Boston University School of Law

Andrew M. Perlman

Education

Columbia Law School, LL.M., May 2001

  • Honors: Appointed as an Associate-in-Law (received full scholarship for an LL.M. and served as a salaried legal writing instructor)

Harvard Law School, J.D., June 1996

  • Honors: cum laude

Yale College, B.A. in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, May 1993

  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Distinction in the Major

Academic Employment

Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA
Visiting Associate Professor of Law (Fall 2006, Spring 2005, 2007, 2008)

  • Taught civil procedure (Fall 2006) and legal ethics (Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2008)

Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA
Associate Professor of Law (received tenure – April 2007, Fall 2001-Present)

  • Teach civil procedure, professional responsibility, and federal courts
  • Scholarship focuses on professional responsibility

Columbia Law School, New York, NY
Associate-in-Law (Fall 1999-Summer 2001)

  • Taught legal research and writing in the fall semester and conducted school-sponsored research in the spring and summer

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow (Fall 1995, Fall 1994)

  • Taught small sections of larger courses in Civil Liberties (Fall 1995) and Moral Reasoning: Justice (Fall 1994)
  • Awarded Derek Bok Center Certificate for Distinction in Teaching for the Civil Liberties course

Publications

Books

Civil Procedure: A Coursebook, co-authored with Joseph W. Glannon & Peter Raven-Hansen (work in progress)

Articles

Zealous Obedience and the Subordinate Lawyer: Lessons from Social Psychology, Hofstra L. Rev. (2008) (invited submission/symposium)

Moving Beyond Zeal in the Rulemaking Process: A Response to Professor Monroe Freedman, 14 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 187 (2006)

Untangling Ethics Theory from Attorney Conduct Rules: The Case of Inadvertent Disclosures, 13 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 767 (2005)

A Bar Against Competition: The Unconstitutionality of Admission Rules for Out-of-State Lawyers, 18 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 135 (2004)

Toward a Unified Theory of Professional Regulation, 55 Fla. L. Rev. 977 (2003)

A Career Choice Critique of Legal Ethics Theory, 31 Seton Hall L. Rev. 829 (2001)

Public Accommodation Laws and the Dual Nature of the Freedom of Association, 8 Geo. Mason U. Civ. Rts. L. J. 111 (1998)

Other Legal Experience

Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago,IL
Litigation Associate Summer 1995; Fall 1997-Summer1999

  • Took and defended depositions, drafted briefs, and argued motions; participated in jury trial of breach of contract case
  • Practice areas included: products liability, contracts, and antitrust

United States District Court, Chicago, IL
Law Clerk to the Honorable Suzanne B. Conlon 1996-1997

Hill & Barlow, Boston, MA
Summer Associate Summer 1995

American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY
Summer Fellow Summer 1994

Presentations

Panelist, Suffolk University Law School's Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Advanced Issue in E-Discovery, in Boston, MA, November 2, 2007

Presenter, Inadvertent Disclosures, Metadata, and the Government Lawyer, National Association of Attorneys General, Consumer Protection Seminar, in Boston, MA, October 31, 2007

Presenter, Zealous Obedience and the Subordinate Lawyer: Lessons from Social Psychology, 2007 Legal Ethics Conference at Hofstra Law School, October 15, 2007

Panelist, Massachusetts Rule of Professional Conduct 3.5(d), Massachusetts Bar Association's Annual Bench-Bar Symposium, Boston, MA, October 11, 2007

Presenter, Zealous Obedience and the Subordinate Lawyer: Lessons from Social Psychology, Works in Progress Series, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, AL, September 28, 2007

Panelist, Legal Ethics in the Evolving World of Sports Agents, 33rd Annual Conference of the Sports Lawyers Association, Cambridge, MA, May 17, 2007

Panelist, Ethical Issues for Lawyers in the Age of Technology, Boston Bar Association, CLE Seminar, Boston, MA, May 8, 2007

Panelist, Experimental Teaching Methods, Suffolk University Law School Faculty Colloquium, April 12, 2007

Moderator, Policing Lawyer’s Ethics in Class Action Litigation, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., January 6, 2007

Panelist, Ethical Risks Arising from Electronic Documents: How to Protect Your Client and Yourself, Rhode Island Bar Association, Providence, RI, May 23, 2006

Moderator, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Young Lawyers Group, Who Owns the 2004 Red Sox World Series Baseball, in Boston, MA, April 6, 2006

Presenter, Ethics and Inadvertent Disclosures, Suffolk University Law School Faculty Colloquium, Boston, MA, February 16, 2006

Panelist, Ethical Risks from the Use of Technology, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York City, NY, January 26, 2006

Panelist, Frank J. Murray Inn of Court, Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Materials, in Boston, MA, December 6, 2005

Panelist, Placement of Your Law Review Article, Suffolk University Law School Faculty Colloquium, October 25, 2005

Panelist, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Program, Malpractice Claims Against Lawyers, in Boston, MA, July 13, 2005

Panelist, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) 2005 Northeast Regional Conference, Electronic Evidence, in Boston, MA, April 23, 2005

Moderator, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Young Lawyers Group, A View from the Bench, in Boston, MA, April 12, 2005

Panelist, Suffolk University Law School’s Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Ethical Jeopardy: Ethical Risks from the Use of Technology, in Boston, MA, June 11, 2004.

Faculty Service

Chair, Legal Practice Skills Policy/Academic Support Committeee

Chair, Appointments Sub-Committees for lateral hiring and Boston area candidates

Have also served on the Clinical Committee and the Self-Study and Strategic Planning Committee

Lecturer for an Admissions Office Open House and the First Year Orientation Program

Professional Activities

Part of a small team of lawyers who are representing a death row inmate in state and federal post-conviction proceedings in Alabama (1999-present)

Chair, Jury Access Sub-Committee of the Judicial Administration Section Council, Massachusetts Bar Association (2006-07) (coordinating an effort to seek clarification or modification of Rule 3.5, which governs attorney contact with jurors after trial)

Member, Massachusetts Jury Communications Task Force (examined whether there is a need to revise Massachusetts Rule of Professional Conduct 3.5) (2006)

Co-Chair, Liaison Sub-Committee, Section on Professional Responsibility, Association of American Law Schools (2006)

Blog contributor, www.legalethicsforum.com (2003-present)