ACS Boston: Securing the Right to Abortion: A New Court & A New Calculus
Please join the ACS Boston Lawyer Chapter for a panel discussion on reproductive rights. The ever-increasing threat of overturning the right to abortion requires a new strategy. Featuring: Melanie Fontes, Litigation Fellow, Center for Reproductive Rights Rebecca Hart Holder, Executive Director, Reproductive Equity Now Linda McClain, Robert Kent Professor of Law, Boston University School of […]
ACS Syracuse – Executive Authoritarianism Symposium
This summer, Stanford University Press published a new book written by Professor David Driesen. The book, “The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power,” investigates the chief executive’s role and looks to countries in democratic decline to challenge recent Supreme Court decisions that have expanded presidential power. The Syracuse University College of Law Chapter […]
Women’s Spheres of Action
Trollope described Arabella Trefoil as an “odious female,” whose husband hunting he intended to satirize in The American Senator, and yet, sympathy for Arabella’s desperate, hard work at that “vocation” seeps into the novel. Along with Arabella, Trollope presents an intriguing portrait gallery of female characters and their family, economic, and social relationships. Linda McClain […]
2021 BU Law Campus Climate Survey Presentation
Sue Rankin will present the findings from her firm’s research with students at BU Law. These findings will help guide our efforts to continue advancing a culture that equitably supports and engages all members of our community, regardless of their backgrounds, identities, or beliefs. You must join the Zoom using your BU address. The webinar […]
Lightning Talks: Exploring Innovations in Teaching & Technology at BU
The Fall 2021 Lightning Talks series is a reflection and learning forum where Boston University faculty and invited guests identify areas of challenge and opportunity and share strategies for engaging educational experiences in the in-person environment. The series will be conducted via Zoom and is open to BU faculty, staff, graduate student instructors, and postdoctoral […]
Estimating The Appropriate Size Of Global Pull Incentives For Antibacterial Medicine
The centerpiece of the November Health Affairs Journal Club meeting is “Estimating The Appropriate Size Of Global Pull Incentives For Antibacterial Medicines.” In the paper, to appear in the November 2021 issue of the journal, author Kevin Outterson of the Boston University School of Law, examines policy initiatives under way in the US and UK that […]
Research on Tap: Human Flourishing in Diverse Populations and Contexts
What does it mean to flourish? How can people living in conditions of physical, psychological, or material adversity attain personal growth, purpose, happiness, social connectedness, and generativity – when these states may appear elusive, if not impossible? How can social institutions, including education, the workplace, and religion, as well as natural environments bolster or impede […]
Pandemic Prevention: How Europe Can Lead the Fight against AMR
The COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise. An AMR induced pandemic will not. The World Bank estimates that 10 million people per year could die if new antimicrobials are not found. Without effective prevention and treatment of infections, medical procedures such as organ transplantation, cancer chemotherapy, and major surgery will become too dangerous to […]
G20 Pensions & ESG Forum
Digital event held by the World Pensions Council (WPC), International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) and the Singapore Economic Forum (SEF).
Antiracist Accountability in Law Schools
SALT (Society of American Law Teachers) Social Justice in Action webinar series