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Biography. Jed Handelsman Shugerman joined BU Law in 2023 after spending a year as a visiting professor. He received his BA, JD, and PhD (History) from Yale. His book, The People’s Courts (Harvard 2012), traces the rise of judicial elections, judicial review, and the influence of money and parties in American courts.
Boston University School of Law Registrar’s Office 765 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Phone: 617-353-3115 Fax: 617-353-7400 E-mail: lawreg@bu.edu. Ordering Replacement Diplomas. All requests for diplomas are handled by the University Registrar’s Office. You may contact their Diploma Office at 617-353-3604 or via e-mail to diploma@bu.edu.
Only a quarter of lawyers of the time attended law school; most learned their trade through apprenticeship. The Law School became BU’s second school, introducing the first three-year sequenced curriculum and entrance requirements to legal education. Unlike most schools, BU Law accepted women and people of all races and religious beliefs.
Aziza Ahmed’s scholarship examines the intersection of law, politics, and science in the fields of constitutional law, criminal law, health law, and family law. Before joining Boston University School of Law, Ahmed was professor of law at University of California, Irvine School of Law. She also taught at Northeastern University School of Law.
Boston University School of Law, founded in 1872, is a top-tier law school with a dynamic community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The core of the BU Law experience isa supportive, engaging learning environment in which teachers guide, inspire, and challenge their students.
Aziza Ahmed’s scholarship examines the intersection of law, politics, and science in the fields of constitutional law, criminal law, health law, and family law. Before joining Boston University School of Law, Ahmed was professor of law at University of California, Irvine School of Law. She also taught at Northeastern University School of Law.
Much of his recent research has interrogated how and why various American legal regimes, including equal protection doctrine, function to reinforce and reproduce racial hierarchy. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the California Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, Utah Law Review, and Temple Law Review.
