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Student Spotlight: Sajid Shahriar ’16

Summer position: Intern at Veolia (Paris) During his 1L year, Sajid Shahriar ‘16 took an elective course called Globalization, where he learned that the legal field ...

October 5, 2015

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Student Spotlight: Sheila Meagher ’16

  Summer position: Intern with the Boston Red Sox As a transfer student, Sheila Meagher ‘16 initially wondered how she would fit into the BC ...

October 5, 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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Expanded Innocence Program Helps Teach Investigative Skills

Over 80 students and attorneys gathered at BC Law on September 21, 2015 for a training workshop on how to investigate post-conviction innocence cases. The ...

September 24, 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

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Second Ninth Circuit Court Victory Announced

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California has once again ruled in favor of a client represented by BC Law students as part of the ...

August 18, 2015

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Lawyers for Affordable Justice to Launch in 2016

The law schools at Boston College, Boston University and Northeastern University will launch Lawyers for Affordable Justice (LAJ) — a “lawyer incubator” program —in January ...

July 15, 2015

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Victory Announced in Ninth Circuit Case

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California has ruled in favor of the client represented by BC Law students Shannon Johnson ’15 and Alejandra ...

July 14, 2015

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What We Saw: Firsthand Account of a Humanitarian Crisis

A BC Law student is covering a developing human rights crisis in Haiti as part of her summer fellowship, and what she witnessed on a ...

July 9, 2015

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Beckman, Kensinger Present at MA Trial Court Conference on Eyewitness ID

Boston College Law School Associate Clinical Professor Sharon Beckman and Boston College Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Kensinger presented on “Science, Memory, and Eyewitness Identification” at ...

June 22, 2015