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Sam Cole, ’25, Receives Award for Employment Law Paper
Sam Cole, ’25, received one of two second-place awards in the Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition for ...
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Aziz Huq and Lior Strahilevitz Share Legal Insights at Chicago Quantum Exchange Law and Technology Event
Quantum technologies are poised to transform society: in the coming years, we could see quantum sensors capable of detecting ...
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Kaitlyn O’Leary, ’26, Awarded Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship to Advance Workers’ Rights
Kaitlyn O’Leary, ’26, has been awarded a prestigious Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship, one of the nation’s leading programs for students pursuing careers in workplace justice advocacy. O’Leary, a ...
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Legal History, Women’s Voices, and the Politics of Abortion: Kate Masur Delivers 2025 Fulton Lecture
Kate Masur, the John D. MacArthur Chair and Professor of History at Northwestern University, delivered the 2025 Fulton ...
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Law School Celebrates Class of 2025 Pro Bono Service Contributions
The Law School held its annual Pro Bono Recognition Ceremony on May 7, 2025, honoring eighty-seven members of this year’s ...
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Tom Ginsburg Writes About Academic Freedom for Law Reviews
Academic freedom—classically defined as the freedom of research and teaching—is a complicated idea, and one that has come under severe attack in our era. One question that has not received much ...
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Adam Davidson Writes About the Thirteenth Amendment’s “Except” Clause
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Constitutional Meaning in the Shadow of the Articles of Confederation
The Brennan Center for Justice and the National Constitution Center present a symposium exploring how the Articles of Confederation shaped the U.S. Constitution. Historians, legal scholars, and ...
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Sharon Fairley Writes About the Supreme Court’s Decisions in Criminal Law Cases
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Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasse, ’92, Receives the George A. Katz Torch of Learning Award from the American Friends of the Hebrew University
Eugenie C. Gavenchak, News Corporation deputy general counsel, and Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, received the 55th Annual George A. Katz ...
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Professor Alison LaCroix Explains Habeas Corpus on WGN Radio
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Aziz Huq Discusses Trump’s Comments in Abrego Garcia Case on MSNBC
In legal arguments over his deportations to an El Salvador prison, a federal judge cited President Trump's own words against him. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on Trump’s barrage of lawsuits and is ...