Meet the Staff
Christine Marx, Esq., Associate Dean for Student Affairs
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Chris Marx is a native of Wisconsin (yes, she loves cheese and the Packers!) but adopted Boston as her home in 1984. She received her B.A. and M.S.W. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Before entering law school, Dean Marx worked in Chicago for The Chicago Tribune. She subsequently received her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she was selected to Order of the Coif. During law school, Dean Marx was selected as an intern with the Honorable Robert Warren, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
After law school, Dean Marx clerked for the Honorable R. Thomas Cane, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and for the Honorable William Bablitch, Wisconsin Supreme Court. After moving to Boston, she was a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Dean Marx then practiced law at a small Boston firm, concentrating on litigation, corporate and appellate work. Although she enjoyed practice, she also wanted to combine her law and social work degrees, and found the perfect opportunity at BU Law. She joined the School as Assistant Dean in 1987, and has taught the First-Year Research & Writing Seminar.
Dean Marx has served as Chair, Chair-Elect, Secretary, and on the Executive Committee of the AALS Student Services Section. She also is a member of the Board of Directors of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Massachusetts, the sole lawyer assistance program in Massachusetts exclusively dedicated to helping judges, lawyers and law students with the many personal and professional issues of life in the law.
Dean Marx loves music, art, travel, sports, reading, cooking and not-too-strenuous workouts (to compensate for the cooking!).
Josh Cooper, Esq., Assistant Director for Student Affairs
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Josh joined the Student Affairs Office in May of 2005 as the student services coordinator. Before coming to BU Law he practiced at a small firm outside of Worcester. The firm's primary focus is real estate law and Josh mainly dealt with residential transactions representing various banks throughout the area. Also an advocate of mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, Josh is a certified mediator in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 233 Section 23C. He has spent time mediating for a non-profit organization and for Small Claims Court in Cambridge.
Although an attorney, Josh seemed headed down the path for higher education long before he arrived at BU Law. As a law student Josh ran the Student Ambassador Program and served as a member of the Board of Governors for their Student Bar Association. As an undergraduate he managed an Admission Outreach Program, was a peer counselor at the Career Center, and also spent two years hearing Appeals cases through the college's judiciary system.
Outside of work Josh volunteers for his undergraduate alma mater. As part of their alumni recruitment team he helps out with college fairs and interviews in Massachusetts. When not doing things related to education, Josh can typically be found running or biking somewhere, or playing soccer and basketball. Recently he has started an informal BU Law faculty/staff and student pick up basketball game. A great chance for everyone to get out the classroom frustrations! Hopefully there will be more frequent hoops down the road.
Josh earned his B.A. from Hamilton College as a double major in Government and Studio Art. He received his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. Josh also has an Ed.M. with a specialization in Higher Education Administration from Boston University School of Education.
Nicole G. Price, Esq., Associate Director for Academic & Multicultural Affairs
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Prior to joining the Student Affairs Office, Nicole practiced in the private and government sectors in New York, Virginia, and Massachusetts. She has counseled clients on immigration issues involving O1 work visas and green cards, as well as drafted wills and trusts for clients. Nicole is also admitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia. There she helped clients with foreclosure and garnishment issues in addition to, representing clients in their 341 Creditors’ meeting. Nicole has spent time litigating cases as an Assistant County Attorney in Prince William County, Virginia. In this role, she represented the Department of Social Services in child abuse and neglect cases.
While in law school, she worked in the Career Services Office as well as the Legal Skills Office, the office that administers the program that teaches law students the practical skills of lawyering. Additionally, Nicole had the awesome opportunity to study abroad in Florence, Italy while in law school.
Nicole holds a B.A. in Rhetoric and Communication Studies from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the College of William & Mary, Marshall Wythe School of Law. Nicole is the author of Don’t Get Caught Up in the Hype, an essay published in Conquering the Bar Exam and is currently developing a course to assist law students in bar exam essay writing.
Lisa Terrasi, Program Coordinator
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Lisa grew up on Long Island, New York and came to Boston for college. She graduated from Boston University in 2006 with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in French. While at BU, Lisa participated in the Boston University Paris Internship Program for the Spring semester of 2005. She also worked in the Law School part-time as an Administrative Assistant for two years in the Dean’s Office and the Office of Finance and Facilities. She joined the Student Affairs office full-time as Program Coordinator in May 2006 immediately after graduating. While working in the Student Affairs Office, she worked on her Masters Degree in Higher Education Administration from BU School of Education part-time and received the degree in September 2007. Now that she has a break from being a student, she enjoys running and exercising.