Leah Gould
Assistant Dean of Public Interest
Biography
Leah Gould leads the Public Interest Center as the inaugural Assistant Dean of Public Interest. She oversees the work and staff of the Center, including advising students and alumni on public interest internships and careers, organizing programs and events for students to learn more about the numerous career paths one might take to become a public service attorney, and administering various financial programs that make those career paths more possible. Prior to joining Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Dean Gould was the Assistant Dean for Public Service and Director of the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center at the University of Virginia School of Law. After graduating from the University of Colorado Law School, Dean Gould clerked on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She then joined the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s New York City Field Office through the Attorney General’s Honors Program, where she investigated and prosecuted price-fixing and bid-rigging schemes in the financial services industry. Dean Gould went on to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, where she prosecuted a variety of federal criminal cases, including firearms, narcotics trafficking, child exploitation, and white-collar cases. The Federal Law Enforcement Foundation named Dean Gould 2020 Prosecutor of the Year for her work leading an international dark web narcotics and cryptocurrency laundering investigation. Throughout her time at the DOJ, Dean Gould recruited law students and attorneys as a DOJ ambassador and conducted Honors Program and intern hiring. Before practicing law, Dean Gould served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. As a law student, she was an editor on the University of Colorado Law Review, won a national championship in moot court, and founded the Military Law Society. Dean Gould also co-founded The Brigid Alliance, a national nonprofit based in New York.
Education
- J.D., University of Colorado
- B.A., George Washington University