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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 the context of criminal justice, many constitutional rights have eroded for reasons that are largely ignored. Beginning in the 1960s, the criminal procedure revolution sought to expand rights and remedies, encourage front-line justice system actors to respect defendants’ rights, and counteract di...
In May 2024, the college sports industry was reported to be on the precipice of entering a new era in which the industry’s umbrella oversight association, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), would trade in its longstanding, anticompetitive practices for a new business model that wou...
Courts have not yet recognized the right of incarcerated people to appointed representation between arrest and arraignment. The Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches at arraignment, denying jailed clients a public defender until the first appearance in court. The prevailing doctrinal interpretat...
Many colleges and universities in America give admissions preferences to the children of alumni and relatives of donors. This practice helps colleges raise funds and cultivate a strong alumni network but results in drastic inequality in the admissions process for applicants without such connections....