events

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BC Law Innocence Program Joins Policy Push to Help Exonerees

Wrongful Conviction Day highlights two key bills in MA Legislature: forensic science and compensation reform.

September 29, 2017

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‘The Battle for the Third Branch’

Scholars debate the future of the American judicial system under President Trump.

By Jaegun Lee ’20
September 27, 2017

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Contemplating Our Ideals on Constitution Day

Scholars offer legal, political, and historical perspectives on Trump's attitude toward the law of the land.

By Scott Reznick
September 19, 2017

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‘Justice’ Always at the Forefront for Carmen Ortiz

How the former US Attorney met the challenges of many high-profile cases.

By Danielle Rivard
September 14, 2017

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Ortiz Begins Visiting Professorship with Lecture on US Attorney’s Role

Massachusetts' former chief prosecutor to speak about key challenges, including the Marathon Bombing and Whitey Bulger cases.

August 28, 2017

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Deans, Librarians Present at AALL Conference

Boston College Law School Associate Deans Brian Quinn and Filippa Marullo Anzalone and the BC Law teaching lawyer-librarians (Karen Breda, Sherry Xin Chen, Laurel Davis, ...

July 31, 2017

Advancing Excellence

Scholarship Dinner 2017

"This Is What BC Law Is About"

Summer 2017

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Justice Hines to Class of 2017: “Speak the Truth”

Hines referenced lawyers fighting against racism and segregation in the deeply divided south, as well as those who fought against the recent immigration ban, in ...

May 26, 2017

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‘Abacus: Small Enough to Jail’

A new film captures the saga of a family of lawyers, two of them BC Law alumnae, whose Chinatown bank was the only one to ...

By Jeri Zeder
May 18, 2017

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When Courts Are Enlightened, Society Advances

Brazilian justice takes a broad view of constitutional interpretation.

By Felix A. Jimenez Botta
May 5, 2017