Videos

Abbe Gluck of Yale Law School will present the 2024 Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture. She will speak about "Preventative Care, Scientific Expertise, a Healthy Population, and the Courts: The Constitutional and Religious Attack on One of the Aff...

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Abbe Gluck of Yale Law School will present the 2024 Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture. She will speak about "Preventative Care, Scientific Expertise, a Healthy Population, and the Courts: The Constitutional and Religious Attack on One of the Aff...

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James Forman Jr. (Yale Law) will present the David C. Baum Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights.

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Join us at the final Peer's Pub of the year as we check out some of the College's finest ugly sweaters and crown one the best at Illinois Law. From everyone at the College of Law, we wish you the happiest of holidays this year.

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Are we a democracy, or republic? To ask this question is to pick a fight in today's America. But the distinction between the two is rarely as crisp as the most passionate participants in this debate assume, and our original founders often used the te...

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Donald J. Trump is the only former or sitting American president ever to be indicted in federal or state court. What are the challenges and risks in prosecuting a former president? How will the criminal trials proceed? What are the implications for t...

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Lori Ringhand (UGA Law) will present the 2023 Vacketta-DLA Piper Lecture on the Role of Government and the Law.

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You asked, he answered. Get to know new Dean Jamelle Sharpe better as he answers questions from social media about himself and his vision for the College of Law. 00:00 Intro 00:15 What is your morning routine? 00:48 How can alumni help make the Coll...

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This presentation provided an overview of the leadership traits discussed by President Obama in his book, and how practicing attorneys can incorporate these leadership lessons in their own practices.

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Professor Faye Jones, expert in privacy and security law, breaks down a pair of social media cases before the Court this term.

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Mitu Gulati (UVA Law) presented the spring David C. Baum Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights on March 29, 2023. He spoke about "Lessons from the Unearthing of Haiti's Independence Debt."

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Join us on March 2, 2023 as Michael Strautmanis presents "Leading the Charge: How Lawyers Help Protect Democracy" for the spring Vacketta-DLA Piper Lecture on the Role of Government and the Law.

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Join us on March 2, 2023 as Michael Strautmanis presents "Leading the Charge: How Lawyers Help Protect Democracy" for the spring Vacketta-DLA Piper Lecture on the Role of Government and the Law.

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Curious about our new First Amendment Clinic? Hear what Director Lena Shapiro has to share in her AMA!

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Happy Holidays from everyone at the University of Illinois College of Law!

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Assistant Dean of Admissions and Finanancial Aid Rebecca Ray answers questions from prospective students about applying to the University of Illinois College of Law.

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Lawyers are zealous advocates for their clients, but their advocacy is bound by the rules of the legal profession. Those rules, and attendant norms, limit the claims lawyers may bring, the arguments they may make, and how they advocate. This symposiu...

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Professor Eric Freyfogle breaks down the biggest environmental case before the Court this term, explaining the key issue, what both sides are arguing, and how the justices might rule.

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Get to know a bit about Dean of Students Susan Landrum, including her background, her passions, and why she chose Illinois.

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Learn more about the University of Illinois College of Law on our virtual tour! You'll get an inside look at our building and the surrounding area, and hear all about what makes Illinois such a great place to study the law.

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Lesley Wexler was invested as the John D. Colombo Professor of Law on April 22, 2022.

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Ralph Brubaker was invested as the James H.M. Sprayregen Professor of Law on April 21, 2022.

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The Leadership Project at the University of Illinois College of Law hosted David Rubenstein for a discussion on leadership. Mr. Rubenstein is a thought leader in the areas of history and leadership, and the best-selling author of three books.

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Justice Burke visited the College of Law on October 28, 2021 and spoke about how cases move through Illinois reviewing courts including specific procedures and practices employed in the Illinois Supreme Court.

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Learn more about the LLM program and other graduate-level opportunities at the College of Law.

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In this presentation, Professor Margareth Etienne explores recent U.S. and Illinois Supreme Court cases on sentencing juveniles to life (or defacto) life sentences.

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This presentation features a discussion of Doris Kearns’ Goodwin’s "Leadership In Turbulent Times," a seminal work that analyzes the leadership traits of four U.S. Presidents, including three who had legal training. The presentation discusses lea...

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This one-hour presentation covers general information on mental health resiliency during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation includes information focused on understanding the resilience process, the keys to being resilient, and how legal ...

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The death of George Floyd has reignited a nationwide discussion over the topic of racial injustice, and in that process, illuminated the central role of the legal profession in tackling this critical issue. To that end, the University of Illinois Col...

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Professors Arden Rowell and Kenworthey Bilz discuss their new book, "The Psychology of Environmental Law," in which they argue that psychology can offer environmental law a rich, empirically informed account of why, when, and how people act in ways t...

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The Program in Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Illinois College of Law co-hosted a lecture on 4/20/21 by Alex Vitale on the failures of police reform and the alternatives that can make us safer.

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Professor James F. Blumstein presented "Ways of Thinking About Medical Care: Alternative Models and Structures and Their Policy Significance" for the 2021 Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture.

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Challenges to ballots and ballot-counting could push the outcome of the 2020 election beyond Election Day. A panel of election experts discuss ways in which election results from states and localities might be challenged, what will happen if they are...

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Dean and Professor Vikram Amar address the arguments made by Supreme Court nominees and others that Court nominees are constrained, in their Senate hearings on possible confirmation, from expressing their specific views on legal issues and cases of t...

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This year-long series features prominent experts discussing ways to reform police practices so as to better protect individual rights while also ensuring the safety of communities. Professor Jocelyn Simonson (Brooklyn Law School) presents her talk on...

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Renowned presidential scholar Saikrishna Prakash speaks about the origins of the presidency, changes in the President’s roles over time, the benefits to and risks of strong executive authority, and possible responses to presidential overreaching or...

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Illinois Law student Paige Rhodes talks about what she enjoyed most about spending her summer working at Illinois Legal Aid Online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Three Illinois Law students who spent their summer working at Illinois Legal Aid Online as part of our COVID-19 Practicum discuss their experiences.

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The College of Law community wishes all the best to our 2020 graduates!

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A panel of faculty experts from the University of Illinois College of Law will discuss some of the cases the Court has decided or will decide this term and preview other issues that might soon reach the Court arising from governmental responses to th...

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Faculty, staff, and students at the College of Law provide an overview of what to expect when you enroll in our summer course, The Best of American Case Law.

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Laura Weinrib presented the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights on January 29, 2020.

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