Special Programs
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| Visiting Judges from Thailand with Dean O'Rourke |
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| Scott J. Greenberg, Zachary H. Smith, and Joseph V. Zujkowski speak to visiting judges |
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| Prof. Fred Tung lectures |
Executive Program Hosts Thai Judges for Judicial Workshop on U.S. Bankruptcy Law
From May 4-6th, 2011, the Executive Program was honored to host a visiting delegation of 36 judges from Thailand for a Judicial Workshop on U.S. Bankruptcy Law. The judges included many senior members of the Thai judiciary, including the President of the Bankruptcy Division of the Supreme Court, several Presiding Justices of the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice of the Central Bankruptcy Court. The Executive Program of BU Law organized a comprehensive three-day workshop, including two days of lectures devoted to the fundamentals of corporate and personal bankruptcy, given by Scott Greenberg, BU CAS ’99, Zachary Smith, BU LAW ’03, and Joseph Zujkowski, BU Law ’07, of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in NYC and Professor Fred Tung of BU Law. In addition, the delegation was hosted at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, where participants included the Hon. Frank Bailey, Chief Justice, and the U.S. Trustee for Region 1, William Harrington. They also attended a panel discussion hosted at WilmerHale by John Sigel (Chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice Group) and Mitchel Appelbaum, BU LAW ‘91 (Partner and co-Chair of the firm’s Debt Finance Practice Group).
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| Prof. Wally Miller with Students |
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| Ian C. Pilarczyk teaches Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution |
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| Group Photo of Workshop Students |
BU Law Executive Program Welcomes 31 Visiting Chinese Law Students and Professors for Workshop on American Law
July 25-August 2, 2011 saw a delegation of Chinese law students and academics visit the School of Law, in partnership with the US-China Legal Exchange Foundation for 6 days of lectures devoted to American Law. Topics included: Introduction to American Law; Introduction to Case Law and Legal Reasoning; Introduction to U.S. Contract Law; Introduction to U.S. Constitutional Law; Introduction to U.S. Civil Procecure; Introduction to U.S. Corporate Law; Introduction to U.S. Property and IP Law; Introduction to U.S. Banking Structure and Financial Law; Introduction to U.S. Bankruptcy Law; Introduction to the U.S. Tax System; Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution; and a lecture on Graduate Legal Education in the U.S. The last day of the program included fieldtrips to Harvard Law School, the U.S. District Court (including a tour of the Coakley courthouse, a judicial hearing, and a discussion with Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler), presentations at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP on U.S. Securities Regulation Law and reverse mergers with Chinese companies, followed by a farewell dinner at BU Law and presentation of their Workshop certificates.
Chungnam National University Visits BU Law for an American Law Workshop
Prof. Wally Miller and Prof Y. John Kong (LAW ’92)) with Chungnam National Unversity's law students
Nine students and two faculty members from Chungnam National University’s College of Law, one of Korea’s top law schools, participated in the first special program run by BU Law in 2012. Over three days, the group attended mini-courses on Contracts (taught by Professor Wally Miller), Civil Procedure (by Professor David Webber), Corporations (by Professor Steve Marks) and American Law (by Ian C. Pilarczyk, LAW ‘95). The program concluded with a full-day fieldtrip to the U.S. District Court, where the group viewed both a civil and criminal case and engaged in lively question-and-answer sessions with two judges; followed by a panel discussion and presentation at the law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP. Hosted by Professor Y. John Kong (LAW ’92), Chungnam National University will be sending another group of law students to BU in the summer for a similar workshop.