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'''Bernardine Rae Dohrn''' ([[née]] Ohrnstein, born [[January 12]], [[1942]]) is an American former leader of the 1969–1980 radical organization [[Weatherman (organization)|Weather Underground]].  She is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and the Director of Northwestern's [[Northwestern University School of Law#Children and Family Justice Center|Children and Family Justice Center]].

==Personal life==
(contracted; show full)Dohrn said of her political beliefs: "I still see myself as a radical."<ref>Chepesiuk, Ron, "Sixties Radicals, Then and Now: Candid Conversations With Those Who Shaped the Era", McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers: Jefferson, North Carolina, 1995, "Chapter 15: Bernardine Dohrn: From Revolutionary to Children's Rights Advocate",  p 239;"Acknowledgements" section dated by the author as "Summer 1994" indicating interview took place before that
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Dohrn now serves on the board of numerous human rights committees and teaches comparative law.  Since 2002, she has served as Visiting Law Faculty at the [[Vrije Universiteit]] in [[Amsterdam]]. Her legal work has focused on reforming the much criticized juvenile court system in Chicago and on advocating for human rights at the international level.  Dohrn is director and founder of the Children and Family Justice Center, which supports the legal needs of adolescents and their families.<ref&(contracted; show full)[[Category:People from Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
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