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Alert:  Northwestern will be closed Tuesday, Jan 29 at 8 pm through Thursday, Jan 31 at 12 pm due to extreme weather. -- -- Collaborative. Creative. Caring. -- Podcast -- Founder of #MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke, Gives Powerful Dream Week Keynote Distinguished Trial Lawyer Faith Gay (JD '86) to Address Class of 2020 Solitary Confinement in American Prisons on the Planet Lex Podcast Watch: David Schwartz Explains the Open Access to Court Records Initiative How Jason Turkish Took on the LSAT and Won -- Taste Makers: Northwestern Law Alumni Forge Careers in the Food and Beverage Industry -- Northwestern Law Faculty and Former Clinic Fellow to Receive Walter J. 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Read More International Team Projects A popular comparative law program, International Team Projects gives students the opportunity to build a curriculum and conduct primary research abroad, expanding their learning experience far beyond the classroom. Read More Improv in the Classroom Law professors use improv to teach students new communication techniques, creative problem solving, and how to think on their feet. Read More Bluhm Legal Clinic Team's Seven-Year Effort to Reverse a Wrongful Conviction Jason Strong was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1999. Professor Thomas Geraghty led a team of faculty, students, and alumni on an effort that resolved complicated procedural problems and uncovered facts that revealed Strong's innocence. Read More -- A Supreme Success The U.S. Supreme Court found in favor of an Appellate Advocacy Center client, securing new protections for pretrial detainees. 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