Behind the Columns

Behind the Columns

This Time Feels Different

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Summer 2020

Behind the Columns

The Lessons of Quiet Witness

Cultivating the ability to listen to others.

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Winter 2020

Behind the Columns

How to Say No to Tyranny

A brave tiny nation points the way.

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Summer 2019

Behind the Columns

A Dangerous Lie

Nationalism is blind to the value of diversity.

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Winter 2019

Behind the Columns

Reflections on Fifty Years

Where will the young take us from here?

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Summer 2018

Behind the Columns

A Dark Road to Justice

Members of an immigrant community keep faith in the rule of law.

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Winter 2018

Behind the Columns

The Bitter Taste of Incivility

Can we swallow the rancor and let the law help us heal?

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Summer 2017

Behind the Columns

The Choice

Words are malleable. How will we shape them?

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Winter 2017

Behind the Columns

In Defense of the Liberal Arts

In a world besotted with the new, it won’t pay to forget law’s humanitarian role.

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Summer 2016

Behind the Columns

We Can’t Let Fear Degrade Us

Respect for human dignity is the antidote to the banal and hateful belittlement of others.

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
Winter 2016