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Selected Spring 2024 Lectures, Conferences and More

Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to welcome Professors Sarah Lageson and David Stein and to our community.

Professor Patricia Williams has penned her sixth book. Anna Deavere Smith says, “With The Miracle of the Black Leg, Williams opens another treasure chest of breathtaking historical and contemporary detail.”

Co-op Matters

As a student in the FlexJD program, a hybrid, part-time program created to meet the needs of working professionals, Shea Nugent ’26 has a full-time job as a legislative aid to Massachusetts State Representative Pete Capano and a part-time co-op with State Senator Brendan Crighton.

On the House

Green Pro Bono, founded by Nancy Reiner ’84, takes the lead in bringing together lawyers and environmental change makers.

Adjourn

Senator Maggie Hassan ’85 on sustaining democracy.

When Richard Burns ’83 stepped down in 2009 after 22 years as executive director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York, he knew one thing: although he loved the work, its relentless nature was not something he wanted to repeat. Then he did just that. Again and again.

A judiciary representative of the population it serves is a fundamental necessity, says Justice Ramon Ocasio III ’88.

“Let your work be a beacon that lights the way for others, a testament to the values you have embraced in your time here.” Senator William “Mo” Cowan ’94 told the more than 200 JD, LLM and MLS students who graduated on May 10, 2024, in Matthews Arena.

While many businesses rely on customers staring down at random ads on their phones, Nicole Bluefort ’10 set her sights higher.

Twenty years ago, on May 17, 2004, Massachusetts granted its first wedding licenses to same-sex couples — the result of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s groundbreaking decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. We celebrate this milestone with all of our graduates and friends who have fought for marriage equality.

Professor Claudia Haupt is back at Northeastern Law after a fall visit at Yale Law School, where she taught public health law and continued her research on the intersection of the First Amendment, health law and torts in the context of professional speech.

Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR), in collaboration with Suffolk University’s Center for Restorative Justice (CRJ), recently held the commonwealth’s first-ever training in community-centered restorative justice practices for Massachusetts state court judges.

Meghan Leong ’25, a dedicated educator and advocate committed to equity and justice, has been named as the second recipient of the annual Tyler Lawrence Memorial Peacemaker Award.