Media Mentions
Links point to the external media outlets that produced these stories featuring Northwestern Law.
June 2021
06/13/2021
Ending the same-sex marriage wars | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
06/11/2021
Universities ask G7 leaders to prioritize future generations | Annelise Riles; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Buffett Institute for Global Affairs in Northwestern Now
06/11/2021
Can I Go to a Concert, Fair or Convention After June 15? Here Are the Rules For 'Mega Events' | Matthew Kugler; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in NBC Los Angelas
06/10/2021
Covid Pivot Leads to Growth Spurt at Wilson Sonsini's SixFifty | Daniel W. Linna Jr.; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering in Bloomberg Law
06/09/2021
Activists call for stricter policing of CPD foot pursuits | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in The Chicago Sun-Times
06/07/2021
The hidden costs of the 'defund the police' movement | Ronald J. Allen; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Washington Examiner
06/05/2021
What's Happening In The Brendan Dassey Case? Lawyer Still Hopeful Despite Failed Appeals | Laura H. Nirider; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in Oxygen
06/04/2021
3 challenges and opportunities for the new Cook County public defender | Thomas F. Geraghty; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Bluhm Legal Clinic in Injustice Watch
06/03/2021
Calls for change in how CPD officers are identified in paperwork after police shootings | Sheila A. Bedi; Andrew M. Stroth JD '99; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in ABC 7 Chicago (WLS)
06/03/2021
Libel Case Dismissed, But Philippines Journalist Still Faces Legal Challenges | Doreen Weisenhaus; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Voice of America
06/02/2021
Can Employers Require COVID Vaccines for Employees? | Matthew Kugler; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in NBC5 Chicago
06/02/2021
Should States Narrow Atty Bias Rules To Avoid 'Quagmire'? (subscription required) | Jason C. DeSanto; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law360
06/02/2021
Virtual Roundtable: The Post-Election Future of Scotland | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Council on Foreign Relations
06/01/2021
Study suggests more loopholes in Chicago's sanctuary law | MacArthur Justice Center; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Associated Press
May 2021
05/31/2021
Illinois OKs bill banning police deception to young suspects | Laura H. Nirider; Center on Wrongful Convictions; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Associated Press
05/31/2021
Illinois Lawmakers Bar Police From Using Deception When Interrogating Minors | Stephanie Kollmann; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; The Children and Family Justice Center in The New York Times
05/28/2021
Op-ed: The real problem behind those altered girls' yearbook photos? Gendered dress codes. | Megan Grenville; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
05/28/2021
What's Happening In Arizona Is Not Really An Audit Or A Recount. It's A Partisan Inquisition. | Michael S. Kang; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in FiveThirtyEight
05/27/2021
Can Employers Make Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandatory? | Matthew Kugler; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in NBC5 Chicago
05/26/2021
Chicago police announce new policy on foot pursuits in wake of fatal shootings of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez (subscription required) | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
05/25/2021
Ahead of the Curve: Breaking Down the New Law Prof Hiring Market (subscription required) | Sarah Lawsky; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law.com
05/23/2021
A Renewed Agenda to Advance US Interests with the International Criminal Court | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in International Criminal Justice Today
05/21/2021
Packing the Court | Tonja Jacobi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Legal Talk Network
05/21/2021
New Campaign Features Chicago Mothers Affected By Police Violence | Andrew M. Stroth JD '99 in NBC5 Chicago
05/19/2021
Trump Hits Back at New York Prosecutors Over Criminal Probe | Juliet Sorensen; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in U.S. News and World Report
05/18/2021
Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Health Affairs
05/18/2021
Lava For Good's 'Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions' Wins Webby Award | Laura H. Nirider; Steven A. Drizin; Center on Wrongful Convictions in BroadwayWorld.com
05/17/2021
Full-Ride Law School Scholarships in Hand, These 10 Black Students Represent the Future of Civil Rights Law (subscription required) | Kendell Long; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law.com
05/15/2021
Is Misgendering a Student Protected by Academic Freedom? 101 Law Profs Say 'No' (They're Right) | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Academe Blog
05/15/2021
Lawsuit Over Gang Database Dismissed as City Officials Agree to Alter Policy | Vanessa del Valle; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in WTTW
05/14/2021
CPD announces new policy on search warrants after uproar over Anjanette Young raid | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
05/13/2021
'Partly Constitutional' Isn't Enough: Senate Should Reject the 'For the People Act' | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in National Review
05/13/2021
Big Law Firms Are Going to School on How Innovation Works | Daniel W. Linna Jr.; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Bloomberg Law
05/13/2021
What's Next for Scotland's Independence Movement? | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Council on Foreign Relations
05/12/2021
Wall Street's Grip on Secret Harassment Hearings Starts to Crack | Zachary D. Clopton; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in BLoomberg News
05/11/2021
12 Law Students of Color Get $2,500, Summer Associate Slot at Susman Godfrey in New Racial Justice Initiative (subscription required) | Mariah Levy; Henry Zhu; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law.com
05/11/2021
Kristine Bunch's 17-year fight to prove her innocence | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in CBS 17
05/11/2021
Activists cautiously optimistic about battle over relocation of metal shredding plant | Nancy C. Loeb; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WBBM News Radio
05/10/2021
As Lightfoot ponders a fix, city's handling of fatal shootings by cops continues to violate state law | Alexa Van Brunt; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in The Chicago Sun-Times
05/10/2021
Chicago urged by EPA to vet developers behind delayed Southeast Side metal shredder | Nancy C. Loeb; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WGN TV
05/10/2021
As Lightfoot Ponders A Fix, City's Handling Of Fatal Shootings By Cops Continues To Violate State Law | Alexa Van Brunt; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in E-News.US
05/09/2021
Study Questions Accuracy, Utility of ShotSpotter Technology | Jonathan Manes; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in WTTW- Chicago Tonight
05/06/2021
CBSN Chicago: A Deep Dive Into ShotSpotter | Jonathan Manes; MacArthur Justice Center in CBS 2 Chicago
05/05/2021
Constitutional Challenges Loom Over Proposed Voting Bill | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The New York Times
05/04/2021
The Supreme Court Needs 15 Justices (subscription required) | Tonja Jacobi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Bloomberg Law
05/04/2021
Renewing justice for atrocities | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
05/04/2021
If ShotSpotter constantly misfires, what's Chicago getting for its $33 million? | Jessey Neves; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in Chicago Sun-Times
05/04/2021
Northwestern elected first Secretariat of U7+ Alliance of World Universities | Annelise Riles; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Daily Northwestern
05/03/2021
Study: ShotSpotter technology led to over 40k dead-end CPD deployments in 21 months | Jonathan Manes; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in WGN TV
05/03/2021
Groups say gunshot detection systems unreliable, seek review | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in Associated Press
05/03/2021
Groups say gunshot detection systems unreliable, seek review (subscription required) | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in The Washington Post
05/02/2021
State Lawmakers Tackle Qualified Immunity Defense | James Pfander; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law360
05/01/2021
Campaign consequences limited for WV congressional candidates who objected to presidential election results | Michael S. Kang; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Charleston Gazette-Mail
April 2021
04/30/2021
Tracking Decertified Cops Could Prevent Violence, Experts Say | Max M. Schanzenbach; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Courthouse News Service
04/29/2021
Cops Allegedly Detained This Guy 60 Times Due to Mistaken Identity | Sara Rosenberg; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in Vice
04/29/2021
Opinion: The use of race- and sex-based data to calculate damages is a stain on our legal system | Kimberly Yuracko; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Washington Post
04/29/2021
New Cato Book Administers Dose of Evidence to Med Mal Reform Debate | Bernard Black; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Cato
04/28/2021
Police Shooting That Killed Anthony Alvarez Again Centers Around Foot Chase; New Policy Could Be Coming In Days | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in CBS 2 Chicago
04/28/2021
Politics of fear: Are youth really to blame for the carjacking spike? | Stephanie Kollmann; The Children and Family Justice Center; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago Reader
04/28/2021
'Fetal heartbeat' in abortion laws taps emotion, not science | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Associated Press
04/28/2021
Biden to Pitch Sweeping 'Family Plan' in Speech to Congress | Jason C. DeSanto; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTTW Chicago Tonight
04/28/2021
Tribal Constitutions: Constructing Power by Developing Structure & Self-Governance | Erin F. Delaney; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Buffett Institute for Global Affairs in Northwestern Now
04/27/2021
No juvenile offender should face life in prison without even a chance of parole someday | Shobha L. Mahadev; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; The Children and Family Justice Center in The Chicago Sun-Times
04/27/2021
Interdisciplinary teams address thorny global problems | Annelise Riles; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Northwestern Now
04/26/2021
What Is Left Unsaid in the Derek Chauvin Trial | Robin Walker Sterling; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Bluhm Legal Clinic in Bloomberg Law
04/26/2021
Ben Carson's Unfortunate Cornerstone | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Tropics of Meta
04/26/2021
How The Prison Litigation Reform Act Has Failed For 25 Years | Daniel M. Greenfield; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in The Appeal
04/23/2021
Proposed state law would ban police from misleading young suspects | Laura H. Nirider; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in Daily Herald
04/23/2021
Chicago Officers Must Now Give Medical Aid After A Police Shooting | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Aspen Public Radio
04/23/2021
Northwestern Law professor takes dim view of new Obama Center case | Nadav Shoked; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Hyde Park Herald
04/22/2021
Sotomayor Clashes With Kavanaugh, as Justices Feud About Following Precedent | David M. Shapiro; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law.com
04/22/2021
Guardian Or Warrior? David Brown's First Year As Chicago's Top Cop Pulled Him In Two Directions | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WBEZ
04/22/2021
A New Digital Infrastructure | Annelise Riles; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Planet Lex
04/21/2021
Police technology under scrutiny following Chicago shooting | Jonathan Manes; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in The Hill
04/21/2021
Northwestern entrepreneurs celebrate UN World Creativity and Innovation Day | Esther S. Barron; Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Northwestern Now
04/21/2021
The Deeper Lesson of the SPAC Craze | Cole Turner; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in E21
04/20/2021
LGBTQ+ affinity groups foster community, build advocacy networks for faculty, staff and law students | Gloria Cange; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Daily Northwestern
04/20/2021
George, Daunte, Breonna: Policing Must Change | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in The Crisis
04/20/2021
Column: A conversation with civil rights lawyer Sheila Bedi about policing and the death of Adam Toledo | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in The Chicago Tribune
04/20/2021
Legal analysts say emotional eyewitnesses amplified powerful video as witness to Chauvin's crimes | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in The Star Tribune
04/19/2021
The Supreme Court creates a new religious aristocracy | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
04/19/2021
Trial By Error: Northwestern Law Professor Steven Lubet Corresponds with McMaster U. About That WSJ Op-Ed | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Virology Blog
04/19/2021
Durbin, Duckworth Announce Screening Committees, Application Process For U.S. Attorney And U.S. Marshal Positions | Monica L. Llorente; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Press Office of US Senator Dick Durbin
04/18/2021
American Gymnastics Tries to Execute a Dramatic Shift in Coaching of Young Athletes (subscription required) | Deborah Tuerkheimer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Wall Street Journal
04/17/2021
A prisoner was 'covered in filth and barking like a dog' after 600 days of solitary confinement in a Virginia jail | MacArthur Justice Center in Newsbreak
04/17/2021
Opinion: Chicago police 'reform' failed Adam Toledo. New thinking is essential | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in The Washington Post
04/16/2021
Op-ed: How strengthening 1871?s Ku Klux Klan Act could deter police shootings now | David M. Shapiro; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in The Chicago Tribune
04/15/2021
Chicago releases video of officer fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in The Washington Post
04/15/2021
COPA Released Body Cam Video Of Adam Toledo Police Shooting Within 17 Days, But They Have Not Always Met The 60-Day Deadline | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in CBS Chicago
04/14/2021
Hawley's antitrust bill focuses on market cap, ignoring consumers | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Ars Technica
04/14/2021
Gov. Pritzker Announces Appointments to the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes, Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Districts & Systems | Andrew Kang; Vanessa del Valle; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Illinois News-Office of the Governor
04/14/2021
Op-ed: Police deception during interrogations too often leads to false confessions. Ban the tactic. | Laura H. Nirider; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in The Chicago Tribune
04/14/2021
Finding Fault with Faux Facts | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Faculty Lounge
04/14/2021
As Chicago braces for protests over fatal police shootings, CPD makes new rules for handling crowds | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
04/13/2021
Vaccinating kids is critical and messaging is key, experts say | Juliet Sorensen; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Aljazeera
04/13/2021
CHICAGO AWAITS VIDEO OF POLICE KILLING OF 13-YEAR-OLD BOY | Jonathan Manes; MacArthur Justice Center; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Intercept
04/13/2021
2021 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award Honorees | Joyce Hughes; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in American Bar
04/13/2021
Battles over state voting rules set to play out in the courts | Michael S. Kang; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in CBS News
04/13/2021
Gov. Pritzker Announces Appointments to the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes, Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Districts & Systems | Vanessa del Valle; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in Illinois News-Office of the Governor
04/12/2021
Shawnee State professor's lawsuit could have ramifications for preferred pronoun use and more | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Columbus Dispatch
04/12/2021
Northwestern's role in overturning the Illinois death penalty observed Pritzker Law and School of Communication present "The Exonerated" April 15 | Laura H. Nirider; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in Northwestern Now
04/12/2021
Meatheads files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (subscription required) | Bruce A. Markell; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Crain's Chicago Business
04/12/2021
Do Transgender Students Have Rights to Equal Treatment in the Classroom? | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The American Prospect
04/11/2021
Our Chicago: Vaccine passports could be used for travel, concerts, sports as life returns to normalcy | Matthew Kugler; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in ABC 7 Chicago (WLS)
04/11/2021
Mayor calls for police foot-chase policy after shooting of young Adam Toledo, but what shape it takes is an open question (subscription required) | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
04/11/2021
Medical Care Given To Adam Toledo Represents Slow Moving Police Reforms | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WBEZ
04/09/2021
Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform | Michael S. Kang; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in SCOTUS Blog
04/09/2021
LAW FIRM SO REAL: RILEY SAFER'S FIRST FIVE YEARS | Center on Wrongful Convictions; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Lawdragon
04/08/2021
Report: Israel-bound Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bernstein in Dubai months after border closes | Richard Bernstein JD '99; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Detroit News
04/07/2021
Pioneers and Pathfinders: Dan Linna | Daniel W. Linna Jr.; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering in Seyfarth
04/06/2021
Fear of Listening to Patients: Short-sighted on Long Covid | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Social Science Space
04/06/2021
Opioid Funds Should be Allocated to the Frontlines | Bruce A. Markell; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Legal Reader
04/05/2021
Federal Watchdog Wants to Put Brakes on High-Speed Bankruptcies | Bruce A. Markell; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Bloomberg Law
04/05/2021
Abuse as a constitutional right: The Meriwether case | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
04/05/2021
Will the Supreme Court abandon federalism to defeat pro-labor regulation? | David A. Dana; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
04/05/2021
Equity, Privacy Concerns Among Considerations for Vaccine Passports | Daniel B. Rodriguez; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTTW
04/05/2021
Equity, Privacy Concerns Among Considerations for Vaccine Passports | Daniel B. Rodriguez; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTTW
04/02/2021
Pritzker commutes sentence of man convicted of double murder | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Associated Press
04/02/2021
Full Burial Now Needed for Executive Order Against International Criminal Court | Diane Marie Amann; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Just Security
04/02/2021
Naturalized Epistemology and the Law of Evidence: A Reply to Pardo, Spellman, Muffato, and Enoch | Ronald J. Allen; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Legal Theory Blog
04/01/2021
Powerful Testimony Opens Derek Chauvin's Trial | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in Bloomberg Law
04/01/2021
New women-led audio app Quilt wants to promote conversation as self-care | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Today
March 2021
03/31/2021
The Supreme Court Is the Final Hurdle for Voters' Rights | Tonja Jacobi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Bloomberg Law
03/31/2021
Pfander & Joffroy on Power to Ban Slavery in the Territories | James E. Pfander; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Legal Theory Blog
03/31/2021
Chicago Is Finally Making Progress On Police Reform, Expert Says, But It's Still Behind On Its Promises | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WBEZ
03/31/2021
Disappearing act: Jury trials on the decline, but options available to reverse trend | Shari Seidman Diamond; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Indiana Lawyer
03/31/2021
CPD has made little progress on vow to replace gang database criticized as error-filled and racially discriminatory, city watchdog says | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
03/30/2021
Save the Olympics, Again | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Just Security
03/30/2021
Amy Breihan has dedicated her career to helping juvenile lifers seek parole | Amy Breihan; Alexa Van Brunt; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions; MacArthur Justice Center in ABA Journal
03/29/2021
More on Yale and the Goldwater Rule | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Academe Blog
03/29/2021
Georgia's gun laws are inadequate to the task | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
03/29/2021
'A Hotly Contested Issue' | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Inside Higher Ed
03/27/2021
A professor was reprimanded for refusing to use a transgender student's pronouns. A court says he can sue. | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Washington Post
03/26/2021
Chicago man sues city over ongoing claim of mistaken identity, alleging he's been detained by police more than 60 times in 15 years (subscription required) | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in The Chicago Tribune
03/25/2021
What is a vaccine passport and will you need one to travel? | Matthew Kugler; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
03/24/2021
History Maker | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in EINPresswire
03/24/2021
Remote Work Is Here to Stay | Cole Turner; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in E21
03/24/2021
Using Instagram to Humanize the Refugee Crisis | Alexandra M Tarzikhan; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center for International Human Rights in Borderless Magazine
03/24/2021
CHILDREN CAN BE ON THEIR OWN WHEN GRILLED BY POLICE. THE PUSH FOR PROTECTION IS GROWING | Center on Wrongful Convictions in The Appeal
03/23/2021
About 1,000 Illinois prisoners to be released under COVID-19 lawsuit settlement | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
03/23/2021
Stolzenberg & Lindgren on Retirement Timing by Federal Judges | James Lindgren; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Legal Theory Blog
03/22/2021
BACP Announces Launch of Chicago Business Center Program to Bring Business Licensing Support to the Community | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in City of Chicago
03/22/2021
Gov. Pritzker Announces 23 Key Appointments | Brian Dunn JD '03; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in My Radio Link
03/19/2021
Critics say Trump's changes to the citizenship test made it harder. Here's what actually happened to the failure rate | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Desert News
03/19/2021
Purdue's $40 Trillion of Opioid Claims Top Size of U.S. Economy | Bruce A. Markell; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in BLoomberg News
03/18/2021
A Safe, Fair, and Dignified Workplace | James B. Speta; Tina Tchen JD ’84; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
03/18/2021
Cornel West Says Harvard Denied Him Tenure Because of His Views on "Israeli Occupation" | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Jewish Journal
03/17/2021
LANDMARK RULINGS SHOW 'UNTAPPED POTENTIAL' OF STATE COURTS TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS | Kendrick Washington II JD '10; Daniel M. Greenfield; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Appeal
03/16/2021
McGinnis & Rappaport on Presidential Polarization | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Legal Theory Blog
03/15/2021
El Salvador's abortion ban jails women for miscarriages and stillbirths -- now one woman's family seeks international justice | Juliet Sorensen; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Conversation
03/15/2021
Chicago's Monumental Mistake | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in City Journal
03/13/2021
Mom overturns wrongful conviction, catches true killer in daughter's murder | Steven A. Drizin; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in ABC News
03/11/2021
Government Whistleblowers: We Need Them. Why Don't We Protect Them? | Wendy J. Muchman; Mary K. Foster; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The ABA
03/11/2021
Ethics Corner (subscription required) | Wendy J. Muchman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The ABA
03/11/2021
China's treatment of Uyghurs meets criteria of UN's Genocide Convention | Amb. David Scheffer | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Wall Street TV
03/10/2021
El Salvador Needs to Stop Prosecuting Obstetric Emergencies as Homicides | Center for International Human Rights; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Just Security
03/09/2021
Joe Manchin as a Hollywood Western hero | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
03/09/2021
NU faculty discuss racism, lack of support in "unprecedented conversation" | Shannon P. Bartlett; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Daily Northwestern
03/09/2021
New "20/20" Special, "Stranger Than Fiction: The Murder of Angie Dodge" Looks At Case The Sentenced The Wrong Man | Center on Wrongful Convictions in Laughing Place
03/09/2021
Amb. Scheffer: China perpetuates 'the big lie' on Uyghurs | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in CNN
03/08/2021
The Supreme Court's legal shield for law enforcement shows signs of cracking. (subscription required) | Daniel M. Greenfield; Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in The New York Times
03/05/2021
Column: Abolition of the death penalty in Illinois kicked off a decade of criminal justice progress | Laura H. Nirider; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in The Chicago Tribune
03/04/2021
'Better Than Expected.' Law Schools and Firms Weigh In On OCI In The Age of COVID (subscription required) | David Diamond; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law.com
03/04/2021
The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools (subscription required) | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law.com
03/04/2021
Felony Murder, Explained | Shobha L. Mahadev; Steven A. Drizin; Center on Wrongful Convictions; The Children and Family Justice Center in The Appeal
03/04/2021
The Supreme Court Is Giving Lower Courts a Subtle Hint to Rein In Police Misconduct | Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in The Atlantic
03/03/2021
Cornel West is Blaming His Problems on Israel — Again | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in RealClearEducation
03/03/2021
Life lessons with pies: Northwestern University alum brings unique fare and story to Harry's Café | Steven J. Broussard; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery
03/03/2021
Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposes changes to Chicago police search warrant policies following wrongful raid on Anjanette Young's home | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
03/02/2021
Critics: Cuomo apology 'tone-deaf,' ignores power imbalance | Deborah Tuerkheimer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Associated Press
03/02/2021
Lower courts take notice: The Supreme Court is rethinking qualified immunity | Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in USA Today
03/01/2021
The Supreme Court Will Hear a Case That Could Weaken What's Left of the Voting Rights Act | Michael S. Kang; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Time Magazine
03/01/2021
Illinois Must End Youth Incarceration, Not "Transform" It | Children and Family Justice Center in Truthout
February 2021
02/28/2021
Virginia man sentenced to 6 life terms celebrates year of freedom: 'It's still unbelievable' | Laura H. Nirider; Center on Wrongful Convictions in WTVR Channel 6
02/28/2021
WEEKEND INSIGHTS: Taxing Non-Income Items and Retirement Plans | Tonja Jacobi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Bloomberg Tax
02/26/2021
Upcoming UC Law Symposium to explore advances in legal analytics | Sarah Lawsky; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in UC News
02/25/2021
City Argues Attorneys Cannot Bring Enforcement Action On CPD Consent Decree Over Search Warrant Tactics, Because Consent Decree Does Not Mention Them | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Bluhm Legal Clinic in CBS Chicago
02/25/2021
The Legal Fallout Trump Still Faces From the Capitol Riots | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Bloomberg
02/24/2021
She sued her enslaver for reparations and won. Her descendants never knew. | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Washington Post
02/24/2021
Senators pleased Biden will retain U.S. Attorney, Joliet native until successor is confirmed | John Lausch JD '96; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Herald News
02/22/2021
Why the Senate Should Abolish the Filibuster | Tonja Jacobi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Bloomberg Law
02/22/2021
High Court Vacates Immunity In Prison Guard Mace Case | Daniel M. Greenfield; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in Law 360
02/22/2021
Joe Biden cancels Donald Trump's 'tougher' citizenship test saying it created 'barriers' to naturalization by doubling number of questions | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Daily Mail
02/21/2021
New watchdog report condemns Chicago police, mayor for responses to protests, riots | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic in The Washington Post
02/19/2021
Road Wary: Mobility, Law, and the Problem of Escape | Daniel B. Rodriguez; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Legal Theory Blog
02/19/2021
Week in Review: WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK | Matthew Kugler; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Regulatory Review
02/19/2021
Virtual Roundtable: Can Social Bonds Help Save the World? | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Council on Foreign Relations
02/18/2021
Aldermen call for superintendent's firing, hearings after inspector general blasts CPD response to riots | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Sun-Times
02/17/2021
Nancy Pelosi Is Right | Zachary D. Clopton; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Slate
02/17/2021
Jury trials are disappearing. Here's why | Shari Seidman Diamond; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Injustice Watch
02/16/2021
Biden Wants To Limit The Capital Gains Tax Preference. History Shows It Will Be Hard | Ajay K. Mehrotra; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Forbes
02/16/2021
Policy expert says carjackings in Illinois a symptom of pandemic | Stephanie Kollmann; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; The Children and Family Justice Center in The Center Square
02/15/2021
US Politics Politics Determines Legal Strategy for Impeachment Sides | Heidi Kitrosser; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Voice of America
02/15/2021
Join Rufus Williams for a conversation about Former President Trump's Second Impeachment Acquittal Featuring Heidi Kitrosser and Andrew Koppelman | Andrew M. Koppelman; Heidi Kitrosser; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WVON 1690 The Talk of Chicago
02/15/2021
Trump Looks to Reassert Himself After Impeachment Acquittal | Heidi Kitrosser; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTTW- Chicago Tonight
02/12/2021
Why Mary Sarah Bilder Gets Originalism Wrong | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law & Liberty
02/11/2021
Newton and Nell Minow reflect on TV's 'vast wasteland,' Fairness Doctrine | Newton Minow JD '50; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTOP News
02/11/2021
Lowell Students Say #MeToo. Sexual Abuse Allegations Spark Reckoning at SF High School | Deborah Tuerkheimer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in KQED
02/10/2021
Voter Information on Judges Is Impossible to Find. Here's How We Change That | Juliet Sorensen; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Vice
02/10/2021
Incubators, accelerators, and clinics: How law students and new lawyers can work with start-ups | Esther S. Barron; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The ABA For Law Students
02/10/2021
US political risk under scrutiny; INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN INVESTORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN THE US | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in fDi Intelligence
02/08/2021
Chicago police leaders admit need for more transparency as they file progress report on reform, a document critics dismiss as deflection | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
02/08/2021
Federalist Society Co-Founder: Trump's Impeachment Defense Is Like Arguing a President Can't Be Convicted for Wearing a Swastika | Steven G. Calabresi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law & Crime
02/05/2021
Beware Of SEC Requests To Include Non-Monetary Conditions When Settling Enforcement Matters | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in JDSupra
02/05/2021
Cook County Begins Vaccinating Jail Detainees, A Controversial Move Backed By Public Health Experts | Alexa Van Brunt; MacArthur Justice Center; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WBEZ
02/05/2021
A VIRGINIA PRISON HELD A MAN IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR OVER 600 DAYS | MacArthur Justice Center in The Appeal
02/04/2021
AI & Law: Lawyers As Coders | Daniel W. Linna Jr.; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Medium
02/04/2021
Should a New President Change Old SCOTUS Positions? | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern University School of Law in Law & Liberty
02/04/2021
'GLOBAL JURIST OF THE YEAR': PRESTIGE AWARD GOES TO KENYA'S JUSTICE MUMBI NGUGI | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center for International Human Rights in African Lii
02/02/2021
Terrorists, real and imagined | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center for Criminal Defense in Injustice Watch
02/01/2021
Northwestern Law to honor Kenyan judge | Thomas F. Geraghty; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center for International Human Rights in Northwestern News
January 2021
01/29/2021
The Seventeenth Amendment and the censure of Donald Trump | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
01/29/2021
AI In Legal Industry Needs Greater Human Capital Investment (subscription required) | Daniel W. Linna Jr.; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law 360
01/28/2021
Schools with the best debt-to-income ratios | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The National Jurist
01/28/2021
Northwestern Law partners with national legal foundation to advance social justice and equity | Cynthia A. Wilson; Bluhm Legal Clinic; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Northwestern Now
01/28/2021
How the Filibuster Strengthens the Republic | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law & Liberty
01/28/2021
How National Service Could Heal Our Country | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in KNOP News Radio
01/27/2021
Ghislaine Maxwell says grand jury that indicted her was too White, seeks dismissal of sex abuse case | Deborah Tuerkheimer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Washington Post
01/27/2021
City Lawyers Ask For More Time To Respond To Enforcement Action On Reforms Required By Chicago Police Consent Decree | Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in CBS Chicago
01/26/2021
Conservative Law Movement Faces Reckoning Over Post-Trump Future | Steven G. Calabresi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Bloomberg Law
01/25/2021
High court deadlocks on how to interpret juvenile court law | Shobha L. Mahadev; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Children and Family Justice Center in Capitol News Illinois
01/25/2021
Trump Impeachment Goes to Senate, Testing His Sway Over GOP | Michael S. Kang; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTTW- Chicago Tonight
01/24/2021
Cancel culture comes for the moderates | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
01/22/2021
Madigan no longer 'Mr. Speaker,' but he's still 'Public Official A' | Juliet Sorensen; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chicago Tribune
01/22/2021
Virus Hot Spot Cook County Jail Has Begun Vaccinating Guards. Will They Take It? | Alexa Van Brunt; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; MacArthur Justice Center in WBEZ
01/22/2021
Republican senators and courage | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
01/22/2021
Constitutional Questions On Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial Answered | Michael S. Kang; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in VPM
01/22/2021
More than 150 scholars from the Federalist Society say it IS constitutional to convict Donald Trump after he leaves office | Steven G. Calabresi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Daily Mail
01/21/2021
Reflecting On Inauguration Day With A Speech Writer And A Historian | Jason C. DeSanto; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WBEZ
01/21/2021
9 Key Differences Between the LSAT and GRE | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in US News
01/20/2021
NRA Runs to Texas But Perhaps Cannot Hide With Bankruptcy | Bruce A. Markell; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in BLoomberg News
01/20/2021
Redefining the Hub | Daniel W. Linna Jr.; Daniel B. Rodriguez; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Legal Talk Network
01/20/2021
The Problem With Trump's Odious Pardon of Steve Bannon | Steven G. Calabresi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The New York Times
01/20/2021
Speechwriters Discuss Biden's Inaugural Address, Call for Unity | Jason C. DeSanto; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTTW- Chicago Tonight
01/20/2021
President Joe Biden calls for unity in his inaugural address | Jason C. DeSanto; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WGN Radio
01/20/2021
What Americans Want From The Biden-Harris Administration | Jason C. DeSanto; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 1a
01/19/2021
Peloton's IP Obstacle Course. | George H. Pike; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Free Library
01/19/2021
Man spends 13 years in solitary confinement in Virginia prison due to language barrier | Maggie Filler; Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in ABC 8 News
01/19/2021
A universe of words: Local's new book explores space law | Lauren Peterson; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Los Altos Town crier
01/19/2021
Is This Law Professor Really a Homicidal Threat? (subscription required) | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Chronicle of Higher Education
01/18/2021
Possible Trump Pardons, Security of Inauguration on Many Minds in Washington as Jan. 20 Nears | Juliet Sorensen; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in NBC Chicago
01/16/2021
Judge rules there's evidence King County violated trademark laws in using name of Northwestern University facility for new juvenile jail | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; The Children and Family Justice Center in The Seattle Times
01/16/2021
Violent words in St. Paul: When does free speech become terroristic threat? | Heidi Kitrosser; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; University of Minnesota in Star Tribune
01/15/2021
How Can Corporate Leaders Do More to Defend Democracy? | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Council on Foreign Relations
01/14/2021
Laura Nirider | Anatomy of a False Confession | Laura H. Nirider; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in Jordan Harbinger Show
01/14/2021
Trump Impeachment Trial to Focus on His Attacks on Election | Heidi Kitrosser; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTTW- Chicago Tonight
01/14/2021
After Georgia Flips Blue, Voting Rights Advocates Brace for New Voting Restrictions | Michael S. Kang; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Time
01/14/2021
Academic Freedom in Chicagoland | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law & Liberty
01/13/2021
We Disagree on a Lot. But We Both Think Trump Should Be Impeached. | Steven G. Calabresi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The New York Times
01/13/2021
No, It Would Not Be Unconstitutional for Trump's Impeachment Trial to Take Place After He's Out of Office | Andrew M. Koppelman; Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Law & Crime
01/13/2021
Chicago Teachers, Checked Out | John O. McGinnis; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in City Journal
01/13/2021
Chicago Police 'Illegal, Violent' Raids Violate Consent Decree, Attorneys Say, Forcing City Back to Federal Court | Vanessa del Valle; Alexa Van Brunt; Sheila A. Bedi; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Bluhm Legal Clinic in CBS Chicago
01/13/2021
Josh Hawley Is Not the First Missouri Senator with Blood on His Hands | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Tropics of Meta
01/12/2021
Why Trump can't be prosecuted | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
01/12/2021
Sweeping criminal justice reform package would curtail felony murder prosecutions in Illinois | Steven A. Drizin; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in Injustice Watch
01/11/2021
Experts say the Trump allies and right-wing media outlets facing defamation lawsuits from the voting-technology company Dominion could be on the hook for huge sums if they lose | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Business Insider
01/09/2021
'Innocent Man' defendant remains behind bars after AG extends stay on release | Gregory Swygert; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Center on Wrongful Convictions in WWLP Channel 22 News-Massachusetts
01/08/2021
INEQUALITY IN THE LEGAL ACADEMY -- GAINING INSIGHT INTO THE UNEQUAL PROFESSION | Carole Silver; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Jotwell
01/08/2021
This NC nursing home didn't send her to the hospital, and she died | Bernard Black; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in ProPublica
01/08/2021
Can Trump be charged with inciting a riot? Legal bar is high | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Associated Press
01/07/2021
Statement of Law Professors Calling on the Immediate Removal of Trump from Office | Paul A. Gowder; Heidi Kitrosser; David A. Dana; Laura Beth Nielsen; John M O'Hare; Daniel B. Rodriguez; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The American Constitution Society
01/07/2021
Northwestern political scientists call for Trump's removal | Paul A. Gowder; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Daily Northwestern
01/07/2021
US Rep. Kinzinger Calls For Trump's Removal By 25th Amendment | Heidi Kitrosser; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in WTTW- Chicago Tonight
01/07/2021
Between the Trenches of the Culture Wars, But Not with Ill Will: An Exchange | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Public Discourse
01/05/2021
Martin H. Redish Wins 2021 Daniel J. Meltzer Award | Martin H. Redish; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
01/05/2021
Save the world — America's greatest priority | David J. Scheffer; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
01/04/2021
Soft Factors That Can Help Law School Applicants | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in U.S. News and World Report
01/02/2021
A time for pity and contempt | Andrew M. Koppelman; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
01/01/2021
That Louie Gohmert lawsuit | Steven Lubet; Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in The Hill
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