How does the law school infuse public interest and social justice throughout its curriculum?
You’ll find that social justice is a theme in your law school courses and discussions throughout your career at Northeastern. As a first year student, you’ll complete Northeastern’s year-long Legal Skills in Social Context course, where you’ll develop legal research, writing and advocacy skills, and then, during your second semester, put those new skills to use in a social justice project on behalf of a real-world nonprofit or community-based organization. Furthermore, you’ll fulfill a public interest requirement before you graduate by going on a public interest co-op, participating in a law school clinic, completing 30 hours of uncompensated legal work in a public interest setting or on a pro bono project at a firm, or doing a public interest independent study.
