Kelly Zimmerman

A cohort of 125 high school students from six STEM-focused Chicago Public Schools recently participated in a unique educational opportunity with the Master of Science in Law (MSL) Program at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

The event, planned in tandem with International Women’s Day and organized by MSL students, aimed to broaden high school students’ perspectives surrounding their career choices by exploring the intersection of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) wit...

Matthew Rubin was not someone who originally pegged himself for law school. After earning an undergraduate degree that focused on neuroscience, he launched a career as a clinical researcher and spent more than a half dozen years working in the oncology drug development space.

Engineer. Entrepreneur. Business strategist. Artist. Law school graduate.

Cheyenne Cazaubon has worn a lot of hats throughout the years, but thanks to her MSL degree, she’s been able to wear many of them simultaneously – particularly during her time with Microsoft.

With a background in engineering and an MSL degree to boot, Cazaubon has the training, knowledge, and skills to work cross-functionally with many departments and stakeholders from across the entire Microsoft organization...

To celebrate the 10th year of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program—where STEM, law, and business converge—Northwestern Pritzker Law is highlighting alumni of the program from each graduating class since its 2014 launch.

In this article we highlight Via Li (MSL ‘15). She is currently the senior product manager at Ant Group, a digital technology and financial services company in China that is also under the umbrella of global tech giant Alibaba Group. We spoke with Li about how her MSL degree has impacted her career and her advice for future MSL candidates.

On Monday, May 8, Wendy L. Rubas, chief legal officer at Working Smarter, delivered a keynote address as part of the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program’s 5th Annual Symposium – an event designed to highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary awareness at the intersection of law, business, and STEM.

Rubas kicked off the two-day Symposium in Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Thorne Auditorium with a message of optimism and excitement: The legal industry is ready to innovate, and MSL students are poised to be at the forefront of that change.

The next time your law firm or legal department starts to evaluate new policies, technologies and overall business practices, consider a more 360-degree approach to professional development. Law training for staff who don’t practice law is one way to achieve that. Here’s one place to start: Law degrees for legal administrative professionals.

The Search for Optimal Summer Camp: Learn to weed through your options and pick the best one for your kid

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Kelly Zimmerman managed and edited all content for OppU. Her focus was on creating engaging and easy-to-digest information for consumers looking for both immediate and long-term financial answers.

Zimmerman has over a decade of experience in print and online journalism. Prior to her time on the OppU team, she served as a managing editor for business-focused publications.

Throughout her tenure as editor-in-chief at OppU, Zimmerman led the creation of several data-rich, longform, interactive pieces covering topics such as household finances and debt management.

A four-page interactive experience featuring original research, data visualization, curated content and CTAs. Money Guide topics include: budgeting, household finances, income and bills.

An interactive guide to savings accounts and saving money.

Editor-in-Chief of personal finance blog in the fintech space: created editorial calendar; assigned, edited and published all articles; created editorial policy and contributor guidelines.

If you walk into the Yotel New York in Manhattan, you may not notice right away that you have stepped into a hotel. You won’t see a bell hop waiting near the revolving door entrance, a line at a concierge desk, or fancy couches or lounge chairs—at least on the first floor.

What you will see: A row of sleek computers that guests can use to check themselves into their rooms and a robot that resembles a crane truck sitting behind a glass wall. The robot is there to collect suitcases from a compa...

When Amazon announced it was raising its minimum wage to US$15 per hour nationwide starting November 2018, “the air went out of the room,” said Marc Collings, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Varsity Facility Solutions. “We all just gasped.”

In an industry where the labor market is tight, competition isn’t just about landing contracts and clients—it’s about finding bodies to get the work done...