Stephen M. Donweber

Biography

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 the faculty member voted as the 3L class’ favorite professor.

In addition to teaching at BU Law, Steve also serves as a Visiting Lecturer at Fudan University Law School in Shanghai, China and Chuo Law School in Tokyo, Japan.

Steve is the author of several books on the law, including An Introduction to American Law (forthcoming) (Fudan University Press), Federal Civil Practice (Wolters Kluwer 2015 & 2016), Cases and Materials on Discovery Practice in the Federal Courts (Amazon/CreateSpace 2015), The Law Student’s Quick Guide to Legal Citation (Amazon/CreateSpace 2014), and Researching the Law (Amazon/CreateSpace 2014).

Prior to joining the full-time faculty at Boston University School of Law in the summer of 2016, Steve served the BU Law community as a senior research librarian and adjunct faculty member. Prior to that, he was a litigator at a large law firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.