October 24, 2022
The American Public Health Association (APHA) Law Section has selected Professor Wendy Parmet for its Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law Award.
October 24, 2022
“The physical responses that [George Floyd] was having were much more consistent with trauma than an overdose,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells the Associated Press.
October 21, 2022
”In today’s increasingly polarized political environment, legal doctrines that once supported the states’ ability to protect the health of their residents are diminishing the capacity of both our national and local governments to do so,” writes Professor Wendy Parmet in an op-ed for Scientific American. “Unless the courts stop enabling this political weaponization of federalism, our federalism will remain uncooperative. And deadly.”
October 21, 2022
”The harm of not being able to pass immigration reform is we’re losing out on really good people,” Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, director of Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic, tells the Cape Cod Times.
October 21, 2022
A ruling in favor of the independent state legislature doctrine would have a lasting impact, ensuring one-party rule and rendering elections “virtually meaningless,” according to Professors Michael Meltsner, Jeremy Paul and Dan Urman.
October 20, 2022
Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy has released the latest publication in its series on water and human rights in the US, “How Five Creative Water Utilities Are Assisting “Hard-to-Reach” Renters as Water Rates Rise.”
October 20, 2022
In a conversation with News@Northeastern, Yana Garcia ’11, California’s new Secretary for Environmental Protection, talks about her background, California’s bold plans to address greenhouse gas emissions and how co-op experiences while a student at Northeastern Law solidified her desire to embrace climate and social justice in her legal career.
October 18, 2022
“While rainbow fentanyl may dominate the drug news cycle, there are other issues affecting opioid users that need more attention,” says Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab.
October 18, 2022
Watch video: On PBS’ The Open Mind, Siri Nelson ’19, executive director of the National Whistleblower Center and adjunct professor of law at Northeastern, discusses the historical and contemporary role of the whistleblower.
October 18, 2022
Mass. AG Maura Healey ’98 has announced a $2.9 million grant program to address the boarding crisis in Massachusetts hospitals.
October 18, 2022
To expand access to a top-tier legal education, Northeastern University School of Law will extend its FlexJD program to prospective students across the nation beginning in fall 2023. The four-year FlexJD is ideally suited for well-qualified, working professionals who intend to continue their full-time employment while pursuing a law degree.
October 17, 2022
Watch video: On C-SPAN’s Q&A series, Professor Margaret Burnham, author of By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners, talks about the largely unknown Black victims of racial violence in the South between the early to mid-twentieth century.