Professor Daniel Medwed was among a group of six law professors who signed on to a federal lawsuit to push for more accountability when prosecutors are found to have committed prosecutorial misconduct.
“Racial Segregation and the Data-Driven Society: How Our Failure to Reckon with Root Causes Perpetuates Separate and Unequal Realities,” a paper by Professor Rashida Richardson ’11 that is forthcoming in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, is cited by Wired.
For too long, "the United States has often been on the sidelines during international discussion of water challenges," writes Professor Martha Davis in a piece for WBUR's Cognoscenti.
“Representation at the top is vital to opening doors to more diverse talent and advancing policy and programs that create more equitable outcomes for all Massachusetts residents,” Betty Francisco ’98, CEO of Boston Impact Initiative Fund and co-founder of Amplify Latinx, in a co-authored piece for the Boston Business Journal.
Listen back: Professor Ari Ezra Waldman, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity, (CLIC) joined the Bloomberg Law podcast to discuss the spike in police use of geofence warrants.
“We cannot legislate feelings about race into silence,” writes Professor Patricia Williams in her latest column for The Nation. ”Outlawing shame, guilt, and discomfort is not only silly and impossible; it positions race the same way blasphemy laws position speaking ill of God or the king.”
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.
“There is no good reason to provide hundreds of in-game betting opportunities and relentless advertising other than to recruit and exploit people who are at risk of a gambling problem,” write Professors Richard Daynard and Mark Gottlieb ’93 in a co-authored op-ed for The Boston Globe.
Congratulations to Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins ’97 on being named one of only two "Bostonians of the Year" by The Boston Globe!
“Even from a somewhat self-interested perspective, it’s shortsighted and counterproductive not to ensure access to these medicines,” Professor Brook Baker '76, senior policy analyst for Health GAP, tells The New York Times .