West Coast Initiative
The West Coast Initiative advances Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s mission to bring exceptional legal education to the profession along with career opportunities for our students. The Initiative offers new opportunities to current and future law students, alumni, and corporate and law firm partners in three key west coast markets touching a cross-section of locally relevant industries. Whether it be in the technology entrepreneurship environment of San Francisco or Seattle, or the entertainment and sports industries of Los Angeles, Northwestern Pritzker Law students now have pathways through our alumni networks and Law School presence in these west coast markets to engage in ways previously limited by geography and access.
LA Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law & Business Semester
In the Southern California market, the West Coast Initiative offers opportunities for Northwestern Pritzker Law students interested in entertainment, media, and sports law to build their professional acumen and networks. Students spend the spring semester in Los Angeles taking law courses related to entertainment, media, and sports, while working for entertainment or sports companies as legal externs. Learn more...
San Francisco Immersion Program
As part of the West Coast Initiative, the San Francisco Immersion Program offers Northwestern Pritzker Law students new learning experiences in the technology and entrepreneurship environment of the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Students spend the spring semester in San Francisco/Silicon Valley taking law courses related to technology and entrepreneurship, and work for high technology companies as legal externs. Learn more...
Seattle Tech-Law Experience
Similar to the San Francisco Immersion Program, the Seattle Tech-Law Experience offers Northwestern Pritzker Law students the opportunity to learn about the role of law in the high technology business environment of Seattle. Most students in the Seattle program spend the first 10 weeks of spring semester in the San Francisco Immersion Program and then travel to Seattle for a 4-week comparative experience. Learn more...