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Northeastern faculty, Lebanese judiciary convene in Beirut to discuss alternatives to incarceration

A delegation of Northeastern faculty members recently traveled to Beirut to help Lebanon’s Higher Judicial Council explore the possibility of using plea bargaining as a…
- by Jason Kornwitz October 17, 2017
How can journalism ‘move the conversation forward’ on race?

In the wake of racially charged rallies like the one in Charlottesville, Virginia last month, and as cities take stock of their histories by way…
- by Molly Callahan September 22, 2017
Bringing justice, and closure, in civil rights cold cases

Legislation signed last month by President Barack Obama permanently extended federal authorities’ opportunity to pursue civil rights cold cases. Law professor Margaret Burnham says the…
- by Greg St. Martin January 5, 2017
Law professor Margaret Burnham named Carnegie Fellow

Burnham founded Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and her fellowship will support the development of the project’s archive.
- by Greg St. Martin April 19, 2016
Northeastern to host screening of Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now

The film—which reexamines the groundbreaking documentary Eyes on the Prize from the viewpoint of civil rights activists past and present—will be screened on Thursday at…
- by Jason Kornwitz March 24, 2016
‘Commemoration for a purpose’

Law professor Margaret Burnham highlighted the groundbreaking work of Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice project on Friday morning at the Association for Black Culture…
- by Greg St. Martin November 7, 2015
3Qs: Law professor remembers civil rights icon

Civil rights activist Julian Bond, who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served as chairman of the NAACP for 22 years, died on Saturday…
- by Joe O'Connell August 20, 2015
‘We are all hurt’

The Northeastern community gathered Tuesday night at the Fenway Center to remember—through poems and music—the nine victims of last week’s Charleston church shooting.
- by Joe O'Connell June 24, 2015
Mass. AG to law graduates: Your education ‘belongs to our whole community’

At Commencement, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, L’98, urged the Northeastern University School of Law’s newest graduates to believe in themselves, embrace uncertainty, and remember…
- by Greg St. Martin May 26, 2015
The storytelling and popularity of Serial

The true crime podcast from This American Life “takes us back to one of the most basic tenets of storytelling: suspense,” says journalist Dina Kraft,…
- by Joe O'Connell December 9, 2014