Social Justice

Professors Maria Hawilo and Thomas Geraghty of Northwestern Pritzker Law's Bluhm Legal Clinic, former clinical fellow Gregor Calhan, and students Megan Richard, Brooke Troutman, Irene Wilburn, ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the district court’s August 2016 decision granting Brendan Dassey’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In an unprecedented year of contentious politics, immigration has been one of the most high-profile, and controversial, topics to make headlines. But the issues at play are ones that Uzoamaka ...

With Professor Destiny Peery The increased media coverage of police shootings has coincided with the growing prominence of conversations about race and law enforcement. In this episode of ...

With Professor Juliet Sorensen Professor Sorensen defines public corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain and discusses the challenges of working within the various ...

Professors Steven Drizin (JD ’86) and Laura Nirider (JD ’08) Many people have become familiar with the trial of Brendan Dassey’s through the 2015 Netflix ...