BU Law Celebrates Retiring and Departing Faculty
Professors Daniela Caruso, Kent Coit, David Seipp, and Gary Lawson have made immeasurable contributions during their tenure at BU Law.
A Place for Everyone
Did Assistant Dean Samuel Bennett know, when he welcomed Owen Young into the Class of 1896, that his student would go on to make history? Probably not. It’s hard to know how the future will reflect on the present once it becomes the past.
Theory and Practice in the US Criminal System
BU Law students pair externships with doctrine for a broad view of the US criminal system.
A Broken System
The FIRST STEP Act is a move toward criminal justice reform, but BU Law faculty say true change needs to go much further.
The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution
Professor Gerald F. Leonard and distinguished scholars discuss his new book about constitutionalism in the founding era.
How Did the Constitution Become the Basis for Exclusionary Politics?
In a new book, Professor Gerald Leonard, a leading historian of US constitutionalism, explores the “whitening” of democracy in the early 19th century.