Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic, through the generosity of donors, sent six students and a graduate leader to the southern border in April to assist Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, a nonprofit based in El Paso, Texas.

Judges and lawyers across the nation received a healthy dose of information this spring through trainings offered by Salus Populi, a project of the law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law and the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research at Northeastern University.

It was “no ordinary class,” said Dean James Hackney about the almost 300 students who graduated on Friday, May 12, 2023, in Matthews Arena.

In By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, Professor Margaret Burnham examines the true scope and nature of Jim Crow-era violence, the laws that condoned it and their legacy today.

Spring 2023 Lectures, Conferences and More

Co-op Matters

Connor Cox ’23 came to Northeastern Law armed with an undergraduate degree in political science and an interest in public policy.

Northeastern Law students are finding many options for what to do with their law degrees, as an ever-wider array of opportunities are pursued by our diverse student body.

The Criminal Justice Task Force, part of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR), has launched the Historical Narrative Project, which aims to inform community members and stakeholders about the role race has played in the history and economic development of Massachusetts.

Tyler Lawrence, grandson of Northeastern Law friend and colleague Stan Lawrence, was just 13 years old when his life was tragically cut short by horrific violence. To honor Tyler’s memory, Professor Richard Daynard and his wife, Carol, recently established the Tyler Lawrence Memorial Peacemaker Award.

The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) recently released the eighth publication in its series on water and human rights in the US, “Data on Tap: Realizing Human Rights Through Water Utility Reporting Laws.”

Rarely does the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) look to a law school when funding the arts and education, but with a $150,000 grant to Northeastern Law’s NuLawLab, law is on center stage with the arts.

Judges and lawyers across the nation received a healthy dose of information this spring through trainings offered by Salus Populi, a project of the law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law and the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research at Northeastern University.

Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic, through the generosity of donors, sent six students and a graduate leader to the southern border in April to assist Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, a nonprofit based in El Paso, Texas.

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.