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Bluhm Legal Clinic professor Larry Marshall has accepted an offer to join the faculty of Stanford University's law school as Director of Clinical Programs. Professor Marshall is visiting Stanford this semester and will start his new post in the fall.

Professor Marshall, a 1985 JD graduate of Northwestern Law, plans to build a clinical program at Stanford that, like Northwestern's, will provide outstanding legal education and make a difference to individuals served and to the community. He will draw on the experience he has gained here as the director of the world-renowned Center on Wrongful Convictions of the Bluhm Legal Clinic.

During his 18 years teaching at Northwestern Law, Professor Marshall has been not only a beloved classroom teacher but also a pioneer in clinical legal education and justice system reform. He has been the driving force and inspiration behind the Center on Wrongful Convictions. His work on the national issue of wrongful convictions, especially in death penalty cases, has moved the focus of the death penalty debate from a question about the morality of the death penalty to a major concern that innocent people were being executed for crimes they did not commit. Professor Marshall and the Center's work contributed significantly to the moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois and in other states across the country.

Over the years several talented faculty members and attorneys have joined Professor Marshall and the Center in their efforts to identify and rectify wrongful convictions and other serious miscarriages of justice. Steve Drizin, Karen Daniel, Jane Raley, Jennifer Linzer, Edwin Colfax, and Jeffrey Urdangen will continue to work with executive director Rob Warden and with students and clients to carry out the Center's mission.

Northwestern Law students, faculty, and staff thank him for his contributions to the Law School. He will remain part of the Northwestern Law community and will continue to collaborate with the Center on Wrongful Convictions and its faculty and staff though he will be located in Palo Alto. In saying goodbye, the Law School community wishes him all the best and knows that he will remain a colleague and friend.

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