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

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NU law school study finds female Supreme Court justices more likely to be interrupted by men than male justices

May 2, 2017

An empirical research study conducted at the Pritzker School of Law revealed female justices of the Supreme Court are about three times more likely to be interrupted by men than their male counterparts. Third-year...

Pritzker School of Law Prof. Deborah Tuerkheimer speaks at an event in Kresge Hall on Tuesday. The event, titled “Rape Law in Flux,” focused on her work in sexual assault law reform.

Northwestern professor discusses law reforms to support sexual assault survivors

April 25, 2017

Pritzker School of Law Prof. Deborah Tuerkheimer spoke Tuesday about law reforms that are necessary to increase support for sexual assault survivors as a guest speaker for Take Back the Night. Tuerkheimer,...

Jennifer Lackey

Philosophy professor holds ethics classes at maximum security prison

February 26, 2017

CREST HILL — Robert Cloutier, 53, remembers when he was sentenced to death. “You have to kill him now,” he recalled prosecutors saying. “You don’t want him back out again.” Twenty-seven...

Northwestern, Spanish law school partner for new five-year program

February 19, 2017

The Pritzker School of Law and IE Law School in Madrid are partnering to create a new L.L.B. and J.D. program to launch fall 2017, the University announced Friday. Students currently enrolled at IE...

U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions campaigns for Donald Trump in October. Sessions has been offered the position of attorney general.

Northwestern law profs sign letter against Jeff Sessions’ attorney general nomination

January 6, 2017

More than 1,300 faculty members of law schools across the country, including 29 from Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law, signed a letter opposing Sen. Jeff Sessions’ (R-Ala.) appointment for U.S....

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