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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 additionsStanding/Back row: Staniel Brutus '26, Joshua Williams '26, Justin Martin '27, Jackson Canady '27, Mitchord Cope-Hobbs '27, Ervin Williams, Jr. '27, Hon. Leslie Harris '84, Damon Hart '99, Shawn McShay, Asst. Dean, Admissions Front row: Cusaj Thomas '19 , Brian Leon '27, Fax Victor '25, Francis L...
In 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 ...
As they exist today, law enforcement’s gang databases inaccurately and disproportionately record information about young Black and Brown people. Often, the kind of information included exceeds what is allowed by federal regulation. This manner of policing and surveillance used to facilitate the crea...
This Article takes as its starting point the premise that Congress, facing an existential climate catastrophe, might choose to impose direct and significant restrictions on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Were it to do so, federal policy would require powerful enforcement mechanisms to reach the myr...