November 13, 2022
“The current fentanyl situation is really a product of misguided drug policy and its enforcement,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Quartz.
November 11, 2022
Melanne Verveer, director of Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security and former US ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues, will deliver a special presentation at Northeastern Law’s 15th annual Judith Olans Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference on May 5, 2023.
November 09, 2022
Congratulations to Maura Healey ’98, the newly elected governor of Massachusetts! The first woman and first openly gay person elected to the role in Mass., Healey is also the first openly lesbian woman to be elected governor in the US.
November 08, 2022
Given the current political climate, Professor Blaine Saito, who is working the polls today in Boston, tells News@Northeastern he anticipates more challenges to voter qualification.
November 04, 2022
The risks of sending psilocybin client data to the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) “outweigh the potential remote benefits,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Wired.
November 03, 2022
Professor Kara W. Swanson, a renowned expert on intellectual property and the history of science, has been named the winner of the 2022 Martha Trescott Prize by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) in recognition of her article “Inventing the Woman Voter: Suffrage, Ability, and Patents,” published in the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (JGAPE).
November 03, 2022
Professor Alexandra Roberts, a leading expert on intellectual property and social media, has been named a Senior Fellow for Trademarks at the George Mason University Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2).
November 02, 2022
Hirah Ahmed ’24 has won her own triple crown of scholarships. A native of New York, Ahmed is being recognized for her academic accomplishments and commitment to social justice.
November 02, 2022
Northeastern University School of Law is the recipient of the 2022 LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Institutional Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues (SOGII). This award recognizes innovative contributions to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in the legal academy and the legal profession more broadly.
October 31, 2022
”[Professor Daniel] Medwed’s excellent book—aimed at the general audience rather than the specialist—is a model of clarity and persuasiveness,” writes Judge Jed Rakoff in a review for The Nation.
October 27, 2022
”Just as with opioids, we are in the middle of a spiraling crisis involving stimulants,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Wired.
October 26, 2022
The anniversary of Northeastern University’s Latinx Student Cultural Center reminded one of its visionaries, Wiliam Rodriguez ’98, of progress made and dreams fulfilled—including his own.