How the Massachusetts Legal Landscape Could Change Following the Elections
Listen back: On GBH’s Morning Edition, Professor Daniel Medwed discusses the legal implications of a new Bristol County sheriff, auditor and tax policy.
Listen back: On GBH’s Morning Edition, Professor Daniel Medwed discusses the legal implications of a new Bristol County sheriff, auditor and tax policy.
Rhonda Rittenberg, co-chair of NALP's JD Advantage Work Group, has contributed to a comprehensive guide for law school career services offices to help students navigate an evolving employment landscape. The JD Advantage Career Guide contains profiles of 10 career areas, appendices and other data about JD Advantage jobs.
Listen back: On WGBH's Morning Edition, Professor Daniel Medwed outlines some of the federal and state laws in place that are meant to protect residents in assisted living facilities and nursing homes, and the complicated process of bringing claims of carelessness and neglect.
“We’ve already learned what moving fast and breaking things can do to society,” Professor Woodrow Hartzog tells The New York Times, referring to the negative consequences of a tech mind-set that values speed and disruption above all else.
Author Rishi Reddi '92 has published her first novel, `Passage West,’ which follows a family of Indian sharecroppers at the onset of World War I, revealing a little-known part of California history.
“We call on lawmakers to ensure that people of color and vulnerable populations are not exposed to disproportionate risk in our fight to expand health system capacity,” write Professor Shalanda Baker and her co-authors in an op-ed for The Boston Globe. “Moreover, we request that lawmakers remain vigilant to ensure that market-based rubrics, such as ability to pay for care or reimbursement rate, do not dictate who lives or dies."
“If allowing people to have access to sunshine and recreation is what’s going to keep them from protesting and violating laws, that may be a trade-off worth making,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells The Guardian. “A beach gathering is safer than an indoor party, for example.”
Professor Wendy Parmet joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how our attitudes are shaping the response to the pandemic: “Three of the top threats to public health amidst the current global crisis are hubris, isolationism and distrust.”
The Honorable William "Mo" Cowan ’94, Mass. AG Maura Healey ’98 and Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins ’97 have been named to Boston Magazine's 2020 Most Influential People in Boston list.