CLEAR Leaders Speak about Reparations at Martha’s Vineyard Town Hall

The powerhouse song, “Time for Reparations,” by the Sounds of Blackness opened a town hall about reparations on Martha’s Vineyard on July 30. Professor Margaret Burnham, faculty co-director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) was the featured speaker; Dr. Deborah Jackson, managing director of CLEAR was a panelist.

Professor Katheryn Russell-Brown Elected to The American Law Institute

Professor Katheryn Russell-Brown, a leading scholar in race and criminal justice who serves as president of the American Society of Criminology, has been elected to The American Law Institute, a distinguished independent organization that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.