State Efforts to Restrict Public Health Powers
Listen back: On The Week in Health Law podcast, Professor Wendy Parmet discusses recent state laws reducing public health emergency powers.
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Army Unveils Memorial to a Black Soldier Lynched on Military Base 80 Years Ago
On August 4, the army unveiled a historic marker honoring the life of Private Felix Hall, who was found hanging from a tree on a segregated Army base in Georgia in 1941. Northeastern Law's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) was first to unearth the FBI file on Hall, the only known victim of a lynching on a US military installation.
Drug-induced Homicide Should Not Result in Prison Time for Those Who Call For Help
“DIH statutes force people into the unimaginable situation of deciding whether to call for help and risk prosecution for homicide or allow their friend or loved one to die of an overdose," writes Professor Leo Beletsky in a co-authored op-ed for USA Today.
Legal Legend Fights To Outlaw Tobacco as He Celebrates 52 Years at Northeastern
“For me, being alive means learning, it means being involved,” says Professor Richard Daynard, president of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, who recently celebrated 52 years of teaching at the school of law.
Legal Face-Off With Professor Gundavaram
Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, director of Northeastern Law's Immigrant Justice Clinic, joined WGN Radio's Legal Face-Off podcast, to discuss recent and upcoming Supreme Court immigration rulings.
Does Taylor Swift Deserve Criticism Over Her Private Jet Habits?
The debate over accountability aside, making choices to help combat climate change is a necessity, says Professor Alexandra Meise. “If we are going to meet the targets that experts say are necessary in order to keep global temperature rises below that magic 1.5 degrees Celsius that they call for to avoid cataclysmic consequences, then we do need every little bit that we can get.”
Northeastern Law Graduate Looks To Support Underserved Communities as Intellectual Property Attorney
Simone Yhap ’22, the 55th National Chair of the National Black Law Students Association, is profiled by News@Northeastern. “Whenever I’m leading something or engaged in something, I ask, ‘How is this positively impacting the communities, not only that I’m a part of, but more importantly, that I’m serving?’,” says Yhap who has secured a post-graduation job as an intellectual property litigation associate at Mintz Levin.
Commencement 2022
Members of the class of 2022 will receive their degrees during the School of Law’s commencement ceremony in Matthews Arena on Friday, May 20. For those who are unable to attend #NUSL2022, the School of Law is pleased to offer a live video stream of the ceremony.
Pfizer Allegedly Pressured UNICEF to Keep Secret, Pricing for Anti-Viral Treatment Paxlovid. UNICEF Yielded.
Professor Brook Baker ’76, senior policy analyst for Health GAP, tells Geneva Health Filesthat a negative precedent is being set with respect to transparency for public resources spent in procuring COVID-19 therapeutics: “Not only has the world allowed biopharmaceutical companies to maintain monopoly control over the supply, price, and distribution of COVID-19 countermeasures, it has also consistently allowed them to achieve their profiteering under a veil of secrecy.”
The Supreme Court Reinstated the Death Penalty for the Boston Marathon Bomber. What Does That Mean for Capital Punishment in the US?
“The present Supreme Court is an ideological one that’s not sensitive to opinion polls or popular views,” Professor Michael Meltsner tells News@Northeastern. “I see no evidence that the court is interested in changing the death penalty.”
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