Breaking Law Review Barriers
Although they enrolled at BU Law a century apart, Clara Burrill Bruce (1926) and Crystal Hsu (’25) share a similar distinction. Bruce, the sole Black woman in her class, was the first female editor-in-chief of the Boston University Law Review. Hsu, elected to that post this spring by her peers, is the first student of Asian-American descent to hold the Law Review’s leadership role.
After Roe: What’s Next for Liberty, Equality, and the Constitution
James E. Fleming will speak at the Symposium: Contemporary Debates in Constitutional Law on “After Roe: What’s Next for Liberty, Equality, and the Constitution?” on April 9. The symposium will be held from 3:14–4:45pm and is hosted by the College of Charleston Department of Philosophy.
The Taft and Roberts Courts’ Quests for Returns to Conservative “Normalcy”: A Comment on Robert Post’s the Taft Court
James Fleming pens an opinion.
February 23, 2024 BalkinThe Association of America Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting
Several Boston University School of Law professors will speak at The Association of America Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held in Washington DC from January 3 to 6, 2024. Aziza Ahmed: Family and Juvenile Law, Co-Sponsored by Minority Groups, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education Susan […]
From Romer to Obergefell: The Supreme Court’s Rewriting of the Grounds for Protecting LGBTQIA+ Rights. And What’s Next After Dobbs?
James Fleming will speak at “From Romer to Obergefell: The Supreme Court’s Rewriting of the Grounds for Protecting LGBTQIA+ Rights. And What’s Next After Dobbs?” put on by the Boston University LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff. The talk will be held via Zoom on on Friday, November 3 from 12–1:15 pm. In this talk, […]
Princeton University Expressive Rights and Wrongs: Speech, Offense, and Commemoration
James E. Fleming will speak at Princeton University in Professor Stephen Macedo’s seminar, Expressive Rights and Wrongs: Speech, Offense, and Commemoration on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Professor Fleming will be presenting a paper, “A ‘Fixed’ or Exploding Star in our Constitutional Constellation? West Virginia v. Barnette and Battles over ‘What Shall be Orthodox’” (co-authored with BU […]
Georgetown Law Recent Books on the Constitution Seminar
James E. Fleming will speak at Georgetown Law in Professor Randy Barnett’s seminar, Recent Books on the Constitution on September 19, 2023. He will be presenting his book, Constructing Basic Liberties: A Defense of Substantive Due Process (University of Chicago Press, 2022).
ASPLP Interdisciplinary Conference on Climate Change
Madison Condon will speak at the Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, on Climate Change, on Friday, September 22, 2023, 12:00-6:00pm. It will be a hybrid event: an in-person conference hosted by Princeton University Center for Human Values together with a Zoom meeting. Professor Condon will speak on Panel […]
Fourteenth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium
Linda C. McClain and James E. Fleming will present a paper, “Ordered Gun Liberty After Bruen” at the Fourteenth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium. The colloquium, hosted by Loyola Chicago School of Law, will occur from November 10 to 11.
McClain on Ordered Liberty and Dobbs
Linda McClain & James Fleming’s paper is reviewed.
June 2, 2023 Legal Theory Blog