The Government’s Ability to Control the Pandemic is at Stake

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today about two of the Biden administration’s emergency Covid-19 regulations. At stake “is not only the future of the pandemic but also the federal government’s capacity to respond to continuing and future health threats,” writes Professor Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern Law's Center for Health Policy and Law, in a guest essay for The New York Times.

Law School Applicants and Social Justice Careers

US News recommends that prospective students seeking social justice careers should look for law schools that invest in social change and cites Northeastern Law’s new Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) as an example.

Laws Removing Officers’ Immunity Remain Limited to a Few States

“I think people are looking to Colorado to see how it plays out and whether it should be part of the criminal justice reform agenda,” Professor Deborah Ramirez, faculty co-director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) tells Business Insurance.

The PowerPLAY Show Presents Fathers Speak

Joseph Feaster Jr. ’75 recently joined the PowerPLAY Podcast to raise awareness during Suicide Prevention Month and to give voice to those healing from the loss of a loved one. 

A Jim Crow–Era Murder. A Family Secret. Decades Later, What Does Justice Look Like?

Mother Jones digs deep into the law school’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project and the efforts of Professor Margaret Burnham, Kaylie Simon ’11, Janeen Blake ’09 and other partners to uncover “new information about unsolved murders, push officials to set the record straight, and ask surviving family members what they need to heal.”