Education
CRRJ is a hub for innovative scholarship and teaching across the country on historical injustice, reparations, and race and criminal justice reform.
CRRJ offers a suite of courses to Northeastern students in law, journalism, and other graduate programs on concepts, theories, and practical skills in historical redress and in contemporary criminal justice reform. Student investigators work with communities to design restorative projects. We sponsor internships and academic fellowships. Our toolkits and curricular material support trainers and educators in a range of classroom settings. Academic Fellows, visiting researchers, and interns enrich our community and expand the reach of our unique pedagogy.
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Academic Fellows and Visiting Researchers
Elizabeth Zitrin Justice Fellowship
CRRJ hosts the Elizabeth Zitrin Justice Fellowship. A 1979 graduate of the Law School, Elizabeth Zitrin has dedicated her career to ending the death penalty in the US and around the world and other criminal justice reforms. Named in her honor and in recognition of her generous support, the Zitrin fellowship, for recent law graduates, trains aspiring teachers, advocates, and scholars in the fields of criminal justice reform and historical redress.
CRRJ Community Leadership Fellowship
The CRRJ Community Leadership Fellowship program provides an opportunity for dynamic activists working with community and nonprofit organizations to investigate the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive (BNDA) and to interact with scholars, journalists and other activists who are focusing on historical racism in the US and avenues for redress.
Visiting Researchers
CRRJ offers to professional researchers and practitioners the opportunity to join a vibrant community of scholars and activists with the benefit of institutional affiliation, workspace at CRRJ, and access to the BNDA. Visiting Scholars present their research findings to the Northeastern community. They may visit for up to a year or a shorter period.
Co-Ops and Internships
Co-Ops
CRRJ hosts Northeastern University School of Law students throughout the academic year through the Cooperative Legal Education (Co-op) program. Law student co-ops work full time for a term, conducting investigations into CRRJ cases, assisting staff attorneys in managing its docket and archive, and supporting CRRJ’s research and policy work. The research includes obtaining documents through state and federal disclosure laws; interviewing fact witnesses, law enforcement officials, and other investigators; and field research. Co-op students prepare written findings for the Archive and are supervised by CRRJ’s legal fellows. Our co-op program is supported by a generous grant from Sally Wolf, a 1975 graduate of the law school and long-time supporter of CRRJ.
Internships
The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project hosts students at all levels of higher education throughout the academic year. Interns assist with all aspects of CRRJ’s work, including case investigations, research, and restorative justice efforts.
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