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If You Move, You Lose: The Interstate Medicaid Obligation to Special Needs Adopted Children
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2015-02)This Article presents the history of the adoption assistance programs of the United States and analyzes state Medicaid practice related to the federal statutory provisions that established the benefit and the Constitutional ... -
Illinois Lawyer Investigations of Current Client Concerns
(2015)When questions are raised by a current client regarding an attorney’s representation of the client, the questioned attorney should be able to seek counsel confidentially. Such a conferral will often benefit the attorney, ... -
Illinois Supreme Court Should Consider Reasonable Doubt Issue
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 2014-06-25)Last month, a state appellate court reversed the conviction of Mark Downs —a gang member serving 70 years for the murder of a 6-year-old boy — because the trial court attempted to answer a jury question about the definition ... -
Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act: More Access or More Hurdles?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2013-06)Although the 2009 amendments to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) were intended to increase government transparency, the amendments lack the necessary sanctions, neutral oversight, and incentives for compliance ... -
The Immigrant “Other”: Racialized Identity and the Devaluation of Immigrant Family Relations
(2014)This Article explores how current terminations of undocumented immigrants’ parental rights are reminiscent of historical practices that removed early immigrant and Native American children from their parents in an attempt ... -
Improving Judicial Settlement Conferences
(2006)Professors Molot, Fuller, Fiss, and Resnik, among others, have expressed concerns about the unbounded, unchecked, unbridled, and virtually unfettered judicial discretion of American trial court judges who preside over civil ... -
Improvisational Unionism
(2016)Recent fights for a $15-an-hour minimum wage at Walmart and in the fast-food industry have interested academics, captivated the press, and energized the public. For good reason. The campaigns upend conventional wisdom about ... -
The Inadvisability of Nonuniformity in the Licensing of Cover Songs
(2016)In February 2015, the U.S. Copyright Office released a report entitled Copyright and the Music Marketplace, which summarizes its study of the music industry and recommends significant revisions to copyright law in response ... -
An Inconsistent Truth: The Various Establishment Clause Tests as Applied in the Context of Public Displays of (Allegedly) “Religious” Symbols and Their Applicability Today
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2014-02)This Comment examines the heavily-discussed topic of the establishment clause of the First Amendment, and explores how the clause relates to the public display of religious symbols. This Article discusses the four Establishment ... -
Inequalities in Illinois Constitutional Equality
(2009)In 1970 four new equality provisions were added to the Illinois Constitution, including two explicit equal protection provisions and two explicit antidiscrimination provisions. Shortly thereafter, Elmer Gertz, the Chair ... -
Intra Law Firm Privileged Communications Regarding Questionable Attorney Conduct
(2014)When questions are raised regarding a law firm attorney’s representation of a firm client, the questioned attorney often wishes to seek legal counsel. A conferral will often benefit the attorney, the firm and the client. ... -
Introduction to the Northern Illinois College of Law 2014 Symposium Shelby County v. Holder: A New Perspective on Voting Rights
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2014-07)The introduction of state level voting laws in recent years is arguably unprecedented in both quantity and content, at least since the turn of the last century. This Article provides a background on legislative trends in ... -
Investigative Alerts: Smart Policy or a Way to Skirt Warrants?
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 2013-11-25)Chicago’s little-understood “investigative alert” system has been in the news a lot in the past year. It was denounced by an appellate court judge as an “end run” around the Constitution and criticized in a news story as ... -
Is Torture Justified in Terrorism Cases?: Comparing U.S. and European Views
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2013-02)Popular opinion regarding torture has changed significantly in the wake of 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks, with people in affected countries generally becoming more accepting of it as an interrogation tactic. This ... -
Judges as Framers of Plea Bargaining
(2015)The vast majority of federal criminal defendants resolve their cases by plea bargaining, with minimal judicial input or oversight. This presents significant issues concerning transparency, fairness, and effective sentencing. ... -
Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should: Equal Protection, Free Speech, and Religious Worship
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2015-09)Surveys suggest that about twelve percent of Evangelical Christian churches assemble for worship each week in local school buildings. Most of these churches meet Sunday after Sunday without trouble. However, in the last ... -
Juvenile Sentencing in Illinois: Addressing the Supreme Court Trend away from Harsh Punishments for Juvenile Offenders
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2015-07)The United States Supreme Court has steadily been changing the way it approaches juvenile sentencing since 2005. This ideological shift has occurred as a response to the increase in biological and sociological studies, ... -
The Land Use Jurisprudence of Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Stevens: Two Views on Balancing Public and Private Interests in Property
(2010)This three-part article examines the separate and combined legacies of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice John Paul Stevens in the area of regulatory takings jurisprudence as applied to land use controls. Part ... -
Law Firm Marketing in the Age of Social Media: A Toolbox for Attorneys
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2016-07)This Article provides many sources for a broad spectrum of attorneys interested in learning more about social media. Part I explores the social media platforms popular in the legal profession. Part II presents select ...
