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Professor Mary Bilder Enters Distinguished Lectureship Program

By Vicki Sanders
August 31, 2021

The Vision Project

Expecting Deference

America as a white male aristocracy.

July 22, 2020

The Vision Project

What Binds Us, for Good and Ill

The virus may be a historic challenge, but American racism is a far more dangerous one.

July 8, 2020

The Vision Project

In the Crucible of the Moment

Even the law of the land is undergoing transformation.

June 29, 2020

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Bilder Named 2018 Distinguished Mount Vernon Lecturer

Award-winning professor uses platform to talk about female genius in the Age of the Constitution.

September 17, 2018

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Saving Constitutional Democracy: An Interview with Vlad Perju

Around the world, populists are wreaking havoc on constitutional democracies by engaging in high-stakes games of political hardball. In a grave setback for Poland’s independent ...

October 6, 2017

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Slave Memorial Yet Another Result of Coquillette-Kimball Book

"On the Battlefield of Merit" continues to garner appreciation for the unseen hands that built Harvard Law.

September 11, 2017

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If the Library of Attorney Robert Morris Could Speak…

A new exhibit of books and papers of one of America’s first black lawyers does, in fact, speak volumes about him.

February 16, 2017

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Muller Offers Nuanced View of Japanese Internment Camps

North Carolina Law Professor Eric Muller has found that some civilian camp authorities respected the dignity of detainees.

By David Reich
February 2, 2017

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‘Scholar, Teacher, Leader, Friend’ Retiring After 36 Years at BC Law

James Rogers, who joined BC Law as a professor in 1980 and served as interim dean of the Law School during a long and distinguished ...

December 20, 2016