Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Law school in Chicago
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| July 2024 | A conservative group filed a lawsuit against the university challenging its faculty hiring practices aimed at increasing diversity, alleging discrimination against white men in faculty hiring and law review article selection. |
| 2023 | Northwestern Law ranked 3rd for the highest percentage of juris doctor graduates receiving associate positions at the largest 100 law firms in the country. |
| 2022 | The Northwestern Law Journal des Refusés was founded as a journal for legal rejects and the legal avant-garde. |
| 2022 | Northwestern Law ranked 4th for the highest percentage of juris doctor graduates receiving associate positions at the largest 100 law firms in the country. |
| August 2022 | For the 2022-2023 academic year, the total cost of attendance at Northwestern Law was $104,564, which includes tuition, fees, living expenses, books, and miscellaneous expenses. |
| 2021 | Northwestern Law ranked 2nd for the highest percentage of juris doctor graduates receiving associate positions at the largest 100 law firms in the country. |
| 2021 | The Supreme Court Clinic partnered with multiple human rights organizations to file an amicus brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. |
| 2018 | The Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth was merged back into the main Center on Wrongful Convictions. |
| 2016 | Professors Steven Drizin and Laura Nirider appeared in the Netflix documentary 'Making a Murderer', representing Brendan Dassey in post-conviction legal proceedings through the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth. |
| 2016 | Northwestern Law ranked #2 as a 'feeder' school for BigLaw firms in Vault's survey of over 15,000 BigLaw associates, outperforming its expected BigLaw representation by 315%. |
| October 2015 | The law school was renamed Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law after J. B. Pritzker and his wife, M.K. Pritzker, who donated $100 million to the school. |
| February 7 2011 | The Chicago Code premiered on Fox, featuring scenes filmed at Northwestern Law School. |
| August 2010 | Filming for the television drama 'The Chicago Code' began on the Northwestern Law campus, using law school locations as set pieces. |
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