Respected immigration advocate to succeed renowned human rights activist Kerry Kennedy.

Christa Pike is awake and speaking less than a week after surviving a botched execution attempt, which included two doses lethal injection drugs, her lawyers said Tuesday.

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Members of the West of Washington (WOW) neighborhood association gathered with city officials last Saturday (Sept. 19) to break ground on a new public park, marking the culmination of a community-led ...

Lindsay Clancy is returning to court Tuesday, almost a month after a judge declared a mistrial in the case about whether she should be held criminally responsible for the murder of her three children.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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

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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.

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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.