We have to make sure that energy resources align with state climate goals and that energy is affordable. That is paramount, says Jolette Westbrook ’81.

Northeastern Law is pleased to welcome four exceptional new faculty members: Rosa Hayes, Ryan Quinn ’19, Veryl Pow and Katheryn Russell-Brown.

Professor David Simon, an expert in healthcare law, intellectual property, data governance and liability, has been selected as a 2025 Health Law Scholar by the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law and the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics.

Professor Margaret Burnham was recently honored with the prestigious Equity Award by the National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts.

Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, associate dean for academic and faculty affairs and director of Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic, received the university’s 2025 John Portz Faculty Excellence Award in May.

Professor Richard Daynard, president of the law school’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, was recently featured in several lengthy articles about his pioneering work fighting Big Tobacco and his new focus on sports gambling as a threat to public health.

Professor Karl Klare was honored in May with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.

Professor Sarah Lageson was recently awarded two grants from the Clean Slate Initiative to conduct research on the implementation and impact of automatic criminal record expungement across the United States.

Check out our faculty’s comments in the media.

At Creative Artists Agency, Eli Cherenfant ’13 takes the lead in the Executive Search and Human Capital Consulting division.

In My Opinion

Professor Martha Davis

More than 60 graduates and friends hit it out of the park at the law school’s annual Juneteenth celebration at Polar Park in Worcester.

Connections 2025, the law school’s largest networking event of the year, brought together 250 graduates and students.

Professors Jonathan Kahn and Daniel Medwed are turning pages and minds in new books on critical topics.

The 2025 Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference brought together women from across generations to share experiences, lessons learned and hard-won insights.