Northwestern Pritzker Law Features

This fall, Northwestern Pritzker Law welcomed a new JD class with the highest combination of LSAT and GPA medians in the Law School’s history. The Class of 2029 arrived with a 174 LSAT median and a 3.95 GPA median. Eighty-nine percent spent at least one year working between college and law school, bringing the professional…

With the 2026 midterm elections just weeks away, some of the rules governing those elections are still being contested in courtrooms across the country even though voters are already receiving ballots in some states. Congressional maps have been challenged and redrawn. Voting procedures have been litigated. Disputes over mail ballots and voter eligibility have reached…

The legal profession is being transformed. Northwestern Pritzker Law is shaping what comes next. Preparing Lawyers for Technologies That Will Continue to Change Technology has always changed the practice of law. New tools reshape how lawyers find and analyze information, communicate with clients, build businesses, resolve disputes, and serve institutions. While the technologies will continually…

The animal rights movement brings moral clarity and emotional resonance to the debate over how and to what extent animals deserve legal protection in a variety of contexts, from the conditions of industrialized agriculture, to their use in medical research, to the abuse and neglect of household pets. But how effective has the movement been…

More than half of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s faculty hold PhDs in fields beyond law—making it one of the most interdisciplinary faculties in legal education. Few embody this interdisciplinary spirit more than Jill Horwitz, Trobman Innovation Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker Law and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine. A…

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Kellogg School of Management announced today the launch of new programs that combine legal and business education for both undergraduate and graduate students, deepening the schools’ longstanding partnership and growing their joint offerings. The schools have created a new program allowing Northwestern undergraduate students to earn a Master…

From students arguing cases before federal and state courts to faculty scholarship shaping opinions in the U.S. Supreme Court, from alumni arguing on behalf of the United States to judges returning to teach the next generation of lawyers, Northwestern Pritzker Law has had an extraordinary year of engagement with the nation’s courts. Through the Bluhm…

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has launched the Opening Doors campaign, a major initiative aimed at expanding access to legal education and reducing the financial barriers that shape who can attend law school and what they are able to do after they graduate. At a time when the cost of legal education continues to rise,…