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BOSTON COLLEGE
LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE
SUMMER 2024
BC.EDU/BCLAWMAGAZINE
PLUS
CONSTITUTION
Just in
Time
Aziz Rana’s
Book May
Rescue
Democracy
ALUMNI
TEDx
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John
Tarantino
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Millions
with His
Heart
PROFILE
Change
Agent
Rebecca
Feldman’s
Special
Powers
BLACK HISTORY AT BC LAW
BC Law Magazine
CHANGE AGENT
Rebecca Feldman ’97 founded a
nonprofit in Sierra Leone to improve
the lives of girls and young women.
Page 24 Photograph by DIANA LEVINE
Contents
SUMMER 2024
VOLUME 32 / NUMBER 2
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Features
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BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE SUMMER 2024 BC
BC Law Magazine
Contents SUMMER 2024 VOLUME
IN LIMINE Foremost Gather ’Round. It’s Story
FOR THE RECORD SUMMER 2024 VOLU
BEHIND THE COLUMNS Foremost Togetherness Mat
Campus News and Events of Note IN BRIEF 6 CANDID
DOCKET In Brief Daniel R. Coquillette and Judit
1234 The Faculty Expands BC Law hires largest
DOCKET Candid An Immigrant Helping Immigrant
DOCKET Faculty Scholarship Explaining Constit
A deeply reverential view of the Constitution, wh
DOCKET In the Field
1234 a decade-long stint at FDIC as a
DOCKET Brainstorm
Q+A WITH JUSTICE LUÍS ROBERTO BARROSO and
DOCKET Evidence The Deprivations of Heirs’ P
HEIRS’ PROPERTY OVERVIEW $32.3 billion Very con
BY Jeri Zeder ILLUSTRATION BY Jan Robert Dünnwe
Harold A. Stevens ’36 was the first African Amer
In 1898, more than three decades before BC Law’s
Wharton has spoken publicly about the loneliness
student access to admissions files ended by the 20
Galvanized, BC Law strengthened its recru
BOLD MOVES, In her unwavering efforts to address
WHEN ENTERING SIERRA LEONE, “Most
FELDMAN’S BC LAW SCHOOL EDUCATION and early caree
EYES WIDE OPEN Experiential learning is full of a
KATHRYN BEAUMONT MURPHY ’08 HAD Clinics and
of experiential learning. “Law school clinics are
GENERATIONS 32 CLASS NOTES 33 SPOTLIGHTS Karen J.
Written and edited by Cassidy Montgomery Class
CHRISTINE LEONARD ’01 At a Crossroads Leonard pai
Social Ramifications of Pandemics on Civil Right
ESQUIRE ClassNotes SAMANTHA L.
JOIN THE FUN! REUNION WEEKEND NOVEMBER 1-2, 2024
ESQUIRE Alumni News
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ESQUIRE Click LAW DAY 2024 Law Day 2024, he
COMMENCEMENT 2024 US Court of Appeals Judge Lara
ESQUIRE Raising the Bar “Your sel
Trevisani’s is the first BC Law gift impacted by t
2023- 2024 giving
shaw society We honor alumni and friends who have
The 2023-2024 Giving Report dean’s council giving
HOUGHTELING SOCIETY $5,000+ Alumni and Friends A
In Closing Answer Me! What’s up
Hearsay: Talking about BC Law
Boston College Law School 885 Centre Street Newto