Reflecting on 2023
While this year presented its fair share of challenges, it also offered opportunities for learning, growth, and connection. The BU Law community repeatedly demonstrated its resilience and proved how the law may work in support of our values.
BU Law Student Advocates for Survivors of Sexual Violence
When Madeline Comer (’25) was working as an intern on the legal advocacy team at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) this summer, she appreciated every opportunity she had to speak with survivors of sexual violence about their legal options. But she was struck overall by the lack of support services available to them at the state and federal levels.
BU Law to Launch Program on Reproductive Justice
Through a new BU Program on Reproductive Justice offered by BU Law in partnership with schools and centers across the University, even more students will have sustained access to educational and career opportunities in this critical field.
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.
SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision Rests on Antireligious Rhetoric
Professor Linda McClain says ruling upholds prior decisions about gay equality.
SCOTUS Should Not Permit “Boycott of Same-Sex Marriage”
Professor Linda McClain weighs in on the Colorado wedding cake case in this POV for BU Today.
Battle of the Sexist: The Bias of Trump’s Presidential Campaign
Professor Linda McClain authors Justia article on the gender politics at play in the 2016 presidential election.
James Fleming & Linda McClain Awarded Residential Fellowships at Princeton University
The two professors will work on book projects during their sabbatical fellowships next year.
Students Push Scholarship Beyond Law School
Jaime Margolis and Meghan O’Malley (both ’16) publish papers that tackle challenging subjects in the legal community.
Jim Fleming and Linda McClain Give David Aldrich Nelson Lecture
The acclaimed professors spoke about constitutional interpretation and the future of marriage after Obergefell, the Supreme Court’s recent marriage equality decision.