Young Chosen to Present at Junior Faculty Forum
Boston College Law School professor Katharine Young was selected to present her paper "Rights and Queues" at the 2016 Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, held at Yale Unive...
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US Senator Shaheen Addresses Class of 2016
At the Boston College Law School Commencement ceremony, Jeanne Shaheen, US Senator for New Hampshire, told the graduates to be good stewards of the system, and to stand up against...
“Future of Economic and Social Rights” Brings Nobel Prize-Winner Sen to Campus
Leaders in the fields of economics, philosophy, and law gathered at Boston College Law School April 19 and 20 for the conference, “The Future of Economic and Social Rights.” Sp...
A Conversation with First Circuit Judge David Barron
First Circuit Court of Appeals Judge David Barron engaged in a wide-ranging interview with Boston College Founders Professor Mary Bilder in March, in which he discussed his persona...
Dean’s Column: What “Making a Murderer” Can Teach Us About Human Bias
Earlier this spring, the Law School and our Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy welcomed two celebrity guests to campus: "Making a Murderer’s" Dean Strang and Walter Kelly...
US Senator Jeanne Shaheen to Address the Class of 2016
Jeanne Shaheen, US Senator and former Governor for New Hampshire, will give the Commencement Address at the 2016 Boston College Law School Commencement on May 27, 2016. The Law ...
Fairness Was Foremost for Marathon Bombing Judge
George O'Toole opens a window on the nitty gritty due process in a terrorism...
On April 6, almost three years out from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Boston College Law School welcomed...
Mosby Speaks to Students’ Passion at PILF Auction
Baltimore’s state's attorney raises the stakes in bid for social justice....
Perhaps the biggest prize at BC Law’s Public Interest Law Foundation auction March 31 was the appearance o...
Rappaport Conference Seeks to Take the ‘Crisis’ out of Student Debt
Deputy treasury secretary decries enormity of burden students carry....
The plight of students laboring under tens of thousands of dollars of student loans, as well as possible sol...
Imagine Boston 2030 Offers Vision of City’s Future
A panel discussion cosponsored by the Law School’s Rappaport Center for Public Policy brought Imagine Boston 2030, the city’s first comprehensive planning process in 50 years, ...