<br />
Spring 2008<br />
Northeastern<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
The Public Interest Law Issue<br />
It's about the values you hold, not the job you take<br />
» Putting Public<br />
Interest into Practice<br />
» When the Courtroom<br />
Door Slams Shut<br />
» Lending Lunacy<br />
» Firmly Pro Bono<br />
States of Exception + Gideon Goes Civil + Birth Rights and Wrongs<br />
Dean's Message<br />
A Clear Vision:<br />
Advancing Justice<br />
S<br />
EVERAL TIMES EACH YEAR deans of American law<br />
schools gather to grapple with issues of common<br />
concern. At one of these national meetings, a dean<br />
kicked off a discussion on “branding” and<br />
“differentiation” this way:<br />
“Most law schools are seen as pretty much the<br />
same. We ha<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=1"> Spring 2008 Northeastern MAGAZINE </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=2"> Dean's Message A Clear Vision: Advancing Justice</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=3"> SPRING 2008 | VOL. 7 · NO. 1 </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=4"> Letters Razing their Eyebrows I set aside a </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=5"> By Daniel R. Williams Our Interesti</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=6"> News Briefs 4 Law</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=7"> NUSL Goes Green New water fountains, additional </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=8"> News Briefs Daynard Fellows Take on Torture, I</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=9"> News Briefs Forums Tackle Wide Range of Issues </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=10"> News Briefs UN Expert Calls for Global Lens on </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=11"> Niki Borofsky '08 in the World Trade Organization</a>
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<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=13"> Putting Public Interest into Practice It's about </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=14"> 12 “When I was at Northeastern, many of my</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=15"> Making the Case for Public Service The School o</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=16"> Jeanne Butterfield '86, executive director of the</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=17"> By Jeri Zeder | Photograph</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=18"> 16 Katherine Grainger '02, vice president of pub</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=19"> “We were literally on the courthouse steps when t</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=20"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=21"> By Michelle Bates Deakin | </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=22"> Home values diminish with each foreclosed residen</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=23"> Practices that are considered abusive in mortgage</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=24"> Kathleen Cloherty Henry '00 is involved with pro </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=25"> By Lewis I. Rice | Pho</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=26"> 24 Corporation in 2005 determined that “at le</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=27"> Marty Tankleff at a New York court hearing in Jan</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=28"> 26 Public Interest Continued from page 12 cl</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=29"> of 2007, the figure — defined as those in legal s</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=30"> Faculty News Honoring a Memory, Advancing a Leg</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=31"> spring, Adler was honored with one of Northeaster</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=32"> Faculty News Home is Where Human Rights Are Pro</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=33"> bringing to fruition a pro bono project Klare has</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=34"> Trends 32 Representation for All Faculty and s</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=35"> Professor David Hall, a former dean of the</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=36"> Class Notes </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=37"> 1930 After reading the class notes for Abe Kline </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=38"> 36 Class Notes Two Grads Hailed as BBA Public</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=39"> Class Notes PHOTO: JODI HILTON F or</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=40"> 38 Class Notes 1994 William “Mo” Cowan of Mint</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=41"> in Medford, focusing on civil litigation. Jennife</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=42"> At Last 40 The Accident of Birth By Leslie</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=43"> July 1, 2006 – J une 30, </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=44"> 42 Report of Giving July 1, 2006 – </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=45"> New Gifts Received Fiscal Year 2006 – 2007*</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=46"> Endowed and Special Funds The School of Law'</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=47"> Alumni/ae Giving The gifts we receive from our</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=48"> 46 Janice A. Toran Robert Gray Dodge Club Peter </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=49"> Robert Gray Dodge Club Barbara J. Kelly Keith B. </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=50"> 48 Robert Gray Dodge Club Phyllis L. Crocker C. </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=51"> Charles A. Dale Julie Leclair Dale Faruqah A. Rus</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=52"> 50 Alfred F. Gal Jr. Joyce C. Gerber Jaclyn R. G</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=53"> Samantha Einhorn Monica C. Elkinton Laura M. Fala</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=54"> 52 Firm, Corporation and Foundation Donors </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=55"> Gifts in Honor and in Memory of Others T</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=56"> 54 Volunteers The School of Law gratefully ack</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=57"> Reunion Committee Volunteers Alumni/ae Weekend i</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=58"> 56 Connections Volunteers The School of Law ext</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=59"> A party of interest for interested parties. </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 - Northeastern University School of Law Magazine page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/49fe4ae3?page=60"> Res Ipsa Loquitur </a>