
2025 Award Winner: Juliet Sorensen
Juliet Sorensen is a clinical professor of law and the director of the Rule of Law Institute and Program in Rule of Law for Development at Loyola University Chicago. Prior to joining the faculty of Loyola, Juliet was on faculty at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she founded and directed the Northwestern Access to Health Project, a global, community-based partnership at the intersection of health, human rights, and development. Juliet also served for five years as the executive director of Injustice Watch, a nonprofit journalism organization that investigates systemic inequities in the court system. A Chicagoan since 2003, Juliet was an Assistant United States Attorney from 2003 to 2010, focused on public corruption, complex fraud, and human rights. Between 1995 and 1997, Juliet was a maternal and child health Peace Corps Volunteer in southeastern Morocco. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia University School of Law.