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C|M|LAW Law School Name Committee

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In the summer of 2020, we learned about a petition urging CSU Cleveland-Marshall and UIC John Marshall Law School to remove any reference to Chief Justice John Marshall in our law school's names because of Chief Justice Marshall's association with slavery. Dean Fisher immediately formed a Law School Name Committee consisting of faculty, staff, students, and alumni to seek wide input, develop findings and options, and make a recommendation to our faculty for consideration about whether "Marshall," named after Chief Justice John Marshall, should be removed from our Law School's name, and if so, a recommendation about the new name of our Law School.

Highlights

CSU Board of Trustees Resolution to Remove the Name Cleveland-Marshall
Nov. 17, 2022

Using This Resource Guide

This guide is intended as a tool to be used by the members of the Law School Name Committee and all those interested in the law school name.

This guide collects materials on Chief Justice John Marshall, the law school name, related law school forums and events, relevant guiding principles and processes, and media coverage of name change actions throughout the country.

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