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Pass/Fail: NIU law listed as one of ‘best value’ schools, Midterm week: Student doom is on horizon

By Danny Cozzi | October 8, 2013

Pass: NIU law listed as one of ‘best value’ schoolsThe National Jurist magazine ranked the NIU law program as one of the top in the country, according to an NIU Today release.The College of Law was included in the top 45 programs, and received a B+...

College of Law dean earns leadership award from state

By Northern Star Staff | September 29, 2013

On Wednesday, Jennifer Rosato, College of Law dean, received the Distinguished Leadership Award from Secretary of State Jesse White.The award was given to Rosato during White’s National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Rosato is the first Latina...

Mike O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services Representative (center) and Mary S. Schostok, Second Judicial Ward Justice (right) listen to Michelle Meyer, Executive Director of Mutual Ground speak about encountering language barries within in her non-profit group, which helps victims of domestic and sexual abuse on Wednesday at the Commission on Access to Justice Listening Conference in Swen Parson Hall.

College of Law hosts Supreme Court’s Commission meeting

By Julia Boyle | May 1, 2013

Lawyers and attorneys from across Illinois gathered at NIU to discuss injustice in court representation. The College of Law hosted the Illinois Supreme Court’s Commission on Access to Justice listening conference Wednesday. The Commission on Access...

Moot Court Society’s offers mock appellate court experience

By Logan Love | February 17, 2013

The College of Law Moot Court Society’s 31st installment of the Prize Moot Court Competition allows teams of two to gain as close to real-world appellate court experience as possible. The competition completed the preliminary round of oral arguments...

Bill Wojnarowski, second year law student, stops at his locker
after class in Swen Parson hall Tuesday evening.

College of Law helps law students find job opportunities

By Felix Sarver | January 31, 2012

Students are still able to find job opportunities through the College of Law despite the recent economic recession.For Eric Kim, first-year law student, the college is a great place to pursue a career."All the teachers here are great, I've got nothing...

NIU College of Law was recently ranked as the 13th top valued law school.

NIU college of law ranked top 20 best value

By Kyla Gardner | October 4, 2010

DeKALB | NIU College of Law ranked 13th on "preLaw" magazine's nationwide "List of the 2010 Best Value Law Schools." NIU is the only school in Illinois to rank on "preLaw's" top 60. To be included on the list, a law school must have a higher bar test...