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 seventh year in a row that Northeastern has held the No. 1 spot.
An investigation by Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) has led to an official status change in the death record of Private Albert King, one of dozens of Black service members believed to have been killed on or near US bases because of their race. “Removing the taint is an important dynamic for the whole country, not just for the families, but for the understanding of this particular history,” Professor Margaret Burnham, founder and director of CRRJ, tells The New York Times.
The New York Times looks to Professor Woodrow Hartzog for advice on what to do when someone gives you a surveillance device for a holiday present.
"This kind of misinformation is definitely harmful,” Professor @LeoBeletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells The New York Times. "If people think that they might die of an overdose from providing emergency assistance — that might cost lives.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/san-diego-police-overdose-fentanyl.html
Listen back: NuLawLab's Dan Jackson '97 and Jules Rochielle Sievert joined the Reimagining Justice podcast to share their insights on the importance of creativity, community and fun in developing legal inventors of the future!
Listen back: On WGBH's Morning Edition, Professor Daniel Medwed talks about the legal implications in the impeachment against President Trump, and what could happen once he leaves office.
The question here is whether or not one juror's posting of information about the bombing on social media somehow infected the trial and potentially deprived Tsarnaev of his right to a fair trial. Unless we have stronger evidence than just the mere fact that he posted on social media, I'm not sure this claim rises to the level of reversible error."
In January, Professor Susan Montgomery spoke before the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates in favor of a resolution encouraging courts to take a consistent approach to the "fair use" doctrine, a defense to copyright infringement that permits use of copyrighted works for free without obtaining a license or permission in appropriate circumstances. Montgomery, a member of the ABA’s section of Intellectual Property Law, contended that the resolution addresses an issue that is faced often by both copyright owners and users.