You have a unique set of skills, passions and goals. So why follow a predetermined path through law school?
At Northeastern, you create your own path by choosing specific co-ops, electives and activities that help you explore your interests and reach your goals. For some students, that means a single-minded pursuit of a particular type of law. For others, it means a broad-based exploration that takes them to several different countries and legal fields.
Pathways: Ingrid Nava ’03
"By providing direct services, lawyers play an important role in promoting justice." — Ingrid Nava ’03
“I’ve been involved in social justice issues for a long time. Before going to law school I worked as a union organizer across California. I enjoyed organizing, and felt that I was doing something important—but I wanted the freedom to be an agent of change on a wider breadth of issues. I also wanted access to a broader set of tools to help create change.
“The law is often promoted as a career option for people interested in social justice, so the possibility of going to law school had always been in the back of my mind. After eight years as an organizer, I applied to law school. I saw the law as an extension of the things I had been doing for a long time and as another tool in the toolbox.
“Today, I work in the employment unit at Greater Boston Legal Services, practicing employment law on behalf of low-wage, immigrant workers. The clients I represent are people who have come to this country in order to work—so the work is central to everything they do. It’s interesting work for compelling clients.”
Ingrid’s Pathway
Ingrid’s Pathway
- Goal
Use the law as a tool to promote social justice.
- Experiences
- Now: Staff attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services, Employment Unit, Boston
- After graduation: Counsel, Service Employees International Union, Local 615, Boston
- Co-op 4: Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Boston
- Co-op 3: Segal Roitman, Boston
- 3L: Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
- Electives: Labor I, Labor II, Employment Law, Collective Bargaining, Immigration Law
- Co-op 2: Honorable Patti Saris, US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Boston
- 2L: Public Interest Representative NUSL Student Government
- Co-op 1: Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
- Member: Latin American Law Students Association
- Honors: Public Interest Law Scholar
