Professor Patricia Williams recently received a remarkable series of honors recognizing her transformative career.
Professor Kara Swanson spent the spring as a visiting faculty member at Auckland Law School in New Zealand.
In Chiles v. Salazar, the Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, ruling that the law unconstitutionally restricted a licensed counselor’s speech based on viewpoint. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson leaned heavily on Professor Claudia Haupt’s 2016 Yale Law Journal article.
Professor Richard Daynard was honored with a Congressional Proclamation on April 24, 2026.
Northeastern Law is pleased to welcome four exceptional new faculty members: Naoka Carey, Sarah Lee Day ’19, Connor Leighton-Cory and Dan Traficonte.
Professor Quisquella Addison took a group of undergraduates to Rwanda for a month through Northeastern’s Dialogue of Civilizations program.
For almost four decades, Debbie has pulled faculty, staff, students and graduates into her professional and personal orbit.
After nearly a quarter of a century teaching at Northeastern, Professor of Law Margaret Burnham retired in June.
In April, Professor Margaret Burnham’s colleagues, students and fellow travelers came together for a symposium to honor that work, celebrate Burnham’s retirement and recommit to carrying the torch forward.
Some of the most consequential legal battles are decided not just by the parties in court but also by the scholars who help judges understand what’s truly at stake. Northeastern Law faculty recently weighed in on major cases before the courts.




