In this Issue

	New Video: Actual Innocence: BU Law students work to help wrongfully convicted prisoners Watch

	Franco Torres ('11) Awarded Equal Justice Works Fellowship Full story
	Professor Susan Akram co-authors International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Rights-Based Approach to Middle East Peace Full story
	Princeton Review rankings analysis names BU Law #5 law school in the nation Full story
	Edward J. Bander (CAS '49, LAW '51) publishes The Hidden History of Essex Law School Full story

Faculty Newsmakers

Jack Beermann quoted in "Gulf oil spill: Judge orders protections for people seeking damages," Christian Science Monitor
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Ward Farnsworth's book, Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric, featured in "Rhetorical devices: A look inside what makes language work," Boston Globe
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Cornelius Hurley quoted in "What Use Is Crisis Report Six Months After Reg Reform?" American Banker
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Linda McClain quoted in "Changing Families: From Traditional to Whatever Works?" Bay State Parent
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Kevin Outterson in the news:
- Quoted in "FDA rejects Orexigen's diet pill, orders new trial," San Diego Union-Tribune
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Jay Wexler quoted in "A Taxonomy of Supreme Court Humor," The New York Times
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Alumni Newsmakers

Anil Aggarwal ('95) interviewed in "Assessing the growth and future of the prepaid industry," partnersinprepaid.com
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Nina Andersson-Willard (LL.M. '02) named partner, Brown Rudnick, Boston
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Greg Casamento ('96) named board member, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
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Stephen Kay ('87) named managing partner, Hogan Lovells' Los Angeles Office
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John Maalouf's ('90) firm named "Oil & Gas Law Firm of the Year - 2010"
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Carla M. Moynihan ('95) named lecturer on law, New England School of Law
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Nathan R. Olansen (LL.M. in Taxation '02 ) named Shareholder, Rack & Olansen, P.C.
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Peter Resnik ('70) referenced in "Homeless Book Club Tackles BU Author: Dick Lehr to speak to unique group cofounded by LAW alum," BU Today
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February 2, 2011

James Fleming: Presenter, "The Myth of Strict Scrutiny for Fundamental Rights under the Due Process Clause," Boston Public Law Group Study Group, Boston, MA

Linda McClain: Presenter, "The Myth of Strict Scrutiny for Fundamental Rights under the Due Process Clause," Boston Public Law Group Study Group, Boston, MA

February 3 - 5, 2011

Cornelius Hurley: Moderator, "The Emperor's New? Clothes: Financial Regulatory Reform-Market Impacts," American Bankruptcy Institute, 7th Annual Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Cayman Islands

February 8, 2011

Jay Wexler: Presenter, "Law and Religion in the U.S." Colloquium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

February 9, 2011

Michael Meurer: Panelist, "Patent Claim Indefiniteness: The Issues in Enzo v. Applera" Intellectual Property Owners Association's One-hour Webinar on Current Topics in IP

February 11, 2011

Stacey Dogan: Presenter, "Functionality," 2011 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

Wendy Gordon: Presenter, "Copyright and Negligence as Mirror Images: On Not Mistaking for the Right Hand What the Left Hand Is Doing," 2011 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

Keith Hylton: Presenter, "Economics of IP," 2011 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

Kevin Outterson: Presenter, "Designing prize incentives for antibiotic patents," 2011 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

February 12, 2011

Michael Meurer: Presenter, "Uncertainty as a Patent Policy Instrument," 2011 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

February 14, 2011

James Bessen: Keynote Address, European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, Pisa, Italy

February 16, 2011

Cornelius Hurley: Presenter, "Fireside Chat: Dodd-Frank is Here Now. Ready for IT?" Financial Technology Insight Summit, The Harvard Club, Boston, MA

February 17, 2011

James Bessen: Speaker, Colloquium on Innovation Policy, NYU School of Law, New York, NY

February 18, 2011

Wendy Kaplan: Paper presenter, "Called 'Out' at Home:  The One Strike Eviction Policy and the Juvenile Court," Duke Forum for Law and Social Policy, Durham, NC

David Rossman: Paper presenter, "Called 'Out' at Home:  The One Strike Eviction Policy and the Juvenile Court," Duke Forum for Law and Social Policy, Durham, NC

February 25, 2011

Linda McClain: Paper presenter, “Involuntary Servitude, Public Accommodations Law, and the Legacy of Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States,” Conference on the Thirteenth Amendment, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD

February 26, 2011

Kevin Outterson: Moderator, "Setting the Stage: FDA Regulation under Central Hudson," American Journal of Law And Medicine Symposium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

February 27, 2011

Cornelius Hurley: Welcome and Moderator, "Finance and the New Economy," The State of Financial Reform, Center for Finance, Law and Policy, Boston University, Boston, MA

David Webber: Response, "Finance and the New Economy," The State of Financial Reform, Center for Finance, Law and Policy, Boston University, Boston, MA

February 28, 2011

Daniel Berman: Presenter, "Taxation in America: Ten Things You Probably Don't Know About the U.S. Tax System" Colloquium, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

Tamar Frankel: Response, "Economists’ Views of the Financial Crisis," The State of Financial Reform, Center for Finance, Law and Policy, Boston University, Boston, MA

Cornelius Hurley: Greeter, The State of Financial Reform, Center for Finance, Law and Policy, Boston University, Boston, MA

Cornelius Hurley: Introduction, "The Convergence of Finance, Law and Policy," The State of Financial Reform, Center for Finance, Law and Policy, Boston University, Boston, MA

Dean Maureen O'Rourke: Moderator, "Economists’ Views of the Financial Crisis," The State of Financial Reform, Center for Finance, Law and Policy, Boston University, Boston, MA

Frederick Tung: Response, "Applying the Lessons from the Meltdown," The State of Financial Reform, Center for Finance, Law and Policy, Boston University, Boston, MA

March 7, 2011

William Park: Keynote Presenter, “Law and the Search for Truth,” Program on international Litigation, Practicing Law Institute (PLI),  New York, NY

March 8, 2011

Kevin Outterson: Presenter, "Antibiotic Prizes," Yale Law School, New Haven, CT

March 10, 2011

James Bessen: Speaker, "Beyond Piracy in the New China," Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

March 24, 2011

William Park: Panel Presenter, “Class Actions in Arbitration,” American Society in International Law, Washington, DC

March 31, 2011

James Bessen: Speaker, "The Two Faces of Innovation," Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

David Lyons: Colloquium Presenter, "Race, Nation and the Development of U.S. Law" Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA

Kenneth Simons: Paper presenter, “Statistical Knowledge Deconstructed,”  University of Texas Law School Faculty Workshop, Austin, TX

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