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The Northern Illinois University College of Law will host its 22nd annual Francis X. Riley Lecture on Professionalism at 3 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom. The Honorable Charles R. Wilson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Tampa, Fla., will present, “That Justice Shall Be...

Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, Justice Robert R. Thomas, Chief Judge Michael J. Sullivan and NIU College of Law Dean Jennifer L. Rosato will host the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice Listening Conference at NIU. The conference is scheduled from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at the Riley Courtroom (Swen...

The State of Illinois Appellate Court for the Second District will convene and hear oral arguments from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of the NIU College of Law. Oral arguments will be followed by an informal question-and-answer session. A reception will then be held in the Thurgood...

The NIU College of Law will welcome Lawrence J. Fox, legal ethics expert and Yale Law Crawford Lecturer, to deliver the 19th annual Francis X. Riley Lecture on Professionalism at 3 p.m. Friday, March 30. Fox will present “Can This Profession be Saved?” in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall. His lecture will...

NIU Trustee Cherilyn G. Murer (’78), president and CEO of Murer Consultants, Inc., will present the 18th Annual Francis X. Riley Lecture on Professionalism at 3 p.m. Friday, April 1. Murer will present her lecture in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom at the NIU College of Law, Swen Parson Hall.  Her lecture, titled “Recalibrating the Compass...

The NIU College of Law will host “Immigration Enforcement: Laws and ‘Outlaws'” from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 3, in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom of Swen Parson Hall. This timely symposium on immigration and homeland security law will feature presentations from a distinguished panel of leading experts on a breadth of topics including:...