“In these moments of uncertainty we all suddenly feel the need to police our own behavior, but also police other people’s behavior as well,” Professor Aziza Ahmed tells Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Congratulations to Hakeem Muhammad '20 on being selected as the 2020 recipient of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Scholarship. Muhammad plans to devote himself to protecting the rights of indigent clients as a soon-to-be public defender with the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) in Roxbury.
How does the patent process work for vaccines in the US, and how does the ongoing global health crisis affect the law? On WGBH's Morning Edition, Professor Daniel Medwed gives a breakdown of the basic intellectual property law related to developing a vaccine for COVID-19.
“We call on lawmakers to ensure that people of color and vulnerable populations are not exposed to disproportionate risk in our fight to expand health system capacity,” write Professor Shalanda Baker and her co-authors in an op-ed for The Boston Globe. “Moreover, we request that lawmakers remain vigilant to ensure that market-based rubrics, such as ability to pay for care or reimbursement rate, do not dictate who lives or dies."
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.
“We’ve already learned what moving fast and breaking things can do to society,” Professor Woodrow Hartzog tells The New York Times, referring to the negative consequences of a tech mind-set that values speed and disruption above all else.
Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) is claiming meaningful success in the just-released UN Human Rights Committee’s concluding observations on water rights following PHRGE’s presentation of a report on the discriminatory nature of water access in the United States.
In recognition of its national leadership in experiential learning, Northeastern University School of Law has been ranked No. 1 for practical training by The National Jurist/preLaw. This is the sixth year in a row that Northeastern has held the No. 1 spot.
On the Coffee Break Campaigning podcast, Tram Nguyen ’13, state representative for the 18th Essex District, Massachusetts, delves into her experience running for office and the basics of running a campaign.
Northeastern University School of Law is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Denise Carty-Bennia Memorial Bar Awards, which recognize students who exemplify a commitment to social justice and academic excellence in the spirit of the late Professor Denise Carty-Bennia.