Naomi Mann Leads BU Law’s Growing Experiential Education Program as the New Associate Dean
In the past three years, Boston University School of Law’s experiential learning program has expanded its offerings across the board, adding new clinics and practicums for students on topics ranging from consumer economic justice and appellate law to prisoner education and reproductive rights, and increasing training opportunities for clinical faculty.
Revealing Research
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been widespread across many areas of life, particularly in the pandemic’s exposure of public health failures and inequities.
Expanded Experiential Education Offerings
For nearly two decades, Rocky Freeman was subject to harsh conditions in a dangerous federal penitentiary due to an error in his pre-sentence report. While the Probation Office knew the information was incorrect, it never amended it.
A Switchback toward Progress
For many members of this year’s graduating class, the decision to apply for law school was made during a pivotal time in history. The JDs graduating in May of 2024 were likely starting to decide their next career steps in March of 2020, when the global pandemic began. By May of 2020, racial violence and police brutality had fully ignited the Black Lives Matter movement. The disparities in our society were glaring and drove many to strive to bring systemic change through a legal education.
What’s Next?
What the future holds is anybody’s guess. So The Record asked eight BU Law students, alumni, staff, and faculty to share their predictions for what comes next.
Transforming Title IX
Title IX, a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education, was passed by Congress in 1972. Although the landscape of education has changed drastically since then, BU Law students Kelsey Scarlett (’21) and Lexi Weyrick (’21) argue that it has failed to meet the needs of modern students.
When Representation Goes Remote
Students in BU Law’s clinics and externship programs have maintained a high standard of work, conducted remotely.
BU Law to Offer Access to Justice and Compliance Policy Clinics
The new clinics will offer law students experiential learning opportunities through a combination of fieldwork and coursework.
How BU Professors Are Integrating the #MeToo Movement into Curriculum
BU Law faculty are integrating #MeToo and related themes into courses—even as the movement still plays out in real time across social media and in everyday headlines.
2017 Metcalf Cup and Prize Goes to Naomi Mann
School of Law professor sees the teaching of law as a tool of social justice.