{"id":124995,"date":"2026-05-12T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=124995"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:12:12","slug":"faculty-retirees-26","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2026\/faculty-retirees-26\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Law Celebrates 2026 Retiring Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-image-to-text has-media has-media-focus-center-bottom\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1800\" height=\"700\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image.png 1800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-636x247.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-1024x398.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-1536x597.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-1200x467.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-992x386.png 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-1500x583.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-500x194.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-1000x389.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/2026-Retiring-Faculty-Record-Header-image-1628x633.png 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">BU Law News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBU Law Celebrates 2026 Retiring Faculty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\"><strong>Two long-time tax law professors, Ted Sims and Alan Feld, are leaving after decades in the classroom.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 12, 2026<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/rebecca-beyer\/\">Rebecca Beyer<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph record-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-outlined has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-quaternary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>Boston University School of Law <meta charset=\"utf-8\">Professors <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/theodore-s-sims\/\" target=\"_blank\">Theodore S. Sims<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/alan-l-feld\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alan L. Feld<\/a>, long-time faculty members and experts in tax law and policy with nearly a century\u2019s worth of classroom experience between them, are retiring at the end of this academic year.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Feld and Sims joined BU Law in 1971 and 1996, respectively. In their scholarly and practical work, they have dealt with topics ranging from the taxation of capital income and the effects of tax policy on inequality to tax law\u2019s influence in the art and nonprofit worlds. Most recently, they collaborated <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.law.bu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=2549&amp;context=faculty_scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on a 2023 paper that examined the use of conservation easements as tax shelters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps more importantly, Sims and Feld have taught and mentored generations of students and fellow faculty members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/david-i-walker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David I. Walker<\/a>, who retired from the faculty last year after working with Sims and Feld for more than two decades, says his former colleagues were \u201csuch great mentors, both for teaching and for scholarship.\u201d Early in his teaching career, when Sims and Feld were already well established on the faculty and in the field, the pair would meet with Walker over lunch to talk about tax issues and questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey read numerous drafts of my articles and just provided terrific feedback,\u201d Walker says. \u201cThey were kind of a safe space; I didn\u2019t have to worry I was going to embarrass myself in front of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>\u2018Enamored\u2019 with Tax Law<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Feld\" class=\"wp-image-96354\" width=\"335\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-682x682.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-344x344.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-529x529.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-688x688.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Feld_Alan-22-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from Harvard Law School, Feld was assigned to the tax law practice at Paul, Weiss. The field hadn\u2019t been his first choice\u2014he had hoped to land in the litigation or general business departments\u2014but he soon was \u201cenamored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTax is rigorous, complex, sometimes not totally rational, and also ubiquitous,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t settle a tort case or have a divorce or do a lot of other business transactions without taking into account fully the tax effects on the various parties.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After practicing at Paul, Weiss and another firm, Feld joined BU Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had always had in the back of my head that I wanted to do some writing and teaching,\u201d he recalls. \u201cAlso, one of the constraints of practice is that you have a client who wants something. You\u2019re constrained to look at the world in that light. I wanted to have my own independent judgment about hard questions and problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Feld explored topics such as the former deductions available for childcare and household services and church tax exemptions. He is also an expert on art law and corporate taxation. With the late William D. Andrews, Feld co-authored a major corporate tax casebook<em>, Federal Income Taxation of Corporate Transactions<\/em>. He also co-wrote <em>Patrons Despite Themselves: Taxpayers and Arts Policy<\/em>, which examined indirect subsidies in the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the classroom, Feld was \u201camazing,\u201d says Jacob Nielsen (JD\u201921, LLM\u201921), a student who coauthored the conservation easements piece with Feld and Sims. Nielsen took an introductory class with Feld and a later class on corporate income taxation. He says Feld was like a \u201csensei trying to invite you into the art of tax law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has this deadpan sense of humor that is just delightful,\u201d adds Nielsen, now an associate in the tax practice at Ropes &amp; Gray. \u201cMore than concepts and ways of thinking, he introduced us into the history and tradition of practicing tax law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feld, who won BU Law\u2019s Michael Melton Award for Teaching Excellence in 2002, says students were a highlight of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125117\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-636x477.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-1101x826.png 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-909x682.png 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-459x344.png 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-705x529.png 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement-917x688.png 917w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Alan-Feld-Commencement.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><figcaption>Professor Feld at BU Law&#8217;s 1995 Commencement ceremony. Photo taken by BU Photo Services.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe questions students ask\u2026 can get you to think of things in new ways,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feld also appreciated his colleagues. He participated in a \u201creally low stakes\u201d poker game for many years with fellow faculty members, including Professors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/jack-m-beermann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jack M. Beerman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/larry-yackle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Larry Yackle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked in an interview shortly after he taught his last class as a full-time faculty member whether he was net up or down at the table, Feld demurred. \u201cI was net happy,\u201d he says with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>\u2018Loveable, Eccentric Genius\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims.png\" alt=\"Ted Sims\" class=\"wp-image-120982\" width=\"335\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims-344x344.png 344w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims-529x529.png 529w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Ted-Sims-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1970 after studying music and eventually majoring in history at Columbia. Following law school, he clerked for Judge John Godbold of the Fifth Circuit and then went to work at Wilmer Cutler &amp; Pickering (the D.C. predecessor of Wilmer Hale).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims had an interest in tax but began his career in litigation. In 1977, while handling discovery in an antitrust lawsuit, he got a job offer from Daniel Halperin, who had recently joined the Carter Administration as the Treasury Department\u2019s Tax Legislative Counsel. Sims spent four years there working on, among other things, the taxation of aspects of capital income, the income taxation of life insurance companies and their products, and the treatment of charitable contributions and tax-exempt organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims left in 1981 to teach at George Washington University.&nbsp; After being awarded tenure in 1986, he used a sabbatical to pursue a PhD in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he completed in 1995.&nbsp; (As he noted in the preface to his dissertation, buying a Porsche would have made for a far less expensive, and less painful, mid-life crisis.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ted\u2019s first encounter with BU Law occurred in the spring of 1990, when he was invited to fill in for Feld, who was visiting that year at Harvard. In 1996, Sims moved permanently to BU, where his wife was then an assistant professor in the economics&nbsp; department.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of 30 years, Sims has taught, in addition to federal income taxation, the taxation of financial instruments and federal tax policy, courses in trusts and estates, in analytic methods for lawyers, and, more recently, in corporate finance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims\u2019 research has focused principally on the taxation of capital income, including in particular the taxation of financial instruments, the nature and functioning of leveraged tax shelters, the relationship more generally between methods of cost recovery and the accrual of capital income, the importance of timing in the taxation of capital income, and the significance of income taxation and risk.&nbsp; He has also written on timing in wealth transfer taxation, &nbsp;the taxation of life insurance companies, and the impact of taxation on inequality. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims has always enjoyed teaching tax, especially large classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTax is initially alien to many if not most law students, who regard having decided to attend law school rather than, say, business school, as permanently exempting them from having to do arithmetic ever again in their lives,\u201d he says. \u201cBut taxes, which are toted up in dollars, require arithmetic. A large class is more likely to contain a sufficient number of students who are unafraid of numbers to get the ball rolling in class.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nielsen, who worked as Sims\u2019 research assistant as well as his co-author, described Sims as a \u201cloveable, eccentric genius\u201d who \u201creally wants to help [his students] excel.\u201d When he was excited about an idea or issue, Nielsen says, Sims would send emails at two or three in the morning or talk on the phone late into the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSims really believes in getting tax right by thinking down to the first principles of taxation and reasoning from there to a more efficient and just system,\u201d Nielsen says. \u201cHe had this idea that if you could understand the theoretical concept of tax basis, then you could basically feel what the rule should be even if you didn\u2019t know what the rule was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125118\" width=\"446\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-477x636.png 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-620x826.png 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-512x682.png 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-774x1032.png 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-258x344.png 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-397x529.png 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-516x688.png 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-794x1058.png 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-750x1000.png 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims-600x800.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2026\/05\/Ted-Sims.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><figcaption>Faculty photo of Professor Sims from the early 2000s taken by by Mark Ostow.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on his former professors, Nielsen says \u201cthere will never be another Ted Sims or Alan Feld.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose guys are two of a kind,\u201d he says. \u201cThey love tax law, they were masters at what they were doing, and they had that kind of almost-grandfather-like care for their students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BU Law Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/steven-dean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven Dean<\/a>, who joined the full-time faculty in 2023, agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">\u201cThe amount of collective wisdom and knowledge that will be lost when these two retire is painful to contemplate,\u201d Dean says. \u201cWe won\u2019t ever be able to replace them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">Oh, about that \u201creally low stakes poker game\u201d with the likes of Beerman and Yackle that Feld mentioned: on first joining BU, Sims was duly invited to join; knowing that he was okay at bridge but really bad at poker, Sims politely declined. A bit later, when someone new joined the faculty, Sims was the (undoubtedly inad\u00advertent) recipient of an email from Yackle to Beerman and Feld, mentioning that it created an opportunity for a \u201cfresh victim to be invited into our wealth redis\u00adtribution endeavors.\u201d&nbsp; Sims hit \u201cReply all\u201d, and sent a two-word message: \u201cSuspicions confirmed.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-three record-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/04\/NM_Retirees.png\" 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https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/05\/Retirees_header-1500x428.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/05\/Retirees_header-500x143.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/05\/Retirees_header-1000x286.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2024\/05\/Retirees_header-1628x465.jpg 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1726px) 100vw, 1726px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>BU Law News<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2024\/faculty-retirees-departures-24\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">BU Law Celebrates Retiring and Departing Faculty<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">May 17, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"566\" height=\"566\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kaplan_Gordon_Retire\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire-344x344.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire-529x529.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2022\/05\/Kaplan_Gordon_Retire-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>BU Law News<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2022\/bu-law-celebrates-retiring-faculty\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">BU Law Celebrates Retiring Faculty<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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