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Summer 2012
ABOR,NO MORE?
A Look Back | Human Rights Crusaders | Playing Fairi n s i d e s u m m e r 2 0 1 2 | Vo l . 1 1 • N o . 2
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FEATURES
10 Labor, No More?
A newly invigorated pro-worker
movement may be just the lifeline labor
needs to survive. By Elaine McArdle
16 Reflections
Dean Emily Spieler looks back on her
10-year tenure. By Emily Spieler
20 Just Cause
Entrepreneurial students and recent
graduates tackle global human rights
issues. By Jeri Zeder
Cover illustration
by Gary Alphonso/i2i Art
COLUMNS
Faculty Deliberations By Wendy Parmet
3 Liberty (But Not
Health Care) for All
Excluding immigrants from health insurance
is detrimental to the health of us all.
trenDs By Meghan Laska ’98
30 Are We Playin
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dean’s message A Fond Farewell I am writing
By Wendy Parmet
news briefs Northeastern Grads Triumph in DOMA
MBA Report Hails NUSL Co-op Program as “Enviable”
news briefs Assessing the Path Less Taken Almo
emily rochon ’13 in front of solar panels on the
news briefs Words of Wisdom spring 2012 Lectur
Health law Systems in reform 3.16.12 Speakers exp
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For years, the labor movement has been struggling
The reasons for organized labo
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“Attitudes about the social contract have
Ref lections By Emily Spieler th I e n r
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Gavin Myers ’14 Preventing the Spread of HIV The
illustration: Northeastern Law | Summer 2012
elizabeth tully ’12 (left) and Jillian tuck ’12
Regine Theodat ’09 Creating Business Opportunitie
fa c u lt y N e w s fA c u lt y P r o f i l e
parmet triumphs in health Care Coverage Case In
Fa c u lt y n e w s The Five Percent “
a Worldly Perspective on trade and development S
TRENDS
Number of people using social media sites — June
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1953 Burton Pike spent much of his early retire-
Class notes Sowing Seeds of Change Laura Mahr
Making a Run for It Veteran new hampshire State S
class notes Crystal Shines at MDLR in January,
david kaplan ’52 with Jacquelyn kaplan ’13 p r
38 class notes Women in the Law Conference, M
Karl Klare Labor, No More? Continued from page 1
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