‘A Crisis of Democracy’
Katie Townsend lifts the curtain on an increasingly besieged media and calls...
As with many topics, context is important. The times we are living in, while seemingly omnipresent to us all...
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Making Latino Voices Count
Despite efforts to suppress voters' rights, the nation's largest racial mino...
The Boston College Latin American Law Student Association (LALSA) and the BC Law Democrats joined forces Oct...
Miller ’21 Wins Writing Award
For her paper on protecting retirees' pension plans, 3L is honored by the Am...
Rebecca Miller ’21 has been awarded the Alvin D. Lurie Memorial Award by the American College of Employee ...
Graduate Employment Rate Rises Nine Slots
Above the Law ranks BC Law 22nd in job outcomes for Class of 2019....
Boston College Law School was ranked 22nd in the eighth annual installment of the Above the Law Top 50 Law S...
BC Innocence Program Secures Release of Third Client in 2020
Student's discovery of previously overlooked DNA evidence is key to release ...
Boston College Innocence Program (BCIP) client Thomas Rosa, Jr., of Chelsea (above, left, with his son Emman...
An Election Like No Other
Outspoken scholar on voting rights considers the stakes in 2020....
“Looking to the Supreme Court to ensure the right to vote in this election is probably whistling past the ...
Getting Real about Getting Along
Covering civil rights, criminal justice, and Jewish-Black relations, panelis...
“The first thing I lost in law school is the reason I came,” Jonathan Rapping (above) said at a BC Law e...
Ranked Choice Voting: Yes or No?
Rappaport Center debate on Massachusetts ballot Question 2 elicits strong ar...
The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy hosted a debate October 8 on Question 2 on the Massachusetts ...
One Alum’s Fearless Lawyering
Yliana Johansen-Mendez ’11 helps desperate immigrant teen attain legal sta...
Ibrahim Haruna is lucky to be alive. Six years ago, just fourteen and newly orphaned, Haruna fled his abusiv...
New Group Promotes Good Governance
Students organize hoping to improve the policies underpinning our modern po...
Democracy isn’t just a theoretical concept, and as BC Law Dean Vincent Rougeau reminded students involved ...
The Pandemic’s Blow to Federalism
American Constitution Society presenter decries the destabilizing behaviors ...
Constitutional scholar Aziz Huq joined the American Constitution Society September 30 for a virtual discussi...
How to Become a Racial Justice Warrior
Camara Phyllis Jones' presentation is among several in the inaugural season ...
The Boston College Forum for Racial Justice in America, which was established last June under the direction ...
Weiner’s Mission: Protecting Human Rights and the Rule of Law
From The Hague to Cambodia, alum's work in international tribunals leads to ...
Hon. Phillip Weiner ’80, who has had an illustrious career as a prosecutor, judge, and trainer in interna...