Pursuing Impeachment of President Trump: The Pros and Cons
Professor Daniel Medwed joins WGBH's Morning Edition to discuss how the federal impeachment process works and obstacles that may stand in the way of an impeachment of the president.
Professor Daniel Medwed joins WGBH's Morning Edition to discuss how the federal impeachment process works and obstacles that may stand in the way of an impeachment of the president.
The 20th-floor work space of Massachusetts AG Maura Healey ’98 is the focus of this Boston Globe feature. And, of course, the AG has her NUSL diploma proudly displayed in her office!
Former SJC Associate Justice Fernande R.V. Duffly, currently a visiting professor of the practice at NUSL, and professors Daniel Medwed and Michael Meltsner, are among eight attorneys and legal scholars who have signed on to an amicus brief supporting Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s request to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for a new death penalty trial.
A jury anywhere in the country might have decided that this young man should be executed, but at least would have a sense that it was a group of people who were dispassionate, Professor Michael Meltsner tells Boston 25 News. Meltsner has signed on to an amicus brief supporting Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s request to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for a new death penalty trial.
Professor Daniel Medwed joins WGBH News to discuss recent developments at the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court: I think the most notable recent decision concerns a Massachusetts law that punishes people for profiting from sex trafficking — so-called pimps."
Join President Aoun and the Northeastern community in paying homage to homage to the life and values of Dr. King through the power of film, music and conversation. This event will feature the premier of Murder in Mobile, a short documentary about NUSL's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic (CRRJ) and one family's untold story of race and justice. The screening will be followed by a dialogue with Professor Margaret Burnham, director of CRRJ, and Roderick L. Ireland, former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Featuring music by Danielle Ponder '11.
“It sounds like the defense lawyers are doing the best they can with less than ideal facts,” Professor Daniel Medwed tells The LA Times. “Being an effective trial lawyer is managing the rules of evidence but also managing the narrative, so that you create sympathy and support for your side in a way that’s almost complementary to the evidence.”
Professor Claudia Haupt comments on the Tampa conversion therapy ban for The Washingon Post: “If you’re acting in your professional capacity, there are consequences to giving bad advice, so speech can be sanctioned.”
Shanel Lindsay ’07, founder and president of the Boston cannabis company Ardent and a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board, is profiled in The Boston Globe!
Margo Lindauer '07, director of the School of Law's Domestic Violence Institute, tells Refinery29 that custody proceedings can increase the lethality of domestic violence situations: “Children are often the last link between abusers and their victims and that abusers often exploit family courts in an effort to retain power.”