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Alumni/ae Weekend 2021

Alumni/ae Weekend 2021

Save the Date for #NUSLReunion 2021!

OCTOBER 22 - 23, 2021
Join us virtually for a weekend of fun and friendship as we honor the classes of the 1950s, ’76, ’81, ’86, ’91, ’96, ’01, 06, ’11 and '16.

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The Other Public Health Crisis: How The DOJ Can Flatten the Overdose Curve
Jun 22

The Other Public Health Crisis: How The DOJ Can Flatten the Overdose Curve

“If this administration is serious about ending the overdose crisis, it will need to redeploy the tools of the DOJ in true service to public health. Change can’t come soon enough,” write Professor Leo Beletsky and his colleagues at Health in Justice Action Lab, in a co-authored op-ed for The Appeal.
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Juneteenth Just Became a Federal Holiday in the US. Here’s What That Means.
Jun 18

Juneteenth Just Became a Federal Holiday in the US. Here’s What That Means.

“A greater recognition of the past, and a greater acknowledgement of the continuing presence of the past in the present, is critically important to properly redress the racial violence, racial subordination, racism, and white supremacy that we face today,” says Professor Margaret Burnham, who was recently nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.
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Biden Wants to End the Death Penalty. So Why Is His Justice Department Trying To Have Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Put to Death?
Jun 18

Biden Wants to End the Death Penalty. So Why Is His Justice Department Trying To Have Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Put to Death?

"The Tsarnaev case is an idiosyncratic one, spanning three administrations," Professor Daniel Medwed tells The Boston Globe. “The Department of Justice was not operating with a clean slate. For other cases that might be eligible, my hope and anticipation is that Biden will not seek the death penalty, and will take steps to limit it.”
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Events

Zoomin’ in on Elyse Cherry ’83

June 25, 2021

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Zoomin’ in on Elyse Cherry ’83

Courts and the Abolition Movement

July 21, 2021

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Courts and the Abolition Movement

Fall Daynard Lecture: Linda Rivas

October 4, 2021

12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Fall Daynard Lecture: Linda Rivas

Fall Daynard Roundtable: Linda Rivas

October 6, 2021

12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Fall Daynard Roundtable: Linda Rivas

Alumni/ae Weekend 2021

October 22, 2021

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Alumni/ae Weekend 2021

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