SCOTUS and the CFPB
A Supreme Court amicus brief co-written by prof. Patricia McCoy is cited in a Wall Street Journal article on the SCOTUS case challenging the funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Faculty & Research
Boston College Law faculty are scholars, researchers, and legal practitioners with unparalleled knowledge regarding the most pressing political and social issues of our time.
They will challenge and encourage you throughout your academic journey, training and honing your legal prowess so that you're well prepared to take on the legal issues of tomorrow.
Keep up to date on the latest in BC Law scholarship:
From BC Law Magazine
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A New Scholarship Frontier
Professor Brian Quinn leads an innovative quest for open-source casebooks—both for teaching and for scholarship.
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The Ever Evolving World of Tax
Interim BC Law Dean Diane M. Ring and Professor Emeritus Hugh J. Ault share their expertise on the rise of the sharing economy and its implications for US tax law, as well as IRS policies and declining resources.
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'Female Genius'
Founders Professor Mary Sarah Bilder was awarded the inaugural Faculty Prize for Scholarship, which recognizes Bilder's contributions to female history and the scholarly excellence of her book on Eliza Harriot.
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NUCLEAR ENERGY REVISITED
Professor Daniel Lyons makes the case that the US needs to reverse course and invest their resources in the nuclear revolution in order to reduce our carbon footprint.
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Fulbright to Uzbekistan
Associate Professor E. Joan Blum's Fulbright Teaching/Research grant will allow her to teach academic legal writing and conduct a case study of publication practices at Tashkent State University of Law in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The proficiency of our faculty is widespread, and they are often featured as subject-matter experts in the media.
