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              UPDATE:  While the NIU Travel with the Professor bus trip is sold out, individual tickets for the evening with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have not yet gone on sale and will be available direct from Roosevelt University for those who are interested in attending on their own....

Did you know that more of our law students came from NIU undergrad than any other university in the country? As an NIU undergrad, you are part of a special group of prospective students, known at the law school as a prospective Double Huskie. Experience our diverse law school alumni and community as well as...

On Thursday, January 26th, NIU College of Law Professor Morse Tan lectured as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Ralph J. Bunche Library Distinguished Lecture Series. Professor Tan lectured on the topic of North Korea in the Bunche Library itself. Professor Tan spoke to an audience of seasoned State Department personnel, North Korea experts...

NIU’s College of Law held its 14th Annual Minority Alumni Reception, hosted by the NIU College of Law and alumnus Vincent Cornelius (’89), on February 22, at the Illinois State Bar Association’s office in Chicago. Current and prospective students, alumni, faculty, judges and political leaders from the Chicago area attended the reception, which included special...

NIU College of Law Dean Eric Dannenmaier was elected by representatives of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) to serve as the committee’s chair for 2017. Dannenmaier was appointed to JPAC by President Barack Obama in 2013, and he has served as a United States member of the international...

Over three weeks in January, the College of Law will help students prepare for the LSAT with two practice exams and a Pre-Law Workshop in between. First, take the Practice LSAT from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7. This simulated LSAT will be under realistic circumstances and time constraints. Participants will receive...

College of Law alumni Karoline Carstens (‘06), Elizabeth Shine Hermes (‘03) and Adam R. Vaught (’05), have been honored as “40 under 40” attorneys by The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.  The Law Bulletin publishing company conducts the “40 under 40” survey annually to determine who they believe are the up and coming young attorneys in Illinois...

Healing to Action, co-founded by NIU Law alum Karla Altmayer (J.D. ’12), is a public service organization whose mission is to end gender-based violence by cultivating worker leadership to improve community response, to unite labor and anti-violence movements, and to increase access to justice for low-wage workers who have been victimized. Building on her NIU...

The National Latina/o Law Student Association (NLLSA) alumni group recognized NIU College of Law Professor Robert L. Jones with the Outstanding Coach and Mentor award at its annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, in October. The 2016 NLLSA meeting focused on the role of Latina/o law students in an increasingly globalized world and featured a conference...

The July 29 issue of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin features Eric Dannenmaier, the new dean of the NIU College of Law. Dannenmaier “pursued the position of dean at NIU because it seemed like a natural fit,” the article states. “For me,” the story quotes Dannenmaier, “it was about the opportunity to contribute to an educational...

NIU College of Law Professor Morse Tan has been chosen to participate in the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ 2017 Emerging Leaders Program. Founded in 1922, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs “is an independent, nonpartisan organization that provides insight – and influences the public discourse – on critical global issues. The council is committed...

NIU College of Law Professor Yolanda M. King presented her book chapter, “Pushing the Body Beyond its Limits: Copyright Protection of Body Art” at the 10th annual Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop. The workshop took place from July 6 to July 12 at the University of Iowa College of Law in...