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Jill Brislin

02.17.2020

Zachary Clopton Wins 2020 Civil Justice Scholarship Award

Zachary Clopton, professor of law, was named the recipient of the 2020 Civil Justice Scholarship Award from the Pound Civil Justice Institute.

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12.17.2019

Fairness and Equality: The Current Landscape of Antidiscrimination Law

With Dean Kimberly Yuracko If fairness doesn’t always mean treating everyone the same, then what does it really mean? Host Vice Dean Jim Speta is joined by Kimberly Yuracko, Dean and Judd and ...

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10.19.2018

“Making a Murderer” Part 2: Q&A with Brendan Dassey’s Attorneys, Professors Steven Drizin and Laura Nirider

In late 2015, the docuseries Making a Murderer premiered on Netflix, quickly becoming a worldwide sensation. The series featured the case of Brendan Dassey, a client of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s ...

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03.31.2018

Lawyers Writing Fiction: Northwestern Law Faculty Talk about Their Careers as Novelists

It’s not unusual for lawyers to try their hand at writing fiction – just look at Scott Turow and John Grisham, who together popularized an entire legal thriller genre. But while these novelists ...

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02.21.2018

The #MeToo Movement Through a Legal Lens

With Professors Laura Beth Nielsen and Deborah Tuerkheimer What started out as a viral moment has grown into a movement that has resulted in both praise and controversy. Laura Beth Nielsen and ...

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03.15.2017

The Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, and the Nuclear Option

Attorney Carter Phillips (JD ’77) The Supreme Court has faced a whirlwind of change and controversy over the last year, first with the death of Justice Scalia and then with the election of ...

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