{"id":109551,"date":"2024-04-26T12:32:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=109551"},"modified":"2024-07-15T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:26:11","slug":"breaking-law-review-barriers","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2024\/breaking-law-review-barriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Law Review Barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1005\" height=\"1256\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Crystal Hsu (&#039;25)\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-509x636.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-661x826.jpg 661w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-546x682.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-826x1032.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-275x344.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-423x529.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-551x688.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-847x1058.jpg 847w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/CrysalHsu-800x1000.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Student Life<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBreaking <em>Law Review<\/em> Barriers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Incoming <em>Law Review<\/em> editor Crystal Hsu (\u201925) draws inspiration from pioneering editor-in-chief Clara Burrill Bruce (1926)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">April 26, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/june-d-bell\/\">June D. Bell<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph record-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-dimensional has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-light\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>Although they enrolled at BU Law a century apart, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2020\/clara-burrill-bruce-barriers-that-bend-but-dont-break\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clara Burrill Bruce<\/a> (1926) and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/crystal-hsu-053431163\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Hsu<\/a> (\u201925) share a similar distinction. Bruce, the sole Black woman in her class, was the first female editor-in-chief of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bulawreview\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Boston University Law Review<\/em><\/a>. Hsu, elected to that post this spring by her peers, is the first student of East Asian-American descent to hold the <em>Law Review<\/em>\u2019s leadership role.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA big draw of why I ran for editor-in-chief was that I knew it was the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the first woman of color and African American woman editor-in-chief at BU\u2014and of any law review in the nation,\u201d Hsu says. \u201cBU has a lot of records of breaking barriers.\u201d Hsu pointed out that another woman of color, Manal Corwin (\u201991), served as editor-in-chief in 1990\u20131991. Corwin\u2019s parents are Egyptians and she grew up speaking Arabic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hsu initially agreed to seek the editor role only because her friends insisted she should lead the 55-student <em>Law Review<\/em> staff. \u201cI think they kind of manifested it,\u201d she says. \u201cThey just kept having this ongoing joke: \u2018When you\u2019re editor-in-chief of the <em>Law Review<\/em>\u2026\u2019 I didn\u2019t take it seriously until around November or December, when I was really thinking through what a law review does. I realized how law reviews and legal journals have such an impact on shaping thought in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People with privilege, knowledge, and language skills typically drive discussions and determine policy, she says. Those who lack that status and opportunity remain voiceless\u2014and, often, powerless. \u201cI&#8217;ve constantly been in tension with that,\u201d Hsu says. \u201cWhat ultimately made me decide to run for editor-in-chief was that I really wanted to have a guiding role in shaping the publications we put out and in shaping the <em>Law Review<\/em> in general. With my experiences and background, I have a perspective that could lend itself to make the <em>Law Review<\/em> a more equitable and inclusive place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hsu was raised in a multicultural environment that included vibrant Latino and Chicano populations; refugees; people with undocumented status; and first-, second-, and third-generation immigrants. \u201cGrowing up in El Paso, [Texas], was really formative for my understanding of the world and my expectations for how a community should be,\u201d she says. When Hsu was selected to lead the <em>Law Review<\/em>, her parents, who are immigrants, weren\u2019t aware of its significance. \u201cMy family couldn\u2019t understand the essays I wrote after grade school, so I had to explain what a law review is in fragments of Mandarin and English,\u201d she says. \u201cIt is very emblematic of &#8230; my constant striving to communicate with people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The percentage of law students who identify as Asian is in the single digits but rising; 9.6% of law students who enrolled in 2023 were Asian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsac.org\/blog\/incoming-class-2023-most-diverse-ever-more-work-remains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the ABA<\/a>, up from 8.1% in 2021. Asians account for about 6.3% of the US population. BU\u2019s <em>Law Review<\/em> has two Asian-American leaders responsible for the main operations of the journal: Hsu and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karenyao259\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karen Yao<\/a> (\u201925), the senior managing editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each <em>Law Review<\/em> issue is about 250 pages, and the editorial team produces seven issues a year and hosts an annual legal symposium. Staff selection is based on a writing competition, grades, and a personal statement. Hsu and Yao oversee the editorial review process\u2014selecting content, coordinating notes from student editors, and ensuring production deadlines are met. These duties along with others are like those involved in running a small- to mid-size law firm, says <em>Law Review<\/em> faculty advisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/james-e-fleming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James E. Fleming<\/a>, the Honorable Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law. Although the articles editors select each issue\u2019s content, the editor-in-chief and senior managing editor set the publication\u2019s priorities and overall direction, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"982\" height=\"748\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/LawReview_StudentOrgFair_crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"BU Law Review at the student organization fair. Pictured from left to right: Alejandro Perez ('25),  Francesca Camacho ('25), David Chairez ('25), Karen Yao ('25), and Crystal Hsu ('25).\" class=\"wp-image-109561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/LawReview_StudentOrgFair_crop-1.jpg 982w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/LawReview_StudentOrgFair_crop-1-636x484.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/LawReview_StudentOrgFair_crop-1-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/LawReview_StudentOrgFair_crop-1-895x682.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/LawReview_StudentOrgFair_crop-1-452x344.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/LawReview_StudentOrgFair_crop-1-694x529.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/04\/LawReview_StudentOrgFair_crop-1-903x688.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><figcaption><em>BU Law Review<\/em> at the student organization fair. Pictured from left to right: Executive Editor Alejandro Perez (&#8217;25), Articles Editor Francesca Camacho (&#8217;25), D&amp;I Editor David Chairez (&#8217;25), Senior Managing Editor Karen Yao (&#8217;25), and Editor-in-Chief Crystal Hsu (&#8217;25).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alejandro-perez-60386a197\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alejandro Perez<\/a> (\u201925), the executive editor, suggested honoring Bruce by naming the writing competition to join publications in her honor, Hsu enthusiastically agreed. \u201cEvery day people come to me with fantastic ideas that only make this experience so much more wonderful,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s all of us coming together and hearing each other&#8217;s ideas and implementing them. I realize I have so much power to do that now more than I ever have in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hsu did not plan to study law after she earned her undergraduate degree in neuroscience and physiology from the University of California San Diego in 2020. She worked in a research lab and in public health, analyzing data to identify barriers to medical care for people affected by poverty, homelessness, HIV, and AIDS. \u201cAgain, I saw that tension between people who have the language, the privilege, and the opportunities to articulate theoretical and powerful ideas that can shape tangible societal actions, in contrast with people who have no access to that language, privilege, or opportunity,\u201d she says. \u201cI always keep in the back of my head the human component that&#8217;s driving it all.\u201d A passion for advocacy helped inspire her pivot to law school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/health-justice-practicum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BU Law health justice practicum<\/a> with Boston Medical Center encourages doctors, social workers, nurses, and lawyers to collaborate to serve pregnant women struggling with or recovering from substance abuse. Called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/obstetrics\/pregnancy\/addiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Project RESPECT<\/a>, \u201cit\u2019s made me realize just how many applications the law can have,\u201d Hsu says. \u201cYou\u2019re able to work across disciplines, which has always been really appealing to me. And a lot of research shows that problem-solving is best done when there&#8217;s more diversity and in teams of interdisciplinary people. I think that that&#8217;s not only more fun, but it can also lead to better and more holistic solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">Hsu\u2019s commitment to diversity is just one of her many admirable attributes, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/geraldine-m-muir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gerry Muir<\/a>, BU Law\u2019s associate dean for academic engagement. \u201cShe has been a mentor through her leadership in the <em>Law Review<\/em>, her leadership with the lawyering fellows, and just her integrity as a person,\u201d Muir says. \u201cShe is not someone who would ever seek out recognition yet so deserves to be recognized. My hope is that she will be seen\u2014and she will let others know it&#8217;s OK to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>A correction was made on<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<strong>July 15, 2024<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An earlier version of this article did not specify Crystal Hsu\u2019s East Asian American identity, which has now been included. We also added that another woman of color served as editor-in-chief of the <em>Law Review<\/em> for the 1990\u20131991 academic year: Manal Corwin, whose parents are from Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-three record-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2024\/03\/Record-Header_AntiracistLawyeringMar24-3.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Detail of a mosaic quilt\" loading=\"lazy\" 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class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2020\/clara-burrill-bruce-barriers-that-bend-but-dont-break\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">Barriers that Bend but Don\u2019t Break<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">November 27, 2020<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although they enrolled at BU Law a century apart, Clara Burrill Bruce (1926) and Crystal Hsu (\u201925) 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\u2019s leadership role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19416,"featured_media":109552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"Student Life","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[3900,1663,1811,3805,1860],"bu-publication":[3742],"record-article-category":[3747,4135,3786,3758],"record-topic":[3935,4292],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/109551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19416"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109551"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/109551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111369,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/109551\/revisions\/111369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109551"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=109551"},{"taxonomy":"record-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/record-article-category?post=109551"},{"taxonomy":"record-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/record-topic?post=109551"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=109551"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=109551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}