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Northwestern University President Michael Schill arrives for a hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Capitol Hill on May 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty)

Law professors: Northwestern University must embrace the First Amendment standard of speech

August 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Any attempt by Northwestern University to prohibit harmful speech will have the opposite effect.

People rally against police in schools while outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Feb. 22, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Max Schanzenbach: In debate over ShotSpotter and police in schools, remember victimization

August 28, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

Criminal law requires enforcement. But enforcement’s disproportionate racial impact generates a backlash.

People protest the banning of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace at Columbia University on Nov. 20, 2023, in New York.

Law professors: Universities’ shifting policies toward speech are not only hypocritical but also illegal

November 29, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The acrimonious discourse around the Oct. 7 atrocities against Israelis and Israel's response to the Hamas attack is causing havoc in higher education. Not only have universities, thus far, failed...

Hayden Richardson stands outside her home on Jan. 28, 2021, in Evanston.

Law professors: Former Northwestern cheerleader is right to sue school for breach of contract

October 12, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Last year, a former Northwestern University cheerleader, Hayden Richardson, filed a lawsuit alleging that Northwestern's cheerleaders were subjected to groping, harassment and sexual touching by alumni donors and intoxicated football...

The Northwestern Wildcats warm up before a game against the Duke Blue Devils at Ryan Field on Sept. 8, 2018, in Evanston.

Law professors: Northwestern should hold its students accountable for hazing culture

August 3, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Over the past few weeks, Northwestern University has become embroiled in scandal sparked by allegations of a pattern and practice of hazing among football players. According to Northwestern President Michael...

It's time to consider new options for controlling police behavior.

Union contracts key to reducing police misconduct

May 25, 2019 at 1:04 p.m.

Another police shooting of a young black man — this time in Chicago. Laquan McDonald was shot to death in 2014 by a Chicago police officer. The city agreed to...

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