Northwestern University School of Law
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Established	1859
Type	Private
Endowment	$ 151 million [1]
Dean	David E. Van Zandt,
Staff	155 (Fall) 140 (Spring)
Students	780
Location	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.law.northwestern.edu/

The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1859 and is one of eleven academic entities at Northwestern University. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... A private university is a university that is run without the control of any government entity. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... // A law school is an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian research university, located in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. ...

Northwestern enjoys a reputation as one the country's leading elite law schools. In the recent past, objective rankings have usually placed its admissions selectivity, faculty scholarship, and career placement among the top fifteen law schools nationwide. Princeton Review has ranked Northwestern as 7th most difficult school to gain admission.

Northwestern law is located on Northwestern University's downtown campus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. The campus is on Lake Shore Drive, just south of the Gold Coast neighborhood, along Lake Michigan, and a few blocks from the John Hancock Center, Magnificent Mile, Water Tower, and Navy Pier. Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian research university, located in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. ... Lake Shore Drive (LSD) is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and next to Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the northernmost part, it is designated as part of U.S. Highway 41. ... The Gold Coast of Chicago is a prosperous neighborhood, mostly consisting of high-rise apartment buildings on Lake Shore Drive, facing Lake Michigan. ... Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. ... Several buildings bear this name, all built by John Hancock Insurance and named after John Hancock. ... Michigan Avenue is a north-south road in Chicago, Illinois. ... The 1866 pumping station located across Michigan Avenue from the Water Tower. ... The Navy Pier seen from the John Hancock Center Navy Pier is a 3,000 foot long pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. ...

Rankings and honors

The 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Grad Schools" ranked Northwestern Law:^[2] U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

• 12th in the country overall
• 10th in the country in Clinical Training
• 14th in the country (tie) in Dispute Resolution
• 12th in the country (tie) in International Law
• 7th in the country (tie) in Legal Writing
• 4th in the country in Tax Law
• 5th in the country (tie) in Trial Advocacy

Recent Leiter’s Law School Rankings placed the law school: Brian Leiter (born 1963) is an American professor of law and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been teaching since 1995. ...

• 9th in the country in Student Quality
• 14th in the country in Faculty Quality
• 18th in National Placement

Admissions

Northwestern Law's admissions philosophy places unusual emphasis on matriculating students demonstrating maturity and interpersonal skills, attributes the law school believes are conducive to career success. In this sense it mimics the approach increasingly embraced by many business schools.

The school’s practical philosophy is manifested in a strong preference for applicants with at least two years of work experience. Approximately 94% of the school's students enter with at least one year of full-time work experience; 74% possess more than two years of experience.

The law school's admissions also emphasize social, interpersonal, and professional communication competency. To that end, every applicant is invited to interview, either with a member of the admissions staff or a local alum.

The school's selectivity, as measured by various quantitative criteria, is among the top seven law schools in the country.^[3] According to the 2007 edition of the ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, Northwestern students had the following credentials.

25% LSAT: 167 | Median LSAT: 170 | 75% LSAT: 171

25% GPA: 3.40 | Median GPA: 3.70 | 75% GPA: 3.80

The unusual admissions process is part of the "Strategic Plan," which states, "We also firmly believe that over time the merits of this vision will be widely recognized by employers, by applicants, and by the world at large as the superior model, which in turn will propel our reputation to the top."^[1]

To date, no other ABA-accredited law school has adopted Northwestern's admissions system. Northwestern continues to attract outstanding students and has 6th highest median LSAT score in the nation. Only other law schools with higher median LSAT scores are: Harvard Law School, Yale Law school, Columbia Law School, University of Chicago, and New York University. With median GPA of entering class set at 3.7, it boasts 6th highest GPA in the nation.

The Dean responsible for the Strategic Plan, David E. Van Zandt, has been criticized. Brian Leiter says, "It appears, by all accounts (including from current and former insiders), that the van Zandt vision for the Northwestern University School of Law is not one embraced by all the faculty; that, together with its purportedly autocratic imposition on the school from the top, it has produced widespread faculty disaffection from the institution, which has become manifest in the exodus of the best and the brightest, often for less prestigious pastures, but presumably greener ones."^[2]

Degree programs

NU Law offers several degree programs.

JD Programs

The primary program is the juris doctor (JD), a degree comprising 86 semester hours of credit that full-time students may complete in three years. During the first year, students take a combination of required classes and electives. The second and third year offer more flexibility in planning the student's curriculum as there is only one mandatory class. Students can choose a general course of study or decide to concentrate in one of five areas. Students also have the opportunity to participate in the Bluhm Legal Clinic, serve on one of the law school’s scholarly journals, audition for one of the law school's trial or moot court teams, or study abroad through the International Team Project program.

To be considered for the JD program, students must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or expect to finish one by the end of the academic year in which they apply.

Two-year JD

Northwestern Law also offers a two-year JD program; only applicants from countries outside the U.S. who have earned at least a first degree in law are eligible.

Joint Degree Programs

NU Law also offers a number of joint-degree programs:

• JD-MBA, with Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management
• JD-PhD, with one of Northwestern's graduate schools
• MSJ-MSL, with Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism

The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, also known as The Kellogg School or simply Kellogg, is considered one of the worlds leading graduate business schools. ... Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism (often just called Medill) is one of the premier journalism, integrated marketing, and media schools in the United States. ...

LLM Programs

The nine-month general LLM program enrolls graduates of foreign law schools, giving them an opportunity to expand their knowledge of American law and legal processes, continue their studies in international law, and engage in comparative legal research. Graduates of the program represent more than 50 countries and hold positions in many areas of practice.

Executive LLM Programs

Northwestern Law continues to expand its international reach by offering Executive LLM Programs for working legal and business professionals in Europe and Korea. The programs, designed specifically for professionals who can not or do not wish to undertake a full-time Master of Laws (LLM) degree in the United States or elsewhere, are made possible through partnerships with the KAIST Graduate School of Management in Seoul and the Instituto de Empresa (IE) in Madrid.

Tax Programs

The tax program provides a foundation in the principal areas of tax law and complex tax transactions. Individuals who already hold a JD degree can enroll on either a full-time or part-time basis to receive the LLM degree. Practicing attorneys may also take courses on a non-degree basis to refine their knowledge in specialized areas of the tax law. Current law students can participate in the joint JD-LLM program and receive a JD and LLM in seven semesters.

Journals

The law school sponsors six student-run scholarly legal journals. Student staff members are selected based on a writing competition and first-year grades, or a publishable note or comment on a legal topic.

Northwestern University Law Review

The Northwestern University Law Review was first published in 1906 when it was called the "Illinois Law Review." Prior editors include: Roscoe Pound, long-time dean of Harvard Law School; Judge Robert A. Sprecher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens; Dean James A. Rahl; Illinois Governor Daniel Walker; and former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Newton N. Minow; US Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Presidential Candidate Adlai E. Stevenson. The Northwestern University Law Review is among the eight most frequently cited law reviews in the country. The Northwestern University Law Review is a scholarly legal publication and student organization at Northwestern University School of Law. ... Roscoe Pound (1870 - 1964) was a distinguished American legal scholar and educator. ... John Paul Stevens (born April 20, 1920) is an American jurist, and the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Daniel Walker (born April 24, 1991) is a former governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1992 to 2008. ... Newton Norman Minow (born January 17, 1926) is an American attorney and former government official best known for his Vast Wasteland speech, given to the National Association of Broadcasters convention on May 9, 1961. ... Arthur Goldberg Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908 – January 19, 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Supreme Court Justice and Ambassador to the United Nations. ... Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was a Congressman from Illinois and the twenty-third Vice President of the United States. ...

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

The Journal is one of the most widely read and widely cited publications in the world. It is the second most widely subscribed journal published by any law school in the country. It is one of the most widely circulated law journals in the country. The journal was founded in 1910 by Dean John Henry Wigmore. It was a product of the "National Conference on Criminal Law and Criminology" held in 1909 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Northwestern University School of Law. The Conference elected Dean Wigmore as its first president and resulted in the creation of the Journal. Its stated purpose was to articulate and promote a criminal justice reform agenda, associated with the Progressive Era that dominated the first third of the twentieth century.

Journal of International Law and Business

The Journal has a substantive focus on private international law, as opposed to public international law or human rights. It seeks scholarship analyzing transnational and international legal problems and their effect on private entities. The Journal's stated goal is to promote an understanding of the future course of international legal developments as they relate to private entities.

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

The Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property addresses subjects relating to law at the intersection of technology and intellectual property, including law and biotechnology, copyrights, the Internet, media, patents, telecommunications, and trademarks. The format of this online Journal permits these rapidly developing issues to be addressed in a timely manner by combining scholarly analyses with an examination of the current news in intellectual property law. The Journal is dedicated to the analysis of the burgeoning body of academic, business, newsworthy and legal issues regarding the rapidly increasing and shifting field of intellectual property and technology law.

Journal of International Human Rights

The Journal of International Human Rights (JIHR) is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to providing a dynamic forum for the discussion of human rights issues and international human rights law. The Journal seeks contributions from professionals, scholars, and experienced field workers of every background, including but not limited to law, business, political science, public policy, economics, sociology, religion, and international relations. In addition to publication, the Journal seeks to promote the discussion of international human rights law by organizing semi-annual Symposia and a Speaker Series.

Journal of Law and Social Policy

The Journal of Law and Social Policy is an interdisciplinary journal that explores the impact of the law on different aspects of society. Topics covered include race, gender, sexual orientation, housing, immigration, health care, juvenile justice, voting rights, family law, civil rights, poverty, the environment, and privacy rights.

The Bluhm Legal Clinic

Clinical education at Northwestern began in 1910 when Dean John Henry Wigmore developed a program with the Chicago Legal Aid Society that evolved into the Bluhm Legal Clinic. The clinic opened its doors in 1969 with two staff attorneys and 12 students. Today, more than 20 clinical professors mentor over 120 students who take clinical courses each year. Each center within the Clinic operates as a quasi-law firm, wherein students assist clients with practical legal matters under the tutelage of full-time faculty from the School. John Henry Wigmore (1863 – 1943) was an American jurist and expert in the law of evidence. ...

Center on Wrongful Convictions

The Center on Wrongful Convictions is dedicated to identifying and rectifying wrongful convictions and other serious miscarriages of justice. Its work was influential in former Illinois Governor George H. Ryan's decision to commute the death sentences of all Illinois' death row prisoners in 2003. Governor Ryan announced the decision on January 11, 2003 at an event held at the law school. George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934 in Maquoketa, Iowa) was the Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. ...

The Center includes faculty, staff, cooperating outside attorneys, and Bluhm Legal Clinic students investigate possible wrongful convictions and represent imprisoned clients with claims of actual innocence. The Center also focuses on identifying systemic problems in the criminal justice system and, together with the community services component, on developing initiatives designed to raise public awareness of the prevalence, causes, and social costs of wrongful convictions and promote reform of the criminal justice system. In addition, the community services component helps exonerated former prisoners cope with the difficult process of reintegration into free society.

Children and Family Justice Center

Founded in 1992, the Children and Family Justice Center has developed into one of the most effective and diverse clinical programs of its kind. Attorneys, a social worker, and affiliated professionals help second- and third-year law students meet with clients, research legal issues, and learn pretrial investigation, interviewing, and counseling skills and litigate cases. The Center represents young people on matters of delinquency and crime, family violence, school discipline, health and disability, and immigration and asylum.

As a comprehensive children's law center and clinical legal education resource, the Center is also committed to legal research and scholarship on laws and legal institutions that deal with children all over the world. Through lectures, newspaper and magazine articles by staff attorneys, courses on Children and Human Rights, work as visiting faculty in other countries, published articles and regular speakers and symposia, the CFJC has addressed issues such as the condition of children in Afghanistan, the condition of children in armed conflict, inter-country adoption, corporal punishment, the right to education and health care, and conditions of confinement.

MacArthur Justice Center

The MacArthur Justice Center, led by Profs. Locke E. Bowman and Joseph Margulies, does work on police misconduct, wrongful detention compensation, post-9/11 work, and other public interest and civil rights issues. Of particular note is the Guantanamo Bay detainee representation led by Joseph Margulies, author of Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power and lead counsel in Rasul v. Bush.

Small Business Opportunity Center

The Law School's Small Business Opportunity Center (SBOC) is the first transactional clinic at any major law school. Since its founding in 1998, more than 1,000 potential clients have come to the SBOC for legal assistance and over 300 have been served. These include technology executives, consultants, inventors, manufacturers and sellers of consumer products, musical groups, and persons interested in establishing nonprofit organizations.

The Center is also heavily involved in teaching in the field of entrepreneurship law, and hosts symposiums and conferences to facilitate that endeavor. In particular, in 2006 the SBOC hosted the first ever entrepreneurship conference at any law school in the country.

Center for International Human Rights

The Center for International Human Rights works to advance human rights while enabling students to test and refine their academic learning in real cases. Stressing a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, the center provides policy perspectives to the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the U.S. Department of State, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations. The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... The Organization of American States (OAS; OEA in the other three official languages) is an international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...

Faculty, staff, and students, as well as volunteer lawyers, visiting fellows, and interns carry out research, public and professional education, technical assistance, and advocacy of pressing international issues.

The center also offers students an opportunity to earn an LLM in Human Rights. The degree program is designed for students from transitional democracies and for those with career interests in international human rights law.

Over the years faculty and staff working in the center have addressed, among other matters, the role of the International Criminal Court, international terrorism, U.S. death penalty laws, truth commissions, economic rights, NATO's humanitarian intervention, and political asylum cases. Students have investigated cases and had summer internships in Guatemala, Indonesia, and at the U.N. Human Rights Centre in Geneva. Official logo of the ICC. The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, crime of aggression, and war crimes, as defined by several international agreements, most prominently the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ...

Each year the center organizes seminars, lectures, and conferences for lawyers and the public on topics ranging from reparations for Holocaust survivors to the human rights responsibilities of multinational corporations. The center plays a vital role in the Law School's expanding international program, which previously had concentrated on private international law. ...

Investor Protection Center

Northwestern Law's Investor Protection Center is one of fewer than 10 such centers in the country and the first among law schools in the Midwest. The Investor Protection Center provides assistance to investors with limited income or small dollar claims who are unable to obtain legal representation. Law students, under the supervision of faculty attorneys, represent customers in handling their disputes with broker-dealers.

During the last few years, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and other organizations have taken steps to make more information and services available to investors. Northwestern Law's Investor Protection Center operates with the aid of grants from the NASD Investor Education Foundation and other organizations to focus on priority areas. In particular, the center is focused on helping to meet the needs of women, novice investors, and the elderly, in connection with securities arbitration. NASD executive office on K Street in downtown Washington, D.C. The National Association of Securities Dealers, also known as the NASD, is the regulatory body primarily responsible for the regulation of persons involved in the securities industry in the United States. ...

Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Strategy

Named in honor of an innovative leader in litigation and business strategies, the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Strategy was established in 1999 to conduct research and teach innovative and technologically advanced trial strategy. The Bartlit Center focuses on changes in trial craft brought on by new technologies and compensation approaches.

The Bartlit Center sponsors and conducts academic research on the litigation process; support teaching skills in the JD program; and holds national conferences to explore and teach innovative trial and trial management strategies. The Bartlit Center works to complement the Law School's program in simulation-based teaching of trial skills and builds on the research produced by Northwestern Law faculty.

Notable faculty

Main article: [[Northwestern University School of Law faculty|Northwestern University School of Law faculty]]

The NU Law faculty is highly regarded for academic strength in a number of disciplines including tax, international law, trial advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, and others. Selected prominent NU Law faculty, past and present, include:

• John Henry Wigmore, the "father of modern evidence" and author of Treatise on Evidence
• Steven Calabresi, constitutional scholar and Founder and Chairman of the Federalist Society
• Charles Taylor, internationally renowned political philosopher, Royal Society of Canada fellow, British Academy fellow, member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
• Marshall Shapo, expert on tort law and author of The Law of Products Liability
• Stephen Presser, leading American legal historian and expert on shareholder liability for corporate debts
• David S. Ruder, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
• Anthony D'Amato, international legal scholar, European Court of Human Rights litigator
• Andrew Koppelman,
• Gordon S. Wood, expert on colonial legal history and Pulitzer Prize Winner for his book The Radicalism of the American Revolution
• John O. McGinnis, renowned expert on trade law and one of nation's leading scholar in the field of Constitutional Law.
• Martin Redish, nationally renowned authority on the subjects of federal jurisdiction, civil procedure, and the First Amendment
• Robert Bennett, constitutional scholar and founder of the Chicago Council for Lawyers. A leading scholar in Contract Law.
• James B. Speta, expert in telecommunications and Internet policy
• Bernardine Dohrn, clinical professor, leader of the 1960s-70s radical leftist organization, Weatherman
• David Scheffer, international law and war crimes expert who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
• Leon Green, former Dean; renowned for pioneering work in the law of torts, especially causation and injuries to relations
• Steven Lubet, nationally recognized trial advocacy expert and director of the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Strategy

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Alumni

Selected prominent Northwestern Law alums include:

Government / Politics

• William Jennings Bryan, former U.S. Secretary of State and three-time Democratic Nominee for President
• Adlai Stevenson, former Governor of Illinois, two-time Democratic Nominee for President, and Ambassador to the United Nations
• Arthur Goldberg, former United States Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Secretary of Labor, and Ambassador to the United Nations
• John Paul Stevens, United States Supreme Court Justice
• Ada Kepley, first American woman to obtain a law degree (1870)
• Daniel Walker, former Governor of Illinois
• Jim Thompson, former Governor of Illinois
• Dale Bumpers, former Governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator for Arkansas
• Newton Minow, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
• Richard E. Wiley, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
• Harold Washington, first black Mayor of Chicago (1983-87), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Dawn Clark Netsch, first woman to be elected to a Constitutional office in Illinois
• Richard Ben-Veniste, Chief of the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office Watergate Task Force
• Salem J. Chalabi, First General Director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal to try Saddam Hussein
• Simeon R. Acoba, Jr., Hawaii Supreme Court Justice
• Jerry Springer, former Mayor of Cincinnati, television talk show host
• Richard Tallman, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge

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Academia

• Roscoe Pound, former dean of Harvard Law School, founder of the movement for "sociological jurisprudence"
• G. Marcus Cole, Professor of Law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, and Associate Dean for Curriculum, Stanford Law School
• Raoul Berger, one of America 's foremost legal historians, former Senior Fellow in American Legal History at Harvard University and author of Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment
• Stephen D. Sugarman, Agnes Roddy Robb Professor of Law, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
• John E. Coons, Professor of Law, Emeritus, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
• C. Thomas Dienes, Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
• Terrence Isamu ("Terry Ryan") Ryan, graduate of Cornell University and practitioner of brazilian jiu-jitsu under the tutelage of Carlson Gracie
• Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School
• Thomas F. Geraghty, Associate Dean for Clinical Education; Professor of Law; Director, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law
• James A. Rahl, Owen L. Coon Professor of Law Emeritus, Northwestern University School of Law
• Gregory S. Alexander, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
• Clark C. Havighurst, William Neal Reynolds Emeritus Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

Roscoe Pound (1870 - 1964) was a distinguished American legal scholar and educator. ... Harvard Law School, often referred to in shorthand as Harvard Law or HLS, is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located near Palo Alto, California in Silicon Valley. ... Raoul Berger (1901-2000) was an attorney and professor at Harvard University. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[2] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. ... Boalt Hall The UC Berkeley School of Law, commonly referred to as Boalt Hall, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. ... The George Washington University Law School, commonly referred to as GW Law, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest law school in the District of Columbia. ... Terry Ryan (born 1 December 1933) is an American model. ... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and in Education City, Qatar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Carlson Gracie Sr. ... Professor Jonathan Turley teaches at The George Washington University Law School where he holds the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law. ... The George Washington University Law School, commonly referred to as GW Law, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest law school in the District of Columbia. ... Thomas F. Geraghty is the Associate Dean for Clinical Education at the Northwestern University School of Law. ... Cornell Law School, located in Ithaca, New York, is a graduate school of Cornell University. ... The School of Law is one of 10 schools and colleges at Duke University. ...

For-Profit / Non-Profit Organizations

• Jerry Reinsdorf, Owner of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls
• Eddie Einhorn, Owner of the Chicago White Sox
• Robert R. McCormick, Owner of the Chicago Tribune and founder of the white-shoe law firm Kirkland & Ellis
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis, First Commissioner of Major League Baseball, federal judge
• Nick Chabraja, Chairman and CEO of General Dynamics
• Stuart Scott, Chairman Emeritus of Jones Lang LaSalle
• David Boies (attended 1964-65), Managing and Named Partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, also, counselor to Vice President Al Gore
• Randy Kaplan, Founder of Akamai Technologies
• Matt Ferguson, President and CEO of Careerbuilder.com
• Therese A. Mrozek, Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Weston Presidio, a prominent private equity firm
• Owen L. Coon, Chairman Emeritus of General Finance Corporation and founder of the Coon Foundation
• Mark Anson, CEO of Hermes Pensions Management Limited
• David Kleinman, General Partner of D2 Real Estate Ventures
• Neil G. Bluhm, Founder and President of JMB Realty Corporation
• J.B. Pritzer, Managing Partner of New World Ventures
• Derek Lemke-Von Ammon, Partner of FTVentures
• Grier Raclin, General Counsel of Charter Communications
• Jared Bartie, VP of Marketing and Team Business Operations of the NBA
• Randy Karchmer, Managing Director and Co-Head of M&A at Morgan Keegan & Co
• J. Landis Martin, Chairman and CEO of Titanium Metals Corporation
• Gail D. Hasbrouck, General Counsel of Advocate Health Care
• Daniel O. Bernstine, President of Portland State University
• Scott Z. Hochfelder, General Counsel of KB Toys

Jerry Reinsdorf (born February 25, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York) is the owner of Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 16, , 19, 42, 72, Name Chicago White Sox (1904–present) White Stockings (1900-1903) St. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Eddie Einhorn was the owner of the Chicago White Sox. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 16, , 19, 42, 72, Name Chicago White Sox (1904–present) White Stockings (1900-1903) St. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by the Tribune Company. ... Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a United States law firm based in Chicago with additional offices in New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and Munich and plans to open a Hong Kong office in the fall of 2006. ... Kenesaw Mountain Landis Kenesaw Mountain Landis (November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922, and subsequently as the first commissioner of Major League Baseball. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2005 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world[1]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. ... Stuart Scott (born July 19, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American sportscaster for ESPN, most visibly as an anchor on SportsCenter. ... Jones Lang LaSalle is a leading global provider of integrated real estate and money management services. ... David Boies (born March 11, 1941) is a lawyer and a managing partner of Boies, Schiller & Flexner (BSF). ... Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ... Akamai Technologies, Inc. ... Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, HDTV, cable telephone, DVR, and broadband services over 6. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... Titanium Metals Corporation NYSE: TIE is a leading manufacturer of titanium-based metals products, focusing primarily on the aerospace industry. ... Portland State University Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon. ... KB Toys (originally known as Kay Bee Toys) is a chain of mall-based retail toy stores in the United States. ...

References

1. ^  Eric Owens et al., Best 159 Law Schools 2006 (Princeton Review)
2. ^  U.S News & World Report, "Best Grad Schools 2007"
3. ^  Leiter Law School top 20 Law school endowments

Notes

1. ^ http://www.law.northwestern.edu/difference/strategic.htm
2. ^ http://webapp.utexas.edu/blogs/archives/bleiter/000427.html

External links

• Official ABA Northwestern Law description (American Bar Association guide)
• ABA Northwestern Law Summary (American Bar Association guide)
• Northwestern University Law School (official)