Each month, the MSL holds an information session for prospective applicants. We like to include current students and alumni; they provide the very valuable first-person perspective on what it is really like to be a student in the MSL degree program. At a recent Information Session, we were very fortunate to be joined by two great members of the MSL community: Allie Walton, an alum of the full-time format, and Ashley Lim, a current part-time student.
MSL Online
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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 […]
Part 1: 2022 MSL Symposium Series
Four years ago, one of our Master of Science in Law (MSL) student leaders, Javier Jara (MSL ’20), suggested that we hold an event to highlight the MSL and give students the opportunity to present the work they had completed or topics they had explored during the MSL program. This led to the first MSL […]
New MSL Online Courses for Spring 2021
Since the start of the online format of the MSL program, we have been adding new courses each year; for the upcoming spring semester, we have added four new classes to the online curriculum. These courses include two electives that have traditionally been offered in the residential format and will now be offered for the […]
Congratulations to the MSL Class of 2020!
The MSL Class of 2020, comprised of nearly 90 residential and online students, has officially graduated! This year’s graduating class was special in more ways than we can count, but a few attributes that make the class unforgettable include their tenacity, resilience, confidence, and camaraderie displayed throughout the program – oh, and completing their degrees […]
MSL Online Program
After the Master of Science in Law degree was launched in 2014, we began hearing from STEM professionals in all parts of the US and the world who were very interested in the content of the degree, but could not move to Chicago to enroll in the program. With the goal of making the degree […]
Digital Learning: First Cohort of MSL Online Program Begins Classes
Dan Hoefler of Northwestern’s Digital Learning recently published the below article about the launch of the online MSL program. Read the full article below! First Cohort of Northwestern Law’s New Online Program Begins Classes On Monday, August 27th, the first cohort of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s new online Master of Science in Law (MSL) program officially began its […]
Admitted Students Day
Admitted Students Day is an exciting chance for faculty and staff to meet the incoming cohort and to give them a sense of Law School life. Last month, we had the pleasure of hosting students and their families for a tour of campus, an informational session with staff, and a welcome from our outgoing dean, […]
A Behind-the-scenes Glimpse of MSL Online
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 […]
New Online MSL Program Featured in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin featured the new online version of the Master of Science in Law and talked to Leslie Oster, program director of the MSL, about the benefits of the online degree. “Creating an online version makes the degree more accessible to a wider range of students,” Oster said. “It will also help extend the reach […]