Gallery
The photos below come from a variety of sources, including the BC Law Library and BC Law Magazine archives and the personal collections of multiple community members. We welcome additions to this collection, as well as assistance naming any unidentified individuals in these images.
Full-resolution versions of many of the below images are searchable, viewable, and downloadable from the BC Law institutional repository, LIRA.
BC Law students gather on the lawn, mid-to-late 1970s.
Talmadge D. Veale '76 and David A. Cooper '76 in front of Trinity Chapel, 1976.
BC Law students gather on the lawn, mid-to-late 1970s.
BC Law students gather on the lawn, 1976. On left, Charles "Chuck" Walker '78. On right, Willie C. Thompson Jr. '76.
Law students study in the yellow room (then blue!), mid-to-late 1970s.
BC Law students gather on the lawn, 1976. On right, Willie C. Thompson Jr. '76.
BC Law student studies on the lawn, mid-to-late 1970s.
BC Law student, mid-to-late 1970s.
Mendelssohn McLean '78 and Rudy Drayton '78.
BC Law students gather on the lawn, mid-to-late 1970s.
BLSA graduates from the class of 1978. Standing, from left to right: Joann Russell, Andrea 'Bunny' Ford, Mendelssohn McLean, Robert Beatty, David Allmond, Tony Washington, Charles "Chuck" Walker. Sitting, from left to right: Rose Dennis, Bonita "Bonnie" Birkland, Patricia Long, Laurel Guild, Pamela Lilly, Mercedes Evans. Not pictured: Rudolph Drayton.
Judge David Nelson '60 and Charles "Chuck" Walker '78, in the 1980s.
Participants in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, from the student newspaper The Alledger (March 7, 1983).
Black Law Students Association (BLSA) event flyer from February 1985, published in the student newspaper, The Alledger.
Judge David Nelson '60 with Father J. Donald Monan, S.J. (then University President) at the 1987 BC Law commencement.
Ruth-Arlene Howe '74 on the job as a faculty member at BC Law, circa 1980.
Professor Ruth-Arlene Howe leads her class in a discussion.
Professors Anthony Farley, Carmen Espinoza, Alfred Yen, and Ruth-Arlene Howe.
The Hon. Okla Jones II '71 with former law school deans Avi Soifer and Dick Huber at the 1995 BAN 10th anniversary celebration.
Valerie Colbert '97, Tanya Campbell '97, and Kai Adair (DuBose) '97 at a Kwanzaa celebration in 1996.
Members of the class of 1997, before graduation: Valerie Colbert, Michael Thomas, Patty Fairweather, Chrystie Boucrée, Kai Adair, Tanya Campbell, Christina Cobb, Lubbie Harber, Roy Christopher Harris.
Patty Fairweather '97 with John Tarantino of the Rhode Island Bar Association Executive Committee, 1997.
Cleo Anderson '00 and Frank Gaither '99, Fall 1997.
Cleo Anderson '00, Yasmin Abou-Zied Taylor '00, and Frank Gaither '99, Fall 1997.
Pamela Kearse '00, Monique McNeil '00, and Cleo Anderson '00, Fall 1997.
Tanya Campbell, Valerie Colbert, Kai Adair (DuBose), and Roy Christopher Harris (all class of 1997) pose together at graduation.
Josephine McNeil, Mildred Quinones-Homes, and Joseph Holmes at a BC Law Class of 1987 reunion party.
Cleora Anderson '00, Tamara Devieux '00, Sharee McKenzie '01, and Pamela Kearse '00, circa 1997.
Damon Hart '99 with a classmate, 1998.
Tiana Walton '01 and Charles Banks '01, circa 1999.
Professor Reginald Alleyne with a student, 1998. Professor Alleyne taught Civil Procedure as a visiting professor from 1996-2004.
Tamara Devieux '00 and Nicole Whittington Demby '01, circa 1999.
BLSA group photo, late 1990s.
BLSA Kwanzaa celebration, 1999.
Professor Mary Bilder and Professor Ruth-Arlene Howe, circa 1999.
Students study in the law library, circa 1999.
Circa 1999.
Monique McNeil '00 and Pamela Kearse '00, circa 1999.
Students chatting between the lower parking lot and the Stuart lawn, circa 1999.
Earl Adams '02 (second from left) and classmates at a student BBQ, circa 1999.
Curtis Watson '00, Lamar Willis '99, Ernie Dennis '99, and McCray Pettway ’99.
BC Law family: cousins Lamar Willis '99, Yolanda Williams Rabun '94, Kali Billingslea '04, and Kimberly Curry '05.
Pratt Wiley '06 won BLSA's Trailblazer Award in 2018.
A few of our 2006 BLSA grads—Tiffany Buckley, Meagan Garland, Olubunmi Olotu, and Pratt Wiley—break in their stoles before graduation.
Robert Beatty '78 was profiled in BC Law Magazine in 2007 about his efforts to revitalize Black media in Florida with his acquisition of the Broward Times newspaper.
Jesse Navarez '09, unknown, D'Andre Fernandez '10, Emily Hubbard '10, Ashley Quigless '10, and Donn Dingle '10.
Bianca Forde '08 practices an oral argument.
Judge Benjamin Jones '69 and Ruby R. Wharton '69 (center) were the keynote speakers at the 2009 Ruth-Arlene Howe Heritage Dinner. Wharton was the first Black woman to graduate from BC Law.
Walter Prince '74, Robert V. Ward Jr., Steven Wright '81, Hon. Leslie Harris '84, Charles "Chuck" Walker '78, and Hon. Michael Bolden. Photo by Sandy Middlebrooks.
Judge Leslie Harris '84 and Walter Prince '74 share a silly moment at a 2009 alumni event. Photo by Sandy Middlebrooks.
Alisa Drayton '02, Robert Harrison III '01 (former LSA president), Peter Lyle '01, Charles Banks '01, Yolanda Lyle '01, and Evan Hammonds '01 hang out with former classmates in 2011.
Welcome picnic, circa 2011.
Alex Mancebo '13 and Jennifer Kent '13, circa 2011.
Bianca Pete '13 and Shantel Watters '14, circa 2011.
Dionna Shear '14, David Rollins '14, and Shantel Watters '14, circa 2011.
Jasmin Freeman '14 with classmates, braving the snowy law school parking lot, circa 2011.
Jasmin Freeman '14 and Nina Harrison '14.
Welcome picnic, 2011.
Shantel Watters '14 and Andrew Collins '12, circa 2011.
BLSA event, circa 2012.
Josephine McNeil '87 during the 2012 BC Law reunion weekend.
Walter Prince '74 and Steve Wright ' 81 chat with former Dean Vincent Rougeau, circa 2012.
Jennifer Castillo '12 receives an ethics award for her work with the Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project.
BC Law family: Walter Prince '74 with his daughter, Marisa L. Prince '11.
Professor Richard Albert (now at University of Texas School of Law) teaches a 1L Constitutional Law class, circa 2013.
Sean Fontes '00 and Eleanor Williams '06 at a 2014 BAN meeting.
Chad McDaniels '14 (JD/MBA) listens attentively to a talk in East Wing 115.
Former dean Vincent Rougeau with Rep. Bobby Scott '73 at the 2015 BC Law Holiday Party in D.C.
Kelley Crisp '15.
The Honorable Kenneth Desmond ’90 of the Massachusetts Appeals Court speaks at a 2017 BLSA event on careers and the value of keeping oneself open to unexpected opportunities.
Alain Mathieu '17.
Erinn Cawthon '17.
2018 celebration of winners of the Ruth-Arlene Howe Black Student Leadership Initiative scholarship. Standing: Taisha N. Sturdivant ’16, Rodline Louijeune ’17, Yetunde Buraimoh ’19, and Cusaj Thomas ’19. Seated: Professor Howe and her husband, Theodore H. Howe.
The Hon. Geraldine Hines (SJC, Ret.) gives her inaugural lecture as the Rappaport Distinguished Visiting Professor on law, race, and social justice, January 2018.
Students and alums at the 2018 BLSA conference: Saba Habte '18, Susan Maze-Rothstein '85, Evelynne Swaggerty '84, Alisa Drayton '02, Hon. Leslie Harris '84, Angelica Rankins '18, Olubunmi Olotu '06, Chuck Walker '78, D'Andre Fernandes '10, Adanna Uwazurika '18, Hon. Wilbur Edwards '84, Wagner Soto '18, Arianne Waldron '14, Jermaine Kidd '07, James Jones '04.
Aisha Jorge Massengill '95 was profiled in BC Law Magazine in 2021 for her work as counsel for Under Armour.
Stephanie Johnson '19 juggled class, law review, and being BLSA co-president before heading into the world of affordable housing law.
BAN/BLSA summer BBQ at Danilo Avalon's house, 2019.
Judge Leslie Harris '84 takes the mic at a 2019 film screening of The New Klan: Heritage of Hate, sponsored by BLSA.
Hernandez Stroud (inaugural recipient of the Robert F. Drinan Visiting Assistant Professorship) and Adriana Jean Louis (founder of a doula agency that works with underserved communities in Massachusetts) at 2019 panel discussion sponsored by If/When/How: Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the Black Law Students Association.
The Hon. Rosalyn Robinson '73 at the unveiling of her portrait in honor of her 2019 retirement from the bench in Pennsylvania. Courtesy of Dickinson College.
BLSA/BAN Barbeque, May 2021.
BLSA/BAN Welcome BBQ, August 2021.
David Julien, K. P. Ifediba, Billie Bioku, Johnallen McKinney, and Travis Salters (Class of 2023).
Praise Bartholomew '24, Nancy Kyei '24, and Tyler Barton '24 at BLSA's inaugural Women's Empowerment Brunch, 2022.
Wayne Budd '63 with former members of his law firm, around the 2022 creation of the Wayne Budd Scholarship Fund. Top, left to right: Tom Reilly ’70; Steven Wright ’81; Ralph Martin; Wayne Budd ’63, and R. Malcolm Graham ’74; and, bottom: Stephanie Lovell; Craig Browne; Fletcher “Flash” Wiley; and Dean Richlin.
Professor Ingrid Hillinger and Taisha Sturdivant '16 at the BLSA Women's Empowerment Brunch, 2022. Professor Hillinger has served for years as a BLSA advisor and has a particular talent for connecting students with alums!
The 2022 BLSA Day Party.
Arianne Waldron '14 receives an award at Law Day 2022. From left: Zane Fernandez '21, D'Andre Fernandez '10, Christopher Shaw '04, Sophia Hall '12, Danielle Pelot '04, Rosaline Valcimond '05, Judge Leslie Harris '84, Arianne Waldron '14, Travis Salters '23, Mercedes Evans '78, Nancy Kyei '24, Praise Bartholomew '24, and Vannessa Lawrence '22.
Tanisha Sullivan JD/MBA '02, Susan Maze-Rothstein '85, and Taisha Sturdivant '16 at the BLSA Women's Empowerment Brunch, 2022.
BLSA members Billie Bioku '23, Berlindyne "Bebe" Elie '24, and Kaela Hardy '24 hang out at Distict 7 Tavern in Roxbury, owned by Arianne Waldron '14.
Chiquisha "Keisha" Robinson '05 accepts the Hon. David S. Nelson Public Interest Law Award in 2022.
Kalin Holmes '26 and Daniel Hamm '24, with Dean of Admissions Shawn McShay.
Adonis Pitts '25 and Kalah Thompson '25 in the fall of 2022.
Professor Thomas Mitchell leads his 1L property class, 2022.
Professor Lisa Alexander leads her Corporations class, 2022.
Front row: Fax Victor, Bouchra "Mimi" Danielkebir, Kendil Johnston-Tinsley, Deja Bryant, and Alex Bell. Back row: Grant Ford, Jamal Finn, Jason O'Dwyer, Ellis Taylor, and Nikolas Policelli. (Class of 2025).
Lisa Brathwaite (Assistant Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), Allyson Wilkinson '16, and Arianne Waldron '14 at the 2023 BLSA/BAN Welcome BBQ.
Joshua Williams '26 and Collins Yawe '26 play cornhole on Orientation Day, August 2023.
Grant Ford '25, Deja Bryant '25, Sydney Tresvant '24, Amanda Rountree '24 at the 2023 Ruth-Arlene Howe Heritage Banquet.
Chinyere Okogeri '21, Zane Fernandez '21, Judge Leslie Harris '84, Allyson Wilkinson '16, Ronald Gonzalez '91, Rosaline Valcimond '05, Arianne Waldron '14, Judge Wilbur Edwards '84, Evelynne Swagerty '84, D'Andre Fernandez '10, Yetunde Buraimoh '19, James Jones '04.
"Race and Wrongful Convictions" event, co-sponsored by the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy and the BC Law Innocence Program (BCIP), September 2023. Panelists, from left: Jeffery Robinson, the Hon. Geraldine Hines, Jarrett M. Adams, Professor Sharon Beckman, and Sam Gross (onscreen); Lissy Medvedow (at podium).
Professor Ruth-Arlene Howe '74 with faculty colleagues Sanford Katz and Hugh Ault. Professor Howe took Contracts from Professor Katz during her first year at BC Law and worked with him for many years as fellow experts in family law.
Evelynne Swagerty '84, Judge Wilbur Edwards '84, Beverly Harris, Judge Leslie Harris '84, and Lloyd Hancock '24 before the 2023 Ruth-Arlene Howe Heritage Banquet.
Javon Davis '23 and Mariatu Okonofua '23, a month before their 2023 graduation.
Professor Emeritus Ruth-Arlene Howe '74 with her BC BLSA Lifetime Achievement Award, April 2023.
Kaela Hardy '24, Elizabeth Morrison '22, Imani Roberson '24.
Students, alums, faculty, and staff gather around Professor Ruth-Arlene Howe '74 at the 2023 Women's Empowerment Brunch.
Crystal Aneke '24 celebrates winning the Top Women in Law Scholarship as a 3L. From left: Ré Cooper '24, Crystal, Arianne Waldron '14 (front), Lisa Brathwaite (Assistant Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) and Shawn McShay (Assistant Dean of Admissions).
1Ls David Lewis, Elias Massion, Noah Francois, and Starrchild Jackson suit up for a Career Services event in the Law Library, Fall 2023.
Newly minted 1Ls Collins Yawe, Kalin Holmes, David Lewis, Mike Jean-Louis, and Julie Renfroe study in the Law Library, Fall 2023.
Judge Leslie Harris '84 holds court with students at the 2023 BAN/BLSA barbeque.
Francis Lubega '26 and David Lewis '26 chat with their new classmates at the 2023 BAN/BLSA BBQ.
Lloyd Hancock '24, Ashley Walters '25, Daniel Hamm '24.
Berlindyne "Bebe" Elie '24, Arianne Waldron '14, and Amy Onyonyi '24 at the 2023 Ruth-Arlene Howe Heritage Banquet.
Ibrahim Bah '24 gets ready to bowl at a 2023 BLSA event.
Law Student Association president and former BLSA co-president Reginé "Ré" Cooper ’24 raises her glass at the 2023 Women's Empowerment Brunch.
Travis Salters '23 leads a panel at the 2023 BLSA conference, with Attorney Steven Hanton, Tevia Pollard '15, Chiquisha Robinson '05, Chuck Walker '78.
Leading up to the annual AALS meeting in DC, Dean of Admissions Shawn McShay met with BAN members from the classes of 1978-80. From left, standing: Charles "Chuck" Walker, Dean Shawn D. McShay, and Mendelssohn McLean. From left, sitting: Betty Hawlett, Andrea Ford-Roberts, and Daruss Golden.
BLSA leaders Ashley Walters '25 and Coralie Deus '25 at the BLSA Women's Empowerment Brunch, 2024.
The BLSA Women's Empowerment Brunch, 2024.
Professor Sandy Tarrant, Bouchra "Mimi" Danielkebir '25, and Assistant Dean Lisa Brathwaite at the BLSA Women's Empowerment Brunch, 2024.
Group photo from the Boston College Black Law Students Association (BLSA) conference, "Affirnatively Black", Spring 2024.
Haley Cole '26 and Naomi Kalombo '26 greet attendees at the Spring 2024 BLSA conference.
Professor Jenna Cobb served as moderator for panelists Shawn McShay (Assistant Dean of Admissions), Andrea Akinbola (Goodwin Proctor), and Theresa Coney (Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services) in a session called The Aftermath of SFFA v. Harvard at the 2024 Spring BLSA conference.
Spring 2024 BLSA conference From left: Shawn McShay (Assistant Dean of Admissions), Ashley Walters '25 (BLSA co-president), Michael Kippins (Lawyers for Civil Rights), Bouchra "Mimi" Danielkebir '25 (BLSA co-president), and Lisa Brathwaite (Assistant Dean, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion).
Haley Cole, Mike Jean-Louis, Julie Renfroe, David Lewis, Noah Francois, Elias Massion (all class of 2026) hang out on Stuart Lawn.
