A portrait of former Massachusetts Senator William “Mo” Cowan ’94 painted by artist Sharman Altshuler now hangs in the Northeastern Law Library, honoring Cowan’s service as a US senator representing Massachusetts.

Anna Luttrell ’26, Mack Makishima ’26 and Rose Mendelsohn ’26 were among just 34 students selected nationwide as 2026 Skadden Fellows

Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) recently launched Family and Friends of Gamblers (FFOG) to address an often-overlooked dimension of the gambling crisis.

Shannon Rempe and Miriam Berro Krugman have joined Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL) to helm its Amicus Project.

The Center for Global Law and Justice (CGLJ) has been accepted into the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI), joining a network of more than 80 institutes across 35 countries dedicated to human rights research and education.

Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration (CPIAC) and Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC) partnered with Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) to host an immigration relief screening clinic for community members in the Greater Boston area.

The Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive recently expanded its collection with 290 new victims and more than 5,000 new documents.

In the aftermath of a mass shooting, civic leaders face enormous pressure to respond swiftly, compassionately and effectively. To meet this critical need, Northeastern Law’s UnitedonGuns has released an extensively updated second edition of its Mass Shooting Protocol and Playbook.

Northeastern University School of Law has received a $200,000 gift from the Mowafaghian Foundation to fund law student co-ops at social justice organizations in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Professor Erin Islo, who was selected for Northeastern University’s 2026 University Excellence in Teaching Award

Selected Spring 2025 Lectures, Conferences and More

The Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL) recently secured three major grants totaling $1.6 million to advance its public health and legal education leadership.

For students working with the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, exonerating the wrongfully executed isn’t a lesson plan — it’s the work

First-year students are doing real legal work for real families — and discovering how much the justice system leaves undone.

Nature always finds a way. So do environmental lawyers.