August 18, 2020
As the nation continues to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Northeastern University School of Law is proud to announce that Professors Wendy E. Parmet, Leo Beletsky and Patricia Williams; Visiting Scholar Michael Sinha and Jessica Bresler ’20 are among 50 national experts convened to assess the US policy response to the crisis to date.
August 14, 2020
Linda Mann has joined Northeastern Law's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice (CRRJ) Project as executive director.
August 12, 2020
In a powerful piece co-authored with Parnia Zahedi for Boston Magazine, The Honorable William “Mo” Cowan ’94 writes about navigating around and tackling head-on the realities of structural racism.
August 12, 2020
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to welcome two new appointees, Alexandra August ’22 and Annery Miranda ’22, to its prestigious fellowship program.
August 10, 2020
The release from MCI-Norfolk prison of Arnie King, who committed a murder when he was 18 and served almost 50 years of a life-without-parole (LWOP) sentence, was the work of many hands but Northeastern Law faculty and students played significant roles.
August 08, 2020
Professor Michael Meltsner has been awarded a fellowship by the Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.
August 06, 2020
International students bring a different background and life experience that makes class discussion more vibrant and educational,” says Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, co-founder and director of Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic.
August 06, 2020
“In addition to the big splashes this administration makes with major immigration crackdowns, it also works quietly by enacting smaller, more insidious policies that make it ever harder for immigrants to remain in the United States,” writes Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, director of Northeastern Law's Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC), in an op-ed for Politico.
August 06, 2020
While there is much to celebrate about the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Carol Steinberg ’80 is “doing what she always does: pushing hard for more accessibility for people with disabilities,” according to The Boston Globe.
August 06, 2020
Professor Martha Davis has teamed up with Rajat Khosla, human rights advisor for the Department of Reproductive Health Research at the World Health Organization, to author a new article that explores evolving human rights norms and standards relating to infertility.
August 04, 2020
“Unfortunately, I think if there’s a retrial on life vs. death, it’s going to be very similar to what we already experienced,” Professor Daniel Medwed tells The Boston Globe. “And it would reopen a lot of wounds not only for victims, but for many Bostonians.”
August 01, 2020
The problem of course is that in this messaging environment, in this political partisan toxic messaging environment, persuasion only goes so far, Professor Wendy Parmet tells the Marietta Daily Journal. "And the virus doesn't know county boundaries."