2009 Retirements

Boston University School of Law congratulates Professors Michael Baram and Joseph Brodley on their well-earned retirement. We are grateful for their three decades of scholarship at the law school and wish them the best of luck for the future. We invite you to view and add comments to the professors' guestbook below.

Professor Michael Baram came to BU Law in 1981 and has taught environmental law, occupational health law, biotechnology law, corporate risk management and products liability. He also held faculty appointments at the School of Public Health and the Bioinformatics Department. He was previously a professor and dean at MIT and partner in the Boston law firm of Bracken and Baram. He has provided consulting and legal services to numerous public and private organizations including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the European Union. He has served on numerous expert committees and boards including several National Academy of Sciences Committees, the EPA Toxic Substances Advisory Committee, and chaired an American Bar Association Environmental Law Committee. As director of the Law School's Center for Law & Technology, he led research projects funded by the Sloan, Ford and National Science Foundations. His publications include seven books, including Managing Chemical Risks, Safety Management, Alternatives to Regulation, and Corporate Disclosure of Environmental Risks. His studies have been published by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the Administrative Conference of the United States, and other organizations, and more than 110 of his articles have been published in legal, professional and academic journals, books and other media including various law reviews, Science, The New York Times, Environmental Health Perspectives and Safety Science Journal.

Professor Joseph Brodley has been at the law school since 1979 and is The Honorable Frank K. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law. At the law school, he taught courses in antitrust law and economic regulation. He is recognized internationally for his experience in antitrust issues. In addition to lecturing in the United States and Europe, he has served as a consultant to many organizations including the Federal Trade Commission and the Ford Motor Company, and he has testified before numerous congressional committees. From January to June 2001, Professor Brodley served as visiting scholar at the Federal Trade Commission and earlier as a visiting fellow at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He has published numerous articles and papers in such journals as Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review and Boston University Law Review. Professor Brodley serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the American Antitrust Institute in Washington.

Professor Michael Baram's and Professor Josesph Brodley's Guestbook

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