Tag: Illinois Innocence Project
Bennie Starks is the featured guest from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, when the NIU College of Law and the Innocence Project of Illinois will host a panel discussion on wrongful conviction. Starks was wrongly convicted in Lake County of a 1986 rape and battery that he did not commit. He spent 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...