Northeastern University School of Law
Northeastern University
Northeastern University School of Law
400 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
www.slaw.neu.edu
Law School Pro Bono Programs
Contact Information
Jeffrey Smith
Director of Public Interest Initiatives, Cooperative Legal Education
jef.smith@neu.edu
617.373.4942
Valerie Kapilow
Associate Director of Career Services/Co-Director of Public Interest Advising
v.kapilow@neu.edu
617.373.3337
Mary Squiers
Associate Dean for Administration and Planning
m.squiers@neu.edu
617.373.3307
Lee Breckenridge
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
l.breckenridge@neu.edu
617.373.3849
Category Type
Public Service Graduation Requirement Program
Description of Program
The Public Interest Requirement was instituted in 1994 with the incoming class. Students may meet the Public Interest Requirement in a variety of ways. These include: successfully completing a full-time public interest co-op comprised of spending 11 weeks and 35 hours per week (385 hours) in a public interest work setting; taking a law school clinic; performing 30 hours of pre-approved legal pro bono work; or doing a public interest independent study. Please note that in 17 years of operating under the requirement, an average of 85% of each graduating class satisfied the requirement through co-op, the most significant time commitment. Almost ninety % of the two most recent graduating classes satisfied the requirement by doing a public interest co-op.
Location of Program
Stand-alone program - The Public Interest Requirement is overseen by the Public Interest Committee, a committee consisting of faculty, administrators, and students. The committee is charged with implementing, developing and reviewing program policies and procedures.
Staffing/Management/Oversight
This program is overseen by the Public Interest Committee, a committee consisting of faculty, administrators, and students. The committee is charged with implementing, developing and reviewing program policies and procedures.
Administration of the program is shared. The public interest co-op is facilitated through Northeastern's Cooperative Legal Education Office. The clinical option is facilitated through the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Any pro bono projects performed to satisfy the Public Interest Requirement must be approved by the Public Interest Committee. To receive academic credit and satisfy the requirements through an independent study, a student must demonstrate that he/she cannot satisfy the requirement through the three other options. The project must be approved by the Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs and a supervising faculty member.
Funding
Because the public interest requirement involves clinical instructors, other faculty members and Co-op Office staff, portions of their salaries cover the cost of administering the program.
The School provides the use of faculty secretaries, computers and other office equipment and supplies in support of various pro bono projects.
Student Run Pro Bono Groups/Specialized Law Education Projects
Boston Medical Center Project – This project is part of the law school’s Domestic Violence Institute. After completing a three-month training class, students conduct interviews in the emergency room at Boston Medical Center focusing on clients' experience with domestic violence. In addition, students provide referrals for legal and social services.
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Street Law Clinic Project– Through the Northeastern law school chapter of the NLG, students work with community organizations conducting a variety of educational workshops on Fourth Amendment issues, tenants' rights and workers' rights.
Shelter Legal Services - This is a Boston-wide organization that provides legal services to homeless and near-homeless people. Working under the supervision of an attorney, students interview clients, assess their case and assist their client in resolving their issue. Issues include public housing, child support, welfare assistance, divorce and immigration.
Legal Skills in Social Context – Every first year student works on a community based social justice project as part of the year long Legal Skills in Social Context course.
Faculty and Administrative Pro Bono
Although there is no formal pro bono policy, Northeastern faculty are heavily engaged in various pro bono projects focusing on an array of public interest issues. These projects involve expansion of health care access, representation of death penalty inmates, transgender law reform, HIV/AIDS treatment programs, domestic implementation of human rights law, global health financing, immigrants’ rights, anti-trafficking, tobacco and obesity control, civil rights restorative justice issues, community economic development, rights of low-wage and other workers, domestic violence, racial profiling, reproductive rights protection, progressive tax policy reform, environmental protection, economic and social rights, prisoners’ rights, consumer protection, and improved civic education.
Awards/Recognition
The Outstanding Graduate Student Awards annually recognize the accomplishments of individual graduate students in the greater Northeastern University community. Awards are given for research, practice-oriented education, and community service at an annual awards presentation program and reception in April. Northeastern law students typically receive one or more of these awards annually.
One Northeastern University School of Law student per year, along with one from each of the five other area law schools in the area, are recognized at the Association of Corporate Counsel-Northeast Branch (ACC) dinner for displaying exemplary ethical conduct in an internship, through a clinic, or in some other class situation.
The Northeastern Law Magazine profiles faculty and administrators who engage in pro bono and public interest service. A link to the magazine on-line is: http://www.northeastern.edu/law/news/magazine/index.html
In addition, faculty profiles emphasize public interest and pro bono work. See: http://www.northeastern.edu/law/academics/faculty/index.html
The Public Interest Law Scholars (PILS) are invited to an annual dinner hosted by one of the scholarship's major donors. This dinner brings current PILS scholars and PILS alumni/ae together to celebrate accomplishments, discuss the scholarship program, and welcome new recipients.
The Outstanding Graduate Student Awards annually recognizes the accomplishments of individual graduate students in the Northeastern community. Awards are given for research, practice-oriented education, and community service at an annual awards presentation program and reception in April.
One Northeastern University School of Law student per year, along with those from the five other area law schools in the area, are recognized at the Association of Corporate Counsel-Northeast Branch (ACC) dinner for displaying exemplary ethical conduct in an internship, through a clinic or in some other class situation.
Community Service
Legal Food Frenzy – Northeastern University School of Law participated in the 1st Annual Massachusetts “Legal Food Frenzy” to raise food and funds for the Greater Boston Food Bank, the largest hunger relief organization in New England, to benefit hungry families in Massachusetts. The “Frenzy” is a benevolent yet spirited competition within the legal community, modeled after a successful program which began in Virginia. At least 42 law firms, law schools and other legal organizations signed up to compete to see which group could can raise the most funds and collect the most food for distribution to food pantries and food assistance programs throughout Eastern Massachusetts.
Special Education Surrogate Parent Program (SESP):
SESP is a volunteer organization that serves children in state custody with special education needs who have no parent or guardian to represent them. The children in the SESP program are in a variety of settings, including foster homes, group homes, residential schools, shelters or hospitals. Their needs range from mild to severe. Volunteers attend a mandatory training session on the special education process, attend workshops on a variety of special education-related topics, and receive ongoing support from case coordinators. A volunteer acts on behalf of a child by having all the rights and authority of a parent in matters of special education without the financial responsibility. This includes the right to meet with and observe the child at school; review school records and progress reports, attend school meetings concerning the child; approve of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and monitor the child's services and educational placements. Student volunteers are generally assigned one child at a time and spend approximately 10-20 hours per year on each child.
Law School Public Interest Programs
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Contact Information
Jeffrey Smith
Director of Public Interest Initiatives, Cooperative Legal Education
jef.smith@neu.edu
617.373.4942
Co-op Office
Valerie Kapilow
Associate Director of Career Services/Co-Director of Public Interest Advising
v.kapilow@neu.edu
617.373.3337
Career Services Office
Certificate/Curriculum Programs
We offer the student pursuing public interest law a wide range of courses that focus on societal issues. In the upper level, we offer many specialized courses that focus on public interest issues, such as Welfare Law, Public Health Law, a wide selection of courses in labor/employment law and civil rights, and the structure and taxation of nonprofit organizations.
Public Interest Centers
Public Health Advocacy Institute - This institute is a research, policy and advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the public health. The original PHAI was founded in 2002 by faculty at Northeastern University School of Law and at Tufts Medical School Department of Public Health as an independent research and advocacy institute.
In 2006, PHAI merged with the 26-year-old T obacco Control Resource Center (TCRC). PHAI's overall mission is to improve the understanding, commitment and effectiveness of policymakers and lawyers in protecting the public health.
The Law and Obesity Project is part of PHAI. It explores the use of the law in slowing obesity and reversing the epidemic of obesity-related diseases. The project examines the use of litigation, legislation, regulation, and other legal tools in conjunction with public health practitioners and policymakers. PHAI publishes widely in the area, works with policymakers and advocates, and periodically hosts conferences regarding obesity epidemic issues.
The Tobacco Control Resource Center is also part of PHAI. It continues its ongoing mission of working to improve the public's health by honing legal strategies to reduce tobacco use and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. TCRC’s Tobacco Products Liability Project has held more than two dozen annual conferences where many of the strategies for holding the tobacco industry legally accountable were first devised. TCRC provides law and policy analysis and technical assistance to domestic and foreign governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations, attorneys involved in tobacco-related litigation and tobacco control advocates. TCRC also promotes public health oriented perspectives in the news media coverage of key law and policy developments affecting tobacco control.
Domestic Violence Institute (DVI)- This is an education, service and research organization dedicated to combating partner abuse and sexual assault. It plays a role in providing legal advocacy services to victims of intimate partner violence as well as victims of non-intimate partner sexual assault. It does this by training lawyers and other professionals to meet the unique challenges of working with victims of domestic or sexual violence. It also fosters interdisciplinary relationships and model programs designed to make the legal system better for women seeking assistance.
Integral to the Institute’s mission is a commitment to empowering clients and client communities so that they can articulate and advance their own legal strategies and resolutions — both in their individual cases and in the advocating for changes in the legal system that will benefit all victims. We do this by making our faculty, staff and students available to support clients in a wide range of community based advocacy groups and institutions — offering basic abuse prevention services to individual clients, expedited referrals of community group members to cooperating lawyers for legal representation in more complex matters, assistance in securing institutional and financial support and the opportunity to participate in collaborative research and demonstration grants.
Institute on Race and Justice - At the forefront of the national dialogue about race and social policy, the Institute on Race and Justice provides objective information and resources that are used by communities to make policy changes to advance the cause of racial justice. Racial equality is closely tied to urban issues; in urban settings, members of different races struggle for equal treatment in many areas. The institute has chosen to primarily focus on two social institutions, criminal justice and education, because these are areas in which communities have repeatedly expressed concern about racial equality. To that end, the institute focuses on understanding the connections among individual bias, institutional policies and disparate treatment within these two institutions. In contrast to the traditional legal model, the Institute on Race and Justice engages in research and scholarship that provides policymakers, practitioners and urban stakeholders with information and resources to understand and interpret questions regarding racial justice. The institute uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine the interaction between individual and systemic racial bias in institutions such as courts, law enforcement and schools.
Partnering for Prevention and Community Safety Initiative- The Partnering for Prevention and Community Safety Initiative headed by Professor Deborah Ramirez, works to identify and help implement promising practices for building relationships among federal, state, and local law enforcement and American Muslim, Arab, and Sikh communities. Such partnerships enhance counterterrorism initiatives, protect communities from hate crimes and hate incidents, and help preserve American civil liberties.
Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) - PHRGE is at the center of the School of Law’s human rights efforts and works closely with scholars, institutions and advocates nationally and internationally to address issues of human rights and economic development. Reflecting our faculty’s interests, PHRGE is particularly engaged with the international movement to promote economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights.
PHRGE is bringing its energy and vision to bear on (1) training the human rights lawyers of the 21st century; (2) encouraging and deepening scholarship on human rights and the global economy; and (3) working to implement human rights norms and sound economic development approaches worldwide.
Public Interest Clinics
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice (CRRJ) – This clinic addresses harms resulting from the massive breakdown in law enforcement during the civil rights movement, from the 1950s to the early 1970s.
CRRJ's aim is to investigate the role of state, local and federal law enforcement agencies and courts in protecting activists and their work. CRRJ examines the geo-politics that led to the large-scale breakdown of law enforcement, the wide-spread repression against the movement's participants, and the reforms that have been initiated to rectify these abuses. The clinic engages teachers and students across the university and is directed by faculty from the School of Law and the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Criminal Advocacy Clinic - Emphasizing preparation at every level of criminal advocacy, this clinic instructs students in the techniques, strategies and decision-making processes involved in the handling of "routine" criminal cases. Each student is generally assigned to a three-member team that manages an actual case in a local criminal court. The court assigns the cases to the Criminal Advocacy Clinic and each team's work is closely supervised.
Domestic Violence Clinic - This clinic, part of the Domestic Violence Institute focuses on violence prevention, restraining order enforcement and criminal intervention in Dorchester District Court, Boston's largest community court. The clinic offers students an opportunity to develop many traditional lawyering skills, including interviewing and counseling clients and advocating in the courtroom. The emphasis, however, is on developing an appreciation for legal advocacy that empowers clients to make their decisions, particularly in cases where the risk of further violence is ever-present and the clients must weigh both their legal and non-legal options and consequences in order to enhance their own safety and that of their children.
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic- Clinic students are assigned to represent organizations, their members, and individual clients who seek assistance on issues of housing, work, and welfare. Organizational goals are pursued through community education and individual and group advocacy. Students learn to make their knowledge available to community organizations. In addition, students appear before administrative, legislative and judicial decision-makers on behalf of their clients.
Prisoners' Rights Clinic - Under the close supervision of two experienced practitioners, students develop and refine advocacy skills while representing prisoners in Massachusetts. Typically, each student handles both an adversarial proceeding (a disciplinary hearing) and a non-adversarial proceeding (parole-related or classification hearing) from beginning to end. Through this experience, students learn how to properly conduct client/witness interviews and thorough factual investigations, examine and cross-examine witnesses effectively and make persuasive opening and closing statements. Students also learn how to write winning administrative appeals. The clinic presents a survey of the constitutional law relating to the sentencing process and the rights of prisoners while incarcerated and on parole.
Public Health Clinic - In cooperation with the school's Public Health Advocacy Institute, this clinic covers tobacco control issues in depth, while also focusing on the emerging obesity epidemic and issues involving the gun and pharmaceutical industries. It considers the conflict between individual rights and the need to protect the public health. In the clinic, students gain real experience in public interest law, public health law, and the use of litigation to effect changes in public health policy. Student projects support the research and drafting needs of practicing PHAI attorneys. Clinical instructors supervise students, serving as writing coaches and mentors for the quarter-long project.
Externships/Internships
Every student at Northeastern is required to complete four full-time legal work placements during their second and third year of law school ("co-op" as we call them). The first co-op consists of a one week, full-time training program held on campus followed by 10 weeks of full-time legal work with a single employer under the supervision of an attorney or judge. The three subsequent co-ops consist of 11 weeks of full-time legal work complying with the same criteria.
Classes with a Public Service Component
Legal Skills in Social Context (LSSC) – LSSC is a required first year course, which delivers fundamental research and writing training while also challenging participants' values and sensitizing them to the formidable task the legal system faces in addressing societal difference. The course also provides students with the opportunity to develop team lawyering skills while assisting community organizations that are attempting to affect social change. During the second semester of the first year, all first year students are assigned to a "law office" and participate in a closely supervised clinical experience representing and assisting a non-profit community based organization in solving a societal problem involving issues of diversity and law. The participating organizations, primarily located in the Greater Boston area, compete for an opportunity to participate in the LSSC Program. Each law office team is responsible for producing a publishable report detailing its findings with extensive legal and anecdotal field research. In addition, each of the law offices presents a highly creative, often multi-media based, oral presentation to client organizations and the entire first year class.
Recent examples of LSSC social justice projects include the following:
- The Florida based, Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., for which students developed a report documenting the legal trend toward criminalizing homelessness,
- The Washington D.C. based, Public Education Network, a project focusing on the effects of the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act,
- The City of Chelsea, Massachusetts, in which students researched ways to deter illegal rooming houses through enforcement against landlords and tenants.
Public Interest Independent Study – Students can develop, in conjunction with faculty supervised, independent study projects with a public service component. During the last year, some of these projects included working with the Political Asylum and Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project on a complex appeal involving a motion to suppress evidence in a removal proceeding, the Immigration Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services on immigration relief for victims of domestic violence and Community Legal Services and Counseling Center on asylum cases.
Public Interest Journals
Northeastern University Law Journal
Public Interest Career Assistance
Career Advising
The Office of Career Services has three professional advisors, all of whom assist students and graduates with public interest career planning and development. One part-time advisor in the office is primarily devoted to working with public interest-minded students and graduates and serves as the office contact for public interest related projects, reporting and initiatives. Career advisors help students and graduates develop a personalized job search plan, review job application materials, connect advisees to resources and information and conduct individual mock-interviews. The office also has a group of graduates who serve as mock-interviewers for students helping them prepare for interviews with public defender and/or district attorney's offices.
Programs
The office of Career Services offers a “core curriculum” of public service career programs including the Public Interest Job Search Process, Fellowship Information Sessions, and Searching for Positions in Government and Small Firms (including public interest firms). As a supplement to these “core” programs, the office frequently offers a variety of specialty programs focusing on public interest topics and practice including labor and employment law, immigration, child advocacy, public international law, criminal defense and prosecution, legal and law-related careers in the federal government, policy and legislative careers. The office holds occasional brown bag lunches at which NUSL graduates working in domestic or international public interest or government positions speak with students about their work and career paths. The office also invites national fellowship and honors program directors (including Skadden, Equal Justice Works and the Department of Justice) to conduct information sessions about their respective programs.
To expose first year students to the breadth of public service practice, The Office of Cooperative Legal Education (Co-op) conducts two “type of practice programs” devoted exclusively to working in public interest and government settings as part of its five-part introduction to practice series. In addition, the Co-op Office conducts an information session on various summer public interest fellowship programs.
The Office of Financial Aid annually conducts workshops on the school’s Loan Relief Assistance Program as well as the federal College Cost Reduction and Access Act. These workshops help students make informed decisions regarding post-graduate career options.
On-line and Print Resources
The Office of Career Services maintains an extensive Resource Library which includes literature and information on public interest/public service careers. It also has a comprehensive on-line Resource Library with links to various public interest websites and resources; in-house publications including a Fellowship, Public Interest and Government Job Search Handbook; and audio casts of public interest programs that have been presented at the law school. The office uses Symplicity, a web-based database, to post its job listings. The office receives and publicizes hundreds of public interest, government and fellowship listings annually.
Recruitment Programs and Job Fairs
Each year, the Office of Career Services hosts an on-campus interview program which begins in mid-September and extends through the end of October. A variety of legal employers including public interest organizations and government agencies interview students for summer and post-graduate positions. Northeastern also co-sponsors two Government/Public Interest Recruitment Programs, as part of the Massachusetts Law School Consortium in the fall and winter each year. Through these programs, students have the opportunity to interview for summer and post-graduate positions with government and public interest employers exclusively. The office also notifies students, helps prepare them for and provides some financial support to attend a variety of career fairs across the country in which public interest and government employers participate.
Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAP)
Since 1989, Northeastern has been operating a loan relief assistance program to graduates engaged in public interest law practice. Over the past 23 years, the law school’s Loan Deferral and Forgiveness (LD.F) Program has provided several million dollars in loan relief assistance to nearly 420 graduates. The program provides loan relief to graduates doing legal work for civil legal service organizations, public defenders, non-profit advocacy groups, government (excluding judicial internships), unions and, in limited circumstances, small private firms whose focus is public interest law practice.
With the passage of the federal College Cost Reduction Assistance Act (CCRAA), which provides generous federal loan obligation relief, the law school is able to increase its support to its graduates. It is the school’s ambition to increase the amount of support steadily and substantially over the next several years.
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Post-Graduate Fellowships/Awards
Law School Funded:
Beginning with the class of 2009, the law school created bridge fellowships to provide an opportunity for recent graduates who were not employed. These fellowships enable graduates to work part-time in short-term post-graduate positions at the law school, university or with public interest employers during the fall and winter quarters. Fellows work on a specified faculty, clinical, administrative project or for a public interest employer for a maximum period of 20 hours/week for up to 10 weeks.
Graduate Student Funded:
Other Funding Sources:
The Wendy Parmet Fellowshipis awarded annually to one or more graduates of Northeastern University School of Law who demonstrate a strong commitment to public interest law. The Fellowship is named in honor of Wendy Parmet, a professor at NUSL and a leading health law scholar, as well as a founding member of HLA's Board. Parmet Fellows spend a year as staff attorneys at HLA, representing clients and advocating in the broader legal and policy arena for expanded and equitable health care access.
The Domestic Violence Institute Fellow organizes and oversees law students from area schools in an interviewing project at the Boston Medical Center seeking to understand the impact of violence in women's lives and where appropriate to refer them for services. The Fellow also participates in the education and supervision of students working at the Dorchester DV Court.
Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) Fellowship: Funded through the Ford Foundation, a NUSL 2010 graduate was selected as a PHRGE fellow. The fellowship focuses on assisting with organizing the Annual Institute on a cutting-edge issue in the field of economic and social rights, researching and writing reports and articles on economic and social rights and editing the SSRN e-journal “Human Rights and the Global Economy.” This is a half-time, six-month position.
Greater Boston Legal Services Children’s Disability Project: Through an anonymous gift from an NUSL graduate, a class of 2010 graduate was funded to work for one year with the Greater Boston Legal Services Children’s Disability Project.
Term Time Fellowships/Scholarships
Law School Funded:
During the most recent fiscal year, Northeastern awarded almost $750,000 in stipend assistance to support students undertaking public interest co-ops in the United States and abroad. The money came from a variety of sources including law school budget, federal work-study, and gifts from individuals, foundations and firms. In addition, approximately $34,000 in student generated funds were used to support students doing public interest legal internships.
Graduate Student Funded:
Other Funding Sources:
Public Interest Law Scholarship Program - The Public Interest Law Scholarship covers full tuition, renewable each year as long as the scholar remains in good academic standing, as well as a $3,000 stipend for one unpaid public interest co-op. It is the most generous and prestigious scholarship offered by the law school and recipients are among our strongest students. Not only do the recipients have academic profiles that boast strong scores and grades, they also have impressive backgrounds in fields that pertain to social justice and public service. Many have worked for years in areas including human rights, immigration, social work, child advocacy, prison reform, politics and welfare reform. The scholarship is funded by major donations from law school graduates and friends. Launched in 1999 by generous donors who believed that the mission of the law school naturally led to the need for such a scholarship, the first class of scholars graduated in 2003. Public interest law scholars are expected to participate and play a leadership role in a variety of public interest activities at the law school. For those who receive the Public Interest Law Scholarship, it is required that at least two of their four required co-ops be in public interest law. Once scholars have graduated from the School of Law, it is expected that a significant portion of their careers be dedicated to public interest law.
Summer Fellowships
Law School Funded:
Graduate Student Funded:
Other Funding Sources:
During the most recent fiscal year, Northeastern awarded almost $750,000 in stipend assistance to support students undertaking public interest co-ops. The money came from a variety of sources including law school budget, federal work-study, and gifts from individuals, foundations and firms. In addition, approximately $34,000 in student generated funds were used to support students doing public interest legal internships.
Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Programs
The Domestic Violence Institute (DVI) - In the fall and winter, the Institute staff sponsor seminars and events to familiarize students with domestic violence issues in general and local abuse prevention initiatives in particular.
The Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture - This is an annual event that brings a distinguished human rights scholar or activist to the Law School for a lecture and reception. The 2011 lecturer will be Balakrishnan Rajagopal, associate professor of law and development and director of the Program on Human Rights and Justice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Past lecturers have included: Randall Robinson, founder of TransAfrica, Hon. Albert Sacks of the Supreme Court of South Africa and Professor Gerard Quinn, holder of the main statutory chair in law at the National University of Ireland, Galway. The lecture was founded in honor of a '93 graduate of the law school, a human rights activist who tragically passed away at the beginning of her career.
NU Law Forum - The Northeastern Law Forum is a quarterly speaker series that focuses on legal issues of contemporary concern. The forum provides a space for open dialogue on contested social issues of interest to students, faculty and graduates.
Public Health Advocacy Institute Conference - Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic. Three day conference.
Daynard Public Interest Visiting Fellows Program - The Daynard Program brings two distinguished practitioners of public interest law to the Northeastern campus each academic year for a three-day visit. The fellows, nationally recognized public interest leaders, serve as role models for students, demonstrating how legal skills can be used effectively and creatively to make the world a better place. The Daynard Fellows each deliver an address that focuses on the strategic use of law to promote public interest goals, participate in classes, consult about professional opportunities for students and graduates, and meet individually with interested faculty, administrators and students.
Faculty Meet-Up- This program enables students to meet with individual faculty in an informal setting to learn about the public interest teaching, research projects and pro bono activities in which Northeastern University School of Law faculty are engaged. Held once each academic year, the event, launched during the 2009-2010 year, attracts over 150 students and 30 faculty.
Student Public Interest Groups
American Civil Liberties UnionAmerican Constitution Society
Animal League Defense Fund
Cooperative Income Sharing Program
Criminal Law Society
Ending Prison Industrial Complex
Federalist Society
Human Rights Caucus
International Law Society
Legal Environmental Advocacy Forum
Law Students for Israel
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
National Lawyers Guild, NUSL Chapter
National Security and Law Society
Northeastern Employment & Labor Law Association
Shelter Legal Services, NUSL Chapter
Student Global AIDS Campaign
Society for Restorative Justice
Students for Justice in Palestine
Youth Advocacy Caucus
