Our Faculty

Dedication to students—inside and outside the classroom—is what defines the BU Law faculty. It’s the core of the BU Law experience. When The Princeton Review called us one of the top 10 “overall academic experiences,” we knew they were talking about our faculty.

BU Law professors are nationally acclaimed for their legal skills and scholarship and are frequently sought out for advice by both the public and private sectors. They have written authoritative texts in key fields including copyright, contracts, tax, labor law, administrative law, securitization, constitutional law, legal ethics, antitrust, torts, civil procedure, international commercial arbitration and international law. You will learn from the nation’s top legal scholars.

Our student/faculty ratio of 12:1 is among the lowest of schools of comparable size. Not only will you benefit from smaller class sizes, but you will have more one-on-one interaction with your professors. In our clinics, our student/faculty ratio is 6:1.

“BU Law’s faculty cares about its students.” In a recent survey, 95 percent of first-year students either agreed or strongly agreed with that statement. We take student input about the learning experience seriously: BU Law students help interview candidates for full-time faculty positions and provide feedback to the School’s Faculty Appointments Committee.

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Full-time Faculty

Susan M. Akram, Clinical Professor of Law
immigration law, international human rights

George J. Annas, Professor of Law
health law, bioethics

Michael S. Baram, Professor of Law
environmental law, toxic torts, risk management, biotechnology law

Hugh Baxter, Professor of Law and Philosophy
social and legal theory, constitutional law, torts

Jack M. Beermann, Professor of Law
administrative law, civil rights, federal law

Daniel M. Berman, Director, Graduate Tax Program; Professor of the Practice of Tax Law
tax policy, tax legislation, international law

Robert G. Bone, Professor of Law
civil procedure, intellectual property, game theory

David Breen, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
criminal law and procedure, trial advocacy

Joseph F. Brodley, Professor of Law
antitrust law, economic regulation of high-tech industries

Constance Browne, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
civil litigation, trial advocacy, discovery practices

Robert G. Burdick, Director, Civil Law Clinical Program; Clinical Associate Professor of Law
negotiation, ethical decision making

Daniela Caruso, Professor of Law
European Union law, comparative law, contracts

Kristin Collins, Associate Professor of Law
civil procedure, gender and law, legal history

Mary S. Connaughton, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
civil litigation, trial advocacy, evidence

Judith E. Diamond, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
trial advocacy, civil litigation

Stacy Dogan, Professor of Law
intellectual property, trademark law

Ward Farnsworth, Professor of Law
tort law, civil procedure, contracts

Alan L. Feld, Professor of Law
tax law, law and the arts, charitable giving

Stanley Z. Fisher, Co-founder and Trustee, New England Innocence Project; Professor of Law
criminal law and procedure, wrongful convictions

James Fleming, Professor of Law
constitutional theory, torts

Tamar Frankel, Professor of Law
fiduciary law, securitization, mutual funds

Leonard Glantz, Professor of Law
public health law

Wendy Gordon, Professor of Law
copyright, intellectual property, rhetoric

Ernest M. Haddad, Associate Dean for Special Projects; Professor of Law
nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, health law

Michael C. Harper, Professor of Law
labor and employment law, sports law, entertainment law

Neil S. Hecht, Director, The Institute of Jewish Law; Professor of Law
Jewish law

Cornelius Hurley, Director, Morin Center for Banking & Financial Law; Professor of the Practice of Banking Law
financial services

Keith N. Hylton, Professor of Law
law and economics, antitrust, torts and employment law

Maria O’Brien Hylton, Professor of Law
labor law, employee benefits, work and poverty

Wendy Kaplan, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
criminal law, juvenile justice

Sean Kealy, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
legislative process and advocacy

Lois H. Knight, Director, Clinical & Trial Advocacy Programs; Clinical Professor of Law
trial advocacy

Andrew Kull, Professor of Law
contracts, restitution, commercial law

Pnina Lahav, Professor of Law
constitutional law, freedom of speech

Gary S. Lawson, Professor of Law
administrative law, constitutional history, jurisprudence, property

Gerald Leonard, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs;
Professor of Law
American legal history, criminal law

David Lyons, Professor of Law and Philosophy
moral, political and legal theory, political responsibility and resistance, racism and law

M. Tracey Maclin, Professor of Law
criminal procedure, constitutional law, Fourth Amendment

Wendy K. Mariner, Professor of Law
health law and reform legislation, patient rights, managed care

Stephen G. Marks, Professor of Law
law and economics, corporate law

Linda McClain, Professor of Law
family law, jurisprudence, feminist legal theory

Michael J. Meurer, Professor of Law
intellectual property, patents, law and economics

Frances H. Miller Professor of Law
health law, trusts and estates

Walter W. Miller, Jr. Professor of Law
bankruptcy, commercial code, contracts

Abigail Moncrieff, Associate Professor of Law
health law

Nancy J. Moore, Professor of Law
professional responsibility, torts

Eva S. Nilsen, Clinical Associate Professor of Law
trial advocacy, sentencing, drug policy

Maureen A. O’Rourke, Dean; Professor of Law
commercial law, intellectual property

Kevin Outterson, Associate Professor of Law
health law, corporate law

William W. Park, Professor of Law
international business transactions and arbitration, international tax

Daniel G. Partan, Professor of Law
international law, international trade

Mark Pettit, Jr., Professor of Law
contracts, consumer law, evidence

Anna di Robilant, Associate Professor of Law
comparative law, European legal history, property

David Rossman, Director, Criminal Law Clinical Programs; Professor of Law
criminal procedure, criminal practice

Robert B. Seidman, Professor of Law, Emeritus
law and development, legislative drafting

David J. Seipp, Professor of Law
English legal history, property law

Katharine Silbaugh, Professor of Law
family law, feminist theory, employment law, work-family conflict

Kenneth W. Simons, Professor of Law
criminal law, torts, moral and political philosophy

Theodore S. Sims, Professor of Law
taxation, public finance

Robert Sloane, Associate Professor of Law
criminal law, international law, transnational criminal law

Robert Volk, Director, First-Year Writing Program; Associate Professor of Legal Writing
legal writing, gay and lesbian legal rights

David I. Walker, Professor of Law
taxation, corporations, executive compensation

Jay D. Wexler, Professor of Law
law and religion, administrative law, environmental law

Charles K. Whitehead, Associate Professor of Law
corporations, securities regulation, financial institutions

Larry W. Yackle, Professor of Law
constitutional law, federal courts, habeas corpus

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