STUDENT NEWS
Adrian Delgado ’21 and Dominica Puglise ’20 Receive 2020 Fleischman Family Awards Adrian Delgado ’21 and Dominica Puglise ’20 are the recipients of the 2020 Fleischman Family Awards for Excellence in Criminal Clinic. Delgado, who will graduate from Chicago-Kent College of Law in December 2020, earned a B.A. in philosophy and a minor in criminology, law, and justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago. During law school he worked in the Criminal Defense
Monica Pechous ’20 Wins 2020 Willis R. Tribler Law Student Writing Competition Monica Pechous ’20 has won the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education 2020 Willis R. Tribler Law Student Writing Competition for her article titled “The Impact of Technology on Home Rule Power in Illinois.” This is her third writing competition win over the past year. In the paper, Pechous examines home rule power 2
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in Illinois and its relationship to emerging technology. Since new technology such as streaming services and cloud-based service platforms have no physical location where transactions occur, there is some confusion about the scope of home rule power for municipalities. Pechous covers existing law in the paper and offers specific tips and guidelines to practicing attorneys on how they can adapt as home rule power changes and shifts over time. Pechous earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing and communication studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She worked remotely as an intellectual property litigation clerk for Tucker Ellis LLP in St. Louis this past summer, and has accepted an offer to work as an associate attorney at the firm upon bar passage. Pechous is graduating early and will receive her degree this December.
Litigation Clinic as a law clerk. While working at the clinic, he obtained his 711 license, which allows law students to represent clients in court under the supervision of licensed attorneys. Additionally, Delgado is an executive board member for the Hispanic/Latino Law Students’ Association and a Chicago-Kent trial advocacy team member. Puglise graduated magna cum laude from Oakland University with a bachelor’s degree in international relations. During law school she worked as a law clerk for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for criminal appeals and later, as a 711 licensed law clerk for the felony division. Puglise was a member of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, the Chicago-Kent Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, and the Kent Justice Foundation. She received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Criminal Procedure: Investigative Processes, Trial Advocacy 2, and Legal Writing 4 courses. Puglise has accepted an offer to work as an assistant state’s attorney at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office post-graduation. The Fleischman Family Awards for Excellence in Criminal Clinic were established by Chicago-Kent alumni and criminal defense attorneys Jack and Sidney Z. Fleischman ’87 in 2008 to recognize outstanding students in the criminal defense section of the Chicago-Kent Law Offices.
Amy Cortez ’20 Receives 2020 Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law Prize Amy Cortez ’20 is the recipient of the 2020 Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law Prize. Cortez graduated in May with a J.D. degree, a J.D. certificate in labor and employment law, and a certificate from the Praxis Program. Cortez was a student editor for the Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal and a member of the competitive Alternative Dispute Resolution team (2018–19). Cortez received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The prize was established in 2009 at Chicago-Kent College of Law by the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP to honor the memory of Sandra P. Zemm, who died in September 2008 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Zemm Prize winners receive $2,000 along with the award.
