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Lorie M. Graham is a Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School and Co-Director of its International Law Concentration. She has held visiting professorships at Harvard Law School (2019, 2015, 2014) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1998-1999), and previously served as Program Director for Harvard’s Native American Program (1995-1997).
- Education:
- BS and JD, Syracuse University
- LLM, Harvard Law School
Graham’s scholarship bridges International Law, Human Rights, and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, with recurring focus on:
- Intellectual Property Law (e.g., reconciling IP with cultural heritage)
- Constitutional and Legal Ethics (e.g., Aristotelian ethics in clinical education)
- Reparations and Self-Determination (e.g., transnational applications of indigenous rights)
- Education and Media (e.g., intersections with UN declaration on indigenous rights)
Her recent works include analyses of the First Sale Doctrine (2019, with Stephen McJohn) and critiques of trade-environmental policy (2013). She has extensively published in journals like the Yale Human Rights and Environment Dialogues and Harvard Human Rights Journal.
Key themes in her research include:
- Legal frameworks for indigenous economic development
- Human rights as a lens for educational equity
- UN Security Council responsibilities in crises (e.g., Syria)
