Demand for Food Delivery Has Skyrocketed. So Have Complaints About Some Drivers

The switch by food delivery drivers to motorized two-wheeled vehicles “is really an attempt to make low-wage, high-risk labor available so that all of us can have cheap goods and services,” Professor Hilary Robinson tells the Associated Press. “It’s perhaps one of the reasons why people are starting to realize that there really is no such thing as a free lunch.”

Honoring Courage and Commitment: 20 Years of Marriage Equality

“The marriage story is a story of democracy in action,” said Mary Bonauto ’87 in recorded remarks for GLAD’s 20th anniversary celebration of the freedom to marry. Mary argued successfully for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges two decades ago.

Rachel Garcia ’21 Awarded EY Young Tax Professional Scholarship

Rachel Garcia ’21 has been named as a runner up in the 2020 Ernst & Young (EY) US Young Tax Professional of the Year (YTPY) competition, an exciting international competition that identifies and rewards the next generation of leaders in business, tax, law and technology.

Professor Martha Davis Named Chair of Expert Committee for the HumanRight2Water

Martha Davis, Northeastern Law Professor and Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy has been named chair of the Expert Committee for the HumanRight2Water (HR2W). This committee is comprised of expert members of HR2W with a high-profile academic background related to water governance issues and appointed by the Board.

Northeastern Law Community Gathers to Celebrate the Class of 2020

Fearless but not flawless, Northeastern Law welcomed almost 1,000 participants across Zoom and YouTube to a live, virtual commencement celebration of the Class of 2020 on Thursday, May 21, 2020. More than 200 JD, LLM and MLS graduates were joined by family and friends from the across the globe for the festivities, which included remarks by students, faculty and staff as well as celebratory videos to mark the occasion.

Boston’s Reparations Task Force Commences Work To Study Lingering Impacts of Slavery and ‘Repair Harm’

Joseph Feaster ’75, an attorney, former president of the Boston branch of the NAACP, and current member of the city’s Black Men & Boys Commission, will serve as the chair of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's new Reparations Task Force.​​​​​​​ “We are looking forward to determining recommendations for how we reckon with Boston’s past while charting a path forward for Black people whose ancestors labored without compensation and who were promised the 40 acres and a mule they never received,” said Feaster in Boston.com.