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1999 - 2000

Attorney General Janet Reno Speaks at Northwestern Law Graduation.

Douglass Cassell elected to Hemispheric Justice Board of OAS.

Professor Lawrence C. Marshall named by National Law Journal as runner-up for "Lawyer of the Year."

Northwestern Trial Team wins national competition.

Professor Thomas Geraghty named an Illinois Laureate.

David Van Zandt reappointed as Law School Dean.

Northwestern Law cited by U.S. News and World Report as preparing multidisciplinary lawyers most needed in the next decade.

Professor David Ruder to chair new Mutual Fund Directors Education Council administered by Law School.

Events:

SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt to speak March 16 at 5 p.m.

Nationally renowned speakers will examine social entrepreneurship on Saturday, March 18 as a new approach in the nonprofit sector that promises to provide a vital source of funding and support for the social missions.

Second Annual Faculty Conference "Rethinking the Masters of Comparative Law", March 18, 2000.

The Northwestern University School of Law Alumni Association and Office of Career Strategy and Advancement are pleased to present a complimentary Career Symposium: Making the Transition Saturday, September 23, 2000 8: 30 a.m. - Noon in Lincoln Hall. We will explore the future of legal careers and examine the basics of the job search to help you make the transition to a new career.

Recent news:

Arthur Hill. Chief Deputy State's Attorney and defense attorney Brent Stratton speak about careers in criminal law.
Indiana Attorney General speaks at Northwestern on tobacco litigation and public service careers.
Northwestern student helps establish legal clinic in Coeur d'Alene Idaho.
Northwestern's Children and Family Justice Center sponsors commemoration of Juvenile Court founding.

Recent events:

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and Rev. Jesse L. Jackson speaks February 18 at 3 p.m. on wrongful convictions and the death penalty.
Leading corporate and securities law scholar John C. Coffee, Jr.
delivers Rosenthal Lectures, February 21-23.
Father Michael Pfleger, Gwendolyn Brooks to speak at Martin Luther King. Jr Day celebration January 17.
Christine Lagarde, first woman to lead Baker &McKenzie, to deliver Pope & John Lecture January 20, 2000.
27th Annual Securities Regulation Institute, January 26-28, 2000, Coronado, CA.
38th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute (San Francisco Session), December 9-10, 1999
Highlights of the annual student-faculty softball game--a tradition since 1906.
Public Interest Law Week and Auction, November 8-12.
Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General of Indiana speaks about tobacco litigation, September 30.
38th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute (Chicago Session), September 30-October 1, 1999
12th Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and the Corporate Client, September 22, 1999
Northwestern Law Reunion, September 24-25, 1999 (for more information)