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

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The School of Law will eliminate vacant jobs and end contracts with some short-term professors next year, according to an email from Dean Kimberly Yuracko to faculty reported by Law.com.  The move is one of the most drastic measures taken by an academic department, which was directed by Northwestern administrators to reduce its spending by five percent this fiscal year

Pritzker School of Law plans workforce cuts

November 7, 2018

The Pritzker School of Law is planning to cut its staff and faculty workforce amid a disruptive budget deficit that is already hitting major University functions this year, according to a legal news site. The...

School of Law Dean Daniel Rodriguez, M.K. Pritzker, J.B. Pritzker, University President Morton Schapiro and Board of Trustees chairman William Osborn attend the announcement of the Pritzker family’s $100 million donation to the School of Law. The school was renamed the Pritzker School of Law in honor of the Pritzkers’ gift.

Northwestern receives $100 million from Pritzker family, renames School of Law

October 22, 2015

With one of the largest gifts to a law school in the nation, J.B. Pritzker (Law ’93) and his wife, M.K. Pritzker, made a $100 million donation to the School of Law, the University announced on Thursday....

School of Law offers online admission interview option

October 21, 2015

Northwestern School of Law launched a registration portal in September for the 2016 admissions cycle, becoming the first law school to offer online video interviews. The portal will close in March. Although...

University vice president, general counsel Thomas Cline to retire

September 21, 2015

Northwestern vice president and general counsel Thomas Cline (School of Law ‘80) announced Monday he will retire at the end of the calendar year. Although he is stepping down, Cline will remain available...

Client of School of Law’s wrongful convictions center cleared of 1980 murder and attempted rape

August 18, 2015

Daniel Andersen, a client of Northwestern School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth and The University of Chicago’s Exoneration Project, was cleared Thursday of murder and attempted...

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