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April 26, 2024
Prof. Aziz Rana details why the US Constitution is a flawed document--and what might be done to fix it--in the New York Times op-ed 'The Constitution Won’t Save Us From Trump.'
April 23, 2024
5K race brings the community together to celebrate the end of the academic year.
Professor Jeffrey Cohen is prominently featured in a New York Times op-ed by Jed Handelsman Shugerman on the case against Trump, brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
April 22, 2024
Garcia and his team of students continue their march toward reforming international laws governing speculative financiers.
April 20, 2024
Intellectual Property and Technology Forum launches symposium to encourage and recognize students' work.
April 18, 2024
Students Jordan McGuffee and Samantha Cupolo led BC Law to its highest finish since 1983 in the Natiional Mock Trial Competition.
Black students organization explores SCOTUS SFFA v. Harvard Case at its annual gathering.
Professor Brian Quinn comments in multiple media outlets on the Tesla board asking shareholders to vote again on the multibillion-dollar compensation package that was thrown out by a Delaware court.
April 17, 2024
Professors Parikh and Holper are among amici who filed briefs in a SCOTUS case arguing that a man was denied an immigrant visa without due process or factual basis for the denial.
April 16, 2024
Professor Greenfield and a team of alumni author an amicus brief regarding state versus federal power regarding abortion.
Professor Mary Bilder is a featured guest on the SideBar podcast with BC Law alum Jackie Gardina, where she discusses her book 'Female Genius: How Women Influenced the Constitution.’
April 14, 2024
Practitioners discuss what it's like to work with artificial intelligence in real time.
LLM Conference brings together international legal experts to look at how this new technology can and should bring nations together.
April 12, 2024
Prof. and Associate Dean Daniel Lyons publishes his latest blog for AEIdeas: 'Net Neutrality’s Glimmers of Hope and Hidden Timebombs.'
April 11, 2024
Ainsley Hutchison's clerkship at The Hague was evidence of the value of summer externships.
Public interest annual event attracts scores of bidders and raises funds for more than seven summer stipends.
April 10, 2024
BC Law's employment numbers reach record levels.
April 09, 2024
US News rankings for the Law School have risen nine points in two years.
April 08, 2024
Former puiblic defender and First Circuit Appeals Court Judge Lara Montecalvo ’00 to address BC Law graduates on May 24.
April 05, 2024
Prof. Diane Ring is quoted in a Washington Post story on a firm making waves paying baseball prospects for a cut of their future pay. Now it’s stirring controversy in the murky NIL market.
How the pop star's recent actions regarding recording rights has set the music industry and young artists on a difficult copyright path.
April 03, 2024
BC Law Prof. and Associate Dean Daniel Lyons takes on the TikTok House ban in Time.
Noted former US Congressman and DA leaves a legacy of service and political aptitude.
March 26, 2024
Prof. Frank Garcia's scholarship mentioned in Phnom Penh Post article 'When it comes to globalisation, nothing is what it seems.'
Brazil's chief justice provides insights on how to preserve democracy.
March 25, 2024
In The Fashion Law, Professor Brian Quinn explains whether the antitrust case over Hermès Birkin Bags has legs.
In Politico, Professor Brian Quinn explains why Trump’s big Wall Street payday won’t bail him out of financial trouble.
March 15, 2024
Rappaport panel discusses new strategies to deal with the legal system's failures in cases of domestic abuse.
March 11, 2024
The work of BC Law prof. Ray Madoff is highlighted in a Boston Globe article on controversy over growing influence of Donor Advised Funds in philanthropy.
HHRP lecturer Noha Aboueldahab asks: Are the global organizations created to ensure human rights doing all they can to mitigate the crises currently endangering those humans?
March 05, 2024
BC Law Professor Brian Quinn is quoted in multiple media outlets on Elon Musk, OpenAI, and breach of contract lawsuits.
March 04, 2024
Two alumni discuss the intricacies of playing to win off the court and out of the stadium.
Is this something to welcome or to fear? Experts offer perspectives on outcomes, pro and con thus far.
February 23, 2024
Prof. Daniel Lyons' latest blog post for AEIdeas: 'Net Neutrality and the Future of State Broadband Regulation.'
Prof. Lisa Alexander addresses the affordable housing law effort in Massachusetts, and Milton's vote, for WGBH (appearance begins at 10:20).
February 22, 2024
BC Law Professor Brian Quinn continues to provide commentary to multiple media outlets on Capital One's planned merger with Discover.
February 18, 2024
BC Law Professor Brian Quinn is quoted in multiple media outlets on the impact of Friday's judgment against Donald Trump and his business.
February 15, 2024
Beloved family law professor and mentor to many passed away on February 10 leaving behind generations of alumni who treasured his guidance and colleagues who valued his friendship, joyfulness, and wisdom.
Rappaport Center brings four such public servants to BC Law to discuss their experiences in the critical role of upholding the rule of law.
February 13, 2024
Charlotte Whitmore's work in BC's Innocence Program to secure the release of Thomas Rosa after thirty-four years in prison has won her "Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's" 2023 honor.
Prof. Lisa Alexander joined WBUR's Radio Boston to discuss the 'high-stakes' housing vote to comply with a 2021 state law requiring zoning for more multifamily homes.
February 08, 2024
Professor Kent Greenfield is quoted in a Politico story on three reasons SCOTUS may rule against Trump in the ballot eligibility case.
February 07, 2024
Charlie Davis will be fighting for survival as a castaway in the latest series of the popular CBS reality show, which begins Febuary 28.
February 05, 2024
Nonimated by President Biden, Tanya Otsuka ’11 is sworn in as board member of the National Credit Union Administration.
Professor Katharine Young's forthcoming "Oxford Handbook of Economic and Social Rights" is a much-anticipated work on international standards ensuring that all peoples are treated fairly.
Joshua Blackman says outcome of the next election turns on wording in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment as to whether the president is an officer "of" the United States or if the presidency is an office "under" the United States.
February 02, 2024
Prof. Daniel Lyons's latest blog for AEIdeas reconsiders 'Chevron Deference' and its implications for tech policy.
February 01, 2024
Prof. Ray Madoff explains the murky tax benefits of donor advised funds in Fortune and The Wall Street Journal's stories on Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings giving $1.1 billion in Shares to a Silicon Valley Charity DAF.
Prof. Felipe Ford Cole weighs in on the lawsuit over outdoor dining in the North End for Boston.com and the Globe.
Prof. Kent Greenfield was a panelist at 'Hate and Free Speech,' the first in an educational series for faculty and students that will address issues of civility, respect, free speech, and open dialogue.
January 31, 2024
Prof. Brian Quinn was quoted in the BBC and The Wall Street Journal on a judge's ruling over Elon Musk's compensation package from Tesla, and Musk's social posts about changing the company's state of incorporation from Delaware to another state.
Prof. Pat McCoy is quoted in a Bloomberg story about a new proposal from federal banking regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that effectively bars the biggest banks from engaging in merger activity.
January 29, 2024
Rappaport panelists offer a broad view of the challenges for migrants and communities but also provide insights into how to meet those challenges.
January 26, 2024
Clinical professor Claire Donohue combines the tools of a law degree and a social work degree to teach students how to build more insightful cases for their clients.
BC Law's Civil Rights Clinic continues its efforts to improve rehabiliation for prisoners and reduce solitary confinement by supporting a new bill before the Massachusetts Legislature.
January 25, 2024
Visiting professor and noted tax scholar awarded fellowship to continue her work at BC Law.
January 24, 2024
Prof. Kent Greenfield's op-ed 'How the Supreme Court can save itself — and the rest of us' on WBUR's Cognoscenti tackles the SCOTUS Trump ballot case.
January 22, 2024
BC Law professor Aziz Rana is quoted in the New York Times story 'What Is ‘Settler Colonialism’, which looks at the "academic roots" of the term and the controversy over its use.
January 19, 2024
BC Innocence Program wins its 8th victory, this time in the case of a man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a crime he steadfastly denied he committed.
January 17, 2024
Prof. Claire Donohue is quoted in a WGBH story detailing complaints about a mandated MA class for divorcing "high-conflict" parents. Donohue is lead author on a BC Law white paper that substantiates some of the women’s concerns.
January 16, 2024
Professor Ray Madoff was quoted in a Houston Chronicle story about the battle over guardianship of the 87 year old owner of the Houston Texans NFL team.
January 11, 2024
Prof. Michael Cassidy quoted in Law360 story on the Trump Georgia election interference case and the accusation that DA Fani Willis is having an improper relationship with the special prosecutor on the case.
January 05, 2024
Prof. Katharine Young's latest work (co-edited with Mark Langford), The Oxford Handbook of Economic and Social Rights, is available through Oxford University Press.
Covered in the Boston Globe, Prof. Mark Brodin is part of a group that filed a challenge to remove Donald Trump from MA presidential ballot, citing his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
Kent Greenfield quoted in Bloomberg on the SCOTUS case to consider Trump's ballot fight, saying the court might keep him on ballots nationwide while still criticising him for his actions on January 6.
January 02, 2024
Prof. Emeritus Zyg Plater published an op-ed in WBUR's Cognoscenti on the Endangered Species Act being in danger of extinction.