Professor Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern Law's Center for Health Policy and Law, provides expert commentary on the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined WGBH’s Morning Edition to talk about the new charges against the officers in the George Floyd killing and how they could play out in court.
There’s been a troubling lack of consistency in messaging and policy from Washington and that helps to sow the seeds of rumors,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Mother Jones. “Trust is an absolutely critical ingredient to an effective public health response. If people don’t trust the leadership, that’s a bad situation. Unfortunately, we’re in that bad situation.”
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined WGBHNews' Morning Edition to talk about how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the Mass. court system: "It's a whole new world."
Professor Leo Beletsky tells the National Geographic that campaigns to get nonviolent drug offenders released during the pandemic may not be sufficient. “Prisoner re-entry into regular society is difficult and dangerous from a health perspective, even during normal times,” he says.
The courts and law enforcement are just a piece of this broader societal puzzle, and [in] that puzzle, the general theme is triage, Professor Daniel Medwed tells Insider.
Listen back: On WGBH's Morning Edition, Professor Daniel Medwed outlines some of the federal and state laws in place that are meant to protect residents in assisted living facilities and nursing homes, and the complicated process of bringing claims of carelessness and neglect.
The School of Law hosted a virtual commencement celebration on Thursday, May 21. Watch the video highlights!
Rhonda Rittenberg, co-chair of NALP's JD Advantage Work Group, has contributed to a comprehensive guide for law school career services offices to help students navigate an evolving employment landscape. The JD Advantage Career Guide contains profiles of 10 career areas, appendices and other data about JD Advantage jobs.
The Honorable William "Mo" Cowan ’94, Mass. AG Maura Healey ’98 and Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins ’97 have been named to Boston Magazine's 2020 Most Influential People in Boston list.