September 30, 2022
“The fight against zoning laws represents a larger fight against stigma directed towards people who use drugs,” writes Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, in a co-authored op-ed for Harvard Public Health.
September 29, 2022
New York magazine cites Professor Daniel Medwed’s new book, Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out Of Prison: ”The system values finality and efficiency over accuracy. It’s about power and control. It’s about the ways in which those at the top keep those at the bottom from moving up.”
September 29, 2022
The major questions doctrine has gone from something the Supreme Court used once every five years to a “Swiss Army knife” for courts to limit agency power, Professor Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells Bloomberg Law.
September 29, 2022
Congratulations to Betty Francisco ’98, CEO at Boston Impact Initiative, who has been named to the Boston Business Journal’s Power 50: Movement Makers for 2022, an annual list of Boston-area business people who are making the most impact on the region. #NUSLPride l
September 28, 2022
Listen back: On NPR’s Fresh Air, Professor Margaret Burnham talks about the injustice and racism brought to light in her powerful new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners.
September 27, 2022
Today, the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) at Northeastern University School of Law released the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive, one of the most comprehensive digital archives of racial homicides collected to date.
September 26, 2022
The School of Law is pleased to welcome Joshua Nadreau ’13, partner at Fisher Phillips in Boston, as board president of the Alumni/ae Association for 2022-2023. Building on the board’s robust network, Nadreau will take the lead in broadening the law school's connection with its graduate community in Boston and throughout the country.
September 26, 2022
Dan Jackson ’97, executive director of Northeastern Law’s NuLawLab, has been appointed chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services.
September 23, 2022
A delegation from University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, visited Northeastern last week. Dean James Hackney was present to observe the signing of a memorandum of understanding that expressed a mutual desire of the two educational establishments to work together and find areas of collaboration and opportunity.
September 21, 2022
Professor Margaret Burnham’s new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, is reviewed by The New York Times!
September 21, 2022
“The harm of not being able to pass immigration reform is we’re losing out on really good people," Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic, tells the Cape Cod Times.
September 21, 2022
On the Coffee Break Campaigning podcast, Tram Nguyen ’13, state representative for the 18th Essex District, Massachusetts, delves into her experience running for office and the basics of running a campaign.