[NU Sports] Bernardine Dohrn (fwd)

[John Labbe]

Although I don't agree with the premise upon which this subject arose on the list, I'll answer some of Mike's questions since there seems to be interest in the subject now that it has arisen.

First, the irony that Mike raises is very real given the way Dohrn likely obtained the job (via her wealthy father-in-law, chairman of the board of trustees).

In any event, Dohrn is the director of the Children & Family Justice Center in the Northwestern legal clinic.  Ironically, she isn't admitted to practice law although she holds a JD from the University of Chicago.  What I've heard is that she didn't pass the character and fitness review for becoming admitted to the bar.  Typically, professors in the legal clinic are admitted to practice law because that's typically what clinical profressors do.

I was going to say that she doesn't teach any courses, but apparently she does teach a few seminars etc.  But I think her primary job is as director of the Children & Family Justice Center.  You'll notice that she isn't listed as teaching any "clinics," compared to the other professors in the clinic, who are.  I believe that's because she can't practice law, so she can't supervise a clinic, which entails practicing law and supervising students who are representing clients.

You can read more about it here: 
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/cfjc/aboutus.html






On Friday, February 09, 2007, at 11:58AM, "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
>> Mike may cut me off, but I have to respond to this one.  
>
>I'm not really interested in cutting anyone off, but this list is still
>primarily about sports.  However, the original charter (which hasn't been
>posted in a couple of years) did say that posts about Northwestern are
>permittable providing they remain civil.  
>
>However, it also said that politics (and religion) are off-topic.
>
>As I said before, I find it mildly interesting that she is on the NU
>faculty now.  
>
>I think a search on the radicals of my youth would show that more than a 
>few of them have now become a part of the system that they decried so 
>loudly against back then.  Ironic, isn't it?
>
>Out of curiosity, what are her academic credentials and what courses 
>does she teach?  
>
>Those who approve or dispprove of her hiring are encouraged to take
>the only sort of action that universities ultimately understand:
>open or close your pocketbooks, and make it known why.
>--
>Mike Nolan
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