Is It legal to Mandate Covid Vaccines? In Many Circumstances, Yes

CNN Politics asks: "Is it legal to mandate Covid vaccines?" Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, offers expert insights.

Army Unveils Memorial to a Black Soldier Lynched on Military Base 80 Years Ago

On August 4, the army unveiled a historic marker honoring the life of Private Felix Hall, who was found hanging from a tree on a segregated Army base in Georgia in 1941. Northeastern Law's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) was first to unearth the FBI file on Hall, the only known victim of a lynching on a US military installation.

Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic

Silbey Selected as the 56th Robert D. Klein Lecturer

Professor Jessica Silbey has been selected as the 56th Robert D. Klein Lecturer. She will deliver her talk, “Against Progress: Intellectual Property and Fundamental Values in the Internet Age,” at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, in the Raytheon Amphitheater, Northeastern University.

Regional Chapters

CRRJ Workshop Series: Kris Manjapra

Please join the Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project for a conversation with Kris Manjapra, Associate Professor of History at Tufts University.  A scholar of transnational history, Professor Manjapra will discuss the

Lunch and Learn Speaker Series

Academic Success

Elizabeth Knowles Joins Northeastern Law

Northeastern Law is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Knowles will join the university faculty effective July 1, 2021, as associate teaching professor.

Biden Nominates Professor Burnham to Civil Rights Cold Case Board

President Joseph Biden has nominated University Distinguished Professor of Law Margaret Burnham to the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board. The board will review records that may pertain to federal civil rights crimes between 1940 and 1980 and facilitate their release to the general public.