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Rachel Bertsche

03.16.2020

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Names New Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that Robin Walker Sterling will join the faculty as a Clinical Professor and become the new director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic and ...

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03.16.2020

In His Own Words: Justice John Paul Stevens on His Years at Northwestern Law

In this excerpt of his recent memoir, The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years, the late Supreme Court Justice remembers the Northwestern Law courses and professors who ...

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02.20.2020

Just Mercy Screening Serves as Important Reminder: “Fighting The Good Fight Is Always Worth It”

Students, faculty and staff gathered at the AMC River East theater in late November for an advance screening of Just Mercy, donated by Courtney D. Armstrong (JD-MBA ’96), executive vice president ...

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01.13.2020

Solitary Confinement: Calling for Change in American Prisons

With David Shapiro and Daniel Greenfield Incarceration is the primary form of criminal punishment in the US today, and approximately 80,000 American prisoners are in some form of solitary ...

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12.17.2019

Innovation and Trends in Intellectual Property and Patent Law

By Laura Pedraza-Fariña and David Schwartz Professors Laura Pedraza-Fariña and David Schwartz discuss the study of innovation and the law in an era of rapid technological change. The guests share ...

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12.17.2019

The Bluhm Legal Clinic: Celebrating 50 years of Clinical Legal Education

With Thomas Geraghty As Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic approaches its 50th anniversary, Planet Lex host Vice Dean Jim Speta talks with Thomas Geraghty, the Clinic’s ...

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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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05.09.2019

Seeking Asylum: Reality at the US / Mexico Border

With Professor Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe Late last year, all anyone could seem to talk about was the migrant caravan approaching the U.S. / Mexico border. Yet, despite all the coverage and ...

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03.20.2019

The Implications of Biometrics in Privacy Law

With Professor Matthew Kugler How much should people care about privacy? And what’s at stake when it comes to tracking biometrics? In this podcast episode host Jim Speta talks to Matthew ...

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