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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 additionsBecause Executive Order 14160 requires that an immigrant mother secure the father’s cooperation to establish a child’s U.S. citizenship, the EO provides the perpetrator of rape, human trafficking, and abuse with a powerful weapon of abuse and control. It deters an immigrant mother from seeking justi...
Because Executive Order 14160 requires that an immigrant mother get the father’s cooperation to verify their child’s U.S. citizenship, the EO provides abusive partners with a weapon of abuse. Further, it deters an immigrant mother from seeking justice against her abusive partner or assailant, out of...
This brief responds to arguments that provoke needless conflict between two constitutional provisions vital to democracy—the speech clause of the First Amendment and Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Those arguments assert that the First Amendment conflicts with, and must prevail over, Section ...
This death penalty case raises a vital question regarding a prosecutor’s constitutional obligation to correct the false testimony of a key witness for the State. The decision of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (“OCCA”)—holding that due process was not offended by the prosecution’s failure to ...