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Bellarmine Law Society Review 
Volume XII Issue I             

 

Editor’s Note: Volume XII of the Bellarmine Law Society Review 
 
Rebecca Shan 
Boston College, shanr@bc.edu 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 
 

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EDITOR’S NOTE: 

VOLUME XII OF THE BELLARMINE LAW SOCIETY REVIEW 
 

REBECCA SHAN1* 

 

In the first issue of the Bellarmine Law Society Review’s twelfth volume, three 

undergraduate contributors explore a range of topical issues through the lens of legal 

analysis. First, Rose Kiefer analyzes the impact of U.S. boardroom gender quotas in the 

workplace, incorporating facets of legal, economic, and social theory to examine the future 

efficacy of these policies. In our second article, Grace Mendes presents a thorough study of 

energy legislation and the energy market through a focused consideration of California’s 

history with renewable technologies, especially solar power. Finally, Christopher Siegert 

surveys the history of the Writ of Habeas Corpus and its relevance to the federal 

government’s past usage of the Suspension Clause. As always, many thanks are due to each 

of these accomplished and capable authors for their rigorous research and the insight that 

their articles provide on a diversity of legal issues.   

As is the case with most spring issues of the Bellarmine Law Society Review, this 

issue marks the departure of our editor in-chief, Dennis Wieboldt, who assisted with the 

production of this issue in his emeritus capacity. During the 2019-2020 academic year, 

Wieboldt joined the Review, and upon assuming the editor in-chief position during the 2020-

2021 academic year, successfully transitioned the Review to an online, open-access journal. 

Since completing this transition, the Review has experienced a significant increase in 

domestic and international readership, a true testament to the value that undergraduate 

scholarship can bring to legal discourse. On behalf of the entire Editorial Board, my thanks 

and well-wishes are due to Wieboldt as he embarks on the next phase in his academic journey 

as an M.A. student in twentieth-century American history at Boston College.     

 

 
1* Rebecca Shan is the Editor in-Chief of the Bellarmine Law Society Review.