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‘Repair Trust in the Law’

Congressman Kennedy implores students to fight for affordable legal services.

October 21, 2016

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Confessions of a Solicitor General

Verrilli talks of moral urgency in his former role as nation's top attorney.

By James Barasch '18
October 20, 2016

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Judge Barbadoro ’80 Named to Influential Judicial Conference Seat

As chair of Executive Committee, alumnus to play vital role in federal judiciary

By Vicki Sanders
August 18, 2016

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Madoff, Cullman Co-Author “Undermining of American Charity” in NY Review of Books

Boston College Law professor Ray D. Madoff has collaborated with philanthropist Lewis B. Cullman in “The Undermining of American Charity,” an essay in the newest ...

By Nate Kenyon
June 21, 2016

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US Senator Shaheen Addresses Class of 2016

At the Boston College Law School Commencement ceremony, Jeanne Shaheen, US Senator for New Hampshire, told the graduates to be good stewards of the system, and ...

May 27, 2016

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“Future of Economic and Social Rights” Brings Nobel Prize-Winner Sen to Campus

Leaders in the fields of economics, philosophy, and law gathered at Boston College Law School April 19 and 20 for the conference, “The Future of ...

May 27, 2016

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Sherman to Receive RFK Embracing the Legacy Award

On May 20, Boston College Law School clinical professor Francine Sherman ’80 will be honored by Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps with the Embracing ...

April 28, 2016

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Dean’s Column: What “Making a Murderer” Can Teach Us About Human Bias

Earlier this spring, the Law School and our Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy welcomed two celebrity guests to campus: “Making a Murderer’s” Dean ...

April 26, 2016

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Fairness Was Foremost for Marathon Bombing Judge

George O'Toole opens a window on the nitty gritty due process in a terrorism case.

By Keith Levinsky ’18
April 12, 2016

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Rappaport Conference Seeks to Take the ‘Crisis’ out of Student Debt

Deputy treasury secretary decries enormity of burden students carry.

By James Barasch '18
April 11, 2016