Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

09/01/2026

Your law school journey starts today 🎓

Our applications are open! Explore all degree programs at Northwestern Pritzker Law, and take the first step toward a transformative legal education.

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08/24/2026

It's the first day of class! Whether you're just beginning your law school journey or returning for another excellent year, we're so excited to welcome our students to campus.

08/12/2026

Northwestern Pritzker Law and Kellogg School of Management School of Management have launched two new programs at the intersection of law and business.

The Northwestern MiM-JD Program lets Northwestern undergraduates earn a Master in Management from Kellogg on the way to a JD from Pritzker Law. The Kellogg-Northwestern Pritzker Law LLM-MiM Program lets LLM students add a Kellogg MiM to their law degree.

That’s two new ways to build both a legal and a business foundation, from two schools with a fifty-year partnership at that intersection. Read more:

The schools have created a new program allowing Northwestern undergraduate students to earn a Master in Management (MiM) from Kellogg followed by a JD from Northwestern Pritzker Law.

08/11/2026

Having held research and teaching positions at nearly a dozen global institutions, Prof. Neha Jain is a celebrated scholar of international human rights law. At the Law School, her interdisciplinary, global focus brings the urgent issues of our time to the classroom.

Professor Neha Jain has centered a commitment to fostering dialogue and engagement in the international law community.

08/10/2026

Law School faculty produce scholarship that shapes doctrine, influences policy, and changes practice. This past year our faculty have published groundbreaking works in the legal field’s best journals, spanning a breadth of topics from electoral politics to corporate criminal law.

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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is a leading research institution whose faculty produce scholarship that shapes doctrine, influences policy, and changes practice. This past year our most renowned faculty have published groundbreaking works in the legal field’s best journals, spanning a breadth...

08/06/2026

One of the nation’s most-cited civil procedure scholars, Prof. Myriam Gilles has become one of the country's leading voices on an issue that quietly affects millions of Americans every year—mandatory arbitration.

Examining recent Supreme Court decisions, Gilles paints a picture of a “quiet reshaping” of civil litigation. https://news.law.northwestern.edu/news/myriam-gilles-a-leading-voice-against-forced-arbitration/

08/04/2026

Skepticism about AI often centers on one fear: complete replacement of human effort. But is that really possible?

James Hairston, Global Head of Innovation Policy at OpenAI, shares his perspective on why the human element is what makes these tools valuable in the first place.

When AI is paired with the judgment and relational intelligence skilled lawyers bring to practice, lawyers can serve clients and communities better than either could alone.

08/03/2026

The Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center provides students with more than just robust academic offerings. The groundbreaking clinic has created an entrepreneurial ecosystem, where students gain practical experience in transactional law and represent real small business and startup clients.

Among the first programs nationwide to provide hands-on training for students who want to become transactional lawyers—or to start companies—the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center has represented hundreds of founders and startup companies, who also participate in workshops and other edu...

07/31/2026

Jordon Kruse (JD ’97) reflects on the lasting impact of a Northwestern Pritzker Law education on his career and life. Together with his family, he established the Kruse Family Scholarship Fund so that young lawyers could have the same opportunity to pursue a transformative legal education.

07/30/2026

Recent works from Northwestern Pritzker Law faculty include a look at the fairness of asset forfeiture, Asian American inequality in the legal field, and tort immunity for nursing home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Northwestern Pritzker Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines.