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News and Events Archives 2001 Celebrating the Vision of Camelot and the Promise of Northeastern See photo album from this event! On January 11, just nine days before his second term expired, President Bill Clinton visited Northeastern University to bask in the success of the greatest economic expansion in the country's history and thank the people of Boston and Massachusetts for their unwavering support during his roller-coaster presidency. Dean Roger Abrams of the School of Law visited with President Clinton following the speaking event, which was attended by 7,000 supporters. The School of Law's commencement will take place on Friday, May 25, at 1 p.m. in Matthews Arena. The Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones, US circuit judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth District, will address the 204 graduates. Judge Jones was appointed to the bench in 1979. Previously, he served as assistant general counsel to President Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission, and as general counsel and then national general counsel to the NAACP. The Honorable Sydney Hanlon, presiding justice of Dorchester District Court, and Richard W. Southgate, a Boston lawyer who has provided outstanding volunteer services to the underserved, will receive honorary degrees. Dean Roger Abrams hit a homerun with his second book, The Money Pitch: Baseball Free Agency and Salary Arbitration. On April 4, he will speak at the Social Law Library as part of a new lecture series. Newsflash: See photos of the Social Law Library event. Northeastern University School of Law is privileged to host one of 19 regional Equal Justice Colloquia being held around the country in conjunction with the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Equal Justice Project. The Northeastern Colloquium will take place on Friday, March 2, 2001.(more) Dr. Makau Mutua, director of the Human Rights Center at SUNY University at Buffalo Law School, will deliver the annual Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture on Thursday, March 15, 2001, at 5:30 p.m. The Human Rights Center (HRC) provides direction and vision to the study and practice of international human rights law. HRC organizes speakers, conferences, and symposia with leading thinkers and practioners of human rights from around the world, and establishes a wide range of cooperative links with human rights organizations, human rights programs in other universities, thinktanks, and governmental and quasi-governmental agencies interested in human rights. Dr. Mutua earned an LLB and LLM from the University of Dar-Es-Salaam (Tanzania) and an LLM and SJD from Harvard University. The Myth Making of Democracy and Prosperity: Free Market Globalism and Beyond Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT, will speak on Thursday, January 11, 2001, at 6 p.m. in room 97 Cargill Hall. All NUSL faculty and students who wish to attend must RSVP at the CISP office by Jan. 9, 2001. NUSL News & Events Directory:.........................................................Photo AlbumsNortheastern VoiceNews ArchivesMedia Guide