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November 2009

Alums Receive AwardsNorthwestern Law Alums Receive Awards
Three Northwestern Law alumni, Neil Bluhm JD '62, Barbara Caulfield JD '72, and Terri Mascherin JD '84, were among the 18 outstanding individuals honored last month at the 77th annual Northwestern Alumni Association Alumni Awards presentation.More...

Gift Honors Alum and Supports Professorship with Kellogg School
Northwestern Law and the Kellogg School of Management received a $3 million gift from General Dynamics Corporation to support a special law and business professorship named after its retired chief executive officer and Northwestern alumnus Nicholas D. Chabraja (JD '67). The first of its type, the Nicholas D. Chabraja Professorship dually supports the School of Law and Kellogg, symbolizing the increasingly integrated fields of business and law. Bernard Black, a nationally recognized expert in corporate law and finance and healthcare regulation, will be the inaugural holder of the professorship. More...

Empirical Legal Studies Conference Includes Nine Northwestern Law Authors
The 2009 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) at the USC Gould School of Law November 20-21, will include 10 accepted papers by Northwestern Law affiliated authors (9 different authors). This number represents more papers per capita than any other school at the CELS this year. The authors are Kenworthey Bilz, Bernie Black, Andrea Chandrasekher, Claudia Landeo, Shirley Lin (JSD candidate), Tonja Jacobi, Jonathan Koehler, Kate Litvak, and Max Schanzenbach (2 papers).

Reunion Weekend photos are now available!
More than 300 alumni and guests returned to campus during Reunion Weekend this year. For details on how to access the photos, visit our Reunion web page!

In the News

Alumni in the News

Todd Belcore Wins the 15th Annual PSLawnet Pro Bono Publico Award
Todd Belcore JD '10 in PSLawNet newsroom, October 23, 2009

C-SPAN INTERVIEW WITH ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
John Paul Stevens JD '47, Arthur Goldberg JD '30 in C-Span, October 11, 2009

SMALL FIRM'S MODEL FREES IT TO TAKE COMPLEX BUT UNPROFITABLE CASES
Michael Bien JD '80 in Law.com, October 21, 2009

JOHNSON TAKES TO SENATE FLOOR TO URGE CONFIRMATION OF LANGE NOMINATION
Roberto Lange JD '88 in the newsroom of Senator Tim Johnson (SD), October 21, 2009

RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES ARE MAKING CUSTODY DISPUTES EVEN MESSIER
Joshua Press JD '08 in Christianity Today, October 27, 2009

FROM WALL ST. TO PROSECUTING TERRORISTS AFTER AN ABOUT-FACE
Jeffrey Knox JD '99 in The Washington Post, October 12, 2009

NYS DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE ELECTS JAY JACOBS CHAIRMAN
Jay Jacobs JD '80 in NYS Democratic Committee newsroom, October 02, 2009

Faculty in the News

YOU'VE GOT MAIL
James Lindgren in The New Yorker, October 19, 2009

JOHN O. MCGINNIS REVIEWS THREE FELONIES A DAY: HOW THE FEDS TARGET THE INNOCENT, BY HARVEY A. SILVERGLATE
John McGinnis in National Review, October 05, 2009

MINORS AND THE GLARE OF THE INTERROGATION LIGHT
Steven Drizin in Weekend All Things Considered, October 10, 2009

CLARITY ON INSIDER TRADING OFTEN ELUSIVE
David Ruder in The International Herald Tribune, October 21, 2009

THE TEXAS TWO-STEP ON GAY DIVORCE
Andrew Koppelman in The Boston Globe, October 09, 2009

A U.N. INITIATIVE TO FIGHT GENOCIDE MAY BE SWIMMING AGAINST STRONG POLITICAL TIDES
David Scheffer in ABA Journal, October 01, 2009

Upcoming Events

Law School Events

St. Thomas More Week
Date: November 2-6
Location: Law School

Business Law Association Week
Date: November 9-13
Location: Law School

Journal of Law and Social Policy Symposium: "Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Accommodation: Determining the Role of the Legislature"
Date: November 12
Location: Law School
Lead Sponsor: Irving Gordon Symposia Fund
More info: web

Career Center: Career Night for Students
Date: November 17
Location: Law School
Sponsors: Franczek Radelet P.C., McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, McGuireWoods LLP, DLA Piper US LLP, Ropes & Gray LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
More info: web

Public Interest Law Group Week
Date: November 16-20
Location: Law School
Lead Sponsor: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Student Funded Public Interest Fellowship (SFPIF) Auction
Date: November 19
Location: Law School
More info: web

Muslim Law Student Association Week
Date: November 23-27
Location: Law School
Lead Sponsor: Vedder Price P.C.
More info: web

Alumni Event

The Kellogg Alumni Club of New York, "Working the Room: An Alumni Networking Event"
Date: November 18
Location: New York, Goodwin Procter LLP
More info: web

Executive and Professional Education Programs

48th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute
Date:
December 3 – 4
Location: San Francisco
More info: web

37th Annual Securities Regulation Institute
Date:
January 20 – 22, 2010
Location: Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, CA
More info: web