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.
New Season of Civil Wrongs Podcast Centers on Tennessee Killing Investigated by CRRJ
Civil Wrongs Season 6 now available, centers case of Phillip Hatley, killed in 1939.
CRRJ Summer Interns Present Cases
This summer, several interns joined the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) to support projects and expand our research.
CRRJ’s Inaugural Archive in Action Essay Contest Winner Announced
First prize in CRRJ’s first Archive in Action essay contest, went to Zai’ere Watson, an 11th grader at Grimsley High School, in Guilford County, North Carolina, whose essay, “It Ends When They End,” detailed the 1946 killing of J.C. Farmer in Wilson County, NC.
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…
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 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…
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…
Summer interns support CRRJ’s research and expansion
During the summer of 2023, CRRJ’s work was supported by three passionate and highly-motivated interns. Sydney Wideman, a rising third year student at Pennsylvania State University, first heard about the project from her…
CRRJ Spring Clinic expands research into border states
The expansion of research into new jurisdictions provided an opportunity to begin comparing patterns and trends across regions.
Burnham Honors Cohort students present at Grand Rounds
On May 9, 2023 CRRJ welcomed to the Law School the Burnham Honors Cohort, a group of six HBCU students who investigated incidents occurring in their home states. The cohort program was directed…
SULC Burnham Honors Cohort begin their investigations
On Feb. 17, the 2023 Burnham Honors Cohort met virtually to begin a five-year project, investigating cases of Jim Crow-era violence in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. “The Burnham Honors Cohort will be undertaking crucial…
CRRJ Fall 2021 Students
Julie Aaron Julie is a 2L at Northeastern University School of Law. As a CRRJ research assistant, Julie is providing research and administrative support for an upcoming conference on policy approaches to remediating…