from a law school Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, former U.S. District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Dawn Clark Netsch, first woman to be elected to a statewide constitutional office in Illinois Harold Washington, first African American Mayor of Chicago (1983–87), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Horace Ward, challenged racial discrimination at the University of Georgia, and first African American to become a federal judge in Georgia Lloyd Garrison Wheeler, first African American admitted to the bar in Illinois. References External links Northwestern University Educational institutions established in 1859 1859 establishments in Illinois Wrongful conviction advocacy Law schools in Illinois Streeterville, Chicago