Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined WGBH’s Morning Edition to discuss recent and upcoming developments at the Mass. SJC, including last week’s notable opinion interpreting the “anti-bribery” regulations of Massachusetts state alcohol laws.
Congratulations to Rachael Rollins ’97, who was formerly sworn in as US attorney for Massachusetts on April 22, making her the first Black woman to hold the post.
Richard Burns ’80, former executive director of the NYC LGBT Community Center, is offering a steady hand as interim CEO of Lambda Legal, which was led by Kevin Cathcart ’82 until his retirement in 2016.
“This may be the rare situation where this kind of order is necessary,” Professor Parmet, faculty director of NUSL’s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells The New York Times. “But in many of these cases, the devil is in the details.”
Morgan Wilson ’17, legal fellow with Northeastern Law’s Domestic Violence Institute and director of its Legal Assistance to Victims project, has been honored as a 2021 Changemaker by the Institute for Nonprofit Practice.
Professor Daniel Medwed tells The New York Times that the introduction of more conservative crime control elements could result in renewed pressure on prosecutors to win convictions and “that’s all the more reason for there to be greater transparency and greater accountability.” Medwed is one of a group of six law professors who have tried to strengthen the disciplinary process for prosecuting attorneys by making complaints public.
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH’s Morning Edition to talk about the significance of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the US Supreme Court.
“Mayors often don’t realize what their role is until a shooting happens in their community,” Sarah Peck ’96, director of #UnitedOnGuns, a nonpartisan initiative of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, tells NPR News. “What we’re trying to do is give them the tools they need to understand the magnitude of their role, which starts when the shooting starts and can continue for years.”
In an interview with Bar & Bench, Maura Kelly ’87, assistant director for LLM and JD advising at Northeastern Law, discusses the law school’s co-op program, the ways in which foreign trained lawyers can find employment in the US and more.