Professor Emeritus Roger Abrams, who served as dean of Northeastern Law from 1999 to 2002, passed away on November 12, 2023, in University Park, Florida, after a long battle with cancer. A prolific author and leading authority on sports law, labor law and legal education, Professor Abrams retired from Northeastern in 2018. Professor Emerita Mary O’Connell ’75 reflects on Professor Abrams’ contributions and camaraderie

The kudos keep coming for our faculty books that focus on the impact and legacy of COVID-19—and its significance for our collective future.

The Honorable Jay Blitzman, a longtime lecturer at Northeastern Law and revered former co-op employer when he served as first justice of the Massachusetts Middlesex County Juvenile Court, was honored in December by Citizens for Juvenile Justice, which he co-founded in 1994.

Professor Margaret Burnham, founder and director of the law school’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project and faculty co-director of the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR), continues to receive awards and accolades for her book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners (W.W. Norton, 2022), as well as for her social justice leadership.

Pomp and circumstance abounded in October when Professor Beth Simone Noveck, director of The Burnes Center for Social Change, received an honorary degree from the University of Geneva.

Professor Daniel Medwed, a criminal law expert, and Professor Aziza Ahmed, a former member of the Northeastern Law faculty who is now on the faculty of Boston University School of Law, are leading the Floating Lung Test Research Study Group.

Professor Michael Meltsner, former dean of Northeastern Law, retired in 2023 after 55 years as a leading academic at NYU, Harvard and Northeastern. Professor Daniel Medwed offers his thoughts on Professor Meltsner’s contributions and career.

Professor Libby Adler ’94 received the 2023 LGBTQ+ Individual Inclusive Excellence Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues (SOGII) at the organization’s 2024 annual meeting in January.

In Mexico City, Professor Sonia E. Rolland presented her proposal for a Sustainable Development Impact Assessment at Trade and the Social Dimension of Sustainability, a workshop hosted by the Remaking the Global Trading System for a Sustainable Future Project in collaboration with Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.