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Awards

Every year, we recognize our students, faculty and alumni who have engaged in pro bono work. In the Fall, an alumnus is presented with the Victor J. Garo, Esq. Award for their pro bono service.

In the Spring, BU Law hosts a Year-End Pro Bono Celebration during which a faculty member and alumnus are presented respectively with a Alumni Pro Bono Award and a Faculty Pro Bono Award in recognition of their life-long commitment pro bono work. Below is a list of past award recipients and honorary speakers:

Pro Bono Kick-off - Fall 2009

Alumni Public Service Award: Edward Kelly (JD '91), LaRiviere Grubman & Payne, LLP.

Year-End Pro Bono Celebration - Spring 2009

Faculty Public Service Award Recipient: Professor Wendy Kaplan, Clinical Associate Professor of Law

Alumni Public Service Award Recipient: Lois Herzeca (JD ’79), Partner, Fried Frank

Pro Bono Kick-off - Fall 2008

Victor J. Garo Public Service Award Recipient: Martha Koster (JD ‘71), Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Year-End Pro Bono Celebration - Spring 2008

Faculty Public Service Award Recipient: Eva Nilsen, Supervisor, Student Defenders Program Clinical Associate Professor of Law

Victor J. Garo Public Service Award Recipient: Kenneth J. Parsigian (JD ’87), Partner, Goodwin Procter, LLP.

Pro Bono Kick-off - Fall 2007

Victor J. Garo Public Service Award Recipient: The Honorable Judge Julian Houston (JD '71), Retired Judge, Massachusetts Superior Court

Victor J. Garo Public Service Award Recipient: Al Wallis (JD '73), Executive Director of the Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest

Year-End Pro Bono Celebration - Spring 2007

Faculty Public Service Award Recipient: Professor Stan Fisher, Professor of Law

Alumni Public Service Award Recipient: Steven Fischbach (LAW '83), Community Lawyer, Rhode Island Legal Services

Pro Bono Kick-off - Fall 2006

Faculty Honorary Speaker: Dean Maureen O'Rourke

Alumni Honorary Speaker: Victor Garo (LAW ’65), The Law Offices of Victor J. Garo

Alumni Honorary Speaker: Stephanie Ives (LAW ’03), Associate, Goulston & Storrs