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10.27.2020

Bostock v. Clayton County and the Challenges of LGBTQ Advocacy

On October 15, Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at Stanford University and Co-Director of Stanford Law’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, joined ...

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10.14.2020

Coronavirus Behind Bars: Clinic attorneys accelerate COVID-19 mass prison release efforts

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, prison reform activists jumped into action, flagging the unique dangers of the coronavirus behind bars. But as activists have gained ground in states like ...

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10.13.2020

Where Do We Go from Here After the Breonna Taylor Verdict: Gender, Race, and the Future of Social Movements

On October 1, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law co-hosted an academic panel discussion on the Breonna Taylor grand jury verdict.

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09.18.2020

Racial Justice Teach-In Part of National Effort to Protest Police Violence and Racism

During the second week of September, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law faculty and the Office of Inclusion & Engagement hosted its first-ever Northwestern Law Racial Justice Virtual Teach-In.

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09.01.2020

Robin Walker Sterling Joins Bluhm Legal Clinic as Director and Associate Dean of Clinical Education

Sterling's research and teaching interests include clinical advocacy, criminal law, and juvenile justice, and her current work explores extending the right to a jury trial to juveniles facing ...

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08.25.2020

A Conversation with Paul Gowder

Paul Gowder joins the Northwestern Law faculty as a professor of law. His expertise in political theory, constitutional law, and social science has made him a go-to analyst of critical race ...

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08.21.2020

Q & A with Interim Dean James Speta: “These Are Incredibly Difficult Times”

James Speta has been named interim dean at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Here he discusses his immediate priorities, how the Law School will navigate the educational challenges posed by a ...

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08.03.2020

Jide Okechuku Nzelibe Elected to the American Law Institute

Jide Okechuku Nzelibe, Professor of Law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, ...

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07.15.2020

2020 Minow Debates Asks If the Electoral College Is Still Needed

On May 20, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Intelligence Squared hosted the third Newt and Jo Minow Debate, “The Electoral College Has Outlived Its Usefulness.”

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