Pritzker School of Law#Bluhm Legal Clinic

Founded in 1859, the school now known as the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law was the first law school established in Chicago. The school was originally the law department of the Old University of Chicago under the founding direction of Henry Booth{{cite web |url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/news/150anniversary/ |title=Northwestern Law 150 Year Anniversary, News & Events: Northwestern University Law School |access-date=January 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223091413/http://www.law.northwestern.edu/news/150anniversary/ |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }} and enrolled twenty-three students. The law school became Union College of Law when it was jointly affiliated with Northwestern University in 1873.{{Cite journal |last=Tokarz |first=Karen |date=January 1990 |title=A Tribute to the Nation's First Women Law Students |journal=Washington University Law Review |volume=68 |pages=101}} In 1891, the law school formally became the Northwestern University School of Law when Northwestern assumed total control.{{Cite web |title=History, About: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law |url=https://www.law.northwestern.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.law.northwestern.edu |language=en}}

During the 20th century, programs such as the JD-MBA and JD-PhD were added, helping to maintain the school's position among America's top-ranked law schools. In the 1930s, the school was home to the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, which student Fred E. Inbau would direct and from which he would train prosecutors and police, leading to the Reid technique of deceptive interrogation to obtain confessions.{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Robert |date=May 28, 1988 |title=Fred Inbau, 89, Criminologist Who Perfected Interrogation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/28/us/fred-inbau-89-criminologist-who-perfected-interrogation.html?pagewanted=2 |work=NY Times}}{{Cite journal |last=Wolffram |first=Heather |date=March 2021 |title=Teaching Forensic Science to the American Police and Public: The Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, 1929-1938 |journal=Academic Forensic Pathology |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=52–67 |doi=10.1177/19253621211002515 |issn=1925-3621 |pmc=8129488 |pmid=34040685}}

In October 2015, the Northwestern University School of Law was renamed the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law after J. B. Pritzker and his wife, M.K. Pritzker, gave $100 million to the law school.{{Cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-northwestern-law-school-gift-met-1022-20151022-story.html |title=Northwestern's law school gets $100 million Pritzker gift, new name |last=Bowean |first=Lolly |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=August 26, 2018 |language=en-US}}

In July 2024, a lawsuit was filed by a conservative group against the university citing its activities to increase the hiring of women and people of color for its faculty, as a violation of federal law prohibiting discrimination for reasons of race or sex, one year after affirmative action college admissions in the United States was struck down by the Supreme Court of the United States.Hartocollis, Anemona [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/us/affirmative-action-lawsuit.html "Northwestern Law School Accused of Bias Against White Men in Hiring"] The New York Times, July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2024. The suit asserts that the law school discriminates against, specifically, white men in faculty hiring, as well as in selection of articles published in its noted law review.Sloane, Karen [https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/northwestern-law-school-sued-discrimination-against-white-men-faculty-hiring-2024-07-02/ "Northwestern law school sued for discrimination against white men in faculty hiring"] Reuters July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

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Northwestern Law is located on Northwestern University's downtown campus in Chicago's Streeterville/Gold Coast neighborhood. The law school is on Lake Shore Drive and Chicago Avenue, adjacent to Lake Shore Park and Lake Michigan, and a few blocks from the John Hancock Center, Magnificent Mile, Water Tower, Oak Street Beach, and Navy Pier.

The law school's location in the heart of downtown Chicago provides a wealth of part-time employment options for students while in school and a setting in which to study law. The proximity to courts, commerce, and public interest activities enables students to experience the practice of law, as well as its theory.

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Admission to Northwestern Law is highly selective. For the class entering in the fall of 2021, 1,031 out of 7,410 (13.9%) were offered admission, with 234 matriculating.{{cite web|url=https://wwws.law.northwestern.edu/admissions/disclosures/documents/aba-standard-509-information-report.pdf|website=wwws.law.northwestern.edu|access-date=2023-09-24|title=Information Report}} The 25th and 75th LSAT percentiles for the 2021 entering class were 167 and 172, respectively, with a median of 171.{{cite web|url=http://premium.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/northwestern-university-pritzker-03050/admissions|title=US News: Login page|website=Premium.usnews.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}} The 25th and 75th undergraduate GPA percentiles were 3.60 and 3.93, respectively, with a median of 3.86.

The law school's practical philosophy is manifested in a strong preference for applicants with at least two years of work experience. Approximately 90% of the school's students enter with at least one year of full-time work experience; 70% possess more than two years of experience.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/admissions/|title=Admissions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

According to U.S. News & World Report's 2021 Edition, 94% of the law school's 2021 graduates obtained prospective, full-time employment prior to graduation,{{Cite web |title=Northwestern University (Pritzker) Law School Overview |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/northwestern-university-03050 |access-date=June 13, 2023 |website=U.S. News & World Report}} with a median starting salary of $215,000.{{Cite web |title=JD, Employment Statistics, Student Life: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law |url=https://www.law.northwestern.edu/career/stats/jd/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.law.northwestern.edu |language=en}} According to Northwestern's official 2022 ABA-required disclosures, 94% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term employment ten months after graduation. Northwestern's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 4.4%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.{{cite web|url=http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/northwestern/|title=Northwestern University Profile|website=Lstscorereports.com|access-date=May 5, 2020}}

Northwestern Law is well-established among BigLaw firms (defined as firms with 251 or more associates). In Vault's 2016 survey,{{cite web|url=http://www.vault.com/blog/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/the-best-law-schools-for-biglaw-jobs|title=The Best Law Schools for BigLaw Jobs|website=Vault|access-date=October 11, 2017}} of over 15,000 BigLaw associates, Northwestern Law ranked #2 as a "feeder" school for BigLaw firms, after accounting for school size. According to Vault, Northwestern Law outperforms its expected BigLaw representation by 315%. Northwestern Law ranked 2nd, 4th, and 3rd in 2021,{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=David |title=2021 Go-To Law Schools All Law Schools Data |url=https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/david.palmer/viz/AllSchoolsData_16135847432650/Dashboard1 |access-date=June 13, 2023}} 2022,{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=David |title=2022 Go-To Law Schools All Law Schools Data |url=https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/david.palmer/viz/2022AllLawSchoolsData/AllLawSchoolsData |access-date=June 13, 2023}} and 2023 respectively for the highest percentage of juris doctor graduates who receive associate positions at the largest 100 law firms in the country.{{Cite web |title=TaxProf Blog: 2023 Law School Rankings By Graduates In BigLaw Jobs |url=https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2023/03/2023-law-school-rankings-by-graduates-in-biglaw-jobs.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=taxprof.typepad.com |language=en}}

The law school enrolls approximately 985 students in its J.D., LL.M., S.J.D. and M.S.L. (Master of Science in Law) programs. The school employs an interdisciplinary research faculty, and has a low student-faculty ratio. The 2016 student/faculty ratio was 6.5 to 1. According to Northwestern's 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 93% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term employment nine months after graduation.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/professional-life/career/stats/documents/northwestern_law_employment_summary_2016.pdf|title=Employment Statistics|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, living expenses, books, and other miscellaneous expenses) at Northwestern Law for the 2022-2023 academic year is $104,564.{{Cite web |title=Pritzker School of Law: Chicago Financial Aid - Northwestern University |url=https://chicagofinancialaid.northwestern.edu/tuition/pritzker-school-of-law.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=chicagofinancialaid.northwestern.edu |language=en}} The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $367,588.{{cite web |title=Northwestern University Profile |url=https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/northwestern/costs |access-date=June 13, 2023 |website=Law School Transparency}}

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Northwestern Law sponsors seven student-run scholarly legal journals. Student staff members are selected based on a writing competition, editing competition, and first-year grades, or a publishable note or comment on a legal topic.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/|title=Journals, Research & Faculty: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

The Journal of International Law and Business has a substantive focus on private international law, as opposed to public international law or human rights. It seeks scholarship analyzing transnational and international legal problems and their effect on private entities. The Journal's stated goal is to promote an understanding of the future course of international legal developments as they relate to private entities.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/jilb/|title=Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business - Northwestern University School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

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The Northwestern University Law Review was first published in 1906 when it was called the "Illinois Law Review." Prior editors include: Roscoe Pound, long-time dean of Harvard Law School; Judge Robert A. Sprecher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens; Dean James A. Rahl; Illinois Governor Daniel Walker; and former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Newton N. Minow; US Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson.

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The Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property addresses subjects relating to law at the intersection of technology and intellectual property, including law and biotechnology, copyrights, the Internet, media, patents, telecommunications, and trademarks.

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The School states that its Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology "is one of the most widely read and widely cited publications in the world".{{cite web|url=http://www.top-law-schools.com/northwestern-law-school.html#Beyond_the_Classroom|title=Northwestern Law - TLS wiki|website=Top-law-schools.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}} It is the second most widely subscribed journal published by any law school in the country. It is one of the most widely circulated law journals in the country. The journal was founded in 1910 by Dean John Henry Wigmore.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/about/|title=Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology - Northwestern University School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

The Journal of Law and Social Policy is an interdisciplinary journal that explores the impact of the law on different aspects of society. Topics covered include race, gender, sexual orientation, housing, immigration, health care, juvenile justice, voting rights, family law, civil rights, poverty, the environment, and privacy rights.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/njlsp/|title=Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy - Northwestern University School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

The Journal of Human Rights is an interdisciplinary journal for the discussion of human rights issues and law.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/jihr/index.html|title=Northwestern Journal of Human Rights - Northwestern University School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

The Northwestern Law Journal des Refusés is a "journal of law for legal rejects and the legal avant-garde" founded in 2022.{{Cite web |title=About NLJR Northwestern Law Journal des Refusés |url=https://nljr.law.northwestern.edu/about-2/about/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Northwestern Law Journal des Refusés |language=en-US}} It was inspired by the Paris Salon des Refusés and aims to discuss legal issues in a way that is more accessible to the general public, as well as help readers trying to understand more difficult works. It publishes one print-issue each Spring and additional online articles throughout the year.

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The Pritzker Legal Research Center is the library, and fulfills the research and information needs of the faculty and students of Northwestern Law. The Center is named after the Pritzker family, a philanthropic Chicago family. Jay A. Pritzker (1922-1999) graduated from Northwestern University in 1941 and Northwestern University School of Law in 1947.

Clinical education at Northwestern dates back to the law school's beginnings. An innovative program developed by Dean John Henry Wigmore in 1910 with the Chicago Legal Aid Society evolved into the Legal Clinic, which opened its doors in 1969 with only two staff attorneys. In 2000, the Clinic was named for Northwestern University trustee and alum Neil Bluhm, a billionaire in real estate and casinos. Today, the Bluhm Legal Clinic houses around 20 clinics within 14 centers and is widely recognized as one of the most comprehensive and effective clinical programs in the country. Through the law school's clinical program, students gain direct experience representing clients and fine-tune their skills as advocates. They also work with clinical faculty and staff to challenge the fairness of our legal institutions and to propose solutions for reform. From 2000 to 2013, its director was Steven Drizin.

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The Center on Wrongful Convictions{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/|title=Center on Wrongful Convictions: Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}} (CWC) is dedicated to identifying and rectifying wrongful convictions. The Center investigates possible wrongful convictions and represents imprisoned clients with claims of actual innocence. It also focuses on raising public awareness of the prevalence, causes, and social costs of wrongful convictions and promoting reform of the criminal justice system. In 2009, faculty member Prof Steven Drizin co-founded a sister project to this Center, a Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, which was merged back into the main center after 2018.

Established in 2006, the Appellate Advocacy Center includes the Federal Appellate Clinic and the Supreme Court Clinic, along with a moot program for practitioners. The Appellate Advocacy Center is directed by Xiao Wang.{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/nwappellate/|title=Appellate Advocacy Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=May 19, 2022}}

In the Federal Appellate Clinic, students research and brief cases in federal appellate courts across the country. In certain instances, where a case involves significant federal issues or interests, students will also participate in state appellate court work. Clinic cases generally focus on immigration, qualified immunity, and criminal sentencing and post-conviction issues, although other topics and matters are covered as well. Where possible, Clinic students participate in oral argument before a United States court of appeals.{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/nwappellate/federal-appellate-clinic/|title=Federal Appellate Clinic: Appellate Advocacy Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=May 19, 2022}}

In the Supreme Court Clinic, students work with attorneys at Sidley Austin to draft certiorari, merits, and amicus briefs before the Supreme Court.{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/nwappellate/supreme-court-clinic/|title=Supreme Court Clinic: Appellate Advocacy Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=May 19, 2022}} Sidley attorneys Carter Phillips and Jeffrey Green co-direct the Supreme Court Clinic.

The Clinic works on a variety of legal matters. During any given year, the Clinic will file briefs in cases concerning international law, tribal law, sentencing, criminal procedure, habeas, and the First Amendment.{{cite web|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/nwappellate/supreme-court-clinic/recent-filings/|title=Supreme Court Clinic Recent Filings: Appellate Advocacy Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=May 19, 2022}} The Clinic frequently collaborates with state and federal public defenders. The Clinic also works with nonprofit organizations, including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In fall 2021, the Clinic partnered with Northwestern's Center for International Human Rights, Amnesty International, Global Justice Center, and Human Rights Watch to file an amicus brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, asserting that Mississippi's abortion ban was inconsistent with international law.{{cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-1392/192874/20210920162148560_Dobbs_9.20_Clean.pdf|title=Brief of Amicus Curiae Human Rights Watch, Global Justice Center, and Amnesty International on Behalf of Respondents|website=SupremeCourt.gov|access-date=May 19, 2022}}

The Children and Family Justice Center represents young people on matters of delinquency and crime, family violence, school discipline, health and disability, and immigration and asylum.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/cfjc/aboutus/|title=About Us, Children and Family Justice Center: Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}} Attorneys, a social worker, and affiliated professionals help second- and third-year law students meet with clients, research legal issues, learn pretrial investigation, interviewing, and counseling skills, and litigate cases.

The MacArthur Justice Center focuses its work on police misconduct, wrongful detention compensation, post-9/11 work, and other public interest and civil rights issues. Of particular note is the Guantanamo Bay detainee representation led by Joseph Margulies, author of Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power and lead counsel in Rasul v. Bush.

The Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center (DPELC),{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/elc/|title=Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center: Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}} founded as the Small Business Opportunity Center (SBOC), is a transactional clinic that was founded in 1998. Clients include technology executives, consultants, inventors, manufacturers and sellers of consumer products, musical groups, and persons interested in establishing nonprofit organizations.

The Center is also heavily involved in teaching in the field of entrepreneurship law, and hosts symposia and conferences to facilitate that endeavor.

The Center for International Human Rights works to advance human rights while enabling students to test and refine their academic learning in real cases. Stressing a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, the center provides policy perspectives to the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the U.S. Department of State, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations. Over the years faculty and staff working in the center have addressed, among other matters, the role of the International Criminal Court, international terrorism, U.S. death penalty laws, truth commissions, economic rights, NATO's humanitarian intervention, and political asylum cases. Students have investigated cases and had summer internships in Guatemala, Indonesia, and at the U.N. Human Rights Centre in Geneva.

The Center also offers students an opportunity to earn an LLM in Human Rights. The degree program is designed for students from transitional democracies and for those with career interests in international human rights law.

The Investor Protection Center provides assistance to investors with limited income or small dollar claims who are unable to obtain legal representation. Law students, under the supervision of faculty attorneys, represent customers in handling their disputes with broker-dealers.

During the last few years, the (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority)(FINRA) and other organizations have taken steps to make more information and services available to investors. Northwestern Law's Investor Protection Center operates with the aid of grants from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation and other organizations to focus on priority areas. In particular, the Center is focused on helping to meet the needs of women, novice investors, and the elderly, in connection with securities arbitration.

Named in honor of an innovative leader{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/bartlit/|title=Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy: Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}} in litigation and business strategies, the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy was established in 1999 to conduct research and teach innovative and technologically advanced trial strategy. The Bartlit Center focuses on changes in trial craft brought on by new technologies and compensation approaches.

The Bartlit Center sponsors and conducts academic research on the litigation process; support teaching skills in the JD program; and holds national conferences to explore and teach innovative trial and trial management strategies. The Bartlit Center works to complement the law school's program in simulation-based teaching of trial skills and builds on the research produced by Northwestern Law faculty.

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• Ronald J. Allen, renowned evidence scholar and adviser to foreign governments on law reform
• Steven Calabresi, constitutional scholar and founder and chairman of the Federalist Society
• Steven Drizin
• Edwin R. Keedy, dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Andrew Koppelman, noted legal scholar on same-sex marriage
• Leon Green, former dean; known for pioneering work in the law of torts, especially causation and injuries to relations
• Charles T. McCormick, expert on evidence, damages, and federal court procedure; writings include the classic hornbooks, Handbook on the Law of Damages (1935) and Handbook on the Law of Evidence (1954).
• John O. McGinnis, expert on trade law and one of nation's leading scholars in the field of Constitutional Law.
• Dawn Clark Netsch, expert in governmental organization law and the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for Governor of Illinois.
• James E. Pfander, civil procedure, federal courts, and constitutional law scholar
• Roscoe Pound, former dean of Harvard Law School, founder of the movement for "sociological jurisprudence"
• Martin Redish, civil procedure and constitutional law scholar
• David S. Ruder, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
• David Scheffer, international law and war crimes expert who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
• Charles Taylor, political philosopher, Royal Society of Canada fellow, British Academy fellow, member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
• David E. Van Zandt, former dean of Northwestern University School of Law
• John Henry Wigmore, the "father of modern evidence," first full-time dean of Northwestern Law (1901) and author of Treatise on Evidence

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• The Chicago Code was substantially filmed on the Northwestern Law campus in Chicago.{{cite web |url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/ebriefs/1110.html |title=E-briefs |access-date=December 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120203138/http://www.law.northwestern.edu/ebriefs/1110.html |archive-date=November 20, 2011 }} This television drama premiered on Fox on February 7, 2011.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/03/the-chicago-code-fka-ride-along-premieres-night-after-super-bowl-xlv-monday-february-7/70722 |title='The Chicago Code' (FKA 'Ride Along') Premieres Night After Super Bowl XLV, Monday, February 7 |last=Seidman |first=Robert |date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=November 3, 2010 |publisher=TV by the Numbers |archive-date=November 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107010450/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/03/the-chicago-code-fka-ride-along-premieres-night-after-super-bowl-xlv-monday-february-7/70722 |url-status=dead }} Filming at Northwestern Law began in August 2010. Classrooms in the law school are depicted as interior offices for the fictional offices for City administration. Levy Mayer 212 served as the main taping location at the law school.
• In The Judge, Robert Downey Jr. plays the role of a Chicago defense attorney who is a Northwestern Law graduate.
• Prof Steven Drizin and Prof Laura Nirider feature heavily in the 2016 Netflix documentary Making a Murderer as the post-conviction legal representatives of Brendan Dassey. Dassey’s confession is thought by many to be false and coerced, so both Drizin and Nirider are acting as part of work by the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth.

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Selected prominent Northwestern Law alumni include:

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• Diane Marie Amann, the Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center at the University of Georgia School of Law, and Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Children in & affected by Armed Conflict.{{Cite web|url=http://www.law.uga.edu/profile/diane-marie-amann|title=Diane Marie Amann | University of Georgia School of Law}}
• Raoul Berger, one of America 's foremost legal historians, former Senior Fellow in American Legal History at Harvard University and author of Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/about/news/newsdisplay.cfm?id=368|title=Scholars and Jurists Honor Raoul Berger, About: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• George Burditt, adjunct member of the faculty{{Cite news|title=George Miller Burditt Jr., former Illinois state representative, 1922–2013|work=Chicago Tribune|author=Bob Goldsborough|date=March 28, 2013|access-date=May 6, 2013|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/03/28/george-miller-burditt-jr-former-illinois-state-representative-1922-2013/}}
• G. Marcus Cole, Professor of Law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, and Associate Dean for Curriculum, Stanford Law School{{cite web|url=https://law.stanford.edu/directory/g-marcus-cole/|title=G. Marcus Cole - Stanford Law School|first=Stanford Law|last=School|website=Law.stanford.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Steven Drizin, lawyer and law professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
• T. Markus Funk, law professor and attorney at Perkins Coie. {{cite book | last =Coen | first =Jeff | title =Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob | publisher =Chicago Review Press | date =2009 | isbn =9781569762462 }}
• Thomas F. Geraghty, Associate Dean for Clinical Education; Professor of Law; Director, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/thomasgeraghty/|title=Thomas F. Geraghty, Research & Faculty: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Kristin E. Hickman, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and the Harlan Albert Rogers Professor in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School{{cite web|url=https://www.law.umn.edu/profiles/kristin-hickman|title=Kristin Hickman|website=University of Minnesota Law School}}
• Charles P. Kindregan, Jr., expert in assisted reproduction law, Professor at Suffolk University Law School{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolk.edu/law/faculty/Charles_Kindregan.php|title=Charles P. Kindregan - Suffolk University|first=Suffolk|last=University|website=Suffolk.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• James Nabrit Jr., president of Howard University and pioneering civil rights law academic and attorney
• Kate A. Shaw, law professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, podcast co-host and ABC News Supreme Court contributor
• Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School{{cite web|url=https://www.law.gwu.edu/jonathan-turley|title=Jonathan Turley - GW Law - The George Washington University|website=Law.gwu.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

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• Ferdinand Lee Barnett, founder of The Chicago Conservator
• Eddie Einhorn, owner of the Chicago White Sox{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/cws/team/exe_bios/einhorn_eddie.html|title=Chicago White Sox: Front Office|website=Mlb.mlb.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Matt Ferguson, president and CEO of Careerbuilder.com{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/careerbuildercom-names-matt-ferguson-president-72559942.html|title=CareerBuilder.com Names Matt Ferguson President|last=CareerBuilder.com|website=Prnewswire.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Elbert Henry Gary, co-founder, president, and chairman of United States Steel Corporation; namesake of Gary, Indiana{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Elbert_Henry_Gary.aspx#2|title=Elbert Henry Gary facts, information, pictures - Encyclopedia.com articles about Elbert Henry Gary|website=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Michael Goodkin, quantitative finance entrepreneur and founder of Arbitrage Management Company ("AMC")Goodkin, Michael. [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/lifestyle/book-review-the-wrong-answer-faster/ The Wrong Answer Faster: The Inside Story of Making the Machine that Trades Trillions]. John Wiley & Sons, 2012
• Randy Kaplan, founder of Akamai Technologies{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks|title=Stocks|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Marc J. Lane, founder of The Marc J. Lane Wealth Group
• Robert R. McCormick, United States colonel; co-founder of law firm Stuart G. Shepard and Robert R. McCormick, (later Kirkland & Ellis);{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/kirkland-ellis-llp-history/|title=History of Kirkland & Ellis LLP – FundingUniverse|website=Fundinguniverse.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}} publisher of the Chicago Tribune{{cite web|url=http://www.firstdivisionmuseum.org/research/mccormick.aspx|title=Robert R. McCormick's Biography - First Division Museum|website=Firstdivisionmuseum.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Morgan E. O'Brien, co-founder and former chairman of Nextel{{cite web|url=http://people.equilar.com/bio/morgan-o-brien-pdvwireless/salary/4414#.V4PJUFdEm0g|title=Morgan E. O'Brien - Executive Bio, Compensation History, and Contacts - Equilar Atlas|website=People.equilar.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Jay A. Pritzker, co-founder Hyatt Hotels Corporation{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/hyatt-corporation-history/|title=History of Hyatt Corporation – FundingUniverse|website=Fundinguniverse.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Frank C. Rathje, founder of the Mutual National Bank of Chicago and president of the American Bankers Association{{cite web|url=http://www.masonrytoday.com/index.php?new_month=8&new_day=21&new_year=2015|title=Today in Masonic History - Frank C. Rathje was Born|website=Masonrytoday.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls{{cite web|url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/team/exe_bios/reinsdorf_jerry.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020422104949/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/team/exe_bios/reinsdorf_jerry.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2002|title=Chicago White Sox: Front Office|website=Chicago.whitesox.mlb.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Howard A. Tullman, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist
• Mark Walter, founder and CEO of Guggenheim Partners and Chairman of Los Angeles Dodgers{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-apr-21-la-fi-mark-walter-20120422-story.html|title=What kind of man is Dodgers' next owner?|first=Kim|last=Christensen|date=April 21, 2012|access-date=October 11, 2017|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}

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• George Wildman Ball (1933), former Undersecretary of State, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/alumni/ball.html|title=George Ball : Alumni Exhibit: Northwestern University Archives|website=Exhibits.library.northwestern.edu|date=17 September 2000|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Ferdinand L. Barnett, Civil Rights activist and Assistant State's Attorney in Illinois, husband of Ida B. Wells.{{Cite web |last=Lupton |first=John A. |date=February 24, 2020 |title=Illinois Supreme Court e-Newsletter |url=http://illinoiscourts.gov/Media/enews/2020/022420_SC_history.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806094605/http://illinoiscourts.gov/Media/enews/2020/062320_chief-column.asp |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2020 |website=illinoiscourts.gov}}
• Richard Ben-Veniste, Chief of the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office Watergate Task Force{{cite web|url=https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-lawyer/articles/may-2010-legends-in-the-law.cfm|title=Legends in the Law: Richard Ben-Veniste|website=Dcbar.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Judy Biggert (J.D. 1963), U.S. representative, 1999–2013{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b001232|title=BIGGERT, Judy Borg - Biographical Information|website=Bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• William Jennings Bryan, former U.S. Secretary of State and three-time Democratic Nominee for president{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/alumni/bryan.html|title=William Jennings Bryan : Alumni Exhibit: Northwestern University Archives|website=Exhibits.library.northwestern.edu|date=17 September 2000|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Dale Bumpers, former governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator for Arkansas{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_arkansas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bumpers_dale.default.html|title=Dale Bumpers|last=root|website=Nga.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Salem J. Chalabi, First General Director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal to try Saddam Hussein{{cite journal|url=http://www.meforum.org/664/salem-chalabi-judging-saddam|title=Salem Chalabi: Judging Saddam|date=September 1, 2004|journal=Middle East Quarterly|access-date=October 11, 2017|last1=Quarterly|first1=Middle East}}
• Alfred Cilella, Illinois state legislator'Illinois Blue Book 1943-1944,' Biographical Sketch of Alfred Cilella, pg. 398-399
• Dennis Daugaard, Governor of South Dakota{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/current-governors/col2-content/main-content-list/dennis-daugaard.html|title=Dennis Daugaard|last=root|website=Nga.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• William Dawson, first African American to chair a Congressional Committee, beginning in 1949.{{Cite web |title=DAWSON, William Levi - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/D/DAWSON,-William-Levi-(D000158)/ |access-date=August 16, 2020 |website=history.house.gov |language=en}}
• Richard Devine, Cook County Former State's Attorney{{cite web|url=https://www.cozen.com/people/bios/devine-richard|title=Cozen O'Connor: Devine, Richard A.|website=Cozen.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806155058/https://www.cozen.com/people/bios/devine-richard|url-status=dead}}
• Edward Dunne, Former governor of Illinois, Former mayor of Chicago{{cite web|url=http://www.chipublib.org/mayor-edward-f-dunne-biography/|title=Mayor Edward F. Dunne Biography|website=Chipublib.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• W. Neil Eggleston, White House Counsel under President Barack Obama{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/us/specialist-in-oversight-inquiries-to-be-named-white-house-counsel.html|title=Obama Names White House Counsel|first=Charlie|last=Savage|date=April 21, 2014|access-date=October 11, 2017|website=The New York Times}}
• Carl R. Feld, Wisconsin State Assembly{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hfBEAQAAMAAJ&q=Carl+R.+Feld+Northwestern+law&pg=PA500|title=The Wisconsin Blue Book|date=October 11, 1887|publisher=Industrial Commission|access-date=October 11, 2017|via=Google Books}}
• Florence Kelley (1894), social reformer, early advocate for the minimum wage, eight-hour workdays, and children's rights; first general secretary of the National Consumers League; helped to create the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
• Ada Kepley, first American woman to obtain a law degree (1870){{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/about/history/|title=History, About: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|website=Law.northwestern.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Robert Todd Lincoln (1866),This alumnus attended the law school when it formed part of the Old University of Chicago, which closed in 1886 after it was damaged by a fire, and which was later renamed the Northwestern University School of Law. U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1889–1893); 35th United States Secretary of War (1881–1885)
• Wendy E. Long, Republican nominee for United States Senate from New York in 2012 and 2016
• Frank Orren Lowden, Former governor of Illinois, third-place finisher in the 1920 Republican party convention, second-place finisher in the 1928 convention{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_lowden_frank.html|title=Frank Orren Lowden|last=root|website=Nga.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• J. Curtis McKay, Wisconsin State Assembly{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~schears/obits/1998/march/mjs0325.obi.html|title=Converted by Text2Web|website=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Albert E. Mead, former governor of Washington{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_washington/col2-content/main-content-list/title_mead_albert.html|title= Washington Governor Albert E. Mead|publisher= National Governors Association |access-date= October 10, 2012}}
• Newton Minow, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission{{cite web|url=http://www.sidley.com/news/professorship-in-honor-of-newton-minow|title=Newton Minow|website=Sidley.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Dawn Clark Netsch, first woman to be elected to a state-wide constitutional office in Illinois{{cite web|url=http://dailynorthwestern.com/2013/04/13/campus/northwestern-law-professor-dawn-clark-netsch-memorial-integrity/|title=Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch remembered for 'absolute, unshakeable integrity'|first=Lauren|last=Caruba|website=Dailynorthwestern.com|date=14 April 2013|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Graham T. Perry, second African-American elected for assistant attorney general for the State of Illinois
• J. B. Pritzker, Managing Partner of Pritzker Group Venture Capital, and current governor of Illinois{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkergroup.com/am_team/j-b-pritzker/|title=J.B. Pritzker - Pritzker Group|website=Pritzkergroup.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Pat Quinn, former governor of Illinois{{cite web|url=http://governorquinn.com/about/index.html|title=Pat Quinn|website=Governorquinn.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Tom Railsback, former United States Representative{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=r000012|title=RAILSBACK, Thomas Fisher, (1932 - )|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 19, 2012}}
• Henry T. Rainey, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000014|title=RAINEY, Henry Thomas - Biographical Information|website=Bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• José Abad Santos, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines{{cite web|url=http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~camiling/bio/jsantos.htm|title=Jose Abad Santos bio|website=Bcf.usc.edu|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731104726/http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~camiling/bio/jsantos.htm|archive-date=July 31, 2018|url-status=dead}}
• Jerry Springer, former Mayor of Cincinnati, television talk show host{{cite web|url=http://www.nytix.com/TVShows/Archive/JerrySpringer/jerryspringer.html|title=A Biography on the life of Jerry Springer|website=Nytix.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Seymour Stedman, former shepherd with only three years of education, admitted while working as a janitor; Socialist Party of America nominee for Vice-President of the United States (and for Mayor of Chicago)[https://books.google.com/books?id=V9A6AAAAIAAJ&dq=Seymour+Stedman+Northwestern+law&pg=PA15 A Political Guide for the Workers: Socialist Party Campaign, Book 1920], The Socialist Party of the United States, 1920, p. 15.
• Halvor Steenerson, former U.S. representative[https://books.google.com/books?id=HUc4AQAAMAAJ&dq=Halvor+Steenerson+Northwestern+law&pg=PA143 Compendium of History and Biography of Central and Northern Minnesota], G.A. Ogle & Company, 1904, p. 143.
• Adlai Stevenson, former governor of Illinois, two-time Democratic nominee for president, and Ambassador to the United Nations{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/alumni/a-stevenson.html|title=Adlai E. Stevenson : Alumni Exhibit: Northwestern University Archives|website=Exhibits.library.northwestern.edu|date=17 September 2000|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Suhas Subramanyam, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Charles M. Thomson, former U.S. representative{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000228|title=THOMSON, Charles Marsh - Biographical Information|website=Bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Jim Thompson, former governor of Illinois{{cite web|url=http://www.navigant.com/professionals/t/thompson-gov-james-r/|title=James Thompson|website=Navigant.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Daniel Walker, former governor of Illinois{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_illinois/col2-content/main-content-list/title_walker_daniel.default.html|title=Daniel Walker|last=root|website=Nga.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Harold Washington, first black mayor of Chicago (1983–87), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/harold-washington-9524806|title=Harold Washington|website=Biography.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Richard E. Wiley, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission{{cite web|url=http://www.fed-soc.org/experts/detail/richard-e-wiley|title=Richard E. Wiley|website=Fed-soc.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Paul Ziffren, Democratic National Committee chair
• Albert Goldman (politician) (J.D. 1925), socialist lawyer and political activist, personal lawyer of Leon Trotsky during his stay in Mexico CityAlbert Glotzer, "Albert Goldman," in Bernard K. Johnpoll and Harvey Klehr (eds.), Biographical Dictionary of the American Left. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986; pp. 159-160.

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• Simeon R. Acoba, Jr., Hawaii Supreme Court Justice{{cite web|url=http://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/supreme/justices/associate_justice_simeon_r_acoba_jr.html|title=Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba Jr.|website=Courts.state.hi.us|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Mary Bartelme, influential pioneer in juvenile justice, first woman elected judge in Illinois.{{Cite news |last=Sawyers |first=June |date=March 12, 1989 |title='SUITCASE MARY' LEADS A CRUSADE FOR NEEDY GIRLS |language=en-US |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-03-12-8903260270-story.html |access-date=May 26, 2020}}
• Dalveer Bhandari, Judge at the International Court of Justice, 2012–present{{cite web|url=http://www.icj-cij.org/court/?p1=1&p2=2&p3=1&judge=197|title=The Honorable Dalveer Bhandari|website=Icj-cij.org|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602235711/http://www.icj-cij.org/court/?p1=1&p2=2&p3=1&judge=197|archive-date=June 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}
• Rubén Castillo, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=398&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|title=Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present - Federal Judicial Center|website=Fjc.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Edmond E. Chang, U.S. District judge for United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/chang-edmond-e-min|title=Chang, Edmond E-Min - Federal Judicial Center|website=Fjc.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Joel Flaum, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/flaum-joel-martin|title=Flaum, Joel Martin - Federal Judicial Center|website=Fjc.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Michael B. Brennan, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge
• Michael Y. Scudder, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge
• Arthur Goldberg, former United States Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Secretary of Labor, and Ambassador to the United Nations{{cite web|url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/arthur_j_goldberg|title=Arthur J. Goldberg|website=Oyez.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Jim Jones, Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court{{cite web|url=https://www.isc.idaho.gov/main/jim-jones|title=Chief Justice Jim Jones|website=Isc.idaho.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821032254/http://www.isc.idaho.gov/main/jim-jones|archive-date=August 21, 2015}}
• Carole Kamin, first woman to become president of a state bar in the United States; Cook County Circuit Court Judge
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, for U.S. District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois{{cite web|url=http://sportsecyclopedia.com/mlb/comish/landis.html|title=Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1920-1944)|website=Sportsecyclopedia.com|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3222|title=Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present - Federal Judicial Center|website=Fjc.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Joan Larsen, U.S. Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitPaul Egan, [https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/11/01/joan-larsen-federal-appeals-court/820453001/ "U.S. Senate confirms appointment of Joan Larsen to federal appeals court"], Detroit Free Press, Detroit, November 1, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.

• Joan Lefkow, U.S. District Judge for United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2882&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|title=Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present - Federal Judicial Center|website=Fjc.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• John Paul Stevens, United States Supreme Court Justice{{cite web|url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/john_paul_stevens|title=John Paul Stevens|website=Oyez.org|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Richard Tallman, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Senior Judge{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2870&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|title=Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present - Federal Judicial Center|website=Fjc.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}
• Horace Ward, challenged racial discrimination at the University of Georgia, and first African American to become a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

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• Mary Bartelme, first woman elected judge in Illinois.
• Ferdinand L. Barnett, first African-American assistant State's Attorney in Illinois.{{Cite web |last=Lupton |first=John A. |date=February 24, 2020 |title=Illinois Supreme Court e-Newsletter |url=http://illinoiscourts.gov/Media/enews/2020/022420_SC_history.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806094605/http://illinoiscourts.gov/Media/enews/2020/062320_chief-column.asp |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2020 |website=illinoiscourts.gov}}
• Salem J. Chalabi, first General Director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal to try Saddam Hussein
• William Dawson, first African American to chair a congressional committee.{{Cite web |title=DAWSON, William Levi - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/D/DAWSON,-William-Levi-(D000158)/ |access-date=August 16, 2020 |website=history.house.gov |language=en}}
• Ada Kepley, first woman in the United States to graduate from a law schoolCharlton Thomas Lewis, Joseph H. Willsey. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UcwGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA939 "Harper's book of facts: a classified history of the world; embracing science, literature, and art"]. Harper & Brothers, 1895, p. 939.
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, former U.S. District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Dawn Clark Netsch, first woman to be elected to a statewide constitutional office in Illinois
• Harold Washington, first African American Mayor of Chicago (1983–87), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Horace Ward, challenged racial discrimination at the University of Georgia, and first African American to become a federal judge in Georgia
• Lloyd Garrison Wheeler, first African American admitted to the bar in Illinois.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17463938/obituary_of_lloyd_garrison_wheeler/ "Obituary: Lloyd Garrison Wheeler,"] Chicago Tribune, Aug. 31, 1909, pg. 4.

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