David Hall, J.D.

David Hall is a professor of Professional Ethics at Northeastern University School of Law. Professor Hall returned to the faculty at Northeastern School of Law after a distinguished career as an administrator in the law school and the University. He was appointed Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northeastern University in July of 1998 and served in that capacity until July 2002. During his tenure as the chief academic officer for Northeastern he oversaw the significant growth in the University's external research funding, retention rate, and the overall academic standing. He was a strong advocate for incorporating practice, and especially ethical practices into the standard curriculum of each college. Before being appointed as Provost, he served as Dean of Northeastern Law School from 1993 to 1998. His top priority as dean of the Law School was improving legal education and the ethical standards of the profession. Stressing the School of Law's hallmarks - academic excellence, experiential learning, ethical responsibility and social justice - David Hall called upon all law schools to be places "where the values and spiritual foundations of future lawyers are nurtured, challenged and systematically emphasized." In December of 1995, the Wall Street Journal published a page one article on Northeastern University School of Law and former Dean Hall. The article quoted Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., who said that David Hall is "one of the most important leaders in legal education today." A course on leadership and professional fulfillment, which he jointly developed with the law firm of Hale and Dorr, was featured in U.S. News and World Report. He is presently writing a book on the intersection of law and spirituality, entitled Rivers and Stones: A Call for the Spiritual Revitalization of the Legal Profession. He writes and lectures nationally on matters of social justice, ethical leadership, value oriented education and diversity.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, David Hall holds both a doctorate of juridical science and a LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He received his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1978, where he was also awarded a master's degree in human relations. He earned his bachelor's degree from Kansas State University in 1972. In 1999, he received the National Conference of Community and Justice Humanitarian Award. In 2003 President George Bush appointed Professor Hall to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.