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Jill Brislin

09.07.2021

NLawProud: Leonardo Lampret

Leonardo Lampret grew up in a small city in Slovenia. To bring his career to the next level, Leo came to the U.S. to pursue a Masters in Economics and an LLM at Northwestern Law and hopes to use ...

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07.07.2021

NLawProud: LaTisha Curtiss

LaTisha Curtiss started her first year of law school on Zoom but that didn’t stop her from creating a community. LaTisha joined the Black Law Students Association, the Women’s Leadership ...

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04.22.2021

A New Digital Infrastructure

The COVID pandemic precipitated a massive shift in digital infrastructure. Annelise Riles, the Executive Director of the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Studies at Northwestern University, ...

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03.18.2021

A Safe, Fair, and Dignified Workplace

On the Planet Lex podcast, Tina Tchen (JD '84), former chief of staff to Michelle Obama and president and CEO of Time’s Up Now and the Time’s Up Foundation, discusses how the law can actually ...

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10.30.2020

A Northwestern Law Professor Explains: Self-Government

Professor Joshua Kleinfeld explains the failures of American democracy and the three steps needed to revive true self-government in America.

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10.27.2020

COVID-19’s Impact on the 2020 Election

Michael Kang discusses COVID-19’s looming impact on the upcoming presidential election, the range of election-related litigation already in courts, and whether he thinks America will know ...

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08.19.2020

New Light on the History of Commercial Fraud

Emily Kadens, professor of law and a legal historian with a particular focus on medieval and early modern history of commercial law and practice, shares her research on the origins of commercial ...

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07.15.2020

Anti-Discrimination Laws vs. Religious Freedom

With Andrew M. Koppelman The United States has a long history of religious accommodation. But is it possible to exempt those who object to an anti-discrimination law without defeating the purpose ...

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06.17.2020

Juvenile Justice During the Coronavirus Pandemic

With Julie L. Biehl A criminal record can be an economic life sentence for those attempting to re-enter society. The cost of one year of incarceration of a child exceeds that of a four-year ...

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