04.17.24 — Northeastern Law is pleased to announce that Sarah Lageson, an expert on technology, surveillance and data privacy in the criminal legal system, will join the Northeastern University community on January 1, 2025, as associate professor of criminology/criminal justice and law with the School of Law and the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice within the College of Social Sciences. She is currently an affiliated scholar at the American Bar Foundation and previously held appointments at Rutgers University-Newark School of Criminal Justice as an associate professor and with Columbia University’s Department of Sociology and Universitat Pompeu Fabra School of Law in Barcelona as a visiting scholar.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Sarah Lageson to Northeastern University,” said Dean James Hackney. “We are looking forward to infusing our curriculum with her research examining how technology has contributed to collateral consequences through ‘digital punishment,’ how data integrity impacts algorithmic systems and the impact of technological innovation on legal aid and criminal justice policy.”
Lageson’s empirical research has been published in peer reviewed journals, including Law & Society Review, Social Forces, Criminology and Law & Social Inquiry, and legal venues including Harvard Journal of Law & Technology and University of Illinois Law Review. Her book, Digital Punishment: Privacy, Stigma, and the Harms of Data-Driven Criminal Justice, was published by Oxford University Press and won awards from the American Society of Criminology, the Law & Society Association and the Privacy Law Scholars Conference. She holds a JD from Rutgers Law School, PhD and MA in sociology from the University of Minnesota and a BA from Washington University in St. Louis.
“I am thrilled to join an institution with a clear commitment to multidisciplinary work, experiential learning and social impact,” said Lageson. “Northeastern Law and the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice share a passion for seeking justice in their approaches to teaching, learning, and research, and I am honored to contribute to these dynamic departments.”
The nation’s leader in experiential legal education since 1968, Northeastern University School of Law offers the longest-running, most extensive experience-based legal education program in the country. Northeastern guarantees its students unparalleled practical legal work experiences through its signature Cooperative Legal Education Program. More than 1,100 employers worldwide in a wide range of legal, government, nonprofit and business organizations participate in the program. With a focus on social justice and innovation, Northeastern University School of Law blends theory and practice, providing students with a unique set of skills and experiences to successfully practice law.
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