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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

HISTORICAL FACTS: Us house panel drops inquiry into northwestern s law school clinics - Caught on Camera

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People walk on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, on 9 April 2025. Photograph: Vincent Alban/Reuters

The US House education and workforce committee withdrew an investigation into Northwestern University’s law school clinics after professors there sued and alleged that the inquiry violated their constitutional free speech rights.

The professors secured what amounted to a legal victory for them on Thursday, when the House committee withdrew its investigative requests with respect to the university and its law school’s Bluhm Legal Clinic program on Thursday.

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