Previous Position at JICL:
- Associate Editor 2016-2017
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Gordon J. Klein
Previous Position at JICL:
- Executive Article Editor, Associate Editor – 2014-2015
Biography:
Gordon earned his B.S. in Finance from Florida State University. After undergrad, he worked for two years at a bankruptcy and real estate firm in South Florida.
During his law school career, he has worked as a judicial extern for the Honorable Ronald F. Bartkowicz in Chicago, as a Research Assistant to Professor William Birdthistle, as a law clerk at a commercial litigation firm in the Chicago Loop, and spent this past summer interning at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.
In addition to being the Managing Editor of the Journal of International and Comparative Law, Gordon is also a Notes & Comments Editor for the Chicago-Kent Law Review.
This summer, Gordon will be begin his Graduate Fellowship with PILI, and will join Sidley Austin LLP’s corporate practice in the fall of 2016.
Tyra Blew
Tyra Blew graduated from the University of Kansas with a double-major in political science and economics. Before attending law school, Tyra lived in Washington, D.C. and worked for a national political campaign. She also received a Master of Arts degree in political science from Oklahoma State University in 2011.
After her first year of law school, Tyra participated in the Mediation and ADR clinic at IIT Chicago-Kent and became a volunteer mediator with the Center for Conflict Resolution. In addition to her enthusiasm for public service, Tyra has developed an interest in corporate law through her externships with DLA Piper and Accenture during the Spring 2013 semester and, currently, the legal group at Merieux NutriSciences Corporation.
Tyra serves as managing editor for the Chicago-Kent Journal of International and Comparative Law and is a research assistant for Professor Martin Malin and Professor Jerry Goldman. In her free time, Tyra enjoys traveling, cooking, and playing with puppies.