Jill Horwitz: Scholarship Across Disciplines
More than half of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s faculty hold PhDs in fields beyond law—making it one of the most interdisciplinary faculties in legal education. Few embody this ...
If fairness doesn’t always mean treating everyone the same, then what does it really mean? Host Vice Dean Jim Speta is joined by Kimberly Yuracko, Dean and Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law, to discuss her extensive research on gender equity. Speta and Yuracko survey current social issues and discuss how laws surrounding these matters are changing. They also examine gender equity in the legal profession, and discuss the responsibility of law schools and law firms to create a more equitable profession, especially at the top.
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