Richardson Moves from White House to FTC
Professor Rashida Richardson ’11, who is on leave from the law school to serve in the Biden admin- istration, has joined the Federal Trade Commission as attorney advisor to Chair Lina Khan.
Richardson previously served as a senior policy advisor for data and democracy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she advised on policy interventions and regulatory strategies within her area of expertise: the social and civil rights implications of AI and related data-driven technologies.
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To ensure public health is not undermined in the courts, Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL), as part of the Act for Public Health partnership, recently released a report, A Plan for Action: Protecting Public Health in the Courts, that calls for several critical action steps, including research, education and coordination with allies in organizing and drafting amicus briefs in cases with significant public health ramifications.
Professor Sharmila Murthy’s article “Disrupting Utility Law for Water Justice,” published in the Stanford Law Review in 2024, was selected for inclusion in the 17th edition of the prestigious Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR).
Professor Sharmila Murthy, an expert on examining legal and policy barriers to achieving environmental justice, improving access to water and addressing climate change, has been named faculty co-director of the law school’s Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration.
