Op-ed in today's Chicago Tribune: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/08/o...

In a surprising turnabout, a committee that accused Northwestern of engaging in “progressive-left political advocacy” dropped a demand on Thursday for information about the law school’s legal clinics.

www.wbez.org/education/20...

The heads of two Northwestern University law clinics targeted by a Congressional committee are suing the U.S. House of Representatives, the chairs of the committee and their own university to try and prevent the school from turning over information to Congress. www.wbez.org/education/20...

The Trump administration has frozen about $790 million in funding for Northwestern University. The pause comes amid investigations into Northwestern for “widespread antisemitic harassment,” following 2024 pro-Palestinian student encampments.

www.wbez.org/education/20...

A Cook County Circuit Court judge is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on whether to allow testimony by a former Guantánamo detainee before she rules on a request to throw out a decades-old murder confession allegedly coerced by a Chicago detective.
www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...

To combat textile waste, the Chicago Fair Trade Museum is hosting what it’s billing as “Chicago’s biggest community clothing swap,” Friday through Sunday.

Want to swap or just donate items? Here’s how to participate.

to.wttw.com/43x6ii7

It’s a great day to think and organize about Reproductive Justice. Thanks to U Balt Law and the Center on Applied Feminism for hosting this symposium

Claire Decoteau and I wrote a letter to the editor @chicago.suntimes.com about what RFK, Jr.’s new cabinet seat will mean for abortion access and what pro-rights states can do about it.
#abortion #healthcare #mifepristone

chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...

Stay tuned for more posts about #Crim, #CrimPro, #race, #queerness, #culture, #law, and then some.