Margaret Burnham
Margaret Burnham | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April 5, 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 28, 1944 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Relations | Louis E. Burnham (father) Linda Burnham (sister) Charles Burnham (brother) |
| Education | Tougaloo 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.