Zeinab Bakhiet joined the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation as a Clinical Fellow with the Health Law and Policy Clinic in August 2024. She previously worked as a child health policy researcher at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and with several community-based organizations in Houston and Chicago on issues related to health, housing, economic development, food access, and community violence. She advocates for an expansive and holistic view of health and wellness and is particularly interested in using art, community organizing, and restorative justice to advance racial equity. Additionally, she is a certified mediator and has conducted pro bono mediations through the Center for Conflict Resolution.
During law school, Zeinab was a capital habeas intern with the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Texas and an intern with the Incarcerated Survivors Program, a joint initiative between Ascend Justice and the Women’s Justice Institute. She served as the president of Northwestern Law’s Student Mental Health Alliance and co-founded the International JD Support Group. She received Northwestern Law’s Service Award, given by the graduating class to the student who has shown the greatest dedication and commitment to public service and the practice of law.
Zeinab holds a JD from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and a BA in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University.
