Constitution Day Events
Ice Cream Social with Citizenship Day Questions Wednesday, September 7, 1-3pm in the Atrium Join us for ice cream and win a pocket Constitution when you answer a US Naturalization test questions! Project Citizenship Pro Bono Training Monday, September 12, 1-2pm in Room 103 A pro bono training on immigration law and aiding applicants for […]
The Roar of a Wave that Could Drown the Whole World
Please RSVP Here. To spur questions, Professor Fleming has provided a brief packet of selected readings concerning Dobbs. These materials are available here. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which had protected the constitutional right of pregnant persons to decide whether to […]
Understanding Impeachment: a Boston University Student-Faculty Forum
Hosted at the School of Law Auditorium by the Howard Thurman Center for Common Good, Boston University, Boston, MA
BU Law Event Considers Democratic Failure
The school welcomed interdisciplinary scholars from the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy to examine the discourse of democracy in the US.
Law Professors Debate “Courts in the Age of Trump”
James Fleming featured on Middlebury College news
James E. Fleming Delivers Paul J. Liacos Lecture
In his first Liacos lecture, Professor Fleming examined conservative Constitutional analysis following landmark cases in the LGBT rights movement.
James Fleming & Linda McClain Awarded Residential Fellowships at Princeton University
The two professors will work on book projects during their sabbatical fellowships next year.
Professor James E. Fleming Appointed Honorable Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law
Constitutional law and torts professor recognized for his outstanding legal scholarship and dedicated service to BU Law.
James E. Fleming
James E. Fleming writes in constitutional law and constitutional theory and is the author or co-author of five scholarly books and is working on a sixth: “What Shall Be Orthodox” in Polarized Times (with Linda C. McClain, Robert Kent Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law) is Fleming’s and McClain’s current book-in-progress. The […]
Jim Fleming and Linda McClain Give David Aldrich Nelson Lecture
The acclaimed professors spoke about constitutional interpretation and the future of marriage after Obergefell, the Supreme Court’s recent marriage equality decision.