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PLUS LAWMAKING Broken BOSTON COLLEGE Pledges LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE Attorney WINTER 2020 Campaigns BC.EDU/BCLAWMAGAZINE Against College Hazing GREAT CASE War Crimes The Prosecutor Who Vanquished a Monster HISTORY Black Power Pre-War Slaves’ Legal Savvy Revealed DURING THE METEORIC RISE OF PELOTON, HISAO KUSHI ’92 HAS BEEN THE EXERCISE DISRUPTER’S ZEN-LIKE CO-FOUNDER AND GENERAL COUNSEL— A FUNNY, BRILLIANT MASTER OF CALM BC Law Magazine THE MAKING OF AN ADVOCATE Caroline Reilly ’19 has been a fierce proponent of women’s reproductive rights. For her final semester, she did an independent study on women’s health that she later adapted for an article in Teen Vogue, creating quite a buzz. Page 8 Photograph by WEBB CHAPPELL Contents WINTER 2020 VOLUME 28 / NUMBER 1 Clockwise, from top left, three gen- erations of the Warner family; James Dowden ’00 discusses his career; scientist Features Su Kyung Suh ’20 adds law to her creden- 36 tials; the need for equity in tax policy. 12 20 Easy Rider During the meteoric rise of Peloton, Hisao Kushi ’92 has been the exercise disrupter’s zen-like co-founder—a funny, brilliant master of calm. 18 By Elizabeth Gehrman 26 The Mighty Weight of Atrocity It fell to Dermot Groome ’85 to hoist the load of Ratko Mladić’s cruelty onto the bench of justice at the International Criminal 16 Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. It was a grue- some task. But he was the perfect man to do it. Foremost 8 Impact Independent study Esquire By Jeri Zeder 2 In Limine From the Editor. brings self knowledge and 36 Generations Three genera- public awareness. tions of the Warners. 3 For the Record 32 Updates and contributors. 10 Brainstorm 37 Class Notes I Am Why Dean Vincent Rougeau and Young women who’ve 4 Behind the Columns Martha Jones. 42 Alumni News endured the failings of the Cultivating the ability to David Bianchi ’79 takes juvenile justice system listen to others. 12 In the Field his fight against hazing find their power in a By Dean Vincent Rougeau James Dowden ’00, Robin from the court house to the new advocacy group that Pearson ’89, and four other state house. believes they are the true alumni on the job. agents of change. As one Docket 44 Click Reunion Weekend. of these new activists 6 In Brief The second annual 14 Faculty Scholarship puts it: “I am why we will International IP Summit Professor Katharine Young 46 Advancing Excellence no longer be invisible.” at BC Law; panels and offers a novel way to bring By David Reich & Vicki Sanders visiting thought leaders parties together. 48 The 2019 Reunion enliven Rappaport events; Giving Report On the Cover Peloton’s Co- Alexis Anderson’s legacy; 16 Candid Su Kyung Suh ’20 . founder and Chief Legal Officer newsmakers and prizewin- 52 In Closing What’s next in Hisao Kushi ’92 was photographed at the company’s New York office. ners; PILF by-the-numbers; 18 Evidence Tax policy needs a the world of work? Photograph by Joshua Dalsimer Around the Academy. fix in favor of equality. By Professor Thomas C. Kohler Photographs, clockwise from top left, WEBB CHAPPELL; JARED CHARNEY; DIANA LEVINE; illustration, PIETARI POSTI Winter 2020 BC LAW MAGAZINE 1 IN LIMINE Foremost In this age of uncommon indecency, that and under emphasis on equity. A graphic rep- Upholding the noble idea has suddenly become a very tall resentation of Repetti’s findings is on page 18. Law of the Land order. America has been under siege before, Florida attorney David Bianchi ’79 has of course. This time, democracy itself seems represented families devasted by the deaths of One thing that can be said about the threatened by a surprising foe: the body poli- sons from college hazing rituals. Not content Boston College Law School com- tic within. The structure that sustains the to leave the matter in court, he headed to the munity is that no two of its members nation—what had seemed a sturdy-timbered legislature to change state law (page 42). Pro- are alike. Their personalities, perspectives, constitution with its freedoms, rights, and fessor Francine Sherman ’80, who has spent and strengths are dizzyingly diverse. And yet? balance of powers—is now being splintered her career on juvenile rights matters, has And yet, most share a common belief: They by partisanship, greed, and propaganda. started an advocacy group for system-involved were put on this planet to make a positive All of which leaves those sworn to uphold young women that empowers them to become impact and to leave the world a more compas- the law of the land asking: What now? activists on their own behalf (page 34). sionate and law-abiding place. Fortunately, as our governing document Dermot Groome ’85 has taken his battle dictates, many among us already are well to different front, one with implications for positioned to “establish Justice, insure do- justice on a global scale—and, on a micro level, mestic Tranquility, provide for the common for America’s soul. Not only has he served as defense, promote the general Welfare, and senior prosecutor in eight trials at the Inter- secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves national Criminal Tribunal for the Former and our Posterity.” Yugoslavia, he also wrote the book on investi- Here are some examples. gating human rights abuses. The newest weapon in tax professor James In the article on page 26 about his handling Repetti’s arsenal to safeguard the general of the trial of Ratko Mladić, Groome holds up welfare is a law review article packed with a mirror for America to view the bitter end of empirical evidence showing how our culture, bigotry and hate. 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