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Innocence Program Grads Help Free Man from Prison

An innocent man has been freed from prison, and BC Law recent grad Rufus Urion ’17 and the Law School’s Innocence Program contributed to the effort ...

August 9, 2017

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A ‘Travel Ban’ History Lesson

Constitutional rights versus presidential power: An unresolved question lingers still.

By Daniel Kanstroom
June 28, 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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SJC Upholds Earlier Ruling Granting Rosario New Trial

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld an earlier court’s decision in the case of Victor Rosario, who was originally sentenced to life in prison ...

May 11, 2017

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Finegan ’91 Honored by Women’s Law Center

Susan M. Finegan ’91, a member of the litigation practice and chair of the Pro Bono Committee of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, ...

May 4, 2017

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A Champion of Human Rights

Moreno-Ocampo keeps late student's memory and mission alive.

April 11, 2017

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Going Once, Going Twice

29th Annual PILF Auction draws hundreds in support of student summer stipends.

By Vicki Sanders
March 31, 2017

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Henriette’s Story: The Power of Law

At our student orientation last August, I told the incoming 1L class about a recent book I had read by Henriette Ngenga, the mother of ...

By Dean Vincent Rougeau
March 24, 2017

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How Private Prisons Exploit Inmates—and American Ideals

Lawyer John Dacey discusses how to stop a correctional system gone awry.

By James Barasch '18
March 17, 2017