February 15, 2024
Congratulations to Eduardo Gonzalez ’16, who has been selected to receive the fourth annual Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award by the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System! Gonzalez, a program officer for civil justice at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, will be presented with the award at the IAALS’ Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner on April 25, 2024.
February 15, 2024
After 17 years at the public defender’s office, Shira Diner ’01 continues a career dedicated to criminal defense litigation as a lecturer and clinical instructor in the Defender Clinic at BU University School of Law.
February 15, 2024
“It that it can be easier for students to learn about the law when there’s a common theme or subject to focus on—especially one as well-known as Taylor Swift,” Professor Alexandra Roberts tells the ABA Journal. ”Classes that expose them to a wide range of issues like licensing materials, contracts, waivers, insurance forms, etc., set them up to think about different careers.”
February 15, 2024
Check out the abstract of Professor Daniel Medwed’s forthcoming Arizona Law Review article, “Secrets of Chambers: The Constitutional Right to Present a Defense at Middle Age,” on the CrimProf blog.
February 15, 2024
“While the trans community and our allies can and should celebrate trans people on the red carpet and on our favorite TV shows, we can’t lose sight of the fact of each bill contributing to a political movement that imagines a world without us,” writes Chase Strangio ’10, deputy director for transgender justice with the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, in an op-ed for The New York Times.
February 15, 2024
“If the Pandemic Accord doesn’t include clear and comprehensive provisions allowing low- and middle–income countries to overcome Big Pharma’s monopoly control over supply, price, and distribution of vaccines, medicines, and diagnostics, we’ll see the savage inequity of COVID-19 and AIDS repeated in the next pandemic,” says Professor Brook Baker, senior policy analyst for Health GAP.
February 15, 2024
Watch: On GBH’s Greater Boston, Professor Jeremy Paul discusses the 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court hearing on Trump’s ballot eligibility and a look at the impact of the decision.
February 14, 2024
“It gives me great pause … to say we want the government to try to step in and regulate what amounts to a reproductive choice,” Professor Katherine Kraschel tells CNN Investigates.
February 13, 2024
Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, comments for Forbes.
February 12, 2024
At a recent event sponsored by the Harvard Law School library, Professor Daniel Medwed spoke about his latest book, BARRED, and the many systemic barriers to overturning wrongful convictions.
February 09, 2024
The Massachusetts Bar Association’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) highlights the work and achievements of Rahsaan Hall ’98, president and CEO of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts.
February 07, 2024
“In any of my projects I’ve been involved in, including sports betting, the purpose of the project is to make a real change in the world,” Professor Richard Daynard tells NGN Magazine.