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The NIU Foundation recently partnered with Lisa Freeman, vice president for Research and Graduate Studies, and the Office of the Provost to restructure the NIU Foundation Venture Grants program. A team of NIU students from the College of Law helped to create a concept and plan for this unique program. The move to update the...
NIU’s College of Law has announced the creation of two new certificate programs: the Certificate in Criminal Practice and Certificate in Civil Advocacy programs. These specialized programs will give NIU Law students the opportunity to focus their legal education toward one of two distinct concentrations that build on existing strengths at NIU Law. The certificates...
Eight leaders of state government and corporate health care agree that “true reform” of health care delivery is not only likely but coming, thanks to advances in technology and electronic medical records. That hopeful message closed a June 13 panel discussion moderated by NIU Board of Trustees Chair Cherilyn Murer. “I found it very gratifying...
Cherilyn G. Murer was re-elected today as chair of the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University for fiscal year 2013. She has served in this capacity since Sept. 15, 2011. Murer, who was first appointed to the board in 2005 and was reappointed in spring, 2011, previously served as the fourth member of the...
Five third-year students from the NIU College of Law have been selected as the first-ever recipients of the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Bridge to the Bar Scholarship. The students are Nareman Abdallah of Rochelle, Jeffrey Brown of Morris, Alia Choudhury of Carol Stream, Sania Merchant of DeKalb and Corey Sealy of Oak Park. Each will...
Northern Illinois University College of Law was named as one of the top law schools in the nation when it comes to minimizing tuition inflation according to preLaw magazine in its Spring 2012 issue. The College of Law was represented on a list of “Tuition Winners” based on the lowest tuition increases by dollar amount of all...
The NIU College of Law will welcome Michael A. Olivas, immediate past-president of the Association of American Law Schools, to present the Marla Dickerson Lecture on Public Interest. Professor Olivas will present his lecture at 3 p.m. Monday, April 16, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall. Olivas’ lecture, “Lessons Learned about...
The NIU College of Law’s Criminal Law Society will host an Innocence Panel at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall inside the NIU College of Law. Panelists will discuss the case of Juan Rivera, who spent nearly 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections wrongfully...
“Storming the Gates: The Struggle for Access to Higher Education in Illinois,” a powerful documentary which chronicles the ongoing history of blacks and Latinos in Illinois higher education, will screen at NIU. The screening begins at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, inside the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center. The film features trailblazers...
The NIU College of Law Office of Admissions & Financial Aid will host “Demystifying the Female Super Lawyer: Perspectives On Balancing A Career, A Family, and Life.” The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in Room 315 of Altgeld Hall. This program, which is also co-sponsored by the NIU...
The NIU College of Law will host “Youth Justice: Young and in Trouble” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall. This symposium will address the issues of youth justice against the backdrop of the U.S. Supreme Court J.D.B. v. North Carolina (2011) decision...
Amy Widman, an assistant professor in the NIU College of Law, testified Feb. 2 before the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee – Subcommittee on the Constitution in Washington, D.C. Widman was asked to testify in support of her recently published article, “State Attorneys General’s Use of Concurrent Public Enforcement Authority in Federal Consumer...