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Professor Joshua Alter, Professor of Law | |
Joshua Alter is the Associate Dean of International Programs and Lecturer of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. In this role, Joshua collaborates with the Dean and senior leadership team, international programs team, and other members of the law school community to strategically advance international programs. This includes continued development of the Law School’s international programs, initiatives, and partnerships
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Professor Juliet Sorensen Clinical Professor of Law, Clinical Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management (Courtesy) |
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j-sorensen@law.northwestern.edu
Juliet Sorensen is a Clinical Professor of Law associated with the law school’s Center for International Human Rights, where her teaching and research interests included international criminal law, corruption, and health and human rights. Professor Sorensen is the director and founder of the Northwestern Access to Health Project, an interdisciplinary partnership that analyzes access to health in resource limited settings. Professor Sorensen received the Walter J. Cummings Award for Pro Bono Service from the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association in 2019, and the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Master’s in Public Health Program in 2014 and 2015. Areas of Expertise Criminal Law Trial Advocacy International Criminal Law International Criminal Court Public Health and Human Right |
Professor Lynn P. Cohn, Benjamin Mazur Summer Research Professor | |
Clinical Professor of Law Co-Director, Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice
l-cohn@law.northwestern.edu (312) 503-2598
Lynn P. Cohn is a Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She has developed and taught courses in negotiation, mediation, mediation advocacy and problem solving. Professor Cohn received the student-voted Outstanding Professor of a Small Class Award in 2008 and the Dean’s Teaching Award in 2011-12 and 2012-13. She has been elected to the Leading Lawyers Network in the categories of ADR Commercial and ADR Employment, and to the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals. Areas of Expertise Mediation Dispute Resolution Negotiation |
Professor Nadav Shoked, Professor of Law | ||
nadav.shoked@law.northwestern.edu
Nadav Shoked joined the Northwestern faculty in 2012 as an Assistant Professor of Law. Previously, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Texas School of Law. His work focuses on the law and theory of property, on local government law, and on American legal history.
Areas of Expertise Local Government Legal History Land Use Planning Property Law |
Professor Wendy Muchman Professor of Practice |
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w-muchman@law.northwestern.edu
Wendy Muchman is the Harry B. Reese Professor of Practice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Since 2000 she has primarily taught classes in Professional Responsibility, including the standard ABA required course in Legal Ethics. In addition, along with another lecturer, Ms. Muchman developed and currently teaches several innovative ethics courses, including Legal Ethics for the Global Practitioner; Legal Ethics for Business Lawyers; Legal Ethics for the Government and Public Sector Attorney; Ethics in Motion, AI, Technology, and Ethics; and The Law of Whistleblowing. Teaching Awards: In 2019- 2020, she received the Robert Childres Award presented annually to the faculty member selected by the student body as the year’s most outstanding teacher. In 2018-2019, she received the award for Outstanding Professors of a Small Class 2018-2019, with Mary Foster. Areas of Expertise Legal Ethics |
Professor Matthew Kugler, Professor of Law | |
matthew.kugler@law.northwestern.edu
Matthew Kugler’s primary research areas are privacy, intellectual property, and criminal procedure. His recent research has addressed deepfakes, biometric privacy, police surveillance, and survey evidence in federal cases. Prior to joining Northwestern, Matthew completed a Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Policy at Princeton University, was a postdoctoral fellow and adjunct instructor in psychology at Lehigh University and was awarded a JD with highest honors from the University of Chicago Law School. He also clerked for the Honorable Richard Posner on the Seventh Circuit. In his time at Northwestern, Professor Kugler has taught privacy, trademark, cybercrime, trade secret, and the intellectual property survey course.
Areas of Expertise Privacy Law Empirical Methods Law and Social Science Intellectual Property
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Professor Michael Barsa, Professor of Practice, Co-Director of the Environmental Law Concentration |
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m-barsa@law.northwestern.edu
Professor Barsa has written widely on food security and climate change, international environmental claims under the Alien Tort Claims Act, risk perception, the Public Trust Doctrine, the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and judicial review in an age of hyper-polarization. Professor Barsa’s opinion pieces have appeared in The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times, and he has been interviewed on WTTW Chicago Tonight and on international radio. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Robert Childres Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence and the Outstanding Professor Award in the Master of Science in Law Program. He also lectures to high school students about environmental issues and was a keynote speaker for the Midwest State of the Junior State of America.
Areas of Expertise Climate Change Environmental Law Natural Resources International Environmental Law Property Regulatory Strategy & Communication
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