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<title>Public Interest Perspectives: Katie Shelton (JD ’07)</title>
<category>After Law School, Public Interest</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/public-interest-perspectives-katie-shelton-jd-07/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law has long been a leader in preparing students for public interest careers and pro bono work that promotes advancement of social justice. Since its founding in 2016, the Public Interest Center has worked to provide strategic leadership of key public interest activities on campus and cultivate a strong public interest culture that&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law has long been a leader in preparing students for public interest careers and pro bono work that promotes advancement of social justice. Since its founding in 2016, the Public Interest Center has worked to provide strategic leadership of key public interest activities on campus and cultivate a strong public interest culture that&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>MSL–JD STEM Scholars Award</title>
<category>Student Experience, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/msl-jd-scholarship-announcement/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce the creation of a new scholarship to be awarded to an outstanding MSL graduate who pursues Northwestern’s JD program: the MSL–JD STEM Scholars Award. The STEM Scholars Award will provide support for an MSL graduate who is admitted to Northwestern Pritzker Law’s Juris Doctor (JD) program.&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce the creation of a new scholarship to be awarded to an outstanding MSL graduate who pursues Northwestern’s JD program: the MSL–JD STEM Scholars Award. The STEM Scholars Award will provide support for an MSL graduate who is admitted to Northwestern Pritzker Law’s Juris Doctor (JD) program.&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Legora announces launch of Legal AI Scholars Program to prepare law students for AI-driven legal practice</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/legora-announces-launch-of-legal-ai-scholars-program-to-prepare-law-students-for-ai-driven-legal-practice/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Among Founding Members of Initiative Legora today announced the formal launch of the Legal AI Scholars Program, collaborating with leading law schools to integrate professional-grade legal AI into their curricula and prepare graduates for a legal landscape where AI proficiency is essential. The nine founding members of the initiative include&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Among Founding Members of Initiative Legora today announced the formal launch of the Legal AI Scholars Program, collaborating with leading law schools to integrate professional-grade legal AI into their curricula and prepare graduates for a legal landscape where AI proficiency is essential. The nine founding members of the initiative include&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Coalescing Cases with Code: Innovation Lab Leads Cross-Disciplinary Legal Education at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-innovation-lab-leads-cross-disciplinary-legal-education/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[At Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, the future of legal education is unfolding not only in appellate opinions and seminar discussions, but also in code repositories, sprint meetings, and prototype demonstrations. The Innovation Lab, an interdisciplinary course jointly led by Daniel W. Linna Jr., senior lecturer and director of law and technology initiatives, and&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[At Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, the future of legal education is unfolding not only in appellate opinions and seminar discussions, but also in code repositories, sprint meetings, and prototype demonstrations. The Innovation Lab, an interdisciplinary course jointly led by Daniel W. Linna Jr., senior lecturer and director of law and technology initiatives, and&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Building Leaders at the Intersection of Law and Business: The JD-MBA</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/jd-mba-at-the-intersection-of-law-and-business/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[With backgrounds in engineering, business management, and corporate strategy, Mack Krell, KeVohn McMahon, and Tram Nguyen (all JD-MBA ’26) represent just some of the different experiences students bring to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Kellogg School of Management’s JD-MBA degree program. “In our cohort alone, there are former scientists, consultants, paralegals, engineers, and musicians,”&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[With backgrounds in engineering, business management, and corporate strategy, Mack Krell, KeVohn McMahon, and Tram Nguyen (all JD-MBA ’26) represent just some of the different experiences students bring to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Kellogg School of Management’s JD-MBA degree program. “In our cohort alone, there are former scientists, consultants, paralegals, engineers, and musicians,”&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>From Kellogg–HKUST to Northwestern Pritzker Law: A Shared Path into the MSL</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Student Experience, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/from-kellogg-hkust-to-northwestern-pritzker-law-a-shared-path-into-the-msl/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Three current online Master of Science in Law students share something in common: they are all 2011 graduates of the Kellogg–HKUST Executive MBA program, a partnership between the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Bill Huang, David Day, and Doug Nairne come from different corners&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Three current online Master of Science in Law students share something in common: they are all 2011 graduates of the Kellogg–HKUST Executive MBA program, a partnership between the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Bill Huang, David Day, and Doug Nairne come from different corners&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Recent Faculty Works: Neha Jain, Heidi Kitrosser, Alex Lee, and Deborah Tuerkheimer</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/recent-faculty-works-neha-jain-heidi-kitrosser-alex-lee-and-deborah-tuerkheimer/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Ernest Greer (JD ’91), Co-President of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, to Deliver Northwestern Pritzker Law 2026 Convocation Address</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is excited to announce that Ernest Greer (JD ’91), Co-President of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2026. Convocation will be held on Friday, May 15, at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St. “We are honored to have Ernest Greer deliver the convocation&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is excited to announce that Ernest Greer (JD ’91), Co-President of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2026. Convocation will be held on Friday, May 15, at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St. “We are honored to have Ernest Greer deliver the convocation&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Eric Sirota Receives Congressional Commendation</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-eric-sirota-receives-congressional-commendation/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On January 14, 2026, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Director of Tenant Advocacy Clinic and Professor Eric Sirota received a Congressional Commendation from U.S. Representative Delia Ramirez for his work to expand tenants’ rights and “reshape the housing landscape.” Congressional Commendations recognize outstanding achievements within a representative’s district, such as “appointment or election to public&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On January 14, 2026, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Director of Tenant Advocacy Clinic and Professor Eric Sirota received a Congressional Commendation from U.S. Representative Delia Ramirez for his work to expand tenants’ rights and “reshape the housing landscape.” Congressional Commendations recognize outstanding achievements within a representative’s district, such as “appointment or election to public&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bluhm Legal Clinic Newsletter</title>
<category>News, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bluhm-legal-clinic-newsletter/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Winter 2026 Edition › &#160;&#160;Welcome› &#160;&#160;Clinic Highlights› &#160;&#160;Faculty Updates Director&#8217;s Welcome Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am honored to welcome you to this year’s Clinical Program Newsletter from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic. As we reflect on the work of our clinicians, students, staff, and community partners, we are reminded that clinical&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Winter 2026 Edition › &#160;&#160;Welcome› &#160;&#160;Clinic Highlights› &#160;&#160;Faculty Updates Director&#8217;s Welcome Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am honored to welcome you to this year’s Clinical Program Newsletter from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic. As we reflect on the work of our clinicians, students, staff, and community partners, we are reminded that clinical&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Zachary Clopton named dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/zachary-clopton-named-dean-of-northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[He has served the school as interim dean for the past six months Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law&#160;Zachary D. Clopton&#160;has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Feb. 1. Clopton succeeds Hari Osofsky as the permanent dean after six months in the interim role. “Zach Clopton is a nationally recognized scholar&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[He has served the school as interim dean for the past six months Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law&#160;Zachary D. Clopton&#160;has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Feb. 1. Clopton succeeds Hari Osofsky as the permanent dean after six months in the interim role. “Zach Clopton is a nationally recognized scholar&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Siegel Fund to Combat Antisemitism established at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law</title>
<category>Giving</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/siegel-fund-established-northwestern-pritzker-law/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a generous $250,000 contribution by Howard J. (BA ’90) and Alexis L. Siegel, the Siegel Fund to Combat Antisemitism (The Siegel Fund) has been established at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. The Siegel Fund supports Northwestern Pritzker Law Bluhm Legal Clinic’s education, advocacy, and community-based efforts to combat antisemitism both in Chicago and&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks to a generous $250,000 contribution by Howard J. (BA ’90) and Alexis L. Siegel, the Siegel Fund to Combat Antisemitism (The Siegel Fund) has been established at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. The Siegel Fund supports Northwestern Pritzker Law Bluhm Legal Clinic’s education, advocacy, and community-based efforts to combat antisemitism both in Chicago and&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Emily Kadens Receives Prestigious Visiting Fellowship at Oxford’s All Souls College</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/emily-kadens-visiting-fellowship-oxford/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Emily Kadens, Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law, has been awarded a prestigious Visiting Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year at the University of Oxford’s All Souls College. The College is primarily an academic research institution with particular strengths in the humanities and social and theoretical sciences and an outstanding library.&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Emily Kadens, Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law, has been awarded a prestigious Visiting Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year at the University of Oxford’s All Souls College. The College is primarily an academic research institution with particular strengths in the humanities and social and theoretical sciences and an outstanding library.&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Robert Burns Honored with ABA’s Robert B. McKay Award</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/robert-burns-honored-with-abas-robert-b-mckay-award/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Robert (Bob) Burns, William W. Gurley Memorial Professor of Law Emeritus at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, has been awarded the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section&#8217;s Robert B. McKay Award. This prestigious accolade recognizes Burns for his &#8220;commitment to the advancement of justice, scholarship, and the legal profession demonstrated&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Robert (Bob) Burns, William W. Gurley Memorial Professor of Law Emeritus at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, has been awarded the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section&#8217;s Robert B. McKay Award. This prestigious accolade recognizes Burns for his &#8220;commitment to the advancement of justice, scholarship, and the legal profession demonstrated&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Recent Faculty Works: David A. Dana, Chika O. Okafor, Myriam E. Gilles</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/recent-faculty-works-david-dana-chika-okafor-myriam-gilles/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Legal Writing Program Continues Tradition of Excellence</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/legal-writing-program-continues-tradition-of-excellence/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[With one of the oldest legal writing programs in the country, dating back to the mid-20th century, Northwestern Pritzker Law has a long tradition of excellence in the field. The year-long Communication and Legal Reasoning course that teaches legal reasoning, research, writing, and oral argument to 1Ls is continually evolving to adapt to new developments&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[With one of the oldest legal writing programs in the country, dating back to the mid-20th century, Northwestern Pritzker Law has a long tradition of excellence in the field. The year-long Communication and Legal Reasoning course that teaches legal reasoning, research, writing, and oral argument to 1Ls is continually evolving to adapt to new developments&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Northwestern Perspective: Civil Procedure</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-perspective-civil-procedure/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Civil procedure provides the backbone for how legal cases move forward, from when a case is first filed to the ultimate conclusion. It’s also a keystone of the research undertaken at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where faculty collectively constitute a renowned, generationally and intellectually diverse set of viewpoints. The roll call of civil procedure&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Civil procedure provides the backbone for how legal cases move forward, from when a case is first filed to the ultimate conclusion. It’s also a keystone of the research undertaken at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where faculty collectively constitute a renowned, generationally and intellectually diverse set of viewpoints. The roll call of civil procedure&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Northwestern Perspective: Passion for Research and Pedagogy</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-perspective-passion-for-research-and-pedagogy/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[At Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, a cohort of new faculty members exemplify a profound commitment to advancing legal scholarship while fostering a transformative educational environment. Their work largely reflects an intersection of rigorous research and a passion for pedagogy, both of which prepare students to navigate the complexities of the current legal landscape. This&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[At Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, a cohort of new faculty members exemplify a profound commitment to advancing legal scholarship while fostering a transformative educational environment. Their work largely reflects an intersection of rigorous research and a passion for pedagogy, both of which prepare students to navigate the complexities of the current legal landscape. This&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Law School Mourns the Passing of Trailblazing Professor Emerita Joyce A. Hughes</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/law-school-mourns-the-passing-of-professor-emerita-joyce-a-hughes/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Joyce A. Hughes, professor of law emerita at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, passed away November 13, 2025. A person of historic firsts, Professor Hughes’s pathbreaking achievements in legal education and public service opened doors for countless people and strengthened every institution she touched. Hughes joined Northwestern Law in 1975 as an associate professor, after&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Joyce A. Hughes, professor of law emerita at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, passed away November 13, 2025. A person of historic firsts, Professor Hughes’s pathbreaking achievements in legal education and public service opened doors for countless people and strengthened every institution she touched. Hughes joined Northwestern Law in 1975 as an associate professor, after&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Five Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-faculty-appointed-to-endowed-professorships/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On November 5, 2025, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted an installation ceremony in Lincoln Hall celebrating five faculty members’ scholarly accomplishments and their recent appointments to endowed professorships: Zachary D. Clopton as the Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law, Myriam Gilles as Catherine Waugh McCulloch Professor of Law, Paul A. Gowder as Frederic P.&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On November 5, 2025, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted an installation ceremony in Lincoln Hall celebrating five faculty members’ scholarly accomplishments and their recent appointments to endowed professorships: Zachary D. Clopton as the Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law, Myriam Gilles as Catherine Waugh McCulloch Professor of Law, Paul A. Gowder as Frederic P.&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Recent Faculty Works: Karen J. Alter, Stephanie Holmes Didwania, James E. Pfander</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/recent-faculty-works-paul-gowder-name-name/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Global Influence of Professor Ron Allen: A Story of Impact and Innovation in Evidence Law</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/the-global-influence-of-professor-ron-allen-a-story-of-impact-and-innovation-in-evidence-law/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In the realm of legal scholarship, few names resonate as profoundly as that of Ronald J. Allen, John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. An internationally recognized expert in evidence, criminal procedure, and constitutional law, Allen’s work has transcended borders, shaping the field of evidence law across continents. His&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the realm of legal scholarship, few names resonate as profoundly as that of Ronald J. Allen, John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. An internationally recognized expert in evidence, criminal procedure, and constitutional law, Allen’s work has transcended borders, shaping the field of evidence law across continents. His&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Two Alumni Pursue Public Interest Fellowship Opportunities</title>
<category>Public Interest</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/two-alumni-pursue-public-interest-fellowship-opportunities/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Two recent Northwestern Pritzker Law graduates have begun their careers in public interest as recipients of national fellowships. These 2025 graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes such as advocating for incarcerated women who have reported sexual abuse and developing legal and policy strategies to address the harms of mass incarcerations. To help&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two recent Northwestern Pritzker Law graduates have begun their careers in public interest as recipients of national fellowships. These 2025 graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes such as advocating for incarcerated women who have reported sexual abuse and developing legal and policy strategies to address the harms of mass incarcerations. To help&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Jonathan Entin (JD ’81) Gives Back, Paying Tribute to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law</title>
<category>Giving</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/jonathan-entin-gives-back-to-northwestern-pritzker-law/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[For Jonathan Entin (JD ’81), his reason for establishing scholarship support for students at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is simple — give back what was once given. Having graduated from Northwestern Pritzker Law in 1981, Jon credits his time as a student for shaping him into the legal educator he is today. According to&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[For Jonathan Entin (JD ’81), his reason for establishing scholarship support for students at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is simple — give back what was once given. Having graduated from Northwestern Pritzker Law in 1981, Jon credits his time as a student for shaping him into the legal educator he is today. According to&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Carter G. Phillips Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Center Flourishes Under New Name and Director</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/carter-phillips-appellate-advocacy-center-flourishes-under-new-director/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[When Carter G. Phillips (JD ’77) speaks of his time at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law—both as a student and an engaged alumnus— he highlights the profound influence of faculty mentors on his career. As one of the most successful Supreme Court and appellate lawyers in the country, he credits “mentors like Vic Rosenblum and&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Carter G. Phillips (JD ’77) speaks of his time at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law—both as a student and an engaged alumnus— he highlights the profound influence of faculty mentors on his career. As one of the most successful Supreme Court and appellate lawyers in the country, he credits “mentors like Vic Rosenblum and&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Going Public: Professor Emily Kadens Joins AI and Archival Research Through the Launch of the Egerton Model</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-emily-kadens-launches-of-the-egerton-model/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanks to artificial intelligence and the work of a team led by Emily Kadens, Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Research &#38; Strategic Initiatives, researchers can now automatically generate highly accurate transcriptions of early modern English records written in a particularly challenging script called secretary hand. “Egerton,”&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks to artificial intelligence and the work of a team led by Emily Kadens, Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Research &#38; Strategic Initiatives, researchers can now automatically generate highly accurate transcriptions of early modern English records written in a particularly challenging script called secretary hand. “Egerton,”&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Clerkships Deliver Insights, Spark Success</title>
<category>After Law School, Clerkships, Courts</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/clerkships-deliver-insights-spark-success/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7835</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Long considered a prestigious opportunity for recent law school graduates, judicial clerkships provide invaluable insights into what judges do day-to-day, and how they think, write and otherwise conduct themselves, along with the unique experience of acting as their apprentices, drafting opinions, orders, jury instructions and more. Northwestern Pritzker Law places dozens of clerks each year,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Long considered a prestigious opportunity for recent law school graduates, judicial clerkships provide invaluable insights into what judges do day-to-day, and how they think, write and otherwise conduct themselves, along with the unique experience of acting as their apprentices, drafting opinions, orders, jury instructions and more. Northwestern Pritzker Law places dozens of clerks each year,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Where Science Meets Law: A Faculty Journey to the MSL Program</title>
<category>Faculty, Law, Business, Tech, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/where-science-meets-law-a-faculty-journey-to-the-msl-program/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7828</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The beginning of the academic year is always a time of great anticipation, for both students and faculty. That’s especially true for Distinguished Senior Lecturer Jeffrey Carter-Johnson as he enters his fourth year of MSL teaching and reflects on his role of guiding new MSL students along a path he knows intimately—one that bridges science&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The beginning of the academic year is always a time of great anticipation, for both students and faculty. That’s especially true for Distinguished Senior Lecturer Jeffrey Carter-Johnson as he enters his fourth year of MSL teaching and reflects on his role of guiding new MSL students along a path he knows intimately—one that bridges science&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Evans Family Foundation Donates $1 Million to LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic</title>
<category>Giving</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/evans-family-foundation-donates-to-lgbtqi-rights-clinic/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7809</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law is delighted to announce that the Evans Family Foundation, founded and led by alumna Christine M. Evans (JD ’03, LLM ’11), has generously committed $1 million to support the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic. The funds will establish a staff attorney position for the Clinic and support the Clinic’s work and&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law is delighted to announce that the Evans Family Foundation, founded and led by alumna Christine M. Evans (JD ’03, LLM ’11), has generously committed $1 million to support the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic. The funds will establish a staff attorney position for the Clinic and support the Clinic’s work and&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor’s Research, Teaching Intersects with Historic, Current Issues</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/kitrosser-research-intersects-with-historic-current-issues/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7812</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Heidi Kitrosser mines cases, intertwined concepts of First Amendment, presidential power, secrecy The intersections among First Amendment law, presidential power, and government secrecy have been throughlines in the research and teaching of Heidi Kitrosser, William W. Gurley Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, in ways that are variously relevant to American governance&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Heidi Kitrosser mines cases, intertwined concepts of First Amendment, presidential power, secrecy The intersections among First Amendment law, presidential power, and government secrecy have been throughlines in the research and teaching of Heidi Kitrosser, William W. Gurley Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, in ways that are variously relevant to American governance&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Recent Faculty Works: Heidi Kitrosser, Matthew Kugler, Janice Nadler</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/recent-faculty-works-kitrosser-kugler-nadler/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7798</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Recent Faculty Works: Shari Seidman Diamond, Paul Gowder, Michael Kang</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/recent-faculty-works-diamond-gowder-kang/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7795</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Legal Trailblazer Sherrese Smith (JD ’96) Establishes Scholarship Fund to Support Students</title>
<category>Giving</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/sherrese-smith-establishes-fund-to-support-students/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7787</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When Sherrese Smith (JD ’96) looks back on her years at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, she remembers both the academic rigor and financial challenges. Today, as the global managing partner of Paul Hastings LLP and one of the nation’s leading advisors in media, technology, and telecommunications law, she is ensuring the next generation of&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Sherrese Smith (JD ’96) looks back on her years at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, she remembers both the academic rigor and financial challenges. Today, as the global managing partner of Paul Hastings LLP and one of the nation’s leading advisors in media, technology, and telecommunications law, she is ensuring the next generation of&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Launches Office of Community Engagement and Access</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-launches-office-of-community-engagement-and-access/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7784</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In July 2025, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law launched the Office of Community Engagement and Access (OCEA). Bringing together a breadth of programming from initiatives across the Law School, OCEA provides support and resources for every stage of legal education&#160; – pre-law, law school, and career – from workshops for middle schoolers to initiatives&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In July 2025, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law launched the Office of Community Engagement and Access (OCEA). Bringing together a breadth of programming from initiatives across the Law School, OCEA provides support and resources for every stage of legal education&#160; – pre-law, law school, and career – from workshops for middle schoolers to initiatives&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Four New Members Appointed to Northwestern Pritzker Law Board</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/four-new-members-join-northwestern-pritzker-law-board/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7759</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Law Board members. The Law Board is dedicated to advancing Northwestern Pritzker Law and supporting its students. The Board serves in an advisory capacity to help shape strategy and acts as an advocate for the Law School in the legal profession,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Law Board members. The Law Board is dedicated to advancing Northwestern Pritzker Law and supporting its students. The Board serves in an advisory capacity to help shape strategy and acts as an advocate for the Law School in the legal profession,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>It’s All in the Family for Jordon Kruse</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Giving</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/its-all-in-the-family-for-jordon-kruse/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7753</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alvin Kruse (BA ’65, JD ’68) left Oklahoma and set out for Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, sight unseen. He enrolled as an undergraduate because of the scholarship that would afford him a college education. Alvin continued his studies at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where his son, Jordon, would also earn his JD in&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alvin Kruse (BA ’65, JD ’68) left Oklahoma and set out for Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, sight unseen. He enrolled as an undergraduate because of the scholarship that would afford him a college education. Alvin continued his studies at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where his son, Jordon, would also earn his JD in&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Welcomes New Faculty Hires </title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-welcomes-new-faculty-hires/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7740</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to welcome eight new faculty members as the 2025-2026 academic year begins: Professors Myriam Gilles, Jill Horwitz, Jonathan Manes, Andrew McKinley, Chika Okafor, Anna Zaret, Danielle Hamilton, and Joy Whitfield. They are each accomplished legal scholars who will enrich our students’ learning experience, and we are excited for&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to welcome eight new faculty members as the 2025-2026 academic year begins: Professors Myriam Gilles, Jill Horwitz, Jonathan Manes, Andrew McKinley, Chika Okafor, Anna Zaret, Danielle Hamilton, and Joy Whitfield. They are each accomplished legal scholars who will enrich our students’ learning experience, and we are excited for&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Parents’ Simultaneous Health Crises Led to Rising 3L’s Estate Planning Focus</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/parents-health-crises-estate-planning-focus/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7735</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rising third-year student Erik Brannon became interested in law school while taking pre-law classes as an undergrad at the University of Illinois. He narrowed his focus to estate planning during the year before he began at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for a very personal reason: Both of his parents faced life-threatening illnesses—both have since&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rising third-year student Erik Brannon became interested in law school while taking pre-law classes as an undergrad at the University of Illinois. He narrowed his focus to estate planning during the year before he began at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for a very personal reason: Both of his parents faced life-threatening illnesses—both have since&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Christine Evans (JD ’03, LLM-IHR ’11) Receives Inaugural Justice John Paul Stevens Distinguished Alumni Fellow Award</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/christine-evans-receives-inaugural-award/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7682</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law alumna Christine M. Evans (JD ’03, LLM-IHR ’11) has received the John Paul Stevens Foundation’s inaugural Justice John Paul Stevens Distinguished Alumni Fellow Award. Evans, who is the Founder and Principal Director of Shared Roots Collective, a mediation and conflict transformation practice that specializes in applying the principles and practices of restorative&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law alumna Christine M. Evans (JD ’03, LLM-IHR ’11) has received the John Paul Stevens Foundation’s inaugural Justice John Paul Stevens Distinguished Alumni Fellow Award. Evans, who is the Founder and Principal Director of Shared Roots Collective, a mediation and conflict transformation practice that specializes in applying the principles and practices of restorative&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Dean Hari M. Osofsky Brings Energy Innovation Focus to Northwestern</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/dean-hari-m-osofsky-brings-energy-innovation-focus-to-northwestern/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7711</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The scholarship, teaching, and leadership of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dean Hari Michele Osofsky—who is also The Myra and James Bradwell Professor of Law and a Professor of Environmental Policy and Culture—always have been rooted in energy, climate change, and justice issues, which has manifest in a multitude of ways throughout her career. Dean&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The scholarship, teaching, and leadership of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dean Hari Michele Osofsky—who is also The Myra and James Bradwell Professor of Law and a Professor of Environmental Policy and Culture—always have been rooted in energy, climate change, and justice issues, which has manifest in a multitude of ways throughout her career. Dean&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Northwestern Perspective: Tax Law</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship, Tax Law</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-perspective-tax-law/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7665</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, distinguished faculty members are at the vanguard of tax law scholarship, dedicating their careers to advancing the field through rigorous research and interdisciplinary analysis. Renowned for their expertise, they draw upon legal, historical, and philosophical methodologies to produce influential scholarship in leading academic journals, books, and policy papers. Their&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[At Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, distinguished faculty members are at the vanguard of tax law scholarship, dedicating their careers to advancing the field through rigorous research and interdisciplinary analysis. Renowned for their expertise, they draw upon legal, historical, and philosophical methodologies to produce influential scholarship in leading academic journals, books, and policy papers. Their&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Ajay Mehrotra Receives Prestigious Research Honors to Advance New Book Project</title>
<category>Faculty, Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-ajay-mehrotra-receives-prestigious-research-honors-to-advance-new-book-project/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7655</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ajay K. Mehrotra, the Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and Affiliated Professor of History also at Northwestern University, has been selected as a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. He also received a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society, which&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ajay K. Mehrotra, the Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and Affiliated Professor of History also at Northwestern University, has been selected as a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. He also received a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society, which&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Empowers Future Legal Minds with 2025 Summer Pre-Law Academy</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/empowers-future-legal-minds-2025-summer-pre-law-academy/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7642</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The halls of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law buzzed with energy in May as the inaugural Northwestern Summer Pre-Law Academy (the Academy) brought together a select cohort of aspiring legal minds from across the country. Held from May 19–23, the immersive five-day program opened the doors of legal education to students who have traditionally faced&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The halls of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law buzzed with energy in May as the inaugural Northwestern Summer Pre-Law Academy (the Academy) brought together a select cohort of aspiring legal minds from across the country. Held from May 19–23, the immersive five-day program opened the doors of legal education to students who have traditionally faced&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Legal Community Welcomes New Interim Dean with Enthusiasm and Optimism</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/legal-community-welcomes-new-interim-dean-enthusiasm-optimism/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7622</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern University Provost Kathleen Hagerty announced on May 28 that Professor and Associate Dean Zachary D. Clopton will lead the Law School beginning July 22. Distinguished alumni, faculty, students, and friends of the Law School continue to share their enthusiasm for Clopton’s appointment. Here’s what they’re saying: As a proud alum of the Law School,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern University Provost Kathleen Hagerty announced on May 28 that Professor and Associate Dean Zachary D. Clopton will lead the Law School beginning July 22. Distinguished alumni, faculty, students, and friends of the Law School continue to share their enthusiasm for Clopton’s appointment. Here’s what they’re saying: As a proud alum of the Law School,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Free AI Lecture for Law Students Focuses on Risks—and Benefits—of AI</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/free-ai-lecture-for-law-students-focuses-on-risks-and-benefits-of-ai/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7721</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Daniel Linna Jr., senior lecturer and director of law and technology initiatives at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, often attended the continuing legal education programs of the Practising Law Institute during his years as a practicing attorney, and he’s since provided several of them. When his contact there mentioned potentially creating a free program for&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Daniel Linna Jr., senior lecturer and director of law and technology initiatives at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, often attended the continuing legal education programs of the Practising Law Institute during his years as a practicing attorney, and he’s since provided several of them. When his contact there mentioned potentially creating a free program for&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Zachary D. Clopton Named Interim Dean of Northwestern Pritzker Law </title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/zachary-d-clopton-named-interim-dean-of-northwestern-pritzker-law/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 16:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7609</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Zachary D. Clopton has been appointed interim dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for two years beginning July 22, 2025. The announcement was made by Northwestern Provost Kathleen Hagerty, who praised Clopton as “a thoughtful and distinguished legal scholar” with deep institutional knowledge and national recognition in civil litigation.&#160; Clopton joined the&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Professor Zachary D. Clopton has been appointed interim dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for two years beginning July 22, 2025. The announcement was made by Northwestern Provost Kathleen Hagerty, who praised Clopton as “a thoughtful and distinguished legal scholar” with deep institutional knowledge and national recognition in civil litigation.&#160; Clopton joined the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>From the Classroom to the Recording Studio: Personal Jurisdiction</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/from-the-classroom-to-the-recording-studio-personal-jurisdiction/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 16:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7285</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Like many of their classmates, both Allison Freedman (JD ’14) and Hallie Ritzu (JD ’14) began their legal careers at large law firms after graduating from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. The two friends—who first met in an 8 a.m. constitutional criminal procedure class—each spent several years at their respective firms, with Allison focusing&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Like many of their classmates, both Allison Freedman (JD ’14) and Hallie Ritzu (JD ’14) began their legal careers at large law firms after graduating from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. The two friends—who first met in an 8 a.m. constitutional criminal procedure class—each spent several years at their respective firms, with Allison focusing&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Hochkammer Scholarship Recipient Plans to Become Public Defender</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/hochkammer-scholarship-recipient-plans-to-become-public-defender/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 19:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7572</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jordan Plunkett, a second-year student who received the William O. and Marcia A. Hochkammer Scholarship, once planned to litigate wrongful conviction cases, but she has instead set her sights on becoming a public defender. That shift happened after Plunkett became familiar with the famous case of Steven Avery—which she notes has close ties to Northwestern&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jordan Plunkett, a second-year student who received the William O. and Marcia A. Hochkammer Scholarship, once planned to litigate wrongful conviction cases, but she has instead set her sights on becoming a public defender. That shift happened after Plunkett became familiar with the famous case of Steven Avery—which she notes has close ties to Northwestern&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Message to the Northwestern Pritzker Law Community</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-message-to-the-northwestern-pritzker-law-community/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 16:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7568</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, Northwestern Pritzker Law Dean Hari Osofsky shared the following message with the Northwestern Pritzker Law community: Dear Members of the Northwestern Pritzker Law Community, I write today to share my decision to step down as dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as of July 21 to launch Northwestern’s new Energy Innovation Lab&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier today, Northwestern Pritzker Law Dean Hari Osofsky shared the following message with the Northwestern Pritzker Law community: Dear Members of the Northwestern Pritzker Law Community, I write today to share my decision to step down as dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as of July 21 to launch Northwestern’s new Energy Innovation Lab&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Celebrates Class of 2025 at Convocation Ceremony</title>
<category>Student Experience, nlawproud, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/convocation-celebrates-northwestern-pritzker-law-class-of-2025/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 22:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7556</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 16, 608 graduates from 36 places around the world joined faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2025 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre. Presiding over the ceremony, Dean Hari Osofsky welcomed the graduates to the Northwestern Pritzker Law alumni community. “We have a responsibility as a Law&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, May 16, 608 graduates from 36 places around the world joined faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2025 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre. Presiding over the ceremony, Dean Hari Osofsky welcomed the graduates to the Northwestern Pritzker Law alumni community. “We have a responsibility as a Law&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Offers “The Perspective Project” to Incoming Students</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-offers-the-perspective-project-to-incoming-students/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 19:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7551</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In August 2025, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law will offer a new program for 50 incoming students the week before Orientation called The Perspective Project. Developed with the goal to provide students with a framework for thinking and speaking across difference, the program will be a five-day immersive experience that integrates foundational negotiation training&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In August 2025, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law will offer a new program for 50 incoming students the week before Orientation called The Perspective Project. Developed with the goal to provide students with a framework for thinking and speaking across difference, the program will be a five-day immersive experience that integrates foundational negotiation training&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Decoding the Past: Professor Emily Kadens uses Artificial Intelligence to bring 16th-Century Law to Life</title>
<category>Faculty, Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/decoding-the-past-professor-emily-kadens-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-bring-16th-century-law-to-life/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 16:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7537</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What happens when 16th-century legal documents meet artificial intelligence? Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor and Vice Dean Emily Kadens is answering that very question through her current research project, which blends centuries-old court equity records with the illuminating capabilities of modern AI. For the past three&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[What happens when 16th-century legal documents meet artificial intelligence? Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor and Vice Dean Emily Kadens is answering that very question through her current research project, which blends centuries-old court equity records with the illuminating capabilities of modern AI. For the past three&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Northwestern Perspective: Criminal Law</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship, criminal law</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-northwestern-perspective-criminal-law/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 18:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7369</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The research and teaching of criminal law scholars at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law covers a wide range of academic disciplines, from social psychology to economics, along with topical issues such as the death penalty, pretrial detention, and jury behavior; and, in some cases, intersections with sociological characteristics such as race, gender, and disability&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The research and teaching of criminal law scholars at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law covers a wide range of academic disciplines, from social psychology to economics, along with topical issues such as the death penalty, pretrial detention, and jury behavior; and, in some cases, intersections with sociological characteristics such as race, gender, and disability&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Again Named #1 Go-To Law School: Big Law in 2025</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-named-1-go-to-law-school-big-law/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 14:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7313</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has been ranked number one for Big Law graduates by two major publications: Law.com and US News. For the second year in a row, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law earned the top spot in Law.com’s 2025 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law report, with 195 of its graduates, or 71.9%, now&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has been ranked number one for Big Law graduates by two major publications: Law.com and US News. For the second year in a row, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law earned the top spot in Law.com’s 2025 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law report, with 195 of its graduates, or 71.9%, now&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Reforming the Rules: Professor Zachary Clopton’s Research on Civil Procedure Aims at Improvement</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/reforming-the-rules-professor-zachary-cloptons-research-on-civil-procedure-aims-at-improvement/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7304</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Understanding the rules and policies that shape the judicial system is a laborious process. And for Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Zachary D. Clopton, this work is immensely vital to uncovering injustices, increasing visibility, and promoting reform in civil procedure.  “It is important to think&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Understanding the rules and policies that shape the judicial system is a laborious process. And for Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life Zachary D. Clopton, this work is immensely vital to uncovering injustices, increasing visibility, and promoting reform in civil procedure.  “It is important to think&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Two Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/two-northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law-faculty-members-appointed-to-endowed-professorships/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7295</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On April 21, 2025, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted an installation ceremony celebrating two faculty members’ scholarly accomplishments and their recent appointments to endowed professorships: Ajay K. Mehrotra as Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law and David L. Schwartz as William G. &#38; Virginia K. Karnes Research Professor of&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On April 21, 2025, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted an installation ceremony celebrating two faculty members’ scholarly accomplishments and their recent appointments to endowed professorships: Ajay K. Mehrotra as Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law and David L. Schwartz as William G. &#38; Virginia K. Karnes Research Professor of&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Annelise Riles Inducted in the Order of the Academic Palms of the Republic of France</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-professor-annelise-riles-inducted-in-the-order-of-the-academic-palms-of-the-republic-of-france/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7270</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Annelise Riles, Professor of Law, was inducted as a Chevalier in the Order des Palmes Academiques, or Order of the Academic Palms, of the Republic of France, for a lifetime contributing to diplomacy, legal science, and Franco-U.S. relations. Consul General of France in Chicago, Yannick Tagand pinned her with the regalia of the order on&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Annelise Riles, Professor of Law, was inducted as a Chevalier in the Order des Palmes Academiques, or Order of the Academic Palms, of the Republic of France, for a lifetime contributing to diplomacy, legal science, and Franco-U.S. relations. Consul General of France in Chicago, Yannick Tagand pinned her with the regalia of the order on&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Engineering, Law Researchers Earn Best Paper Honors at ACM CS+Law 2025</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-engineering-law-researchers-earn-best-paper-honors-at-acm-cslaw-2025/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7272</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The team&#8217;s legal-technological framework enables the secure reporting of private misconduct settlements An interdisciplinary paper coauthored by researchers from Northwestern Engineering and Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law earned the Best Paper Award at the Fourth Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium on Computer Science and Law, held March 25 – 27 in Munich. The winning&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The team&#8217;s legal-technological framework enables the secure reporting of private misconduct settlements An interdisciplinary paper coauthored by researchers from Northwestern Engineering and Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law earned the Best Paper Award at the Fourth Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium on Computer Science and Law, held March 25 – 27 in Munich. The winning&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>First-Generation Law Student Finds Justice Path Through Unlikely Beginning</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/first-generation-law-student-finds-justice-path-through-unlikely-beginning/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7251</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Life lessons learned while showing sheep at the Shawano County Fair in northeast Wisconsin have helped propel 2L student Lindsey Roloff, recipient of the Judge Floyd E. Thompson Memorial Scholarship at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, toward her likely career path in appellate litigation. As a third-grader attending the fair in Shawano, her hometown of&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Life lessons learned while showing sheep at the Shawano County Fair in northeast Wisconsin have helped propel 2L student Lindsey Roloff, recipient of the Judge Floyd E. Thompson Memorial Scholarship at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, toward her likely career path in appellate litigation. As a third-grader attending the fair in Shawano, her hometown of&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Recent Faculty Works: Karen J. Alter, Stephanie Holmes Didwania, James E. Pfander</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/recent-faculty-works-karen-j-alter-stephanie-holmes-didwania-james-e-pfander/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7197</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Meese Revolution: Steve Calabresi Pens Book on Former U.S. Attorney General</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/the-meese-revolution-steve-calabresi-pens-book-on-former-u-s-attorney-general/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7181</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Steven G. Calabresi, the Clayton J. &#38; Henry R. Barber Professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, recently released a book titled The Meese Revolution: The Making of a Constitutional Moment (2024, Encounter Books). Co-authored by Steve Calabresi and Gary Lawson, the book delves into the influential tenure of former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven G. Calabresi, the Clayton J. &#38; Henry R. Barber Professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, recently released a book titled The Meese Revolution: The Making of a Constitutional Moment (2024, Encounter Books). Co-authored by Steve Calabresi and Gary Lawson, the book delves into the influential tenure of former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Rule of Law: Professor Paul Gowder Applies Legal Principles to Everyday Encounters</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/the-rule-of-law-professor-paul-gowder-applies-legal-principles-to-everyday-encounters/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7139</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Gowder, professor of law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, recalls a time during his adolescent years imprinted in his memory. Part of California State University LA’s early entrance program, Paul entered college at the age of 14. As a staple of his weekly routine, he commuted to and from school on the&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul Gowder, professor of law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, recalls a time during his adolescent years imprinted in his memory. Part of California State University LA’s early entrance program, Paul entered college at the age of 14. As a staple of his weekly routine, he commuted to and from school on the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Born and Raised: One Chicagoan’s Journey to Northwestern Pritzker Law</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/born-and-raised-one-chicagoans-journey-to-northwestern-pritzker-law/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7123</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law attracts students from across the United States and around the world. This year’s class, for example, hails from 37 U.S. states and 10 international jurisdictions, with students speaking a wide range of languages and representing a variety of cultural, professional, and educational backgrounds. But some students didn’t have to travel&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law attracts students from across the United States and around the world. This year’s class, for example, hails from 37 U.S. states and 10 international jurisdictions, with students speaking a wide range of languages and representing a variety of cultural, professional, and educational backgrounds. But some students didn’t have to travel&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Priyanka Motaparthy Takes on Injustice in Challenging Times</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic, international law</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/priyanka-motaparthy-takes-on-injustice-in-challenging-times/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7093</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Priyanka Motaparthy always knew she wanted to amplify the perspective of those who are so often ignored. With an early interest in writing and literature, she set her sights on becoming a journalist — graduating from Brown University and landing an editorial assistant job at The New York Times. “You would think that is the&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Priyanka Motaparthy always knew she wanted to amplify the perspective of those who are so often ignored. With an early interest in writing and literature, she set her sights on becoming a journalist — graduating from Brown University and landing an editorial assistant job at The New York Times. “You would think that is the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Love, Law School, and a New Life: How Northwestern Shaped a Family’s Path</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/love-law-school-and-a-new-life-how-northwestern-shaped-a-familys-path/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7083</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the spring of 2024, Serge Popov (JD ’26) and Victoria Reznik (JD ’24) were busy with law school finals, internship interviews, and preparations for Victoria’s graduation from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Just days later Victoria gave birth to the couple’s first child, Marsella, at Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital. Gazing out the window,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the spring of 2024, Serge Popov (JD ’26) and Victoria Reznik (JD ’24) were busy with law school finals, internship interviews, and preparations for Victoria’s graduation from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Just days later Victoria gave birth to the couple’s first child, Marsella, at Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital. Gazing out the window,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Recent Faculty Works: Ari Glogower, John O. McGinnis, Ajay K. Mehrotra</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/recent-faculty-works-ari-glogower-john-o-mcginnis-ajay-k-mehrotra/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6954</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. Their research and scholarship has helped advance the understanding of law and legal institutions in a diverse array of fields. Learn more in our “Recent Faculty Works” series about the latest&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Judge Michael Y. Scudder, Jr. (JD ’98) to Deliver 2025 Convocation Address</title>
<category>Student Experience, Alumni, Courts</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/judge-michael-y-scudder-jr-jd-98-to-deliver-2025-convocation-address/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=7045</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is excited to announce that Judge Michael Y. Scudder will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2025. Convocation will be held on Friday, May 16, at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St. “We are thrilled that Judge Scudder will deliver the convocation address to the Class of&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is excited to announce that Judge Michael Y. Scudder will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2025. Convocation will be held on Friday, May 16, at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St. “We are thrilled that Judge Scudder will deliver the convocation address to the Class of&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Garden in a Law School</title>
<category>#NLawProud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-garden-in-a-law-school/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6917</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A commemorative event held September 30, 2024, dedicated the Northwestern Pritzker Law School garden as The Hortense Mayer Hirsch Quadrangle Garden in honor of the garden’s donor, Hortense Mayer Hirsch. As Dean Hari Osofsky noted in her welcoming remarks, it was only after multiple relocations between its founding in 1859 and the completion of Levy&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A commemorative event held September 30, 2024, dedicated the Northwestern Pritzker Law School garden as The Hortense Mayer Hirsch Quadrangle Garden in honor of the garden’s donor, Hortense Mayer Hirsch. As Dean Hari Osofsky noted in her welcoming remarks, it was only after multiple relocations between its founding in 1859 and the completion of Levy&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Professor Publishes Open-Access Privacy Law Casebook</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-professor-publishes-open-access-privacy-law-casebook/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6898</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Privacy law is as a rapidly evolving field, constantly changing to catch up with technological advancements and increased surveillance worldwide. With new privacy laws being passed every year, law school courses must also evolve. Matthew Kugler, Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, sought to address this with the publication of his&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Privacy law is as a rapidly evolving field, constantly changing to catch up with technological advancements and increased surveillance worldwide. With new privacy laws being passed every year, law school courses must also evolve. Matthew Kugler, Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, sought to address this with the publication of his&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Paul Gowder to Serve on EPLO’s Global Rule of Law Commission</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-paul-gowder-to-serve-on-eplos-global-rule-of-law-commission/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6874</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paul A. Gowder, Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, has been selected to serve as a member of the European Public Law Organization’s (EPLO) Global Rule of Law Commission. The EPLO is an international organization dedicated to the creation&#160;and dissemination of knowledge in the area of public&#160;law and governance,&#160;including but not&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul A. Gowder, Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, has been selected to serve as a member of the European Public Law Organization’s (EPLO) Global Rule of Law Commission. The EPLO is an international organization dedicated to the creation&#160;and dissemination of knowledge in the area of public&#160;law and governance,&#160;including but not&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Wendy Muchman Honored By AALS Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/wendy-muchman-honored-by-aals-section-on-technology-law-and-legal-education/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Wendy Muchman, Professor of Practice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, was awarded the 2025 Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education Ethics Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). She was presented the award during the AALS Annual Meeting on January 9, 2025. The award goes to an individual in the&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wendy Muchman, Professor of Practice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, was awarded the 2025 Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education Ethics Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). She was presented the award during the AALS Annual Meeting on January 9, 2025. The award goes to an individual in the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Closing the Tax Gap: Book Co-authored by Northwestern Pritzker Law Professor Targets Noncompliance by the Wealthy</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/closing-the-tax-gap-book-co-authored-by-northwestern-pritzker-law-professor-targets-noncompliance-by-the-wealthy/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[When thinking about the tax system, Americans often complain that the wealthy pay less than they should because they’re able to employ skilled advisors and complex structures that are not available to other taxpayers. In the newly released book, Untaxed: The Rich, the IRS, and a New Approach to Tax Compliance (Cambridge University Press, 2024)&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[When thinking about the tax system, Americans often complain that the wealthy pay less than they should because they’re able to employ skilled advisors and complex structures that are not available to other taxpayers. In the newly released book, Untaxed: The Rich, the IRS, and a New Approach to Tax Compliance (Cambridge University Press, 2024)&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Outstanding New Faculty Hires at Northwestern Pritzker Law</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/outstanding-new-hires-at-northwestern-pritzker-law/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This fall, Northwestern Pritzker Law welcomed a number of outstanding faculty hires: Professors Molly Brownfield, Kristina DeGuzman, Monica Haymond, Kara Ingelhart, Andrea Lewis Hartung, Priyanka Motaparthy, Eric Sirota, and our inaugural Marti Family Fellow Priyanka Goonetilleke. Their scholarship and teaching has already made an enormous impact on our community,&#8221; said Dean Hari Osofsky. &#8220;The Law&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8220;This fall, Northwestern Pritzker Law welcomed a number of outstanding faculty hires: Professors Molly Brownfield, Kristina DeGuzman, Monica Haymond, Kara Ingelhart, Andrea Lewis Hartung, Priyanka Motaparthy, Eric Sirota, and our inaugural Marti Family Fellow Priyanka Goonetilleke. Their scholarship and teaching has already made an enormous impact on our community,&#8221; said Dean Hari Osofsky. &#8220;The Law&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Rent Eats First: Northwestern Pritzker Law’s Eric Sirota Pens Poetry on Housing and Justice</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/the-rent-eats-first-northwestern-laws-eric-sirota-pens-poetry-on-housing-and-justice/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In October, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Director of Tenant Advocacy Clinic and Professor Eric Sirota published The Rent Eats First, a book that analyzes capitalist systems and systemic inequality in verse form. Growing up in Evanston, the son of two lawyers, Sirota began developing his parallel interests in poetry and law early. He recalls&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In October, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Director of Tenant Advocacy Clinic and Professor Eric Sirota published The Rent Eats First, a book that analyzes capitalist systems and systemic inequality in verse form. Growing up in Evanston, the son of two lawyers, Sirota began developing his parallel interests in poetry and law early. He recalls&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Daniel Rodriguez’s Book Examines Government’s “Police Power”</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-daniel-rodriguezs-book-examines-governments-police-power/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[During the public health crisis spawned by COVID, the extent of government’s “police power”—the legal ability to compel citizens to take (or not take) certain actions in the name of health, safety, welfare and the overall public interest—received renewed scrutiny and controversy. Actions such as governors’ shutdown orders and social distancing or mask requirements imposed&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[During the public health crisis spawned by COVID, the extent of government’s “police power”—the legal ability to compel citizens to take (or not take) certain actions in the name of health, safety, welfare and the overall public interest—received renewed scrutiny and controversy. Actions such as governors’ shutdown orders and social distancing or mask requirements imposed&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Veterans Day Conversation with Judge John F. Lyke</title>
<category>Student Experience, After Law School, Public Service, veterans</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/veterans-day-conversation-with-judge-john-f-lyke/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Veterans Day 2024, the Veterans Law Association and Office of Diversity, Equity &#38; Inclusion hosted a conversation with the Honorable John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr. who serves in the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Judge Lyke also hears Veterans Treatment Court cases as part of Cook County’s Problem-Solving Courts. An Army&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Veterans Day 2024, the Veterans Law Association and Office of Diversity, Equity &#38; Inclusion hosted a conversation with the Honorable John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr. who serves in the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Judge Lyke also hears Veterans Treatment Court cases as part of Cook County’s Problem-Solving Courts. An Army&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>U.S. Senate Confirms April Perry (JD ’03) for District Court Judge</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/president-biden-taps-april-perry-jd-03-for-district-court-judge/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[UPDATE, November 12, 2024: The Senate voted 51-44 on Tuesday to confirm April Perry as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. On April 24, President Biden nominated&#160;April Perry as a United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. The president had previously nominated Perry to serve as&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[UPDATE, November 12, 2024: The Senate voted 51-44 on Tuesday to confirm April Perry as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. On April 24, President Biden nominated&#160;April Perry as a United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. The president had previously nominated Perry to serve as&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Incoming Class Continues Tradition of Excellence at Northwestern Pritzker Law</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/incoming-class-continues-tradition-of-excellence-at-northwestern-pritzker-law/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The newest class of Northwestern Pritzker Law JD students have already distinguished themselves as an extraordinary, diverse group of people with an impressive range of accomplishments. These students are already making a positive impact in the Law School’s vibrant intellectual community of scholars, advocates, and future legal leaders. Selected from over 6,300 applicants, the Law&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The newest class of Northwestern Pritzker Law JD students have already distinguished themselves as an extraordinary, diverse group of people with an impressive range of accomplishments. These students are already making a positive impact in the Law School’s vibrant intellectual community of scholars, advocates, and future legal leaders. Selected from over 6,300 applicants, the Law&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bipartisan Experts Discuss Presidential Campaigns, Third Parties, and Voter Engagement at Knox Conversations</title>
<category>Public Interest, Events, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bipartisan-experts-discuss-presidential-campaigns-third-parties-and-voter-engagement-at-knox-conversations/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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. During the second installment, titled “America, 2024, and a Political Reckoning?” Paul Begala, political commentator for CNN; Michael Steele, former Lt. Governor of Maryland and former chairman of&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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. During the second installment, titled “America, 2024, and a Political Reckoning?” Paul Begala, political commentator for CNN; Michael Steele, former Lt. Governor of Maryland and former chairman of&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Shifting Regulatory Landscape: MSL Panel Explores Impact of Supreme Court Decisions</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/the-shifting-regulatory-landscape-msl-panel-explores-impact-of-supreme-court-decisions/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In June 2024, the Supreme Court overturned the doctrine of Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The doctrine, established in 1984 in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., required courts to accept an agency&#8217;s reasonable interpretation of laws that the agency is responsible for enforcing. The Court now says that&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In June 2024, the Supreme Court overturned the doctrine of Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The doctrine, established in 1984 in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., required courts to accept an agency&#8217;s reasonable interpretation of laws that the agency is responsible for enforcing. The Court now says that&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Volunteering for Change: Northwestern Pritzker Law’s Day of Service Highlights Commitment to Justice</title>
<category>Public Interest</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/volunteering-for-change-northwestern-pritzker-laws-day-of-service-highlights-commitment-to-justice/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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 and grey law school tees, they participated in pro bono activities around the city, cleaning up bird sanctuaries, conducting legal aid client intake, and packing children’s&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 and grey law school tees, they participated in pro bono activities around the city, cleaning up bird sanctuaries, conducting legal aid client intake, and packing children’s&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Dujon Smith (MSL ’22) Now a Triple Threat, Thanks to Northwestern’s MSL Degree</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/dujon-smith-msl-22-now-a-triple-threat-thanks-to-northwesterns-msl-degree/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneur and business consultant Dujon Smith (MSL ’22) had already worked in and traveled to dozens of countries, with stints at two international consultancies, when he decided to pursue a post-graduate degree to round out his experience. Though a traditional MBA might have seemed the right fit for Smith, who is Global Investment Lead for&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Entrepreneur and business consultant Dujon Smith (MSL ’22) had already worked in and traveled to dozens of countries, with stints at two international consultancies, when he decided to pursue a post-graduate degree to round out his experience. Though a traditional MBA might have seemed the right fit for Smith, who is Global Investment Lead for&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Four New Members Appointed to Northwestern Pritzker Law Board</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/four-new-members-appointed-to-northwestern-pritzker-law-board/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Law Board members. The Law Board is dedicated to advancing Northwestern Pritzker Law and supporting its students. The Board serves in an advisory capacity to help shape strategy and acts as an advocate for the Law School in the legal profession,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Law Board members. The Law Board is dedicated to advancing Northwestern Pritzker Law and supporting its students. The Board serves in an advisory capacity to help shape strategy and acts as an advocate for the Law School in the legal profession,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Honors Distinguished Alumni at Annual Alumni Awards</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law-honors-distinguished-alumni-at-annual-alumni-awards/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that 21 distinguished alumni will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards dinner. The awards serve to highlight the achievements and service of Northwestern Pritzker Law’s extraordinary alumni community. “Congratulations to our 2024 alumni awardees on their extensive accomplishments throughout their careers,” said Dean Hari Osofsky.&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that 21 distinguished alumni will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards dinner. The awards serve to highlight the achievements and service of Northwestern Pritzker Law’s extraordinary alumni community. “Congratulations to our 2024 alumni awardees on their extensive accomplishments throughout their careers,” said Dean Hari Osofsky.&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Faculty Member Elected to American Law Institute</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-faculty-member-elected-to-american-law-institute/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Two Alumni Also Elected as New Members Erin F. Delaney, Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Political Science, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two Alumni Also Elected as New Members Erin F. Delaney, Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Political Science, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Ranked Seventh Among Law Schools in Study Evaluating Return on Investment</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-ranked-seventh-among-law-schools-in-study-evaluating-return-on-investment/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has been ranked seventh in a Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce study evaluating the return on investment (ROI) of a law degree. The study evaluates law school employment outcomes, bar exam passage rates, and student loan debt, ranking 186 law schools based on median annual earnings net&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has been ranked seventh in a Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce study evaluating the return on investment (ROI) of a law degree. The study evaluates law school employment outcomes, bar exam passage rates, and student loan debt, ranking 186 law schools based on median annual earnings net&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Art Walk at Northwestern Pritzker Law School Brings New Insights to Campus</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/art-walk-at-northwestern-pritzker-law-school-brings-new-insights-to-campus/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In spring 2024, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law launched its Campus Art Walk, a self-guided tour of the Law School’s art collection. From sculptures to paintings to the distinctive stained-glass installation above the Atrium, the tour celebrates the diversity of the Northwestern Pritzker Law community. Now, with a new academic year underway, students, faculty, staff,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In spring 2024, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law launched its Campus Art Walk, a self-guided tour of the Law School’s art collection. From sculptures to paintings to the distinctive stained-glass installation above the Atrium, the tour celebrates the diversity of the Northwestern Pritzker Law community. Now, with a new academic year underway, students, faculty, staff,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bridging Disciplines: Northwestern Pritzker Law JD-PhD Alumni Redefine the Intersection of Law and Academia</title>
<category>After Law School, After Law School, Alumni, Interdisciplinary</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bridging-disciplines-northwestern-pritzker-law-jd-phd-alumni-redefine-the-intersection-of-law-and-academia/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In May 2024, Ryan Whalen (JD-PhD ’16), director of the University of Hong Kong’s Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, helped organize the school’s first “Law &#38;…” conference on interdisciplinary legal research. “The goal was to get people from as many different places in as many different backgrounds who would talk about the benefits and the challenges&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In May 2024, Ryan Whalen (JD-PhD ’16), director of the University of Hong Kong’s Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, helped organize the school’s first “Law &#38;…” conference on interdisciplinary legal research. “The goal was to get people from as many different places in as many different backgrounds who would talk about the benefits and the challenges&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Receives Nearly $5 Million to Benefit Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy</title>
<category>Giving</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-receives-nearly-5-million-to-benefit-supreme-court-and-appellate-advocacy/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Major Gifts from Carter Phillips, Sue Henry, Jessica Phillips, and the Sidley Austin Foundation Inspired Colleagues and Friends of the Phillips’ Family to Contribute Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce the generous commitment of nearly $5 million in gifts to expand the Carter G. Phillips Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Center’s programs.&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Major Gifts from Carter Phillips, Sue Henry, Jessica Phillips, and the Sidley Austin Foundation Inspired Colleagues and Friends of the Phillips’ Family to Contribute Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce the generous commitment of nearly $5 million in gifts to expand the Carter G. Phillips Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Center’s programs.&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Melissa Castillo West (JD ’24) Named Equal Justice Works Fellow</title>
<category>Public Interest</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/melissa-castillo-west-jd-24-named-equal-justice-works-fellow/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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 Homeless (CCH), West’s work will provide legal representation, outreach, and advocacy to unsheltered individuals and families in Chicago through a specialized community&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 Homeless (CCH), West’s work will provide legal representation, outreach, and advocacy to unsheltered individuals and families in Chicago through a specialized community&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Monica Llorente (JD ’00) and Judge Patricia Logue (JD ’86) Receive Chicago Bar Association’s Vanguard Award</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-monica-llorente-jd-00-and-judge-patricia-logue-jd-86-receive-chicago-bar-associations-vanguard-award/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 21:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Professor Monica Llorente (JD ’00), Senior Lecturer at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has received the Vanguard Award from the Chicago Bar Association. Judge Patricia Logue (JD ’86), who passed away in February, also received the award. Given out each year by the Chicago Bar Association, the Vanguard Award honors the individuals and institutions who&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Professor Monica Llorente (JD ’00), Senior Lecturer at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has received the Vanguard Award from the Chicago Bar Association. Judge Patricia Logue (JD ’86), who passed away in February, also received the award. Given out each year by the Chicago Bar Association, the Vanguard Award honors the individuals and institutions who&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>From Chicago to the World: 25 Years of Northwestern Pritzker Law’s International Team Project</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/from-chicago-to-the-world-25-years-of-northwestern-pritzker-laws-international-team-project/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This past spring break, Yona Isaacs (JD ’24) was one of 21 students who traveled to Bosnia as part of this year’s International Team Project (ITP). There, they interviewed local attorneys and non-governmental organization partners about domestic legal rights for minority groups while taking in local history, hiking to waterfalls, and trying flavorful local food&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[This past spring break, Yona Isaacs (JD ’24) was one of 21 students who traveled to Bosnia as part of this year’s International Team Project (ITP). There, they interviewed local attorneys and non-governmental organization partners about domestic legal rights for minority groups while taking in local history, hiking to waterfalls, and trying flavorful local food&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Genevieve Tokíc Elected as Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-genevieve-tokic-elected-as-fellow-of-the-american-college-of-tax-counsel/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6625</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Genevieve Tokíc, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Tax Program, has been honored as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC). The Fellows of the ACTC constitute an extraordinary group of America’s very best tax attorneys. Membership is reserved for those leaders who have demonstrated “a&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Professor Genevieve Tokíc, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Tax Program, has been honored as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC). The Fellows of the ACTC constitute an extraordinary group of America’s very best tax attorneys. Membership is reserved for those leaders who have demonstrated “a&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Co-Hosts “Brown v. Board of Education at 70: An Evolving Legacy” Event</title>
<category>Faculty, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-co-hosts-brown-v-board-of-education-at-70-an-evolving-legacy-event-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 23:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6597</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Seventy years after the Supreme Court found segregated schools unconstitutional, Brown vs. Board of Education continues to shape education policy and practice as well as the legal field. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dean Hari Osofsky and Associate Dean of Research and Intellectual Life Paul Gowder took part in a Northwestern University event exploring the&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Seventy years after the Supreme Court found segregated schools unconstitutional, Brown vs. Board of Education continues to shape education policy and practice as well as the legal field. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dean Hari Osofsky and Associate Dean of Research and Intellectual Life Paul Gowder took part in a Northwestern University event exploring the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Introducing Northwestern Pritzker Law’s 2024 Post-Graduate Fellows</title>
<category>Public Interest, Fellowships, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/introducing-northwestern-laws-2024-post-graduate-fellows/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6613</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 equity, voting rights, gender-based violence, and prisoners’ rights. The Law School awards fellows $50,000, plus medical insurance coverage, to support one year of full-time service as lawyers at a&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 equity, voting rights, gender-based violence, and prisoners’ rights. The Law School awards fellows $50,000, plus medical insurance coverage, to support one year of full-time service as lawyers at a&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Celebrating Pride Month: A Conversation With Kara Ingelhart</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/celebrating-pride-month-a-conversation-with-kara-ingelhart/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6610</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This year, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic launched the LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic to advance advocacy in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) rights.&#160;At a time when harassment, discrimination, and violence targeted against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex&#160;people continues to increase across the country, with more than&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[This year, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic launched the LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic to advance advocacy in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) rights.&#160;At a time when harassment, discrimination, and violence targeted against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex&#160;people continues to increase across the country, with more than&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Kyle Rozema Publishes Study on Affirmative Action Bans and Law School Diversity</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/kyle-rozema-publishes-study-on-affirmative-action-bans-and-law-school-diversity/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 21:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6526</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kyle Rozema, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the JD/PhD Program and Academic Placement at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has a new working paper titled “Affirmative Action and Racial Diversity in U.S. Law Schools, 1980-2021,” along with co-authors Richard R.W. Brooks, Professor at New York University Law School, and Sarath Sanga, Yale University Law&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kyle Rozema, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the JD/PhD Program and Academic Placement at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has a new working paper titled “Affirmative Action and Racial Diversity in U.S. Law Schools, 1980-2021,” along with co-authors Richard R.W. Brooks, Professor at New York University Law School, and Sarath Sanga, Yale University Law&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Celebrates Class of 2024 at Convocation Ceremony</title>
<category>Student Experience, nlawproud, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-celebrates-class-of-2024-at-convocation-ceremony/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 15:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6559</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 10, 624 graduates from 27 places around the world joined faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2024 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre. Presiding over the ceremony, Dean Hari Osofsky welcomed the graduates to the Northwestern Pritzker Law alumni community. “Today, we are honoring and celebrating an&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, May 10, 624 graduates from 27 places around the world joined faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2024 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre. Presiding over the ceremony, Dean Hari Osofsky welcomed the graduates to the Northwestern Pritzker Law alumni community. “Today, we are honoring and celebrating an&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>U.S. Senate Confirms Georgia N. Alexakis (JD ’06) for District Court Judge</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Judgeship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/president-biden-taps-georgia-n-alexakis-jd-06-for-district-court-judge/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6370</guid>
<description><![CDATA[UPDATE, MAY 2, 2024: The Senate voted 54-44 on Wednesday to confirm Georgia N. Alexakis as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. On February 21, 2024, President Biden nominated Georgia N. Alexakis (JD ’06) to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Alexakis&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[UPDATE, MAY 2, 2024: The Senate voted 54-44 on Wednesday to confirm Georgia N. Alexakis as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. On February 21, 2024, President Biden nominated Georgia N. Alexakis (JD ’06) to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Alexakis&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Sarah Lawsky Named an INRIA International Chair, 2024-2028</title>
<category>Faculty, Global, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/sarah-lawsky-named-an-inria-international-chair-2024-2028/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6497</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sarah Lawsky, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has been named an international chair by a French national research institute. The French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) facilitates world-class research and innovation through its multidisciplinary programs, allowing researchers to&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sarah Lawsky, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has been named an international chair by a French national research institute. The French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) facilitates world-class research and innovation through its multidisciplinary programs, allowing researchers to&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Judicial Clerkship Program Celebrates Record Year for Placements</title>
<category>After Law School, Clerkships</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law-judicial-clerkship-program-celebrates-record-year-for-placements/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6516</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to share the latest news from the judicial clerkship program, which continues to enjoy tremendous success.&#160;The current 2023-24 term is the Law School’s best year to date, with an impressive 83 graduates clerking in 25 states and D.C. This exceeds last year—the Law School’s next best term—by more&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to share the latest news from the judicial clerkship program, which continues to enjoy tremendous success.&#160;The current 2023-24 term is the Law School’s best year to date, with an impressive 83 graduates clerking in 25 states and D.C. This exceeds last year—the Law School’s next best term—by more&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Sarah Lawsky Worked on a Tax Law Code That the French Government Deemed Officially “Awesome”</title>
<category>Faculty, Faculty, Global</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/sarah-lawsky-worked-on-a-tax-law-code-that-the-french-government-deemed-officially-awesome/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6501</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In December 2023, Catala, a program on which Sarah Lawsky, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law collaborated, was officially listed as &#8220;awesome&#8221; software by the French digital government agency&#8217;s open-source program office. Created by a team led by Denis Merigoux, a French computer scientist based at the National Institute for&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In December 2023, Catala, a program on which Sarah Lawsky, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law collaborated, was officially listed as &#8220;awesome&#8221; software by the French digital government agency&#8217;s open-source program office. Created by a team led by Denis Merigoux, a French computer scientist based at the National Institute for&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>With Publication of New Book, Martin H. Redish Reflects on a Multifaceted Career</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/with-publication-of-new-book-martin-h-redish-reflects-on-a-multifaceted-career/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6490</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Martin H. Redish is a powerhouse legal scholar published in countless scholarly journals, ranked as one of the most cited legal scholars of all time, and often quoted in the media. His latest book, Due Process as American Democracy, was published by Oxford University Press in February. Despite the acclaim and the accolades, he said&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Martin H. Redish is a powerhouse legal scholar published in countless scholarly journals, ranked as one of the most cited legal scholars of all time, and often quoted in the media. His latest book, Due Process as American Democracy, was published by Oxford University Press in February. Despite the acclaim and the accolades, he said&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Names Inaugural Director of LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law-names-inaugural-director-of-lgbtqi-rights-clinic/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6434</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is excited to announce that after an extensive national search, Kara Ingelhart (she/her) joins the Northwestern Pritzker Law faculty as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and the inaugural director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s new LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic. At a time when harassment, discrimination, and violence targeted against lesbian,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is excited to announce that after an extensive national search, Kara Ingelhart (she/her) joins the Northwestern Pritzker Law faculty as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and the inaugural director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s new LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic. At a time when harassment, discrimination, and violence targeted against lesbian,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Linda and Jeffrey Hammes (JD ’85) Donate $1M to Establish First-Gen Scholarship</title>
<category>Giving</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/linda-and-jeffrey-hammes-jd-85-donate-1m-to-establish-first-gen-scholarship/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6432</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce that Jeffrey Hammes (JD ’85) has generously committed $1 million to establish and fund the Hammes Family Scholarship, which will be used to provide scholarship support for students with demonstrated financial need and high academic achievement who are also of the first generation in their family&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce that Jeffrey Hammes (JD ’85) has generously committed $1 million to establish and fund the Hammes Family Scholarship, which will be used to provide scholarship support for students with demonstrated financial need and high academic achievement who are also of the first generation in their family&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Exploring Interdisciplinary Careers: High School Students Engage with Law and STEM at Northwestern Pritzker Law</title>
<category>Student Experience, Events, MSL, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/exploring-interdisciplinary-careers-high-school-students-engage-with-law-and-stem-at-northwestern-pritzker-law/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6464</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A cohort of 125 high school students from six STEM-focused Chicago Public Schools recently participated in a unique educational opportunity with the Master of Science in Law (MSL) Program at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. The event, planned in tandem with International Women’s Day and organized by MSL students, aimed to broaden high school students’&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A cohort of 125 high school students from six STEM-focused Chicago Public Schools recently participated in a unique educational opportunity with the Master of Science in Law (MSL) Program at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. The event, planned in tandem with International Women’s Day and organized by MSL students, aimed to broaden high school students’&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Appoints New Vice Chair of Law Board</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law-appoints-new-vice-chair-of-law-board/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6460</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law announced the appointment of Sherrese M. Smith (JD ’96), Global Managing Partner of Paul Hastings LLP, as Vice Chair of the Law Board. She will become Chair of the Law Board on September 1, 2025. The Law Board is dedicated to advancing Northwestern Pritzker Law and supporting its students. The&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law announced the appointment of Sherrese M. Smith (JD ’96), Global Managing Partner of Paul Hastings LLP, as Vice Chair of the Law Board. She will become Chair of the Law Board on September 1, 2025. The Law Board is dedicated to advancing Northwestern Pritzker Law and supporting its students. The&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>How Social Media is Changing Defamation Law</title>
<category>After Law School, Events, Media, politics, Social Media</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/how-social-media-is-changing-defamation-law/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6444</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Counsel in Carroll v. Trump and Freeman v. Giuliani cases say social media apps have changed the way they litigate.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Counsel in Carroll v. Trump and Freeman v. Giuliani cases say social media apps have changed the way they litigate.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Pushback to DEI and the Impact on Women in the Legal Profession</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/pushback-to-dei-and-the-impact-on-women-in-the-legal-profession/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6549</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On March 27, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Gender Equity Initiative (GEI) and Alumni Relations and Development, in partnership with the Women of Color Collective Alumni Affinity Group, Women&#8217;s Leadership Coalition Alumni Affinity Group,&#160;and&#160;Chicago Alumni Chapter, hosted “Pushback to DEI and the Impact on Women in the Legal Profession.” The event was held at River&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On March 27, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Gender Equity Initiative (GEI) and Alumni Relations and Development, in partnership with the Women of Color Collective Alumni Affinity Group, Women&#8217;s Leadership Coalition Alumni Affinity Group,&#160;and&#160;Chicago Alumni Chapter, hosted “Pushback to DEI and the Impact on Women in the Legal Profession.” The event was held at River&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Named #1 Go-To Law School: Big Law</title>
<category>After Law School</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-school-named-1-go-to-law-school-big-law/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6372</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has been ranked number one in Law.com’s Go-To Law Schools: Big Law report for 2024. The report ranks the 50 law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2023 JDs into associate jobs at the nation’s largest 100 law firms. Northwestern jumped from a number three ranking in 2023 to&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has been ranked number one in Law.com’s Go-To Law Schools: Big Law report for 2024. The report ranks the 50 law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2023 JDs into associate jobs at the nation’s largest 100 law firms. Northwestern jumped from a number three ranking in 2023 to&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Minow Debate Series Addresses Whether Citizens United Has Undermined Democracy</title>
<category>Public Interest, Alumni, Events, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/minow-debate-series-addresses-whether-citizens-united-has-undermined-democracy/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6379</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 Law. The debate series, made possible by friends and colleagues of Newton N. Minow (JD ’50), honors Minow’s numerous contributions to public and civic life&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 Law. The debate series, made possible by friends and colleagues of Newton N. Minow (JD ’50), honors Minow’s numerous contributions to public and civic life&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (JD ’93) and Dean Hari Osofsky Among Speakers at Legal Services Corporation’s 50th Anniversary Symposium</title>
<category>Public Interest</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-jd-93-and-dean-hari-osofsky-among-speakers-at-legal-services-corporations-50th-anniversary-symposium/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6377</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 Law. An independent nonprofit established by Congress in 1974, LSC provides financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans. &#8220;As the largest funder of civil legal aid&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 Law. An independent nonprofit established by Congress in 1974, LSC provides financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans. &#8220;As the largest funder of civil legal aid&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Team Wins Regional Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Advancing to National Championship</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-team-wins-regional-student-trial-advocacy-competition-advancing-to-national-championship/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6355</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy has won the regional Student Trial Advocacy Competition, an annual event sponsored by the American Association of Justice. The team will go on to compete for the national championship, which will be held in Chicago, April 4-7, 2024. The team of Ariana&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy has won the regional Student Trial Advocacy Competition, an annual event sponsored by the American Association of Justice. The team will go on to compete for the national championship, which will be held in Chicago, April 4-7, 2024. The team of Ariana&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Questions to Ask About Government Use of Deepfakes</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, AI, Faculty, Global, government, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/questions-to-ask-about-government-use-of-deepfakes/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6326</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern researchers examine the potential harms to democracy. Will the lure of deepfakes prove irresistible to democratic governments? What questions should governments ask — and who in government should be asking them — when a deepfake is being considered?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern researchers examine the potential harms to democracy. Will the lure of deepfakes prove irresistible to democratic governments? What questions should governments ask — and who in government should be asking them — when a deepfake is being considered?]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Raising the Bar: Two JD-MBA Students’ Path from Classroom to Startup</title>
<category>Student Experience, After Law School, Community, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/raising-the-bar-two-jd-mba-students-path-from-classroom-to-startup/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 22:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Suzanne Walker</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Kimberley Charles (JD-MBA ’24) and Kiyan Savar (JD-MBA ’24), students in the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Kellogg School of Management’s JD-MBA Program, will have something special to toast with when they graduate this spring: an early batch of Cane Cutter’s rum, results of the startup the pair launched while students in the&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Law Courses Recognized for Innovation</title>
<category>Student Experience, AI, Awards, Faculty, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/law-courses-recognized-for-innovation/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A course at Northwestern Pritzker Law, AI and Legal Reasoning, garnered a finalist spot in the Bloomberg Law School Innovation Program for 2023-2024. Three more courses: Writing for the Court, Writing for Practice, and the CS + Innovation Lab each earned Honorable Mention. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A course at Northwestern Pritzker Law, AI and Legal Reasoning, garnered a finalist spot in the Bloomberg Law School Innovation Program for 2023-2024. Three more courses: Writing for the Court, Writing for Practice, and the CS + Innovation Lab each earned Honorable Mention. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Jeffrey Cummings (JD ’87), U.S. District Judge, to Deliver 2024 Convocation Address</title>
<category>Student Experience, Alumni, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/jeffrey-cummings-jd-87-us-district-judge-to-deliver-2024-convocation-address/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6192</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is excited to announce that Judge Jeffrey Cummings will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2024.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is excited to announce that Judge Jeffrey Cummings will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2024.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Co-Hosts “Generative AI + Entertainment: Opportunity, Ethics, and Law”</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, AI, Alumni, Events, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-co-hosts-generative-aientertainment-opportunity-ethics-and-law/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On February 1, Northwestern Pritzker Law, in collaboration with the School of Communication, held “Generative AI+Entertainment: Opportunity, Ethics, and Law,” a collaborative conference that explored AI’s place, potential, and limitations in the creative industries through the faculty expertise of two Northwestern schools and leading alumni in the media and entertainment field. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On February 1, Northwestern Pritzker Law, in collaboration with the School of Communication, held “Generative AI+Entertainment: Opportunity, Ethics, and Law,” a collaborative conference that explored AI’s place, potential, and limitations in the creative industries through the faculty expertise of two Northwestern schools and leading alumni in the media and entertainment field. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Case of Love: An Engagement Story in the Classroom</title>
<category>Student Experience, Alumni, Community, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-case-of-love-an-engagement-story-in-the-classroom/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6140</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One day in the early 1990s, Professor Len Rubinowitz received a phone call during office hours from a man who introduced himself as Marc Mettes. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[One day in the early 1990s, Professor Len Rubinowitz received a phone call during office hours from a man who introduced himself as Marc Mettes. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Alumnus Confirmed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Judgeship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-school-alumnus-confirmed-to-the-seventh-circuit-court-of-appeals/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6244</guid>
<description><![CDATA[President Biden nominated Joshua Kolar (BA ’99, JD ’03) to a seat on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination in January 2024. Kolar is Biden’s fourth nominee to the Seventh Circuit, and he fills the seat from Indiana. Kolar is a double alumnus from Northwestern University and&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Biden nominated Joshua Kolar (BA ’99, JD ’03) to a seat on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination in January 2024. Kolar is Biden’s fourth nominee to the Seventh Circuit, and he fills the seat from Indiana. Kolar is a double alumnus from Northwestern University and&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Daniel W. Linna Jr. Joins Illinois Supreme Court AI Task Force</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, AI, Courts, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/daniel-w-linna-jr-joins-illinois-supreme-court-ai-task-force/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6123</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Task Force’s 20 judges, practitioners, and academics are charged with gathering knowledge and recommending how the Illinois Judicial Branch should regulate and use AI in the future.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Task Force’s 20 judges, practitioners, and academics are charged with gathering knowledge and recommending how the Illinois Judicial Branch should regulate and use AI in the future.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Looking to the Past 100 Years Since the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act</title>
<category>Scholarship, Events, legal history, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/looking-to-the-past-100-years-since-the-1924-indian-citizenship-act/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6107</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Native scholars and law professionals gather at Northwestern Pritzker Law for conference on Indigenous sovereignty, community.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Native scholars and law professionals gather at Northwestern Pritzker Law for conference on Indigenous sovereignty, community.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Polish National Judge Named Global Jurist of the Year by Northwestern Pritzker Law</title>
<category>Social Justice, Awards, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/polish-national-judge-named-global-jurist-of-the-year-by-northwestern-pritzker-law/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6089</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 Global Jurist of the Year Award to Judge Igor Tuleya, a district court judge in Warsaw, Poland, whose work embodies a commitment to upholding human rights, rule of&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 Global Jurist of the Year Award to Judge Igor Tuleya, a district court judge in Warsaw, Poland, whose work embodies a commitment to upholding human rights, rule of&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>W. Neil Eggleston (JD ’78) Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From The American Lawyer</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Awards, government, Public Service</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/w-neil-eggleston-jd-78-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-from-the-american-lawyer/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6182</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The American Lawyer honored W. Neil Eggleston with a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award late last year. The Harvard Law School lecturer and Kirkland &#038; Ellis partner received the award at a black-tie ceremony in New York.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The American Lawyer honored W. Neil Eggleston with a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award late last year. The Harvard Law School lecturer and Kirkland &#038; Ellis partner received the award at a black-tie ceremony in New York.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Chicago History Comes Alive Through Interactive Databases</title>
<category>Faculty, legal history</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/chicago-history-comes-alive-through-interactive-databases/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6058</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Writer, advocate and teacher Leigh Bienen’s digital projects are lenses for viewing extraordinary periods in our past.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Writer, advocate and teacher Leigh Bienen’s digital projects are lenses for viewing extraordinary periods in our past.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>President Biden Names Judge Sunil R. Harjani (JD ’00) to Illinois District Court</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Judgeship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/president-biden-names-judge-sunil-r-harjani-jd-00-to-illinois-district-court/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6216</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On January 10, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Judge Sunil R. Harjani to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On January 10, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Judge Sunil R. Harjani to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Jamelia Morgan Named a 2024 Emerging Scholar by Diverse Magazine</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/jamelia-morgan-named-a-2024-emerging-scholar-by-diverse-magazine/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=6026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<em>Diverse: Issues In Higher Education</em> recently named Jamelia Morgan, professor of law and the Director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice, as one of its 2024 Emerging Scholars who are making a mark in the academy.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<em>Diverse: Issues In Higher Education</em> recently named Jamelia Morgan, professor of law and the Director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice, as one of its 2024 Emerging Scholars who are making a mark in the academy.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“All policy is disability policy”</title>
<category>Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/all-policy-is-disability-policy/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5987</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Center for Racial and Disability Justice’s Kate Caldwell discusses policy silos, increasing grassroots involvement and race and intersections of inequality.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Center for Racial and Disability Justice’s Kate Caldwell discusses policy silos, increasing grassroots involvement and race and intersections of inequality.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Henry Zhu (JD ’22) Receives the Prestigious Skadden Fellowship for Public Interest Work</title>
<category>Public Interest, After Law School, Alumni, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/henry-zhu-jd-22-receives-the-prestigious-skadden-fellowship-for-public-interest-work/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Harsha Marti (JD-MBA ‘02) Establishes the Marti Family Fellowship</title>
<category>Giving, Alumni, Faculty, Fellowships</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/harsha-marti-jd-mba-02-establishes-the-marti-family-fellowship/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5944</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Fellowship will offer aspiring scholars a much-needed pathway to a career in law teaching by providing mentorship, opportunities to present research, and academic placement support]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Fellowship will offer aspiring scholars a much-needed pathway to a career in law teaching by providing mentorship, opportunities to present research, and academic placement support]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Where Business, Law, and STEM Converge</title>
<category>Student Experience, Faculty, MSL, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/where-business-law-and-stem-converge/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5911</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Celebrating its 10th year, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Master of Science in Law program prepares students for diverse roles in a myriad of fields Working in leadership roles in the health care industry, Nereida Parks increasingly found herself facing a host of complex issues, including data and privacy-related concerns. This led her to investigate&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Celebrating its 10th year, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Master of Science in Law program prepares students for diverse roles in a myriad of fields Working in leadership roles in the health care industry, Nereida Parks increasingly found herself facing a host of complex issues, including data and privacy-related concerns. This led her to investigate&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Hosts “The Knox Conversations: Threats to Democracy.”</title>
<category>Public Interest, Events, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-hosts-the-knox-conversations-threats-to-democracy/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5790</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 and practitioners.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 and practitioners.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Anika Gray’s Big Ambitions as Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s New Director of the Gender Equity Initiative</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/anika-grays-big-ambitions-as-northwestern-pritzker-school-of-laws-new-director-of-the-gender-equity-initiative/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5876</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Growing up the daughter of a single mother in a rural Jamaican community, Anika Gray, director of The Gender Equity Initiative (GEI) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, knew she wanted something different from the life she saw around her. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Growing up the daughter of a single mother in a rural Jamaican community, Anika Gray, director of The Gender Equity Initiative (GEI) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, knew she wanted something different from the life she saw around her. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>ABA Names Professor Shobha Mahadev (JD ’99) Fearless Children’s Lawyer of the Month</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Youth Sentencing</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/aba-names-professor-shobha-mahadev-jd-99-octobers-fearless-childrens-lawyer-of-the-month/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 21:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5823</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In October, the American Bar Association named Shobha Mahadev, clinical professor of law at the Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic, its Fearless Children’s Lawyer of the Month. As part of a series celebrating advocacy work resulting in system-wide change that improves the lives of&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In October, the American Bar Association named Shobha Mahadev, clinical professor of law at the Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic, its Fearless Children’s Lawyer of the Month. As part of a series celebrating advocacy work resulting in system-wide change that improves the lives of&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Reunion Weekend 2023 Welcomes Back Law School Alumni and Celebrates an MSL Milestone</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Alumni Weekend</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-reunion-weekend-2023-welcomes-back-law-school-alumni-and-celebrates-an-msl-milestone/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5827</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Accented by purple lanyards and big smiles, nearly 1,400 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law alumni convened on campus October 26-28 for reunion weekend.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Accented by purple lanyards and big smiles, nearly 1,400 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law alumni convened on campus October 26-28 for reunion weekend.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, Rory Fitzpatrick (MSL ’22): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-rory-fitzpatrick-msl-22/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5727</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, Brent Halvorson (MSL ’21): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-brent-halvorson-msl-21/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5771</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Conversation with Judge Amy St. Eve</title>
<category>Public Interest, Students, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-conversation-with-judge-amy-st-eve/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5751</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 &#038; John Lecture Series on Professionalism. The conversation covered St. Eve’s decades-long career, the lessons she has learned along the way, and her advice for future lawyers.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 &#038; John Lecture Series on Professionalism. The conversation covered St. Eve’s decades-long career, the lessons she has learned along the way, and her advice for future lawyers.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, Matthew Rubin (MSL ’20): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-matthew-rubin-msl-20/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5734</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Board Appoints New Executive Committee Members</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, News</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-board-appoints-new-executive-committee-members/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5694</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law announced the appointment of new Law Board members, including new members of the Executive Committee. The Law Board is dedicated to advancing Northwestern Pritzker Law and supporting its students.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law announced the appointment of new Law Board members, including new members of the Executive Committee. The Law Board is dedicated to advancing Northwestern Pritzker Law and supporting its students.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Zachary Clopton Appointed to Advisory Committee on Civil Rules</title>
<category>Faculty, Faculty, law, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-zachary-clopton-appointed-to-advisory-committee-on-civil-rules/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5702</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Chief Justice John Roberts recently appointed Professor Zachary Clopton to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. This role will help the Supreme Court shape the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chief Justice John Roberts recently appointed Professor Zachary Clopton to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. This role will help the Supreme Court shape the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, Cheyenne Cazaubon (MSL ’19): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-cheyenne-cazaubon-msl-19/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, Ying Chen (MSL ’19): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-ying-chen-msl-19/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
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<title>Law Center for Better Housing Honors Professors Laurie Mikva and Daniel Linna</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards, law, Scholarship, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/law-center-for-better-housing-honors-professors-laurie-mikva-and-daniel-linna/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Law Center for Better Housing (LCBH) has awarded Laurie Mikva, clinical assistant professor of law; and Daniel Linna, senior lecturer and director of the Law and Technology Initiative, for their work with the organization. Both have demonstrated outstanding service to help Chicagoland renters access justice in a corrupt housing system.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Law Center for Better Housing (LCBH) has awarded Laurie Mikva, clinical assistant professor of law; and Daniel Linna, senior lecturer and director of the Law and Technology Initiative, for their work with the organization. Both have demonstrated outstanding service to help Chicagoland renters access justice in a corrupt housing system.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Welcomes New Faculty Hires</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-welcomes-eleven-new-faculty-hires/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law is excited to welcome eleven outstanding new professors to our faculty. Their innovative scholarship and teaching will enrich our community and make an important impact on major societal challenges.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law is excited to welcome eleven outstanding new professors to our faculty. Their innovative scholarship and teaching will enrich our community and make an important impact on major societal challenges.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Students Win Prizes for Law School Papers</title>
<category>Student Experience, After Law School, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/students-win-prizes-for-law-school-papers/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Michael P. Bellis (JD ’23) and Kathleen Naccarato (JD ’24), two Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students, won awards for submitting the best papers in their respective Law School programs.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Michael P. Bellis (JD ’23) and Kathleen Naccarato (JD ’24), two Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students, won awards for submitting the best papers in their respective Law School programs.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, Janessa Nelson (MSL ’18): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-janessa-nelson-msl-18/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
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<title>Rivkin Family Honors Late Father William R. Rivkin (JD ’48) with Fellows Program</title>
<category>Giving, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/rivkin-family-honors-late-father-with-endowed-fellowship/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Charles H. Rivkin and Robert S. Rivkin have made a $100K gift in honor of their late father William Rivkin (JD ’48) to help establish the William R. Rivkin Law and Public Advocacy Fellows Program. This new program will support students interested in public advocacy careers, training them to succeed as public influencers and leaders in the legal space.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Charles H. Rivkin and Robert S. Rivkin have made a $100K gift in honor of their late father William Rivkin (JD ’48) to help establish the William R. Rivkin Law and Public Advocacy Fellows Program. This new program will support students interested in public advocacy careers, training them to succeed as public influencers and leaders in the legal space.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, John Walton (MSL ’17): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-john-walton-msl-17/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, Ejede Okogbo (MSL ’16): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-ejede-okogbo-msl-16/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
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<title>Meet Our Graduate, Via Li (MSL ’15): Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Master of Science in Law</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, After Law School, Alumni, MSL</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meet-our-graduate-via-li-msl-15/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.]]></description>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Welcomes New Students for Orientation Week</title>
<category>Student Experience, Faculty, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-welcomes-new-students-for-orientation-week/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Last week, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law welcomed incoming students to the Law School with a week of campus-wide events to celebrate the start of the 2023-24 academic year.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law welcomed incoming students to the Law School with a week of campus-wide events to celebrate the start of the 2023-24 academic year.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Six Graduates Secure Public Interest Fellowships</title>
<category>Public Interest, After Law School, Alumni, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/six-graduates-secure-public-interest-fellowships/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Six recent graduates will launch their public interest careers through Northwestern Pritzker School of Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from environmental law to supporting individuals living with disabilities to helping underserved residents in the Chicagoland area.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Six recent graduates will launch their public interest careers through Northwestern Pritzker School of Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from environmental law to supporting individuals living with disabilities to helping underserved residents in the Chicagoland area.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Dean Hari Osofsky Elected to the American Law Institute</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-dean-hari-osofsky-elected-to-the-american-law-institute/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Dean Hari Osofsky, Myra and James Bradwell Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Culture (courtesy), has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dean Hari Osofsky, Myra and James Bradwell Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Culture (courtesy), has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Robin Walker Sterling Among Scholars Receiving $2 Million Gift to Support Children’s Constitutional Rights</title>
<category>Faculty, Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/robin-walker-sterling-among-scholars-receiving-2-million-gift/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In June, an anonymous donor gifted $2.1 million to support children’s constitutional rights. The newly funded project, the Advancement of Children’s Constitutional Rights consortium, includes three nationally recognized children’s rights legal scholars. Robin Walker Sterling, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, and Associate Dean for Clinical Education is one of them.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In June, an anonymous donor gifted $2.1 million to support children’s constitutional rights. The newly funded project, the Advancement of Children’s Constitutional Rights consortium, includes three nationally recognized children’s rights legal scholars. Robin Walker Sterling, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, and Associate Dean for Clinical Education is one of them.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>MSL Symposium Keynote Underscores Opportunity for Leadership at the Intersection of Law and Technology</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Events, MSL, Students, Technology, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/msl-symposium-keynote-underscores-opportunity-for-leadership-at-the-intersection-of-law-and-technology/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 17:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Monday, May 8, Wendy L. Rubas, chief legal officer at Working Smarter, delivered a keynote address as part of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program’s 5th Annual Symposium – an event designed to highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary awareness at the intersection of law, business, and STEM.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Monday, May 8, Wendy L. Rubas, chief legal officer at Working Smarter, delivered a keynote address as part of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program’s 5th Annual Symposium – an event designed to highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary awareness at the intersection of law, business, and STEM.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Convocation Celebrates Northwestern Pritzker Law Class of 2023</title>
<category>Student Experience, nlawproud, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/convocation-celebrates-northwestern-pritzker-law-class-of-2023/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 20:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 12, 643 graduates from 35 places around the globe joined faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2023 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, May 12, 643 graduates from 35 places around the globe joined faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2023 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Five Faculty Members Retire After Storied Careers</title>
<category>Faculty, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/five-faculty-members-retire-after-storied-careers/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2023 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 5, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law held a celebration for the retirement of five faculty members. After decades of service to the Law School, Herbert Beller, professor of practice; Allan Horwich, professor of practice; Ellen Mulaney, senior lecturer; and Laurie Mikva, clinical assistant professor of law, all stepped down at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year. Carole Silver, professor of global law and practice emerita, concluded her professorship at the end of the 2021-2022 academic year.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, May 5, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law held a celebration for the retirement of five faculty members. After decades of service to the Law School, Herbert Beller, professor of practice; Allan Horwich, professor of practice; Ellen Mulaney, senior lecturer; and Laurie Mikva, clinical assistant professor of law, all stepped down at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year. Carole Silver, professor of global law and practice emerita, concluded her professorship at the end of the 2021-2022 academic year.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Celebrates Professor Emerita Joyce A. Hughes</title>
<category>Faculty, Events, Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-celebrates-professor-emerita-joyce-a-hughes/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, April 14, the Northwestern Pritzker Law community, family, close friends, and colleagues gathered in the Thorne auditorium to celebrate the legacy of Joyce A. Hughes, trailblazer and longtime professor at the Law School, who retired at the conclusion of the 2021-2022 academic year.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, April 14, the Northwestern Pritzker Law community, family, close friends, and colleagues gathered in the Thorne auditorium to celebrate the legacy of Joyce A. Hughes, trailblazer and longtime professor at the Law School, who retired at the conclusion of the 2021-2022 academic year.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“We tend to be super nerds, I would say, proud ethics nerds”: Professors Wendy Muchman and Mary Foster Revolutionize the Game of Ethics</title>
<category>Faculty, Faculty, Scholarship, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/wendy-muchman-and-mary-foster-revolutionize-the-game-of-ethics/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Since coming to the Law School over 20 years ago, Wendy Muchman and Mary Foster have been able to completely change the way students interact with the subject of ethics and professional responsibility. The longtime friends and colleagues have created a curriculum so distinct that law professors around the country have advocated for its inclusion at their institutions.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since coming to the Law School over 20 years ago, Wendy Muchman and Mary Foster have been able to completely change the way students interact with the subject of ethics and professional responsibility. The longtime friends and colleagues have created a curriculum so distinct that law professors around the country have advocated for its inclusion at their institutions.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Two Alums to Clerk for Supreme Court Justices</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Clerkships, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/two-alums-to-clerk-for-supreme-court-justices/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law alums Adam Steene (LLM ‘12) and Leigh Kramer (JD ’22) will clerk for Supreme Court Justices Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts. Steene will start his term in October 2023 and Kramer will start her clerkship in October 2024.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law alums Adam Steene (LLM ‘12) and Leigh Kramer (JD ’22) will clerk for Supreme Court Justices Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts. Steene will start his term in October 2023 and Kramer will start her clerkship in October 2024.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Teams Take Home Victories</title>
<category>Student Experience, competition, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-teams-take-home-victories/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Two teams from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law won the regional competition for the National Trial Competition and the Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court Competition, respectively. Both have advanced to the national and international rounds later this year. National Trial Competition A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law won the regional competition&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two teams from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law won the regional competition for the National Trial Competition and the Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court Competition, respectively. Both have advanced to the national and international rounds later this year. National Trial Competition A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law won the regional competition&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Serah Lawal (JD ’25) Receives Inaugural Joyce Hughes Scholarship</title>
<category>Scholarship, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/serah-lawal-jd-25-receives-inaugural-joyce-hughes-scholarship/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Serah Lawal (JD’25), a 1L student from New York City, knew Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was her dream school when she made a visit to campus in April 2022. After a conversation with members of the Black Law Student Association, she knew she had found where she belongs.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Serah Lawal (JD’25), a 1L student from New York City, knew Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was her dream school when she made a visit to campus in April 2022. After a conversation with members of the Black Law Student Association, she knew she had found where she belongs.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Launches New West Coast Initiative</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Faculty, Students, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-launches-new-west-coast-initiative/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce the launch of the West Coast Initiative, an expansion of the Law School’s innovative San Francisco Immersion program into Seattle and Los Angeles. The initiative will offer new opportunities to current and future law students, alumni, and corporate and law firm partners in three key West Coast markets touching a cross-section of locally relevant industries.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce the launch of the West Coast Initiative, an expansion of the Law School’s innovative San Francisco Immersion program into Seattle and Los Angeles. The initiative will offer new opportunities to current and future law students, alumni, and corporate and law firm partners in three key West Coast markets touching a cross-section of locally relevant industries.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic Hosts Mayoral Town Hall with GoodKids MadCity</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Events, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/community-justice-and-civil-rights-clinic-hosts-mayoral-town-hall-with-goodkids-madcity/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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 candidates on Wednesday. In the event, young people from Chicago’s south and west sides led a conversation with the candidates focused on youth violence prevention, education, recreation, and other issues that affect young people.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 candidates on Wednesday. In the event, young people from Chicago’s south and west sides led a conversation with the candidates focused on youth violence prevention, education, recreation, and other issues that affect young people.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Coif Distinguished Visitor Oona Hathaway Speaks on the War in Ukraine</title>
<category>Student Experience, Events, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/coif-distinguished-visitor-oona-hathaway-speaks-on-the-war-in-ukraine/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Oona Hathaway, Gerald C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, presented a lecture to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as the 2023 Coif Distinguished Visitor on Wednesday. In the lecture, “International Law Goes to War in Ukraine,” Hathaway discussed the war in Ukraine and the future of the international legal order.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Oona Hathaway, Gerald C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, presented a lecture to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as the 2023 Coif Distinguished Visitor on Wednesday. In the lecture, “International Law Goes to War in Ukraine,” Hathaway discussed the war in Ukraine and the future of the international legal order.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Sherrese Smith (JD ’96), Paul Hastings Managing Partner, to Address Class of 2023</title>
<category>Student Experience, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/sherrese-smith-jd-96-paul-hastings-managing-partner-to-address-class-of-2023/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce that Managing Partner of Paul Hastings LLP Sherrese Smith (JD ’96) will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2023. Convocation will be held on Friday, May 12, at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce that Managing Partner of Paul Hastings LLP Sherrese Smith (JD ’96) will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2023. Convocation will be held on Friday, May 12, at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Ilana Braverman, Co-Founder and COO of Greener by Default, Speaks at the Future of Innovation, Sustainability and the Law Speaker Series</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Events, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/ilana-braverman-speaks-at-the-future-of-innovation-sustainability-and-the-law-speaker-series/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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 by Default, spoke to students about Greener by Default and their mission to make plant-based food the default meal option in the catering landscape.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 by Default, spoke to students about Greener by Default and their mission to make plant-based food the default meal option in the catering landscape.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>$5 Million Gift to Northwestern Pritzker Law to Bolster Legal Services for Immigrant Communities</title>
<category>Giving, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/5-million-gift-to-northwestern-pritzker-law-to-bolster-legal-services-for-immigrant-communities/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5165</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Commitment from Harry Seigle will name the Seigle Clinic for Immigrant Youth and Families A $5 million gift from Harry J. Seigle (JD &#8217;71) will expand Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s immigration clinic, which represents children, young adults and parents in immigration court proceedings. The gift will endow the Seigle Clinic for Immigrant Youth and&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Commitment from Harry Seigle will name the Seigle Clinic for Immigrant Youth and Families A $5 million gift from Harry J. Seigle (JD &#8217;71) will expand Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s immigration clinic, which represents children, young adults and parents in immigration court proceedings. The gift will endow the Seigle Clinic for Immigrant Youth and&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>National Appellate Clinic Network Named Finalist in Bloomberg Law’s Inaugural Law School Innovation Program</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/national-appellate-clinic-network-named-finalist-in-bloomberg-laws-inaugural-law-school-innovation-program/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s National Appellate Clinic Network was ranked among the 10 finalists’ programs recognized for innovation advancing the legal industry through education by Bloomberg Law. Several of the Law School’s other centers were also highlighted, scoring high in two categories.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s National Appellate Clinic Network was ranked among the 10 finalists’ programs recognized for innovation advancing the legal industry through education by Bloomberg Law. Several of the Law School’s other centers were also highlighted, scoring high in two categories.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Civil Rights Lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill Speaks on the Power of Making Your Voice Heard During DREAM Week Keynote</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Events, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/civil-rights-lawyer-sherrilyn-ifill-speaks-on-the-power-of-making-your-voice-heard/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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 campuses, the multi-day celebration included several panels and concluded in the keynote address by Sherrilyn Ifill, law professor and former president and director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 campuses, the multi-day celebration included several panels and concluded in the keynote address by Sherrilyn Ifill, law professor and former president and director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A History-Making Career: Joyce Hughes Is Recognized With the Prestigious Margaret Brent Award</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-history-making-career-joyce-hughes/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 16:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5115</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After blazing trails in legal education for decades, Joyce Hughes is recognized with the prestigious Margaret Brent award.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After blazing trails in legal education for decades, Joyce Hughes is recognized with the prestigious Margaret Brent award.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“As lawyers, we have the power to change lives”: Shelisa Thomas (JD ’19) Speaks on the Most Important Case of Her Career</title>
<category>Social Justice, Alumni, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/shelisa-thomas-speaks-on-the-most-important-case-of-her-career/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5096</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 would turn out to be life-changing for the both of them.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 would turn out to be life-changing for the both of them.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Jamelia Morgan Receives Deborah L. Rhode Award</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-jamelia-morgan-receives-deborah-l-rhode-award/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 02:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5090</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jamelia Morgan, professor of law and director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice, has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Deborah L. Rhode Award, a joint recognition by four sections of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). She will receive the honor at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on January 5, 2023.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jamelia Morgan, professor of law and director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice, has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Deborah L. Rhode Award, a joint recognition by four sections of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). She will receive the honor at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on January 5, 2023.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bluhm Legal Clinic Leads National Organizations for Law School Clinical Faculty</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bluhm-legal-clinic-leads-national-organizations-for-law-school-clinical-faculty/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 21:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Center for International Human Rights Partners With Communities Around the World</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/center-for-international-human-rights-partners-with-communities-around-the-world/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5040</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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, including entities in Somalia, Bangladesh, and Gaza.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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, including entities in Somalia, Bangladesh, and Gaza.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Global Jurist Award Honors Women Judges in Afghanistan</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/global-jurist-award-honors-women-judges-in-afghanistan/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5032</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 difficult circumstances.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 difficult circumstances.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Complex Litigation Center Continues Its Work</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/complex-litigation-center-continues-its-work/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5024</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Center worked on several high-profile cases this year, including the Block One Crypto Currency Fraud case, helped get the Investor Justice Act introduced in the U.S. Senate, and much more.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Center worked on several high-profile cases this year, including the Block One Crypto Currency Fraud case, helped get the Investor Justice Act introduced in the U.S. Senate, and much more.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Civil Litigation Clinic Renames to Tenant Advocacy Clinic</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/civil-litigation-clinic-renames-to-tenant-advocacy-clinic/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5014</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Civil Litigation Clinic has been renamed the Tenant Advocacy Clinic, but the work of the Clinic has not changed much.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Civil Litigation Clinic has been renamed the Tenant Advocacy Clinic, but the work of the Clinic has not changed much.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Environmental Advocacy Center Selects New Director</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/environmental-advocacy-center-selects-new-director/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5008</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Before Professor’s Loeb’s well-earned ride into the sunset – or sail into the fjords, as it were – she helped select her successor, Clinical Associate Professor of Law Rob Weinstock.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Before Professor’s Loeb’s well-earned ride into the sunset – or sail into the fjords, as it were – she helped select her successor, Clinical Associate Professor of Law Rob Weinstock.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic Provided Legal Support Throughout Year</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/community-justice-and-civil-rights-clinic-provided-legal-support-throughout-year/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4999</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, the CJCRC has provided legal support to anti-violence organizers, secured justice for wrongfully-targeted Chicagoan Darren Cole, challenged CPD’s gender-based violence, and much more.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over the past year, the CJCRC has provided legal support to anti-violence organizers, secured justice for wrongfully-targeted Chicagoan Darren Cole, challenged CPD’s gender-based violence, and much more.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Appellate Advocacy Center Continues Initiatives to Impact Students</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/appellate-advocacy-center-continues-initiatives-to-impact-students/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4994</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Appellate Advocacy Center is one of the premier appellate organizations in the country, with its faculty and students working on cutting edge cases, playing host to high profile events, and launching several exciting initiatives.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Appellate Advocacy Center is one of the premier appellate organizations in the country, with its faculty and students working on cutting edge cases, playing host to high profile events, and launching several exciting initiatives.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Future of Innovation, Sustainability, and the Law Speaker Series</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/future-of-innovation-sustainability-and-the-law-speaker-series/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4982</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Created by the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center (DPELC) in Fall 2021, the Speaker Series features experts working at the intersection of sustainability and the law, with a focus on the plant-based food industry working to reduce our reliance on animal protein and improve animal welfare.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Created by the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center (DPELC) in Fall 2021, the Speaker Series features experts working at the intersection of sustainability and the law, with a focus on the plant-based food industry working to reduce our reliance on animal protein and improve animal welfare.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Center on Wrongful Convictions Celebrates the Release of Several Clients</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/center-on-wrongful-convictions-celebrate-the-release-of-several-clients/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=5002</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 disgraced former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 disgraced former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Children and Family Justice Center Wins Freedom For Client</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/children-and-family-justice-center-wins-freedom-for-client/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 17:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4989</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 and trauma.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 and trauma.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bluhm Legal Clinic Continues its “Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century” Series: 2022 Round Up</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bluhm-legal-clinic-continues-its-lawyering-and-race-in-the-21st-century-series-2022-round-up/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4971</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Will Not Participate in U.S. News Rankings</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/us-news-rankings-participation/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, Northwestern Pritzker Law Dean Hari Osofsky shared the following message with the Northwestern Pritzker Law community: Dear Members of the Northwestern Pritzker Law Community, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has decided not to participate in the U.S. News rankings because its approach does not align with our law school’s values. We remain committed&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier today, Northwestern Pritzker Law Dean Hari Osofsky shared the following message with the Northwestern Pritzker Law community: Dear Members of the Northwestern Pritzker Law Community, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has decided not to participate in the U.S. News rankings because its approach does not align with our law school’s values. We remain committed&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Center for Racial and Disability Justice Launches with Professor Jamelia Morgan</title>
<category>Faculty, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/center-for-racial-disability-justice-launches-with-professor-jamelia-morgan/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4929</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of both identities.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of both identities.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Carter Phillips (JD ’77) Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Lawyer</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/carter-phillips-jd-77-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-from-the-american-lawyer/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4897</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 most decorated lawyers.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 most decorated lawyers.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“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</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students, veterans</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/while-the-unknown-is-scary-youre-more-prepared-than-you-think-alicia-l-crawford-jd-24-on-transitioning-from-military-life-to-student-life/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4903</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 career. Veterans bring particularly unique experiences to the Law School community. And no one knows that more than SBA President Alicia Crawford, current JD candidate and U.S. Navy Veteran.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 career. Veterans bring particularly unique experiences to the Law School community. And no one knows that more than SBA President Alicia Crawford, current JD candidate and U.S. Navy Veteran.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>NULR Hosts 2022 Symposium, “Fraud and the Erosion of Trust”</title>
<category>Public Interest, Events, Students, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/nulr-hosts-2022-symposium-fraud-and-the-erosion-of-trust/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4886</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 Court Judge Jed Rakoff (Southern District of New York) delivered the keynote address.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 Court Judge Jed Rakoff (Southern District of New York) delivered the keynote address.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Bruce A. Markell Receives 2022 Lawrence P. King Award</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-bruce-a-markell-receives-2022-lawrence-p-king-award/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4881</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 League of America.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 League of America.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Faith E. Gay (JD ’86) and Wife Francesca Zambello Commit $3M to New Social Justice Professorship</title>
<category>Giving, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/faith-e-gay-jd-86-and-wife-francesca-zambello-commit-3m-to-new-social-justice-professorship/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[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 Francesca Zambello Chair in Social Justice.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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 Francesca Zambello Chair in Social Justice.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Meadow Family Establishes New Professorship in Honor of Father</title>
<category>Giving, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/meadow-family-establishes-new-professorship-in-honor-of-father/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 18:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Linda Friedman Meadow (BS ’89, JD ’92) and Cary Meadow have generously committed to a gift that will be used to establish a new professorship, the Howard Friedman ’64 JD Professor of Law, in honor of Linda’s father.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Linda Friedman Meadow (BS ’89, JD ’92) and Cary Meadow have generously committed to a gift that will be used to establish a new professorship, the Howard Friedman ’64 JD Professor of Law, in honor of Linda’s father.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law and Kellogg Welcome Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton for Brodsky Family JD-MBA Lecture</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Faculty, Interdisciplinary, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-and-kellogg-welcome-former-sec-chair-jay-clayton-for-brodsky-family-jd-mba-lecture/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On October 3, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, along with the Kellogg School of Management, co-hosted the 7th annual Brodsky Family JD-MBA Lecture Series, featuring Jay Clayton, senior policy advisor and Of Counsel at Sullivan &#038; Cromwell LLP; Non-Executive Chair, Apollo Global Management; and former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On October 3, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, along with the Kellogg School of Management, co-hosted the 7th annual Brodsky Family JD-MBA Lecture Series, featuring Jay Clayton, senior policy advisor and Of Counsel at Sullivan &#038; Cromwell LLP; Non-Executive Chair, Apollo Global Management; and former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bluhm Legal Clinic Discusses Illinois Blueprint for Peace in “Race and Lawyering” Series</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bluhm-legal-clinic-discusses-illinois-blueprint-for-peace-in-race-and-lawyering-series/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 18:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In September, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Children &#038; Family Justice Center continued its “Race and Lawyering in the 21st Century” series with a discussion on the Illinois Blueprint for Peace, a recently published report of recommendations to build peace and prevent gun violence in Illinois.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In September, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Children &#038; Family Justice Center continued its “Race and Lawyering in the 21st Century” series with a discussion on the Illinois Blueprint for Peace, a recently published report of recommendations to build peace and prevent gun violence in Illinois.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Five Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/five-northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law-faculty-members-appointed-to-endowed-professorships/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 19:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On September 29, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted an installation ceremony, celebrating five faculty member’s scholarly accomplishments and their appointments to endowed professorships: Emily Kadens as Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Professor of Law, Michael S. Kang as Class of 1940 Professor of Law, Heidi Kitrosser as William W. Gurley Professor of Law, Jide Nzelibe as Howard and Elizabeth Chapman Professor of Law, and Deborah Tuerkheimer as James B. Haddad Class of 1967 Professor of Law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On September 29, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted an installation ceremony, celebrating five faculty member’s scholarly accomplishments and their appointments to endowed professorships: Emily Kadens as Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Professor of Law, Michael S. Kang as Class of 1940 Professor of Law, Heidi Kitrosser as William W. Gurley Professor of Law, Jide Nzelibe as Howard and Elizabeth Chapman Professor of Law, and Deborah Tuerkheimer as James B. Haddad Class of 1967 Professor of Law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Martins Drive Support For Law School Faculty Through Matching Gift Challenge</title>
<category>Giving, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/martins-drive-support-for-law-school-faculty-through-matching-gift-challenge/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Past chair of Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees J. Landis “Lanny” Martin ’68, ’73 JD, ’22 H and Sharon Martin (’02, ’08 P) have made a $3 million gift to endow faculty positions at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Past chair of Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees J. Landis “Lanny” Martin ’68, ’73 JD, ’22 H and Sharon Martin (’02, ’08 P) have made a $3 million gift to endow faculty positions at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Discusses Legitimacy of the Court in Visit to Law School</title>
<category>Public Interest, Events, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/u-s-supreme-court-justice-elena-kagan-visits-law-school/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 22:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 14, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan visited Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as the 2022 Howard J. Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar and to participate in events honoring law school alumnus Justice John Paul Stevens. Her visit included a moderated Q&#038;A with Dean Hari Osofsky as part of the Howard J. Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar Lecture series.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 14, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan visited Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as the 2022 Howard J. Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar and to participate in events honoring law school alumnus Justice John Paul Stevens. Her visit included a moderated Q&#038;A with Dean Hari Osofsky as part of the Howard J. Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar Lecture series.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Honors Late Justice John Paul Stevens</title>
<category>Public Interest, Alumni, Events, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-honors-late-justice-john-paul-stevens/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 22:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 14, the Northwestern Pritzker Law community, Northwestern University officials, and family, close friends, and former clerks of the late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens gathered to honor his life and legacy. His successor, Justice Elena Kagan, was visiting the Law School as the 2022 Howard J. Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar and to participate in the Justice John Paul Stevens Courtyard Dedication and Honorary Chicago Avenue Street Naming Ceremony.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 14, the Northwestern Pritzker Law community, Northwestern University officials, and family, close friends, and former clerks of the late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens gathered to honor his life and legacy. His successor, Justice Elena Kagan, was visiting the Law School as the 2022 Howard J. Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar and to participate in the Justice John Paul Stevens Courtyard Dedication and Honorary Chicago Avenue Street Naming Ceremony.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Bridget Arimond Continues Human Rights Work in Georgia</title>
<category>Scholarship, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-bridget-arimond-continues-human-rights-work-in-georgia/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Bridget Arimond, clinical professor of law and director of the LLM Program in International Human Rights, has received a new grant from the East West Management Institute to continue Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s work in Tbilisi, Georgia and outlying cities.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Bridget Arimond, clinical professor of law and director of the LLM Program in International Human Rights, has received a new grant from the East West Management Institute to continue Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s work in Tbilisi, Georgia and outlying cities.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Ten Graduates Secure Public Interest Fellowships</title>
<category>After Law School, Public Interest, Alumni, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/ten-graduates-secure-public-interest-fellowships/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ten recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from healthcare expansion to supporting immigrant communities to helping survivors of gender-based violence.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ten recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from healthcare expansion to supporting immigrant communities to helping survivors of gender-based violence.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Robin Walker Sterling Elected to the American Law Institute</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/robin-walker-sterling-elected-to-the-american-law-institute/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4530</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Robin Walker Sterling, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, and director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Robin Walker Sterling, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, and director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Law School Hosts Panel on the Implications of Dobbs v. Jackson</title>
<category>Social Justice, Faculty, Interdisciplinary</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/law-school-hosts-panel-on-the-implications-of-dobbs-v-jackson/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In July, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, in partnership with Feinberg School of Medicine and Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, hosted a multi-disciplinary panel discussion , “Implications of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision.”]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In July, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, in partnership with Feinberg School of Medicine and Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, hosted a multi-disciplinary panel discussion , “Implications of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision.”]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Nine Faculty Members Retire After Storied Careers</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/nine-faculty-members-retire-after-storied-careers/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[After decades of service to the Law School, nine faculty members have announced their retirement. The retirees collectively dedicated more than a century to legal education and the legal profession, shaping student experiences, serving clients in the Bluhm Legal Clinic, and contributing to the mission and the future of the Law School.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After decades of service to the Law School, nine faculty members have announced their retirement. The retirees collectively dedicated more than a century to legal education and the legal profession, shaping student experiences, serving clients in the Bluhm Legal Clinic, and contributing to the mission and the future of the Law School.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Appoints Mike Burns as Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Engagement</title>
<category>#NLawProud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-appoints-mike-burns-as-associate-dean-for-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-engagement/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 22:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that after an extensive national search, Interim Associate Dean Michael Burns has been appointed the next Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Engagement.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that after an extensive national search, Interim Associate Dean Michael Burns has been appointed the next Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Engagement.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Trustee Chris Combe and Family Make Gift to Northwestern Access to Health Project</title>
<category>Giving, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-trustee-and-family-make-gift-to-northwestern-access-to-health-project/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 19:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern University trustee Chris Combe, his wife, Christina, and their family have generously committed $500,000 to support the Northwestern Access to Health Project at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern University trustee Chris Combe, his wife, Christina, and their family have generously committed $500,000 to support the Northwestern Access to Health Project at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Convocation Celebrates Northwestern Pritzker Law Class of 2022</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/convocation-celebrates-northwestern-pritzker-law-class-of-2022/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 18:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 13, 713 graduates from 42 places around the globe joined faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2022 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, May 13, 713 graduates from 42 places around the globe joined faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2022 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bluhm Legal Clinic Event Highlights Illinois Resentencing Statutes and Their Impact on Black Women</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bluhm-legal-clinic-event-highlights-illinois-resentencing-statutes-and-their-impact-on-black-women/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 16:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In April, the Center on Wrongful Convictions’ Women’s Defense Initiative hosted a panel, “Illinois’ Resentencing Statutes and their Impact for Black Women,” as part of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s series on Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century series. The discussion highlighted Illinois’ domestic violence and postpartum depression resentencing provisions. The speakers included Alexis Mansfield,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In April, the Center on Wrongful Convictions’ Women’s Defense Initiative hosted a panel, “Illinois’ Resentencing Statutes and their Impact for Black Women,” as part of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s series on Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century series. The discussion highlighted Illinois’ domestic violence and postpartum depression resentencing provisions. The speakers included Alexis Mansfield,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Conversation with Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke</title>
<category>Public Interest, Students, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-conversation-with-assistant-attorney-general-kristen-clarke/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In April, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was proud to welcome Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, for the 2022 Pope &#038; John Lecture Series on Professionalism.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In April, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was proud to welcome Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, for the 2022 Pope &#038; John Lecture Series on Professionalism.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy Visits Law School for Series of Lectures</title>
<category>Student Experience, Events, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/harvard-law-professor-randall-kennedy-visits-law-school-for-series-of-lectures/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law welcomed Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School, for a week of lectures highlighting his scholarship in criminal law and the regulation of race relations.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law welcomed Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School, for a week of lectures highlighting his scholarship in criminal law and the regulation of race relations.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Beyond Punishment: Bluhm Legal Clinic Continues its Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century Series</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/beyond-punishment-bluhm-legal-clinic-continues-its-lawyering-and-race-in-the-21st-century-series/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic continued its Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century series with “Beyond Punishment: Restorative Justice and Health Equity.” Hosted online and in-person, the 90-minute conversation addressed public health, the need for restorative justice, and how income inequity contributes to the health crisis.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic continued its Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century series with “Beyond Punishment: Restorative Justice and Health Equity.” Hosted online and in-person, the 90-minute conversation addressed public health, the need for restorative justice, and how income inequity contributes to the health crisis.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Wins Big at ABA Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition</title>
<category>Student Experience, Awards, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-wins-big-at-aba-annual-first-amendment-and-media-law-diversity-moot-court-competition/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In January, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students participated in the American Bar Association’s 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition. Michael Choi (JD ’23) and Rohun Reddy (JD ’23) won Best Brief overall in the competition, one of the top three prizes of the day.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In January, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students participated in the American Bar Association’s 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition. Michael Choi (JD ’23) and Rohun Reddy (JD ’23) won Best Brief overall in the competition, one of the top three prizes of the day.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>eBay Executive Marie Oh Huber (JD ’86) to Address Class of 2022</title>
<category>Student Experience, Alumni, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/ebay-executive-marie-oh-huber-jd-86-to-address-class-of-2022/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce that Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of eBay Inc. and alumnae Marie Oh Huber (JD ’86) will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2022.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce that Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of eBay Inc. and alumnae Marie Oh Huber (JD ’86) will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2022.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Black Law Students Association Week Highlights the Diversity of Blackness</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/black-law-students-association-week-highlights-the-diversity-of-blackness/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2022 21:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted its annual BLSA Week in February. The week of events was dedicated to conversations about the experience of being Black in higher education, and highlighted the need for public service to Black communities. The week’s theme, “Roots: Blackness is Not a Monolith,” focused on the diversity of Blackness.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted its annual BLSA Week in February. The week of events was dedicated to conversations about the experience of being Black in higher education, and highlighted the need for public service to Black communities. The week’s theme, “Roots: Blackness is Not a Monolith,” focused on the diversity of Blackness.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Team Wins Midwest Regional Trial Competition</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-team-wins-midwest-regional-trial-competition/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Fred Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy won the Midwest Regional of the National Trial Competition, held remotely in February. The team will go on to compete for the national championship, which will be held in person in Fort Worth, Texas from March 30 to April 3.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Fred Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy won the Midwest Regional of the National Trial Competition, held remotely in February. The team will go on to compete for the national championship, which will be held in person in Fort Worth, Texas from March 30 to April 3.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Michael Kang Appointed to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-michael-kang-appointed-to-the-presidential-commission-on-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4285</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In December, the Presidential Commission of the Supreme Court of the United States—established by President Joe Biden—voted unanimously to submit its report on the role and operation of the Supreme Court in the constitutional system. Michael Kang, William G. and Virginia K. Karnes Research Professor of Law, was a member of the Commission and was assisted by several Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students during his eight-month tenure.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In December, the Presidential Commission of the Supreme Court of the United States—established by President Joe Biden—voted unanimously to submit its report on the role and operation of the Supreme Court in the constitutional system. Michael Kang, William G. and Virginia K. Karnes Research Professor of Law, was a member of the Commission and was assisted by several Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students during his eight-month tenure.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bartie-Greer Opportunity Scholarship Inspired By 30-Year Friendship</title>
<category>After Law School, Student Experience, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bartie-greer-opportunity-scholarship-inspired-by-30-year-friendship/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[After three decades of friendship, Ernest Greer (JD ’91) and Jared Bartie (JD ’93) have endowed the Bartie-Greer Opportunity Scholarship, which will support Law School students who bring distinct experiences to their class, such as notable leadership skills or a history of resilience or achievement while overcoming hardship or other personal challenges.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After three decades of friendship, Ernest Greer (JD ’91) and Jared Bartie (JD ’93) have endowed the Bartie-Greer Opportunity Scholarship, which will support Law School students who bring distinct experiences to their class, such as notable leadership skills or a history of resilience or achievement while overcoming hardship or other personal challenges.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>DREAM Week Welcomes Nikole Hannah-Jones and Highlights Annual Oratorical Contest</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Events, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/dream-week-welcomes-nikole-hannah-jones-and-highlights-annual-oratorical-contest/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4240</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In late January, Northwestern University hosted DREAM Week, celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In late January, Northwestern University hosted DREAM Week, celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Eleven Graduates Secure Public Interest Fellowships</title>
<category>Public Interest, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/eleven-graduates-secure-public-interest-fellowships/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4473</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eleven recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from environmental work to prison reform to public housing.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Eleven recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from environmental work to prison reform to public housing.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Alyson Carrel Honored by AALS Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education</title>
<category>Scholarship, Awards, Faculty, law, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/alyson-carrel-honored-by-aals-section-on-technology-law-and-legal-education/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4230</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alyson Carrel, Harry B. Reese Teaching Clinical Professor of Law and co-director of the Center on Negotiation and Mediation, was awarded the 2022 Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). She was presented the award during the AALS Annual Meeting, which took place virtually this month.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alyson Carrel, Harry B. Reese Teaching Clinical Professor of Law and co-director of the Center on Negotiation and Mediation, was awarded the 2022 Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). She was presented the award during the AALS Annual Meeting, which took place virtually this month.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>New Leadership Appointments at Northwestern Pritzker Law</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-sarah-lawsky-appointed-vice-dean/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4212</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law recently made three new leadership appointments to advance its efforts at innovation for impact. Laura Pedraza-Fariña, professor of law, has been appointed as the inaugural Associate Dean for Innovation and Partnerships, a new position created by Dean Hari Osofsky to build partnerships across the University and with external stakeholders. Sarah Lawsky, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law, has been promoted to Vice Dean, and Darnell Hines, Jr. has been promoted to Associate Dean for Alumni Relations and Development.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law recently made three new leadership appointments to advance its efforts at innovation for impact. Laura Pedraza-Fariña, professor of law, has been appointed as the inaugural Associate Dean for Innovation and Partnerships, a new position created by Dean Hari Osofsky to build partnerships across the University and with external stakeholders. Sarah Lawsky, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law, has been promoted to Vice Dean, and Darnell Hines, Jr. has been promoted to Associate Dean for Alumni Relations and Development.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Sheila Bedi Launches Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/sheila-bedi-launches-community-justice-and-civil-rights-clinic/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4140</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In Spring 2020, Sheila Bedi, clinical professor of law, launched the Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic (CJCRC), a subdivision of the Civil Litigation Center. In its inaugural year, the CJCRC has continued the social justice work that Bedi and her colleagues have dedicated themselves to since the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s inception. Bedi was formerly working with the MacArthur Justice Center.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Spring 2020, Sheila Bedi, clinical professor of law, launched the Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic (CJCRC), a subdivision of the Civil Litigation Center. In its inaugural year, the CJCRC has continued the social justice work that Bedi and her colleagues have dedicated themselves to since the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s inception. Bedi was formerly working with the MacArthur Justice Center.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Center on Negotiation and Mediation Hosts Symposium on Restorative Justice</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/center-on-negotiation-and-mediation-hosts-symposium-on-restorative-justice/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4193</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In November, the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Negotiation and Mediation held a virtual symposium series “Restorative Justice Origins, Applications, and Futures.” The three-day event was co-sponsored by UCLA School of Law’s Public Interest Law and Policy Program and the Promise Institute for Human Rights, South Carolina’s Restorative Justice Initiative, and the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at UC Davis.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In November, the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Negotiation and Mediation held a virtual symposium series “Restorative Justice Origins, Applications, and Futures.” The three-day event was co-sponsored by UCLA School of Law’s Public Interest Law and Policy Program and the Promise Institute for Human Rights, South Carolina’s Restorative Justice Initiative, and the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at UC Davis.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bluhm Legal Clinic Continues its Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century Series</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bluhm-legal-clinic-continues-its-lawyering-and-race-in-the-21st-century-series/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4185</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In November, the Bluhm Legal Clinic continued its series on Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century with the event “Surveillance Redlining in Chicago: ShotSpotter, the Gang Database, and other Surveillance Tools.”]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In November, the Bluhm Legal Clinic continued its series on Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century with the event “Surveillance Redlining in Chicago: ShotSpotter, the Gang Database, and other Surveillance Tools.”]]></content:encoded>
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<title>NULR Hosts 2021 Symposium, “Reimagining Property in the Era of Inequality”</title>
<category>Public Interest, Events, Students, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/nulr-hosts-2021-symposium-reimagining-property-in-the-era-of-inequality/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4176</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In November, Northwestern University Law Review hosted its 2021 Symposium, “Reimagining Property in the Era of Inequality,” bringing together scholars of legal history, property, tax, land use, fair housing, environmental law, and family law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In November, Northwestern University Law Review hosted its 2021 Symposium, “Reimagining Property in the Era of Inequality,” bringing together scholars of legal history, property, tax, land use, fair housing, environmental law, and family law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Hispanic/Latinx History and Culture Scholarship Helps Close Motion to Lead Campaign</title>
<category>Giving, Alumni, Scholarship, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/hispanic-latinx-history-and-culture-scholarship-helps-close-motion-to-lead-campaign/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4152</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has concluded the Motion to Lead campaign, its largest fundraising campaign ever, raising $265 million. Stephanie Hosler (WCAS ’95, JD ’99) and Matthew Hosler, MD (JD ’99) helped to close the campaign by committing to endow the Hispanic/Latinx History and Culture Endowed Scholarship at the Law School.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has concluded the Motion to Lead campaign, its largest fundraising campaign ever, raising $265 million. Stephanie Hosler (WCAS ’95, JD ’99) and Matthew Hosler, MD (JD ’99) helped to close the campaign by committing to endow the Hispanic/Latinx History and Culture Endowed Scholarship at the Law School.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Professors Launch Online Program to Help Mortgage Fraud Victims</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-professors-receive-grant-to-continue-work-with-victims-of-mortgage-fraud/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3475</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last Fall, the Foundation of Federal Bar Association (FBA) awarded the association’s Chicago Chapter a grant for the “Legal Education in the Community: The Rights and Responsibilities of the Family Home” program, which was presented to the Bluhm Legal Clinic and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professors Juliet Sorensen and Sam Tenenbaum. After almost a year, the program launched this October.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last Fall, the Foundation of Federal Bar Association (FBA) awarded the association’s Chicago Chapter a grant for the “Legal Education in the Community: The Rights and Responsibilities of the Family Home” program, which was presented to the Bluhm Legal Clinic and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professors Juliet Sorensen and Sam Tenenbaum. After almost a year, the program launched this October.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“A Critical Moment:” Clinic Attorneys Lend Their Expertise to Chicago Organizers as Protests Continue</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/its-a-critical-moment-clinic-lends-their-talents-to-chicago-organizers-as-protests-continue/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3648</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In addition to their ongoing work related to the COVID-19 pandemic, attorneys at the Bluhm Legal Clinic have been engaged in Chicago’s protests of the racial injustice and police brutality enacted against Black Americans.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In addition to their ongoing work related to the COVID-19 pandemic, attorneys at the Bluhm Legal Clinic have been engaged in Chicago’s protests of the racial injustice and police brutality enacted against Black Americans.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Students Get National Recognition for Law School Papers</title>
<category>Student Experience, After Law School, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/students-get-national-recognition-for-law-school-papers/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4050</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law students turn their school assignments into national recognition.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker Law students turn their school assignments into national recognition.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“Credible:” Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer Discusses Her New Book</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/credible-professor-deborah-tuerkheimer-discusses-her-new-book/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4099</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In her new book, Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers, Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer looks at the spotlight created by #MeToo and considers the next steps: Why do we believe who we believe, and how can we create a path forward for victims of sexual misconduct? ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In her new book, Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers, Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer looks at the spotlight created by #MeToo and considers the next steps: Why do we believe who we believe, and how can we create a path forward for victims of sexual misconduct? ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Minow Debates Ask If We Should Expand the Supreme Court</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Alumni, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/minow-debates-ask-if-we-should-expand-the-supreme-court/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 18:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4113</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On September 30, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Intelligence Squared hosted the fourth Newt and Jo Minow Debate, “We Should Expand the Supreme Court.” After the 60-minute debate, which was later posted to the Intelligence Squared YouTube page, the team arguing against the motion was victorious.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On September 30, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Intelligence Squared hosted the fourth Newt and Jo Minow Debate, “We Should Expand the Supreme Court.” After the 60-minute debate, which was later posted to the Intelligence Squared YouTube page, the team arguing against the motion was victorious.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bluhm Legal Clinic Hosts Inaugural Symposium on Race and Lawyering</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bluhm-legal-clinic-hosts-inaugural-symposium-on-race-and-lawyering/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 18:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4103</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Children and Family Justice Center co-sponsored the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s inaugural Race and Lawyering in the 21st Century symposium, which was held on September 30. The event was held online and at Lincoln Hall.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Children and Family Justice Center co-sponsored the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s inaugural Race and Lawyering in the 21st Century symposium, which was held on September 30. The event was held online and at Lincoln Hall.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Installation Ceremony Honors Dean Hari Osofsky and Professor Robin Walker Sterling</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/installation-ceremony-honors-dean-hari-osofsky-and-professor-robin-walker-sterling/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4039</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On September 10, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law installed Hari M. Osofsky as Dean and Myra James Bradwell Professor, and Robin Walker Sterling as the Mayer Brown – Robert A. Helman Professor of Law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On September 10, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law installed Hari M. Osofsky as Dean and Myra James Bradwell Professor, and Robin Walker Sterling as the Mayer Brown – Robert A. Helman Professor of Law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Lincoln Lecture Discusses the Reconstruction Period and America’s Complicated Racial History</title>
<category>Public Interest, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/lincoln-lecture-discusses-the-reconstruction-period-and-americas-complicated-racial-history/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4029</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On September 21, the sixth annual Abraham Lincoln Lecture on Constitutional Law was held at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, featuring Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On September 21, the sixth annual Abraham Lincoln Lecture on Constitutional Law was held at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, featuring Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Ajay K. Mehrotra Elected to the American Law Institute</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/ajay-k-mehrotra-elected-to-the-american-law-institute/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 19:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3994</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ajay K. Mehrotra, professor of law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ajay K. Mehrotra, professor of law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Governor Pritzker Signs Historic Legislation, Building on Center on Wrongful Convictions Work</title>
<category>Public Interest, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/governor-pritzker-signs-historic-legislation-building-on-center-on-wrongful-convictions-work/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 19:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3980</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On July 15, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, along with several other members of the Illinois General Assembly, gathered with exonerated individuals, as well as attorneys with the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC), as he signed four historic pieces of legislation into law in Thorne Auditorium.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On July 15, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, along with several other members of the Illinois General Assembly, gathered with exonerated individuals, as well as attorneys with the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC), as he signed four historic pieces of legislation into law in Thorne Auditorium.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Vanessa del Valle Appointed to the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/vanessa-del-valle-appointed-to-the-torture-inquiry-and-relief-commission/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3959</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vanessa del Valle, clinical assistant professor of law at the MacArthur Justice Center at the Bluhm Legal Clinic, has been appointed by Governor J.B. Pritzker to the State of Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission (TIRC). She was confirmed by the Illinois State Senate to the position in March.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Vanessa del Valle, clinical assistant professor of law at the MacArthur Justice Center at the Bluhm Legal Clinic, has been appointed by Governor J.B. Pritzker to the State of Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission (TIRC). She was confirmed by the Illinois State Senate to the position in March.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Joyce A. Hughes Wins Margaret Brent Award</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/joyce-a-hughes-wins-margaret-brent-award/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 02:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3851</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Joyce A. Hughes, professor of law, has been selected by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession as one of the 2021 Margaret Brent Award recipients.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Joyce A. Hughes, professor of law, has been selected by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession as one of the 2021 Margaret Brent Award recipients.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Law School Wins Top Prize In Milestone Moot Court Competition</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/law-school-wins-top-prize-in-milestone-moot-court-competition/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=4203</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In March, the International Trademark Association’s prestigious Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition celebrated its 30th anniversary as law school students from across the United States participated in the 2020-2021 finals.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In March, the International Trademark Association’s prestigious Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition celebrated its 30th anniversary as law school students from across the United States participated in the 2020-2021 finals.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Conversation with the Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.</title>
<category>Public Interest, Faculty, Students, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-conversation-with-the-honorable-eric-h-holder-jr/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 21:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3826</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was proud to welcome the Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. for the 2021 Pope &#038; John Lecture Series on Professionalism. The hourlong conversation with Interim Dean James Speta covered voter suppression, current conversations on modifying the filibuster law, and Judge Merrick Garland’s appointment as the new attorney general under the Biden administration.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was proud to welcome the Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. for the 2021 Pope &#038; John Lecture Series on Professionalism. The hourlong conversation with Interim Dean James Speta covered voter suppression, current conversations on modifying the filibuster law, and Judge Merrick Garland’s appointment as the new attorney general under the Biden administration.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Notre Dame Law School Dean G. Marcus Cole (JD ’93) to Address Class of 2021</title>
<category>Student Experience, Alumni, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/notre-dame-law-school-dean-g-marcus-cole-jd-93-to-address-class-of-2021/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3802</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that esteemed alum and Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School G. Marcus Cole (JD ’93) will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2021.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that esteemed alum and Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School G. Marcus Cole (JD ’93) will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2021.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker Law Honors Professor Marshall Shapo With Online Festschrift</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-law-honors-professor-marshall-shapo-with-online-festschrift/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3765</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Northwestern University Law Review are proud to honor Marshall S. Shapo, the Frederick P. Vose Professor of Law Emeritus, with an online Festschrift recognizing his achievements.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Northwestern University Law Review are proud to honor Marshall S. Shapo, the Frederick P. Vose Professor of Law Emeritus, with an online Festschrift recognizing his achievements.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>DREAM Week Discussions Highlight Civil Uprisings and Frustrations of Past Year</title>
<category>Student Experience, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Events, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/dream-week-discussions-highlight-civil-uprisings-and-frustrations-of-past-year/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern University hosted DREAM Week in January, celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern University hosted DREAM Week in January, celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Steven Lubet Steps Down as Director of Bartlit Center</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/steven-lubet-steps-down-as-director-of-bartlit-center/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3720</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Steven Lubet, Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law, will step down as director of the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy effective August 31, 2021. Lubet has been the leader of the program since 1988. He will stay on as a member of the clinical and research faculty.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Steven Lubet, Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law, will step down as director of the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy effective August 31, 2021. Lubet has been the leader of the program since 1988. He will stay on as a member of the clinical and research faculty.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Paul Gowder Elected to the American Law Institute</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/paul-gowder-elected-to-the-american-law-institute/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3706</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Gowder, professor of law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul Gowder, professor of law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Martin H. Redish Wins 2021 Daniel J. Meltzer Award</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/martin-h-redish-wins-2021-daniel-j-meltzer-award/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3677</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Martin Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, will receive the 2020 Daniel J. Meltzer Award from the Association of American Law Schools.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Martin Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, will receive the 2020 Daniel J. Meltzer Award from the Association of American Law Schools.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Fall Lectures Discuss Lincoln’s Legacy and Derivatives Markets</title>
<category>Public Interest, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/fall-lectures-discuss-lincolns-legacy-and-derivatives-markets/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3627</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This fall, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted two of its most popular lecture series.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[This fall, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted two of its most popular lecture series.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“I Can Do Hard Things”: Veteran Law Students on Navigating Law School</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students, veterans</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/i-can-do-hard-things-veteran-law-students-on-navigating-law-school/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3614</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The veteran community at Northwestern Pritzker Law is as diverse as the student body, with veterans of various backgrounds and branches of the armed forces. But student veterans share a common experience that, for many, offers a sense of connection and support as they navigate law school. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The veteran community at Northwestern Pritzker Law is as diverse as the student body, with veterans of various backgrounds and branches of the armed forces. But student veterans share a common experience that, for many, offers a sense of connection and support as they navigate law school. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Brendan Duffy (JD ’17) to Clerk for Justice Amy Coney Barrett</title>
<category>Public Interest, Alumni, Clerkships, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/brendan-duffy-jd-17-to-clerk-for-justice-amy-coney-barrett/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3593</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law alum Brendan Duffy (JD ’17) will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett for the October 2020 term. Duffy is one of four clerks selected by Justice Barrett, and the only of her clerks who has not previously completed a Supreme Court clerkship. He also clerked for Justice Barrett in the Seventh Circuit in 2018-19.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law alum Brendan Duffy (JD ’17) will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett for the October 2020 term. Duffy is one of four clerks selected by Justice Barrett, and the only of her clerks who has not previously completed a Supreme Court clerkship. He also clerked for Justice Barrett in the Seventh Circuit in 2018-19.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Zachary Clopton Elected to the American Law Institute</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/zachary-clopton-elected-to-the-american-law-institute/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3575</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zachary Clopton, Professor of Law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Zachary Clopton, Professor of Law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bostock v. Clayton County and the Challenges of LGBTQ Advocacy</title>
<category>Faculty, Faculty, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bostock-v-clayton-county-and-the-challenges-of-lgbtq-advocacy/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3556</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On October 15, Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at Stanford University and Co-Director of Stanford Law’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, joined Erin F. Delaney, professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker Law, in a conversation about the landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On October 15, Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at Stanford University and Co-Director of Stanford Law’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, joined Erin F. Delaney, professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker Law, in a conversation about the landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Coronavirus Behind Bars: Clinic attorneys accelerate COVID-19 mass prison release efforts</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/clinic-attorneys-accelerate-covid-19-mass-prison-release-efforts/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://staging.northwestern-law.cliquedomains.com/?p=2706</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, prison reform activists jumped into action, flagging the unique dangers of the coronavirus behind bars. But as activists have gained ground in states like Illinois, the threat of a potential rise in case numbers this fall (including jumps in states like Florida, Oklahoma, and Texas) leave many on the frontlines worried for what’s next.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, prison reform activists jumped into action, flagging the unique dangers of the coronavirus behind bars. But as activists have gained ground in states like Illinois, the threat of a potential rise in case numbers this fall (including jumps in states like Florida, Oklahoma, and Texas) leave many on the frontlines worried for what’s next.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Where Do We Go from Here After the Breonna Taylor Verdict: Gender, Race, and the Future of Social Movements</title>
<category>Social Justice, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/where-do-we-go-from-here-after-the-breonna-taylor-verdict-gender-race-and-the-future-of-social-movements/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 22:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3529</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On October 1, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law co-hosted an academic panel discussion on the Breonna Taylor grand jury verdict.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On October 1, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law co-hosted an academic panel discussion on the Breonna Taylor grand jury verdict.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Racial Justice Teach-In Part of National Effort to Protest Police Violence and Racism</title>
<category>Social Justice, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/racial-justice-teach-in-part-of-national-effort-to-protest-police-violence-and-racism/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3452</guid>
<description><![CDATA[During the second week of September, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law faculty and the Office of Inclusion &#038; Engagement hosted its first-ever Northwestern Law Racial Justice Virtual Teach-In.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[During the second week of September, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law faculty and the Office of Inclusion &#038; Engagement hosted its first-ever Northwestern Law Racial Justice Virtual Teach-In.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Robin Walker Sterling Joins Bluhm Legal Clinic as Director and Associate Dean of Clinical Education</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/robin-walker-sterling-joins-bluhm-legal-clinic-as-director-and-associate-dean-of-clinical-education/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3429</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sterling's research and teaching interests include clinical advocacy, criminal law, and juvenile justice, and her current work explores extending the right to a jury trial to juveniles facing delinquency proceedings.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sterling's research and teaching interests include clinical advocacy, criminal law, and juvenile justice, and her current work explores extending the right to a jury trial to juveniles facing delinquency proceedings.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Conversation with Paul Gowder</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-conversation-with-paul-gowder/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3417</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Gowder joins the Northwestern Law faculty as a professor of law. His expertise in political theory, constitutional law, and social science has made him a go-to analyst of critical race theory and economic equality.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul Gowder joins the Northwestern Law faculty as a professor of law. His expertise in political theory, constitutional law, and social science has made him a go-to analyst of critical race theory and economic equality.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Q &amp; A with Interim Dean James Speta: “These Are Incredibly Difficult Times”</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/q-a-with-interim-dean-james-speta/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3401</guid>
<description><![CDATA[James Speta has been named interim dean at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Here he discusses his immediate priorities, how the Law School will navigate the educational challenges posed by a pandemic, and what distinguishes Northwestern Law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[James Speta has been named interim dean at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Here he discusses his immediate priorities, how the Law School will navigate the educational challenges posed by a pandemic, and what distinguishes Northwestern Law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Jide Okechuku Nzelibe Elected to the American Law Institute</title>
<category>Faculty, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/jide-okechuku-nzelibe-elected-to-the-american-law-institute/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3367</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jide Okechuku Nzelibe, Professor of Law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jide Okechuku Nzelibe, Professor of Law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>2020 Minow Debates Asks If the Electoral College Is Still Needed</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/2020-minow-debates-asks-if-the-electoral-college-is-still-needed/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3348</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On May 20, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Intelligence Squared hosted the third Newt and Jo Minow Debate, “The Electoral College Has Outlived Its Usefulness.”]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 20, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Intelligence Squared hosted the third Newt and Jo Minow Debate, “The Electoral College Has Outlived Its Usefulness.”]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Nine Graduates Secure Public Interest Fellowships</title>
<category>Public Interest, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/nine-graduates-secure-public-interest-fellowships/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3322</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nine recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker Law post-graduate fellowships this year.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nine recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker Law post-graduate fellowships this year.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Faculty Share Their Summer Reads</title>
<category>Faculty, books</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/what-to-read-this-summer-faculty-share-their-summer-reads/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.law.northwestern.edu/?p=3280</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Summer break is here, but we’re still in the middle of a pandemic, which means we'll still be spending plenty of time inside. The good news: there’s no better time to dive into a good book than while you’re stuck on your couch eating all your best quarantine snacks. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Summer break is here, but we’re still in the middle of a pandemic, which means we'll still be spending plenty of time inside. The good news: there’s no better time to dive into a good book than while you’re stuck on your couch eating all your best quarantine snacks. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Student Awards Recognize Seven Graduates of the Class of 2020</title>
<category>Student Experience, Awards, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/student-awards-recognize-seven-graduates-of-the-class-of-2020/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2020 20:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Each year, the students in Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's graduating class nominate and vote on the winners of the Student Awards. Because these awards are peer-selected and recognize students for a range of accomplishments, they have become one of the Law School's most beloved graduation traditions. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each year, the students in Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's graduating class nominate and vote on the winners of the Student Awards. Because these awards are peer-selected and recognize students for a range of accomplishments, they have become one of the Law School's most beloved graduation traditions. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Online Pop-Up Course Grapples with Coronavirus Legal Issues in Real Time</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/online-pop-up-course-grapples-with-coronavirus-legal-issues-in-real-time/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 21:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Daniel B. Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, launched his online pop-up class “Law in the Time of Corona” the week of March 23. The course, which runs until April 24, highlights several legal topics revolving around the coronavirus crisis. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Daniel B. Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law, launched his online pop-up class “Law in the Time of Corona” the week of March 23. The course, which runs until April 24, highlights several legal topics revolving around the coronavirus crisis. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Q&amp;A with Joyce Hughes: A Pioneer in Law</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/qa-with-joyce-hughes-a-pioneer-in-law/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://staging.northwestern-law.cliquedomains.com/?p=2458</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Joyce Hughes, professor of law, began her career at Northwestern in 1975, after four years of teaching at the University of Minnesota Law School. When she received tenure in 1979, she became the first African American woman to be tenured in any department at Northwestern University.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Joyce Hughes, professor of law, began her career at Northwestern in 1975, after four years of teaching at the University of Minnesota Law School. When she received tenure in 1979, she became the first African American woman to be tenured in any department at Northwestern University.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>San Francisco Immersion Program Establishes a Foothold in Silicon Valley</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/san-francisco-immersion-program-establishes-a-foothold-in-silicon-valley/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[For the past few winter quarters, a select group of Northwestern Pritzker Law students, together with their Kellogg School of Management counterparts, have ditched their winter hats and gloves and traveled west in order to immerse themselves in the world of Silicon Valley.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the past few winter quarters, a select group of Northwestern Pritzker Law students, together with their Kellogg School of Management counterparts, have ditched their winter hats and gloves and traveled west in order to immerse themselves in the world of Silicon Valley.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Names New Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic</title>
<category>Faculty, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law-names-new-director-of-the-bluhm-legal-clinic/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 02:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://staging.northwestern-law.cliquedomains.com/?p=1930</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that Robin Walker Sterling will join the faculty as a Clinical Professor and become the new director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic and Associate Dean of Clinical Education. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to announce that Robin Walker Sterling will join the faculty as a Clinical Professor and become the new director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic and Associate Dean of Clinical Education. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>In His Own Words: Justice John Paul Stevens on His Years at Northwestern Law</title>
<category>Public Interest, Alumni, books, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/in-his-own-words-justice-john-paul-stevens-on-his-years-at-northwestern-law/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 01:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://staging.northwestern-law.cliquedomains.com/?p=1902</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In this excerpt of his recent memoir, The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years, the late Supreme Court Justice remembers the Northwestern Law courses and professors who influenced his life and career. Because I intended to practice law in Chicago, I thought it would be wise to obtain my legal education&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this excerpt of his recent memoir, The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years, the late Supreme Court Justice remembers the Northwestern Law courses and professors who influenced his life and career. Because I intended to practice law in Chicago, I thought it would be wise to obtain my legal education&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Decades of Court Sketches Find a Home in the Pritzker Legal Research Center</title>
<category>Social Justice</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/drawn-to-a-life-of-crime/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2020 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://staging.northwestern-law.cliquedomains.com/?p=487</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For 43 years, Andy Austin had a front row seat to Chicago's most important courtroom proceedings, including the trial of Chicago Seven, now featured in a hit Netflix film.  The result? Over 3,000 sketches which have found a new home in the Pritzker Legal Research Center.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[For 43 years, Andy Austin had a front row seat to Chicago's most important courtroom proceedings, including the trial of Chicago Seven, now featured in a hit Netflix film.  The result? Over 3,000 sketches which have found a new home in the Pritzker Legal Research Center.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Honors Seven Distinguished Alumni</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Awards, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law-honored-seven-distinguished-alumni/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://staging.northwestern-law.cliquedomains.com/?p=1636</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For the seventh year, several esteemed Law School alumni were given the honor for their work and achievements in law. The awards and recipients are: Distinguished Alumni Award James D. Oelschlager (JD &#8217;67) The Distinguished Alumni Award is given annually to an alumnus or alumna for extraordinary achievements in their chosen profession. Jim Oelschlager, a&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the seventh year, several esteemed Law School alumni were given the honor for their work and achievements in law. The awards and recipients are: Distinguished Alumni Award James D. Oelschlager (JD &#8217;67) The Distinguished Alumni Award is given annually to an alumnus or alumna for extraordinary achievements in their chosen profession. Jim Oelschlager, a&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Black Law Students Association Week Highlights Entrepreneurial Spirit</title>
<category>Student Experience, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/blsa-week-highlights-entrepreneurial-spirit/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law held several events dedicated to black entrepreneurship, advocacy, and community the week of February 24. The week’s theme, “The Marathon Continues,” was a nod to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle, whose life’s work was dedicated to black empowerment and self-reliance. “BLSA Week 2020&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law held several events dedicated to black entrepreneurship, advocacy, and community the week of February 24. The week’s theme, “The Marathon Continues,” was a nod to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle, whose life’s work was dedicated to black empowerment and self-reliance. “BLSA Week 2020&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“If/When/How” Event Week Kicks Off with Discussion on Reproductive Justice</title>
<category>Student Experience, Events, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/if-when-how-event-week-kicks-off-with-discussion-on-reproductive-justice/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Student organization “If/When/How” kicked off its annual event week with a talk on reproductive justice on February 10. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johnson, director of the Women’s Center and a lecturer in Gender &#38; Women’s Studies at Northwestern University, spoke about the history of reproductive violence in the United States. “If/When/How” is a national organization working to&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Student organization “If/When/How” kicked off its annual event week with a talk on reproductive justice on February 10. Dr. Sekile Nzinga-Johnson, director of the Women’s Center and a lecturer in Gender &#38; Women’s Studies at Northwestern University, spoke about the history of reproductive violence in the United States. “If/When/How” is a national organization working to&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Just Mercy Screening Serves as Important Reminder: “Fighting The Good Fight Is Always Worth It”</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/just-mercy-screening-serves-as-important-reminder-fighting-the-good-fight-is-always-worth-it/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rachel Bertsche</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Students, faculty and staff gathered at the AMC River East theater in late November for an advance screening of Just Mercy, donated by Courtney D. Armstrong (JD-MBA ’96), executive vice president of worldwide business affairs for Warner Bros. Pictures. The film, based on Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson’s bestselling book of the same name,&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Students, faculty and staff gathered at the AMC River East theater in late November for an advance screening of Just Mercy, donated by Courtney D. Armstrong (JD-MBA ’96), executive vice president of worldwide business affairs for Warner Bros. Pictures. The film, based on Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson’s bestselling book of the same name,&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Founder of #MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke, Gives Powerful Dream Week Keynote</title>
<category>Public Interest, Events, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/founder-of-metoo-movement-tarana-burke-gives-powerful-dream-week-keynote/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanice L Harris</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Activist and founder of the #MeToo movement Tarana Burke gave the Dream Week keynote address at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law on January 27. Students, faculty and staff packed Thorne Auditorium to hear Burke in conversation with moderator Shannon Bartlett, associate dean of inclusion and engagement. Dean Kimberly Yuracko opened the event by highlighting the&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Activist and founder of the #MeToo movement Tarana Burke gave the Dream Week keynote address at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law on January 27. Students, faculty and staff packed Thorne Auditorium to hear Burke in conversation with moderator Shannon Bartlett, associate dean of inclusion and engagement. Dean Kimberly Yuracko opened the event by highlighting the&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Distinguished Trial Lawyer Faith Gay (JD ’86) to Address Class of 2020</title>
<category>Student Experience, Alumni, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/distinguished-trial-lawyer-faith-gay-jd-86-to-address-class-of-2020/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Melissa Lynn Kaeser</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Acclaimed trial lawyer and advocate Faith Gay (JD '86) will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2020. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Acclaimed trial lawyer and advocate Faith Gay (JD '86) will deliver the convocation address to the Class of 2020. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Remembering Justice John Paul Stevens (JD ’47)</title>
<category>Public Interest, Alumni, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/remembering-justice-john-paul-stevens-jd-47/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 02:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A lawyer’s most valuable asset is his or her reputation for integrity,” John Paul Stevens wrote in his recent memoir, The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years. Justice Stevens, one of the longest-serving justices on the Supreme Court and one of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s most prominent graduates, died on&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A lawyer’s most valuable asset is his or her reputation for integrity,” John Paul Stevens wrote in his recent memoir, The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years. Justice Stevens, one of the longest-serving justices on the Supreme Court and one of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s most prominent graduates, died on&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Zachary Clopton Wins 2020 Civil Justice Scholarship Award</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards, Scholarship</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/zachary-clopton-wins-2020-civil-justice-scholarship-award/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jill Brislin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Zachary Clopton, professor of law, was named the recipient of the 2020 Civil Justice Scholarship Award from the Pound Civil Justice Institute.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Zachary Clopton, professor of law, was named the recipient of the 2020 Civil Justice Scholarship Award from the Pound Civil Justice Institute.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Broken System: Law Review Symposium Shines a Light on Solitary Confinement</title>
<category>Public Interest, Events, Students, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/broken-system-law-review-symposium-shines-a-light-on-solitary-confinement/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Imagine being stuck in a six-by-eight foot cell for 23 hours a day. No human contact. No light. Filth everywhere. That’s the picture many of the panelists painted during the 2019 Northwestern University Law Review Symposium, “Rethinking Solitary Confinement.” The all-day event, held on November 8 in Thorne Auditorium, brought together scholars, lawmakers, correctional administration&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Imagine being stuck in a six-by-eight foot cell for 23 hours a day. No human contact. No light. Filth everywhere. That’s the picture many of the panelists painted during the 2019 Northwestern University Law Review Symposium, “Rethinking Solitary Confinement.” The all-day event, held on November 8 in Thorne Auditorium, brought together scholars, lawmakers, correctional administration&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Taste Makers: Northwestern Law Alumni Forge Careers in the Food and Beverage Industry</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/taste-makers/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Gourmet ice cream sandwiches, organic low-sugar energy bars, and award-winning pilsners are not your typical post-law school endeavors. But for a group of Northwestern Law alumni, taking equal parts passion and ideas — and seasoning with a legal education — made for a winning recipe.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gourmet ice cream sandwiches, organic low-sugar energy bars, and award-winning pilsners are not your typical post-law school endeavors. But for a group of Northwestern Law alumni, taking equal parts passion and ideas — and seasoning with a legal education — made for a winning recipe.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>From Patents to Privacy: Northwestern Law’s IP Scholars Are Leading The Field</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/from-patents-to-privacy/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In an era of rapid technological change, the members of Northwestern Law’s Intellectual Property (IP) faculty are focused on the study of innovation and the law. Collectively, the group represents impressive strength and influence — their scholarship guides countless courts and policymakers who must keep pace with staggering innovations.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In an era of rapid technological change, the members of Northwestern Law’s Intellectual Property (IP) faculty are focused on the study of innovation and the law. Collectively, the group represents impressive strength and influence — their scholarship guides countless courts and policymakers who must keep pace with staggering innovations.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Mansfield Rule Forum Commemorates Past and Paves Way for More Inclusive Future</title>
<category>Student Experience, Partnerships</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/mansfield-rule-forum-commemorates-past-and-paves-way-for-more-inclusive-future-2/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 18, a diverse group of legal department leaders, law firm partners, and Northwestern Law students gathered in Lincoln Hall for the Mansfield Rule Chicago Client Forum.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 18, a diverse group of legal department leaders, law firm partners, and Northwestern Law students gathered in Lincoln Hall for the Mansfield Rule Chicago Client Forum.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Law School Hosts USPTO Hearings on October 3</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/law-school-hosts-uspto-hearings-on-october-3-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, October 3, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) will hold live hearings at Northwestern Law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Thursday, October 3, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) will hold live hearings at Northwestern Law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Interdisciplinary Team Receives NSF Grant to Build Open, Searchable Platform for Court Records</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Faculty, Interdisciplinary</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/interdisciplinary-team-receives-nsf-grant-to-build-open-searchable-platform-for-court-records-2/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[An interdisciplinary team of Northwestern professors, including seven members of the Northwestern Law faculty, was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Grant this month for the Northwestern Open Access to Court Records Initiative (NOACRI). The million-dollar grant will support the group’s effort to download PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) dockets and build an open, searchable platform for the public and for researchers.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[An interdisciplinary team of Northwestern professors, including seven members of the Northwestern Law faculty, was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Grant this month for the Northwestern Open Access to Court Records Initiative (NOACRI). The million-dollar grant will support the group’s effort to download PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) dockets and build an open, searchable platform for the public and for researchers.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Joins National Initiative to Create More Diverse, Inclusive Legal Profession</title>
<category>#NLawProud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-joins-national-initiative-to-create-more-diverse-inclusive-legal-profession-2/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has joined the first large-scale collaborative effort designed to create a more diverse and inclusive legal profession. Diversity Lab, an incubator for innovative ideas and solutions that boost diversity and inclusion in law, along with several law firms, more than two-dozen general counsels, a cohort of community leaders, and Northwestern, the sole law school partner, launched the Move the Needle Fund (MTN) — a first-of-its-kind experimental “laboratory” in which new approaches will be incubated over five years in five law firms to serve as a model for the legal industry.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has joined the first large-scale collaborative effort designed to create a more diverse and inclusive legal profession. Diversity Lab, an incubator for innovative ideas and solutions that boost diversity and inclusion in law, along with several law firms, more than two-dozen general counsels, a cohort of community leaders, and Northwestern, the sole law school partner, launched the Move the Needle Fund (MTN) — a first-of-its-kind experimental “laboratory” in which new approaches will be incubated over five years in five law firms to serve as a model for the legal industry.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Spotlight on Scholarship: Nadav Shoked on Property and Local Government Law</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/spotlight-on-scholarship-nadav-shoked-on-property-and-local-government-law-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Property and local government law regulate the most foundational, and vital, elements of our lives: where, and thus how, we all live. Though they are often conceived separately, both bodies of law work to structure the built environment, which means that they inevitably police the relationships between neighbors.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Property and local government law regulate the most foundational, and vital, elements of our lives: where, and thus how, we all live. Though they are often conceived separately, both bodies of law work to structure the built environment, which means that they inevitably police the relationships between neighbors.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Conversation with Zachary Clopton, Professor of Law</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-conversation-with-zachary-clopton-professor-of-law-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Zachary Clopton joins the Northwestern Law faculty as a professor of law. His research and teaching interests include civil procedure, complex litigation, international business transactions and litigation, and national security law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Zachary Clopton joins the Northwestern Law faculty as a professor of law. His research and teaching interests include civil procedure, complex litigation, international business transactions and litigation, and national security law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Convocation Celebrates Northwestern Law Class of 2019</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/convocation-celebrates-northwestern-law-class-of-2019-2/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 17, 589 graduates were joined by faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2019 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, May 17, 589 graduates were joined by faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2019 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Five Members of the Class of 2019 Secure Public Interest Fellowships</title>
<category>Public Interest, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/five-members-of-the-class-of-2019-secure-public-interest-fellowships-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Five members of the Class of 2019 will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Law post-graduate fellowships this fall.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Five members of the Class of 2019 will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Law post-graduate fellowships this fall.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Bluhm Legal Clinic Turns 50: A Look Back</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/the-bluhm-legal-clinic-turns-50-a-look-back/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In the late 1960s, inspired by the civil rights movement, a small group of law students proposed starting a clinic to provide legal services to Chicago’s underserved communities. Over the next 50 years, that clinic grew from two attorneys and approximately 20 students in the basement of a building that no longer exists, to one&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the late 1960s, inspired by the civil rights movement, a small group of law students proposed starting a clinic to provide legal services to Chicago’s underserved communities. Over the next 50 years, that clinic grew from two attorneys and approximately 20 students in the basement of a building that no longer exists, to one&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Faculty Recognized at 2019 American Law and Economics Association Conference</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/faculty-recognized-at-2019-american-law-and-economics-association-conference/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On May 17-18, the American Law and Economics Association (ALEA) 2019 meeting will be held at the New York University School of Law. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has a long tradition of participating at the conference, which is the largest and longest running academic conference in the field of Law and Economics, and one of the largest interdisciplinary law conferences.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 17-18, the American Law and Economics Association (ALEA) 2019 meeting will be held at the New York University School of Law. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has a long tradition of participating at the conference, which is the largest and longest running academic conference in the field of Law and Economics, and one of the largest interdisciplinary law conferences.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Shari Diamond Examines the Interplay of Science and the Law</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-shari-diamond-examines-the-interplay-of-science-and-the-law/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Diamond co-edited the fall issue of Daedalus, Journal  of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.     ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Diamond co-edited the fall issue of Daedalus, Journal  of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.     ]]></content:encoded>
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<title>How Northwestern Law Is Addressing Mental Health</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/how-northwestern-law-is-addressing-mental-health/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Law faculty, alumni, and students vow to create healthier and happier attorneys.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Law faculty, alumni, and students vow to create healthier and happier attorneys.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Annual Alumni Awards Honor Eight Distinguished Alumni</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Awards, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/annual-alumni-awards-honor-eight-distinguished-alumni/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, April 12, Dean Yuracko will present awards to eight distinguished alumni at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s sixth annual Alumni Awards Luncheon.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, April 12, Dean Yuracko will present awards to eight distinguished alumni at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s sixth annual Alumni Awards Luncheon.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Myra Pasek (JD ’90), 2019 Distinguished Entrepreneur Award Recipient, Shares Lessons Learned</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/myra-pasek-jd-90-2019-distinguished-entrepreneur-award-recipient-shares-lessons-learned/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Myra Pasek (JD ’90),  the 2019 Distinguished Entrepreneur Award recipient, has had a career that many young lawyers dream of — after years at big law firms, she made the switch into the world of tech startups, working at high-profile companies like Tesla and Impossible Foods. Today, she is General Counsel at Ouster, a San Francisco company bringing 3D sensors to the masses.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Myra Pasek (JD ’90),  the 2019 Distinguished Entrepreneur Award recipient, has had a career that many young lawyers dream of — after years at big law firms, she made the switch into the world of tech startups, working at high-profile companies like Tesla and Impossible Foods. Today, she is General Counsel at Ouster, a San Francisco company bringing 3D sensors to the masses.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Courtney D. Armstrong (JD ’97) to Address Class of 2019</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/courtney-d-armstrong-jd-97-to-address-class-of-2019/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is thrilled to announce that Courtney D. Armstrong (BS ’93, JD ’97, MBA ’97) will deliver the main convocation address to the Class of 2019. Convocation will be held Friday, May 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., in Chicago.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is thrilled to announce that Courtney D. Armstrong (BS ’93, JD ’97, MBA ’97) will deliver the main convocation address to the Class of 2019. Convocation will be held Friday, May 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., in Chicago.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Reva Siegel Will Give Lectures on ‘Reproductive Justice in the Age of Trump’ for Rosenthal Series, April 8-10</title>
<category>Scholarship, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/reva-siegel-will-give-lectures-on-reproductive-justice-in-the-age-of-trump-for-rosenthal-series-april-8-10/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The “Reproductive Justice in the Age of Trump” lectures will discuss the changing landscape of sexual and reproductive rights under the Trump Administration, with a specific focus on the current composition of the Supreme Court. Siegel will respond to conflicts over pregnancy discrimination, abortion, contraception, and assisted reproductive technologies.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The “Reproductive Justice in the Age of Trump” lectures will discuss the changing landscape of sexual and reproductive rights under the Trump Administration, with a specific focus on the current composition of the Supreme Court. Siegel will respond to conflicts over pregnancy discrimination, abortion, contraception, and assisted reproductive technologies.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Announces New Scholarship Recognizing African American History and Culture</title>
<category>Giving, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-announces-new-scholarship-recognizing-african-american-history-and-culture/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Northwestern Pritzker School of Law announced today a first-of-its-kind scholarship, which will be awarded annually to outstanding students who demonstrate interest in, or commitment to, African American history and culture.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Northwestern Pritzker School of Law announced today a first-of-its-kind scholarship, which will be awarded annually to outstanding students who demonstrate interest in, or commitment to, African American history and culture.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Spotlight on Scholarship: James B. Speta on Telecommunications Law</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/spotlight-on-scholarship-james-b-speta-on-telecommunications-law/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Professor Speta is a prominent scholar of telecommunications law. In addition to his many scholarly articles on the topic, he is the co-author of a leading casebook that bridges the history of telecoms to the cutting-edge issues of regulating Google, Facebook, and other Internet platforms, and covers the difficult regulatory challenges this new world presents.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Professor Speta is a prominent scholar of telecommunications law. In addition to his many scholarly articles on the topic, he is the co-author of a leading casebook that bridges the history of telecoms to the cutting-edge issues of regulating Google, Facebook, and other Internet platforms, and covers the difficult regulatory challenges this new world presents.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>CFJC Immigration Attorneys and Students Help Asylum-Seekers at the Border</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/cfjc-immigration-attorneys-and-students-help-asylum-seekers-at-the-border/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In the final days of winter break, Children and Family Justice Center attorneys Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe, clinical associate professor of law, and Amy Martin, Immigration Law Fellow, led a dozen Northwestern Law students to Tijuana, Mexico where they spent three days volunteering with Al Otro Lado, a nonprofit supporting asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the final days of winter break, Children and Family Justice Center attorneys Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe, clinical associate professor of law, and Amy Martin, Immigration Law Fellow, led a dozen Northwestern Law students to Tijuana, Mexico where they spent three days volunteering with Al Otro Lado, a nonprofit supporting asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>CWC Celebrates Freedom for Three Clients in Eight Days</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/cwc-celebrates-freedom-for-three-clients-in-eight-days/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the course of just over a week in January, three clients represented by the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) — Eric Blackmon, Patrick Pursley, and Huwe Burton — were exonerated or acquitted.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over the course of just over a week in January, three clients represented by the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) — Eric Blackmon, Patrick Pursley, and Huwe Burton — were exonerated or acquitted.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>ABA’s The Tax Lawyer Releases First Issue Under New Northwestern Law Partnership</title>
<category>Scholarship, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/abas-the-tax-lawyer-releases-first-issue-under-new-northwestern-law-partnership/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In December, The Tax Lawyer, the ABA Tax Section’s flagship journal, released its first issue since naming Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s LLM Tax Program its new educational affiliate.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In December, The Tax Lawyer, the ABA Tax Section’s flagship journal, released its first issue since naming Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s LLM Tax Program its new educational affiliate.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Spotlight on Scholarship: Andrew Koppelman Honored by AALS Section on Jurisprudence</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/spotlight-on-scholarship-andrew-koppelman-honored-by-aals-section-on-jurisprudence/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Andrew Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law, was awarded the Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Jurisprudence at the 2019 AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans earlier this month. Koppelman is the inaugural recipient of The Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy, which will be given annually to a scholar who has made significant and lasting contributions to the philosophical understanding of law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Andrew Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law, was awarded the Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Jurisprudence at the 2019 AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans earlier this month. Koppelman is the inaugural recipient of The Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy, which will be given annually to a scholar who has made significant and lasting contributions to the philosophical understanding of law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Faculty to Present at Association for American Law Schools 2019 Annual Conference</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-faculty-to-present-at-association-for-american-law-schools-2019-annual-conference/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In early January, a number of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law faculty will be presenting at the 2019 Association for American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, serving as both section chairs and panel participants and moderators. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Building Bridges.”]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In early January, a number of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law faculty will be presenting at the 2019 Association for American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, serving as both section chairs and panel participants and moderators. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Building Bridges.”]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Legal Eagles: How Military Vets Navigate Law School</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/legal-eagles-how-military-vets-navigate-law-school/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[From fighter plane cockpits to the courtroom – a look at the lives of veterans who pursue a new career path in law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[From fighter plane cockpits to the courtroom – a look at the lives of veterans who pursue a new career path in law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Faculty Present Papers at 2018 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/faculty-present-papers-at-2018-conference-on-empirical-legal-studies/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On November 9-10, the 13th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) will be held at the University of Michigan Law School. As in years past, Northwestern Law will be well represented at CELS, which brings together scholars from law, economics, political science, psychology, policy analysis, and other fields who are interested in the empirical analysis of law and legal institutions.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On November 9-10, the 13th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) will be held at the University of Michigan Law School. As in years past, Northwestern Law will be well represented at CELS, which brings together scholars from law, economics, political science, psychology, policy analysis, and other fields who are interested in the empirical analysis of law and legal institutions.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Broadens Clerkship Network in 2018 and Beyond</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, Clerkships</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-broadens-clerkship-network-in-2018-and-beyond/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In 2018, a diverse group of 49 Northwestern Law alumni secured clerkships with state, federal, and even international courts, continuing the school’s recent clerkship successes. In addition, 22 judges hired Northwestern Law clerks for the first time. “That’s pretty significant and shows that Northwestern applicants are appealing to a broad array of judges,” says Janet Siegel Brown, director of judicial clerkships and a lecturer at Northwestern Law. “We are constantly creating new relationships and pipelines for clerkship opportunities.”]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 2018, a diverse group of 49 Northwestern Law alumni secured clerkships with state, federal, and even international courts, continuing the school’s recent clerkship successes. In addition, 22 judges hired Northwestern Law clerks for the first time. “That’s pretty significant and shows that Northwestern applicants are appealing to a broad array of judges,” says Janet Siegel Brown, director of judicial clerkships and a lecturer at Northwestern Law. “We are constantly creating new relationships and pipelines for clerkship opportunities.”]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Redish and Brill Debate the First Amendment and Commercial Speech</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/redish-and-brill-debate-the-first-amendment-and-commercial-speech/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Should we amend the First Amendment? That provocative question was at the center of the October 17 debate between Marty Redish, Northwestern Law’s Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, and Steve Brill, who founded The American Lawyer and the cable channel Court TV and is the author of the recent bestseller Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall — and Those Fighting to Reverse It.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Should we amend the First Amendment? That provocative question was at the center of the October 17 debate between Marty Redish, Northwestern Law’s Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, and Steve Brill, who founded The American Lawyer and the cable channel Court TV and is the author of the recent bestseller Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall — and Those Fighting to Reverse It.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bluhm Legal Clinic Kicks Off Its 50th Anniversary Year With Eye Toward the Future</title>
<category>Social Justice, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bluhm-legal-clinic-kicks-off-its-50th-anniversary-year-with-eye-toward-the-future/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[“It’s a passionate public spirit that has really motivated our students and faculty to do the wonderful things they have done, and we keep that spirit by remaining engaged in the most difficulty and frustrating and maybe unpopular issues that face our justice system. We must let that spirit take us where it may. Let many flowers bloom.”]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[“It’s a passionate public spirit that has really motivated our students and faculty to do the wonderful things they have done, and we keep that spirit by remaining engaged in the most difficulty and frustrating and maybe unpopular issues that face our justice system. We must let that spirit take us where it may. Let many flowers bloom.”]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Spotlight on Scholarship: Pedraza-Fariña and Schwartz on Intellectual Property and Patent Law</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/spotlight-on-scholarship-pedraza-farina-and-schwartz-on-intellectual-property-and-patent-law/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On October 3, Northwestern welcomed Judges Evan J. Wallach, Jimmie V. Reyna, and Richard G. Taranto of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to Thorne Auditorium to hear oral arguments. The arguments, covering patents and federal employment law, touched on issues being explored in faculty scholarship:  Laura Pedraza-Fariña and David Schwartz specialize in the complicated issues of intellectual property and patent law.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On October 3, Northwestern welcomed Judges Evan J. Wallach, Jimmie V. Reyna, and Richard G. Taranto of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to Thorne Auditorium to hear oral arguments. The arguments, covering patents and federal employment law, touched on issues being explored in faculty scholarship:  Laura Pedraza-Fariña and David Schwartz specialize in the complicated issues of intellectual property and patent law.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Emily Kadens Elected to the American Law Institute</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/emily-kadens-elected-to-the-american-law-institute/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Emily Kadens, Professor of Law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law. The elected membership of ALI consists of distinguished judges, lawyers and law professors from the U.S. and abroad.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Emily Kadens, Professor of Law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law. The elected membership of ALI consists of distinguished judges, lawyers and law professors from the U.S. and abroad.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Jim Speta, Harry R. Horrow Professor in International Law, Appointed Vice Dean</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/jim-speta-harry-r-horrow-professor-in-international-law-appointed-vice-dean/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Professor Jim Speta was recently appointed Vice Dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law by Dean Kim Yuracko. In his new role, Speta will oversee the Law School’s international programs and initiatives, its new professional development initiatives, the Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation, and external outreach. He will also serve as the new host of the Law School podcast, Planet Lex.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Professor Jim Speta was recently appointed Vice Dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law by Dean Kim Yuracko. In his new role, Speta will oversee the Law School’s international programs and initiatives, its new professional development initiatives, the Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation, and external outreach. He will also serve as the new host of the Law School podcast, Planet Lex.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian, to Deliver Lincoln Lecture</title>
<category>Scholarship, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/gordon-s-wood-pulitzer-prize-winning-historian-to-deliver-lincoln-lecture/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Wood’s talk, “The Revolutionary Origins of the Civil War” will pull from his prolific and impactful scholarship over the last five decades.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wood’s talk, “The Revolutionary Origins of the Civil War” will pull from his prolific and impactful scholarship over the last five decades.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Spotlight on Scholarship: Pfander, Delaney and Kadens on the British Judicial System</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/spotlight-on-scholarship-pfander-delaney-and-kadens-on-the-british-judicial-system/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, September 25, The Right Honourable Lord Wilson of Culworth will visit Northwestern Law as the 2018 Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar. Lord Wilson continues the Law School’s long history of engagement with issues of comparative and foreign law. The current faculty has a depth and breadth of knowledge of the British judicial system—producing scholarship on the influence of the Scottish court system on the early American judiciary, the evolution and power of the UK Supreme Court, and English legal history more broadly.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Tuesday, September 25, The Right Honourable Lord Wilson of Culworth will visit Northwestern Law as the 2018 Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar. Lord Wilson continues the Law School’s long history of engagement with issues of comparative and foreign law. The current faculty has a depth and breadth of knowledge of the British judicial system—producing scholarship on the influence of the Scottish court system on the early American judiciary, the evolution and power of the UK Supreme Court, and English legal history more broadly.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Ceremony Celebrates Installation of Yuracko as Dean</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/ceremony-celebrates-installation-of-yuracko-as-dean/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On September 6, Kimberly Yuracko was formally installed as the dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in a Lincoln Hall ceremony attended by University President Morton Schapiro, Provost Jonathan Holloway, and many members of the Northwestern Law community. Also recognized at the ceremony was Janice Nadler, who was named Nathaniel L. Nathanson Chair in 2017.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On September 6, Kimberly Yuracko was formally installed as the dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in a Lincoln Hall ceremony attended by University President Morton Schapiro, Provost Jonathan Holloway, and many members of the Northwestern Law community. Also recognized at the ceremony was Janice Nadler, who was named Nathaniel L. Nathanson Chair in 2017.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Federal Circuit to Hear Arguments at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/federal-circuit-to-hear-arguments-at-northwestern-pritzker-school-of-law/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law will host the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as part of its October 2018 session in Chicago.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law will host the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as part of its October 2018 session in Chicago.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bulls’ Jabari Parker, Superintendent Eddie Johnson, Father Pfleger to Speak at Clinic’s Access to Social Justice Symposium</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bulls-jabari-parker-superintendent-eddie-johnson-father-pfleger-to-speak-at-clinics-access-to-social-justice-symposium/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 12, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic and the Action Injury Law Group will host the inaugural Access to Social Justice Symposium, a gathering of experts at the cutting edge of social justice advocacy.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 12, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic and the Action Injury Law Group will host the inaugural Access to Social Justice Symposium, a gathering of experts at the cutting edge of social justice advocacy.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Kathleen Dillon Narko to Receive ABA Liberty Achievement Award</title>
<category>Faculty, Awards</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-kathleen-dillon-narko-to-receive-aba-liberty-achievement-award/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kathleen Dillon Narko, Clinical Professor of Law, will receive the 2018 Liberty Achievement Award from the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section. The award recognizes lawyers and judges who have actively promoted diversity in the legal profession.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kathleen Dillon Narko, Clinical Professor of Law, will receive the 2018 Liberty Achievement Award from the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section. The award recognizes lawyers and judges who have actively promoted diversity in the legal profession.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Making the Law a Laughing Matter</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/making-the-law-a-laughing-matter/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Before ever appearing in a court of law, Professors Jason C. DeSanto, K.M. Zouhary, and Stephen Reed had all gotten comfortable commanding the stage as improv players. Find out why they consider it an integral part of their legal and academic careers. This article originally ran in the Spring 2018 issue of the Northwestern Law Reporter.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Before ever appearing in a court of law, Professors Jason C. DeSanto, K.M. Zouhary, and Stephen Reed had all gotten comfortable commanding the stage as improv players. Find out why they consider it an integral part of their legal and academic careers. This article originally ran in the Spring 2018 issue of the Northwestern Law Reporter.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez Named Chair of ABA Center on Innovation</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Awards, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/dean-daniel-b-rodriguez-named-chair-of-aba-center-on-innovation/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The American Bar Association’s Center for Innovation has appointed Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez as the new chair of its governing council.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The American Bar Association’s Center for Innovation has appointed Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez as the new chair of its governing council.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Giving Voice to the Law School’s Past</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/giving-voice-to-the-law-schools-past/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The newest collection in the Pritzker Legal Research Center doesn’t contain a single book, journal or article. Instead, the Law School library has been hard at work archiving records of a completely different sort: taped conversations. This article originally ran in the Spring 2018 issue of the Northwestern Law Reporter.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The newest collection in the Pritzker Legal Research Center doesn’t contain a single book, journal or article. Instead, the Law School library has been hard at work archiving records of a completely different sort: taped conversations. This article originally ran in the Spring 2018 issue of the Northwestern Law Reporter.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>See Jane Run: Three Northwestern Law Alumnae Share Their Experiences in Politics</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/see-jane-run-three-northwestern-law-alumnae-share-their-experiences-in-politics/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[While the number of women in elected office across the country has been slowly increasing, in 2017, they made up only 21 percent and 19.6 percent of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, respectively. At lower levels of government, the numbers aren’t much better: women currently hold a mere 25 percent of state legislature&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[While the number of women in elected office across the country has been slowly increasing, in 2017, they made up only 21 percent and 19.6 percent of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, respectively. At lower levels of government, the numbers aren’t much better: women currently hold a mere 25 percent of state legislature&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>No Easy Fix: How Northwestern Law Is Taking On Chicago’s Gun Violence Epidemic</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/no-easy-fix-how-northwestern-law-is-taking-on-chicagos-gun-violence-epidemic/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Spring 2018 issue of the Northwestern Law Reporter looks at the recent series of talks on Chicago's gun violence epidemic led by former U.S. Attorney and distinguished visiting scholar Zach Fardon, as well as ongoing efforts across the Law School.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Spring 2018 issue of the Northwestern Law Reporter looks at the recent series of talks on Chicago's gun violence epidemic led by former U.S. Attorney and distinguished visiting scholar Zach Fardon, as well as ongoing efforts across the Law School.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Joseph Becker Wins Outstanding Student Award from Clinical Legal Education Association</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Awards</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/joseph-becker-wins-outstanding-student-award-from-clinical-legal-education-association/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Joseph Becker (JD ’18) became the first Northwestern Pritzker School of Law student to win the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA)’s Outstanding Student Award for his work in the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Civil Litigation Center.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Joseph Becker (JD ’18) became the first Northwestern Pritzker School of Law student to win the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA)’s Outstanding Student Award for his work in the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Civil Litigation Center.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Lanny and Sharon Martin Atrium Dedicated</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Major Gifts</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/lanny-and-sharon-martin-atrium-dedicated/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, April 19, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law formally dedicated the south atrium addition as the Lanny and Sharon Martin Atrium, in recognition of the Martins’ extraordinary philanthropy and volunteer leadership.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Thursday, April 19, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law formally dedicated the south atrium addition as the Lanny and Sharon Martin Atrium, in recognition of the Martins’ extraordinary philanthropy and volunteer leadership.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>“Beyond Our Borders” Dares the Legal Industry to Change</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/beyond-our-borders-dares-the-legal-industry-to-change/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On May 3-4, legal industry thought leaders from around the world gathered at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for “Beyond Our Borders”, a global innovation summit on the changing landscape of the legal ecosystem. The conference consisted of twelve different panels, presentations, and networking events that tackled the future of the legal industry at a time when technological advances, new delivery models and a rapidly-shifting marketplace are transforming the profession.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 3-4, legal industry thought leaders from around the world gathered at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for “Beyond Our Borders”, a global innovation summit on the changing landscape of the legal ecosystem. The conference consisted of twelve different panels, presentations, and networking events that tackled the future of the legal industry at a time when technological advances, new delivery models and a rapidly-shifting marketplace are transforming the profession.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Convocation Honors Northwestern Law Class of 2018</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/convocation-honors-northwestern-law-class-of-2018/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 11, over 500 graduates were joined by faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2018 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, May 11, over 500 graduates were joined by faculty, family, and friends for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2018 convocation ceremony at the Chicago Theatre.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Amy Martin Joins CFJC As Immigration Law Fellow</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/amy-martin-joins-cfjc-as-immigration-law-fellow/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Amy Martin joined the Bluhm Legal Clinic's Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) as Immigration Law Fellow on May 1. The two-year fellowship was established last year by generous donations to the Clinic Annual Fund in recognition of the pressing immigration issues of our time and the CFJC's role at the vanguard of immigration advocacy.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Amy Martin joined the Bluhm Legal Clinic's Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) as Immigration Law Fellow on May 1. The two-year fellowship was established last year by generous donations to the Clinic Annual Fund in recognition of the pressing immigration issues of our time and the CFJC's role at the vanguard of immigration advocacy.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Minow Debate Shows No Neutral Sides on Net Neutrality</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/minow-debate-shows-no-neutral-sides-on-net-neutrality/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Northwestern Law hosted the second Newt and Jo Minow Debate, “Preserve Net Neutrality: All Data is Created Equal,” to a packed Thorne Auditorium. After a lively and sometimes heated ninety minutes, the team arguing against the motion won out, swaying eight percent of the audience to their side.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Northwestern Law hosted the second Newt and Jo Minow Debate, “Preserve Net Neutrality: All Data is Created Equal,” to a packed Thorne Auditorium. After a lively and sometimes heated ninety minutes, the team arguing against the motion won out, swaying eight percent of the audience to their side.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez Inducted into College of Law Practice Management Class of 2018 Fellows</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/dean-daniel-b-rodriguez-inducted-into-college-of-law-practice-management-class-of-2018-fellows/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The College of Law Practice Management has inducted Daniel B. Rodriguez, Dean and Harold Washington Professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, as a Fellow in its Class of 2018. Induction into the Fellowship program is given to "law practice management specialists who consistently exemplify the highest professional standards and achievements," according to the College.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The College of Law Practice Management has inducted Daniel B. Rodriguez, Dean and Harold Washington Professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, as a Fellow in its Class of 2018. Induction into the Fellowship program is given to "law practice management specialists who consistently exemplify the highest professional standards and achievements," according to the College.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>From Tribal Council to Torts and Contracts: Talking with Survivor Contestant Ryan Ulrich</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/from-tribal-council-to-torts-and-contracts-talking-with-survivor-contestant-ryan-ulrich/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Just months before starting his first year at Northwestern Law, Ryan Ulrich (JD ’20) competed on the 35th season of Survivor.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just months before starting his first year at Northwestern Law, Ryan Ulrich (JD ’20) competed on the 35th season of Survivor.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Sharon Y. Bowen (JD-MBA ’82) to Address Law School Class of 2018</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/sharon-y-bowen-jd-mba-82-to-address-law-school-class-of-2018/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Law is thrilled to welcome Sharon Y. Bowen (JD-MBA '82), former Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to deliver the main convocation address to the Class of 2018 on Friday, May 11.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Law is thrilled to welcome Sharon Y. Bowen (JD-MBA '82), former Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to deliver the main convocation address to the Class of 2018 on Friday, May 11.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bartlit Center Team Wins National Trial Competition’s Midwest Regional</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bartlit-center-team-wins-national-trial-competitions-midwest-regional/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Garrett Fields (JD ‘18) and Kelyn Smith (JD ‘19) won the Midwest regional of the National Trial Competition.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Garrett Fields (JD ‘18) and Kelyn Smith (JD ‘19) won the Midwest regional of the National Trial Competition.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Team Wins National Moot Court Competition</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-team-wins-national-moot-court-competition/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On February 1, a team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law won the New York City Bar Association’s National Moot Court competition for the first time in the 68-year history of the contest. Taylor Mullaney (JD ’18), LJ Pavletic (JD ’18), and Brendan Gerdes (JD ’18) beat a team from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law to take home the top prize.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On February 1, a team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law won the New York City Bar Association’s National Moot Court competition for the first time in the 68-year history of the contest. Taylor Mullaney (JD ’18), LJ Pavletic (JD ’18), and Brendan Gerdes (JD ’18) beat a team from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law to take home the top prize.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>CWCY Client Corey Batchelor Exonerated on Murder Charge</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/cwcy-client-corey-batchelor-exonerated-on-murder-charge/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On January 30, Corey Batchelor, a client of the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth and the Exoneration Project, and his co-defendant Kevin Bailey were exonerated in the 1989 murder of Lula Mae Woods, the wife of a retired Chicago police officer.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On January 30, Corey Batchelor, a client of the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth and the Exoneration Project, and his co-defendant Kevin Bailey were exonerated in the 1989 murder of Lula Mae Woods, the wife of a retired Chicago police officer.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>How Northwestern Law’s Innovation Lab Teaches Students to Think Differently</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/how-northwestern-laws-innovation-lab-teaches-students-to-think-differently/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In the Innovation Lab, students are tasked with using technology  to address challenges in the legal system. Sometimes, says one  instructor, that means turning law school lessons on their head.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the Innovation Lab, students are tasked with using technology  to address challenges in the legal system. Sometimes, says one  instructor, that means turning law school lessons on their head.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Eleanor Kittilstad (JD ’18) Receives Prestigious Skadden Fellowship to Protect Rights of Chicago Students with Disabilities</title>
<category>Public Interest, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/eleanor-kittilstad-jd-18-receives-prestigious-skadden-fellowship-to-protect-rights-of-chicago-students-with-disabilities/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Eleanor Kittilstad (JD ’18) has been chosen as a 2018 Skadden Fellow. Upon graduation, she will work for Equip for Equality, a Chicago-based advocacy organization providing legal services to people with disabilities in Illinois.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Eleanor Kittilstad (JD ’18) has been chosen as a 2018 Skadden Fellow. Upon graduation, she will work for Equip for Equality, a Chicago-based advocacy organization providing legal services to people with disabilities in Illinois.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Launches Online Master of Science in Law Degree</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-launches-online-master-of-science-in-law-degree/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The new online Master of Science in Law (MSL) degree will launch in the fall of 2018. The online classes are a more accessible option for STEM professionals around the world who wish to deepen their understanding of law and business within the STEM context.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The new online Master of Science in Law (MSL) degree will launch in the fall of 2018. The online classes are a more accessible option for STEM professionals around the world who wish to deepen their understanding of law and business within the STEM context.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Center on Wrongful Convictions Client Raymond McCann II Exonerated</title>
<category>Social Justice, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/center-on-wrongful-convictions-client-raymond-mccann-ii-exonerated/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Christmas came two weeks early for Raymond McCann II when St. Joseph County, Michigan Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Stutesman signed an order today granting McCann’s motion to vacate his 2012 perjury conviction. The motion was filed by the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Law and the Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School and was joined by St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough who stipulated that the motion should be granted and the charges dropped.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Christmas came two weeks early for Raymond McCann II when St. Joseph County, Michigan Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Stutesman signed an order today granting McCann’s motion to vacate his 2012 perjury conviction. The motion was filed by the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Law and the Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School and was joined by St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough who stipulated that the motion should be granted and the charges dropped.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Announces New Campaign Goal</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Major Gifts</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-announces-new-campaign-goal/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Goals are meant to be exceeded. Today, we are proud to share that we have exceeded our participation goal — more than 10,000 donors have shown their support since the start of the Motion to Lead campaign in 2012. Now, we aim to reach higher — and call on our alumni and friends to meet us there.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Goals are meant to be exceeded. Today, we are proud to share that we have exceeded our participation goal — more than 10,000 donors have shown their support since the start of the Motion to Lead campaign in 2012. Now, we aim to reach higher — and call on our alumni and friends to meet us there.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Alumni Help Alton Mills Secure Clemency from Obama Administration</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/alumni-help-alton-mills-secure-clemency-from-obama-administration/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In 1994, 25-year-old Alton Mills was sentenced to life in federal prison without parole by a judge who had no choice. More than two decades later, after all his appeals had failed, he was given a second chance.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 1994, 25-year-old Alton Mills was sentenced to life in federal prison without parole by a judge who had no choice. More than two decades later, after all his appeals had failed, he was given a second chance.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Andrew Arruda, CEO of Ross Intelligence, Discusses AI in the Legal Profession</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/andrew-arruda-ceo-of-ross-intelligence-discusses-ai-in-the-legal-profession/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On November 6, Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez hosted Andrew Arruda, CEO of Ross Intelligence, at a packed fireside chat in Aspen Hall. The presentation was part of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s recently announced partnership with Ross Intelligence. At the event, Arruda shared his thoughts on how technology can further the goals of the legal industry, what AI can do for legal services, and also provided a demonstration of ROSS’s cutting-edge technology.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On November 6, Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez hosted Andrew Arruda, CEO of Ross Intelligence, at a packed fireside chat in Aspen Hall. The presentation was part of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s recently announced partnership with Ross Intelligence. At the event, Arruda shared his thoughts on how technology can further the goals of the legal industry, what AI can do for legal services, and also provided a demonstration of ROSS’s cutting-edge technology.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Center on Wrongful Convictions Client Kerry Masterson Acquitted of 2009 Murder</title>
<category>Social Justice, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/center-on-wrongful-convictions-client-kerry-masterson-acquitted-of-2009-murder/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After spending more than eight years in prison, Kerry Masterson, a joint client of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions and Neal Gerber Eisenberg, is free following a jury’s not-guilty verdict in the Circuit Court of Cook County.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After spending more than eight years in prison, Kerry Masterson, a joint client of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions and Neal Gerber Eisenberg, is free following a jury’s not-guilty verdict in the Circuit Court of Cook County.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bartlit Center Trial Team Wins ABA Labor Law Competition</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bartlit-center-trial-team-wins-aba-labor-law-competition/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For the second year in a row, Northwestern Law trial teams captured the top two spots in the American Bar Association’s Midwest Regional Labor Law Competition.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the second year in a row, Northwestern Law trial teams captured the top two spots in the American Bar Association’s Midwest Regional Labor Law Competition.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Ranks at Top of New Law School Innovation Index</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-ranks-at-top-of-new-law-school-innovation-index/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is ranked at the top of a new Law School Innovation Index that aims to measure the extent to which law schools prepare students to deliver legal services in the 21st Century.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is ranked at the top of a new Law School Innovation Index that aims to measure the extent to which law schools prepare students to deliver legal services in the 21st Century.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law to Host 2017 Forum on Legal Evolution Recognizing Leading Lawyer Innovators</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-to-host-2017-forum-on-legal-evolution-recognizing-leading-lawyer-innovators/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Forum on Legal Evolution announced today that it will award Mark Chandler, General Counsel of Cisco Systems, Inc. and Paul Lippe, Founder of Legal OnRamp, Lifetime Achievement Awards for their tremendous contributions to innovation within the legal industry. The presentation of the awards will take place on Thursday, November 9 at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, which is serving as host to the 2017 Forum.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Forum on Legal Evolution announced today that it will award Mark Chandler, General Counsel of Cisco Systems, Inc. and Paul Lippe, Founder of Legal OnRamp, Lifetime Achievement Awards for their tremendous contributions to innovation within the legal industry. The presentation of the awards will take place on Thursday, November 9 at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, which is serving as host to the 2017 Forum.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law and ROSS Intelligence Partner to Address Access-to-Justice through AI</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Technology</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-and-ross-intelligence-partner-to-address-access-to-justice-through-ai/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is proud to announce a new partnership with ROSS Intelligence, the leading provider of artificial intelligence-based research tools. The partnership is focused on teaching Northwestern Law students how legal technology can facilitate the provision of legal services and address widespread access-to-justice issues.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is proud to announce a new partnership with ROSS Intelligence, the leading provider of artificial intelligence-based research tools. The partnership is focused on teaching Northwestern Law students how legal technology can facilitate the provision of legal services and address widespread access-to-justice issues.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Former U.S. Attorney Zach Fardon Joins Law School as Visiting Distinguished Scholar</title>
<category>Public Interest, Visitors</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/former-u-s-attorney-zach-fardon-joins-law-school-as-visiting-distinguished-scholar/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Attorney Zach Fardon will be joining Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as a visiting distinguished scholar for the 2017-18 academic year.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former U.S. Attorney Zach Fardon will be joining Northwestern Pritzker School of Law as a visiting distinguished scholar for the 2017-18 academic year.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Legal Mosaic CEO Mark Cohen Named CPEI Distinguished Fellow</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/legal-mosaic-ceo-mark-cohen-named-cpei-distinguished-fellow/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mark Cohen, CEO and founder of Legal Mosaic, has been appointed as a distinguished fellow of the Law School’s Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation (CPEI).]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mark Cohen, CEO and founder of Legal Mosaic, has been appointed as a distinguished fellow of the Law School’s Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation (CPEI).]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law to Accelerate GRE Acceptance for Admissions</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-to-accelerate-gre-acceptance-for-admissions/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law announced its intention to begin accepting the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) for admission in fall 2019. Upon further consideration and based on newly proposed ABA policies, we have decided to accelerate our acceptance of the GRE to the current admissions cycle, meaning Northwestern Law will immediately allow applicants to submit either the GRE or the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) for admission in fall 2018.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law announced its intention to begin accepting the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) for admission in fall 2019. Upon further consideration and based on newly proposed ABA policies, we have decided to accelerate our acceptance of the GRE to the current admissions cycle, meaning Northwestern Law will immediately allow applicants to submit either the GRE or the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) for admission in fall 2018.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law, Kellogg to Partner on San Francisco Immersion Program</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-kellogg-to-partner-on-san-francisco-immersion-program/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The San Francisco Immersion Program is open to Northwestern Law JD students and is tailored toward students interested in understanding the legal and business environment of growth-stage start-up firms, venture capital firms and high-tech companies.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The San Francisco Immersion Program is open to Northwestern Law JD students and is tailored toward students interested in understanding the legal and business environment of growth-stage start-up firms, venture capital firms and high-tech companies.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Hosts Techstars Chicago Demo Day</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Techstars Chicago</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-hosts-techstars-chicago-demo-day/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Over four hundred people gathered at Thorne Auditorium to watch 10 startup founders pitch their companies to mentors, colleagues and other members of the tech community. As first-time hosts of the event, Demo Day gave the Law School the opportunity to showcase some exciting developments in technology and continue its commitment to advancing the law-tech space.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over four hundred people gathered at Thorne Auditorium to watch 10 startup founders pitch their companies to mentors, colleagues and other members of the tech community. As first-time hosts of the event, Demo Day gave the Law School the opportunity to showcase some exciting developments in technology and continue its commitment to advancing the law-tech space.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Tina Tchen and Neil Eggleston Share White House Wisdom</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/tina-tchen-and-neil-eggleston-share-white-house-wisdom/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, October 6, Tina Tchen and Neil Eggleston — alumni of Northwestern Law and the Obama Administration — shared candid reflections from their time in the White House at an Alumni Weekend and Reunion event moderated by Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, October 6, Tina Tchen and Neil Eggleston — alumni of Northwestern Law and the Obama Administration — shared candid reflections from their time in the White House at an Alumni Weekend and Reunion event moderated by Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Thomas Geraghty Retires After 41 Years as Bluhm Legal Clinic Director</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-thomas-geraghty-retires-after-41-years-as-bluhm-legal-clinic-director/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In 1967, Tom Geraghty (JD ’69) was one of a small group of students who, concerned about the state of legal services for the poor, approached Professors Jack Beckstrom and Tom Eovaldi about creating an in-house legal clinic. Five decades later, as Geraghty retires from the directorship he’s held since 1976, the Bluhm Legal Clinic is one of the premier clinical programs in the country, housing more than 20 clinics in 14 centers.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 1967, Tom Geraghty (JD ’69) was one of a small group of students who, concerned about the state of legal services for the poor, approached Professors Jack Beckstrom and Tom Eovaldi about creating an in-house legal clinic. Five decades later, as Geraghty retires from the directorship he’s held since 1976, the Bluhm Legal Clinic is one of the premier clinical programs in the country, housing more than 20 clinics in 14 centers.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bartlit Center Trial Team Wins Summit Cup</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bartlit-center-trial-team-wins-summit-cup/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy — Emily Halter (JD’18), Brendan Gerdes (JD’18), Garrett Fields (JD’18), and Argie Mina (JD’19) — won the Summit Cup championship, held at the University of Denver September 28-30.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy — Emily Halter (JD’18), Brendan Gerdes (JD’18), Garrett Fields (JD’18), and Argie Mina (JD’19) — won the Summit Cup championship, held at the University of Denver September 28-30.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Playing It Safe: Former NFL Players Talk Football’s Legal Hurdles</title>
<category>Student Experience</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/playing-it-safe-former-nfl-players-tony-pashos-jd-19-and-quincy-black-jd-17-talk-player-safety-cte-and-footballs-legal-hurdles/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Northwestern Law student and a recent grad — both former pros — weigh in on the NFL&#8217;s legal obligations to protect its players and how athletes can advocate for their futures. It doesn’t take a math whiz to know that the chances of playing a sport in high school, then going on to play&#8230;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Northwestern Law student and a recent grad — both former pros — weigh in on the NFL&#8217;s legal obligations to protect its players and how athletes can advocate for their futures. It doesn’t take a math whiz to know that the chances of playing a sport in high school, then going on to play&#8230;]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Kamau Murray Inaugurates This Year’s DPELC-MSL Speaker Series</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Events</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/kamau-murray-inaugurates-this-years-dpelc-msl-speaker-series/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Kamau Murray, coach of U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens, shared his triumphant story of the XS Tennis and Education Foundation during the inaugural talk of the DPELC-MSL Speakers Series.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kamau Murray, coach of U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens, shared his triumphant story of the XS Tennis and Education Foundation during the inaugural talk of the DPELC-MSL Speakers Series.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Law Profs Experiment with EdTech at New Event</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/law-profs-experiment-with-edtech-at-new-event/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez welcomed the faculty members of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law to TEaCH LAW. The new event was designed to encourage the use of technology tools to help increase engagement and understanding, assess student and class performance, and create a more collaborative environment reflective of today’s legal practice.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez welcomed the faculty members of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law to TEaCH LAW. The new event was designed to encourage the use of technology tools to help increase engagement and understanding, assess student and class performance, and create a more collaborative environment reflective of today’s legal practice.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Clinic Secures Reversed Attempted Murder Conviction for 14-Year-Old Client</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/clinic-secures-reversed-attempted-murder-conviction-for-14-year-old-client/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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, Sarah Lewis, Jessica Dent, Christina Messerschmidt, and Tonie Oglesby successfully persuaded an Illinois appellate court to reverse their 14-year-old client’s attempted murder conviction on "sufficiency of the evidence" grounds.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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, Sarah Lewis, Jessica Dent, Christina Messerschmidt, and Tonie Oglesby successfully persuaded an Illinois appellate court to reverse their 14-year-old client’s attempted murder conviction on "sufficiency of the evidence" grounds.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Law Student Survival Guide: Streeterville</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/law-student-survival-guide-streeterville/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Chicago! You can probably tell you’re going to love it here, but the city is big and you may not know where to start. Let us help—here’s a quick guide to your new home-base: Streeterville. Just steps from the Law School is everything you need to study, relax, grab a bite, and start taking advantage of the Windy City. (And don’t forget to bring your WildCard along for discounts at plenty of neighborhood spots!)]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to Chicago! You can probably tell you’re going to love it here, but the city is big and you may not know where to start. Let us help—here’s a quick guide to your new home-base: Streeterville. Just steps from the Law School is everything you need to study, relax, grab a bite, and start taking advantage of the Windy City. (And don’t forget to bring your WildCard along for discounts at plenty of neighborhood spots!)]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Jamie Lynn Crofts (JD ’13) Goes Viral with Satirical Defense of John Oliver and the First Amendment</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/jamie-lynn-crofts-jd-13-goes-viral-with-satirical-defense-of-john-oliver-and-the-first-amendment/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In a June episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the HBO host took on the coal industry and President Trump’s promise to bring back more coal jobs. The segment featured coal mining executive and Trump supporter Bob Murray, but when Oliver’s staff contacted Murray Energy in advance of the episode, they received a cease and desist letter in response. The episode resulted in the “immediate litigation” that Murray Energy promised, which is how Northwestern Law alumna Jamie Lynn Crofts (JD ’13), legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of West Virginia, found her words splashed across the pages of The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, and The New York Post.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a June episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the HBO host took on the coal industry and President Trump’s promise to bring back more coal jobs. The segment featured coal mining executive and Trump supporter Bob Murray, but when Oliver’s staff contacted Murray Energy in advance of the episode, they received a cease and desist letter in response. The episode resulted in the “immediate litigation” that Murray Energy promised, which is how Northwestern Law alumna Jamie Lynn Crofts (JD ’13), legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of West Virginia, found her words splashed across the pages of The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, and The New York Post.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Professor Marshall Shapo Receives 2018 Prosser Award from AALS</title>
<category>#NLawProud, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/professor-marshall-shapo-receives-2018-prosser-award-from-aals/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Marshall S. Shapo, Frederic P. Vose Professor of Law, was named the recipient of the 2018 William L. Prosser Award by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Torts and Compensation Systems.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Marshall S. Shapo, Frederic P. Vose Professor of Law, was named the recipient of the 2018 William L. Prosser Award by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Torts and Compensation Systems.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law to Accept GRE Beginning Next Year</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-to-accept-gre-beginning-next-year/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Starting in Fall 2018, Northwestern Law will allow JD applicants to submit either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) for admission the following year.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Starting in Fall 2018, Northwestern Law will allow JD applicants to submit either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) for admission the following year.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Conversation with Professor James Pfander on ‘Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror’</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-conversation-with-professor-james-pfander-on-constitutional-torts-and-the-war-on-terror/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>NWL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In his new book, James E. Pfander, Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, examines the judicial response to human rights claims arising from the Bush Administration’s war on terror. Despite widespread agreement that the program of extraordinary rendition, prolonged detention, and “enhanced” interrogation was torture by another name, not a single federal appellate court has confirmed an award of damages to the program’s victims.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In his new book, James E. Pfander, Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, examines the judicial response to human rights claims arising from the Bush Administration’s war on terror. Despite widespread agreement that the program of extraordinary rendition, prolonged detention, and “enhanced” interrogation was torture by another name, not a single federal appellate court has confirmed an award of damages to the program’s victims.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Five Kellogg Courses Available to Law Students This Fall</title>
<category>Law, Business, Tech, Interdisciplinary, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/five-kellogg-courses-available-to-law-students-this-fall/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Starting in Fall 2017, JD and LLM students will have the opportunity to take a suite of five core Kellogg courses taught by full-time Kellogg professors, devoted solely to law students.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Starting in Fall 2017, JD and LLM students will have the opportunity to take a suite of five core Kellogg courses taught by full-time Kellogg professors, devoted solely to law students.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>CWCY Client Brendan Dassey Wins at Seventh Circuit</title>
<category>Social Justice, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/cwcy-client-brendan-dassey-wins-at-seventh-circuit/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>#WithRefugees: Professor Uzoamaka Nzelibe Helps Asylum Seekers Build a New Life</title>
<category>Social Justice, Faculty</category>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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 Nzelibe, clinical associate professor of law and a staff attorney with the Children and Family Justice Center, deals with every day as she fights for youth who have been forced to flee their home countries due to violence and threats on their lives.]]></description>
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<title>LearnLeo Looks to Improve Law School and Beyond</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/learnleo-looks-to-improve-law-school-and-beyond/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The online platform created by Wilson Tsu (JD-MBA ’08) uses technology to save time and enhance learning.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The online platform created by Wilson Tsu (JD-MBA ’08) uses technology to save time and enhance learning.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Four Post-Graduate Public Interest Fellows Named</title>
<category>Public Interest, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/four-post-graduate-public-interest-fellows-named/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Four 2017 graduates of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law have been named Post-Graduate Fellows: Heather Bowen, Omar Delgadillo, Arnav Dutt, and Kathryn Hogg. These fellowships are intended to help talented recent Northwestern Law alumni launch public interest careers. Each Post-Graduate Fellow receives a grant in the amount of $50,000, plus medical insurance coverage, to support one year of full-time service as a lawyer at a nonprofit or government agency.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Four 2017 graduates of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law have been named Post-Graduate Fellows: Heather Bowen, Omar Delgadillo, Arnav Dutt, and Kathryn Hogg. These fellowships are intended to help talented recent Northwestern Law alumni launch public interest careers. Each Post-Graduate Fellow receives a grant in the amount of $50,000, plus medical insurance coverage, to support one year of full-time service as a lawyer at a nonprofit or government agency.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Convocation Honors Northwestern Law Class of 2017</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/convocation-honors-northwestern-law-class-of-2017/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 12, over 500 graduates, along with their families and friends, filled the historic Chicago Theatre for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2017 convocation ceremony.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday, May 12, over 500 graduates, along with their families and friends, filled the historic Chicago Theatre for the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s 2017 convocation ceremony.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Alumni Take Action in Wake of Executive Orders</title>
<category>After Law School, Alumni, nlawproud</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-alumni-take-action-in-wake-of-executive-orders/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Several Northwestern Law alumni shared their experiences volunteering in airports in the wake of President Trump's executive order, and their hopes moving forward.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Several Northwestern Law alumni shared their experiences volunteering in airports in the wake of President Trump's executive order, and their hopes moving forward.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>CPEI Pilots Attorney-Client Entrepreneurship Simulation Program</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/cpei-pilots-attorney-client-entrepreneurship-simulation-program/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the first week of the new year, before classes had resumed, thirty dedicated students could be found collaborating, brainstorming, and problem-solving as part of the Client Strategies pilot program. This intensive, one-week program is a key initiative to come out of the Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation (CPEI), which was launched in 2015 as an incubator for ideas about how legal education can best prepare new lawyers for the rigors of practice in a rapidly changing legal marketplace.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the first week of the new year, before classes had resumed, thirty dedicated students could be found collaborating, brainstorming, and problem-solving as part of the Client Strategies pilot program. This intensive, one-week program is a key initiative to come out of the Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation (CPEI), which was launched in 2015 as an incubator for ideas about how legal education can best prepare new lawyers for the rigors of practice in a rapidly changing legal marketplace.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Northwestern Law Team Wins Inaugural Startup LawMeet Competition</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/northwestern-law-team-wins-inaugural-startup-lawmeet-competition/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Northwestern Pritzker School of Law team won the inaugural Startup LawMeet, an interdisciplinary competition for students interested in a transactional practice specifically involving entrepreneurial companies.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Northwestern Pritzker School of Law team won the inaugural Startup LawMeet, an interdisciplinary competition for students interested in a transactional practice specifically involving entrepreneurial companies.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Bartlit Center Team Wins National Trial Competition</title>
<category>Student Experience, Students</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/bartlit-center-team-wins-national-trial-competition/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Northwestern Pritzker School of Law team won the national championship in the National Trial Competition held in Fort Worth, Texas, March 23 to 25.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Northwestern Pritzker School of Law team won the national championship in the National Trial Competition held in Fort Worth, Texas, March 23 to 25.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>A Conversation with Professor Stephen Presser on “Law Professors: Three Centuries of Shaping American Law”</title>
<category>Scholarship, Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/a-conversation-with-professor-stephen-presser-on-law-professors-three-centuries-of-shaping-american-law/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Stephen Presser, Raoul Berger Professor of Law Emeritus, argues in his new book, "Law Professors: Three Centuries of Shaping American Law" (West Academic, 2017), that there is no country in the world where law professors have had more of an influence on shaping the law than in the United States.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Stephen Presser, Raoul Berger Professor of Law Emeritus, argues in his new book, "Law Professors: Three Centuries of Shaping American Law" (West Academic, 2017), that there is no country in the world where law professors have had more of an influence on shaping the law than in the United States.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Protected: Style and Element Guide</title>
<category>Faculty</category>
<link>https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/style-and-element-guide/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2000 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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