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Let’s Share the Burden

Former UN official condemns the ‘feel-good route to avoid responsibility’ that dooms refugees to a state of dependence.

By Caliesha Comley
Summer 2017

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Around the Academy

Eric Muller: The University of North Carolina law professor is the author of three books on the wartime status of Japanese Americans. He discussed the ...

June 27, 2017

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“Robert Morris: Lawyer & Activist”

This exhibit in BC Law’s Daniel R. Coquillette Rare Book Room features books and papers from the personal collection of Morris, who was the second ...

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Ortiz and Hines Named Rappaport Professors

Carmen M. Ortiz, former US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and Geraldine S. Hines, an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, have ...

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Philanthropy Forum Siezes the Initiative

A March gathering orchestrated by Professor Ray Madoff, co-founder and director of the Boston College Law School Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good, was ...

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Change-Makers

A Safeguard for Juveniles: A prize-winning paper by Hana Sahdev ’17 has called attention to the fact that safeguards meant to protect children are failing them ...

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By the Numbers

Boston College Law School continues to impress with top rankings in a variety of categories. Its stature among peers can be seen in this sampling ...

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Scholars Try to Right Many Wrongs

A condemnation of America’s failure to adequately protect marginalized citizens, a scholarly outcry against solitary confinement, and a cautionary preview of Trump’s potential impact on ...

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It Takes More Than Steel to Modernize a Navy

Secretary Ray Mabus builds a legacy of equality, humanity.

By Tim Bourgaize Murray ’19
Winter 2017

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Protector-In-Chief

A glimpse into the life of a Solicitor General.

By James Barasch '18
Winter 2017

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