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10.31.2024

Bipartisan Experts Discuss Presidential Campaigns, Third Parties, and Voter Engagement at Knox Conversations

On October 17, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law held its annual Knox Conversations, a discussion series featuring a bipartisan panel of incisive political thinkers and legal practitioners. ...

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10.23.2024

Volunteering for Change: Northwestern Pritzker Law’s Day of Service Highlights Commitment to Justice

On August 24, 2024, more than 200 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students stepped out of the classroom and gathered at Chicago-area nonprofits, parks, schools, and beaches. Wearing purple ...

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07.17.2024

Melissa Castillo West (JD ’24) Named Equal Justice Works Fellow

Melissa Castillo West (JD ’24) joins 83 other recent law school graduates who will spend the next two years as Equal Justice Works Fellows. During her time with the Chicago Coalition for the ...

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06.24.2024

Introducing Northwestern Pritzker Law’s 2024 Post-Graduate Fellows

Five recent Northwestern Pritzker School of Law graduates received Northwestern Law post-graduate fellowships this year to support their work addressing issues such as economic justice, education ...

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03.28.2024

Minow Debate Series Addresses Whether Citizens United Has Undermined Democracy

On February 21, 2024, students, faculty, alumni, and guests filled Thorne Auditorium to observe the latest installment of the Newt and Jo Minow Debate Series at Northwestern Pritzker School of ...

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03.26.2024

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (JD ’93) and Dean Hari Osofsky Among Speakers at Legal Services Corporation’s 50th Anniversary Symposium

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (JD ’93) provided opening remarks at the Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC’s) 50th anniversary symposium, held February 29, 2024, at Northwestern Pritzker School of ...

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01.04.2024

Henry Zhu (JD ’22) Receives the Prestigious Skadden Fellowship for Public Interest Work

Henry Zhu (JD '22) was one of 28 recipients of 2024’s Skadden Fellowship, which pays for two years of salary and training for recent law school graduates to work at a public interest organization.

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11.27.2023

Northwestern Pritzker Law Hosts “The Knox Conversations: Threats to Democracy.”

On October 26, Northwestern Pritzker Law held “The Knox Conversations: Threats to Democracy,” a discussion featuring a compelling, bipartisan panel of America’s most incisive political thinkers ...

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10.20.2023

A Conversation with Judge Amy St. Eve

On October 18, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law proudly welcomed Amy St. Eve, United States Circuit Court Judge for the Seventh Circuit, to the 2023 Pope & John Lecture Series on ...

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