{"id":118797,"date":"2025-07-02T09:46:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=118797"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:46:36","slug":"law-review-legacy","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2025\/law-review-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Review Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-flip has-box 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=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Aryssa Harris (&#039;26)\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26.png 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-477x636.png 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-620x826.png 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-512x682.png 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-774x1032.png 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-258x344.png 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-397x529.png 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-516x688.png 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-794x1058.png 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-750x1000.png 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Aryssa-Harris-26-600x800.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\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\tLaw Review Legacy\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\">Aryssa Harris (LAW&#8217;26, GRS&#8217;26) will head the BU <em>Law Review<\/em> as editor-in-chief\u00a0<\/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 js-block-editorial-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\">July 2, 2025<\/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\/nia-mclean\/\">Nia Mclean<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\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-outlined has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-secondary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>This spring, Aryssa Harris (LAW&#8217;26, GRS&#8217;26) was elected to serve as editor-in-chief of the <em>Boston University Law Review <\/em>for the 2025-2026 academic year, making her the second Black woman to lead the <em>BU<\/em> <em>Law Review<\/em> and the first since Clara Burrill Bruce (1926) led the publication 100 years earlier. In 1925, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2020\/clara-burrill-bruce-barriers-that-bend-but-dont-break\/\"><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 (1926)<\/a><\/a> made history as the first woman to lead the <em>Boston University Law Review<\/em> and the first Black person in the nation to serve as editor-in-chief of any law review. Although separated by a century, these women are connected at BU Law through their <em>Law Review <\/em>leadership and service to their school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time Bruce attended BU Law, she was the only Black woman in her class and would later become only the third Black woman admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. While the landscape of legal academia has changed significantly since the 1920s, the journey toward true equity and representation is far from complete. As the only Black person on <em>Law Review<\/em> during her 2L year, Harris was confronted with the realities of navigating a predominantly white space. Rather than being discouraged, she sought to use her position to create an environment where students of all backgrounds could feel seen and valued. Harris recalls a time when another Black student told her that, after seeing her in the position of editor-in-chief, participating in <em>Law Review<\/em> felt possible, and the student decided to participate in the writing competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that people feel like<em> Law Review<\/em> is an attainable goal for them,\u201d Harris says, reflecting on her journey. \u201cEven if I don\u2019t always feel represented, I want others to know that they can still make a space for themselves and advocate for their own representation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote record-block-bu-pullquote is-style- has-image-focus-center-middle has-secondary-theme has-dark-theme-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><figure><\/figure><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">Bruce\u2014she\u2019s a pivotal moment for BU. Just being in history with her is exciting.<\/div><footer class=\"caption\">Aryssa Harris (LAW&#8217;26, GRS&#8217;26)<\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She acknowledged the efforts of the 2024-2025 Editor-in-Chief Crystal Hsu (\u201925), who is the first student of East Asian descent to lead the <em>BU Law Review<\/em>. \u201cI really appreciate the work that the previous board has done to make <em>Law Review<\/em> an inclusive space,\u201d Harris says. Under Hsu\u2019s leadership, the Clara Burrill Bruce Writing Competition\u2014a rigorous application process for placement on <em>Law Review<\/em>\u2014was named to honor Bruce\u2019s legacy. \u201cBruce\u2014she\u2019s a pivotal moment for BU,\u201d says Harris. \u201cJust being in history with her is exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Bruce, who began law school in her forties with three grown children, Harris\u2019s path to law school was different than that of many of her peers. On top of her law degree, Harris is also pursuing a PhD in Political Science, and while BU Law offers several dual-degree programs, it does not have an established JD\/PhD track. But that didn\u2019t stop Harris from forging her own path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always wanted to go to law school \u2026 but then, during undergrad, I started to fall in love with researching and the idea of creating knowledge and contributing to what people get to learn in schools,\u201d Harris says. \u201cI applied to the BU PhD program in Political Science.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being accepted to the PhD program in the Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences (GRS), Harris informed the department that she also wanted to attend law school. The political science department reached out to the Dean\u2019s Office at the law school and submitted a letter of recommendation on her behalf. Shortly after applying, Harris received a call from Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig with good news\u2014the law school would admit her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople were so kind and so thoughtful in making this process as smooth as it could be, even though it was foreign to everyone involved at the time,\u201d Harris recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As students, both Bruce and Harris have been recognized by classmates and teachers for their contributions to BU Law inside and out of the classroom. An inscription beside a photo of Bruce in BU Law\u2019s 1926 yearbook reads, \u201cAll, hail to the conqueror! That is the way this lady should be addressed. Not only is she an honor student of first rank, but she has achieved a distinction never conferred on a woman before\u2014she is editor-in-chief of the&nbsp;<em>Law Review<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118803\" width=\"431\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-477x636.png 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-620x826.png 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-512x682.png 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-774x1032.png 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-258x344.png 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-397x529.png 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-516x688.png 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-794x1058.png 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-750x1000.png 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court-600x800.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Harris-Goldstein-Caputo-and-Suttner-1L-Moot-Court.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><figcaption>Aryssa Harris (LAW&#8217;26, GRS&#8217;26) (left), Professor Marni Goldstein Caputo (center), and Sarah Suttner (&#8217;26) (right) dressed in robes to serve as judges for the 1L Moot Court experience.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A century later, Harris is similarly admired by her professors. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/marni-goldstein-caputo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marni Goldstein Caputo<\/a>, who has worked closely with Harris as both a student and a Lawyering Fellow, attests to her academic and leadership qualities, sharing that \u201cAryssa is exceptionally intelligent, hardworking, and dedicated. Her capacity to analyze complex legal problems and to construct impeccable legal arguments is high and makes her a standout,\u201d says Goldstein Caputo. \u201cPerhaps even more importantly, Aryssa is a wonderful leader, teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend to many in her midst. Aryssa possesses the kind, empathetic heart I hope all lawyers will bring to their practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harris sees her role on the <em>Law Review<\/em> as a pivotal moment in connecting her PhD research with her legal studies. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been able to bridge my PhD to my JD for the first time in a clear, tangible way\u2026I get to be around all this legal scholarship, which is so exciting, and use these skills that I\u2019ve been developing over the past four years and put them into practice,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harris\u2019s dissertation examines how Black communities are conditioned to avoid interactions with police, even in the absence of personal negative experiences. She connects this research to <em>Commonwealth v. Warren<\/em>, a Massachusetts case that ruled a Black man\u2019s decision to flee from police in Boston is not sufficient evidence of guilt. Rather, the court ruled that, because of a history of racial profiling by the police, Black men \u201cmight just as easily be motivated by the desire to avoid the recurring indignity of being racially profiled as by the desire to hide criminal activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on this work, Harris\u2019s <em>Law Review<\/em> note explores the legal implications of avoidance, particularly the criminalization of flight. \u201cFor my PhD research, I can explore many different factors in avoidance, but the only one the law really focuses on is flight,\u201d she explains. \u201cSo, I\u2019m developing the concept of avoidance through flight\u2014arguing that flight should not be criminalized, because it\u2019s rooted in fear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of <em>Law Review<\/em>, Harris is deeply involved in the BU Law community, serving as co-president of the BU Black Law Students Association, a Lawyering Fellow, and an ASPIRE Scholar. She is also involved in the Women of Color Collective, First Generation Professionals, the Public Interest Law Society, and the Women\u2019s Law Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-636x477.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-1101x826.png 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-909x682.png 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-459x344.png 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-705x529.png 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board-917x688.png 917w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/BLSA-Board.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>BLSA e-board after their annual conference and gala. From left to right, Jackie Sheerin Weissenberg (&#8217;26), Osabohien Oduwa (&#8217;26), Timothy Johnson (&#8217;26), Aryssa Harris (LAW&#8217;26, GRS&#8217;26), Nero Dotson (LAW&#8217;26, Questrom&#8217;27), Solomon Hayes (&#8217;26), and Eden Ayala (&#8217;26). Not pictured is Tyler Roderick (&#8217;26).\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">Associate Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Engagement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/amber-r-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amber Woods<\/a> emphasizes Harris\u2019s leadership and dedication. \u201cI\u2019ve had the pleasure of working with Aryssa in her role as co-president of the Black Law Students Association. What impresses me most about her leadership is the combination of commitment, reliability, care, and discipline she brings to the position. These qualities all stem from her deep dedication to the communities she is part of and supports. Aryssa is the kind of leader who will always work alongside and not just \u2018above\u2019 her team because, as the saying goes, she doesn\u2019t just \u2018talk the talk\u2019\u2014she walks the walk.\u201d<\/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=\"1000\" height=\"1542\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/00000353.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Clara Burrill Bruce\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/00000353.png 1000w, 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649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>Looking Back<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 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\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 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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\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>Student Life<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2024\/breaking-law-review-barriers\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">Breaking Law Review Barriers<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">April 26, 2024<\/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\t\t<li 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