Professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH's Morning Edition to discuss what it means when a member of a high-profile lawmaker's family is involved in a legal situation. "There's certainly an advantage to being from a well-known, well-connected family in the sense that you have access to resources and potentially access to influential people," said Medwed.
Northeastern Law's Center for Global Law and Justice has been accepted as a member of the Association of Human Rights Institutes, joining a prestigious network of more than 80 institutes across over 35 countries dedicated to human rights research and education.
Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to announce the hiring of two exceptional tenured faculty members: Patricia Williams and Jonathan Kahn. We also welcome five new teaching, clinical and visiting faculty members: Sameer Ahmed, Bruce Jacoby, Deborah Johnson, Stefanie (Stevie) Leahy and Jared Nicholson.
The 29th Annual Denise Carty-Bennia Memorial Bar Awards Reception was held on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m, in the Moot Courtroom, 160 Dockser. >> View photos
Northeastern Law's Legal Skills in Social Context (LSSC) program is delighted to welcome four new faculty members. Combining a wealth of both teaching and social justice experience, the group adds considerable strength to the innovative LLSC program, which teaches legal skills through a social justice lawyering lens, ensuring that graduates are prepared to use the law to address systemic oppression.
Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, an internationally recognized medical device safety expert and research professor at Northeastern Law, is calling upon JAMA Surgery to retract an article related to the safety and efficacy of that the Symvess biologic vascular graft.
Professor Daniel Medwed explores the factors behind the parole board’s decision to release Leslie Van Houten after 53 years and how it reflects on the justice system at large.
Jamie Sgarro ’25 runs a nonprofit, InReach, to help LGBTQ+ community members find needed resources while attending law school to further his work in the trans rights movement and help protect trans justice. “I think the law, if put in the right hands, has enormous power to protect vulnerable people,” Sgarro says in Northeastern Global News.