September 20, 2023
Professor Alexandra Roberts comments for Fortune magazine on the hidden economy driving Driving ‘Ozempic TIKTOK,’: “If any representations are false, misleading or unsubstantiated, both the influencer and the company that is paying them to post or paying them commission may be liable under not just FTC law, but also state or federal false advertising law.”
September 13, 2023
“It feels very convenient for somebody to say that the laws don’t apply to them, when on some level, they are benefiting from the protection of those laws,” Professor Daniel Medwed tells the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
September 13, 2023
Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) has partnered with Food & Water Watch, the Center for Constitutional Rights and community members of Jackson, Mississippi, to submit a coalition report on drinking water access and affordability to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
September 12, 2023
Northeastern Law’s Prisoners’ Rights Clinic helped gain clemency for their client Kenny Jean, who served prison time for an armed robbery conviction and was recently recommended for a pardon by Gov. Maura Healey ’98. “The state was complicit in what happened to Mr. Jean,” Patricia Garin ’84, co-director of the clinic, tells WBZ News. “But as we say in the petition, the state is now going to be complicit in saving him, and helping him, and helping him continue his life the way it's going.”
September 12, 2023
Mass. Governor Maura Healey ’98 has been appointed to the President Biden’s Council of Governors, a group of 10 bipartisan governors from across the country that serves as the lead forum to increase coordination around preparedness, resilience and response between the Federal government and state governments.
September 10, 2023
Professor Margaret Burnham's book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, has been named Honors in Nonfiction in the 23rd Annual Massachusetts Book Awards program! Burnham, founder and director of Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ), will be celebrated at a State House awards ceremony in October.
September 10, 2023
”It’s very misleading and frankly, it frightens a lot of people to talk about lockdowns,” Professor Wendy E. Parmet, director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells PolitiFact.
September 10, 2023
“The most important lesson to be learned from the COVID-19 vaccine saga is the path not to take in addressing future pandemics,” says Professor Brook Baker ’76, senior policy analyst for Health GAP. “Future responses should be driven by the dedication to people’s health, and not the protection of trade secrets and profits—a change that is still being fought out in global health.”
September 05, 2023
The summer edition of the Boston Bar Journal highlights the work of Community Justice Support Centers, a state- wide; state- funded reentry network, spearheaded by Northeastern Law’s Criminal Justice Task Force.
August 29, 2023
In recognition of its national leadership in preparing students for public interest lawyering, Northeastern University School of Law has been ranked No. 2 for public interest in the 2023 “back to school” issue of preLaw magazine. The magazine also awarded the school “A+” grades in health law and human rights.
August 29, 2023
Northeastern University School of Law is proud to announce that Professor Margaret Burnham, Mary Bonauto ’87 and Joyce Kauffman ’92 will be inducted into Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s inaugural Hall of Fame. Members of the inaugural class were selected based on their career accomplishments, contributions to the development of the law in Massachusetts, contributions to the bar and efforts to improve the quality of justice in Massachusetts.
August 27, 2023
The Roux Institute at Northeastern University has named Daniel Davies ’22 its 2023 Roux Institute Legal Fellow. The fellowship is a collaboration between Northeastern University School of Law and the Roux Institute to support start-ups and entrepreneurs affiliated with the Roux Institute by providing guidance on a variety of business formation and related matters.