Travel to the symposium is made simple with Chicago's two major international airports, extensive highway network and public transit system. The following information will help guide you to the City of Chicago and to the symposium itself.
If you are traveling by plane, you can choose to fly into O'Hare International Airport (ORD) or Midway International Airport (MDW). We encourage students to use airlines' websites as well as discounted travel websites (such as Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz or Hotwire) to compare fares and find the best available. Please note that fares for flights into both airports can be searched simultaneously and by searching for all flights into Chicago using the airport code CHI.
Additionally, the symposium has worked out a general discount with United airlines. To take advantage of this discount, you can call (800) 521-4041 and use discount code 564YF (under Northwestern Law School). The discount will vary from 2% to 10% depending upon booking class.
Once at the airport transportation from both airports to downtown Chicago is simple, with both airports having abundant public and private transportation resources. Both airports are connected to Chicago's public transit network of elevated (or 'L') trains, with O'Hare being serviced by the Blue Line and Midway being serviced by the Orange Line. In addition, both airports provide taxi stands. If you are staying at a hotel near one of the airports, please note that several hotels provide shuttle service. Finally, private cars are available at both airports for travel into or around the city.
CTA Blue Line: $2
Taxi to downtown: $35-40*
Private car: $45-55*
CTA Orange Line: $2
Taxi to downtown: $35-40*
Private car: $45-55*
*These fares do not include tip.
The airports and symposium venues are conveniently located near Chicago's public transporation rail system. Northwestern University School of Law is located 3 blocks east of the Chicago Station on the Red Line. For more information and maps on the public transporation rail system, please visit the Chicago Transit Authority Webpage.
All of the Symposium panels and events will be taking place on the campus of the Northwestern University School of Law. The School of Law is located in downtown Chicago, several miles south of Northwestern University's Evanston campus. For a map of the law school, please click here. The law school is located at the following address:
The Saturday Banquet, featuring Judge William H. Pryor, Jr., will take place at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, located few blocks from the Northwestern School of Law. For a map of the hotel, please click here. The Chicago Marriott Downtown is located at the following address:
Please note that if you are driving, the driveway entrance for the Chicago Marriott is on 541 North Rush Street.
For driving directions to and from the Symposium and the Saturday Banquet, please click here. For directions to other locations around Chicago, we recommend an online mapping service such as Google Maps.
Discounted parking is available for those who will be driving to the Symposium. This discounted parking is available for $6 per day, and may be purchased the day of the Symposium at the Registration table. Those who take advantage of discounted parking will be given a parking pass that will need to be swiped upon entering or leaving the dicsounted parking garage - accordingly, parking passes will need to be picked up before parking in the discounted parking garage. You may temporarily park in loading zones in front of the Law School Chicago Avenue entrance in order to first pick up your passes.
For a map of the discounted parking structure and other parking structures near the Northwestern School of Law, please click here.
