Lawyers and Fiction | A symposium celebrating Jack Beermann and Kate Cochrane’s recent book publications
Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Barristers Hall, First Floor Lunch will be available starting at 12:00pm, and the program will begin promptly at 1pm. Law faculty often write about law – in law review articles, legal briefs, books for other law professors and lawyers. But did you know that […]
Professor Robert Volk Lecture Series
Thursday, January 30th 5pm Boston University School of Law Law Auditorium Join us for the Professor Robert Volk Lecture “Reshaping Success,” featuring: Panelists: Lisa Mary Richmond (’23) Joe Bacchi (’20) Carrie Landa, BU Office of Wellbeing Please join us on Thursday, January 30th, 2025 at 5pm in the Law Auditorium for the Professor Robert Volk […]
The 2025 ILJ Symposium: The Normalized Tragedy: Addressing Legal Responses to Gun Violence in the United States and Abroad
Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Friday, February 7th, 2025 Please join us on Friday, February 7th for the 2025 ILJ Symposium, “The Normalized Tragedy: Addressing Legal Responses to Gun Violence in the United States and Abroad.” The symposium will be broken up into three panels and a keynote address […]
Regulating Emerging Technology and Privacy in Japan
Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Redstone Room 10th Floor Join us for a conversation with technology law experts from Japan to explore how the country is approaching regulating artificial intelligence, robots, data, and more. Please note, that due to room capacity, we are limiting attendance to the first 30 registrants. Thank you […]
Lessons Learned for AMR Independent Panel
In cooperation with the Quadripartite, representatives from The University in Ibadan, The Center for Global Development, and Boston University will collaboratively lead a strategic dialogue to document and analyze lessons learned from previous initiatives, such as IPCC. This dialogue will bring together a globally representative group of scientists and science academies.
BU Law Annual Distinguished Lecture “Fixing the Supreme Court Through Its Docket”
Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Avenue Barristers Hall, First Floor 12:45 pm – 2:00pm Please join us on January 30th for the Boston University School of Law Annual Distinguished Lecture featuring Stephen Vladeck, Georgetown Law. Most discussions of Supreme Court reform tend to focus on its personnel—whether through calls to expand the Court; […]
Research on Tap: How Social Policies Shape Our Lives from Birth to Old Age
Across the globe, governments are grappling with how to design policies that meet the needs of diverse and aging populations, address widening inequalities, and promote overall societal well-being. In the United States, debates over health care, economic safety nets, and education underscore the critical importance of evidence-based policy decisions. In this Research on Tap, we […]
Abortion and Reproductive Freedom in Massachusetts: What’s Done, What Now, and What’s Next
Senator Rausch will host a conversation about abortion access and reproductive freedom with leading experts in the field. Topics will include state legislation protecting abortion access in Massachusetts, the current national landscape, and what could happen during the next federal administration. There will be time for Q&A after the discussion. Panelists will include: Senator Becca […]
Comstock Conflict in the New Trump Administration
Please join us for a webinar based on the BU Law Review Online written symposium about Reva Siegel and Mary Ziegler’s Comstockery: How Government Censorship Gave Birth to the Law of Sexual and Reproductive Freedom and May Again Threaten It, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025). Link to View or Download Article Here. Follow the […]
Lecture by Bob Chang “Rebellions are Built on Hope”
Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Charles River Room, 5th Floor Thursday, December 5th 3:30pm – 5:00pm Please join us for a lecture from Professor Bob Chang. Sometimes, the enormity of the perceived task can lead to paralysis. It might feel that, given the inevitability of a certain outcome, resistance is futile. Professor […]