November 16, 2019
On the 45th anniversary of the enactment of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Robert Crabtree ’76 outlines five issues in special education that every candidate for office should be prepared to address.
November 16, 2019
CDC and AIDS service organizations should not be in the unenviable position of having to rely on continued high prices charged by Gilead to get dimes on the dollar of what should otherwise be appropriated by Congress on a sustainable basis, writes Professor Brook Baker in his latest opinion piece for the Health GAP blog.
November 15, 2019
Professor Woodrow Hartzog's work on facial recognition is cited by Vox.
November 15, 2019
Listen: Professor Kara Swanson, author of Banking on the Body (Harvard University Press, 2014), was interviewed by NPR's Planet Money for a segment on sperm banks.
November 15, 2019
“Although seemingly counterintuitive, now is the perfect time to pass a federal red flag law,” writes Sarah Peck '96, director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute’s United on Guns initiative, in an op-ed for The Hill.
November 12, 2019
A Northeastern Law team of faculty, students and graduates will be watching closely as lawmakers in Massachusetts debate “Conrad’s Law,” a bill that would make coerced suicide a crime. The Northeastern team played a significant role in crafting the law and bringing it to the attention of the Statehouse. Massachusetts is one of only eight states across the country that does not have a law targeting this kind of pressure.
September 11, 2019
Professor Margo Lindauer ’07, a nationally recognized expert in combatting domestic violence, has been named director of clinical programs at Northeastern University School of Law, effective January 1, 2020.
September 11, 2019
Our Health in Justice Action Lab joined forces with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Vital Strategies to host a training session in Harrisburg, PA, for defense attorneys handling DDRD cases. “Pennsylvania is ground zero for these kinds of prosecutions,” says Professor Leo Beletsky.
September 09, 2019
“If the data is showing that defendants who have counsel are much more likely to not have complaints issued against them, we can make the argument that there should be more pro bono services or a right to counsel at clerks’ hearings,” Professor Margo Lindauer, director of Northeastern Law’ Domestic Violence Institute, tells The Boston Globe.
August 21, 2019
Professor Woodrow Hartzog’s work in favor of a facial recognition ban is cited by Vox.
August 21, 2019
Professor Dan Danielsen joined a gathering of eminent law academics at City, University of London this May to mark the publication of a new book by Dr. Grietje Baars "that should change the way all legal scholars think about their work."
August 21, 2019
“There has been a sustained campaign to erase the experience of enslaved people and the consequences and legacy of slavery in America,” Professor Margaret Burnham, director of Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, tells Northeastern News. “But this is American history, and you have to face it to fix it.”