Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Boston University’s School of Law hosted the second installment of its “Race, Law and Inequality” speaker series on Thursday entitled “Detecting Police ad Prosecutorial Discrimination: Some Theoretical and Methodological Thoughts.” ALI AUDET/ DFP FILE

BU School of Law reflects on structural racism within US law

Rachel Do December 9, 2020

In an ideal world, laws are meant to uphold justice. However, as evidenced by a history spanning slavery and Jim Crow laws, the United States has shown that legislation can reinforce racial inequality. To...

Yvonne Tang

Dear Men: Sexual assault allegations should be taken seriously

Yvonne Tang September 9, 2020
There is no world where a sexual assault survivor wins. The #MeToo movement is not about winning. It’s an effort to stop playing the game. 
The Leadership Brainery’s founders Derrick Young Jr. (left) and Jonathan L. Allen (right) in their new startup office on Beacon Street in Back Bay. COURTESY OF THE LEADERSHIP BRAINERY

Terriers InBiz: law student helps boost up first-generation college students at The Leadership Brainery

Eduard Miska October 11, 2018
Jonathan Allen was asked to share tips and tricks for managing student governments and affairs six years ago when he served as student body president for Grambling State University. That question would lead Allen, currently a third-year law student at Boston University’s School of Law and a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, to create the nonprofit The Leadership Brainery.
BU Law Class of 1970 alumnus Thomas Smith and his wife Sharon set up the Thomas Royall Smith and Sharon L. Smith Crisis Advocacy Fund to support BU Law students provide legal aid to communities after a crisis. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

LAW alum Thomas Smith establishes advocacy fund, better support service trips

Lavanya Prabhakar April 7, 2016

Boston University School of Law graduate Thomas Smith created an endowment to further fund the School of Law’s Spring Break Pro Bono Service Trips, according to a Monday release. Inspired by the...

The BU School of Law jumped six spaces to No. 20 on the most recent U.S. News & World Report law school rankings released on Wednesday. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU School of Law climbs the rank for third consecutive year

Meagan Schwarz March 21, 2016

Continuing a rise in ranking for its third consecutive year, Boston University’s School of Law was tied with the University of Iowa for the 20th best law school in the 2017 U.S. News and World Report...

After two and a half years of construction and renovations, the now LEED-certified Law Tower is complete. PHOTO BY L.E. CHARLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students, faculty pleased with completed Law Tower renovation

Samantha J. Gross September 3, 2015

Boston University School of Law students attended their first school day in the renovated Law Tower Wednesday after a two-and-a-half year construction project on the building. The tower, Pappas Law...

American Enterprise Institute Scholar Christina Hoff Sommers speaks at “Freedom Feminism: The Best Way Forward in the Gender Wars” Monday at the Boston University School of Law. PHOTO BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

LAW panel posits new future for ‘Freedom Feminism”

Andrea Kaufman April 2, 2015

In light of outspoken feminist Christina Hoff Sommers' recent book, "Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today," Boston University's Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy...

A Feb. 19 panel spoke about the impacts of the recent injunction on U.S. President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration. GRAPHIC BY KATELYN PILLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In immigration injunction’s wake, panel looks at those pulled under

Andrea Kaufman February 26, 2015

In light of U.S. President Barack Obama's immigration policy woes, Boston University's School of Law held a panel on Feb. 19 to explore the history of immigration policy in the United States. On Feb....

Students satisfied with law school experience, study suggests

Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2014

Students at institutions such as the Boston University School of Law still find value in pursing legal education, according to a recent survey. The report, administered by the Law School Survey of Student...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
BU LAW