Professor Davis is a University Distinguished Professor of Law, co-director of the School of Law’s Center for Global Law and Justice and Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy and faculty director of the NuLawLab. Professor Davis has written widely on human rights, women’s rights and social justice issues, and is a leading scholar of the human rights cities movement.

Kim is an academic-practitioner who is committed to community-driven civic research, innovation in city-university collaborations, and leveraging our collective expertise for the social good. Kim previously served as Interim Executive Director at Metrolab Network and Director of Civic Research for the City of Boston.

aleja serves as Director of Technology Governance and Policy for the City of Boston, where they shape standards for technical procurements across the city and oversee the city's generative AI program. They are a 2026-27 Technology & Human Rights Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at Harvard’s Kennedy School.

Dan is the founding Executive Director of the NuLawLab at Northeastern University School of Law, an interdisciplinary innovation laboratory established in 2013 and focused on legal education, legal empowerment and access to justice. He is a leader in the legal design movement.

Tiernan Mennen directs the School of Law’s Center for Global Law & Justice. His career has included leading human rights and rule of law initiatives across the globe, with a distinguished record in program development, strategic partnerships and grant writing. He holds a JD from Cornell Law School and an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and has directed large-scale, multi-stakeholder programs in some of the world’s most complex legal and political environments.