Tag Archives: Northeastern University School of Law

PHRGE Faces the Land Rights Imperative

Posted on November 30, 2017 by

Land rights is the human rights issue of the 21st century. So insists Chris Jochnick, C.E.O. of Landesa and keynote speaker at PHRGE’s 12th Human Rights Institute to be held at Northeastern University School of Law on December 7 and … Continue reading →

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It Isn’t Just About Flint: Water As A Human Right in the United States

Posted on June 16, 2017 by

By Tanisha Canty People are suffering from nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, parasites, hair loss, permanent neurological disorders, anemia; raw sewage pools in their yards, separated from the children’s toys by thin scraps of metal; even their livestock are diseased from grazing … Continue reading →

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Parole: The Death of Due Process

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

By Tara Dunn “Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open.”-Bernard Kerik. These are My Brothers, Uncles and Fathers My second day on co-op, my supervisor and I visited the Washington, D.C. Central Detention Facility to see clients. … Continue reading →

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Alfred Brownell’s Long Road to Northeastern

Posted on February 2, 2017 by

By Kevin Murray Alfred Brownell’s wife and children probably never expected to be living in Boston this winter. Nonetheless, in early January Mr. Brownell began work at Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) as a Visiting Scholar affiliated with the … Continue reading →

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A Desire to Give Voice to the Voiceless

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

Emmanuel Sam, a native of Sierra Leone and a Masters of Law student at Northeastern University School of Law, was awarded a PHRGE Fellowship this spring to work with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) in … Continue reading →

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Still Dazzled by the Facts and Figures

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

By: Alefiyah Ezzi, PHRGE Fellow at Oxfam America My experience at Oxfam America over the past 11 weeks has been phenomenal. I gained knowledge about the corporate world and developed skills that I could not have within the walls of a classroom. … Continue reading →

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A Fighting Chance: Legal Responses to the Humanitarian Border Crisis

Posted on May 5, 2016 by

By: Jacqueline Kelley, PHRGE Fellow at South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) in South Texas I sat across from Jonathan as he told me a lifetime of stories. Abandoned by his mother at age three, Jonathan, from Michoacan, … Continue reading →

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