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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)ve 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>http://www.law.northwestern.edu/cfjc/directorsmessage.html</ref>

Dohrn and Ayers recently 
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