Bloom Named to USDC Advisory Committee
5/09/08--BC Law is pleased to announce that Professor Bloom has been asked to serve as reporter for a distinguished committee that will consider changes to the local District Court Rules of Criminal Procedure for practice in the federal courts. more »
Commencement 2008 Information Posted
5/08/08--The 2008 Commencement Guide has been posted here, in PDF format. more »
Bichler Receives Law Student Ethics Award
5/08/08--Boston College Law School is pleased to announce that third-year student Margaret Bichler has received the Law Student Ethics Award (LSEA). more »
2008 Law Day Draws Crowd
5/02/08--Boston College Law School celebrated the 50th annual Law Day on Tuesday, April 29 at the Seaport Hotel at the World Trade Center in downtown Boston. more »
Grimes Moot Court Finals: Video
Watch the finals from BC Law's internal Moot Court Competition (RealPlayer required). more »
Relief for Non-Citizen September 11 Victims
4/29/08--In what BC Law Professor Dan Kanstroom describes as "a tremendous, though still incomplete, victory," Federal officials at the Department of Homeland Security have agreed to a complex potential pathway to temporary legal status for non-citizen victims of the September 11 attacks. more »
Joint Committee Report Considers Repetti Proposal
4/28/08--The Joint Committee on Taxation recently issued a report that at pages 21 to 23 considers BC Law Professor James Repetti's proposal to eliminate the estate tax on family businesses and farms. more »
Douglass Moot Court Member Wins Best Oralist Award
4/25/08--Boston College Law School is pleased to announce that BC Law Frederick Douglass Moot Court team member Bianca Forde won Best Oralist at the national competition. more »
PILF Auction Draws Crowd
4/24/08--Boston College's Public Interest Law Foundation, held on April 23, was a major success.
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"American Catholics and Election 2008: Issues of Conscience"
4/24/08--Professor Gregory Kalscheur, S.J. recently moderated a panel discussion at Boston College, "American Catholics and Election 2008: Issues of Conscience." more »
BLSA Holds Annual Heritage Dinner
04/18/08--The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) held its annual Heritage Dinner on April 5 in the Heights Dining Room on the Chestnut Hill Campus. more »
Public Service Scholarship Award Recipients Announced
4/15/08--Boston College Law School is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's public service scholarships. more »
Federalist Society Establishes Rehnquist Award
4/14/08--The BC Law Federalist Society is pleased to announce the first annual William H. Rehnquist Memorial Award. more »
EU Moot Court Team Member Wins 'Best Advocate'
3/28/08--Boston College Law School is pleased to announce that European Union Law Moot Court Team member John Martin won the Best Advocate Award at the recent finals of the 48-team competition. more »
Kalscheur Profiled in BC Chronicle (PDF-Page 7)
3/28/08--Professor Greg Kalscheur is a "Heights of Excellence" profile recipient in the latest BC Chronicle. more »
BC Law Moves to 26 in US News Rankings
3/28/08-- Boston College Law School has moved up to 26th in the 2008 US News and World Report rankings, released today. more »
Student and Former Marine in NY Times
3/19/08--Tim McLaughlin talks about his experiences, from being at the Pentagon on 9/11 to being one of the first to roll into Baghdad during the Iraq invasion. more »
First-Year Curriculum Changes: Part Two
3/14/08--The Law School has taken a second major step in improving the first-year curriculum. more »
First-Year Student Awarded Schweitzer Fellowship
3/14/08--Boston College Law School is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Monnin-Browder has been named a Schweitzer fellow. more »
Kalscheur Receives Tenure Promotion
3/5/08--Boston College Law School is pleased to announce that Gregory Kalscheur, S.J. has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. more »
3L in Post on Life/Work Balance
3/04/08--Third-year student Kathryn Beaumon writes an op-ed for the Washington Post on balancing work and life issues. more »
Jack Goldsmith Lecture: March 25
3/24/08--BC Law and the BC Initiative for the Study of Constitutional Democracy are pleased to present "The Constitution and the War on Terror." more »
HHRP Lecture: "Recognizing Genocide"
3/25/08--The Owen M. Kupferschmid Holocaust/Human Rights Project is pleased to welcome Andrew Tarsy to present its ninth annual lecture. more »
"Discussing Torture: Law, Policy, and Debate."
3/17/08--BC Law and the American Constitution Society (ACS) are pleased to present a panel discussion with experts in the fields of human rights, professional responsibility and freedom of speech. more »
Four Rappaport Fellowships for BC Law
2/28/08--Boston College Law School is pleased to announce that four current students have been awarded a fellowship through the Rappaport Honors Program in Law and Public Policy. more »
Third-Year Student Wins Pergam Award
2/25/08--Steven Blau has won the Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition. more »
Quinn to Join Faculty
2/20/08--The Stanford Law School professor will join BC Law in the fall of 2008. more »
Frederick Douglass Team Wins Regionals
2/18/08--The BC Law team of Bianca Forde and Brian Wong won the Northeast Regional competition, held last week in Newark, New Jersey. more »
Gionfriddo Appointed EIC of New LWI Series
2/04/08--Professor Jane Kent Gionfriddo has been appointed the editor-in-chief for the new monograph series to be published under the auspices of the Legal Writing Institute. more »
2008 Commencement Speaker: Michael Mukasey
1/23/08--The U.S. Attorney General will address the graduates at the graduation ceremonies on May 23. more »
Francis Bacon Books Added to Collection
Professor Coquillette has completed an ambitious two-part gift of rare books to the Boston College Law Library. more »
Garvey Assumes AALS Presidency
1/07/08--Dean John Garvey became the 106th president of the Association of American Law Schools on January 6. more »
LRAP Continues Record Pace
12/20/07--The Loan Repayment Assistance Program is set to award over $260,000 this year to 65 graduates. more »
Patric Verrone, J.D. '84 Spotlight
12/05/07--The BC Law alumnus, President of the Writer's Guild of America West, is highlighted on the website @BC. more »
Mock Trial Finals Held November 13
11/19/07--This year's competition went to the team of Brian Lipkin and Roscoe Mutz. more »
Fecteau Nominated to State Appeals Court
11/15/07--Governor Patrick announced the nomination of the Worcester Superior Court judge and BC Law '72 grad on November 14. more »
BC Law Wins Negotiation Competition Regionals
11/08/0--The first-year team of Martha Kashickey and Benjamin Krohmal won the ABA Competition, hosted this year at Suffolk Law School. more »