Where scholars and students combine the study of legal issues with the methodology and perspectives of the social sciences and humanities.
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Fall Quarter Office Hours:

Monday-10:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday-10:00am-5:00pm
Friday-10:00am-3:00pm

Please contact Magaly Dietz, the Legal Studies Program Assistant, at legalstudies@northwestern.edu

Laura Beth Nielsen is the director of the Legal Studies program. If you have any questions please contact legalstudies@northwestern.edu or l-nielsen@northwestern.edu

Undergraduate Announcements

Chicago's Red Eye newspaper recently interviewed Legal Studies director Laura Beth Nielsen! Click here to read her discussion of the "CSI affect"

Legal Studies director Laura Beth Nielsen was interviewed for an article on pay bias. Read the article here!

Graduate Announcements

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The first Graduate Reading Group of the year will be held on Friday, October 30th, at 3:30pm. It will take place at 601 University Place, room 201. The readings include articles by Mark Suchman, a Sociology professor at Brown University. Please e-mail Magaly Dietz at legalstudies@northwestern.edu for copies of the readings.

Please email Magaly Dietz at m-cordero2@northwestern.edu if you would like to be added to the Legal Studies web-related resource for Graduate Students.