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BOSTON COLLEGE
LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE
WINTER 2017
BC.EDU/BCLAWMAGAZINE
BC Law School Matters
in Washington, DC.
Both Students and Alumni
Are Engaged in Improving
the Lives of Others.
Meet the Influencers,
the Impact Generation,
and the Shapers of
Tomorrow’s America
WITH
Margaret Heckler ’53
Judge Ellen Huvelle ’75
Peter Zeidenberg ’85
Marc Lampkin ’91
• Brigida Benitez ’93
Zain Ahmad ’17
+ More
LAW AND ORDER
Prison
Reformer
Visionary Bronx DA
Seeks Riker’s
Prison Solution
FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP
Charity
Riddle
Madoff Asks:
Are Donor-Advised
Funds Fair?
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT
Dispatch:
Singapore
Swimming
in Asia’s
‘Shark Tank’
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BEHIND THE COLUMNS Foremost “What we sa
Campus News and Events of Note IN BRIEF 6 CANDID
DOCKET In Brief
When faced with matters of moral urgency, Donald
DOCKET Candid A Catalyst for Good Dana Borel
DOCKET In the Field POCKET RÉSUMÉ Tom Burto
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DOCKET Brainstorm Q+A WI
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DOCKET Evidence Capital ‘L’ for Lawyer Washi
LEGAL LIFE 1 in 12 People in DC is a lawyer
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clerks have the luxury of giving every motion and
TRIALS BY FIRE STUDENTS IN THE BC IN DC INTERNSHI
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LIZ LOPEZ ’00 A trade association lobbyist advoca
PRATT WILEY ’06 The Democrats’ chief election law
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PETER ZEIDENBERG ’85 COMES TO THE DEFENSE OF
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was discussing with his academic counterparts in
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GENERATIONS 44 CLASS NOTES 45 SPOTLIGHTS Paul J.
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