5/06/04—Boston College Law School’s Faculty Colloquia Series came to a conclusion on Friday, April 30, with Professor Suja Thomas of the University of Cincinnati College of Law addressing the BC Law faculty. Thomas spoke on the role of judges in reviewing the powers of the jury.

Thomas graduated from the New York University School of Law, where she served as an Articles Editor on the Law Review and where she received several awards including the Leonard M. Henkin Prize for her note on equal rights under the 14th Amendment, the Mendes Hershman Prize for excellence in writing in the field of property law and the William Miller Memorial Award for outstanding scholarship in the field of municipal law. She served as a law clerk for the Hon. John F. Grady, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and practiced law with Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C. and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP before starting her own law practice in New York City.

Eight speakers participated in the 2003-2004 Faculty Colloquia Series at BC Law. Other speakers included Professor Michael Stein from William and Mary School of Law, who spoke on disability law as a problem in civil rights law, and Greg Magarian from Villanova University School of Law, who spoke on First Amendment issues.