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China is on the rise and law schools, as well as many other institutions of higher learning in the U.S., have taken notice.  BC, like many other law schools, is now offering a course on…

I saw Canadian Geese on the law school campus this morning. They were hanging out on the grass as I walked past them on one of the paths that weave between ivy-covered brick buildings. As I drove in to the parking lot I heard birds chirping and saw squirrels running around the base of the building. On my way into the library everyone I saw greeted me and I greeted them. I engaged in small talk with the students outside the building sitting on the bench and with the librarians as I checked out a bluebook to do my homework with.

After my 1L year, I wrote: “BC Law became my inevitable choice after my first visit.  I knew going in that I needed a comforting as well as challenging academic environment.  Admittedly, despite the many…

And I have great taste.  But if you would like a greater appeal to rationality, I would say that I have had the most wonderful time working with and getting to know my Professors.  They are wonderful teachers, of course, as you’d expect at a school of BC’s calibre, but it is a lot more than that.

So, this week I’ve decided to write an entirely different type of article.  As much as I love economics, math, and their ties into the law, I’m writing this week about why I chose to attend BC Law.

I have always loved the law with all of its nuances intricacies and seemingly endless exceptions.   I loved the law even before my love affair with economics began.  Law school seemed to be a natural fit for me.   I can say now that that has proven to be true.  What drew me to BC Law, in particular, though, was that unlike many law schools, it has a way of attracting and retaining students who truly are friendly and friendly and while naturally competitive, are not competitive to the degree that they would rip pages out of a law book to prevent a fellow law student from being able to read those pages.    BC Law also offered a strong selection of taxation and corporate classes that the little economist in me desired to take.  

During the 2004 presidential election, University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Ann Althouse inquired about Senator John Kerry’s intelligence based on the fact that he attended Boston College Law School.

I’ve

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