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Rachel Bertsche

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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03.28.2018

Approaching Access to Justice with a Designer’s Mindset

With Margaret Hagan Does the access to justice problem need a design solution? At Stanford’s Legal Design Lab, Margaret Hagan and her colleagues use human-centered design and ...

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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 ...

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01.17.2018

What Hinders Innovation in the Legal Industry?

Professor William Henderson Committees have been formed, seminars have been taught, and conferences have been hosted — all in an effort to convince lawyers that new technology will save them ...

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12.20.2017

Taking a Closer Look at Free Speech

Professor Martin Redish Whether it’s Milo Yiannopoulos being unable to speak at Berkeley or James Damore being fired for his Google memo, freedom of speech has repeatedly emerged as a topic ...

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11.15.2017

A Look at the Presidency with Neil Eggleston and Newt Minow

Neil Eggleston (JD ’78) and Newt Minow (JD ’50) The Trump administration is constantly in the news but what’s going on behind the scenes? Former White House Counsel Neil ...

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10.18.2017

Scott Turow on Where Law and Literature Collide

With Scott Turow Bestselling author and lawyer Scott Turow has written 13 books, including the law school must-read One L, and Presumed Innocent, the novel credited with creating the legal ...

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09.20.2017

Law and Business of Cannabis: Regulation, Taxation, and Banking

Charlie Bachtell and Dina Rollman (JD ’00)  Stoner jokes aside, cannabis is a truly budding industry. In this episode of Planet Lex, Daniel Rodriguez talks to Charlie ...

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08.16.2017

Cities, States and The Trump Administration: Clashes of Federal and Local Government

Professors David Dana and Nadav Shoked There are looming conflicts between the Trump administration and local governments on a number of issues, including (but not limited to) ...

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