Faculty Profiles

Noah Chasen

Assistant Director of Advocacy and Legal Skills Programs

Carliss Chatman specializes in the fields of corporate law, commercial law, race and entrepreneurship, and ethics. Her scholarship has appeared in journals such as UCLA Law Review, Michigan Journal of Race and the Law, Texas Law Review, UC Irvine Law Review, Washington & Lee Law Review, and SMU Law Review. In addition, she is the […]

Su Chiang

CARB-X Alliance Manager

Kati-Jane Childs

Lecturer

Stephen Y. Chow

Lecturer

Stephen Y. Chow is managing attorney of the Boston law firm, Hsuanyeh Law Group PC, practicing in business and intellectual property litigation, patent preparation, electronic commerce and privacy, and technology company counseling and transactions. Mr. Chow graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Physics and Philosophy cum laude and an SM in Applied Physics […]

Alex Civetta

Lecturer

Elizabeth A. Clancey

Assistant Director, Events and Conferences

Tom Clark

Lecturer

Tom Clark is a partner with The Wagner Law Group, a certified woman-owned law firm specializing in ERISA and Employee Benefits. He also serves as the firm’s chief operating officer and manages the St. Louis office. Tom’s expertise encompasses all aspects of employee benefits including a robust practice assisting service providers such as investment advisors […]

Hayden Cochran

Assistant Director of Student Engagement

Hayden Cochran is originally from Chesapeake, Virginia and brand new to the greater Boston area. Hayden earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science & American Studies with minors in Religious Studies and the Philosophy of Law at Christopher Newport University in 2020. Following his graduation, Hayden went on to serve as an Undergraduate Admission Officer […]

Kate Cochrane

Senior Legal Information Librarian

Kate Cochrane is a Legal Information Librarian. Prior to joining Boston University she interned at the Suffolk University School of Law. Before getting her MLIS degree, Kate practiced law as a labor and employment associate at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Kate obtained her AB from Dartmouth College where she played ice hockey. […]

John F. Cohan

Lecturer

John Cohan is a corporate partner at Gesmer Updegrove LLP in Boston, where he focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity financings, bank financings, private placements of equity and debt securities, intellectual property licensing, software licensing and technology law. John’s practice ranges from multi-million dollar acquisitions, venture capital and private […]

Jared B. Cohen

Lecturer

Jared B. Cohen is an Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, where he has handled criminal and civil rights matters, including investigations and litigation at both trial and appellate levels. Before joining the AG’s office, Jared served as a prosecutor in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, a litigation associate at WilmerHale, […]

Kent A. Coit

PROFESSOR OF LAW EMERITUS

Kent Coit is Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston University School of Law where he had served as Professor of Law and director of the School of Law’s Transactional Law Program. Professor Coit joined the School of Law in 2012 after retiring as a partner in the Boston office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom […]

Jill A. Collins

Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Jill Collins (she/her/hers) leads the Student Affairs Office. We focus on advocating for students, supporting student organizations, hosting community and wellness events, assisting students facing personal challenges that can arise in law school, and connecting students to the resources they need to succeed. To schedule a meeting with Jill, stop by the Student Affairs Office, call […]

Madison Condon

Associate Professor of Law

Madison Condon joined Boston University School of Law as an associate professor in 2020. She teaches Environmental Law, Corporations, Law and Capitalism, and a seminar on climate risk and financial institutions Professor Condon is an expert on climate change, financial risk, and regulation. Her scholarship has been included in collections of the best articles of the year […]

Chris Conley

Lecturer and Clinical Instructor, BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic

Christopher Conley is a lecturer and clinical instructor in the BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic. Prior to joining BU, Conley spent over a decade as a technology policy attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, where he engaged in legislative advocacy, litigation, and public education on issues including privacy, surveillance, and free expression and their intersection […]

Nancy Conlin

Lecturer

Mary C. Connaughton

Professor of Law Emerita

Mary Connaughton, a clinical faculty member in the Civil Litigation & Justice Program since 1993, teaches courses in lawyering skills, trial advocacy, and evidence law. She also supervises students in administrative, state and federal court hearings in social security disability, unemployment compensation, divorce and housing disputes.

Cheryl A. Constantine

Senior Director of Financial Aid

Jacqueline Contreras

Senior Learning & Event Command Center Specialist

Doug Cornelius

Lecturer

Doug is the Chief Compliance Officer at Beacon Capital Partners, a real estate private equity firm, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. Before joining Beacon Capital, Doug practiced law with the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP in their Boston office from 1995 to 2008. Doug is an Investment Adviser […]

Leo J. Cushing

Lecturer

Leo J. Cushing is the founding partner of Cushing & Dolan PC, a Boston based law firm established in 1984 specializing in closely held businesses, taxation, sophisticated estate planning, elder law and real estate. Leo's practice includes all aspects of sophisticated estate planning techniques, asset protection, trust planning, charitable giving and resolution of tax controversies. […]

David D’Addio

Lecturer

Laura E. D’Amato

Senior Lecturer

Laura D’Amato teaches first-year Lawyering Skills and upper-class Persuasive Writing at BU Law. She is the 2023 recipient of the Michael Melton Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2024, she completed a two-year rotation as director of the Lawyering Program. Prior to joining BU Law, Laura was a litigation partner at Goulston & Storrs PC, where […]

Emily D’Aquila

Assistant Director Finance

Elna Daby

Archives, Preservation, and Materials Coordinator

Julie A. Dahlstrom

Associate Dean of Experiential Education

Julie Dahlstrom assumed her role of Associate Dean of Clinical & Experiential Education on July 1, 2023, after over ten years teaching and supervising student attorneys in the experiential program at BU. Dahlstrom began her clinical teaching career as the founder and director of the Human Trafficking Clinic, which was named one of the most […]

Nima Darafshi

Graduate Admissions Counselor

Joseph B. Darby

Adjunct Professor

Joseph (“Jay”) B. Darby III has more than thirty years of experience representing clients in a wide range of tax, estate planning, and related business matters. His goal is to help clients enjoy their lives by reducing taxes, avoiding (or resolving) problems with taxing authorities, and passing personal wealth to the appropriate next destination. Jay […]

Sannoy Das

Lecturer

Sannoy Das, alongside teaching at Boston University, is an SJD Candidate at Harvard Law School, and Assistant Professor (on leave) at Jindal Global Law School (India). His dissertation deals with the history of postwar international law--shaped on the one hand, by a conflict between the imperatives of empire and anticolonial thought; and on the other, […]

Steven Dean

Professor of Law

Steven Dean is Professor of Law and Paul Siskind Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law. His scholarship explores international tax policy, racial equity, and the intersection of tax law with philanthropy and social enterprise. He teaches courses including International Tax, Introduction to Federal Income Taxation, and Taxation and Racial Capitalism. Dean is the […]

Edward J. DeAngelo

Lecturer

Mr. DeAngelo received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1983. After graduating, he served as law clerk to Judge Robert E. Keeton of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. From 1984 to 1988, he worked as a litigator at Goodwin Proctor in Boston. From 1991 to 2001, […]

Yael D. DeCapo

Lecturer

Mark J. DeFrancisco

Lecturer

Mark DeFrancisco serves as Chairman of the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board where he presides as an administrative law judge over trials of contested state and local tax appeals. He has over 40 years of experience in the area of state and local taxation, in both the public sector and in private practice as a tax […]

Michael DeRienzo

Lecturer

Mike DeRienzo is an attorney, teacher, and author with a bachelors from Bentley University and a Juris Doctorate from Villanova University School of Law. Shortly after law school, Mike began his career as New York City litigator with a focus on Immigration, Art and Cultural Heritage Law, Mediation, Civil Rights, Employment Law, and Criminal Law. He […]

Kate Devlin Joyce

Director of the Externship Program

Kate Devlin Joyce is a clinical associate professor and director of the externship programs. She sees externships as a means of integrating doctrinal and experiential teaching. Devlin Joyce focuses her work on developing methods of teaching externship seminars that help students to better understand the connections between their doctrinal courses and their practical legal experiences. Prior […]

Michael Dewey

Desktop Services Specialist

Anna di Robilant

Professor of Law

Professor Anna di Robilant is a property law scholar trained in both Europe and the United States. She writes and teaches in the areas of property law, property theory, legal history, and comparative law. Professor di Robilant has published extensively in both peer-reviewed and student-edited journals, including the Vanderbilt Law Review, the American Journal of […]

Robert A. DiAdamo

Lecturer

Rob DiAdamo is a Senior Advisor at WSP, an international infrastructure engineering firm, in the Business Transformation Unit. His work focuses on organizational design, complex procurement and service delivery for transportation agencies around the country. Prior to joining WSP, Rob spent most of his career in state government in Massachusetts including as the General Counsel […]

Lisa K. Dicker

Lecturer

Lisa Dicker is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and a Clinical Instructor in the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program’s Dispute Systems Design Clinic, collaborating with organizations such as the UN IOM, the US Institute of Peace, Justice Call, Accountability Counsel, and Freedom House. Previously, Lisa was Counsel at a global pro […]

Shira M. Diner

Lecturer and Clinical Instructor

Shira Diner is a Lecturer and Clinical Instructor in the Defender Clinic at Boston University School of Law. Prior to her work at BU, she was the Director of Associate Development and Recruitment at Todd & Weld LLP. Previously, she served as a public defender with the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) for 17 […]

John DiThomas

Lecturer

Elizabeth Ditomassi

Lecturer

Stacey Dogan

Professor of Law

Professor Stacey Dogan is a leading scholar in intellectual property, competition, and technology law, who has been instrumental in building interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations in the areas of law, technology, and entrepreneurship. Her scholarship has explored topics including the role of online intermediaries in trademark and copyright law, the right of publicity’s applicability to new […]

Carrie Domzalski

Lecturer

Nadine Nasser Donovan

Lecturer

Ms. Donovan received her JD, cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 1993. After graduating, Ms. Donovan joined the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel. She worked in the Family Court Division until 1995 and then worked in the Tort Division until 1996. From 1996 until January 2004, she worked […]

Stephen M. Donweber

Director, Faculty Connections Program

Steve Donweber is a dedicated and enthusiastic professor. Devoted to his students, Steve brings energy, wit, clear explanations, and even multimedia to the subjects he teaches. Steve is the 2019 recipient of the Michael Melton award for teaching excellence at BU Law and the 2019 inaugural recipient of the Mark Pettit teaching award given to […]

Gregory Dorchak

Lecturer

Jeremiah W. Doyle

Lecturer

Jeremiah W. Doyle, IV is an estate planning strategist for BNY Mellon's Private Wealth Management group and a Senior Vice President of Bank of New York Mellon. He has been with the firm since 1981. Jere provides high net worth individuals and families throughout the country with integrated wealth management advice on how to hold, […]

Stephen Doyle

Lecturer

Timothy Duncan

Director of the AI Program

Duncan is the Director of the AI Program and a Lecturer in Law at Boston University School of Law. He teaches and writes at the intersection of law, technology, and regulation, with a focus on artificial intelligence, digital money & Property, and financial regulation. He has served as Head of Technology at the Consumer Financial […]

Tigran W. Eldred

Senior Lecturer

Tigran Eldred is a Senior Lecturer in the Academic Enrichment Program. Previously, he taught in various settings, including most recently as a Professor at New England Law Boston, where he taught Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, and Legal Ethics, among other courses. He also served as a Clinical Professor at Hofstra Law School and at […]

Andrew Elmore

Professor of Law

Andrew Elmore joined the BU Law faculty in 2025 as Professor of Law and Barreca Labor Relations Scholar. A leading expert in labor and employment law, his scholarship examines the failure of the state to effectively regulate low-wage workplaces and the efforts of worker movements to generate new legal frameworks to protect workers’ rights and […]

Janice Eng

Senior Program Coordinator

Vivian Etter

Lecturer and Clinical Instructor, BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic

Vivian Etter (Licensed as Tyler R Etter) is a Lecturer with the Startup Law Clinic, providing legal advice and guidance to budding entrepreneurs from the BU and MIT student populations. Prior to joining the BU Law Faculty, Vivian was the first staff attorney with Penn State Law's Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic, where she was responsible for […]

Ally Evans

Project Manager

Lauren Falkowitz

Lecturer

Lauren Falkowitz is an associate in Goodwin's Private Equity group and a member of the Private Investment Funds practice. She is also member of the Boston Hiring Committee, the Private Investment Funds US Knowledge Management Advisory Group, the Private Investment Funds Training Leadership Committee, and the Cannabis Incubator. Ms. Falkowitz’s practice focuses on all aspects […]

Michael T. Fatale

Lecturer of Law

Michael T. Fatale is the General Counsel at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Previously, he was the Deputy General Counsel and before that the Chief of the Rulings & Regulations Bureau. He is the primary author of numerous state tax regulations and administrative pronouncements and has litigated or co-litigated several high-profile DOR cases. Fatale is […]

Lynne Federman

Lecturer

Jenna Fegreus

Senior Legal Information Librarian

Jenna Fegreus is a reference librarian at Boston University School of Law, where she also teaches legal research classes. Prior to joining the Boston University staff, Jenna had experience working and interning at the Social Law Library, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Land Court, the Office of the Reporter of Decisions, and in former […]

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