Center for Global Law and Justice
The Center for Global Law and Justice at Northeastern University School of Law employs innovative and collaborative approaches to address the most urgent global challenges of our time. We focus on global injustice and diverse forms of inequality and subordination through our commitments to promoting human rights, humanitarianism, climate justice, fair governance and democracy. Our work is guided by Northeastern University’s distinguished international law faculty and enhanced by collaborations with scholars and practitioners worldwide. We combine scholarship and practice with a keen commitment to the training of the next generation of advocates and scholars. Our approach is interdisciplinary, strategic and grounded in an appreciation for community leadership and experiential learning.
Center Launch Event
CGLJ hosted an official launch event at Northeastern University’s John D. O’Bryant African American Institute on October 24. The event featured an address by Justice Natalia Ángel Cabo of the Constitutional Court of Colombia. The afternoon program also offered an opportunity to learn more about the center’s vision, upcoming projects and how it aims to shape the future of global justice.
Fall 2024 Speaker Series
CGLJ hosted an inaugural speaker series this fall, Issues in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, that was open to the Northeastern University community and the general public. Guest speakers included: Tom Dannenbaum, associate professor of international Law at The Fletcher School at Tufts University; Karen Engle, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law and founder and co-director of the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Vasuki Nesiah, professor of practice at the New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study; James Cavallaro, professor of the practice at Wesleyan University and co-founder and executive director of the University Network for Human Rights; and Miriam Ticktin, professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at CUNY Graduate Center.
