<br />
BOSTON COLLEGE<br />
LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE<br />
SUMMER 2015<br />
BC.EDU/BCLAWMAGAZINE<br />
NEWSMAKER<br />
Justice in<br />
Baltimore<br />
How Marilyn Mosby ’05<br />
Stunned the Nation<br />
POLITICS<br />
The Citizen<br />
Leon Rodriguez ’88<br />
Safeguards the<br />
American Dream<br />
PROFILE<br />
Lost and<br />
Found<br />
The Remarkable<br />
Journey of Taisha<br />
Sturdivant ’16<br />
THE ODD COUPLE<br />
PAUL CALLAN ’75 AND MEL ROBBINS ’94<br />
ARE THE UNLIKELIEST OF PAIRINGS AS TWO OF CNN’S TOP LEGAL ANALYSTS.<br />
BUT THEIR ON-AIR FUSION YIELDS SHREWD INSIGHT,<br />
CHARISMATIC COMMENTARY, AND TURBO-CHARGED DEBATE<br />
BC Law Magazine<br />
AGAINST<br />
THE ODDS<br />
HOW TAISHA<br />
STURDIVANT ’16<br />
USED HER WITS<br />
TO SURVIVE<br />
AND THRIVE.<br />
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