Dirty Little Secret
There is a law in America that makes it possible to traffic young girls thro...
Jane Doe No. 1 was advertised on the website Backpage.com by people seeking to traffic and sell her to men f...
Features
Ode to A Lost Cause
Six years chasing drug smugglers on the high seas was all it took for this C...
The first time my coast guard cutter interdicted a cocaine–laden vessel bound for the United States, the e...
The Suit
Hank Rouda’s real estate savvy eventually led him to, of all places, Arman...
These days, he wears Armani suits and subscribes to Women’s Wear Daily, but Hank Rouda ’86 still conside...
Trials by Fire
Students in the BC in DC internship program learn the thrills and terrors of...
It’s an age-old predicament: Employers want to hire people with experience, but how do you get that ex...
The Influencers
There is perhaps no other place in America where a lawyer’s ability to mak...
From Congress to the Pentagon, from the State Department to public broadcasting, in law enforcement agencies...
“I, Ellen Huvelle,
Do Solemnly Swear”
Known for her legendary efficiency and human touch as a judge of the federal...
She has decided the fate of an alleged Somalian pirate, forced the release of Guantánamo detainees, ruled t...
The Impact Generation
Making a difference takes on many meanings in Washington, DC, where tens of ...
LANCE WADE ’02 A noted criminal defender restores a businessman to his former life. Lance Wade repre...
The China Syndrome
Peter Zeidenberg ’85 comes to the defense of two Chinese Americans accused...
Clearly, it was just a bad dream. Jenny Xi, who was six years old when enforcers of Mao’s Cultural Revolut...
Guardians At the Gate
BC Law’s public servants in Congress proudly stand for ‘an equal opportu...
BC Law has a storied history of public service as exemplified by past and present members of Congress. Two o...
US Representative Robert F. Drinan, SJ
Robert F. Drinan, SJ, the first Catholic priest elected to Congress, had spent the previous years as the dean of BC Law. He put the Law School on the national map by building a geo...