NEWS@NORTHEASTERN — Northeastern School of Law is regarded as one of the top public interest law schools in the nation. And for the last 42 years, professor James Rowan has been a big reason why. “It has been, from its origin, a magnet for many people who were interested in the narrow but real possibility of using law to support movements for social change,” said Rowan, head of the Poverty Law and Practice Clinic, who is retiring this summer.