Evidence Law covers rules and legal principles governing the proof of facts in a legal proceeding and the type of proof needed to prevail in litigation.

Mary C. Connaughton

Mary Connaughton, a clinical faculty member in the Civil Litigation & Justice Program since 1993, teaches courses in lawyering skills, trial advocacy, and evidence law. She also supervises students in administrative, state and federal court hearings in social security disability, unemployment compensation, divorce and housing disputes.

Ira Gant

Ira Gant teaches the Wrongful Convictions Practicum. He is also the Forensic Services Director at the Committee for Public Counsel Services, Massachusetts’ public defender agency. He litigates cases and provides litigation support, training, and amicus support to attorneys handling criminal, juvenile, mental health commitment, and care and protection cases. He is appointed to the state […]

Jasmine Gonzales Rose

Professor Jasmine Gonzales Rose is a leading critical evidence scholar whose research examines how race, racism, and antiracism are utilized and considered as sources of proof in litigation, as well as how juror language disenfranchisement systematically limits who can serve as factfinders. Rooted in critical race studies and drawing on epistemology, Professor Gonzales Rose employs […]

Malik Eice Muhammad

Malik Eice Muhammad is a seasoned litigation and arbitration attorney. He practices before state and Federal courts in Massachusetts and New York. He is also an adjunct law professor at Northeastern University Law School teaching Federal Civil Procedures. He is a graduate of Georgetown and Berkeley Law Schools. Before moving to the US, he lived […]

Ngozi Okidegbe

Ngozi Okidegbe is a Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Associate Professor of Law and Assistant Professor of Computing & Data Sciences. Her focus is in the areas of law and technology, evidence, criminal procedure, and racial justice. Her work examines how the use of predictive technologies in the criminal justice system impacts racially marginalized communities.  Professor Okidegbe is […]

Angela Onwuachi-Willig

Angela Onwuachi-Willig is dean and Ryan Roth Gallo Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. A renowned legal scholar and expert in critical race theory, employment discrimination, and family law, she joined the law school as dean in August 2018. Before joining the School of Law, Dean Onwuachi-Willig served as Chancellor’s Professor of Law […]

Jarrod F. Reich

Jarrod Reich is Senior Lecturer in the Lawyering program. He most recently served as a Professor of Legal Writing at the University of Miami School of Law, where he taught first-year and upper-level writing courses and evidence. Previously, he served on the faculties of Georgetown University Law Center and Florida State University College of Law, […]

Christopher Robertson

Christopher Robertson joined the BU Law faculty in 2020 as a tenured professor and N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health & Disability Law. He is also a Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management in the BU School of Public Health.  Professor Robertson is an expert in health law, institutional design, and decision making. His […]