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Pumped on the Vineyard | Second-Guessing Obama
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE | fALL / WINTEr 2011
The World
as Their
Classroom
how experiential learning is
revolutionizing legal education
“
I mentor first- and second-year
students: I do lunch, coffee, career advice, job
insights, whatever they need. Most recently, “
I mentored a student from the South Side I’m a Double Eagle. I’m devoted to
of Chicago; she’s first generation to go to the school and do whatever I can. I often
college, just like me. We met all the time. meet one-on-one with area students
She even invited me to her graduation. who are considering BC for law school.
—Xiomara Corral ’87, Senior Counsel, Citizens Financial Group,
Online at www.bc.edu/bclawmagazine Pumped on the
“ I mentor first- and second-ye
Contents fall / winter 2011
[IN LIMINE] all things Change Taking the
[BEhIND ThE CoLUMNS] why law school sti
[IN BRIEF] CAmPus nEWs & a rare si
Jason liu i n the late 1970s and early
[IN B a brilliant Calculation tHe Class of
[In BrIef]
[LEgAL CURRENTS] tREnDs, oPInIon, AnD tImELy
and Human services. this included student financi
[hoT ToPICS] ConvERsAtIons WIth thE DEAn +
fourth is the dynamism in our faculty. we’ve
Practicum Podium
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a broad term for a range of hands-on practice exp
ProfESSor carol liEbMan, notion. for that m
KerrY burKe, mts, bC bc laW faculty who int
The Roads They’ve Traveled Here is a sample of re
great cases tanKful of t
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franCesCo bongiorni guy whose job it was to driv
[gLoBAL ENgAgEMENT] WhERE BC LAW’s CommItmEnt
with the people who make the goods and where and
[ESqUIRE] ALumnI nEWs & CLAss notEs
BookshELf comed margie Palladino ’85, who will b
R E U[ EnsI o n r2E0]1 1 qui
[ESqUIRE] new Priorities for bC law oVerseers
CHarles gautHier bC law generations
We gladly publish alumni news and photos. Send su
[ESqUIRE] ment, and white collar defense litiga
Paul G. Sweeney ’98 was one of ten lawyers nation
[Faculty] news & research
[ F a c u l t y ] PRofILE the Value
and conducted legal writing workshops for maj
pRofeSSoR eMeRITuS RobeRT C. beRRy: 1936–2011 rob
[FACULTy] CoMInGS anD GoInGS
Personal rights.” irish Jurist (forthcoming fall
Review (forthcoming 2012). “the tragedy of the Ca
interstate Variation in use of narcotics. workers
need.” The Second Draft 25, no. 1 (spring 2011):
ies,” university of Hong Kong in april. “new gove
Hon. Jay blitzman. “Children’s rights and relatio
baby talk (continued from page 9) thus, now t
which required getting the attorney general invol
through the Jenks act, which mandates the disclos
to be the pre-plea disclosure of impeach- ment ev
2010–2011 report on giving
The Report on Giving recognizes all donors who ma
[REPoRT oN gIvINg] the Dean’s Council
[REP thE houghtEling SociEty ($2,500) for nea
[REPoRT oN gIvINg] Class giving report
Charles P. reidy Peter n. rogers michael H. rudy
stephen Parker george e. Pember marcia allara Per
robert l. raskopf sander a. rikleen Janet roberts
Karen aline gooderum Helene w. Haddad mark e. Had
sally a. walker michael John wall 1989 mark richa
1997 Peter g. brassard brian Patrick Carey tracy
Kristine ann Cummings leigh e. Cummings elizabeth
Virginia Caruso Christie scott Cashman Jay m. Cas
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“My legacy gift reflects my forty-y
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