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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)gt; She was hired by Howard Trienens, the head of the firm at that time, who knew Thomas G. Ayers, the father of Dohrn's husband. "We often hire friends," Trienens told a reporter for the [[Chicago Tribune]].<ref name=rgct51808>Grossman, Ron. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-radical-ayers_thinkmay18,0,5953909.story Family ties proved Ayers' point], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', [[May 18]], [[2008]], last accessed, [[October 17]], [[2008]].</ref>
 There Dohrn worked alongside [[Michelle Obama]]. However, Dohrn has not been admitted to the New York or Illinois bar. She passed the New York bar exam but has not submitted an application to the New York Supreme Court's Committee on Character and Fitness.<ref name=nyt1/> She also passed the Illinois bar, but was turned down by the Illinois ethics committee because of her criminal record. Trienen said of the Illinois rejection, "Dohrn didn't get a [law] license because she's stubborn. She wouldn't say she's sorry."(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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