At a Glance

Clinical Professor and Director of the Domestic Violence Institute

Radcliffe College, AB 1968
Harvard University, JD 1976

Office: Suite 140, Dockser Hall

Mail: 65 Forsyth Street, Boston, MA 02115

Tel: (617) 373-8617

Fax: (617) 373-8236

E-mail: l.kanter@neu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Lois Hilfiker Kanter

Professor Kanter is an expert in domestic violence prevention and legal responses to sexual assault. She has developed a range of clinical education experiences for students. She currently directs the school’s Domestic Violence Institute as well as its Domestic Violence Clinic in Dorchester Municipal Court, the Boston Medical Center Domestic Violence Project, and is a founding member, and former chair, of the board of directors of the Victim Rights Law Center, an innovative organization providing legal services to rape victims. She is also a founding partner, and Northeastern’s representative, on interdisciplinary, community-based partnerships to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Prior to coming to Northeastern, Professor Kanter was a clinical instructor at Boston University School of Law and at Harvard Law School, and a managing attorney for Greater Boston Legal Services. Her legal career has been devoted to litigating on behalf of vulnerable women and their children; she has specialized in violence prevention since 1990.

In addition, Professor Kanter is involved in the law school’s Legal Skills in Social Context program.

Selected Publications

“Invisible Clients: Exploring Our Failure to Provide Civil Legal Services to Rape Victims,” 38 Suffolk Law Review 253, 2005.
“Northeastern’s Domestic Violence Institute: The Law School Clinic as an Integral Partner in a Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence” (et al),47 Loyola Law Review 359, 2001.

“Who’s Listening? Introducing Students to Client-Centered, Client-Empowering and Multidisciplinary Problem-Solving in a Clinical Setting” (with Enos), 9 Clinical Law Review 83, 2002.