September, 2011

Dear BU Law Community,

As many of you know, the Graduate Program in Banking and Financial Law at Boston University School of Law is the oldest program of its kind in the United States. Since its inception in 1984, the program has trained more than 2,000 lawyers for leadership positions in both the domestic and foreign banking and financial services industries. The program has its roots in BU’s Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, which was founded in 1978 as the first institution in an American university devoted to the study of banking law. The Morin Center was initially founded to further research and writing in banking law studies. We are pleased to announce the continuation of that mission.

Beginning in Fall 2011, the Morin Center’s research and outreach to the legal community will be continued by the BU Center for Finance, Law and Policy, which will be headed by Professor of the Practice of Banking Law Cornelius K. Hurley. This center will report to the Provost of Boston University to encourage inter-disciplinary collaboration among different colleges and institutes under President Robert A. Brown’s “One BU” initiative.

The LL.M. Program in Banking and Financial Law, as well as the Review of Banking and Financial Law, will remain at BU Law and will be administered by the Graduate Program in Banking and Financial Law. Martin Lacdao (Banking LL.M. ’04) will continue in his role as Associate Director of the Graduate Program and will act as Advisor to the Review of Banking and Financial Law. He will be joined by Lorraine Kaplan (Assistant Director) and Shelly Chen (Program Coordinator).

We are confident that they will continue to keep BU Law in the forefront of banking and financial law studies.

Sincerely,

Maureen A. O’Rourke
Dean

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