in Campaigns to Expand Access to Health Care for Low-Income People
John Bouman

How the Pursuit of the American Dream Turned into Chicago's Housing Nightmare
Laughlin Cutler

Madness in the Hole: Solitary Confinement and Mental Health of Prison Inmates
Emily Coffey

Ten Questions for Social Change Lawyers
William Quigley

The Illinois Eavesdropping Statute: Constitutional Rights versus Felony Charges
Corinne Koopman

Pro Bono or Problemo: Can a Moral Obligation Effectively Bridge the 'Justice Gap'?
Jessica Ratner

A Long and Winding Road: The Struggle for Justice in the Chicago Police Torture Cases
G. Flint Taylor

The Broken Safety Net: How the Proposed RISE Out of Poverty Act May Patch It Up
Lindsey C. Johnson

On the Edge of the 'Fiscal Cliff': How the American Middle Class and Gobal Economy Bear Risk
Steven A. Montalto

Life After Wrongful Conviction: Making the Case for Partnerships Across the Disciplines
Angela Inzano

With Charter School Popularity on the Rise, Illinois Takes Steps to Ensure Charter Schools are Open to All
Lynsey Stewart

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It's More Than Ramps: Housing Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Kim Borowicz and Hillary Coustan

The Fight to Stay at Cabrini-Green
Emily Magnusen

Are You There, Mayor Emanuel? It's Me, Chicago Public Housing
Aileen Che

Integration Proves Elusive, Challenging under CHA's Plan for Transformation
Sheena Payne

Victims of Community Violence in Chicago: The Impact on Professional Responders
Lee Shevell

Secret Shoppers in Illinois: Uncovering Startling Trends in Access to Healthcare
Kathryn C. Kokoczka

Illinois Judge Approves Agreement Giving Choice in Treatment for Mental Illness
Tessa Jania

Combating Hunger Home and Away: Tracing America's $600 Million Price Tag for Safeguarding the Right to Food in the Horn of Africa
Natnael Moges

The Foreclosure Crisis in Chicago
Ilyas Lakada

Outsourcing Liability: Are the True Causes of Unemployment Hiding Behind the Corporate Veil?
Cynthia Herrera

The First to Go: If the Budget Sinks the Ship of State, Will Immigrants Get the Heave-Ho?
Justin McDevitt

Ratifying CEDAW: Is the United States Falling Behind on Women's Rights?
Jessica Sanchez

Online Harassment: Can Cyberbullying Laws Keep Up with Technology?
Allison Lockhart

Drug Tests for Welfare: Saving Taxpayer Money or Flushing It Down the Drain?
Michelle Yoder

The CPS Evaluation Backlog: A Roadblock to Educational Success
Kathryn Kokoczka

America's "Dirty Little Secret": Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors and a Call for State Action
Caitlin Casey

It Isn't Easy Being Green: Necessary Environmental Policy in Chicago
Tess Feldman

Working with a Blank Check: The Cost of Defense or the Death Penalty Industry?
Coleen Thomas

Back on the Books: The Illinois Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act
Brendan Brassil

"Save Our State" Amendment: Dead on Arrival
Ismael T. Salam

Illinois Nursing Home Reform: Sorting out the Deadly Mix
Sonia Piacenza

"Perrymandering": A New Redistricting Plan in Texas Impacts the Latino Vote
Norma E. Loza

Addressing the Causes behind the Chicago Sex Trade
Andrea Callow

Why Can't We Be "Friends?" Student-Teacher Relationships in the Facebook Age
Lynsey Stewart

The Price Is Wrong: The City of Chicago's Dilemma in Funding Jon Burge's Defense
Ryan Carlsen

Sub-Minimum Wage or Sub-Human? The Potential Impact on the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities in Employment
Laura C. Hoffman

Racial Profiling and Wisconsin's Mandatory Data Collection…Who's the Victim?
Saren Stiegel

Spare the Rod? South Africa's Efforts Toward a Total Ban on Corporal Punishment
Sarah Sallen

Illinois Abolishes the Death Penalty
Christina McMahon

From Crayons to Handcuffs: An Investigation of Elementarly School Discipline
Laura Knittle

Whipping a Game on Fellons: The ATF "Stash House" Cases
Tom McGettrick

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Weight Discrimination: Disability Litigation and Public Policy
Tessa Jania

What's Dampening Illegal Immigration?
Ilyas Lakada

"How Did this Happen to Me?": The Ugly Truth about Real Estate Scams
Valerie Uribe

NFL: National Football League or No Free Logos?
Kathryn Kokoczka

How Will the 9/11 Hijackers Be Brought to Justice?
Brian Patient

Born In the U.S.A.! Yeah, And…? Revisiting Birthright Citizenship
Justin McDevitt

Afterward
Valentia Alleyne

Amidst Controversy over Federal 287(g) Immigration Program, Arizona Approves Immigration Trespassing Crime under New Law
Christina McMahon

The World Wide Web: Not So World Wide After All?
Allison Lockhart

Children Are Not Little Adults: Developmental Differences and the Juvenile Justice System
Linda M.B. Uttal and David H. Uttal

A Black Market for Magical Bones: The Current Plight of East African Albinos
Susie Bucaro

Re-Stocking the Shelves: Policies and Programs Growing in Food Deserts
Tess Feldman

Encouraging the Use of Community Involvement and Restorative Practices as Treatment for Trauma with Black Juvenile Offenders
Uduakobong Ikpe and Kendell L. Coker

Attacked from All Sides: Increased Sexual Assault Reports within the U.S. Military
Brittany Kubes

Civil Gideon: The Poor Man's Fight
Lee Shevell

Service for All: Mental Health Services for At-Risk Children
Miquel Lewis, Michael Fletcher, and Randell Strickland

Should "Bum-bashing" Be a Hate Crime?
Jeff McDonald

To Many Iraqis, Suicide Bombing Less Worrisom than Graft
Tom McGettrick

The School-to-Prison Pipeline: How Schools Are Failing to Properly Identify and Service Their Special Education Students and How One Probation Department Has Responded to the Crisis
Kristina Menzel

Should We Learn to Love Insider Trading?
Timothy Reeb

The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010: How Fair Is It?
Ryan Carlsen

Cost-Effective Crime Prevention: Economic Analysis of the Chicago Child-Parent Centers Early Education Program
Judy A. Temple, Barry A. White, and Arthur J. Reynolds

Early Release Programs in Illinois: Justifiable or Objectionable?
Bill Schramm

Obama Administration Withholds Funds for Drug War in Mexico Pending Human Rights Reform
Christina McMahon

Illinois' Fitness Statute: Is It a Good Fit for Juvenile Court?
Rachel Tait

Punishing Juveniles: Is Life without Parole too Cruel?
Amy McCarthy

How to Save Superman from a Death Sentence: Could It Be North Carolina's Racial Justice Act?
Saren Stiegel

Preface
Diane Geraghty

Gun Shy: Turning Violent Criminals into Anti-violence Advocates
Ian Barney

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Chicago 2016 Olympics: Legislative Impact on Construction, the Public and the Affordable Housing Market
Chantal Kazay

Federal Extension of Unemployment Compensation Is Signed into Law: Impact on Growing Number of Unemployed Americans
Angie Robertson

A Change for the Better: The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Jason Lewis

Kirk v. Arnold : The Transformation of Transgender Birth Certificate Requirements in Illinois
Brittany Kubes

From Bush to Obama: The Direction of Education
Noah Hurwitz

Congressional Restrictions on Legal Aid Attorneys: Burdensome or Necessary?
Valerie Uribe

Facing the Compliance Deadline for the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, States are Weighing All the Costs
Liz Winiarski

The Revival of New Source Review Provisions under the Clean Air Act: Midwest Generation Litigation
Amber Battin

New Illinois Internet Grooming Law: When Individual Rights Collide with Public Policy
Jeremy Moorehouse

Ricci v. Destefano: Disparate Impact and Title VII Implications on Employment
Bill Schramm

Illinois Schools Face Up to Facebook: Mandating Internet Safety Instructions in Illinois Public Schools
Lauren Rafferty

A Time Out or a Knock Out: Has the Use of Restraint Against Students with Disabilities Become a Form of Corporal Punishment?
Susie Bucaro

Afterword
Margaret Egan

"MySpace Mom" Asks Court Not to Stretch Federal Crime Beyond Congress' Intent
William Tasch

Making the Cut: Jobs, Programs and Services for Individuals with Disabilities Eliminated by 2010 Budget in Illinois
Ellen Westley

Homeless Education: Unveiling the Truth Behind Beating the Odds
Cary M. Martin

Downloading That 12-track Album Could Cost You $360,000: Exploring How the PRO-IP Act Will Affect the Consumer
Christy O'Berry

The Oldest Profession Finds a New Medium: Craigslist and the Sex Industry
Jeff McDonald

Advocacy and Obstacles in the Education of Homeless Children and Youth in Illinois
Laurene M. Heybach

Lost in Translation? The Promises and Pitfalls of Enacting U.S. Bayh-Dole Style Legislation in India
Ann Weilbaecher

U.S. to Aid in Fight against Iran's Internet Censorship
Brian Patient

Separate & Unequal in the Same Classroom: Homeless Students in America's Public Schools
Eric S. Tars

California Bans Gay Marriage by Simple Majority Vote
Clay Rehrig

Can the CFTC and SEC Work Together to Prevent Another Madoff?
Chantal Kazay

Chicago's School Reform: No "Miracles" Here
Michael Klonsky

President Obama Keeps Campaign Promise in Signing Fair Pay Act, Drawing Praise and Criticism
Sameena Mohammed

The Role of Foreign Students in the Future of U.S. Science and Technology Industries
Tim Reeb

Educational Impact of Resource Allocation Differences Between Suburban and Urban High Schools
Allan Alson and Elizabeth Nelson

Coal Ash Waste: A History of Legislative Inaction
Jessica Lienau

Mandatory Use of E-Verify by Federal Contractors: Benefits, Burdens, and Implications
Christina McMahon

What Did Brown Do for You? Brown v. Board Fifty Years Later
G. Robb Cooper and James Prescott

Healthcare Standards in Immigration Detention Centers
Ana Maria Echiburu

Can Patent Protections Trample Civil Liberties? The ACLU Challenges the Patentability of Breast Cancer Genes
Ann Weilbaecher

What did Brown Do? A Legal and Personal Journey
Jonathan Baum

Second Class Citizens: Illinois' Rural Uninsured and the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act
Bill Metzinger

Medical Malpractice Reform: A Silver Bullet for the Health Care Crisis?
Ian Barney

Forward
Michael Kaufman

Morality Versus Vital Healthcare: The Debate over Bush's Health and Human Services' Midnight Regulation
Lesley Shermeta

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Jungle Litigation: Will the Victims of the Oil Contamination in Ecuador Ever Recover?
Jessica Lienau

Lawsuits Over Tainted Heparin Manufactured in China: Is the FDA Becoming the Global Healthcare Authority?
Christina Laga

Combating Terrorism: Will Civil Penalties Help Win the War on Terror?
Matthew T. Glavin

Immigration Raid Results in Charges Filed Against Iowa Slaughterhouse for Child Labor Violations
Ana Maria Echiburu

Cambodian Government Attempts to Combat Child Sex Tourism With Approval of Anti-Trafficking Law
Cerise Fritsch

Due Process Rights in Removal Proceedings: ICE Raids and the True Price of Border Security
Jeremy Moorehouse

The Global Gag Rule - Let's Talk about It
Mansi Thakkar

Male Rape Victims: Breaking the Silence
Kiran Mehta

Texas Defies President Bush, International Law by Executing Mexican National
Clay Rehrig

Families of Mine Disaster Victims Seek Accountability
Angie Robertson

The 7% Property Tax Cap: The Battle in Cook County
Irina Dashevsky

No Longer a Safe Haven for Torturers: The United States Makes Its First Successful Prosecution under the Torture Statute
Melissa A. Beckman

Advocacy Groups Plead with Congress to Reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
Nigel D. Graham

Helping Subprime Borrowers: Government, Public Interest Groups Make Voices Heard
Brian Witkowski

Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Handgun Ordinance: Will Chicago Follow Suit?
Danielle Luisi

Rural Schools Struggle to Attract Highly Qualified Teachers
Adam Miller

The Environmental Justice Act: Same Problems With No Solution?
Margaret Egan

Military Symbolism or Religious Preference? The Mount Soledad Cross Controversey
Jason Lewis

E-Cemeteries: Where Electronic Waste Never Dies
Jason Lewis

Wage Discrimination and the Difficulty of Proof
Jason Lewis

Still Separate and Unequal: Illinois Education Funding
Jay H. Rowell

Bridging the Digital Divide: Improving Broadband Access for Rural Americans
Brian Witkowski

Lawmakers Propose the HEARTH Act to Aid Millions of Homeless Americans
Nigel Graham

Opponents of Private School Voucher Programs Litigate at State Level: Florida Supreme Court Decides Ford v. Browning
Nigel D. Graham

How Illinois Is Using Telemedicine to Improve Health Care Access in Rural Communities
Holly Carnell

Illinois' Criminal Justice System Goes to School
John Maki

Race, Louisville, and Class-Based School Assignments: Could It Happen in Chicago?
Elizabeth Nelson

Free Social Services: Where Do I Enroll? - The True Cost Welfare Recipients and Undocumented Immigrants Have on the U.S. Economy
Tammi D. Jackson

Rural Telehealth Networks: Saving Lives Through Increased Connectivity
Ann Weilbaecher

Chicago Mob Not Quite "Sleeping with the Fishes"
Tim Kerrigan

YouTube Viewers Become Unwitting Players in Google-Viacom Litigation
Bill Tasch

The Disruption of Marital e-Harmony: Distinguishing Mail-Order Brides from Online Dating in Evaluating "Good Faith Marriage"
Brandon Robinson

A Future for Cambodia's Children: My Journey to the Villages of Battambang
Cerise Fritsch

Street Law Uses Legal Education to Empower Underprivileged Youth
Adam Miller

The Role of Attorney Ethics and Witness Misidentification in the 26 Year IncarceratIon of an Innocent Man
Susan Poll Klaessy

Advocacy Should Be Personal: An Interview With Emma Lozano
Daniel Koen

No Money? No Problem: Legal Aid Lawyers Find Innovative Ways to Serve the Rural Poor
Tim Kerrigan

Mandating the HPV Vaccine in Illinois: How Far Should the State Go to Protect Girls?
Janelle Skaloud

Legal Rights Group Takes Illinois State Police to Court…The Charge: Criminal Contempt of Court for Failure to Seal Court Ordered Criminal Records.
Chantal Kazay

RICO: A New Way to Enforce Immigration Law
Howard Foster

Got Wind?
Irina Dashevsky

The Rush to Vaccinate: Are States Overstepping Their Boundaries by Mandating Vaccination of School-Age Girls for HPV?
Michelle Kaplan

Trying to Protect Elderly and Mentally Incompetent Homeowners: One Tax Deed Case at a time.
Daniel Koen

What the Immigration Conundrum Portends: ICE in the Workplace
Margaret H. McCormick J.D.

The Hidden Costs of "Growing" Energy Independence
Jay H. Rowell

Legislating Affordable Housing in Chicago's Private Real Estate Market
Monica Carranza

Justice Ginsburg's Struggle to Preserve her Legacy
Kiran Mehta

Senate Bill 1639 and Other Federal Efforts at Reform: What went wrong? Keynote Presentation at Loyola Public Interest Law Reporter Symposium January 29, 2008
Jeanne A. Butterfield Esq.

Factory Farms Muck Up Rural America
Susan Poll-Klaessy

Today's Predatory Lending Tactics Require New Strategies - and New Laws: How a Case from Chicago Helped Change Illinois Law
Daniel P. Lindsey and Lea A. Weems

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Spotlight on Public Interest Attorneys
Janelle Skaloud

International Criminal Court Begins Its First Prosecution Putting Its Credibility on the Line in Child Soldier Case
Nigel D. Graham

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Proposed for 2007
Heather Chelberg

Walmart's Discrimination Woes
Jeffrey Sussman

The Adolescent Health Care Safety Act: A New Approach to Parental Notice
Michelle Kaplan

Executing a New Plan - Roberts and Alito May Change the Supreme Court's Approach to the Death Penalty
Tim Kerrigan

Juvenile Sex Offenders: Past, Present, and Future?
Sara Howard and Colleen Morey

Legal Discrimination: How Indonesian Law Fails to Protect Domestic Workers
Andrea Hunwick

Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Laws in the United States: How the Adam Walsh Act Will Affect Juvenile Sex Offenders
Brittany I. Bohn JD

The Ailing Middle Class
Sarah Cohen

Youth Who Have Sexually Abused: Registration, Recidivism, and Risk
David Prescott

From the Steelworkers' Trilogy to the Kentucky River Trifecta: Will the NLRB's Definition of Independent Judgment Trickle Down to Public Employee Labor Relations Law?
Jacqueline Clisham

Shifting Paradigms: From Relapse Prevention to Wellness
Robert E. Longo LPC, NCC

An "Adequate" Education Needs an "Adequate" Approach to School Funding
Atanu Das

Letter from the Symposium Editor
Melaine MacBride

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All Kids: As Illinois Becomes the First in the Nation to Offer Universal Healthcare for Children, Some Express Concern That the State Has Made Promises It Can't Keep
Brendan Moore

Seventh Circuit Reiterates the Importance of Immigrant Due Process
Maya A. Nair

Police Can Be More Aggressive When Gathering Evidence, Court Says
Tim Kerrigan

Sharp Increases in Heating Prices and Limited Government Assistance Spark Concerns about Potential Home Heating Crisis
Claire Mariano

Shaping Our Future, One Building at a Time
Colleen E. Morey

Bioshield 2: A Shot in the Right Direction?
Lindsay Frank

The Inter-American Court Attempts to Strike a Balance Between International Human Rights and State Sovereignty while Thousands Fight for Fundamental Freedom
Andrea Hunwick

Can Your Privacy Be Protected in an Internet Age?
Suzanne Blaz

Many Still Experiencing the Terrifying Effects of Katrina
Clemon Ashley

Offering Hope to Post-Katrina Communities
Amee Patel

Spotlight on Public Interest Attorneys: Cook County Public Guardian's Office Immigrant Children's Advocacy Project
Janelle Skaloud

Public Interest Attorney Profiles
Terrance A. Norton, Gregg McConnell, Don Hilliker, and Jonathon K. Baum

Big Box Vetoed... What's Next? The Future of Living Wages in Chicago
Michelle Kaplan

How Can Psychological Science Enhance the Effectiveness of Identification Procedures? An International Comparison
Tim Valentine, Stephen Darling, and Amina Memon

Lawsuit Doesn't Prevent Medicare Part D from Failing, but States Come to the Rescue
Michelle Schnidler

Illinois Passes New Laws in Response to Dog Attacks
Nigel Graham

Getting to Truth Before It Falls Into the Hands of the Lawyers: Pursuing Accuracy in Criminal Cases
James B. Zagel

ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Man Allegedly Kidnapped by CIA
Emily Rozwadowski

Disability Rights Group Challenges Proposed School for Disabled
Jeffrey Sussman

The Street, the Lab, the Courtroom, the Meeting Room
James M. Doyle, Steven Penrod Ph.D., Margaret Bull Kovera Ph.D., and Jennifer Dysart Ph.D.

Oklahoma Approves Same-Sex Adoption Invalidation Law
Katie D. Fletcher

While Federal Lawmakers Try, States Fill Elder Justice Gaps
Daniel Koen

In Response to the Illinois Pilot Program on Simultaneous v. Sequential Lineups
Ebbe B. Ebbesen and Kristin M. Finklea

Tennessee Participates in Modern Trend Towards Shame Sentencing
Andrea Hunwick

IRS Advises No Medical Expense Deduction for Sexual Reassignment Surgery
Katie D. Fletcher

Notes on the Illinois Pilot Program on Sequential Double-Blind Identification Procedures
Roy L. Malpass

Suit Filed in Illinois Over ADA
Shauna Coleman

Military Recruitment in Schools Gets Personal
Suzanne E. Blaz

The Benefits of Socially Supportive Interviewing for Child Eyewitnesses
Bette L. Bottoms Ph.D.

House Passage of Cheeseburger Bill Cheered on by Food Industry
Andrea Binion

Confrontation Clause and Testimonial Evidence: After Two Supreme Court Decisions, Standard Remains Unclear
Alan Raphael PhD., J.D.

Recent Appellate Court Decisions on Eyewitness Identification
Jerry E. Norton

Supreme Court Affirms Oregon Physician Assisted Suicide Statute
Adam Braun

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Supreme Court Says No Federal Guarantee of Protection
Shauna Coleman

Federal and State Laws Improve Sex Offender Registry
Andrea Binion

Equal Justice Works Fellowships Help Launch Public Interest Careers
Equal Justice Works Staff

ABA Report Explores Indigent Defense
Katherine Licup

The Central American Free Trade Agreement: Free Trade or Do Women Pay the Price?
Andrea Hunwick

Plan to Allow Retrieval of Alaskan Oil Could Upend Decades of Precedent
Shauna Coleman

Government, Business Tries to Keep Pace with Growing Identity Theft Crisis
Eileen Hughes

New Challenges Following Bankruptcy Reform
Jeana Kim Reinbold

Recent Study Highlights U.S. Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement Crisis
Aisha Cornelius

The Minimum Wage Wars
Maura Deady

Kelo et al. v. City of New London - Takings Law - This Land Is Your Land?
Ronald S. Cope

Judicial Safety: A Judge's Perspective
Wayne R. Andersen Judge, Sameh I. Mobarek, and John M. Richardson

The Debate Over Consumer Arbitration Clauses
Emily Rozwadowski

Public Interest Student Profiles
Gabe Conroe, Christina Hynes Mesco, and Beth Hofmeister

Legal Needs Study Exposes Need for Expanding Civil Legal Services
Kendra Reinshagen

The Sui Generis Infallible Sniffing Dog and Other Legal Fictions: Illinois v. Caballes
Jerry E. Norton

The Equal Justice Illinois Campaign Honors Officials for Increased State Funding for Legal Aid Services
Claire Mariano

Federal Jurisdiction Expanded for Class Actions
Emily Rozwadowski

New Law Seeks to Treat the Mentally Ill, Reduce Crime
Suzanne Blaz

Re-Examining the Balance between the State and Federal Government under Title II of ADA
Amee Patel

Discrimination Against Voucher Recipients Now Prohibited in Chicago
Andrew Dougherty

Who is Rodi Alvarado?
Shauna Coleman

Two International Conferences Meet in New York
Adam Braun

The Future for Victims of Violence: Will VAWA Be Renewed?
Jamie Friye

While Victims Wait, DOJ, DHS Wrestle With Asylum Rules for Abused Women
Shauna Coleman

$6.7 Million Settlement in Special Education Case
Katie D. Fletcher

California School Abandons Electronic Tracking Program
Maura Deady

Medicare to Provide Preventive Care Services in 2005
Felisha L. Thomas

The End of AZT Patent: A New Beginning or Too Little Too Late?
Lindsay Frank

Taser Guns: A Safer Alternative for Police?
Felisha L. Thomas

Blagojevich Seeks to Restrict Access to Violent Video Games
Andrew Dougherty

Union Card Check Legislation Provides Powerful Tool for Unions
Claire Mariano

HIV "Super-Strain" Scare Prompts Discussion of New Approaches
Zachary Ziliak

The Shirts Off Their Backs: Should Pro-Gay Expression Be Permitted in Schools?
Jamie Friye

EPA Sparks Debate over Reducing Mercury Emissions
Michelle Schindler

Obesity is an Epidemic, But is it a Disability?
Suzanne Blaz

Recent Supreme Court Decisions Pave the Way for Congressional Discussion on Sentencing Guidelines
Aisha Cornelius

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Loyola Public Interest Law Society Grant Recipients Share Their Summer Experiences
LPIL

PILI Offers Public Interest Law Opportunities for Students, Lawyers in Chicago
Dan Schwarzlose

Building a Powerful Public Interest Program: How NYU Has Done It and How Your School Can, Too
Deborah Ellis

Getting to the Bottom of Tort Reform
Suzanne Blaz

The Electoral College is Likely Here to Stay
Katherine Licup

Senate Passes Legislation Geared Towards Improving Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders
Michelle Lammers

Drug Price Quintuples, Does Not Invoke Federal "March-In" Protections
Zachary Ziliak

Organ Transplants are Becoming a Possibility for HIV Patients
Michelle Lammers

Senate to Weigh Controversial Cybercrime Treaty
Gavin Mhley

Without Due Process of Law: Deprivation and Gentrification in Chicago
Kelli Dudley

Bush Proposes Guest Worker Program
John Anderson

Cook County Establishes the Domestic Partnership
Andrew Dougherty

Environmentalists and Policymakers Divided on Roadless Rule Changes
Shauna Coleman

Let the Testing Begin
Alexis Reed

To Prosecute or Not to Prosecute: The Dilemma Posed by Pregnancy and Substance Abuse
Eileen D. Collins

Chicago Excludes Asians From Contract Program
Amee Patel

Are Limitations Necessary on Paternity?
Karine Polis

Supreme Court to Decide Jurisdiction Over Guantanamo Detainees
John Anderson

House Votes to Amend Overtime Pay Regulations
Maura Deady

The ADA and Tennessee's Sovereign Immunity Crawl Into the Supreme Court
Mary E. O'Malley

Victims' Rights Amendment…Who is the Real Victim?
Alexis Reed

FTC Seeks Monetary Damages from Violators of the Do Not Call List
Emily Rozwadowski

Outsourcing: Promise of Growth or Doom of the American Worker?
Gavin Mhley

Illegal Mahogany Lands Greenpeace in Federal Court
Mary E. O'Malley

Federal Marriage Amendment Defeated by Congress: What Lies Ahead?
Jamie Friye

Mandatory Fire Sprinklers: Balancing Home and Workplace Safety
Eileen D. Collins

CHA's "Plan for Transformation": A Status Report
Karine Polis

Bridging the Generation Gap: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Felisha L. Thomas

Prosecutorial Missed-Conduct
Patti Sudendorf

Federal Faith-Based Funding Aims to Level the Charitable Playing Field
Katherine Licup

Community Service Requirements Force Tough Decisions on Some Chicago Public Housing Tenants
Andrew Dougherty

Why Not Tell the Truth?
Charles W. Murdock

From the Trenches: Narrative of an Assistant Public Defender
C. D. Rodatore

Proposed Budget Includes Cuts in Section 8 Housing Voucher Program
Aisha Cornelius

Fast Food Justice: The Denial of Tenants' Due Process Rights in Chicago's Eviction Courts
Steven Quaintance McKenzie and Andrew Dougherty

A Year Later: Klaeren v. Lisle and the Troubles It Has Wrought
Victor P. Filippini Jr.

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What Does it Mean to Remain Silent?
Alexis Reed

High Schools Must Give Access to Military Recruiters
Amanda Strainis-Walker

Former Health Commissioner Indicted Under California Law Criminalizing HIV Transmission
Michelle Lammers

Representative Conyers Proposes National Health Insurance Act
Amber Nesbitt

Senate Introduces Elder Justice Act
Jessica Hunter

Supreme Court Weighs Rehabilitating Against Rule-Breaking Under the ADA
Mary E. O'Malley

Supreme Court to Examine the Criminalization of Consensual Sodomy
Kevin J. McCloskey

Joining Forces to Fight Aids
Amber Nesbitt

Congress, Illinois Think Canada Is Answer to Prescription Drug Woes
Katherine Licup

Asbestos Litigation Growing with Mounting Negative Consequences
Valerie Sarigumba

Members of Islamiic Liberation Party Claim Torture by Egyptian Officials
Esther Choi

The Courts Determine the "Best Interest" of a Child
Karine Polis

Cincinnati's Addition of Sexual Orientation to Hate Crime Sparks Controversy
Molly Mack

Department of Justice Sues SFX Entertainment Over Ban on Diabetic Equipment
Molly Mack

Chicago Police Install Controversial Surveillance Cameras
Gavin Mhley

California School Administrator May Be Personally Liable for IDEA Violation
Amanda Strainis-Walker

Federal Courts Reminded of Executive Branch Asylum Authority
Heather Anne Egan

Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion Clears Another Hurdle
Eileen D. Collins

Conspiracy Definition Affects War on Terror
Heather Anne Egan

Loyola's Clinical Faculty: Experience Creating Legal Excellence
PILR Staff

National Do-Not-Call Registry to Stay: Opt-in Feature May Be Its Saving Grace
Amanda Strainis-Walker

New Jersey Supreme Court to Consider Controversial Family Cap Welfare Provision
Jessica Hunter

Clinical Education at Loyola University Chicago School of Law: A Tradition in the Making
Henry Rose

Chicago City Council Opposes Patriot Act
Andrew Dougherty

Supreme Court to Determine the Fate of Affirmative Action in Education
Esther Choi

Striking the Balance: Pharmaceutical Patent Values and Consumer Availability
Valerie Sarigumba

Congress Considers Bill to Provide in-State Tuition to Immigrant Children
John Anderson

Recommendations for Reform of the Child Support System in Cook County
Malcolm Rich and Kristina Tunnicliff

Executive Clemency: An Ancient Power and a Modern Solution
Brendan Keating

FCC's Media Ownership Plan Axed: Deregulation and the Debate Over Democracy
Alice Nam

If It Ain't Broke, Fix It?: Assessing the Impact of Klaeren v. Lisle on Illinois Zoning Law
Victor P. Filippini Jr., Barbara A. Adams, and Elliot M. Regenstein

Blanket Clemency for Illinois Death Row Inmates
Kevin J. McCloskey

Adult Guardianship: Protecting the Elderly or Shielding Abusers?
Marguerite Angelari

Where is the Protection?: A Failed Response to Gender-Based Persecution
Elissa Steglich

Battered Men: Implementing Educational Programs for an Overlooked Problem
Elizabeth Morales

Healthy Forests or an Invitation to Log?: Forest Practices Under the Bush Administration
Jan Chatten-Brown and Amy Minteer

Special Registration: Past and Present, Consequences and Remedies
Diana C. Bauerle

An Unfortunate Reversal of Fortune: The Supreme Court's Narrowing of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Barry C. Taylor

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California Students Demand Basic Education Rights
Lisa Fontana

Controversy in the Deaf Community
Molly Mack

Federal Act Strengthens Successful Illinois Brownfields Program
James Michel

Eviction Suit Settlement Sets Precedent for Battered Women
Jessica Hunter

Pro-Immigration Groups Still Hopeful After Terrorist Attacks
Joe D'Amato

Inmate Implicates Prison Guards with Eighth Ammendment Violation
Anne Leinfelder

Supreme Court to Hear Internet Sex Offender Registry Case
Lara I. Vaive

Illinois Appellate Court Bars Child Support Ordered from Supplemental Security Income
Jeremy Nix

Act Helps Homeless Children Succeed in School
Amber Nesbitt

American Taliban Avoids Charge of Treason, Claims to be Victim of Coercion
Jennifer Malone

U.S. Engages in Questionable Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay
Anne Leinfelder

New Immigration Law Provision Mobilizes Local Law Enforcement
Heather Egan

Illinois Gets Tough on Elder Abuse
Lanetta Haynes

EEOC Fights to Curb Backlash Discrimination Following Terrorist Attacks
Kristen Grisius

Jose Padilla -- Government's Handling of Alleged Terrorist, U.S. Citizen
Kevin McCloskey

Sixth Circuit to Decide Whether Medicaid-Eligible Children Have Redress in Federal Court System
Jamie Rutkowski

Loyola Hosts Forum Exploring Lead Poisoning
Valerie Puryear

Consumer Protection Gaining Strength Under State Antitrust Suits
Amanda Strainis-Walker

Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Proving 'Disability'
Molly Mack

Students Assume Legislator-Role to Tackle Lead Paint Poisoning Problem
Maria A. Petrone, Lori Hall-Armstrong, Gia DiVito, and Jayne Westendorp-Holland

Digital Regulation and the Impact on Education
Valerie Sarigumba

Seventh Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Pro-Life Groups for Violation of RICO
Rebecca L. Mattison

Lead Poisoning Threatens Children's Health, Legal System Responds
Anita Weinberg

Islamic Court Sentences Nigerian Woman to Death by Stoning
Esther Choi

Illinois Takes Bold Steps to Revolutionize Capital Litigation
Thomas M. Lombardo

Enron Bankruptcy Rouses Debate over National Energy Deregulation
Patrick Bryan

Illinois Supreme Court to Solve Child Custody Issues
Lanetta Haynes

Nowhere to Go: Will the Rural Housing Preservation Legislation Withstand Owner Attacks?
Karen Merill Tjapkes

When the Cure Is Worse than the Disease: America's Failed War on Drugs
Peg Solomon

Child Sexual Abuse and Assault in Chicago: The Rest of the Dismal Iceberg
Michael J. Howlett Jr.

The Complicated Game of Child Support in Illinois: Does Anyone Really Win?
Kristina E. Smith

The Price of Technology: Curbing Employee Internet Abuse
Michael J. Malone

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