Daynard  Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program

The Daynard Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program brings two distinguished practitioners of public interest law to the Northeastern campus each academic year for a three-day visit.

The Daynard fellows, nationally recognized public interest leaders, serve as role models for students, demonstrating how legal skills can be used effectively and creatively to make the world a better place. The fellows each deliver an address that focuses on the strategic use of law to promote public interest goals, participate in classes, consult about professional opportunities for students and graduates, and meet individually with interested faculty, administrators and students.

This vibrant program was established in 2004 through the generosity of Professor Richard A. Daynard and his wife, Carol Iskols Daynard. Professor Daynard is an expert on legal approaches to dealing with the epidemics of tobacco- and obesity-related disease. He is president of  the law school’s Public Health Advocacy Institute.

The School of Law is pleased to announce the 2009-2010 Daynard Fellows:

Monica Halas ’77-’78

Employment Law Unit
Lead Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services

Community Lecture: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, noon
“Waging Campaigns for Change: A Legal Services Tribute to Clients, Community-Based Organizations and Labor”
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Sujatha Baliga

Soros Justice Fellow
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Community Lecture: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, noon
“Beyond the Binary: Restorative Justice as Lberatory Practice”

Past Daynard Fellows

2009
William P. Quigley
Janet Mary Riley Distinguished Professor of Law; Director, Law Clinic and Gillis Long Poverty Law Clinic
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law

Leslie J. Winner ’76
Executive Director
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

2008
Michael Ratner
President
Center for Constitutional Rights

2007
James Bell
Executive Director
The W. Haywood Burns Institute for Juvenile Justice, Fairness and Equity

Judith A. Scott ’74
Member
James & Hoffman
General Counsel
Service Employees International Union

2006 
Stephen M. Kohn ’84
Partner, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto

Oona Chatterjee
Co-founder and Co-director,
Make the Road by Walking

2005
Mary L. Bonauto ’87
Civil Rights Project Director, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)

D. Milo Mumgaard 
Executive Director
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest