Welcome
to NU A.T.L.A Website
The Northwestern Student Chapter of ATLA was founded
by four friends in the Spring of 2003 to create a forum for future
litigators to network, and to shed light to issues affecting trial
lawyers. In a school whose student body gravitates to large corporate
and defense firms upon graduation, our goal with this group was
to present a previously unrepresented perspective of the legal system:
that of the plaintiff’s attorney who represents the man rather than
the machine.
With some of the best trial lawyers in the country
only blocks away, we have had great success recruiting speakers
to discuss courtroom practice. In our first two semesters as a student
group at Northwestern, over 100 students have joined our association,
and even more have come to hear our speakers, who have included
Senator Dick Durbin, and prominent trial lawyers Bob Clifford and
Tom Demetrio.
On the national level, ATLA is the world largest
trial bar with 60,000 members, and isdedicated to safeguarding victims
right by protecting the right to trial by jury. In addition to actively
lobbying Congress, ATLA publishes TRIAL Magazine and the ATLA Advocate,
provides continuing education courses throughout the country, and
offers scholarships and trial advocacy competitions for law student.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact
me personally, or contact any of our officers.
Cordially,
Chris Montroy
President,
NwU ATLA
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