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Revolutions Big and Small

Jorge Toledo / University of California, Berkeley

Winter 2018

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Where They Are Now

The essayists from the Class of 2017 reap the rewards of law school.

By Jane Whitehead
Winter 2018

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Awakening the Great Spirit

Oil now flows through the Dakota Access Pipeline and it may never stop, but the point man in the ongoing and politically fraught legal battle ...

By Chad Konecky
Summer 2017

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Dirty Little Secret

There is a law in America that makes it possible to traffic young girls through the internet. Backpage.com has capitalized on that law, fueling the ...

By Jeri Zeder
Summer 2017

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Ode to A Lost Cause

Six years chasing drug smugglers on the high seas was all it took for this Coast Guard lieutenant to see what the government, for four ...

By Brendan McKinnon ’19
Summer 2017

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The Suit

Hank Rouda’s real estate savvy eventually led him to, of all places, Armani and the world of high fashion. How did he get there from ...

By Jane Whitehead
Summer 2017

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Trials by Fire

Students in the BC in DC internship program learn the thrills and terrors of shouldering the responsibilities of a real lawyer.

By Maura King Scully
Winter 2017

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The Influencers

There is perhaps no other place in America where a lawyer’s ability to make a difference is as boundless as it is in Washington, DC. ...

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2017

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“I, Ellen Huvelle, Do Solemnly Swear”

Known for her legendary efficiency and human touch as a judge of the federal district court in DC, Huvelle has never wavered in her promise ...

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2017

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The Impact Generation

Making a difference takes on many meanings in Washington, DC, where tens of thousands of lawyers labor in every corner of the nation’s capital, often ...

By David Reich
Winter 2017

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The China Syndrome

Peter Zeidenberg ’85 comes to the defense of two Chinese Americans accused of spying and discovers it is they who are the victims of an ...

By Chad Konecky
Winter 2017

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Guardians at the Gate

BC Law’s public servants in Congress proudly stand for ‘an equal opportunity America.’

By John O. Cunningham ’81
Winter 2017

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US Representative Robert F. Drinan, SJ

He left a legacy to remember.

By John O. Cunningham ’81
Winter 2017

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US Representative Margaret Heckler ’56

Elected to Congress in 1966, Margaret Heckler ’56 wasted no time. She served eight terms as a Republican representative, was Secretary of Health and Human ...

By John O. Cunningham ’81
Winter 2017

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The Choice

DraftKings, Uber, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are among recent clients who have sought the counsel of Debra Yang ’85, who earned her bona ...

By Katharine Whittemore
Summer 2016