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BU Class of 2021 student commencement speaker Archelle Thelemaque

COM graduating senior Archelle Thelemaque delivers student commencement speech

Emily Stevenson May 18, 2021
Thelemaque's address was chosen out of dozens of submissions for Sunday's in-person ceremony.
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...

Boston University’s Student Employment Office. BU faculty and employers granted leniency to students who planned to take Election Day off. HANNAH YOSHINAGA | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU faculty, employers grant leniency to students who take Election Day off

Anne Jonas November 4, 2020
BU students, faculty and staff were able to request Election Day off, though some employers and professors gave the entire day off.
Demonstrators in front of a Roxbury police station, protesting police brutality. On Wednesday, Boston University held a Day of Collective Engagement to encourage faculty and students to have conversations about race. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Faculty, students spend day engaging in multi-faceted conversations on race

Cameron Morsberger June 24, 2020
BU hosted a “Day of Collective Engagement: Racism and Antiracism, Our Realities and Our Roles” Wednesday to encourage campus-wide conversation about racism. 
A representative from Boston University’s School of Law will testify at a hearing on outlawing hair discrimination in Massachusetts Tuesday. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Associate dean of LAW to testify at hearing for hair discrimination bill

Melissa Ellin January 27, 2020
BU LAW Associate Dean Anna di Robilant will testify at the Massachusetts State House Tuesday for changes to Bill H. 4295, which aims to make hair discrimination illegal in the Commonwealth, in the hopes of broadening the legislation’s scope, a LAW official said.
Boston University’s School of Law has been ranked the 20th best law school for black students in the country. ALI AUDET/ DFP STAFF

BU No. 20 on list of best law schools for black students

Alex LaSalvia May 1, 2019
LAW was ranked the 20th best law school in the country for black students.
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