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‘50 Years Forward’ series honors civil rights efforts
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act next year, the Northeastern community is coming together to honor the hundreds of thousands of people who have fought for...
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Northeastern reflects on sex, gender, and justice
Students, faculty, and staff convened on Tuesday evening to examine the growing need for gender justice. The event marked the eighth installment of “Conflict. Civility. Respect. Peace. Northeastern...
View Article3Qs: ‘West Memphis Three’ set free
Three men in their mid-30s have been released from prison after serving more than 17 years behind bars for the 1993 murders of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts in West Memphis, Arkansas—a crime that new...
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Recent graduate shines investigative light on 75-year-old civil rights cold case
Who killed Pvt. Felix Hall? It’s a mystery dating back to 1941, when the 19-year-old African American from Millbrook, Alabama, was lynched in the woods of Fort Benning, Georgia, strung up in a shallow...
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Experts cite collaboration as key tool in eliminating racial disparities in...
Collaboration is key to improving race relations in Massachusetts and beyond, particularly in regard to the treatment of underrepresented minorities in the criminal justice system. That was the...
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What the Supreme Court’s gerrymandering case ruling could mean for future...
Daniel Urman Director of Hybrid and Online Programs for School of Law See More On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it would take up an appeal that could have implications on voting districts...
View ArticleNortheastern faculty, Lebanese judiciary convene in Beirut to discuss...
A delegation of Northeastern faculty members traveled to Beirut in late September to help Lebanon’s Higher Judicial Council explore the possibility of using plea bargaining as a tool to alleviate the...
View ArticleSCOTUS case could redefine ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear opening arguments in a case that could help define a new digital era. Justices will need to apply a centuries-old framework, the Fourth Amendment, to a world...
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