Juliet Sorensen is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Strategy. Her teaching and research interests include international criminal law, corruption, and health and human rights. Professor Sorensen is a founder of the Northwestern Access to Health Project, an interdisciplinary partnership that analyzes access to health in resource limited settings. She is the Editor in Chief of Eyes on the ICC, a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of the International Criminal Court. In 2010, Professor Sorensen was appointed to the American Bar Association's Global Anti-Corruption Task Force. Professor Sorensen serves on the screening committee that assists Senator Durbin in selecting federal district court judges for the Northern District of Illinois.
From 2003-2010, Professor Sorensen was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago, focusing on fraud and public corruption. Prior to her work at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, she worked as a litigation associate and a federal judicial clerk in Boston. She was also a maternal and child health volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps in Morocco from 1995 to 1997. She received her B.A. in politics from Princeton University and her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. She is a member of the New York and Massachusetts Bars and the Federal Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the Northern District of Illinois, the District of Massachusetts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Professor Sorensen was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations (2000-2005), and was a Chicago Council on Global Affairs “Emerging Leader” (2008-2010). She has taught trial advocacy on behalf of the Department of Justice to prosecutors in South America and West Africa.
Areas of Expertise
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cross-cultural Negotiations
Emerging Markets
Environmental Sustainability
Ethics
Government Accounting
Privatization
Education
J.D., 2000, Law, Columbia University, School of Law, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
A.B., 1995, Politics, Cert. Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, Cum laude
Other Professional Experience
Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, Chicago, 2003-2010
Litigation Associate, Foley Hoag LLP, 2001-2003
Judicial Clerk, Hon. George O'Toole, 2000-2001
Maternal and Child Health Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, 1995-1997
Teaching Interests
Special topics in international criminal law
International litigation
Intellectual property in emerging markets
Public corruption
Full-Time / Part-Time MBA
Global Initiatives in Management (GIM) (INTL-473-0) This course counts toward the following majors: International Business
This course offers students an opportunity to learn about non-U.S. business environments within an innovative and flexible framework that combines traditional classroom-based learning with structured in-country field research. From its inception in 1989 as one class of 34 students covering the Soviet Union, the program has grown to become a cornerstone of the Kellogg experience for many students. The school currently sponsors 13 GIM courses composed of approximately 400 students traveling to 15 countries. Evanston full-time students gain admission to GIM classes through the bidding process in the fall quarter. Classroom instruction is held during the winter quarter, followed by two weeks of field research abroad and seminar presentations of written student reports during the spring quarter. (TMP and EMP GIM classes sometimes follow different schedules.) GIM courses are organized by student leaders under the guidance of a faculty adviser. If you would like to become a GIM student leader, please contact the IBMP office for more information.
Health and Human Rights (KPPI-933-0)
This course counts toward the following majors: Social Enterprise, Health Enterprise Management, International Business and Markets
Formerly SEEK-933-0
The course examines the intersection of health and
international human rights. Readings and discussion will focus on whether
there is a universal right to health; how to maximize access to health; the
health implications of war crimes and atrocities; and the meaning of rights
and access in resource-poor settings such as refugee camps and fragile states.
Special attention will be paid to the role of corporate social responsibility and
advanced economies in access to health.
Students will work in interdisciplinary groups on a health assessment and
intervention known as the Access to Health Project. Headed by Professor
Sorensen of the Center for International Human Rights and Carolyn Baer,
Deputy Director of the Center for Global Health at Feinberg Medical School,
the Access to Health Project seeks to leverage academic partnerships to
maximize access to health in communities in the developing world.
Specifically, this class will participate in a needs assessment and
intervention for a community in Mali as it emerges from civil conflict facing significant challenges to health and economic development. where public health issues in the area include malnutrition;
maternal mortality; and disease that is treatable by basic vaccinations such
as tetanus, typhoid, and measles.
The needs assessment will reflect human rights, public health and
sustainability considerations. In lieu of an exam, student teams will prepare
a final written report detailing their findings and recommendations.
