The kudos keep coming for our faculty books that focus on the impact and legacy of COVID-19—and its significance for our collective future.

Professor Martha Davis was recently named chair of the expert committee for the HumanRight2Water (HR2W), an international organization that works to integrate the human rights to water and sanitation into law, policy and practice.

The Honorable Jay Blitzman, a longtime lecturer at Northeastern Law and revered former co-op employer when he served as first justice of the Massachusetts Middlesex County Juvenile Court, was honored in December by Citizens for Juvenile Justice, which he co-founded in 1994.

Professor Margaret Burnham, founder and director of the law school’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project and faculty co-director of the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR), continues to receive awards and accolades for her book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners (W.W. Norton, 2022), as well as for her social justice leadership.

Pomp and circumstance abounded in October when Professor Beth Simone Noveck, director of The Burnes Center for Social Change, received an honorary degree from the University of Geneva.

Professor Daniel Medwed, a criminal law expert, and Professor Aziza Ahmed, a former member of the Northeastern Law faculty who is now on the faculty of Boston University School of Law, are leading the Floating Lung Test Research Study Group.

Professor Michael Meltsner, former dean of Northeastern Law, retired in 2023 after 55 years as a leading academic at NYU, Harvard and Northeastern. Professor Daniel Medwed offers his thoughts on Professor Meltsner’s contributions and career.

Professor Libby Adler ’94 received the 2023 LGBTQ+ Individual Inclusive Excellence Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues (SOGII) at the organization’s 2024 annual meeting in January.

In Mexico City, Professor Sonia E. Rolland presented her proposal for a Sustainable Development Impact Assessment at Trade and the Social Dimension of Sustainability, a workshop hosted by the Remaking the Global Trading System for a Sustainable Future Project in collaboration with Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.

Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to welcome an exceptional group of new faculty to our community.

Professor Emily Spieler, who came to Northeastern Law in 2002 as the school’s first female dean and continued as a faculty member after stepping down in 2012, retired in June. Professor Jeremy Paul, who served as dean from 2012 through 2018, offers thoughts on Professor Spieler’s contributions to the Northeastern community.

Professor Deborah Ramirez was honored for her impactful work and dedication to uplifting women by the Massachusetts Trial Court as part of the court’s third annual Women’s History Month celebration.

Professor Martha Davis was recently named chair of the expert committee for the HumanRight2Water (HR2W), an international organization that works to integrate the human rights to water and sanitation into law, policy and practice.

Professor Alexandra Roberts, a leading expert on intellectual property and trademark law, has been awarded the International Trademark Association’s Ladas Memorial Award in the professional category for her article, “A Poetics of Trademark Law,” forthcoming in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

Professor Kara Swanson, a leading authority on the intersections of intellectual property, gender and sexuality, and the history of science and technology, has been selected for three fellowships during 2023–2024. Most of her time will be spent working on her forthcoming book, Inventing Citizens: Race, Gender, and the US Patent System.