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Shanice L Harris

12.05.2022

The Center on Wrongful Convictions Celebrates the Release of Several Clients

This year, the CWC faculty and students celebrate the freedom and exoneration of clients Juan Hernandez and Jose Cruz, who combined spent over 55 years wrongfully imprisoned after being framed by ...

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12.05.2022

Children and Family Justice Center Wins Freedom For Client

CFJC lawyers and students address unjust incarceration and punishment through postconviction challenges of the extreme sentencing of youth and young people that fail to account for their youth ...

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11.30.2022

Bluhm Legal Clinic Continues its “Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century” Series: 2022 Round Up

Throughout the year, the Bluhm Legal Clinic highlighted many issues around the series’ theme including, the Illinois Blueprint for Peace, Restorative Justice, and Illinois Resentencing Statues.

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11.17.2022

Center for Racial and Disability Justice Launches with Professor Jamelia Morgan

On November 16, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law launched the Center for Racial and Disability Justice (CRDJ). Under the leadership of Jamelia Morgan, professor of law, the Center will promote ...

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11.11.2022

Carter Phillips (JD ’77) Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Lawyer

Carter Phillips (JD ‘77) has a long and storied history with Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Not only is he one of the most engaged alumni of the Law School, he is also one of the school’s ...

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11.11.2022

“While the Unknown is Scary, You’re More Prepared Than You Think”: Alicia L. Crawford (JD ’24) on Transitioning from Military Life to Student Life

The student body at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is vibrant. It’s full of individuals from all walks of life—whether they’re non-traditional, fresh out of undergrad, or starting a second ...

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11.08.2022

NULR Hosts 2022 Symposium, “Fraud and the Erosion of Trust”

In October, Northwestern University Law Review hosted its 2022 Symposium, “Fraud and the Erosion of Trust,” bringing together scholars to discuss the history of fraud in America. U.S. District ...

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11.01.2022

Professor Bruce A. Markell Receives 2022 Lawrence P. King Award

Bruce A. Markell, Professor of Bankruptcy Law and Practice and the Edward Avery Harriman Lecturer in Law, has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Lawrence P. King Award by Commercial Law ...

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10.13.2022

Faith E. Gay (JD ’86) and Wife Francesca Zambello Commit $3M to New Social Justice Professorship

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce that Faith E. Gay (JD ‘86) and Francesca Zambello have generously committed to gift $3 million to establish the Faith E. Gay and ...

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