BC Law kicked off the new school year this past month, hosting presentations, discussions, and panels for the academic community. Here is a selection of events held during the month of September.
Tax Policy Workshop
Professor Michael Love from Columbia Law School visited BC Law’s Tax Policy Workshop on September 12 to present on “Taxing Complexity.” His research aims to develop a new framework for US tax enforcement to oversee complex business structures, namely via the “complexity fee” and other policy tools.
Reproductive Justice Today
The If/When/How and Health Law Societies of BC Law held an event on September 22 focused on data privacy in health and reproductive justice. The panel of speakers included BC Law professors as well as reproductive rights and policy expert Jaime Watson of Reproductive Equity Now.
Bringing in the Experts
APALSA hosted a panel of attorneys from Kirkland and Ellis to discuss their experiences in transactional and litigation law, leaving time for student questions to understand more about Big Law. In collaboration with Lambda, Big Law attorneys joined students to share their personal and professional experiences for the “Queer in Big Law” panel. The FBI’s Boston Field Office also visited BC Law in September to present on crime scene investigations, inviting students to participate in crime scene photography, sketching, and evidence collection.
Shaping the Future of Real Estate Law
The Initiative on Land, Housing, & Property Rights (ILHPR) hosted a Real Estate and Community Development Law Concentration information session for BC Law students on September 2. The concentration offers extensive training across multiple disciplines necessary to excel as a real estate attorney today, including zoning regulations, environmental compliance, commercial lending, and property rights advocacy.
Inclusivity in Higher Education
Multiple BC Law organizations hosted the National Disability Center on September 18 to discuss the Faculty Accessibility Measure (FAM) and how this connects to the National Report on Disabled College Student Experiences. This panel session further presented findings from these measures and how they will shape the future of accessibility in higher education.
Faculty Workshops
Professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann of Yale Law School joined BC Law faculty to share her work in progress, “A New Equal Protection,” which seeks to better define “race indifference” and what that means for the Equal Protection Clause. An expert in tax and administrative law, Professor Alex Zhang from Emory Law School presented on his expansive research in these fields. BC Law’s Drinan Visiting Assistant Professor Rebecca Horwitz-Willis presented her extensive work on the law and history of urban education in the United States.
Other events that were covered in more detail in BC Law Magazine:
Law Enforcement Unleashed: Panel explores state and local responses to federal government’s new policing agenda. https://lawmagazine.bc.edu/2025/09/law-enforcement-unleashed/
‘Nothing Is Linear’: Panel details the evolution of voting rights and election integrity from our nation’s history to now. https://lawmagazine.bc.edu/2025/10/nothing-is-linear/
The new class of LLM and JD students gathered for a traditional welcome reception: https://lawmagazine.bc.edu/2025/09/start-of-a-new-year/.
LAHANAS, the Law School’s student-led umbrella organization, with a particular focus on supporting BC Law’s affinity student groups, held its yearly Kickoff Garden Party: https://lawmagazine.bc.edu/2025/09/warm-gathering-kicks-off-year/.
Photo courtesy of Columbia Law School