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Percentage of JD students who graduate with almost a full year of cooperative legal experience
55
Number of countries in which students have completed
co-ops
1,000
Number of employers in the co-op program
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Ranking for practical training awarded by The National Jurist/preLaw
#2
Ranking for public interest by The National Jurist/preLaw
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Erin Islo receives University Excellence in Teaching Award
Congratulations to Professor Erin Islo, selected for Northeastern’s prestigious University Excellence in Teaching Award, an annual honor presented to two professors who have been nominated by students for their outstanding work as educators. Islo teaches civil procedure, family law, federal courts and jurisprudence. “I think I’m able to teach the courses in a way that shows how important even very technical procedural issues in the law can be.” Her students agree.
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