2L Sowande is clerking for the bankruptcy court in a paradise known as Santa Barbara, California.
"There is no better way I've come across to understand in-class concepts than to apply doctrine on co-op."-Sowande
Student Blogs
Get to know our Bloggers! Northeastern
University School of Law offers an innovative approach to legal education
that attracts a well-rounded student body whose educational and cultural
diversity enriches the process of learning about
law. For a personalized glimpse into life at the School of Law, click
on one of the bloggers below.
Name: Amy, 3L
Area of Law: Health Advocacy, Juvenile Law
Student Activities: Black
Law Students Association, JD/MPH Program with Tufts University
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, reading, knitting, coffee
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate School: Brown University
Undergraduate Major: Community Health
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2006
Name: Benny, 2L
Area of Law: Local & State Government; Land Use, Real Estate, & Development; Administrative Law; Public Policy
Student Activities: Student Bar Association, Public Interest Law Scholars Program
Hobbies & Interests: Film, traveling, politics
Hometown: Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate School: Tufts University
Undergraduate Major: Philosophy
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2000
Name: Britt, 1L
Area of Law: Bioethics & Health Law, Family Law
Student Activities: Queer Caucus, Women’s Caucus
Hobbies & Interests: Trying out new restaurants, cooking, reading feminist & queer theory, watching crime/medical shows & bad reality TV
Hometown: Oakland, NJ
Undergraduate School: Simmons College
Undergraduate Major: Philosophy, Women’s Studies
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2009
Name: Diana, 2L
Area of Law: Domestic Violence, Family, Immigration
Student Activities: Domestic Violence Institute
Hobbies & Interests: Current events, reading, jogging
Hometown: North Bergen, NJ
Undergraduate School: Saint Peter's College
Undergraduate Major: Economics
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2003
Name: Ira, 3L
Area of Law: International, Criminal, Public Interest
Student Activities: International Law Society, Criminal Law Society
Hobbies & Interests: Community volunteering, poetry, good books and good
movies, exercise and conditioning
Hometown: Jacksonville, NC
Undergraduate School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate Major: English
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2003
Name: Sowande, 2L 
Area of Law: Bankruptcy; Civil Rights for Civil Servants;
Race, Gender and Equality
Student Activities: Black Law Students Association, Entertainment
and Sports Law Society
Hobbies & Interests: Mobile electronic gadgets, Japanese language and culture,
working out
Hometown: Bullhead City, AZ
Undergraduate School: San Jose State University
Undergraduate Major: Justice Studies Administration
Undergraduate Year of Graduation: 2006