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Reunion and Alumni/ae Weekend

Reunion and Alumni/ae Weekend

Save the Date for #NUSLReunion2022

October 21-22, 2022
Join us for Reunion and Alumni/ae Weekend as we honor the classes of 1950s, ’77, ’82, ’87, ’92, ’97, ’02, 07, ’12 and ’17. Rachael Rollins ’97, US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, will deliver the keynote address. Stay tuned for details!

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The Antiscience Supreme Court is Hurting the Health of Americans
May 18

The Antiscience Supreme Court is Hurting the Health of Americans

"Today’s conservative jurists have adopted the anti-expertise, populist stance of the larger conservative movement and are far less inclined than conservative judges in the past to prioritize health or value expertise," writes Professor Wendy Parmet in an op-ed for Scientific American.
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She Pioneered the Sale of Breast Milk, Then Lost Everything
May 17

She Pioneered the Sale of Breast Milk, Then Lost Everything

“[Nonprofit milk banks] are saddened by the idea that this product that they believe in very strongly and think would benefit a lot of babies would be less accessible if allocated on the basis of company profit rather than patient need,” Professor Kara Swanson, author of Banking on the Body,” tells The Washington Post. “In the history of U.S. medicine, there has never been enough banked breast milk for all the babies that might benefit.”
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Abortion Foes Push to Narrow ‘Life of Mother’ Exceptions
May 16

Abortion Foes Push to Narrow ‘Life of Mother’ Exceptions

“If there is no legalized way of abortion in these cases, many women are going to face very significant health problems and be desperate,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells The Washington Post. “And doctors are going to be put in untenable and unethical situations.”
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Events

Commencement 2022

May 20, 2022

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Commencement 2022

Confronting Racial Injustice Series

May 26, 2022

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Confronting Racial Injustice Series

Book Event: A Celebration of Professor Michael Melsner's New Novel, <i>Mosaic: Who Paid for the Bullet?</i>

May 26, 2022

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Book Event: A Celebration of Professor Michael Melsner's New Novel, Mosaic: Who Paid for the Bullet?

Privacy Law Scholars Conference

June 2, 2022

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Privacy Law Scholars Conference

Privacy Law Scholars Conference

June 3, 2022

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Privacy Law Scholars Conference

PHRGE Symposium: Right to a Healthy Environment in US Law

June 9, 2022

1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

PHRGE Symposium: Right to a Healthy Environment in US Law

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