Spring 2022

Illustration of kayakers approaching a waterfall made of a music staff, which spills into rapids with clefs and music notes forming the rushing water

Current Issue

Faculty and alumni navigate the fraught waters of copyright law in the age of streaming media. Plus, one alum charts the high notes of a career in the entertainment industry and two more discuss the big business of film and television.

In This Issue

Entertainment Law
Swimming Up Stream

Ray Wu ('92) and Sarah Collins ('13) bring popular streaming content to the masses at Lucasfilm Ltd. and Netflix.
Entertainment Law
Behind the Grammys

Jerry Juste charts the high notes of 25 years in the entertainment industry.
Briefs
Critical to Our Future

Dean Onwuachi-Willig returns to the classroom for the first time since joining BU Law.
BU Law News
Initiative to Train a New Generation of Antiracist Lawyers

Antiracist Scholars for Progress, Innovation & Racial Equity (ASPIRE) was developed in collaboration with the BU Center for Antiracist Research.
Tax Law
A Moon Tax

Kevin Brown (JD, LLM’21) has a novel tax proposal—grounded in international law—that would allow humanity to benefit from private development of celestial properties.
Alumni
A Dream Conferred

After beating extraordinary odds to become a lawyer, Corinne Kirkland-Mercedes finds her passion at TV One.
Alumni
Class Notes: Spring 2022

Class notes for the spring 2022 issue of The Record reflect submissions received between May 1 and November 30, 2021.