Commencement 2023
Commencement 2023 Friday, May 12, 2023 | 2PM EDT Matthews Arena 238-262 St Botolph Street Boston, Massachusetts Co-ops complete, exams finished, papers turned in, the Class of 2023 is ready
Commencement 2023 Friday, May 12, 2023 | 2PM EDT Matthews Arena 238-262 St Botolph Street Boston, Massachusetts Co-ops complete, exams finished, papers turned in, the Class of 2023 is ready
“Today’s conservative jurists have adopted the anti-expertise, populist stance of the larger conservative movement and are far less inclined than conservative judges in the past to prioritize health or value expertise,” writes Professor Wendy Parmet in an op-ed for Scientific American.
“Drug-induced homicide cases are counterproductive to Good Samaritan laws, which protect people who seek medical assistance during an overdose,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Health in Justice Action Lab, tells VICE.
Check out the ABA Journal’s profile of Luz Arévalo ’93, senior attorney and director of the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at Boston Legal Aid
Professor Brook Baker comments for The Wall Street Journalon the rollout of Pfizer’s and Merck’s promising Covid-19 treatment pills: “There’s lots of logistics and training and community health literacy that has to happen in order for this to work well.”
“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.”
”[Professor Daniel] Medwed’s excellent book—aimed at the general audience rather than the specialist—is a model of clarity and persuasiveness,” writes Judge Jed Rakoff in a review for The Nation.
In an article for Law Practice Tips, Professor Sofia Lingos ’09 shares some practical tips for proactively establishing your valuable mentor network.
In a piece for the The Nation, Professor Margaret Burnham, director of Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ), pays tribute to American civil rights activist Bob Moses: “By leading from a place of quiet, Bob paved the way for hundreds to find the leader within themselves – especially women.”
Mass. AG Maura Healey ’98 is in the news again! Check out The Boston Globe’s coverage of her campaign for governor…