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By Jesse Stellato, March 28, 2008 

What does it mean to fight the good fight? Ask Debbie Satyal ‘08. Since first coming to law school in 2005, Satyal has dedicated herself to immigrant advocacy. In so doing, she has aspired to help some of the most underrepresented individuals in American society navigate their way through a complicated, and often confusing, legal system.

Now, in her third and last year at Boston College Law School, Satyal has published a chapter on immigration in a new anthology, Keeping Out the Other: A Critical Introduction to Immigration Enforcement Today.

Edited by David C. Brotherton and Philip Kretsedemas, Keeping Out the Other was published this earlier month by Columbia University Press in New York.

For the past week Guillaume Buell ‘09 has made Boston College Law School’s cafe his second office. His first, in the basement of Stuart, belongs to the Federalist Society. (Buell currently serves as President of that organization.)

In the cafe, however, Buell is not talking Con Law or politics — he’s talking to people everyday about eradicating melanoma by educating children and the community about prevention and detection of skin cancer.

Boston College Law School’s Business & Law Society and Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) are sponsoring a community service opportunity this Tuesday at the Legal Advocacy and Resource Center at Greater Boston Legal Services (LARC).

NEWTON, MA — BC Law recently instituted a program to encourage and recognize students for pro bono work during law school. The new Pro Bono Program encourages students to sign a pro bono pledge to do at least 50 hours of work during law school. Students then find a project or placement and complete public interest work on a pro bono basis. The program will recognize students for attaining three different levels of service, measured by the number of hours. Students who complete 100 hours of pro bono work will receive a letter from the Dean, recognition for Pro Bono Excellence at an awards ceremony during graduation weekend, and special recognition in the graduation program. Participants will also be recognized for work performed the previous year at a fall reception.

Eagleionline has confirmed that Attorney General Michael Mukasey will not receive the Founder’s Medal at Boston College Law School’s 2008 Commencement Ceremony.