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05.09.08: BU Law Annnounces Commencement Speaker, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas ('88)
05.05.08: From Securities Regulation to Jessica Simpson, Chris Barnstable-Brown ('08) prepares for family's Kentucky Derby gala
05.02.08: President Bush designates Professor William W. Park to World Bank’s dispute resolution body
05.01.08: Kenneth J. Parsigian ('87) receives BU Law's 2008 Pro Bono Alumni Award
04.11.08: Professor Tamar Frankel publishes book: Trust and Honesty in the Real World
04.07.08: Mary Gallagher- "Harvard Law may give tuition waiver for service"
04.01.08: Holland & Knight Partner Deborah E. Barnard ('87) Honored by the Women's Law Association at Boston University School of Law
03.28.08: Becoming a Lawyer: Personal statements from BU Law’s entering class
03.28.08: William Ryckman, Jr., BU Law Professor of 46 years, announces his retirement
03.26.08: BU Law's Health Law Conference featured: "Need for patients' rights debated"
03.21.08: BU Law Alumni Across the U.S. Interactive Map
03.21.08: An interview with Judge Harry Elam (Class of 1951)
03.18.08: BU's School of Law, Public Health to hold conference on the future of health law
02.29.08: Kristopher Natoli ('10) and John Yarwood ('10) represent BU Law in ABA’s National Negotiation Competition
02.29.08: Committed to Diversity: BU Law hosts “Diverse Perspectives on Current Issues”
02.22.08: BU Law students launch free legal clinic for transgender community

Alumni Press Releases

05.09.08: Jordan Yospe ('86) joins Manatt in Los Angeles
05.09.08: Jacqueline Moran Welby ('89) joins law firm of Skarlatos & Zonarich LLP
05.06.08: David E. Kelley's (’83) 'Boston Legal' Takes On the Roberts Court
05.05.08: Jason Korn Elected as Chairman of Judicial Nominating Commission
05.02.08: David E. Meier (’81) formerly chief of Homicide with Suffolk County DA’S Office, joins Todd & Weld LLP
05.02.08: Edward Rios ('97) joins El Paso office of Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
05.02.08: Caroline Bienstock ('79) Joins NMPA Board
05.01.08: Jack VanWoerkom ('78) featured in "Booming Markets Bring Risk, Says Home Depot GC"
05.01.08: Kenneth J. Parsigian ('87) receives BU Law's 2008 Pro Bono Alumni Award
05.01.08: Brian L. Belles ('01) joins Intellectual Property Practice of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
04.24.08: Mintz Levin's White Collar Defense Practice Continues to Grow with Addition of Robert M. Delahunt, Jr. ('90)
04.11.08: Gina Walcott-Torres (’93) is the nation's first black individual to run a lawyer assistance program
04.11.08: Jerry Tichner (’98) co-chairs successful Greater Boston Legal Service charity drive
04.03.08: Mark Scott ('95) joins K&L Gates
04.01.08: Holland & Knight Partner Deborah E. Barnard ('87) Honored by the Women's Law Association at Boston University School of Law
03.31.08: Ben Kociubinski (’07) wins first in ASCAP legal essay competition

Faculty News

05.09.08: BU Law Professor Robert D. Sloane awarded Francis Lieber Prize Certificate of Merit >>Full story
05.09.08: James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer’s book, Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovation at Risk is featured in The Huffington Post
05.08.08: James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer’s book, Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovation at Risk is reviewed in Financial Times article, “Medicine for a flawed system”
05.05.08: Keith Hylton- "Microsoft plus Yahoo: Is it really over?" Marketwatch.com
05.02.08: President Bush designates Professor William W. Park to World Bank’s dispute resolution body >>Full story
04.25.08: Kenneth Simons- article, “Tort Negligence, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Tradeoffs: A Closer Look at the Controversy” is download of the week
04.25.08: Keith Hylton- "Report: Antitrust regulators eye Google-Yahoo ad-sharing test," Computerworld.com
04.25.08: Michael Harper- "Don't deny unemployment insurance benefits to bought-out workers," Detroit Free Press
04.22.08: Michael Meurer- "Rules need a re-write, say IP experts at forum," EETimes.com
04.11.08: Professor Tamar Frankel publishes book: Trust and Honesty in the Real World >>Full story
04.09.08: Linda McClain- "Polygamy gets more attention, but it doesn't seem to slow its growth," The Canadian Press
04.09.08: Charles Whitehead- "The US Supreme Court Could Take a Case Involving International Trade" NH Public Radio
04.02.08: Jay Michaelson - “The sun blotted out from the sky,” Salon.com
04.01.08: Tamar Frankel- " Mortgage Industry in for Overhaul?" itbusinessedge.com
04.01.08: Jack Beermann- "Caution urged on offender measure," The Daily News Transcript
03.31.08: Tamar Frankel- "SEC Investigates Trading in Lehman Shares, People Say (Update1)," Bloomberg.com