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The Remarkable, Heroin-Laced, High-Seas, Cartel-Sniffing Takedown

Drawing upon a singular skill set, Andres Torres ’08 built a case that spanned three continents to snag kingpin drug traffickers and torpedo a virtually ...

By Brendan McKinnon ’19
Winter 2019

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Once Upon a Time: LAB Turns 50

As BC Law’s clinical programs celebrate fifty years, alumni relive the memories and share the stories of the cases and clients who changed their lives.

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2019

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For the Record

Defying the odds, Randall McMillan ’95 withstood a bleak Brooklyn upbringing animated by music to emerge in the rarefied world of Christina Aguilera, Jay-Z, Rihanna, ...

By Chad Konecky
Winter 2019

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Ode to LAB

Stories from the crucible of young lawyering.

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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Mailbox

A strange Hawaii incident involving a minor theft has grown into a scandal that has drawn national attention, toppled those in power, raised questions of ...

By Nick Grube
Summer 2018

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Their Hearts Are In It

Public Service Scholars fan out and change the world.

By Jane Whitehead
Summer 2018

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The Creative Genius of David Fialkow

David Fialkow ’85 was part of a creative team that outsmarted the KGB, impelled the IOC, safe-housed a whistle-blowing defector, laid bare Russian sport, and, ...

By Chad Konecky
Summer 2018

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Scapegoats

Just what lay behind the New York DA’s aggressive targeting of a small Chinatown bank in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis? Abacus Federal ...

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2018

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The Freedom Fighter

Raised in the crucible of Communist Romania, scholar Vlad Perju mounts an inspired global campaign against the foes of constitutional democracy.

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2018

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Saving Democracy

Amid rapid globalization and rising populism, threats to liberal constitutional democracies are prevalent in countries like Poland, Turkey, Hungary, and Venezuela. Poland Threat: Government refused ...

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Getting In

Five 1Ls share the essays that earned them entrance into law school.

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When You Wish Upon a Star

Erika Craven / Hamilton College

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Stepping Away from Fear

Jaegun Lee / University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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A Long-Lost Voice Is Found

Danielle Richmond / University of Florida

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I Get to Decide Who I Am

Samuel Tincher / Berea College

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