Win or Lose
According to prof. Jeffrey Cohen in ABC News, if Trump wins the presidency, the judge in the NY hush money case could opt to impose a lighter sentence - such as a day of probation - or opt to delay the sentence until Trump leaves office.
Faculty & Research
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From BC Law Magazine
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Explaining Constitutional Culture
Monan Professor Aziz Rana's newest book The Constitutional Bind (University of Chicago Press), on the loss of the Constitution's quasi-mythical status in American political culture, is called a "masterpiece."
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Professors Join Global Pilot Project
Cathleen Kaveny and Katharine Young are representing Boston College Law School as members of a new international and multi-university pilot project on Global Ethics and Social Trust.
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'Female Genius'
Founders Professor Mary Sarah Bilder was awarded the inaugural Faculty Prize for Scholarship, which recognizes Bilder's contributions to female history and the scholarly excellence of her book on Eliza Harriot.
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NUCLEAR ENERGY REVISITED
Professor Daniel Lyons makes the case that the US needs to reverse course and invest their resources in the nuclear revolution in order to reduce our carbon footprint.
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Fulbright to Uzbekistan
Associate Professor E. Joan Blum's Fulbright Teaching/Research grant will allow her to teach academic legal writing and conduct a case study of publication practices at Tashkent State University of Law in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The proficiency of our faculty is widespread, and they are often featured as subject-matter experts in the media.
