Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

The School of Law is pleased to welcome John Lanza ’95, partner at Foley Hoag, as president of the Northeastern Law Alumni/ae Association Board of Directors for 2026-2027.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) agreed to promulgate regulations guiding school districts on collecting and reporting school-based-arrest data — a policy win ...

Anastasia Assenso ’28, Henry Barford ’27 and Segan Helle ’27 spent their summer in co-ops funded by the Peggy Browning Fund’s competitive fellowship program, joining a national cohort of 103 law stude...

The Hon. Nancy Gertner — retired federal judge — will headline Northeastern University School of Law’s 19th annual Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference as its keynote speaker.

The 2026 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy honors Alfred Brownell and Durwood Zaelke for their exceptional contributions to climate action and environmental justice.

Ahead of a tense 2026 midterm election season, CLEAR is providing a new legal playbook: a memorandum showing poll monitors exactly how to document — and help prosecute — voter intimidation, including ...

A $10 million gift is turning New York Law School students into free lawyers for Tribeca’s small businesses.

A&B can be a misdemeanor or felony. Why Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues was charged with the lesser crime and difference in potential consequences.

The roadside oasis Buc-ee’s is known for brisket tacos and immaculate bathrooms. But its aggressive lawsuits alleging infringement of its beaver logo are…

The Top Women of Law event celebrates the achievements of exceptional women lawyers who are pioneers, educators, trailblazers and role models.

Professor Emerita Margaret Y.K. Woo has been named the recipient of the 2027 Jerome A. Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on East Asi...

Northeastern Law students Michaela Zelandi ’27 and Claudia Rubalcava ’27, have won first and second place, respectively, in the American Bar Association Section of Family Law’s Howard C. Schwab Memori...

Northeastern University School of Law has been named to preLaw magazine’s 2026 Human Rights Law Honor Roll with an “A+” grade, the top rating awarded.

Prosecutors must decide whether to retry Lindsay Clancy, pursue a plea deal or drop the case altogether.

Days after Lindsay Clancy’s complicated triple-murder trial ended with a hung jury, leaving her fate in limbo, her defense attorney expressed an openness to reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors ...

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The defense lawyer for Lindsay Clancy showed empathy for his client in showcasing her mental health problems. That may have made all the difference.

The judge in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial declared a mistrial Friday after the jury failed to come to a unanimous decision following seven days of deliberation.

Twitter trademark abandonment is the legal theory behind Twitter.now, launched August 26 by startup Operation Bluebird amid an active X Corp. federal lawsuit. Even if Bluebird wins its USPTO cancellat...

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In the last several years, notable shifts in Supreme Court jurisprudence have eroded the deference that courts have historically granted to health officials.

Northeastern University School of Law has once again been recognized as a national leader in health law. preLaw magazine named Northeastern to its 2026 Health Law Honor Roll with an “A+” grade.

Jurors have now deliberated for nearly 24 hours over four days and say they are deadlocked. A judge told them to keep trying to reach a verdict.

The conservative legal movement doesn’t consider the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to be the final word on the Fourteenth Amendment. And it already has a playbook for overturning it.

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When federal officers break the law, how can state prosecutors hold them accountable for criminal conduct? Since this past spring, a team of law students, led by Professor Emerita Deborah Ramirez, has...

States that don't allow religious exemptions to school vaccine mandates have often prevailed in legal challenges. Despite renewed pressure from the Trump administration, legal experts expect the winni...

The Supreme Court handed Trump a partial win on restricting mail-in voting, but experts say the ruling is largely procedural and unlikely to affect the upcoming midterms.

The School of Law has appointed Professor Hemanth C. Gundavaram as associate dean for learning innovation, a newly created leadership role charged with guiding the school’s strategic response to the i...

Since the mid-1980s, DNA testing has exonerated hundreds of wrongfully convicted people and reshaped the criminal justice system. Rodney Reed's decades-long unsuccessful effort to test the belt prosec...

Federal courts have rarely ruled on whether long Covid qualifies as a disability afforded protections under workplace anti-bias law, even as the condition remains more prevalent in the population than...

A federal judge’s ruling, on constitutional grounds, against Idaho’s abortion ban may pave the way for litigants to take on other states’ reproductive rights restrictions.

In recognition of its sustained gains in graduate employment outcomes, Northeastern Law has been ranked No. 28 on The National Jurist’s 2026 list of the 50 Most Improved Law Schools for Employment.

Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center professor Rodger D. Citron discusses a recent podcast conversation with Professor Rachel Rosenbloom regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. B...

Legislators represent us. Do they also owe us health updates? Northeastern University experts weigh in on the growing debate.