Catharine MacKinnon signing a book and speaking with a student. (April 25, 2019)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
In response to recent events, the Legal Studies team wants to offer something substantive during this historic moment, so we...
All day, sponsored by University Academic Calendar
Independence Day (no classes)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
To celebrate the Senior Legal Studies Majors and their hard work, we are hosting a brief celebration on Tuesday, June...
All day, sponsored by University Academic Calendar
Undergraduate petition to graduate due for Fall 2020 graduation
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join us on Zoom for this discussion with Professor Noora Lori of Boston University, author of Offshore Citizens: Permanent...
All day, sponsored by University Academic Calendar
Spring examinations begin
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
As COVID-19 has spread around the world, so have anxiety, fear—and scapegoating. But who’s being blamed, why, and with what...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly colloquium designed...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Kat Albrecht & Professor Laura Beth Nielsen Presents: Law's Failure: Title IX Policies, Managerialized Rights, and Undergraduate Understanding https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/6276104594
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM, sponsored by Institute For Policy Research
"Disease Spread and Human Capital" by Hannes Schwandt, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and IPR Fellow The Spring 2020...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Jessica Simes Presents: Mental Health Disparities in Solitary Confinement https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/6276104594
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
This Webinar took place on April 28, 2020. You can find a recording and a recap of key takeways here. --------------- Government...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Leah Ouellet Presents: Prosecutorial Discretion and Juvenile Life Without Parole https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/6276104594
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM, sponsored by Institute For Policy Research
"The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality" by Matthias Doepke, HSBC Research Professor of Economics and IPR Associate The Spring 2020 IPR...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
This Webinar took place on April 21, 2020. You can find a recording and a recap of key takeways here. --------------- Controversial...
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM, sponsored by Institute For Policy Research
"COVID-19 and Public Policy Responses by Government: Key Emerging Legal Issues" by Daniel B. Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor of Law and...
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
This webinar series, hosted by the Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness (a working group of the Center for International...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Legal Studies Reading Group The Code of Capital, by Katharina Pistor *co-sponsored with the Center for Legal Studies* Please Note: 5:00-6:50 PM...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Across the globe in migrant receiving states there has been an increase in state criminalization of civil assistance for refugees...
All day, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
If interested in applying to the Legal Studies major, please complete the online application form by Monday, February 3, 2020 If...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
LEGAL STUDIES invites you to a SWEET TREAT MEET & GREET! Friday, January 24, 12:30-1:30 pm Kresge 2351 Come get hot chocolate, snacks,...
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
What’s going on with Russia? Managing U.S.-Russian relations is one of the most important priorities for any American administration. Russia...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Change the Subject tells the story of a group of students at Dartmouth College who were committed to advancing and...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The fall quarter Graduate Fellows in Legal Studies (GFILS) and Legal Studies faculty reading group will meet on Monday, November...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
The White Leviathan: Nonwhite Bodies in the White Body Politic | A Conversation with Charles Mills Friday, November 8, 2019 3:30pm –...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Dr. Stefan Vogler presents: Sorting Sexualities: Expertise and the Politics of Legal Classification
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Office of International Relations
The digital revolution harbors both, opportunities and challenges for innovation, democracy, and technology governance. The rise of digital platforms such...
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join the Center for Legal Studies in celebrating Constitution Day 2019! Professor Jennifer Earl Constitution Day Lecture: Benign Policing or Constitutional...
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The Center for Legal Studies hosts its annual Law in Motion Key Note Lecture. This year's guest speaker is Robert...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies Friday, May 3rd for the lecture: Critical Lessons from the Carceral State Laurie Jo Reynolds (University of Illinois at...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
Professor MacKinnon will address the politics and law of sexual harassment, focusing on its violation of equality rights, considering the...
All day, sponsored by Global Politics and Religion Research Group
This international symposium will bring scholars of Islam, international and public affairs, education, race, and law together with practicing journalists...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Legal Studies hosts a lecture with: Lucy E Salyer - History, University of New Hampshire “Under the Starry Flag How a Band...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Medill Events - All
Truth in Our Times: Inside The New York Times in the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Deportation Research Clinic, Buffett Institute
The Deportation Research Clinic has been at the cutting edge of successful class action litigation against private prisons and new...
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
Reproductive Systems: Gender, Power and SocietyBlock Cinema continues its year-long series of programs inspired by One Book One Northwestern’s 2018-2019...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
Crime + Punishment(Stephen Maing, 2018, USA, DCP, 112 min.)Stephen Maing’s powerful documentary follows the NYPD officers who fought against the...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Institute For Policy Research
"LGBT Rights: Threats and Opportunities" by Jocelyn Samuels, Executive Director, The Williams Institute, UCLA LGBT rights are at a crossroads. LGBT people...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The winter quarter Graduate Fellows in Legal Studies (GFILS) and Legal Studies faculty reading group will meet on Thursday, Feb....
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Legal Studies hosts a lecture with: David Hausman, ACLU Immigration Rights Project Fighting the Trump Administration’s Deportation Machine in Court Fri. Feb 8th,...
12:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Due to the dangerously low temperatures expected in the Chicago area this week, Northwestern University campuses will be closed starting...
All day, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Due to the dangerously low temperatures expected in the Chicago area this week, Northwestern University campuses will be closed starting...
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
LEGAL STUDIES invites you to a SWEET TREAT MEET & GREET! Wednesday, January 23, 3:30-5:30 pm, Kresge 2305 Come get cookies, hot...
All day, sponsored by University Academic Calendar
Suspension of classes for observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Contrary to popular stereotypes, Buddhism does have its own system of religious law, similar to shariah or Halakah or canon...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern
Join fellow members of the Northwestern community in this dialogue over dinner on Tuesday, November 6, from 5:30 - 7...
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Northwestern's Global Antiquities Group presents a Panel on Ancient Law.
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The quarterly GFILS (Graduate Fellows in Legal Studies)/Faculty reading group starts up again Thursday, Nov. 1, at 5pm in 620...
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern
Whether you have read the book or watch the series on Hulu, we invite you to follow up on Margaret...
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern
Author Margaret Atwood in conversation with English Professor and One Book faculty Chair Helen Thompson. Please note: this event is...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern
Author Margaret Atwood in conversation with Law Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer and OB/GYN, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences Professor Angela Lawson. Registration for...
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
This day long event will bring together nationally recognized scholars across the humanities and social sciences to consider the extended...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
Join us for a moderated conversation with Chicago artists committed to justice and to using art as a mechanism for...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
In collaboration with the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern (HEF) Deborah DWORK (Clark U), co-author of Flight from the Reich: Refugee...
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University
It is a program designed for students to meet and talk with outstanding professionals in their field of work at...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
A panel of scholars, educators, and activists will discuss the multiple, contested meanings of the keyword “consent” from the vantages...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
What happens when security for some is defined as wielding power over others? In this conversation, we will identify one...
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH)
ISGMH is delighted to announce that our Inaugural Keynote Lecture will be delivered by Kenji Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl...
All day, sponsored by University Academic Calendar
New Student Orientation (Wildcat Welcome)
All day, sponsored by University Academic Calendar
Registration for Continuing Students for Fall Quarter 2018 ends 11:59 p.m.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies for our final lecture of Spring: Bail Reform! Organizing to End Money Bail andPretrial Detention in Illinois Friday, June...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Crime, Law, and Society Workshop
“Justifying the Carceral State: Advocacy Frames and White Opposition to Criminal Justice Reform”
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies for our annual Law in Motion Keynote lecture. This year we are excited to have Harvard Law...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies as we discuss new books on the 14th Amendment with: Dan Sharfstein, Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph,...
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The Legal Studies GFILS & Faculty reading group for spring quarter will meet Tuesday, May 8th at 5:15pm, in the...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Politics of International Law
The Buffett Institute Politics of International Law Group and Global Politics and Religion Group present a talk by Professor Keally...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Undergraduates, join us for an informal lunch with Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale University! Professor Hacker will be giving a...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Crime, Law, and Society Workshop
“Towards a Criminology of Genocide.” Co-Sponsored with War and Society Workshop.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Crime, Law, and Society Workshop
"The Camera is My Weapon:" Urban Residents Uses of Cellphones to Protectively Monitor Police Officers.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Crime, Law, and Society Workshop
“Building the Carceral State: A New Perspective on Mass Incarceration.”
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
"Church, State and Corporation: Protecting Religion in the Twenty-first Century"Winnifred F. Sullivan (Indiana Department of Religious Studies and Maurer Law...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Crime, Law, and Society Workshop
Gabriela Kirk, Northwestern University Sociology. “The Experience of Electronic Monitoring in Cook County”
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
The Colloquium of Indigeneity and Native American Studies (CINAS) is proud to announce: This Land is Your Land? Indigenous Autonomy and...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Crime, Law, and Society Workshop
Kenneth Pass, Northwestern University Sociology. “‘Making Bad Laws Better’: Race, Sexuality, and the New Politics of Disease”
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies on Friday, Feb. 9th for a panel discussion on the Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop V. Colorado. Anthony...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Legal Studies hosts a quarterly reading group for our Graduate Fellows in Legal Studies (GFILS) and our faculty. The reading...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Crime, Law, and Society Workshop
Jeffrey Omari, American Bar Foundation, “Digital Access Amongst the Marginalized: Internet Governance and Social In/Exclusion in Rio de Janeiro”
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Crime, Law, and Society Workshop
Allison McKim, Bard College Sociology. “Addicted to Rehab: Race, Gender, and Drug Treatment in the Era of Mass Incarceration”
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Civic Engagement
Learn about opportunities for students interested in law and advocacy through this unique info session, cosponsored by Engage Chicago and...
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Irregular Intimacies and the Sexual Politics of Democracy: A Racial Genealogy Although courts have now settled the issue of marriage...
All day, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Northwestern Recognizes Constitution Day 2017 Northwestern University will recognize Constitution Day on September 17, 2017 to commemorate the signing of the...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Bill Novak, the Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at University of Michigan, is an award-winning legal...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The Past, Present and Future of American Elections As the American electorate becomes more and more polarized, the rules governing elections...
3:00 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies for the annual Law in Motion series. Events kick off with a Graduate Student Panel with presentation...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Engaging themes of race, capitalism, and globalization in the 19th century, Professor Dael Norwood of Binghamton University will explore the...
All day, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Current undergraduate students: Apply now to become a Legal Studies major or adjunct major - applications are due Feb. 1! More...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
LEGAL STUDIES MEET, GREET, & TREAT! FRI. JAN 20th, 1pm-2pm, Kresge #2440Stop by, grab some CANDY, and chat with Legal Studies...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Save the date! Join Legal Studies in heading to The Newberry Library to see Joanne B. Freeman's lecture "Hunting for Hamilton: A...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The Legal Studies/ABF Grad/Faculty reading group for Fall 2016 will be: Thursday, October 13, 20165:00 - 6:15pm620 Lincoln Street Conference Room,...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies in celebrating Constitution Day with special guest speaker Thomas A. Saenz! Thursday, October 6, 20165:00 - 6:15 pm Harris...
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join CHSS and the Center for Legal Studies for the Spring 2016 Legal Studies Lecture with our guest Kathleen DuVal...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies for our annual Law in Motion Key Note Address. This year our keynote speaker is Historian Elizabeth...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The Legal Studies GFILS & Faculty reading group for this quarter will be meeting on Tuesday, February 23rd at 5pm,...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
LEGAL STUDIES MEET, GREET, & TREAT! MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd 3pm-4pmScott Hall #201 Stop by, grab some CANDY, and chat with Legal Studies...
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Indiana University Professor Christina Snyder will speak regarding American Indian boarding schools and federal civilization policy in the 19th century....
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join CHSS and Legal Studies in welcoming our guest lecturer: TOM DONNELLY Message Director & Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center Is the Roberts...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
The Legal Studies GFILS & Faculty reading group for the fall quarter will be meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2015...
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Legal Studies
Join Legal Studies in celebrating Constitution Day! Prof. Amanda Hollis-Brusky from Pomona College will present her lecture "Black-Robed Policymakers or Defenders...
