{"id":79698,"date":"2021-05-22T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T14:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=79698"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:46:52","slug":"books-that-inspire","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2021\/books-that-inspire\/","title":{"rendered":"Books That Inspire"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default-alt has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-secondary-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=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig sits on a red couch, smiling, in the Butler atrium at BU Law\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium-1101x826.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium-909x682.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium-459x344.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/angela-onwuachi-willig-butler-atrium-917x688.jpg 917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\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\">From the Dean<\/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\tBooks That Inspire\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\">Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig on the books that have impacted her life.<\/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\">May 22, 2021<\/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\/angela-onwuachi-willig\/\">Angela Onwuachi-Willig<\/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-outlined has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-quaternary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>I was not one of those kids who was always in a corner with a book. We went to the library a lot, but my love of reading developed out of a hunger to learn about things I was not being taught in school. As I sat down to create this list, I thought not necessarily about my favorite books, but about those that were important to me at formative stages of my life. Some are books of such novelty and power that I wish I had written them myself. Others were on my mind this year because so many people have lost loved ones. In many ways, these books are about people striving for a better and more just world, but they are also about the people behind that striving\u2014the stories of the hurt and the trauma and the laughter\u2014and the humanity that we all share. I hope you enjoy them, and find inspiration in them, as I have.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle has-media\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"605\" height=\"645\" class=\"bu-blocks-background wp-image-79759\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird.png\" alt=\"Cover of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird.png 605w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-597x636.png 597w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-323x344.png 323w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird-496x529.png 496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Harper Lee<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p>One of my all-time favorite teachers introduced me to Harper Lee\u2019s <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. Ms. Halmicek provided an excellent example of how to push students to confront their own racism through education. As a girl who was frequently the only Black kid in my honors classes (because the honors system seemed only to racially segregate my schools), I took note of how she questioned my classmates about their assumptions and comments.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>Illusions<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Richard Bach<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p>A good friend recommended <em>Illusions<\/em>, by Richard Bach, to me in high school. Now that I am older and understand the role that structures and institutions play in determining a person\u2019s life outcomes, I can offer criticisms of the book\u2019s individualist approach. At that point of my life, however, believing in my nearly complete ability to shape my own outcomes was key.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>Kindred<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Octavia Butler<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p>A work of genius that you will not be able to put down, Octavia Butler\u2019s <em>Kindred<\/em> tells the story of a Black woman who finds herself uncontrollably (at least for a while) traveling back and forth between the 1970s and the antebellum period, where she is enslaved by one of her white ancestors.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>The House on Mango Street<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Sandra Cisneros<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p>I read <em>The House on Mango Street<\/em>, by Sandra Cisneros, in college, and it spoke to me like none other. In a collection of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza, a smart girl from a low-income, immigrant family who moves from rental to rental but dreams of having her own house, as she grows up in a culture where girls are not always encouraged to use their voices.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>Citizen<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Claudia Rankine<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p><em>Citizen<\/em> by Claudia Rankine is poetry but not poetry, vignettes and not quite vignettes. It uses unnamed protagonists to relay the pain and trauma of every-day microaggressions. It is incredibly effective.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Henry Louis Gates, Jr.<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p>I have been working on a Yale Law Journal book review essay of <em>Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow<\/em>, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., with University of Miami Law Professor Anthony Alfieri. A study of stereotypes of Black people that have persisted since slavery, the book inspired us to explore how these tropes have lived on in the US civil and criminal systems and how lawyers rearticulate them in the kinds of arguments they make.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>The Light of the World: A Memoir<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Elizabeth Alexander<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p>Elizabeth Alexander\u2019s <em>The Light of the World: A Memoir<\/em> is a beautiful book about the unexpected loss of her husband. In the midst of this pandemic, when so many have lost loved ones, readers will find solace in this book.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>The Fire Next Time<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">James Baldwin<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p><em>The Fire Next Time<\/em> by James Baldwin is a beautifully written and, sadly, timeless book. It consists of three letters that Baldwin wrote to his nephew about race in the US, with insights gained from the lives of Baldwin and the boy\u2019s father, Baldwin\u2019s brother.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Beverly Daniel Tatum<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p><em>Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?<\/em> by Beverly Daniel Tatum is one of the best, most accessible explanations of race and racism around. It is a must-read and full of great examples.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle record-block-editorial-listicle has-media\"><article class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-article\"><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"605\" height=\"645\" class=\"bu-blocks-background wp-image-79977\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/the-prophets-cover-crop.jpg\" alt=\"cover art of The Prophets, by Robert Jones Jr.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/the-prophets-cover-crop.jpg 605w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/the-prophets-cover-crop-597x636.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/the-prophets-cover-crop-323x344.jpg 323w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/the-prophets-cover-crop-496x529.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text wp-block-editorial-listicle-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Cover art by Vi-An Nguyen, Published by G.P. Putnam&#8217;s Sons<\/figcaption><\/figure><header class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-hed\"><em>The Prophets<\/em><\/h3><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-header-content-dek\">Robert Jones, Jr.<\/h4><\/div><\/header><section class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-content\"><p>Finally, I am a sucker for love stories, even when they are tragic. <em>The Prophets<\/em>, by Robert Jones, Jr., was published in January, and I am very much looking forward to reading it. It tells the story of two enslaved Black men who are in love with each other.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-listicle-section-meta\"><p class=\"wp-blocks-components-share-tools\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-action\">Share this<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/article><\/section>\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=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/love-is-blind-via-netflix.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Love is Blind, a 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https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-1984x1323.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/06\/munshots-George-Floyd-unsplash-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\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>Policing<\/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\/dean-angela-onwuachi-willig-commentary-the-fire-this-time\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">The Fire This Time<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">June 1, 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 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/Heather_Terrell_Landscape.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Heather Benedict Terrell\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/Heather_Terrell_Landscape.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/Heather_Terrell_Landscape-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/Heather_Terrell_Landscape-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/Heather_Terrell_Landscape-459x344.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/Heather_Terrell_Landscape-705x529.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\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 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src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Record, spring 2021\" class=\"wp-image-79416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-492x636.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-638x826.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-527x682.jpg 527w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-798x1032.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-1021x1321.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-266x344.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/05\/LAW-Record-S21-cover-409x529.jpg 409w, 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