ALUMNI UPDATE
HELPING STUDENTS
The School of Law is grateful to the many law alumni who generously donated
their time and talents this year to assist our students.
ASHLEY ORLER (JD ’08)
joined fellow alumni at the kick-off dinner for the 1L Mentoring
Program that launched in January.
ERIC LIFVENDAHL (JD ’92)
attended Speed Networking Night for 1L students.
The event provides students with an opportunity to meet and talk with alumni who
specialize in various areas of practice.
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T
he School of Law’s alumni homepage
LUC.edu/law/alumni looks better than
ever! We recently launched a new alumni
website and online directory. Here are a few
highlights of what the site can do for you:
GET STARTED TODAY!
Visit LUC.edu/law/alumni and click the option to “Login.” If you are
logging in for the first time, please use the 10-digit access code found
on your magazine mailing label (please include all zeroes). Once you
confirm your information, you’ll be ready to select a username and
password that will allow you to search the Law Alumni Directory.
Introducing the new law alumni
website and online directory
T
he Honorable Virginia
M. Kendall (JD ’92)
will be honored with the
School of Law’s Damen
Award at Loyola University
Chicago’s Founders’ Dinner
on Saturday, June 8.
Kendall was appointed
to the United States District
Court for the Northern
District of Illinois in 2006.
Through her work in child
exploitation cases, she saw
children’s suffering, and the
world’s indifference to them,
firsthand, and sought to give
them a voice.
Kendall is the coauthor
of
Child Exploitation and
Trafficking: Examining the
Global Challenges and U.S.
Responses
and is a frequent
speaker on this topic.
Kendall is a member of
the adjunct law faculty at
Loyola, Northwestern, and
University of Chicago. She
serves as cochair of the law
school’s Circle of Advocates.
For more information and to
register for Founders’ Dinner,
visit LUC.edu/founders.
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Virginia Kendall
DAMEN AWARD
Virginia
Kendall
honored
ALUMNI LEADERS
Open call
WHO:
Open to all law alumni. The
group meets once each fall and spring
semester with representatives of student
organizations and the dean.
PURPOSE:
Assist the dean in continuing
to foster diversity within the law school.
CURRENT FOCUS:
Mentoring, attracting
diverse students, 3L curriculum reform.
"It's great to hear firsthand
about concrete ways
Loyola is supporting
diverse students, and
how alumni can come
together to help."
—Jorge Cazares (JD ’90),
member of the Dean’s
Diversity Council
"Volunteering continues to
enrich my connection to
my classmates and school.
I encourage all alumni to
connect in whatever ways
they can. I look forward
to seeing you at the next
Young Alumni event."
—Kevin Lichtenberg
(JD ’10, MA ’11), member
of the Young Alumni
Events Committee
WHO:
Open to all law alumni of
last 10 years.
PURPOSE:
To assist the Alumni
Relations Office with young alumni
programming and engaging classmates
to attend alumni events.
CURRENT FOCUS:
Networking
opportunities for younger alumni
and law students.
Become an alumni leader as a
member of these two volunteer
councils. To see a list of the current
members, visit the law alumni
website at LUC.edu/law/alumni
and click the
“Get Involved”
tab.
Dean’s
Diversity
Council
Young
Alumni Events
Committee
SPRING 2013
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