Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

We are excited to announce Issue 4 of Vol. 55 has been published and uploaded on our website. Issue 4 focuses on important and relevant legal developments that affect Illinois. Read our latest issue here: …chicago-law-journal.scholasticahq.com/issue/10653

Issue 4 Author Spotlight 📣 Jason Cieslik! Prof. Cieslik discusses Illinois county sheriffs declaring legislation unconstitutional and suggests it may permit an elected sheriff to be removed absent voter approval. Read here: bit.ly/3yup1gW

Issue 4 Author Spotlight 📣 Introducing Justice Gerard Hogan! Justice Hogan explores the reputation of Supreme Court justices - namely Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes, John M. Harlan I, Frankfurter, and John M. Harlan II. Read here: bit.ly/3SjYvhf

An article by one of our Members, Jessica Kowalski, has been published to our site! Kowalski explores the historical development, case details, and potential impacts of the recent Supreme Court case, National Pork Producers Council v. Ross. Read here: bit.ly/46gwflq

Issue 4 Author Spotlight 📣 Introducing Nancy Jack & @KarlMuth! Jack & Muth examine People v. Timmsen, a recent traffic stop case in Illinois. They reject the decision that held that Timmsen’s legal conduct created the basis for the stop. Read here: bit.ly/4eXsQvJ

Finally, Kellie Kleitsch reflects on the legislative action Illinois took following the 2022 Highland Park Fourth of July terror attack. She concludes that under the Court’s contemporary interpretation of the 2nd Amendment, the Illinois assault weapon ban is constitutional.

Professor Charles Murdock and Michael Huiras track Illinois corporate-law jurisprudence, which finds that the Illinois Supreme Court has taken a technical approach to fiduciary duties, resulting in wrongdoers getting away with unconscionable conduct.

We are excited to announce Issue 4 of Vol. 55 has been published and uploaded on our website. Issue 4 focuses on important and relevant legal developments that affect Illinois. Read our latest issue here: …chicago-law-journal.scholasticahq.com/issue/10653

Issue 3 Author Spotlight 📣 Rachel Dudley Post-Allen v. Mulligan, Dudley identifies an issue the Court should have addressed: whether computers can play a role in redistricting and adequately consider race. Read here: bit.ly/4cnUyA4

Issue 3 Author Spotlight 📣 Prof. Larissa Bowman Bowman argues academics and activists must work to abolish eviction and reimagine the state as responsible for the lives of Black women rather than the profits of white men. Read more here: bit.ly/3XI29Vx

Published in @LUCLawJournal, Iowa Law professor @LarisaGBowman’s article discusses the potential for transformation in eviction policy and its broader implications on society. ow.ly/5flh50SlHOq

Issue 3 Author Spotlight 📣 Prof. Daniel McConkie McConkie critiques our adversarial criminal justice system and argues restorative justice is an ideal reform to strengthen criminal justice citizenship, membership in our democracy, and more. Read here: bit.ly/3XaqkeZ

Issue 3 Author Spotlight 📣 Prof. Michael Wetmore Wetmore argues Hemphill v. New York should be retroactive as it is essential to the fundamental fairness of a trial. Read here: bit.ly/3yElY5R

Post-Allen v. Mulligan, Rachel Dudley identifies an issue that the Court did not address: whether computers can play a role in redistricting, & whether they can adequately consider race. She argues courts should require a multifaceted analysis of facts computers cannot perform.

Prof. McConkie critiques our adversarial criminal justice system and argues restorative justice is an ideal reform to strengthen criminal justice citizenship, increase collective action, foster deliberation among the stakeholders, and strengthen membership in our democracy.

Issue 3 of Vol. 55 has been published and is available on our website! Each article offers an essential framework for progress, emboldens the discussion on critical yet challenging subjects, and advances practical and visionary solutions. bit.ly/3UPwgay