How the 2017 Kimbrough scholarship program shaped one student’s path to Northeastern University School of Law.
Tayo Belle ’10 reflects on her transformative experience as one of the first students to work with Professor Margaret Burnham, founder and director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) and the origins of what would become CRRJ’s spring Clinic.
Rosalie Nevins-Alderfer ’15 was never interested in practicing law in the usual way. “When I entered the traditional legal curriculum, I realized pretty quickly that the typical, adversarial process didn’t align with my…
Ana Souffront ’23 studied political science at the Loyola University of Chicago, was a member of the Black cultural center, and engaged in campus protests, largely concerning on-campus police interactions with students. Her…
If Rashida Richardson ’11 has a motto it might be “you just have to figure it out.” She figured out her place in history, growing up in 1990s New York and Connecticut with…
Throughout her childhood, in the small village of Port Jefferson, Long Island, Kyleen Burke ’18 loved to play soccer and basketball. As she grew older and travelled to neighboring schools for games, she…
Tucked away in Boston’s Financial District, Suffolk County Superior Court casting a long shadow across its engraved flagstones, Tyrone Britton Ayala joins 1,100 others in the Garden of Peace, a memorial for victims…
When Tara Dunn ’17 graduated from the Air Force Academy and applied to law school she was one step closer to realizing a childhood dream. “My mom found the letter that I wrote…
A semester at the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic was, for Erin McCrady ’21 a detour on an otherwise direct route to a health policy career. “It was a really challenging experience,”…
Robert Sanderman (NUSL ’14) reflects on his time in CRRJ’s Clinic, his investigation on the Malcolm Wright case, and on the many forms of restorative justice.