Monthly Archives: February 2024

Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL), in collaboration with Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences’ Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research, has received $1 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to support and expand upon Salus Populi, the nation’s first education program for judges that provides critical information about the social determinants of health

The Massachusetts town of Brookline is not just blowing smoke when it comes to ending the tobacco epidemic. As of September 1, 2021, no one born in the 21st century is allowed to buy tobacco in the Boston suburb of 60,000 people after town meeting voters adopted a first-in-thenation bylaw prohibiting tobacco or e-cigarette sales to anyone born on or after January 1, 2000. While support for the new regulation is strong, a challenge brought by a group of Brookline tobacco merchants was recently argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).

Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) and its Center for Public Health Litigation filed a class action lawsuit in December on behalf of Massachusetts citizens who opened DraftKings Sportsbook accounts in response to a $1,000 bonus sign-up promotion that the gambling company widely advertised.

This fall, students in Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC) hosted two pro se clinics for non-citizens. The IJC students, along with attorney volunteers, offered legal advice to more than 40 clients on a variety of matters, including applying for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), travel authorization and work authorization.

On December 1, 2023, a state highway historical marker was unveiled in memory of US Army Pfc. Booker T. Spicely.

In a novel lawsuit, Northeastern Law’s Action Lab at the Center for Health Policy and Law has filed a federal complaint in West Virginia challenging the discriminatory and harmful practices of a national prison medical contractor, Wexford Health Sources Inc.

Northeastern Law’s Criminal Justice Task Force has jointly launched the Massachusetts Reentry Resource Directory, an online resource to help returning citizens, their families and other marginalized communities access services that may be crucial to successful reentry.

NuLawLab spearheaded the launch this spring of the Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement (MAPLE) — a web-based tool that allows Massachusetts residents and organizations to easily submit testimony on pending state legislation on Beacon Hill.

Governor Maura Healey ’98 has selected Black Tie, an oil painting by Robert Freeman, to hang in her office. The painting depicts Black Americans at a social gathering during racial segregation when Black people had to create a space for themselves in society. It was inspired by a time when Freeman and his wife, Bettye Freeman ’91, who later served as assistant dean for academic and student affairs at Northeastern Law for 20 years, went to a dinner party when they were in their twenties.