Julie Dahlstrom
Associate Dean of Experiential Education, Clinical Associate Professor, and Director of the BU Law Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program
Julie Dahlstrom assumed her role of Associate Dean of Clinical & Experiential Education on July 1, 2023, after over ten years teaching and supervising student attorneys in the experiential program at BU. Dahlstrom began her clinical teaching career as the founder and director of the Human Trafficking Clinic, which was named one of the most innovative law clinics by preLaw magazine in 2014. In 2017, she became the Director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program, where students represent indigent clients and engage with policy-related projects to address systemic injustice. Dahlstrom writes and speaks as an expert on issues related to gender-based violence, human trafficking, public interest law, and immigrants’ rights. Dahlstrom speaks nationally on the topic of human trafficking, immigration law, and clinical legal education. She has published law review articles in leading journals, including the California Law Review, Florida Law Review, UC Davis Law Review, and UC Irvine Law Review. She regularly presents at academic conferences and has published opinion pieces in The Hill, Cognoscenti, and The Los Angeles Times. She also has been quoted in articles from VICE News, NBC News, the Boston Globe, Radio Boston, WBUR, and the Washington Post.