July 01, 2021
Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to announce the hiring of five exceptional faculty members: Melvin J. Kelley IV, Elizabeth Knowles, Alexandra (Xander) Meise, Rashida Richardson ’11 and Lua Kamál Yuille.
July 01, 2021
Professor Martha Davis, faculty director for Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy and the NuLawLab, is co-editor of COVID-19 and Human Rights (Routledge, 2021).
June 29, 2021
Andra Lehotay de León ’23 has been selected to join the inaugural class of the Equal Justice Works Disaster Resilience Program Student Fellows.
June 29, 2021
As autonomous systems become more ubiquitous in daily life, instances of these systems behaving in unintended ways are also becoming more frequent—or are inherently flawed when behaving as expected. Professors Woodrow Hartzog and Rashida Richardson explore the failure points in these complex systems.
June 28, 2021
#BritneySpeaks: The singer's struggle could put a spotlight on other victims’ stories of "power and control," says Professor Margo Lindauer ’07, director of Northeastern Law’s Domestic Violence Institute.
June 25, 2021
The unanimous SCOTUS vote to upend the NCAA rules rules "clears the way for future direct challenges," says Professor Dan Urman, director of hybrid and online programs.
June 23, 2021
“I knew I wanted to work with queer and trans people,” says Lucie Gulino ‘21, who will be providing free legal support to people seeking clemency as an Equal Justice Works fellow at Greater Boston Legal Services this fall.
June 23, 2021
The Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) recently honored Professor Stevie Leahy with an Outstanding Service Award in recognition of her contributions as a member of the organization’s Leadership and Development (L&D) Committee.
June 22, 2021
“If this administration is serious about ending the overdose crisis, it will need to redeploy the tools of the DOJ in true service to public health. Change can’t come soon enough,” write Professor Leo Beletsky and his colleagues at Health in Justice Action Lab, in a co-authored op-ed for The Appeal.
June 18, 2021
“A greater recognition of the past, and a greater acknowledgement of the continuing presence of the past in the present, is critically important to properly redress the racial violence, racial subordination, racism, and white supremacy that we face today,” says Professor Margaret Burnham, who was recently nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.
June 18, 2021
"The Tsarnaev case is an idiosyncratic one, spanning three administrations," Professor Daniel Medwed tells The Boston Globe. “The Department of Justice was not operating with a clean slate. For other cases that might be eligible, my hope and anticipation is that Biden will not seek the death penalty, and will take steps to limit it.”
June 17, 2021
President Joe Biden has nominated Professor Margaret Burnham to serve on a new board that will make it easier to access the records of unsolved murders of Black people during the Civil Rights era—and possibly solve some of the lingering crimes.