Legal Barbies abounded at the Women in the Law Conference.

Photos by David Leifer

Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference Women, Media and the Law: Impacting Elections 2024

Never has the power of the media been more evident. With fake news popping up by the second, news channels polarized, and public TV and radio under fire, it’s absolutely vital to find trustworthy news sources. This year’s Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference focused on women, media and the law with an eye to upcoming elections, on every level, and with a lens on issues that are critical to women’s health.

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  • Professor Claudia Haupt is back at Northeastern Law after a fall visit at Yale Law School, where she taught public health law and continued her research on the intersection of the First Amendment, health law and torts in the context of professional speech.

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  • For the second time in two years, Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) submitted testimony to the Massachusetts General Court’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security in support of the proposed Safe Communities Act, which seeks to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents by limiting the involvement of local law enforcement officers in federal immigration enforcement.