Cases that have been researched in the clinic move from classroom study to long term stewardship. We reconcile the evidentiary record and prepare materials for permanent preservation to advance redress efforts.

We preserve clinic case files in the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive.

The archive is an open-source record repository, which keeps the record accessible to descendants, scholars, and the public. Following the conclusion of the Clinic, the cases and the corresponding files of clinics from the most recent years have been stored in Northeastern University’s Digital Repository Service and made available on the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive site.

When students have built strong investigations and made contact with descendants of victims of violence, we forge lasting relationships and continue the work. We partner with families to pursue restorative justice goals such as memorials, headstones, public education events, and other community projects. We maintain local partnerships to support demands for redress and coordinate projects that connect family memory to the historical record.

These collaborations place descendant voices alongside archival case materials, link lived experience to the archival record, correct distortions in official files and media, and keep cases active and visible long after the class ends, be it through CRRJ partners or independent projects that use the BNDA as a resource.