Just Law
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Just Law, conceived and executed by Boston College Law School students, approaches the law through a student-focused lens. With interviews, student spotlights, insights into the law school experience, humor, and conversation, Just Law looks beyond the facts, rules, and issues, and considers the human side of the law. By focusing on people, Just Law asks the right questions, strives for..
Just Law
5M ago
Co-hosts Tom Blakely and Jim Fiore conduct a wide-ranging interview with alumnus Max Meglio, associate in the M&A and Private Equity group in the Sidley Austin's Boston office, to get his view on landing a job working in private practice. Prior to joining Sidley, Max was a law clerk for the Honorable Justice John Englander of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He was a Staff Writer and Senior Editor on the BC Law Review at Boston College Law School ..read more
Just Law
8M ago
Just Law co-host Tom Blakely interviews Boston College Police Chief and Executive Director of Public Safety William B. Evans. Evans previously served for decades on the Boston Police Department, working his way all the way up to Commissioner. He reflects on his personal and professional life, what it was like to manage the Boston Marathon bombing response, and his current position at Boston College ..read more
Just Law
10M ago
Tom Blakely and Jim Fiore talk to Professors Daniel Lyons and Kevin Powers about Elon Musk's "data dump" of documents related to Twitter's content moderation and alleged censoring of conservative opinions, along with the legal implications for the courts ..read more
Just Law
10M ago
Just Law co-host Tom Blakely interviews Lisa Gochman, who argued the landmark criminal sentencing case Apprendi v. New Jersey before the United States Supreme Court in March 2000. Her recently published memoir, At the Altar of the Appellate Gods (Indiana University Press, October 2022), "captures the terror, wonder, and joy of standing before the nine justices of the Rehnquist Court to defend the constitutionality of New Jersey’s Hate Crime Statute ..read more
Just Law
1y ago
Just Law Co-host Tom Blakely interviews Professor Lisa Alexander and David Price, Associate Director of BC Law's new Initiative on Land, Housing and Property Rights, to discuss affordable housing in Boston and the upcoming The Land Loss, Reparations & Housing Policy Conference on March 23-24 ..read more
Just Law
1y ago
Just Law podcast hosts Tom Blakely and Jim Fiore talk to three professors teaching in the first-year, Mark Brodin, Frank Garcia, and Daniel Lyons, to discuss their backgrounds, how they approach their classes, what the academic environment is like at BC Law, and how to prepare for your first semester ..read more
Just Law
2y ago
Just Law host Tom Blakely talks about legal careers in the Judge Advocate General Corps with USMC Captain and Officer Selection Officer Austin Lorah, and Evan Muller, 2nd Lieutenant and 1L at BC Law ..read more
Just Law
2y ago
Podcast hosts Tom Blakely and Ali Shafi talk to Professor Dan Farbman about the implications of fees imposed on North End restaurants, and related protests at Mayor Michelle Wu's residence ..read more
Just Law
2y ago
Just Law hosts Tom Blakely and Eddie Ward talk about the latest in Ukraine with associate professor Jennifer L. Erickson from the BC Political Science Department and International Studies Program. Her research interests include international security and arms control, conventional and nuclear weapons, and the laws and norms of war ..read more
Just Law
2y ago
Just Law Podcast members Tom Blakely, Sam Beyar, Eddie Ward and Jim Fiore talk about their BC Law experience and how it shapes up to the Reddit law school "advice" threads that dominated their lives leading up to matriculation ..read more