Northwestern University Center for Legal Studies

NU LS offers interdiciplinary major & minor degrees for undergraduates at Northwestern as well as academic programming for graduate students.

Law, broadly conceived, is a social institution that both shapes and is shaped by social, political, historical, cultural, and economic change. Law and society scholars thus agree that “law is too important to be left to the lawyers,” and seek to understand the law through historical, cultural, and empirical approaches. The Legal Studies program is not a pre-law program; instead, students receive

01/13/2025

Assistant or Associate Professor of Instruction Search: Center for Legal Studies - Northwestern University

10/18/2021

We're hiring!

Assistant or Associate Professor of Instruction Search: Center for Legal Studies - Northwestern University Northwestern University’s Center for Legal Studies invites applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible, faculty appointment as Assistant or Associate Professor of Instruction, beginning September 1, 2022. This is a teaching-track position that offers good prospects of job security and promotio...

02/11/2021

Legal Studies Major Applications are DUE MONDAY, February 15, 2021 (by 11:59pm). Apply here:
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If you’ve taken, or are currently enrolled in, “Law & Society” (206), you may apply. Our applications are only open once a year, so don’t delay! Read more about the major on our website: https://legalstudies.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/major/index.html

01/26/2021

Legal Studies Major Applications are now OPEN!
If interested in applying to the major, please complete the online application form by Monday, February 15, 2021.
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0cfe0266acc846bb9b1d1e4aa0d48006
If you’ve taken, or are currently enrolled in, “Law & Society” (206), you may apply. Our applications are only open once a year, so don’t delay!

11/11/2020

10/30/2020

‘What a Barrister Looks Like’: A Young Black Woman Paves the Way Alexandra Wilson is working to change England’s legal establishment, and perceptions about who belongs in it, from the inside.

10/29/2020

Legal Studies Statement: Center for Legal Studies - Northwestern University The faculty and staff of the Center for Legal Studies at Northwestern University stand in solidarity with our colleagues in the Department of African American Studies and echoes their call for a prompt and meaningful official response to the concerns expressed in their Oct. 15 and Oct. 20 letters. S...