An Unstoppable Force

WINTER 2023 - Rappaport Distinguished Visiting Professor Jeffery Robinson tackles racism in all its forms.

At Future's Gate

WINTER 2022 - Winston Bodrick ’22 grew up in Atlanta, and felt called to help continue Boston's legacy of Black excellence.

Generocity Has Its Rewards

WINTER 2022 - Friends of Wayne Budd (BC '63) established a scholarship in his name at BC Law School.

Hear Her Voice

SUMMER 2021 - Chinyere Okogeri ’21 discusses her desire to make a difference by helping others.

Toward a More Inclusive Campus

WINTER 2021 - Lisa Brathwaite, a specialist in legal higher education affinity groups and minority and race issues, joined BC Law as Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs.

The Right Place at the Right Time

SUMMER 2020 - Yolanda Courtney Lyle ’01 became vice president of executive operations and NYHQ site lead for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

Asia Calling

WINTER 2018 - Taylor Green '18 discusses her interest in Asian law and her experience in the Army JAG corps.

The Imperturbable Marilyn Mosby ’05

SUMMER 2015 - Marilyn Mosby '05 faced calming the Baltimore community as the State's Attorney after the death of Freddie Gray.

There’s No Substitute for Mentors

SUMMER 2013 - The BC Black Law Students Association hosted a panel titled “Boston’s Black Legal Experience, Challenges and Inspiration,” where five Black legal professionals shared their experience and advice to students.

Doing the Right Thing

SUMMER 2012 - Jennifer Castillo ’12 won the Association of Corporate Council’s Northeast Law Student Ethics Award for her ability to “build trust in tough circumstances” as a client counselor with the Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project.

Jennifer Kent '13

WINTER 2011 - Jennifer Kent '13 served as president of the BC Black Law Students Association, secretary of the Business and Law Society, executive coordinator of the Students of Color Retreat Planning Committee, and staff writer on the Boston College Law Review.

Noah Grabisch ’11

WINTER 2009 - Noah Grabisch '11 majored in African American studies and public policy at University of Maryland, and was one of six students selected nationwide as a 2009 NAACP/Kellogg’s Law Fellow.

Read All About It

WINTER 2007 - Robert G. Beatty ’78 acquired the Broward Times, a weekly paper that covers issues of interest to Florida's African-American community.

Testing Her Wits as a Public Defender

WINTER 2006 - Starr Granby '07 worked with the New York City Youth at Risk program for teenage ex-convicts, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, and the Public Defender Service in Washington, DC.

Pratt N. Wiley '06

WINTER 2005 - Pratt N. Wiley '06, graduate of Georgetown University, served as the presient of the BC Law Student Association.

Blazing New Trails

WINTER 2003 - Renée M. Landers '85 became the first Black woman to head the Boston Bar Association.

High Spirited

SPRING 2001 - Robert Harrison '01 served as president of the BC Law Student Association, director of his church choir, and the youngest-ever board member of the national Jesuit honor society.

African-American Judge Shatters Glass Ceiling

FALL 1998 - The Honorable Barbara Dortch-Okara '74 became the first woman and first African-American named by the Supreme Judicial Court as chief justice for administration and management of the Trial Court of Massachusetts.

Recent Graduates Find a Way to Give Back

FALL 1996 - Valene Sibley '98 became the first recipient of the Little-McMillan-Stevenson Scholarship, created by BC Law alumni Michael Scott Little '95, Randall McMillan '95, and Marcus Stevenson '95.

Law Professor Teaches A Different Group of Students and a Different Subject

FALL 1995 - Assistant Professor Anthony Paul Farley taught a literature course to a group of men sentenced in Dorchester District Court as part of Judge Robert J. Kane's alternative sentencing program.

The Transracial Adoption Controversy

SPRING 1995 - Associate Professor Ruth-Arlene Howe '74 writes about the issues surrounding transracial adoption in the United States.

Learning to Serve Others

SPRING 1994 - Yolanda Williams '94 became the first woman and first Black student ever named a Circuit Governor for the American Bar Association Law Student Division.

On Top of the World

FALL 1993 - Florence Herard '86 and the other members of the winning BC Law 1986 Jessup International Moot Court Competition team discuss their experiences.