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Northeastern University School of Law has been named one of the 20 most innovative law schools in the country by The National Jurist/preLaw! #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/northeastern...

had such a great time today at the @nusl.bsky.social @clicatnusl.bsky.social open house! i got to talk w/ colleagues & IP-curious students about the center for law, information & creativity & the NU events, courses, certificates, groups, & co-ops related to studying IP, privacy, & technology law 😍

Join NuLawLab and the Center for Design on Tuesday 10/27 for a conversation with the co-authors of Visual Literacy for Lawyers: A Guide to Enhancing Your Contracts and Practice, published by the American Bar Association. @americanbar.org law.northeastern.edu/event/visual...

Does everyone need a personal brand? Professor Alexandra J. Roberts weighs in on the growing pressure to build and maintain an online persona in a new Fast Company article on the challenges of personal branding. #NUSLPride www.fastcompany.com/91611379/per...

In a new blog post for Harvard’s Petrie-Flom Center, Patrick Hauth, William Maione, Wendy Parmet, and Shannon Rempe of the CHPL examine Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County and the risk of a climate regulatory vacuum. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/10/16/c...

Congratulations to Marielena Hincapié ’96 on being named president of the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, succeeding Kerry Kennedy in January 2027. #NUSLPride kennedyhumanrights.org/press/mariel...

Professor Emeritus Michael Meltsner is quoted in the New York Post on the 1947 Supreme Court precedent that could allow a second execution attempt after Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection. #NUSLPride nypost.com/2026/10/06/u...

Last month, the Center for Global Law and Justice hosted two compelling events exploring how democracy and human rights are being tested on the world stage — from the erosion of civic space abroad to the accountability of corporations at home. law.northeastern.edu/academics/ce...

Professor Zinaida Miller writes in the LRB on why individual criminal investigations, even when thorough, can’t capture the scale of collective harm to a society's infrastructure and institutions. #NUSLPride www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/oc...

Professor Elettra Bietti joins Alba Ribera Martínez on The Binary Agora podcast to discuss her new paper Technological Capture — how digital platforms shape antitrust and regulatory discourse. Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNLX... Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3F2o...

Last night, 150+ graduates, colleagues, community builders, friends, and family gathered to honor Professor Deborah Ramirez’s legacy and her decades of contributions to access to justice, from her groundbreaking scholarship to the countless students and causes she’s championed along the way.

In a new article published in Wake Forest Law Review, Professor Aliza Hochman Bloom examines the recent revival of juvenile curfews in two cities and how curfew enforcement fits into a larger atrophied version of the Fourth Amendment. #NUSLPride papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Professor Andrew Haile helped lead a decade-long push that broke ground on the new West of Washington Family Park in Dorchester. #NUSLPride www.dotnews.com/2026/09/23/a...

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in PBS News on what comes next in the Lindsay Clancy case as prosecutors weigh whether to retry it following last month’s mistrial. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

A major new ProPublica investigation into sports betting apps’ “responsible gaming” practices references the symposium hosted by the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern Law. #NUSLPride www.propublica.org/article/draf...

Meet John Lanza ’95, our new Alumni/ae Association Board President, bringing thirty years of tech law experience and a focus on digital civil rights to the role. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/meet-our-new...

Massachusetts has agreed to regulate school-based-arrest data collection, a policy win tracing back to Northeastern Law’s CPIAC and its Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Project. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/state-agrees...

Professor Martha Davis spoke at Washburn’s Great Plains Environmental Law Summit last week — catch her tomorrow at Wisconsin’s panel on state constitutions and criminal law. #NUSLPride www.eventbrite.com/e/state-cons...

Congratulations to Anastasia Assenso ’28, Henry Barford ’27, and Segan Helle ’27, selected as 2026 Peggy Browning Fellows from a pool of 3,370 applicants nationwide. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/three-northe...

Professor Daniel Medwed spoke with Newsweek on the evidentiary questions raised by Patrick Clancy’s “60 Minutes” interview and its potential impact on a Lindsay Clancy retrial. www.newsweek.com/patrick-clan...

The Hon. Nancy Gertner will deliver the keynote for the 19th annual Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference on May 14, 2027, and moderate a panel of former U.S. Attorneys. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/retired-fede...

Congratulations to Alfred Brownell, former Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Northeastern Law, on being named a co-recipient of the 2026 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy. #NUSLPride www.liberianobserver.com/news/liberia...

Northeastern Law's CLEAR has released a new memo giving poll monitors a legal playbook for documenting and helping prosecute voter intimidation, including potential misconduct by federal officers, ahead of the 2026 midterms. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/northeastern...

Proud to see Northeastern Law's Community Business Clinic cited as a model as New York Law School lands a $10M gift to launch its own small-business legal clinic in Tribeca. hoodline.com/2026/09/trib...

Professor Aliza Hochman Bloom is quoted on the legal standards behind the assault and battery charge against Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues. #NUSLPride www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

Professor Alexandra Roberts is quoted in The Christian Science Monitor on Buc-ee’s aggressive trademark lawsuits against smaller stores over animal logos, and why the strategy tends to pay off. #NUSLPride www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...

Congratulations to Karen Bibadilla ’12 and Emily Sobiecki ’13, named 2026 Top Women of Law honorees by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. They will be recognized at the awards ceremony on November 5 at the Boston Marriott Newton. #NUSLPride masslawyersweekly.com/event/top-wo...

Congratulations to Professor Emerita Margaret Woo, named the recipient of the 2027 Jerome A. Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of American Law Schools Section on East Asian Law & Society. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/professor-ma...

Professor Daniel Medwed will join author Robin Dahlberg in conversation at Porter Square Books in Cambridge on Tuesday, October 6, for the release of her book Breaking Point: When the Criminal Justice System Fails. #NUSLPride portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-1...

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in a Boston Globe opinion column on the chilling effect public backlash against jurors could have on jury deliberations, following the Lindsay Clancy mistrial. #NUSLPride www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/14/o...

Congratulations to Northeastern Law students Michaela Zelandi ’27 and Claudia Rubalcava ’27 on winning first and second place in the ABA’s national Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/students-win...

Congratulations to Professor Aliza Hochman Bloom, who is selected to present her paper, “Policing Supervision,” at the AALS Criminal Procedure Section’s Fourth Annual Junior Scholars Virtual Conference on September 18.

Northeastern Law earns an A+ on preLaw’s 2026 Human Rights Law Honor Roll — its fourth straight year at the top, one of just 13 schools nationwide. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/northeastern...

Congratulations to Raquel J. Webster ’03 on her nomination by Governor Healey to serve as a Massachusetts District Court judge. #NUSLPride baystatebanner.com/2026/09/09/i...

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in USA Today on the moral and practical questions prosecutors face in deciding whether to retry, offer a plea, or drop the Lindsay Clancy case. #NUSLPride www.usatoday.com/story/news/c...

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in CNN on the prospects of a plea deal in the Lindsay Clancy case, after her defense attorney signaled openness to negotiations following last week's mistrial. #NUSLPride www.cnn.com/2026/09/10/u...

Professor Jeremy Paul co-authors a piece with his son Jason on the Supreme Court’s recent campaign finance ruling, arguing its midterm impact is likely more limited than the alarm suggested. #NUSLPride grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/high-court...

Professor Claudia Haupt’s new article examines the legal and ethical gaps in “direct-to-prescription” platforms like Hims and Ro, arguing existing telemedicine regulation should close the gap. #NUSLPride doi.org/10.1017/amj....

Professor Zinaida Miller joins anthropologist Sarah Ihmoud for a new Signs journal conversation on Palestinian feminism, carcerality, and the limits of international law as a tool for justice. #NUSLPride signsjournal.org/palestinian-...

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in The New York Times on how defense attorney Kevin Reddington’s strategy and empathy toward his client shaped the Lindsay Clancy mistrial. #NUSLPride www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in PBS News on what happens next after a mistrial was declared in the Lindsay Clancy case, and what prosecutors should weigh in deciding whether to retry it. #NUSLPride www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Professor Alexandra J. Roberts is quoted in Tech Times on the X Corp.-Operation Bluebird trademark fight over “Twitter” and “Tweet,” and why residual goodwill could protect X even if it loses the trademark registrations. #NUSLPride www.techtimes.com/articles/325...

On Friday, October 16, we’re celebrating University Distinguished Professor Emerita Margaret Burnham. This special event kicks off Reunion and Alumni/ae Weekend, Oct. 16-17. Register Now! eventregistration.northeastern.edu/event/bd6862...

Shannon Rempe, Wendy Parmet, Mehreen Butt, and Jami Crespo describe the Center for Health Policy and Law’s Amicus Project, which has already shaped a major vaccine policy case with a federal judge citing their brief. #NUSLPride petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/09/02/p...

Northeastern Law earns an A+ on preLaw’s 2026 Health Law Honor Roll and lands at No. 9 nationally in health care law by U.S. News & World Report — its fifth straight year in the top 10. #NUSLPride law.northeastern.edu/northeastern...

Professor Hayat Bearat is quoted in The New York Sun on why global institutions and governments often frame child marriage as a “harmful traditional practice” rather than what it is under the law. #NUSLPride www.nysun.com/article/chil...

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in The New York Times on what happens if the jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial can’t reach a verdict, and the questions prosecutors would face on a potential retrial. #NUSLPride www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...

Professor Rachel Rosenbloom is quoted in The Atlantic on the long history of efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, and why they’ve consistently strained against the Fourteenth Amendment's plain meaning. #NUSLPride www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Professor Martha Davis’s new article in the Northwestern University Law Review surveys five decades of state courts rejecting the reasoning behind Geduldig v. Aiello on pregnancy discrimination. #NUSLPride#NUSLPride scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol121/...

Professor Claudia Haupt previews her forthcoming essay on AI’s “dual trust problem” in a new Balkinization post, arguing consumer health AI tools erode trust in the professional institutions they mimic. #NUSLPride balkin.blogspot.com/2026/09/prof...