Margaret Burnham

Margaret Burnham
Member of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 5, 2022
Nominated byJoe Biden
Preceded byPosition created
Personal details
Born (1944-12-28) December 28, 1944
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
RelationsLouis E. Burnham (father)
Linda Burnham (sister)
Charles Burnham (brother)
EducationTougaloo College (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (LLB)

Margaret A. Burnham (born December 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, University Distinguished Professor of Law at the Northeastern University School of Law, founder of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and co-founder of the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive. Burnham is also the Faculty Co-Director for Northeastern Law's Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR). She is a Senate-confirmed nominee to be a member of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.