A federal judge in Massachusetts has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the federal government's actions to alter COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and replace members of a key advisory committee, citing an amicus brief co-authored by Professor Wendy Parmet.
Professor Libby Adler has been appointed to the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth, which advises those in state government on effective policies, programs and resources for LGBTQ youth.
Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute has launched Family and Friends of Gamblers, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing comprehensive public health regulation of the online gambling industry.
Joyce White Vance, who served as US Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama during the Obama administration, will deliver a keynote address at the 18th annual Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference on May 15, 2026.
Professor Claudia E. Haupt, a nationally recognized expert on First Amendment law whose current work is situated at the intersection of free speech, health and technology, has been named faculty co-director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law.
A new dissertation by Jules Rochielle Sievert, creative director of Northeastern Law’s NuLawLab, urges a reimagining of legal design from the perspective of those most excluded from it.
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.
Professor Margaret Burnham was honored in April with the prestigious Equity Award by the National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts.
On March 25 and 26, the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) held the inaugural Hope Lewis Distinguished Lecture series.
National leaders in the reparations movement joined experts and advocates in the field at a two-day conference that brought together scholars, advocates, elected officials and community stakeholders to advance the work of reparative justice.