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Albert Named Chair of ASCL Special Committee

The American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) has appointed BC Law professor Richard Albert chair of a term-limited committee tasked with preparing a report on how the ASCL can build ...

January 19, 2016

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First Circuit Appeals Court Victories Continue String of BC Law Successes

BC Law faculty and students have had remarkable success in the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals in 2015. Earlier this year, teams of students ...

January 4, 2016

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Ring, Ault Featured in UN International Tax Conference

In December, Professor Emeritus Hugh Ault and Professor Diane Ring participated as experts in a three-day workshop on “Administration of Tax Treaties and Addressing Base-Eroding ...

December 14, 2015

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Bilder’s Madison’s Hand Draws Praise at Clough Panel

On Tuesday, October 27th, distinguished scholars of American constitutionalism gathered together for a special event to celebrate the publication of Professor Mary Bilder’s book, Madison’s hand: ...

November 13, 2015

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Climate Change May Revolutionize the Insurance Industry

Signature conference asks the hard questions about how the increasing threat of natural catastrophes will affect the economy of disaster relief

By David Reich
November 11, 2015

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Hearsay Reform Symposium Debates Proposed Changes

BC Law professor Mark Brodin was a featured presenter at the Symposium on Hearsay Reform, part of the annual fall meeting of the Advisory Committee ...

October 27, 2015

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“Rise of Donor Advised Funds: Should Congress Respond?”

The Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good launched on October 23 with a public conference that brought together Congressional staffers, journalists and people on ...

October 26, 2015

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BC Law Launches Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good

At a time when American society has grown increasingly dependent on philanthropy to fund everything from our most fundamental needs to our highest ideals, two ...

October 22, 2015

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Estate and Gift Tax Symposium Draws Scholars To Campus

On Friday, October 9, 2015, Boston College Law School and The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation co-sponsored a symposium titled, “The Centennial ...

October 13, 2015

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Albert Honored at ASCL Conference

BC Law professor Richard Albert was honored at the annual meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) in Dallas, held October 1-3, 2015, ...

October 7, 2015

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Reframing the Constitutional Convention In Madison’s Hand

Ever since their publication in 1840, four years after their author’s death, James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention have been treated by historians and ...

October 1, 2015

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Coquillette’s The Battlefield of Merit Stirs Controversy

“This book will be controversial,” says Professor Daniel Coquillette. He’s referring to The Battlefield of Merit, the first installment in a planned two-volume history of ...

October 1, 2015

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Madison’s Revisions: An Op Ed

September 17, 2015—Constitution Day—marks the 228th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. It is a non-anniversary. An appropriate moment to emphasize that James ...

September 29, 2015

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Gender Injustice Revealed in Groundbreaking Report on Juvenile Justice System

According to BC Law clinical professor Francine Sherman ’80, author of a shocking new report, Gender Injustice, girls are now making up a larger share of the juvenile ...

September 25, 2015

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BC Law Expands Summer Institute: Foundations of US Law

Many international law students are looking for a summer program that will introduce them to the US legal system. Boston College Law School’s Summer Institute: ...

August 24, 2015