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View all collectionsBeginning in 1981 and continuing into the mid-1990s, The Alledger was the student newspaper of the Boston College Law School. The Alledger published both serious and satirical articles on topics related to student life at the law school. Frequent topics include the arrival and departure of faculty m...
Boston College Law Review is Boston College Law School's flagship scholarly publication. The Review, ranked in the top 25 law journals by Washington & Lee, publishes eight issues each year featuring articles and essays by prominent authors addressing legal issues of national interest. In addit...
Boston College Law Library collects the publications of Law School faculty, and, when possible, makes them available through this collection. Organized by year and tagged with authors and subject areas, this resource reflects the school and the library’s commitment to open access while at the same t...
Begun as part of the Black History at BC Law project, this collection seeks to document the history of Black BC Law students and alumni, particularly highlighting events held by the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and Black Alumni Network (BAN). The photos below come from a variety of sourc...
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View all additionsIn 2016, President Obama signed into law the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act (HEAR Act) which expanded the opportunities for survivors of Nazi persecution, and their heirs, to recover art that was looted by the Nazis. The HEAR Act allows such individuals to bring a claim within six years of ...
Surging child labor violations incited the U.S. Department of Labor under President Joseph Biden’s administration to ramp up enforcement against corporations from poultry processors to fast food joints. Most minors working dangerous factory jobs, often overnight, are unaccompanied immigrant children...
The language of gender equality is increasingly popular worldwide. Yet, it is used both to advance women’s rights and justify the rollback of commitments to equality and democracy. This kind of “abusive feminism” is also arguably on the rise: would-be authoritarian actors today often attempt simulta...
The leading technology platforms generate several hundred billion dollars annually in revenue through algorithmically personalized advertising—with pernicious effects on our privacy, mental health, and democracy. To fuel their data-hungry algorithms, these platforms have long conditioned access to t...