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“Do not waver in your commitment to do the right thing — focus on where you want to make a difference and apply that purpose to the work you do each day, each week and each year,” Lois Dehls Cornell ’86 told the 308 Northeastern Law graduates gathered at Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston’s Seaport on April 24 for the 2026 commencement.

Selected Spring 2025 Lectures, Conferences and More

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Nature always finds a way. So do environmental lawyers.