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News and Events Archives 2002
  • Emily Spieler Named Dean of the School of Law
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  • Tufts and Northeastern Faculty Create Public Health Institute
    Recognizing the importance of law to public health, Northeastern law school faculty members Wendy E. Parmet, Richard A. Daynard and Daniel J. Givelber have joined with colleagues from Tufts University School of Medicine to create the Public Health Advocacy Institute.

    The thrust of the institute's work is directed at stimulating a strategic alliance of lawyers and public health professionals. Projects concentrate in four areas:

    • Public Health Literacy Project, which develops and tests teaching materials that introduce public health concepts and disciplines to law school courses;
    • Secrecy Countermeasures Project, which analyzes public health damage caused by court-protected secrecy of health-hazard information and crafts strategies for reducing that damage;
    • Public Health Archives in the Law Project, which creates archival systems for organizing
    • Intervening for Public Health Project, which argues the case for public health before courts, regulatory agencies and legislatures in pivotal proceedings concerned with widespread health hazards.

    For more information, contact Professor Parmet at w.parmet@neu.edu.

  • The 2002 School of Law commencement
    On Friday, May 24, 2002, Deval Patrick, former assistant attorney general for Civil Rights in the Clinton Administration, will deliver the keynote address. Mr. Patrick has worked vigorously to enforce laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability and religion. He has a distinguished record as a Boston attorney, representing, among others, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. His commitment to civil rights and social justice has been evident throughout his professional career.

    In addition, the university will bestow an honorary degree on Ms. Peggy Charren. In 1995, President Clinton awarded Ms. Charren the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given to civilians in the United States. She founded Action for Children's Television, and is credited for convincing Congress to pass the Children's Television Act.
    [camera icon] See photo album from this event!