Loyola Law Magazine

Loyola Law magazine is published annually for alumni and friends of Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

In this issue, read about:

• State Senator Elgie R. Sims Jr. (JD ’07), who guided a pioneering criminal justice reform package to become law
• Nadia Woods (JD ’21), who works to release rehabilitated and terminally ill people from prison
• The Honorable Thomas More Donnelly (JD ’86), who believes in restorative justice to help heal both victims and offenders
• Natasha Townes Robinson (JD ’14), who worked on the team that prosecuted Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for George Floyd’s 2020 murder
• Arti Walker-Peddakotla (MS ’12, JD ’24), who fights for change as a scholar, activist, and abolitionist
• 2024 School of Law award recipients Tanya D. Woods, David Baker, Neil Williams, and Elizabeth Rochford
• Katelyn Scott (JD ’19), who makes a splash as Spokane’s first water protector