Spousal Privilege Option Can Be Complicated, Legal Experts Say

“There are many reasons why a victim cannot testify or says they choose not to,” Professor Margo Lindauer, director of Northeastern Law's Domestic Violence Institute, tells The New Bedford Light. “And I would pause before jumping to quick judgments about that person or their motivation.”

Dunn Stanisz ’07 Selected to Serve on President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

President Biden has announced his intent to appoint Hillary Dunn Stanisz ’07 to serve on the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Stanisz is a senior attorney at the Disability Law Center, the protection and advocacy agency for Massachusetts, where she focuses on advocating for appropriate community supports and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and conducting abuse and neglect investigations.