299 result(s) found.

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  David Abelman

  Lecturer

  David Abelman is an attorney, strategic business partner, and operations leader, with 35+ years of experience. David most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at DentaQuest, one of the nation’s largest oral health organizations. Prior to DentaQuest, David advanced through senior leadership and legal executive roles at Tufts Health Plan, a […]
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  Claire Bishop Abely

  Director, Lawyering Program

  Claire Abely is the Director of the Lawyering Program, where she has taught Lawyering Skills to 1L students full-time since the program’s inception in 2017. She also teaches Persuasive Writing and the Lawyering Fellows seminar. Claire is deeply involved in the public interest community at BU Law, serving as the advisor and faculty mentor for […]
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  Sean Ahern

  Lecturer

  Sean Ahern is a practicing legal services attorney and a BU Law Class of 2017 alumnus. Sean is currently a senior attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services and a part-time lecturer at BU Law. Sean has lectured in the LLM program since fall 2021, teaching courses in legal research & writing and courses in legal […]
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  Aziza Ahmed

  Professor of Law

  Aziza Ahmed’s scholarship examines the intersection of law, politics, and science in the fields of constitutional law, criminal law, health law, and family law. Before joining Boston University School of Law, Ahmed was professor of law at University of California, Irvine School of Law. She also taught at Northeastern University School of Law. She has […]
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  Zohra Ahmed

  Associate Professor

  Zohra Ahmed writes and teaches about the US carceral state and US militarism. She examines how law and political economy shape the distribution of state violence, and studies the social movements that have risen up to challenge criminalization and militarization. Her scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review, UCLA Law […]
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  Richard Thompson Ainsworth

  Adjunct Professor

  Professor Ainsworth, who has taught in BU Law’s tax program since 2005, is a comparative tax law specialist. His teaching and scholarship interests are in comparative transfer pricing, comparative VAT, and comparative income tax. He brings extensive transfer pricing and VAT experience to the role of director. He has published over 100 articles on various […]
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  Susan M. Akram

  Clinical Professor of Law

  Professor Susan Akram directs BU Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, in which she supervises students engaged in international advocacy in domestic, international, regional, and UN fora. Her research and publications focus on immigration, asylum, refugee, forced migration, and human and civil rights issues, with an interest in the Middle East, the Arab, and Muslim world. […]
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  Brooke Arlington

  Lecturer

  Brooke Arlington received her B.A. magna cum laude in psychology from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.  She then moved to Tsu City, Japan to teach at a private English conversation school for one year.  She taught students of all ages and abilities and travelled extensively within the country.  Upon returning to […]
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  Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud

  Associate Professor of Law

  Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud is an Associate Professor of Law. His research focuses on the application of the federal constitution, criminal law and procedure in the territories of the United States, issues of criminal procedure broadly, and race and the law. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review, Iowa Law Review, […]
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  Conrad Bahlke

  Lecturer

  Conrad Bahlke is Counsel at the Charles Law Firm PLLC in New York City. He was previously Partner and Counsel at several prominent New York City-based international law firms and has held positions at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., and the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Bahlke’s practice focuses on derivative transactions and […]
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  Mark Bamford

  Lecturer
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  Cecily Banks

  Director, Corporate Counsel Externship Program

  Cecily Banks is a lecturer and director of the School of Law's Corporate Counsel Externship Program. Banks joined the faculty in 2017 to launch the law school's externship program devoted to corporate counsel placements.  Through this program, BU law students train for academic credit in the in-house legal offices of corporations in Boston and beyond.  Banks teaches […]
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  Michael S. Baram

  Professor of Law Emeritus

  Michael Baram is Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston University School of Law where he had served as Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law & Technology, and held faculty appointments in the BU School of Public Health (Health Law Division) and BU Bioinformatics Department. He is also a Legal Volunteer at […]
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  Joseph Basile

  Lecturer

  Joseph Basile is managing director of Pari Passu M&A Mediation LLC, an independent specialist practice that focuses on mediating disputes arising from mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and control and minority investment transactions. He also is regularly engaged as a consulting and testifying expert in M&A-related litigation. Before founding Pari Passu, Mr. Basile served as […]
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  Jack M. Beermann

  Philip S. Beck Professor of Law

  Jack Beermann’s scholarship focuses on two areas: civil rights litigation and administrative law. He is an authority on the circumstances under which state and local officials, and local governments, should be held liable for their constitutional violations. “What particularly fascinates me is studying the values underlying our public law system and how social movements and history […]
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  Anya Bernstein

  Professor of Law

  Anya Bernstein holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and a JD from Yale. Her graduate research investigated how government agency administrators reconceptualized the role of bureaucracy in the young, vibrant, marginalized democracy of Taiwan. That fieldwork also sparked her interest in law. She continues to study the everyday life of government […]
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  James Bessen

  Lecturer

  James Bessen, an economist and technologist, serves as Executive Director of the Technology & Policy Research Initiative at Boston University. He has also been a successful innovator and CEO of a software company. Bessen studies the major economic impacts of technology on society (see New York Times profile), writing academic papers, magazine articles, and books. His latest book, The […]
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  Barbara Boehler

  Lecturer
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  Isaac Borenstein

  Lecturer

  Judge Isaac Borenstein (ret.) has taught evidence, criminal law and procedure, and a number of other subjects, both part and full time at several law schools over the past 30+ years. During the 2018–19 academic year, he taught evidence in the fall and criminal procedure in the spring at Brooklyn Law School, where by student […]
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  Ronald S. Borod

  Lecturer

  Ronald S. Borod is a partner in DLA Piper's Corporate and Finance group. He has worked extensively in securitization and structured finance for almost two decades and established a reputation as a thought leader in the creation of innovative structures and financial products. Mr. Borod focuses his practice on the development and implementation of new […]
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  Sheila Bridges

  Lecturer

  Sheila has spent over a decade designing trusts and advising families on wealth planning. Sheila has graduate degrees from the University of Chicago Law School, Cornell University, and the University of Cambridge, and she teaches Wills, Trusts & Estates and Estate Planning at Boston University School of Law and Suffolk University Law School.
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  Heidi Brieger

  Adjunct Professor
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  Elizabeth Brody Gluck

  Lecturer

  Ms. Brody Gluck began her legal career at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo in Boston and practiced there for close to a decade. She then served as vice-president and legal counsel to Analysis Group Inc., an economic consulting firm in Boston, before moving back into private practice at Verrill Dana, where she served […]
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  Jade Brown

  Clinical Associate Professor of Law

  Professor Jade Brown (BU Law ’16), Clinical Associate Professor of Law, is the founder and Executive Director for the Consumer Economic Justice Clinic, which trains students to advocate for low-income clients who have been unjustly denied credit or who are facing unfair debt collection practices. In the Consumer Economic Justice Clinic, Professor Brown invites law […]
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  Constance A. Browne

  Clinical Professor of Law

  Constance Browne came to Boston University School of Law in 1982 as an instructor in the First-Year Writing Program and joined the full-time faculty of the clinical programs in 1989. As an associate professor in the Civil Litigation & Justice Program, she supervises students who represent clients in special education, unemployment, divorce, disability and housing […]
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  James Bryant

  Lecturer
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  Laurie Burlingame

  Lecturer

  Laurie Burlingame is a Member of the Corporate Practice Group at Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, PC. She counsels clients across the life sciences and technology industries in a wide range of transactional matters, including venture capital and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and strategic collaborations, supply and manufacturing arrangements and capital market transactions. Laurie […]
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  Marni Goldstein Caputo

  Senior Lecturer

  Marni Goldstein Caputo is a Senior Lecturer in the Lawyering Program, where she has taught Lawyering Skills to 1L students full-time since the program’s inception in 2017. She also teaches Introduction to American Law to LL.M. students and a seminar on capital punishment in the United States. She has also taught as an adjunct at […]
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  Daniela Caruso

  Professor of Law Emerita

  Professor Daniela Caruso teaches Contracts to first-year law students and an upper-class course on European Union Law. She also teaches a variety of law seminars and interdisciplinary courses, including a seminar on International Trade Regulation. Since January 2020, Professor Caruso has served as Director of the Center for the Study of Europe at the Frederick […]
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  Stephen Cesso

  Lecturer

  Steve is a lecturer for the course Governance, Compliance, Sanctions and Risk at Boston University School of Law, LLM Banking and Financial Law.   Prior to retirement in 2025, Steve was Computershare’s U.S. General Counsel, Executive Director Corporate Trust and was on the Board of Directors Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Delaware Trust Company. Computershare […]
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  Thomas Cesso

  Lecturer
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  Alex Civetta

  Lecturer
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  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 […]
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  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 […]
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  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 […]
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  Paul Colleran

  Lecturer
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  Madison Condon

  Professor of Law

  Madison Condon writes about issues at the intersection of climate science, economics, and financial regulation. Her scholarship has been included in collections of the best articles of the year for several fields, including environmental law, corporate law, and securities law. In 2025, the American Law Institute named Condon a recipient of its Early Career Scholars Medal, which is […]
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  Chris Conley

  Lecturer and Clinical Instructor

  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 […]
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  Nancy Conlin

  Lecturer
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  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.
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  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 […]
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  Liam Edward Cronan

  Adjunct Professor

  Liam Cronan is a part-time faculty member in the Academic Enrichment Program. He returned to the law school in 2027 following two years as a bar exam course instructor and tutor. Outside of teaching, he practices law as a litigation associate with Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston. Previously, he completed a part-time research fellowship […]
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  David D’Addio

  Lecturer
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  Laura E. D’Amato

  Senior Lecturer

  Laura D’Amato teaches first-year Lawyering Skills and upper-level Persuasive Writing at Boston University School of Law. She received the Michael Melton Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2023 and completed a two-year rotation as Director of the Lawyering Program in 2024. Before joining BU Law, Laura was a litigation partner at Goulston & Storrs PC, where […]
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  Julie A. Dahlstrom

  Clinical Professor of Law

  Julie Dahlstrom is a Clinical Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, where she has spent more than a decade training the next generation of lawyers. She served as Associate Dean for Clinical and Experiential Education from 2023 to 2026, bringing to that role the same commitment to hands-on, student-centered legal education that […]
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  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 […]
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  James Davy

  Visiting Lecturer
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  Jim Davy

  Visiting Lecturer

  Jim Davy is the founder of All Rise Trial & Appellate, where he litigates appeals across the country. Among other victories, Jim has: • Prevailed on issues of first impression, see HRDC v. U.S. Park Police, 126 F.4th 708 (D.C. Cir. 2025) (rejecting the government’s use of so called “claw back” orders to recover inadvertently […]
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  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 […]
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  Yael D. DeCapo

  Lecturer
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  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 […]
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  Joan Cole Densberger

  Lecturer

  Attorney Densberger previously served as a Program Analyst for the United States Department of Labor in the area of health care fraud and abuse. She is a recipient of the United States Department of Labor Secretary’s Honor Award for 2014. She has held prior positions as corporate legal counsel to a large hospital system in […]
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  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 […]
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  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 […]
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  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 […]
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  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 years, […]
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  John DiThomas

  Lecturer
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  Elizabeth Ditomassi

  Lecturer
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  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 […]
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  Carrie Domzalski

  Lecturer