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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


School of Law receives $5 million bequest from estate of first female faculty member

August 17, 2015

Northwestern’s School of Law received a $5 million bequest from the estate of Dawn Clark Netsch (Weinberg ’48, School of Law ’52), the school's first female faculty member, to provide financial...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) remembered Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch on Saturday as "the smartest person in the room." Netsch passed away last month after battling with ALS.

Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch remembered for ‘absolute, unshakeable integrity’

April 13, 2013

CHICAGO — Illinois' luminaries on Saturday remembered Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch (Weinberg '48, Law '52) as a brilliant pioneer who broke almost every glass ceiling in state politics. "She...

Northwestern announces plans to remember law prof Saturday

April 9, 2013

A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday for Dawn Clark Netsch, Northwestern professor emerita, at the School of Law’s Thorne Auditorium. Netsch, a constitutional law expert who served in the...

Former Northwestern University Law School Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch, who broke several glass ceilings for women in politics, died Wednesday at the age of 86.

Political ‘trailblazer,’ prof emerita Netsch dies at 86

March 5, 2013

Northwestern School of Law professor emerita and prominent Illinois politician Dawn Clark Netsch died Wednesday morning at the age of 86. Netsch is known for a number of firsts in the political community....

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