Faculty Profiles

Robert M. Thomas Jr.

Lecturer

Bob Thomas has been teaching at BU Law as an adjunct since 2011. He has created and taught three different courses during that time: Health Care Fraud and Abuse, Whistleblower Law and Practice, and Contemporary Issues of Constitutional Law. He has also taught Criminal Law to BU’s LLM students. He has consistently received outstanding evaluations […]

Rachel Thrasher

Lecturer

Rachel Thrasher received a JD and a master’s degree in international relations, both from Boston University. She works on policy issues related to trade and investment agreements, policy space for development, intellectual property and access to medicines and the climate impacts of trade and investment treaties. She has taught courses on trade and development, international […]

Kevin Tierney

Data Analyst

Heather Tobin

Carb-X Research Compliance Manager

Heather Tobin is a Certified Veterinary Technician working in the veterinary field for over 20 years. In addition to her strong background in veterinary medicine she also has worked as a Rodent Colony Manager, Laboratory Manager, Environmental Health and Safety Laboratory Support Specialist, and IACUC Senior Compliance Specialist. She has her Laboratory Animal Technician Certification […]

Caitlin Tompkins

Lecturer

Jennifer Toon

Assistant Director

Robert L. Tsai

Professor of Law

Robert L. Tsai is Professor of Law and Harry Elwood Warren Memorial Scholar at Boston University School of Law, where he teaches courses in constitutional law, presidential leadership, and individual rights. He was appointed '24-'25 Laurance Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He is keenly interested in […]

Dana Tuckey

Dean's Executive Office Manager

Frederick Tung

Professor of Law

Fred Tung is the Howard Zhang Faculty Research Scholar and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. Over the course of his career, he has researched and taught courses in the areas of international business transactions, international economic relations, corporations, and bankruptcy, as well as the governance of financial institutions. Prior to joining the […]

Michael Ulrich

Associate Professor of Law

Michael R. Ulrich is an Associate Professor at Boston University’s School of Public Health and School of Law. His research focuses on the intersection of public health, constitutional law, bioethics, and social justice, emphasizing the role of law in the health outcomes of marginalized and underserved populations. Professor Ulrich’s scholarship has appeared in leading legal […]

Rory Van Loo

Professor of Law

Rory Van Loo’s research focuses on how technological, market, and social shifts invite a rethinking of the regulatory framework for consumer-facing businesses. He was ranked the 14th most cited of all legal scholars in 2024 for recent publications (and 8th most cited once adjusted for co-authorship). His articles were twice selected through blind peer review […]

Natasha Varyani

Lecturer

Larry Vernaglia

Lecturer

Lawrence Vernaglia teaches Hospital Law and Health Care Compliance. He is also active in the Health Law Mentorship Program and is a coach for the BUSL Compliance Counseling Competition Team. Larry has served as a faculty advisor for notes in the BU Law Review and American Journal of Law & Medicine. In May of 2023, […]

Michael Vitali

Adjunct Professor

Anja von Rosenstiel

Lecturer

Anja is a mediator and practicing attorney both in Boston and in Germany with expertise in the law of banking & finance, capital markets, fintech and in international estate planning. She is currently counsel at a leading German law firm, offering her legal advice on U.S-related cases with an emphasis on regulatory, compliance and international […]

Sandra Vrejan

Lecturer

David I. Walker

Professor of Law

Professor David Walker is the recipient of BU Law’s Michael Melton Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence and Boston University’s Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching. His research lies at the intersection of taxation and corporate governance, with a particular focus on executive compensation. Recent projects include “Employer Losses and Deferred Compensation,” published in the Tax […]

Sarah Walker

Research & Development Process Manager

Kevin Wall

Lecturer

Kevin Wall has been a practicing attorney and Certified Public Accountant in Boston for several years. Most recently, he was associated with the tax and business practice of an international professional services firm. He has also served as an officer of a major Massachusetts revenue bond authority. A researcher and case writer for several years […]

Michael J. Wall

Lecturer

Michael J. Wall is Of Counsel and a business lawyer for Foley & Lardner LLP where he is a member of the Sports & Entertainment Group. Before joining Foley, Mr. Wall served for 22 years on executive management teams of sports-related businesses. From 2008 through 2017, Mr. Wall was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and […]

Courtney Ward

Assistant Dean, Advancement

John Ward

Lecturer

John Ward received his JD degree from BU Law School in 1976. After clerking for Judge Raymond Pettine in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, he went into private practice in Boston in 1977. In 1978, in response to a pattern of police harrassment of gay men, he gathered a group […]

Adria Warren

Lecturer

David H. Webber

Professor of Law

David H. Webber is the author of the critically-acclaimed book, The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder: Labor’s Last Best Weapon, published by Harvard University Press. The book argues that labor has a massive untapped source of shareholder power in its trillions of dollars in pension assets. Webber toured extensively for it and published related op-eds in the New York […]

Stefanie B. Weigmann

Associate Director for Research and Instructional Services

Stefanie Weigmann has been working at the Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries since 1995 with seven years away to work at the Harvard Law Library and live in Israel. She teaches students in the First Year & LLM Research & Writing program, in the certification program and also teaches Advanced Legal Research. She has taught […]

Joshua Weinberg

Lecturer

Kate Weinograd

Lecturer

Maggie Weir

Lecturer

Margaret “Maggie” Weir is an experienced regulatory compliance and legal professional with more than 22 years of experience in leadership roles with multiple financial institutions and consulting groups. Currently, Maggie holds the position of Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Cambridge Savings Bank (“CSB”), one of the oldest and largest community […]

Jay D. Wexler

Professor of Law

Professor Jay Wexler has taught at Boston University School of Law since 2001. His scholarship focuses on church-state law, constitutional law, environmental law, and marijuana law. His articles, essays, and reviews have been published in the BYU Law Review, George Washington Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Minnesota Law Review, Texas Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, […]

Ronald E. Wheeler

Associate Dean, Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries

Associate Dean Ronald Wheeler, a recognized leader in the area of legal research instruction, has served in various law library management roles at law schools across the country, including Suffolk University Law School, the University of San Francisco School of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, and the University of New Mexico School of […]

Rebecca White

Associate Director, Graduate and Online Programs

Howard Whitehead

Adjunct Professor of Law

The Honorable Howard Whitehead was appointed Massachusetts Superior Court judge in 1993. As a judge, he has presided over 700 civil and criminal jury trials and have ruled on ancillary matters in several thousand additional cases. As a prosecutor, he has tried over 65 felony jury cases in the Superior Court; prosecuted a total of […]

Brian A. Wilson

Senior Lecturer and Clinical Instructor

Brian Wilson ('96) is a senior lecturer and clinical instructor in the Criminal Law Clinical Program and supervisor of its Prosecutor Clinic, in which third-year students prosecute felony and misdemeanor cases in the Quincy District Court under his supervision. His students serve as the lead prosecutors on every aspect of their cases, including developing strategy, […]

Tara Wilson

Lecturer

Neal S. Winneg

Lecturer

Neal S. Winneg has been the chief legal officer of public and private companies for over the last 25 years. He is currently the General Counsel of Material Bank, a venture-backed platform for sourcing architectural and design samples. Before that he was an executive and General Counsel of, respectively, nToggle, a venture backed provider of […]

Karen Witherell

Lecturer

Karen L. Witherell is a lecturer for the Boston University School of Law Graduate Tax Program and teaches Estate Planning. She is a shareholder at the law firm of Bove Langa Witherell & Soiffer, P.C. in Boston, Massachusetts. Her practice areas include wealth preservation, incapacity and estate planning both domestic and international, gift transaction planning, […]

Betsy Wonderly Trainor

Alliance Director

Kimberly Wong

Associate Director for Government & Public Interest Careers

A native Bostonian, she spent the past 15 years at the Legal Aid Society of New York City, in the Juvenile Rights Practice as a Senior Trial Attorney. Kim practiced family law, juvenile justice work and special education law in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. She represented children, ages newborn to 21 years old in all phases […]

Amber R. Woods

Associate Director of Equity, Inclusion and Engagement

As Associate Director of Equity, Inclusion, & Engagement, Amber oversees student-focused initiatives and programming to support diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at BU Law. This includes welcoming historically underrepresented students to the BU Law community through pre-orientation programs such as Be Yourself Orientation (BYO) and directly advising the Law School’s 12 affinity groups. Amber also […]

Krista Woods

Academic Administration Manager

Charles A. Wry

Adjunct Professor

Mr. Wry is a Member of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C. He has extensive experience in representing businesses and investors in businesses, including in transactions such as financings, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and buy-outs. Mr. Wry is a member of the state bars of Massachusetts and Arizona. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty […]

Larry Yackle

Professor of Law Emeritus

Larry Yackle has written seven books: Federal Courts: The Current Questions (Carolina Academic Press, 2017); Federal Courts (Carolina Academic Press, 3d ed. 2009); Regulatory Rights: Supreme Court Activism, the Public Interest, and the Making of Constitutional Law (University of Chicago Press, 2007); Federal Courts: Habeas Corpus (Foundation Press, 2003); Reclaiming the Federal Courts (Harvard University Press, 1994); […]

Kathryn Zeiler

Professor of Law

Professor Kathryn Zeiler is a Nancy Barton Scholar and Professor of Law. Prior to joining the BU Law faculty in 2015, Professor Zeiler was a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center (2003 to 2015). She has held visiting professorships at Boston College School of Law, Harvard Law School, NYU School of Law, Hebrew University […]

Eva M. Zelnick

Lecturer

Ms. Zelnick received her JD, cum laude, from the Law School in 2009. As a law student, she was a member of the winning team in the Albers Honors Moot Court Competition and won the best oralist award in the competition. She also worked as a Teaching Assistant to Professor T. Barton Carter. After graduating, […]

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