Faculty

Online Exclusives

Albert Convenes Groundbreaking Comparative Constitutional Amendment Workshop

Twenty-three scholars from over a dozen countries gathered at BC’s Fulton Hall on May 15, 2015, for a rare, invitation-only workshop on comparative constitutional amendment. ...

By Jeri Zeder
May 21, 2015

Online Exclusives

Celebrating Professor Sanford Katz

Professor Sanford Katz’s son Andy summed things up in one sentence: “This is an historic night.” He was speaking at the May 7 retirement party ...

By Vicki Sanders
May 8, 2015

Online Exclusives

Bloom Chosen for Prestigious Trinity College Dublin Long Room Hub Fellowship

Boston College Law School Professor Robert Bloom has been named a recipient of the Trinity College Dublin Long Room Hub Fellowship, a distinguished recognition from ...

May 8, 2015

Online Exclusives

McCoy Testifies as Expert Panelist at Fed Regulatory Relief Outreach Meeting

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing recession, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act to make sure easy money and loose credit ...

May 5, 2015

Online Exclusives

‘Appeals to the Privy Council’ Project Creators Win Andrews Award

BC Law professor Mary Bilder (pictured above) and professor emerita Sharon Hamby O’Connor, along with Harvard Law professor Charles Donahue, Jr., have been selected by ...

April 30, 2015

Online Exclusives

Environmental Law Society’s “Wild” Winged Earth Day

Boston College Law School’s Environmental Law Society hosted an unusual guest for Earth Day 2015: Ruby, a Peregrine Falcon. Mark Fanning, a master falconer from ...

April 28, 2015

Online Exclusives

Student Spotlight: Erika Artinger ’16

Erika Artinger ’16 came to BC Law with a deep background in science. Utilizing the Boston College Alumni network and connected professors, she was able ...

April 16, 2015

Online Exclusives

Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic Students Make Their Arguments in Court

Watch a video of Schwartz and Sanders in court Third-year students Shannon Johnson, Alejandra Salinas, Jeremy Sanders, and Kelly Schwartz just stood before the Ninth Circuit Court of ...

April 7, 2015

Online Exclusives

Brodin Appointed Editor of Weinstein’s Federal Evidence

Professor Mark Brodin, editor of the bible known as the Handbook of Massachusetts Evidence, has a new gig: He is now also the editor of ...

By Jeri Zeder
April 6, 2015

Online Exclusives

Cassidy Helps Shape New SJC Rules of Professional Conduct

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has released its final decisions on the proposed changes to the state’s rules of professional conduct. As a member ...

April 2, 2015

Online Exclusives

Partnership Focuses on Improving Resources for Immigrants

Boston College is part of a consortium of thirteen Jesuit law schools that have partnered with the nonprofit Jesuit Refugee Service/USA in an effort to ...

April 1, 2015

Online Exclusives

Ray Madoff Testifies Before Congress on Repeal of Estate Tax

Boston College Law Professor Ray Madoff testified in Washington, D.C., March 18 before the Congressional Ways and Means Committee on the issue of repealing the nearly century-old ...

March 18, 2015

Online Exclusives

Unprecedented Collaboration Works to Prevent Wrongful Convictions

BC Law hosts gathering of public defenders, prosecutors, courts, police, and public interest lawyers who hope to improve evidence-handling and procedures for post-conviction innocence claims

By Jeri Zeder
March 16, 2015

Online Exclusives

Beckman Appointed to SJC Committee on Eyewitness ID, NEIP Board

BC Law Professor Sharon Beckman has been named to a new, twelve member Standing Committee on Eyewitness Identification for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). The committee ...

March 2, 2015

Features

The Little Incubator That Could

In a tough part of Boston, an innovation center thrives on the energy of minority entrepreneurs and their law student collaborators.

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2015