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.
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 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.
Northeastern Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Kemet Chapter was founded in 1971. On December 3, 2021, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of BLSA at the School of Law with
The Kresge Foundation has awarded a renewal grant of $250,000 to Northeastern University School of Law’s NuLawLab to provide ongoing support for Stable Ground, a collaboration among three organizations: NuLawLab, which leads the project and has engaged arts-based disciplines since 2013 to imagine and realize new models of legal empowerment; the City of Boston’s Office of Housing Stability, which works to prevent displacement and promote housing preservation and stabilization; and Violence Transformed, which fosters creative action to overcome violence and extends trauma-informed training to community-based groups.
Joyce White Vance, who served as US Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama during the Obama administration, will deliver a keynote address at the 18th annual Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference on May 15, 2026.
The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy at Boston College Law School has named Ivy Miller JD/MPH ’24 and Devyn Parry ’24 among its 2022 Fellows. R
The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy at Boston College Law School has named Ruchi Ramamurthy JD/MPP ’23 among its 2021 Fellows.
Join members from the Hamilton-Wenham Human Rights Coalition, Chief Stevens and DiNapoli from the Hamilton and Wenham Police Departments, and community representatives from both Town Human Rights Commissions for an