Federal Failures Contributed to Racial Violence: 15 New Cases From Students’ Spring Clinic Grand Rounds
The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) at Northeastern University School of Law held its annual Spring Clinic Grand Rounds on April 15 and 16 of this year.
Reflecting on Five Decades of Civil Rights Practice: Flint Taylor
On March 30, 2026, esteemed civil rights attorney Flint Taylor of the Chicago-based People’s Law Office (PLO) and Tayleece Paul, an associate in the office, gave a talk, sponsored by CRRJ, to the law school community. Taylor, a founding partner of the PLO, took his audience on a journey across his remarkable career in civil rights litigation.
Civil Rights Law: In the Courtroom and the Community
This directed study introduces students to the fundamentals of civil rights litigation as a remedy for police and jail misconduct under Section 1983. Students examine the dockets of litigated cases to sharpen practical skills in fact development…
Race, Police Violence, and Law
This is an advanced seminar on race, policing, and the criminal justice system. It explores the phenomenon of police violence directed at racially marginalized communities in the US; considers historical and ongoing opposition to racialized policing; and…
How Many Cases do Students Investigate?
Typically, each clinic student receives a docket of about five cases. They pursue each case until either further research is not possible, or the semester ends.
Where Does CRRJ Find the Cases to Investigate?
Cases are typically sourced from a combination of newspaper records, the records of civil rights advocacy groups, federal records from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the War Department.CRRJ’s staff…
What Happens to the Cases Once the Semester Ends?
Cases that have been researched in the clinic move from classroom study to long term stewardship. We reconcile the evidentiary record and prepare materials for permanent preservation to advance redress efforts. We preserve clinic case files in the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive. The…
How is the Clinic Assessed?
All students must complete a final essay, focused on cases they have researched or historical themes they have identified over the course of the semester, and these will be presented at Grand Rounds…
15 new cases presented at students’ Spring Clinic Grand Rounds
The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) at Northeastern University School of Law, held their annual Spring Clinic Grand Rounds on April 23, 24 and 25, 2024. These afternoon sessions, held in Dockser Hall…
How Does the CRRJ Clinic Work?
This six-credit course, open to Northeastern law students and graduate students, includes: One seminar a week, covering the legal, historical, and theoretical material that supports and orients the work of the student’s research endeavors. The…
Historical Injustice and Reparation
This three credit course, open to law and graduate students and selected upper level undergraduates, examines developments in the fields of historical injustice and reparation with a focus on the Afro-diasporic experience. It…
Race, Justice and Reform
This three credit seminar in Race, Justice, and Reform focuses on (1) how the criminal justice system impacts our communities; (2) how laws, policies, and practices disparately impact communities of color and perpetuate…