CRRJ Federal Reparations Project Launched at NU Mills Conference, in Oakland CA
Federal Reparations: Lynching and Racial Violence Project, unveiled by Civil Rights and Restorative Justice project team, at Black Reparations conference in Oakland, California.
Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive student researchers showcase investigations into historical cases of racial violence
The Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive fall 2024 cohort of undergraduate researchers showcased their semester-long investigations into historical, racially-motivated homicides, cases that are soon to be included in the archive.
Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, Aimee Clesi, joins CRRJ for fall fellowship
The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project was joined this fall by Aimee Clesi, CRRJ visiting researcher and Rhodes Scholar (Class of 2022) at Balliol College, University of Oxford. Studying for her doctoral degree…
Booker T. Spicely’s life and death retold on stage, in new theatre production
The life and brutal killing of Pfc. Booker T. Spicely, killed in North Carolina in 1944 and whose case was originally researched by CRRJ, is the focus of a new sold-out play, performed this fall in North Carolina.
Podcast: Sara Merlo, CRRJ’s Education Consultant on “Restoring Truth”
Sara Merlo, the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project’s Education Consultant, was interviewed for podcast The Teacher’s Forum about her work with CRRJ and the development of high school curricula centered on cases…
Prof. Burnham gives opening talk at Human Rights Home Lawyers’ Network symposium
CRRJ Director, Professor Margaret Burnham, was a keynote speaker at the Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers’ Network annual symposium, held on June 20, 2024, at the Fordham University School of Law. The event — co-hosted by the Program…
CRRJ and CLEAR leaders discuss reparations at Martha’s Vineyard event
Professor Margaret Burnham, CRRJ director and faculty co-director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) was the featured speaker at an event hosted in Martha’s Vineyard on July 30 to…
Summer interns present case findings, expand CRRJ’s work to include 100 new cases
As the summer draws to a close, six student interns, who have spent nine weeks investigating close to 100 cases of racially motivated homicides, presented their findings and proposed avenues for further research…
CRRJ Welcomes, Alex Stein, Staff Attorney and Program Director
Please join us in welcoming Alex Stein (NUSL‘19) to the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) — our new Staff Attorney and Program Director for the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ). An…
CRRJ and Southern University celebrate a decade in partnership
The decade-long partnership between Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) and the Southern University Law Center’s Louis A. Berry institute for Civil Rights & Justice (SULC) was celebrated at the school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2024 summer interns to aid CRRJ case investigations, reparations research and restorative justice efforts
This summer, Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic (CRRJ) the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) and the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) will welcome 19 intern students from across…
University of Kentucky CRRJ Clinic welcomes third cohort of students
Following the success of last year’s pilot program, the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law (CRRJ-KY) will be offered again this fall…
White Supremacy Upheld: Pierre Sylve, killed in 1934 gun-battle, descendants seek justice
The only photograph Michael Sylve remembers seeing of his grandfather, Pierre Euchere Sylve, was on his aunt’s dresser in her home in New Orleans, Louisiana. “He had a dress shirt on,” said Michael.…
Donated Bodies: CRRJ Director to co-direct new project, examining treatment of human remains
This summer, CRRJ Director Margaret Burnham is co-directing a project that seeks to evaluate the ethical concerns raised by the widespread U.S. practice of disposing of executed and deceased prisoners’ remains by donating…
Black Women Lead: CRRJ Director included in new art exhibition
A new exhibition centering Black female leaders at Roxbury’s Northeastern Crossing, features a portrait of CRRJ Director, Margaret Burnham, one of 12 women whose likenesses are currently on display. The exhibition, part of…
CRRJ students travel to New Orleans to investigate 1953 killing
At the end of April, four students from CRRJ’s 2024 Spring Clinic traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, a trip that signified the culmination of their clinical investigations. Isabella Ulm (NUSL ‘24), Morgan Heithcock…
Congratulations to CRRJ’s Class of 2024
We wish to extend a warm and well-deserved congratulations to all of the graduating students who participated in CRRJ’s Spring Clinic 2023-2024. Their work has been central to CRRJ’s accomplishments over the last…
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…