Bernardine Dohrn

CWCY Co-founder

Bernardine Dohrn is a Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director, founder of the Children and Family Justice Center, and co-founder of the CWCY. She is a child advocate who teaches, lectures, and writes on international human rights, law, torture, children’s law, juvenile justice, the needs and rights of youth, and extreme sentencing of youth. Bernardine serves on the Boards of Directors of the W. Haywood Burns Institute, the Juvenile Justice Initiative, the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, the Public Square, and the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. She is an author and co-editor of three books: Race Course: Against White Supremacy (2008), A Century of Juvenile Justice (2002), and Resisting Zero Tolerance: A Handbook for Parents, Teachers and Students (2001). She is also the author of numerous law review articles and book chapters on children’s issues. She is annually a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Human Rights Program and Leiden University faculty of law in the Netherlands. Bernardine is a graduate of the University of Chicago College and the Law School.