March 17, 2021
“It is unlikely that Garland will keep up Barr’s push for Tsarnaev’s execution, especially since Biden has been so forceful in his opposition to the death penalty at large,” Professor Michael Meltsner tells The Washington Examiner.
March 15, 2021
We believe representation in the legal profession matters, which is why we’re proud that our law program ranked as a top 20 school for female JD enrollment in the US!
March 10, 2021
Sarah Lee Day ’21 has been awarded the highly competitive Justice Catalyst Fellowship, a project-based, post-graduate fellowship that funds ground-breaking social justice advocacy projects through partnerships with nonprofit organizations around the world.
March 08, 2021
Professor HC Robinson was interviewed by News@Northeastern for a story about CAMD student Kiera Perryman and her efforts to foster solidarity among black women across Northeastern.
March 06, 2021
It's layer upon layer upon layer of barriers to effectively leaving and being self-sustaining. Professor Margo Lindauer '07, director of Northeastern Law's Domestic Violence Institute, talks to USA Today about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence in the US, adding that legislation that expands access to safe, quality child care is one of the best ways to break the cycle of abuse.
March 05, 2021
A pandemic-era drop in calls for help means victims aren’t getting the support they need, says Professor Margo Lindauer '07, director of Northeastern Law’s Domestic Violence Institute. Now, she and her colleagues are working to reach victims who may be trapped at home their abusers.
March 05, 2021
If there’s not a lot of transparency and trust in the system, in its fairness and equity, then there are always going to be some people to game the system, creating a vicious cycle of inequity, Professor Wendy Parmet tells Axios.
March 05, 2021
If we want to move beyond the discredited War on Drugs and save lives, we must abandon the fixation on drug courts, invest in proven solutions, and let healthcare professionals ― not lawyers and judges ― guide treatment, writes Professor Leo Beletsky in a co-authored op-ed for The Crime Report.
March 05, 2021
Professor Martha Davis has joined the academic advisory council for the ERA Project, a new law and policy think tank housed at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law.
March 03, 2021
Listen back: Professor Brook Baker '76, senior policy analyst for Health GAP, talks to NPR’s Here & Now about the news that Johnson & Johnson will work with rival Merck to ramp up production of its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine.
March 02, 2021
As Massachusetts loosens COVID-19 restrictions, Professor Daniel Medwed joins GBH Morning Edition host Joe Mathieu to talk about the measures that are in place to keep everyone in the courtroom safe during in-person jury trials and how those measures could impact trials.
March 01, 2021
“There’s a crisis of inequality that plagues us in multiple areas,” Professor Brook Baker '76, senior policy analyst for Health GAP, tells Northeastern News. “But certainly in the context of a global pandemic like COVID-19, it’s one that leaves us all vulnerable to the disease."