Doctors around the country often face medical and ethical dilemmas. Joining NECN to explore a case in Boston in which a family wanted to harvest the eggs of a brain dead woman is Professor Charles Kindregan of Suffolk University. Kindregan is an expert in family law.

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Medical and Ethical Dilemmas in Egg Harvesting

Despite criticisms Elena Kagan lacks judicial experience or political service, White House officials do not believe those concerns will hurt her chances to sit on our nation's high court. Professor Landers discusses the confirmation hearings with NECN.

Elena Kagan Confirmation Hearings

Suffolk University Law School Professor Robert H. Smith joins NECN to discuss President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court and the confirmation process ahead.

President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan

Legal experts say the $28 billion budget passed by the Massachusetts House last week is bad for the judicial system. The budget includes more than $1 billion in spending cuts, which could mean court closures and state layoffs. Joining NECN to explain how the budget could impact the state courts is Suffolk University law professor Robert Smith.

Mass budget bill

Until recently, every juvenile who appeared in court after an arrest has been brought into court in shackles -- for offenses as minor as a school food fight. But, a group of Suffolk University law students helped change that.

Juvenile Justice

Suffolk University Law School Professor Erik Pitchal discusses the lawsuit filed by Children’s Rights, a national children’s advocacy group, against the state of Massachusetts. Professor Pitchal teaches Suffolk Law’s Child Advocacy Clinic and Family Law.

Child Advocacy and Family Law

Suffolk Law Professor Kim McLaurin discusses anti-bullying legislation being drafted by Massachusetts lawmakers.

Anti-Bullying Legislation

Judge John M. Greaney, Director of Suffolk Law’s Macaronis Institute of Trial Advocacy, discusses testing the validity of forensic evidence. To learn more about Judge Greaney visit his Suffolk Law faculty page.

Validity of Forensic Evidence

Professor Renee Landers discusses the recently passed health care reform legislation. Professor Landers is the Director of Suffolk’s Health and Biomedical Law Concentration. To learn more about our program please visit http://law.suffolk.edu/academic/health/.

Health Care Reform

Professor Renee Landers, director of Suffolk Law’s Health and Biomedical Law Concentration, discusses New England states’ legalization of gay marriage. To learn more about our Health and Biomedical Law Concentration, please visit http://law.suffolk.edu/academic/health/

Gay Marriage in New England

Professor Meredith Conway discusses IRS plans to enforce laws to tax employee personal use of company-issued cell phones. Click to learn more about Professor Conway.

IRS Taxing Cell Phones

Christine Butler, Practitioner in Residence with Suffolk Law’s Battered Women’s Advocacy Clinic, discusses recent murders in Massachusetts in domestic violence cases, as well the increase in domestic violence-related killings across the country.

Suffolk Law’s Battered Women’s Advocacy Clinic

As US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination process concluded, Suffolk Law Professor Victoria Dodd discussed Judge Sotomayor with NECN. Learn more about Professor Dodd

Judge Sotomayor Starts Final Leg of Her Supreme Court Journey

Professor Renee Landers, director of Suffolk Law’s Health and Biomedical Law Concentration, discusses health care reform in the wake of Senator-elect Scott Brown’s recent election victory in Massachusetts. Click to learn more about our Health and Biomedical Law Concentration

Health Care Reform and Senator Brown

June 29, 2009 - U.S. Supreme Court Ruling that a Strip Search of a Middle School Student Was Unconstitutional – Professor Karen Blum, who teaches in the area of civil rights at Suffolk Law, discusses the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of an Arizona school’s forced strip search of a teenaged student. Learn more about Professor Blum.

Student Strip Search

Suffolk Law faculty are analyzing the news from a legal perspective each week on New England Cable News. Through NECN’s "Sidebar" segment, the Suffolk Law professors examine significant local, national and international stories.

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