Middle Age Doesn’t Happen ‘Just Like That’

Adjunct Professor Jamy Buchanan Madeja comments on the recent Sex and the City reboot for The New York Times: “The show depicts 50-something people as if they were actually old already, not middle-aged.”

Dunn Stanisz ’07 Selected to Serve on President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

President Biden has announced his intent to appoint Hillary Dunn Stanisz ’07 to serve on the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Stanisz is a senior attorney at the Disability Law Center, the protection and advocacy agency for Massachusetts, where she focuses on advocating for appropriate community supports and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and conducting abuse and neglect investigations.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History

Listen back: NPR's 1A, Simone Yhap ’22, national chair of the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) discusses the historic confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Decision Demands Courts Look To History, Tradition

Does the Supreme Court’s ruling on gun restrictions put other regulations at risk? “There's no question that it does,” Professor Jeremy Paul tells USA Today. ”But it remains unclear which regulations are most likely vulnerable. The answer to that question….may come down to two members of the court’s conservative wing: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.”

Massachusetts Makes a Losing Bet on Gambling

“There is no good reason to provide hundreds of in-game betting opportunities and relentless advertising other than to recruit and exploit people who are at risk of a gambling problem,” write Professors Richard Daynard and Mark Gottlieb ’93 in a co-authored op-ed for The Boston Globe.