What More Could He Do? A Look at Trump's Extreme Powers
“The federal public health power is pretty awesome … awe-inspiring in its breadth,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Politico. “But there’s also obviously a lot of danger.”
“The federal public health power is pretty awesome … awe-inspiring in its breadth,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Politico. “But there’s also obviously a lot of danger.”
Gina Perini ’01, chair of the board of directors and chief executive officer at SOMOS, blogs about the core benefits of a "virtual first" mode of working, collaborating and communicating.
The School of Law hosted a virtual commencement celebration on Thursday, May 21. Watch the video highlights!
Joseph Feaster Jr. ’75 recently joined the PowerPLAY Podcast to raise awareness during Suicide Prevention Month and to give voice to those healing from the loss of a loved one.
Rachael Rollins ’97, US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, was the convocation speaker at Boston University School of Law’s graduation ceremony last weekend. “Don’t be afraid to fail,” she told the class of 2022. “Get in the game—even when people say you can’t and shouldn’t.”
In an article for Law Practice Tips, Professor Sofia Lingos ’09 shares some practical tips for proactively establishing your valuable mentor network.
Listen to the final episode of the #Un(re)solved podcast, a five-part investigation of civil rights era cold case murders, produced by Frontline PBS in collaboration with Northeastern Law's Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project.
There’s been a troubling lack of consistency in messaging and policy from Washington and that helps to sow the seeds of rumors,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Mother Jones. “Trust is an absolutely critical ingredient to an effective public health response. If people don’t trust the leadership, that’s a bad situation. Unfortunately, we’re in that bad situation.”
If we had easier and more affordable access to high-quality, evidence-based physical and mental health care, many, many fewer people would die, Jeremiah Goulka, a researcher and senior fellow at Northeastern Law’s Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Newsweek. "And it would also reduce the stigma toward seeking treatment for a lot of the problems that fall into the bucket of deaths of despair."
Professor Libby Adler tells The New York Times that Title IX could be open to interpretation on the issue of transgender athletes and other classes not explicitly defined in the language: “It’s that elasticity or indeterminacy that makes it unlikely to be struck down, but much more likely to be interpreted in ways that are consistent with the politics of the judges we have.”