America’s Adderall Shortage Could Kill People
”Just as with opioids, we are in the middle of a spiraling crisis involving stimulants,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Wired.
”Just as with opioids, we are in the middle of a spiraling crisis involving stimulants,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Wired.
“Guidance on the question of what to do when consent to register a mark that references a famous individual is granted and then subsequently revoked is surprisingly scant,” Professor Alexandra Roberts tells Sportico.
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.
Nima Eshghi ’96, assistant dean of Northeastern Law’s Center for Co-op and Career Development, was honored by GBH/Get Konnected as one of Boston’s 50 Most Influential People of Color in Higher Educations at a virtual celebration on March 30. Founded as a social impact venture, the mission of Get Konnected is to curate meaningful business and social connections, enrich professional development, facilitate business and career opportunities, and forge positive cross-cultural relationships.
"The defense counsel may not be aware of the racial overtones in his arguments, but his words paint Williams as someone whose anger overpowered and colored his perception of the event," Professor Deborah Ramirez, founder of Northeastern Law's Criminal Justice Task Force, tells The Washington Post.
“To rally around Chauvin and say, ‘This is policing as normal, this is acceptable practice,’ would risk greater harm to the reputation of the police than basically just coming forward and saying, ‘This is not who we are, and this is not what we do,” Professor Daniel Medwed tells VICE News. “I think all of them are aligned with coming forward and saying Chauvin is outside of our group: that he is a bad apple but we are a good tree.”
"For many elected officials, and even many judges, partisanship, rather than salus populi, seems to be the supreme law," writes Professor Wendy Parmet in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
“There is only so much we can learn from photographs,” Professor Alexandra Meise tells The New York Times. “As much as a photograph is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, a photograph cannot necessarily tell you intent or the legitimacy of a military objective.”
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH’s Morning Edition to talk about the significance of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the US Supreme Court.