Conferences and Major Events

2025 -2026 Conferences and Major Events

July 24-25, 2025
Gathering the Red Record: Linking Racial Violence Archives
Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) will host a two-day conference in July to mark the launch of the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive 2.0.

September 15, 2025
CLEAR Forum: The US Supreme Court Term
Join Northeastern Law's Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) for this forum discussion of several cases from this term of the US Supreme Court.

September 24, 2025
The International Court of Justice: Unpacking the World Court's Opinion on Climate Change
Join CGLJ and CPIAC for a discussion examining the International Court of Justice's recent opinion on climate change and its potential implications for international climate policy.

September 26 - September 27, 2025
New England IP Works in Progress
The Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC) at Northeastern University School of Law invites New England-area law professors to submit an abstract for its Fall 2025 IP Works in Progress Roundtable.

October 6-8, 2025
Daynard Public Interest Visiting Fellow
Elizabeth Yeampierre ’83
Co-chair, Climate Justice Alliance; Executive Director, UPROSE

October 17-18, 2025
Reunion and Alumni/ae Weekend
Join us on October 17-18, 2025, as we honor the classes of the 1950s, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, 00, ’05, ’10, ’15 and ’20.

October 29, 2025
Annual Health Law Lecture
“You Shouldn’t Need a Lawyer To See a Doctor..... But Millions Do.”
Featuring Elizabeth G. Taylor, executive director of the National Health Law Program

February 26-28, 2026
Junior Scholars Conference
This conference is designed to provide a space for junior faculty to engage with their peers in a friendly environment.

March 27, 2026
Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture
Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Human Rights Program, will deliver the 31st annual Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture.

April 3, 2026
Navigating the New Health Law Landscape
The Center for Health Policy and Law’s 2026 conference will feature a keynote address by Dr. Rachel Pearson, pediatrics resident and author of No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine.

April 24, 2026
Commencement 2026
Members of the class of 2026 will receive their degrees during the School of Law’s commencement ceremony at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston’s Seaport neighborhood.

May 15, 2026
Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference
Now in its 18th year, the Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference is an annual dynamic gathering that draws women from every level of professional development and accomplishment, providing career guidance, unparalleled professional development advice and networking.