Northbrook Resident To Give Valedictorian Address At Law School

NORTHBROOK, IL —Taylor Shuman, a native of Northbrook, will give the Class of 2022 valedictorian address at Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Commencement on May 15, 2022, at the UIC Dorin Forum. The ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m. and livestreamed here.

Shuman is graduating with a juris doctor. This spring, she is a Public Interest Law Initiative Graduate Fellow at Ascend Justice, which provides legal services to individuals and families impacted by gender-based violence or the child welfare system, according to Kent College. In the fall she will join Sidley Austin LLP as a corporate associate.

Shuman grew up in Northbrook and is a graduate of Glenbrook North High School.

During her time at Chicago-Kent College of Law, she served as a judicial extern in the Cook County Circuit Court. Shuman played an active role in a variety of student organizations, including serving as vice president of the Chicago-Kent Moot Court Honor Society, a notes and comments editor on the Chicago-Kent Law Review, and was part of the Honors Scholars Program. After her first year at Chicago-Kent, Taylor was awarded the 2020 Harold J. and Nancy F. Krent Excellence Award in recognition of her first-year academic achievement.

Shuman earned her bachelor’s in journalism and political science with Distinctive Scholastic Achievement from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served as philanthropy chair of the Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority