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02.06.2024

Looking to the Past 100 Years Since the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act

Native scholars and law professionals gather at Northwestern Pritzker Law for conference on Indigenous sovereignty, community.

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02.02.2024

Polish National Judge Named Global Jurist of the Year by Northwestern Pritzker Law

Judge Igor Tuleya recognized for his commitment to judicial integrity and independence Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) will award its ninth ...

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02.24.2023

Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic Hosts Mayoral Town Hall with GoodKids MadCity

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic (CJCR) and community organization GoodKids MadCity (GKMC) hosted a youth-led town hall with Chicago mayoral ...

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02.17.2023

Ilana Braverman, Co-Founder and COO of Greener by Default, Speaks at the Future of Innovation, Sustainability and the Law Speaker Series

The Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center (DPELC) continued its “Future of Innovation, Sustainability and the Law Speaker Series” in February. Ilana Braverman, co-founder and COO of Greener ...

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01.25.2023

Civil Rights Lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill Speaks on the Power of Making Your Voice Heard During DREAM Week Keynote

Northwestern University and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted its annual DREAM Week, commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Held on both the Evanston and Chicago ...

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12.19.2022

“As lawyers, we have the power to change lives”: Shelisa Thomas (JD ’19) Speaks on the Most Important Case of Her Career

Shelisa Thomas (JD ’19) met Corzell J. Cole, Sr. in the winter of 2018. At the time, Thomas was a 3L, and Cole was serving a 50-year sentence for first-degree and attempted murder. Their meeting ...

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12.06.2022

Bluhm Legal Clinic Leads National Organizations for Law School Clinical Faculty

The Clinic is pleased to share that two of our faculty members are currently leading the two national organizations for law school clinical and experiential faculty.

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12.05.2022

Center for International Human Rights Partners With Communities Around the World

In 2022, the Northwestern Access to Health Project partnered with a range of community-based organizations around the world on issues related to human rights, global health, and development, ...

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12.05.2022

Global Jurist Award Honors Women Judges in Afghanistan

The Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) awarded its seventh Global Jurist of the Year Award to all women judges in Afghanistan, in recognition of the courage they have shown under ...

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