More than 240 graduates and friends were welcomed back to campus for a weekend of fun and friendship on October 20-21, 2023, as we celebrated Reunion and Alumni/ae Weekend.

In November, Professor Margaret Woo traveled to China on behalf of Northeastern Law to renew the school’s agreements with Renmin University of China, Fudan University, Wuhan University and East China University of Political Science and Law and to build new alliances with additional universities.

Chelsea Diaz ’24 has been awarded a two-year Skadden Fellowship, among the most prestigious awards for law students pursuing careers in public interest law.

NuLawLab executive director Dan Jackson ’97 traveled to Helsinki in September to facilitate a panel, “Legal + Design + Education = Inventing the Future,” for Legal Design Summit 2023, the largest legal design event in the world.

The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) recently released the eighth publication in its series on water and human rights in the US, “Data on Tap: Realizing Human Rights Through Water Utility Reporting Laws.”

Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL), in collaboration with Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences’ Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research, has received $1 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to support and expand upon Salus Populi, the nation’s first education program for judges that provides critical information about the social determinants of health

To support start-ups and entrepreneurs affiliated with Northeastern University’s Roux Institute in Portland, Maine, Daniel Davies ’22 has been named the Roux Institute Legal Fellow for 2023–2024.

Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) and its Center for Public Health Litigation filed a class action lawsuit in December on behalf of Massachusetts citizens who opened DraftKings Sportsbook accounts in response to a $1,000 bonus sign-up promotion that the gambling company widely advertised.

The Massachusetts town of Brookline is not just blowing smoke when it comes to ending the tobacco epidemic. As of September 1, 2021, no one born in the 21st century is allowed to buy tobacco in the Boston suburb of 60,000 people after town meeting voters adopted a first-in-thenation bylaw prohibiting tobacco or e-cigarette sales to anyone born on or after January 1, 2000. While support for the new regulation is strong, a challenge brought by a group of Brookline tobacco merchants was recently argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).

On December 1, 2023, a state highway historical marker was unveiled in memory of US Army Pfc. Booker T. Spicely.

This fall, students in Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC) hosted two pro se clinics for non-citizens. The IJC students, along with attorney volunteers, offered legal advice to more than 40 clients on a variety of matters, including applying for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), travel authorization and work authorization.

Northeastern Law’s Criminal Justice Task Force has jointly launched the Massachusetts Reentry Resource Directory, an online resource to help returning citizens, their families and other marginalized communities access services that may be crucial to successful reentry.

In a novel lawsuit, Northeastern Law’s Action Lab at the Center for Health Policy and Law has filed a federal complaint in West Virginia challenging the discriminatory and harmful practices of a national prison medical contractor, Wexford Health Sources Inc.

Governor Maura Healey ’98 has selected Black Tie, an oil painting by Robert Freeman, to hang in her office. The painting depicts Black Americans at a social gathering during racial segregation when Black people had to create a space for themselves in society. It was inspired by a time when Freeman and his wife, Bettye Freeman ’91, who later served as assistant dean for academic and student affairs at Northeastern Law for 20 years, went to a dinner party when they were in their twenties.

NuLawLab spearheaded the launch this spring of the Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement (MAPLE) — a web-based tool that allows Massachusetts residents and organizations to easily submit testimony on pending state legislation on Beacon Hill.