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November 2006

Online Viewbook

See the Northwestern Law Difference: Check Out our Online Viewbook
Our comprehensive online viewbook gives prospective students an inside look at the Northwestern Law community. This interactive presentation features video clips of students, faculty, and alumni describing their Northwestern Law experience and contains detailed information about all of our JD and LLM programs. More...

Student Funded Public Interest Fellowship Auction
Enjoy an evening of fellowship with the Northwestern Law community while bidding on sports tickets and signed paraphernalia, spa treatments, vacations, meals with legal luminaries, and more at the 12th Annual SFPIF Auction on Thursday, November 9!  All proceeds go to SFPIF, a student organization which provides grants to law students working in unpaid public interest internships over the summer.  For more details, please visit SFPIF Auction.

Fall 2006 Clinic Newsletter Now Online
The latest issue of Bluhm Legal Clinic News & Notes can be downloaded from the clinic Web site.

Alumni Return to Campus for Reunion 2006
Northwestern Law welcomed alumni from the classes of 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001 for Reunion Weekend, Sept. 29 and 30. On Sept. 29 the Law School hosted Alumni Community Day, a day-long celebration that includes a memorial service for Professor Victor G. Rosenblum, a Fireside Chat with Dean Van Zandt, tours of the Law School, and more.  See our new photo album online.

International Team Project (ITP) Fellow Program Seeks Alumni
Strengthen your international expertise, meet high-ranking foreign officials and dignitaries in a selected legal system, and increase your recruitment effort by working with our students as an ITP Fellow.  For more info: email || web
In the News


Alumni in the News

TOP FARMINGTON HILLS LAWYER IS A MARATHONER, A DISABILITY ADVOCATE -- AND BLIND
Richard Bernstein (JD '99) in Detroit Free Press, October 29, 2006

PANEL WEIGHS REVIVING LAWSUIT AGAINST RENDELL
Earl Mayfield (JD '97) in Philadelphia Inquirer, October 19, 2006

LISA REATEGUI, 39; PARTNER, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
Lisa Raetegui (JD '95) in Crain's Chicago Business, October 23, 2006

LONG-TIME JUDGE SAYS IT'S TIME TO PUT BENCH IN YOUNGER HANDS
Stephen Walter (JD '73) in Chicago Daily Herald, October 09, 2006

 


Faculty in the News

FEDERAL OFFICIALS WARN OF STOCK ACCOUNT HACKING
David Ruder in NPR, October 25, 2006

A NEW REPORT BY A NATIONAL GROUP BLASTED FLORIDA FOR HAVING UNDERFUNDED, POORLY TRAINED AND OVERWORKED PUBLIC DEFENDERS FOR CHILDREN
Cathryn Crawford in The Miami Herald, October 23, 2006

PYONGYANG AND PROLIFERATION: THE UN NORTH KOREA RESOLUTION
Anthony D'Amato in The Jurist, October 17, 2006

THE MORE SUBTLE KIND OF TORMENT
Joseph Margulies in The Washington Post, October 02, 2006
Upcoming Events


Law School Events

Public Interest Law Week
Dates: Nov. 6 - 10
Location: Law School
Lead Sponsors: Jenner & Block LLP, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, and Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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St. Thomas More Society Week
Dates:  Nov. 13 - 17
Location: Law School
For more info:  Click here

Alumni Events

JD-MBA Alumni Association Kick-Off Celebration
Date: Nov. 7, 2006
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Audience: Group members
Location: Leighton Commons, Rubloff 2nd Floor
Sponsors: Law Alumni Association, JD-MBA Alumni Association
More info: (312) 503-8175 | email | web

Professional Education Programs

45th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute - San Francisco Session
Dates: November 30 - December 1
Location: The Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell St., San Francisco
Sponsors: DataCert, Inc.; FTI Consulting; Huron Consulting Group; Latham Watkins LLP; Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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34th Annual Securities Regulation Institute
Dates: January 24 - 26
Location: Hotel del Coronado, 1500 Orange Ave., Coronado (San Diego), CA
Sponsors: FTI Consulting; KPMG LLP; Kroll; Merrill Corporation; Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

For more info: Click Here