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The Boston University School of Law will introduce a Compassionate Release Practicum next spring. The Practicum will help terminally-ill inmates seek relief. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

LAW introduces practicum on representing terminally ill prisoners

Lauren Ashe December 12, 2018
Boston University’s School of Law will introduce a Compassionate Release Practicum in the spring semester of 2019.
Leslie Walker, Carlos Monteiro and James Matesanz speak at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground panel “Mass Incarceration: Causes and Cures” Oct. 25 at the Boston University Law Auditorium. PHOTO BY LILIAN LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

HTC, BUA hold panel on mass incarceration in the state

Jackie Thérèse Rocheleau November 1, 2017

“The system sounds logical until you start peeling back the layers," said Leslie Walker, executive director of Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts. The system she's talking about is the...

Trudy Zimmerman speaks at the Boston University Initiative on Cities’ “Reducing Disparities and Promoting Well-Being in Boston: The Role of the BU Community” discussion Wednesday in the Questrom School of Business. PHOTO BY JESS RICHARDSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Faculty, administration showcase how BU improves city

Taylor Kocher October 27, 2016

Boston University students, staff and faculty gathered Wednesday afternoon in the Questrom School of Business to learn how BU students play an important role in improving the community in the surrounding...

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