E-briefs

The Northwestern Law Alumni Association is pleased to present the latest edition of E-Briefs, an electronic newsletter for alumni and friends of the Law School. Enjoy this connection to Northwestern Law. E-Briefs Features • In the News • Upcoming Events • Professional Education Visit the Northwestern Law Web Site Law Home News & Events Law School Calendar Visit the Law Alumni Web Site Alumni Home Update Your Information Volunteer Class Notes Search the Directory Give online	March 2007 Julius Rosenthal Foundation Lecture Series Law professors Samuel Issacharoff (New York University) and Pamela Karlan (Stanford University), will deliver the 2007 Rosenthal lectures March 27, 28, and 29, 2007. Experts in voting rights and election law, the professors coauthored (with Richard H. Pildes) two leading casebooks in the field: The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process and When Elections Go Bad:The Law of Democracy and the 2000 Presidential Election. More... Searle Center Hosts Litigation and Tort Reform Conference Scholars at Northwestern University are among the nations leaders in empirically studying the impacts of tort reforms and will be exploring with leading attorneys and protagonists the significance and consequences of tort reform in a conference sponsored by Northwestern Law's Searle Center. More...
	In the News
	Alumni in the News 'STRUCK BY LIGHTNING' 3 TIMES OVER Jessica Phillips (JD '06), Andrianna Kastanek (JD '05) and Katherine Shaw (JD '06) in Chicago Tribune, February 27, 2007 A PASSION FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE Richard Bernstein (JD '99) in The Detroit Jewish News, February 01, 2007 BOOKS AND BRIEFS; LAWYER SQUEEZES IN TIME FOR HIS OTHER LOVE - WRITING David Ellis (JD '93) in The State Journal-Register, February 18, 2007 Faculty in the News LIBERIA TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION HEARS FROM CHICAGO LIBERIANS Sandra Babcock in Chicago Public Radio, February 27, 2007 GENOCIDE INTERVIEW David Scheffer in The World, February 26, 2007 I MADE THE GOVERNMENT ADMIT IT WAS WRONG Steven Lubet in Salon.com, February 21, 2007 REPORT: NET NEUTRALITY STRICTLY A FEDERAL ISSUE James Speta in TR Daily, February 21, 2007 ISLAND'S UNSOLVED MURDER SPARKS INTEREST OF NATIONAL EXPERT Steven Drizin in Staten Island Advance, February 19, 2007 TEACHING LAWYERS TO PLAY NICE?; IT'S NOT AS HARD AS IT SOUNDS, SOME PROS SAY Lynn Cohn in Crain's Chicago Business, February 19, 2007
	Upcoming Events
	Law School Events Arlyn Miner Moot Court - Judges Needed (CLE Credit Available) Dates: March 29, April 5, 9, 11, and 12 Location: Law School For more info: (312) 503-0473 \| email Alumni Events New Admit Alumni Dinners Locations: Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Dates and Times: Click here Audience: Northwestern Law alumni More info: email
	Professional Education Programs
	27th Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute Date: May 3-4, 2007 Location: Law School For more info: Click here