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The Problems of Living in a Post-Truth World
Professors Jeremy Paul and Wendy Parmet call for renewed efforts to regain the public’s trust to counter misinformation in every sector, particularly as it relates to health. “Only by breaking down the barriers between experts and those who rely on their expertise can we expect our nation’s health to resist today’s political maladies,” they write in the Hartford Courant.
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Sometimes the Best IDEAs Come Through Collaboration
Sometimes the best IDEAs come through collaboration. The law school’s IP CO-LAB was launched when Northeastern’s student-run business accelerator, IDEA, turned to the law school for IP advice. “I thought, why don’t we start a clinic in the law school with law students helping ventures?” recalls Professor Dan Gregory, founding faculty advisor of IDEA.
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After 32 Years In Prison, Darrell Jones' 'Not Guilty' Retrial Verdict Was Long Overdue
"It is bad enough that Darrell Jones was wrongfully convicted in 1986 ... ," writes Professor Stephanie Hartung in a piece for WBUR's Cognoscenti. "But it is worse still, in 2019, for a prosecutor to ignore evidence of innocence and blindly pursue a retrial against a factually innocent man."
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WEBINAR: ACA Under Threat: The Potential Impacts of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Jun 26 In collaboration with the Network for Public Health Law, the Public Health Law Watch (PHLW) and the...
Interpretive Limitations of Genetic Ancestry Testing and the Case for Reparations at 310 Dockser
Jun 26 Presented by the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project Workshop Series Jada Benn...
IMPROV for Lawyers! at 42 Dockser
Jul 24 NuLawLab presents IMPROV for LAWYERS! Join legal improv impresario Roman Zelichenko and the NuLawLab...