Northeastern Law’s five centers of excellence recently convened a panel to explore the potential ramifications of the 2024 presidential election.
Marielena Hincapié, a nationally recognized leader and legal/political strategist in the social justice movement, has been named by Northeastern Law’s Judith Olans Brown Forum for Women in the Law (WIL) as its Practitioner-in-Residence for 2025–2026.
Martín Espada ’85 will be honored with a 2024 Mass Humanities Governor’s Award, which recognizes individuals whose public actions enhance civic life in the commonwealth through a deep appreciation of the humanities. Espada has been singled out for his “work as a poet, editor and essayist with a focus on using writing and storytelling to address pressing issues and reclaim historical narratives, including those of the Puerto Rican community in Massachusetts.”
Northeastern Law faculty members Andrew Haile, Melanie Roberts and Daniel Medwed are the 2025 recipients of the school’s Teacher of the Year award.
Khalafalla Osman ’21 has been named to the Class of 2021 Justice Fellows by the Immigrant Justice Corp (IJC). Each year, IJC awards Justice Fellowships to recent law graduates and law clerks from around the country – individuals with tremendous talent, promise and a demonstrated commitment to providing legal services for low income people and for immigrants.
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.”
Congratulations to Rachael Rollins ’97, who will be sworn in today as the first Black woman US Attorney for Massachusetts!