From 11/22-23, #BULaw hosted the National Moot Court Regional Competition.

Congratulations to the #BULaw team Ben MacKillop (’26), Haewon Lee (’26), and Bilal Mubarack (’26) on receiving the second highest brief score and advancing to the semifinals!

Last Friday, over 120 #BULLM students came together to celebrate Thanksgiving on campus.

The annual LLM Thanksgiving Dinner is an opportunity for students to share both good food and gratitude with their #BULLM community! 🧡🍁

Congratulations to students Allison Toledo (’28), Leena Khurana (’28), Roy Chang (’28), and Alex Guo (’28) for representing #BULaw at the 2025 ABA Regional Negotiation Competition!

On 10/14, BU Program on Reproductive Justice Executive Director Sapna Khatri and BUPRJ Research Assistant Georgia Aguilar (’27) visited the MA statehouse to testify in support of legislation promoting and enhancing the sustainability of birth centers and the midwifery workforce.

Congratulations to #BULawProf Susan Akram on receiving a 2025 “Top Women of Law” award from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly!

The Top Women of Law event celebrates the achievements of exceptional lawyers who are pioneers, educators, trailblazers and role models ➡️ masslawyersweekly.com/event/top-wo...

Join #BULaw on 11/24 for the Inaugural Tamar Frankel Lecture: “Corporate Governance Authoritarianism,” featuring Professor Ann Lipton (University of Colorado).

Learn more and register ➡️ www.bu.edu/law/engageme...

Dubbed “the intellectual godmother of the fiduciary rule,” #BULawProf Emerita Tamar Frankel broke barriers as a trailblazer in fiduciary and corporate law and as #BULaw’s first tenured woman professor.

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#BULawProf Enrique Prieto-Ríos says that it’s never been more important to understand the ways international law affects everyday people. Today, he will deliver the Annual Kleh Lecture: “UNGPs in Turbulent Times: Systemic Violence and Global Inequality."

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Join #BULaw on Tuesday, November 18, for “International Law: Dialogues Between Latin America and the United States” featuring a keynote from Justice Natalia Ángel-Cabo of the Colombian Constitutional Court.

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Veterans and first responders are reenergizing their #BULaw community. Alumni Rick McCombs (’73) and Sean Solis (’03) have created funds to help students thrive while Nicholas Wainwright (’25) and Tyler Roderick (’26) are connecting and empowering peers ➡️ www.bu.edu/law/record/a...

Join the Boston University Program on Reproductive Justice on 11/17 for a panel discussion examining two major Supreme Court cases this term and their potential impact on reproductive justice in the United States.

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Join #BULaw on Monday, November 17 for the Annual Kleh Lecture: “UNGPs in Turbulent Times: Systemic Violence and Global Inequality” presented by Professor Enrique Prieto-Ríos.

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A look back at some of the October Faculty Mentor Program meetings, or should we say, Matchtober meetings! At the start of the year, each 1L student is paired with a #BULawProf faculty mentor for guidance and community building.

Join @bulawreview.bsky.social on Friday, November 14, for its Fall 2025 Symposium: “The University and Democracy.”

Co-sponsored by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education, AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, and Critical Legal Collective.

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Last week, @massago.bsky.social Andrea Joy Campbell joined a fireside chat with #BULaw student Ivana Wijedasa (’26), Tai Walker of Western New England University School of Law, and Diamond Blaylock-Norris of @nusl.bsky.social.

Photos courtesy of the Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.

#BULaw is thrilled to congratulate the Honorable Rebeca Carrillo Martinez (LAW’92, Hon.’25) and Dr. Clarence B. Jones (’59) on each receiving 2025 Best of BU Distinguished Alumni Awards from @bualumni.bsky.social!

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Photos: Dana J. Quigley, DJQ Media LLC

Boston University School of Law had the honor of hosting United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as this year’s Shapiro Lecture speaker.

Learn more and watch the full lecture here ➡️ www.bu.edu/law/record/a...

Photography by: Colgan Johnson

Join #BULaw on 11/4 for “Tax Multilateralism in the Age of Shifting Geopolitics: What it Means for the Global South” with Everlyn Muendo (Tax Justice Network Africa) and Professor Attiya Waris (UN & University of Nairobi).

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Join #BULaw on 11/3 for a book talk on “Racial Capitalism and International Tax Law: The Story of Global Jim Crow” by #BULawProf <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wd6i5zk4pb7m6kxzzdijilof" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@islandtaxprof.bsky.social where experts will discuss the intersection of race, economics, and global tax policy.

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A public defender turned professor, #BULawProf Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud's scholarship explores the application of the Federal Constitution and criminal procedure in the US and its territories.

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Congratulations to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame inductees Joel R. Carpenter (’87), John C. Carroll Jr. (’74), Martha Coakley (’79), Leo J. Cushing (’85), Pamela S. Gilman (’84), David A. Lowy (’87), Ellen J. Messing (’77), & Neil Sugarman (’65)!

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This week, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sat at #BULaw to hear four cases, providing students a unique opportunity to witness live appellate arguments in front of a panel of federal judges and ask questions during a Q&A moderated by #BULawProf Michael Meurer.

Dean @aonwuachi.bsky.social shares, "The certificate will serve as an important signal to employers about our students’ continued preparedness for real-life legal practice &, more so, for their ability to evolve as the profession changes.”

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#BULawProf @azizaahmed.bsky.social will deliver the keynote address at the “Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science, and Policy” symposium, which will explore feminist approaches to public health, law, and social justice.

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Happy first day of classes, #BULaw! To welcome you back and set the tone for the new academic year, Dean and #BULawProf @aonwuachi.bsky.social has created a playlist of her favorite back-to-school jams.

Learn more and listen here ➡️ www.bu.edu/law/record/a...