July 2005

Alumni Relive Golden Memories
Classmates from the Class of 1955 celebrated their “Golden Reunion” at the Law School on June 18. The festive event included a tour of the Law School, five-star dinner, live music, and a “walk down memory lane” as alumni shared life experiences from the past 50 years. View pictures from the weekend online.

U.S. District Judge to Address Lawyers at Criminal Law Program
Honorable Ken Karas, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, will present a lecture on “The Rule of Law and the Prosecution and Defense of Terrorism Cases” as the keynote speaker at Northwestern Law's annual Short Courses for Prosecuting Attorneys and Defense Lawyers. Judge Karas is standing in for U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. More...

Law School Welcomes International Students
On June 13 Northwestern Law welcomed 24 accomplished international attorneys from 10 different countries as part of the Graduate Program in Law and Business (LLM/Kellogg) Class of 2006. They bring professional and cultural perspectives from Brazil, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand. More...

Faculty Awarded Grants for Research
Congratulations to five Northwestern Law faculty members--Steve Calabresi, Tonja Jacobi, Max Schanzenbach, John McGinnis, and Albert Yoon--who received a combined total of $389,367 in grants from the Searle Fund for Public Policy to support their research efforts. More...

New Alumni Publication
The Law School's new alumni publication, Envision, is now online. The web version features expanded content from the print version. All alumni were mailed a print copy. To be added to the print mailing list, please e-mail your request to envision@law.northwestern.edu. Feedback on Envision is appreciated as well.

Donors Can Verify Listings on the Campaign Honor Roll
The names of all donors to the Law School's record fundraising campaign (1996-2003) will be engraved on a recognition monument to be installed at the Law School later this year. Donors may review the online draft list to make sure they are listed correctly, and e-mail us with adjustments.

Alumni in the News

MN LEGAL BRIEFS
Ryan Gerads (LLM Tax '05) in The Minnesota Lawyer, June 20, 2005

NEVER SAW GUARDS HIT INMATES, NURSE SAYS
Su Ji Lee (JD '05) in Chicago Tribune, June 02, 2005

THIRD WARD BUILDING TO BE TURNED INTO CONDOS
Craig Stoehr (JD '93) in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 10, 2005

MARRIED TO YOUR LAW PARTNER: HOW COUPLES MAKE IT WORK
Julie Bailey (JD '90) in Chicago Lawyer, June 01, 2005

THORN M. SMITH OF CRAWFORD & COMPANY AWARDED CPCU DESIGNATION
Thorn M. Smith (JD '82) in Crawford & Company, June 20, 2005

SAVING UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY
Beth A. Harris (JD '80) in National Law Journal, June 06, 2005

NEW BAR LEADERS BRING BIG PLANS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS
Michael Hyman (JD '77) in Chicago Lawyer, June 01, 2005

COLLEAGUES SAY ONE ROLE HE FILLS IS SCHO
Tom M. Lytton (JD '68) in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, June 08, 2005

PEARCE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Harry J. Pearce (JD '67) in PR Newswire, June 13, 2005

WINSTON & STRAWN: A CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR A GLOBAL PRESENCE
James Thompson (JD '59) in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 01, 2005

ARMY EXPERIENCE INSPIRES LEGAL CAREER, PUBLIC SERVICE
Newton Minow (JD '50) in Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2005

FINDING JUSTICE ON A SMALL SCALE
John Paul Stevens (JD '47) in The Washington Post, June 05, 2005

Faculty in the News

WILL TAPING INTERROGATIONS FIX THE SYSTEM?
Steve Drizin in Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2005

WHO COULD WIN EVERY SENATOR'S VOTE?
Stephen Presser in Legal Affairs, June 20, 2005

NORTHWESTERN LAW: TAKING A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE INTO A CHANGING LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
David Van Zandt in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 16, 2005

THE RUSH TO DYNASTY TRUSTS
Rob Sitkoff and Max Schanzenbach in Financial Advisor Magazine, June 01, 2005

CFJC Hosts Chicago Heat Wave Forum
Date: July 7
Location: Law School
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Teaching Contract Drafting Conference
Date: July 20 and 21
Location: Law School
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Alumni Events

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48th Annual Short Course for Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases
Dates: July 25 - 28
Location: Chicago
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60th Annual Short Course for Prosecuting Attorneys
Dates: July 25 - 28
Location: Chicago
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