About Us
Faculty Co-Directors
Martha Davis
University Distinguished Professor of Law
Email: m.davis@northeastern.edu
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Zinaida Miller
Professor of Law and International Affairs
Email: z.miller@northeastern.edu
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Director
Elizabeth Ennen
Email: e.ennen@northeastern.edu
Elizabeth Ennen is the inaugural director of the Center for Global Law and Justice (CGLJ). She has worked at the Northeastern University School of Law since 2016, providing leadership for the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE), now an initiative within CGLJ. Ennen holds a PhD in philosophy from McGill University and a JD from Northeastern University School of Law.
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Legal Program Manager
Amy Van Zyl-Chavarro
Email: a.vanzylchavarro@northeastern.edu
Amy Van Zyl-Chavarro is a bilingual human rights attorney with extensive experience in advocacy, litigation, research and teaching. Originally from Colombia, Amy has special expertise in the right to a healthy environment, the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and Court. She holds a JD from Suffolk Law School and an LLM from Harvard Law School. As legal program manager, Amy focuses on the development of the CGLJ Resource Hub.
Center Affiliates
FACULTY FELLOWS 2024-2025
Dan Danielsen
Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Program on the Corporation, Law and Global Society
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SENIOR FELLOWS
Deena Hurwitz
Independent Consultant: International Law, Human Rights, Legal Education; Founding Director of the Atrocity Prevention Legal Training Project at the Cardozo School of Law, Visiting Professor of Law and Acting Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic at American University’s Washington College of Law, and Professor of Law and Founding Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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Sonia Rolland
Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law
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Margaret Woo
Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law
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FACULTY AFFILIATES
Sharmila Murthy
Professor of Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University
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Students
CENTER SCHOLARS
Coming Fall 2025!
CO-OP STUDENT SPRING 2025
Haili Nelson ‘25
CO-OP STUDENT SUMMER 2026
Chloe Johnson ‘26
RESEARCH ASSISTANT SPRING 2025
Owen Doherty ‘26
Jennifer Loveland-Rose ‘25