November 2008

Trial Teams Take First, Third
Congratulations go out to two trial teams from the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Strategy – one team clinched the top spot and the other took third in a national trial competition sponsored by the California Association for Criminal Justice. More…

Center on Wrongful Convictions Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Join the Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) on Friday, November 14 as it celebrates 10 years of advocating for the wrongfully convicted. The CWC has planned a series of special events to mark the occasion, including a reading of the award-winning play The Exonerated. Tickets to the events range from $100 to $250. A portion of the ticket price benefits the CWC. More…

Student Funded Public Interest Fellowship Auction
Enjoy an evening of fellowship with the Northwestern Law community while bidding on tickets to theatrical events, vacations, meals with legal luminaries, and more at the 14th Annual SFPIF Auction on Thursday, November 13. All proceeds benefit SFPIF, a student organization that provides grants to law students working in unpaid public interest internships over the summer. For those who would like to participate but cannot attend the event, SFPIF has added a special Alumni Online Auction (http://sites.google.com/site/sfpifauction08/Home). The auction will run from Monday, November 3 to Wednesday, November 12. More…

Bluhm Legal Clinic News & Notes
Check out the fall issue of Bluhm Legal Clinic News & Notes (pdf), which features a cover story about the Program on Negotiation and Mediation and provides updates on the clinic’s centers.

Are You in a Position to Hire or Refer an Opportunity?
We are fortunate that the majority of our second- and third-year students have jobs for the summer and after graduation. The financial crisis, however, has left a larger number of our students in the market at this time than in recent years. If you are aware of open positions in your organization or elsewhere, please pass them on to Bill Chamberlain, assistant dean and director of the Center for Career Strategy and Advancement (w-chamberlain@law.northwestern.edu).

In addition, if you are in a position to hire a student, the Center would be happy to forward you the resumes of interested students. The Center is also interested in locating summer positions where there may be no promise of a permanent offer at the end of the summer and permanent positions that are part-time or contract, as well as full-time.

Alumni in the News

JUSTICE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE
Lee Epstein and John Paul Stevens (JD '47) in The Chicago Tribune, October 26, 2008

WWE TAGS JARED BARTIE AS NEW GENERAL COUNSEL
Jared Bartie (JD '93) in Business Wire, October 08, 2008

MCDONALD HOPKINS LAW FIRM ELECTS SIX MEMBERS AND ONE PRINCIPAL
Peter Berk (JD '97) in PR Newswire, October 02, 2008

NETTING THE FUTURE
Elizabeth Mooney (JD '10), Kevin King (JD '10), Bill Chamberlain (JD '88), David Van Zandt in Chicago Lawyer, October 01, 2008

INTRODUCING GUEST BLOGGER HOWARD WASSERMAN
Howard Wasserman (JD '97) in Concurring Opinions, October 01, 2008

Faculty in the News

ILL. LAW SCHOOL POISED TO HELP WRONGLY CONVICTED ON A SHORTER PATH TO PARDON, COMPENSATION
Karen Daniel and the Center on Wrongful Convictions in The National Law Journal, October 15, 2008

THE FBI'S NEW GUIDELINES
Anthony D'Amato in Jurist, October 07, 2008

SERVING UP A BAILOUT, WITH A SIDE OF JUSTICE
Kenworthey Bilz and Janice Nadler in The Chicago Tribune, October 03, 2008

Law School Events

SFPIF 14th Annual Auction
Date: November 13
Time: 6 to 10 p.m.
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Searle Center Research Symposium: Property Rights Economics and Innovation
Date: November 13-14
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Center on Wrongful Convictions 10th Anniversary Celebration
Date: November 14
Time: 5:30 p.m. (cocktail reception); 7 p.m. (The Exonerated)
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Searle Law & Political Economy Colloquium: Nancy Scherer
Date: November 17
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Rubloff 339
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Searle Law & Economics Colloquium: Michael Weisbach
Date: November 20
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Rubloff 339
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Searle Law & Political Economy Colloquium: Pablo T. Spiller
Date: November 24
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Rubloff 339
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Searle Law & Economics Colloquium: Douglas Baird
Date: December 2
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Rubloff 339
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Alumni Events

The Next Generation of Work Flexibility Career Forum
Date: November 18
Time: 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: The Allen Center, Northwestern University
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Advocacy and Ethics Film Series: Judgment at Nuremberg
Date: November 13
Time: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Rubloff 175
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47th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute - San Francisco
Date: December 4-5
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: InterContinental Mark Hopkins
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