December 04, 2023
“At this early stage in the development of US AI policy, the Order’s lack of a coherent vision around “competition” and “innovation”—its simultaneous support for permissionless innovation and for strong government intervention—is both a blessing and a curse,” Professor Elettra Bietti tells the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project.
December 04, 2023
“In a way, O’Connor’s legacy is that she became for conservatives an example or a warning sign of what happens if you don’t nominate a movement conservative,” Professor Dan Urman tells Northeastern Global News.
December 01, 2023
This fall, students in Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC) hosted two pro se clinics at the law school for non-citizens. The IJC students, along with attorney volunteers, served more than 40 clients on a variety of matters, including applying for temporary protected status, travel authorization and work authorization.
November 29, 2023
George Weekes was one of the most influential figures in the politics and trade union movement of Trinidad from the 1960s. To bring Weekes’ story to life and discuss his impact in Trinidad and beyond, Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) hosted Dr. Godfrey Vincent, author of Rebels at the Gates: The Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU) in the Era of George Weekes, 1962-1987, and a panel of scholars dedicated to the research and organizing of labor movements, on November 17, 2023.
November 28, 2023
Professor Daniel Medwed is the co-leader of a group of lawyers and medical professionals who are studying the medical underpinnings of the controversial lung float test, to determine whether it should be used in court.
November 28, 2023
Professor Emeritus Roger Abrams, who served as dean of Northeastern Law from 1999 to 2002, passed away on November 12, 2023, in University Park, Florida. A prolific author and leading authority on sports and labor law and legal education, Professor Abrams retired from Northeastern in 2018.
November 28, 2023
Juliette Kayyem, a national leader in homeland security and crisis management, will deliver a special presentation on media, elections and voting rights at Northeastern Law’s 16th annual Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference on May 3, 2024.
November 27, 2023
A group of the nation’s preeminent law professors and legal scholars, including Professor Martha Davis, has submitted an amicus brief in Texas v. Zurawski, a case challenging Texas’ abortion ban.
November 26, 2023
“Poorer countries are trying to become more self-reliant because they’ve realized after COVID they can’t count on anyone else,” says Professor Brook Baker ’76, policy analyst for Health GAP.
November 26, 2023
Mark Gottlieb ’93, executive director of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI), is representing the town of Brookline in a challenge to its tobacco-free generation law. “What the SJC does in this case may not have any impact on whether a policy may withstand a legal challenge in other states,” he tells The Boston Globe. “But it certainly would show it’s possible, given the right legal environment, to implement a policy that is truly an end-game policy for tobacco sales.”
November 17, 2023
Professor Mark Gottlieb ’93, executive director of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, comments for Boston.com on the new Massachusetts Lottery app: ”I think it makes much more sense, in terms of public health practice, to have fewer opportunities for such people to be playing. Putting the games in everybody’s pocket is going to make this a greater problem.”
November 15, 2023
Western Mass. Man Paddles the Connecticut River in a ‘Very Hokey’ Watercraft. (It’s a Pumpkin!)
Never one to shy away from a challenge, environmental lawyer and sculptor David Rothstein ’97 beat the world record for distance paddled in a pumpkin!