October 12, 2022
Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to announce that Antoinette Coakley, an educator and corporate transactional attorney with more than 25 years of experience, will join the university faculty effective October 17, 2022, as Associate Teaching Professor and Assistant Dean of the Bar Success Program.
October 12, 2022
On Thursday, October 7, Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project celebrated the launch of the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive, a collection of records of anti-Black killings during the Jim Crow era. “I believe that this is the most consequential project and mission we have in this university,” said Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun. “This project doesn’t belong to the university. It belongs to society as a whole, and, indeed, the world.”
October 11, 2022
Many states are cracking down on cyberflashing, but more needs to be done to get online platforms actively involved, says Professor Ari Ezra Waldman, faculty director of Northeastern Law's Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC).
October 11, 2022
Professor Margaret Burnham’s new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners, has been selected for the longlist for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction! #NUSLPride
October 07, 2022
“I see it as my responsibility and duty to be, for lack of a better phrase, the voice crying out in the wilderness saying that there is another way,” Rahsaan Hall ’98, a candidate for Plymouth County District Attorney, tells Bolts magazine.
October 07, 2022
Professor Alexandra Roberts, a leading authority on intellectual property and social media, shares her take on copyright protections on TikTok: “If the creator’s work was protectable and was incorporated into someone else’s work without their permission, that could constitute copyright infringement.”
October 07, 2022
An innovative, traveling art installation was unveiled at Northeastern’s Cabot Court on October 6, 2022. The project, a partnership between Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) and PBS Frontline’s Un(re)solved initiative, uses augmented reality, African American quilt traditions and investigative reporting to bridge the gap between the past and present.
October 06, 2022
“Whenever you’re dealing with something that is highly stigmatized and the threat of legal enforcement hovers over, it’s very challenging,” Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells News@Northeastern. “The greater the perceived threat, and the greater the stigma, the harder it is to get the data.”
October 05, 2022
Northeastern University School of Law is delighted to welcome the fall 2022 incoming class of JD and FlexJD students, which boasts the strongest academic profile in the school’s history. The median LSAT for the class is 163 and the median GPA is 3.70. While these numbers are impressive, the school was drawn to this diverse class based on their wide variety of life experiences and passion for social justice.
October 01, 2022
Professor Martha Davis, an internationally recognized expert on human rights, contributed a chapter to the winner of the inaugural European Society of International Law Collaborative Book Prize.
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.”