January 04, 2023
Professors Martha Davis and Dan Urman and offer their views on major decisions expected by the Supreme Court on affirmative action and student-loan forgiveness over the next six months.
December 30, 2022
As Massachusetts prepares for leadership changes in 2023, Northeastern Law graduates and affiliates are laying the groundwork for the exciting transitions to come.
December 30, 2022
“There’s a sense of resignation in the defense bar that prosecutors are often above the law and they won’t be held accountable,” Professor Daniel Medwed tells The Boston Globe. “It’s not just Massachusetts. It’s really every state.”
December 27, 2022
“If I had to pick one event or point of progress to look at in 2022, that would be the Inflation Reduction Act and the $369 billion in climate change-related investments that are going to stem from that,” says Professor Alexandra Meise.
December 22, 2022
In an interview with Undark magazine, Professor Jonathan Kahn, a leading authority on biotechnology’s implications for our ideas of identity, rights and citizenship, discusses the use of forensic DNA phenotyping.
December 19, 2022
Zinaida Miller, a leading authority on transitional justice, human rights and humanitarianism, focusing on the reproduction of inequality and structural violence in areas including South Africa, Rwanda, Palestine and the US, will join the Northeastern University faculty on January 1, 2023, as professor of law and international affairs, with a joint appointment in the School of Law and the International Affairs Program of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.
December 16, 2022
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to welcome its spring scholars, Princess Diaz-Bîrca ’23, Emma Nyabisi Onsongo LLM ’23 and Isabella Ulm ’24.
December 16, 2022
Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate and author of Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle To Save America, will deliver a special presentation at Northeastern Law’s 15th annual Brown Forum | Women in the Law Conference on Friday, May 5, 2023.
December 16, 2022
Eli Lilly’s manufacturing agreement aimed at boosting insulin access in Africa is “largely a symbolic drop in the bucket,” Professor Brook Baker, senior policy analyst for Health GAP, tells STAT.
December 15, 2022
On the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, the memorial site offers visitors the chance to contemplate and reflect, says Sarah Peck ’96, director of PHAI’s UnitedOnGuns initiative.
December 14, 2022
Check out Professor Daniel Medwed’s reading recommendations for the holiday season!
December 13, 2022
Sebastien Philemon ’24 has been selected as the first Northeastern Law student to be awarded the prestigious Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholarship by Ropes & Gray.