May 15, 2025
Commenting for the Courier Journal, Professor Daniel Medwed says he finds it “deeply troubling” that a prosecutor had prosecuted former clients. “It’s one of the hallmarks, one of the most deeply rooted traditions and principles in law: That the relationship between the attorney and client is sacred and the confidences should be kept, as long as those confidences are not being used to perpetrate some future fraud or crime.”
May 14, 2025
Dan Brophy ’25 has been awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate legal fellowships in the country.
May 14, 2025
Professor Rachel Rosenbloom has submitted a co-authored amicus brief to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a case challenging the legality of President Trump's Executive Order No. 14,160, which purports to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States lacking a US citizen or lawful permanent resident parent.
May 14, 2025
CLEAR recently welcomed award-winning writer and prison reform advocate Kenneth Hartman for a powerful conversation on how lived experience can inform and advance meaningful, lasting change in the US prison system.
May 12, 2025
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined WGN Radio’s Legal Face Off to discuss the latest in the retrial of Karen Read.
May 08, 2025
Congratulations to Eva Jellison ’13, who has been selected by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association for its 40 Under 40 honor roll of attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBTQ+ equality. A partner at Jellison & Nathanson, Jellison is a board member of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association and serves as its liaison to the Superior Court.
May 07, 2025
Jubilant JD, LLM and MLS graduates filled Northeastern’s Matthews Arena on Friday, May 2, to celebrate the culmination of their legal education and the beginning of new chapters.
May 06, 2025
Kayla Fox ’25, a dedicated youth advocate and community builder committed to dismantling systemic injustice, has been named the recipient of the third annual Tyler Lawrence Memorial Peacemaker Award.
May 06, 2025
The co-directors of the Amy J. Reed Collaborative for Medical Device Safety have submitted a Citizen Petition to the FDA requesting that the agency scrutinize the off-label use of the Da Vinci Robotic System or VATS systems in “Hybrid Convergent Ablation.”
May 02, 2025
Professor Rashida Richardson was recently consulted as an expert for a new report from the US Government Accountability Office exploring how cities are using smart technologies, the benefits and challenges that come with them and policy options to guide their responsible use.
April 30, 2025
Ralph C. Martin II ’78, a prominent trial lawyer, treasured public servant and principled advocate for justice, will deliver Northeastern University School of Law’s commencement address on Friday, May 2, 2025.
April 30, 2025
Professor Sarah Lageson has been awarded two research grants from the Clean Slate Initiative to conduct research on the implementation and impact of automatic criminal record expungement across the United States.