The Times They Are A-Changin’
Reflections on a decade at the helm....
The time has finally come for me to write my last column as dean of Boston College Law School. It is hard to...
Behind the Columns
This Time Feels Different
If we stay united, racism may yield....
BC Law Dean Vincent Rougeau has been named the inaugural director of the Boston College Forum on R...
The Lessons of Quiet Witness
Cultivating the ability to listen to others....
Recently, I was asked to facilitate a conversation at a church in my neighborhood as part of a series on the...
How to Say No to Tyranny
A brave tiny nation points the way....
Uzbekistan is a double landlocked country in the heart of central Asia. Its capital city, Tashkent, lies alo...
A Dangerous Lie
Nationalism is blind to the value of diversity....
This past November marked the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. On Armistice Day, German Chancellor Angel...
Reflections on Fifty Years
Where will the young take us from here?...
Fifty years ago, our nation was on the verge of being torn apart by assassinations, riots, and demonstration...
A Dark Road to Justice
Members of an immigrant community keep faith in the rule of law....
People are often surprised to learn that my work in law practice was primarily in the area of financial serv...
The Bitter Taste of Incivility
Can we swallow the rancor and let the law help us heal?
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This past semester I taught a seminar on the effect of global migration on law, public policy, and democracy...
The Choice
Words are malleable. How will we shape them?...
Recently, I heard a segment on National Public Radio’s “Story Corps” in which a ninety-four- year-old ...
In Defense of the Liberal Arts
In a world besotted with the new, it won’t pay to forget law’s humanitar...
To see the future of BC Law, it makes sense to begin with a major challenge that will confront Boston Colleg...
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