April 03, 2026
What happens when a murder victim's family learns the convicted person was innocent, years later, with no warning and no apology? That question is at the heart of “When Justice Fails Twice,” a new report produced by Professor Andrew Haile‘s first-year LSSC law office, in partnership with the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute.
April 03, 2026
Congratulations to Robert Brink ’83, who retired after more than 27 years as executive director of the Social Law Library and now holds the title of executive director emeritus — and to Kyle K. Courtney, former member of the Northeastern Law library team and longtime part-time faculty member, on his appointment as the library's new executive director.
April 03, 2026
Professor Daniel Urman, director of Northeastern Law's online and hybrid programs, tells CBC News that while Attorney General Pam Bondi politicized the Department of Justice to an unprecedented degree, Trump was ultimately displeased by her failure to bring successful prosecutions of his targets.
April 03, 2026
GBH News highlights findings from a report produced by students in Professor Elizabeth Blooms's Legal Skills in Social Context (LSSC) class. Working with nonprofit partner Massachusetts Advocates for Children, the students found that dozens of Massachusetts school districts are failing to investigate bullying complaints as required by state law — with particular impact on students of color and those with disabilities.
April 03, 2026
The Northeastern Law community gathered on March 27 to honor the legacy of Valerie Gordon '93 at the 31st annual Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture
April 02, 2026
Professor Jeremy Paul shares his analysis with NBC10 Boston on the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
April 02, 2026
Mark Gottlieb ’93, executive director of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, tells GBH that live sports betting is “a completely different experience” from traditional sports gambling — “one that poses much greater risks to the user than sports gambling ever had before.”
April 02, 2026
Professor Rachel Rosenbloom tells The Christian Science Monitor that the Trump administration “is trying to characterize that [Wong] decision as more narrow than it was.” Instead, she says, the Wong decision “establishes a very broad rule of birthright citizenship.” Rosenbloom, an immigration law and policy expert, co-authored two amicus briefs in Trump v. Barbara.
April 01, 2026
A dissenting opinion filed by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in Chiles v. Salazar, No. 24–539, heavily cites a foundational Yale Law Journal article, “Professional Speech,” by Professor Claudia Haupt.
March 30, 2026
Commenting for Axios, Professor Alexandra Roberts, faculty director of Northeastern Law's Center for Law, Information and Creativity, weighs in on the trademark implications of the bill Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed this week to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Trump.
March 30, 2026
In a piece for the State Court Report , Professor Martha Davis examines the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's landmark ruling striking down mandatory life-without-parole sentences for felony murder: “The groundbreaking decision is notable for many reasons, including the ways that international law was baked into the arguments and the justices’ opinions.”
March 27, 2026
Cheryl I. Harris, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at UCLA Law, delivered the second annual Hope Lewis Distinguished lecture on March 23, 2026. Her keynote was titled, “Meeting the Moment: 25 Years of Critical Race Studies.”