The MSL online format is unique in the Law School in that we welcome new cohorts of students two times each year: once in the spring and once in the fall. We are delighted to welcome 17 new online students, who have just completed their orientation and have begun classes this week. The decision to […]
The MSL is designed to give students the tools they need to read and understand the legal landscape, even as it changes – which it frequently does. Here are five tips from Professor Liisa Thomas on the best way to stay on top of the changing privacy and cybersecurity laws in the workplace.
From August 23 to August 29, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was buzzing with excitement as students new and old arrived on campus to begin Orientation and the new academic year. Fall semester is always special, but this year was particularly special because we were also returning to on-campus learning after 18-or-so months of virtual […]
There’s no doubt about it — the MSL Orientation Week for new students is intense. Because our students have been studying or working mostly in STEM fields, the law is new to them; we use Orientation Week to introduce students to legal terminology and ideas, to a different method of study, and also to a […]
When students are admitted to the MSL program, we provide a list of recommended reading – books that we feel will help prepare students to study law. You can review the list here; you’ll see a mix of law-related titles, books related to skills development, and books with an interdisciplinary focus. Most students pick and […]
This week, both residential and online MSL students embarked on their first week of classes. You might be wondering: how do STEM students acclimate to legal studies after undergraduate degrees and/or careers in the sciences? Well, each year, residential* MSL students participate in an intensive on-campus orientation (internally known as Orientation Maximus), which consists of […]
Welcome, new MSL Students! The first week can be overwhelming, but your fellow Law School classmates are here to help. Are you a returning student or an alum? Feel free to post your advice for the incoming class below.
This fall will see the start of the new MSL Online program, a unique opportunity that brings the rigorous legal training of the residential program to an even wider group of STEM professionals. Though the application process, admissions standards, academic requirements and curriculum will be consistent between the two formats, online education has to be […]
During orientation week, we had the opportunity to attend a series of talks given by the Law School faculty. We had the opportunity to choose 2 out of 10 total talks that were going on simultaneously. I attended a talk by Jonathan Koehler, followed by a talk by David Schwartz; both of these Northwestern Law […]
Even with all the important substantive information packed into Orientation Week, we also managed to have some fun in and out of the classroom. Throughout orientation week, we were responsible for readings before each day–don’t worry, they aren’t that bad. The readings usually consisted of court cases that we then discussed to flesh out the […]