College of Law - Events Calendar

Homecoming 2023: Sweet Home Illini

Event Type

Social/Informal Event

Sponsor

University of Illinois College of Law

Location

University of Illinois College of Law

Date

Oct 20, 2023 - Oct 21, 2023   All Day

Contact

Heather Ball, Director of Events and Alumni Programming

E-Mail

hball@illinois.edu

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Originating Calendar

College of Law - Alumni Calendar

Homecoming 2023
Sweet Home Illini
October 20-21, 2023

Register to Attend
(Registration is only required for the tailgate.)

Friday, October 20

12:00 pm
Vacketta-DLA Piper Lecture on the Role of Government and the Law
Featuring Lori Ringhand, University of Georgia School of Law
Max L. Rowe Auditorium
Free and open to the public

1:00 pm
Post-Lecture Reception in Peer and Sarah Pedersen Pavilion

3:00 pm 
Lincoln Letter Lecture with Professor Travis McDade: ‘Somewhat Trammeled’: Abraham Lincoln’s Most Important Legal Case and the Letter That Started It.  
College of Law Classroom H
(No registration required) 

6:00 pm
Homecoming Parade: enjoy the parade from Cribbet Field on the corner of 4th and Pennsylvania Avenue
Free and open to the public

6:00pm
Class of 1973 50th Reunion Dinner 
Alumni will be welcomed in to the Golden Gavel Society
(Urbana Country Club)

Saturday, October 21
12:30 pm
Homecoming Tailgate – $40 per person
College of Law Cribbet Field 

2:30 pm
Fighting Illini v. Wisconsin Football Game
Memorial Stadium

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iHotel
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Home 2 Suites by Hilton
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Hilton Garden Inn
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Drury Inn
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Holiday Inn Express
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Hyatt Place
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Country Inn & Suites by Radisson
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Best Western Savoy
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Hampton Inn Southwest Champaign
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Eastlake Hotel & Suites
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