September 07, 2021
“If the Mississippi challenge [to Roe v. Wade] is like a car going along on the highway at the speed limit, then Texas is like a speeding car that blazes in and cuts Mississippi off,” says Professor Dan Urman.
September 03, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Woodrow Hartzog, who has been ranked as one of the "10 Most-Cited Law & Technology Scholars in the U.S., 2016-2020," in a list compiled by Professor Brian Leiter of University of Chicago for the Law Professor Blogs Network.
September 03, 2021
"If the Mississippi challenge [to Roe v. Wade] is like a car going along on the highway at the speed limit, then Texas is like a speeding car that blazes in and cuts Mississippi off," says Professor Dan Urman.
September 01, 2021
“In a well-functioning polity, we would not need litigation to ensure that children can remain healthy at school,” writes Professor Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, in an op-ed for The Atlantic.
September 01, 2021
Professor Alexandra (Xander) Meise was among the thousands of volunteers from military, legal and other backgrounds to collaborate in the “Digital Dunkirk” movement to help people escape from Afghanistan before the United States’ official withdrawal on Tuesday. “It does give you hope at a time when hope is hard to find,” she tells news@Northeastern.
August 31, 2021
In recognition of its national leadership in preparing students for public interest lawyering, Northeastern University School of Law has been ranked No. 1 for public interest in the 2021 “back to school” issue of preLawmagazine.
August 24, 2021
People evacuating Afghanistan could face a years-long process for securing asylum status in the US, if they can even get to the country, says Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, director of Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic. “We have a crisis in the making.”
August 20, 2021
“Connecticut has made social equity and criminal justice reform the focal points of its efforts to legalize the adult recreational use of cannabis,” writes Alex McGrath ’23 in a piece for the Northeastern University Law Review's online forum.
August 20, 2021
"We really do not want to be at a situation where our employers are scrutinizing and testing our religious sincerity,” Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells The American Independent. “We do not have an established religion and orthodoxy in this country. And yet, that is ripe for abuse and it allows for exploitation of the religious exemption."
August 20, 2021
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to welcome its fall fellows, Mackenzie Darling ’22 and Bavani Sridhar ’22.
August 19, 2021
Professor Rashida Richardson '11 has been appointed to a new White House role in which she will help to advise President Joe Biden and others on issues related to data, automated systems, digital privacy and security, and civil rights.
August 19, 2021
It is with deep sadness that we share the news that The Honorable Nonnie S. Burnes ’77-‘78, founder of Northeastern Law's Public Interest Law Scholars Program and a former Trustee of Northeastern and associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, passed away Saturday.