{"id":99441,"date":"2023-03-29T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=99441"},"modified":"2023-05-12T08:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T12:29:48","slug":"the-educators","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2023\/the-educators\/","title":{"rendered":"The Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-flip has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-secondary-theme\">\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=\"1860\" height=\"2000\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"An illustration of an abstract pair of hands holding up a mortar board with gold vines and leaves growing from it\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration.jpg 1860w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-591x636.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-952x1024.jpg 952w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-768x826.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-1428x1536.jpg 1428w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-634x682.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-960x1032.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-1229x1321.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-320x344.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-492x529.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-640x688.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-984x1058.jpg 984w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-1269x1364.jpg 1269w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-1536x1652.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Education-illustration-930x1000.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Illustration by the Project Twins<\/p>\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\">LAW150<\/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\tThe Educators\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\">Alumni who went on to found or lead colleges and universities across the country and around the world.<\/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\">March 29, 2023<\/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\/lauren-eckenroth\/\">Lauren Eckenroth<\/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-secondary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>Since its founding in 1872, Boston University School of Law has taken considerable pride in its faculty, staff, students, and alumni. It was with our community in mind that we set out to create <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/150th-anniversary\/#book\" target=\"_blank\">150\/150<\/a><\/em>, a commemorative book featuring 150 profiles of people, places, and events that have shaped the school and the world.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the school\u2019s anniversary year, <em>The Record<\/em> is publishing a selection of the profiles that appear in the book. We present here alumni who went on to found or lead colleges and universities across the country and around the world. They are the instructors, the mentors, the role models who seized new opportunities to lay the foundation for future generations of scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button record-block-button has-secondary-theme icon-navigateright align-icon-left is-style-outline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/150th-anniversary\/#book\">Learn more about 150\/150: People, Places, precedents<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline\">Takeo Kikuchi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1875, Takeo Kikuchi (1877) was awarded a rare opportunity. Emperor Meiji of Japan selected the 21-year-old son of a samurai \u2014 along with a few hundred other young men and women \u2014 to study abroad. Their collective task: experience Western languages, science, and systems of government, then return home and apply their newfound knowledge to usher Japan into the modern era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/takeo-kikuchi.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Takeo Kikuchi (Class of 1877)\" class=\"wp-image-99459\" width=\"413\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/takeo-kikuchi.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/takeo-kikuchi-437x636.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/takeo-kikuchi-469x682.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/takeo-kikuchi-237x344.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/takeo-kikuchi-364x529.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/takeo-kikuchi-473x688.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by AN Hardy courtesy of Boston University School of Law<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kikuchi, who had studied at Tokyo Kaisei Gakko (known today as the University of Tokyo), traveled halfway across the world to study law at Boston University. In 1877, he became the first Japanese man to graduate from BU Law. His experiences at the school \u2014 and in Boston \u2014 would profoundly affect the young lawyer and the future of Japanese law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kikuchi returned to Tokyo in 1880 to join the Ministry of Justice \u2014 and found a very different legal system than the one he had studied. The country had no standard examination or certification process for public workers, lawyers, or judges. Moreover, the profession of lawyer was not recognized in Japanese culture. In 1885, Kikuchi joined forces with 17 other attorneys to form Igirisu Horitsu Gakko (English Law School), known today as Chuo University. The blueprint for the school would be a departure from peer institutions in Japan. The founders believed that teaching British and American law, rather than the widely accepted French law taught in other schools, would be the most effective means of establishing a modern judicial system in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, the formula worked: the school\u2019s curriculum and emphasis on the practical application of learning attracted aspiring lawyers in Japan. Today, Chuo University is one of the country\u2019s largest and most prestigious private universities, known for its teachings in law, policy studies, science, and engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kikuchi would go on to be highly regarded as a scholar of Japanese law. He was awarded Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1888 and became the second president of Chuo University in 1903. That same year, he was elected president of the Tokyo Bar Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-2\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline\">Nathan Abbott<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When Stanford University opened its doors in 1891, founder Leland Stanford and president David Starr Jordan had an egalitarian vision of their institution: It would be nonsectarian, coeducational, and affordable \u2014 much like Boston University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarleft\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Abbott-Nathan-courtesy-Stanford-Law.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Abbott (Class of 1881)\" class=\"wp-image-99458\" width=\"413\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Abbott-Nathan-courtesy-Stanford-Law.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Abbott-Nathan-courtesy-Stanford-Law-437x636.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Abbott-Nathan-courtesy-Stanford-Law-469x682.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Abbott-Nathan-courtesy-Stanford-Law-237x344.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Abbott-Nathan-courtesy-Stanford-Law-364x529.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Abbott-Nathan-courtesy-Stanford-Law-473x688.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy of Stanford Law School<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But unlike BU, Stanford didn\u2019t have a law school. In 1893, Jordan reached out to Nathan Abbott (1881) to lead a new law department at the university. Abbott, who studied at Yale before pursuing his law degree, was a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Melville Madison Bigelow, BU Law cofounder. Bigelow had grown so impressed by Abbott\u2019s legal reasoning that he asked him to teach a course while he was still a student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing his studies at BU Law, Abbott practiced law for several years in Boston before \u2014 on the advice of his doctor to lead a less strenuous life \u2014 he pursued teaching. Abbott held appointments at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University before accepting Jordan\u2019s invitation to travel west to California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Abbott stepped onto the Stanford campus in 1894, he discovered a university in disarray. The untimely death of the school\u2019s principal benefactor, Leland Stanford, coupled with the worst economic depression the country had yet experienced, threatened the institution\u2019s financial future. Abbott was tasked with performing a wide range of unusual duties to get the law school up and running, such as installing the department\u2019s first office and library and building most of its furniture by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But furnishings weren\u2019t all that was missing. Like many contemporary law schools, the law department\u2019s entrance requirements were undefined. Abbott implemented new standards, including a provision that applicants must complete an undergraduate degree or meet rigid standards in their secondary school studies. He also welcomed women and people of color\u2014something only BU and a handful of other law schools did at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plagued by financial setbacks, Abbott conducted most of the teaching single-handedly in the school\u2019s formative years. He quickly developed a reputation as an entertaining professor who had a skill for tracing the legal propositions of American law back to English common law. \u201cHis approach to a problem was gentle, but his solution was vivid,\u201d recalled Edward Hamlin Woodruff, the Stanford University librarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbott\u2019s hard work eventually paid off. By the turn of the century, the law department was the largest academic program on Stanford\u2019s campus. When he left in 1907 to join the law faculty of Columbia University, the school had acquired a reputation of excellence comparable to leading law schools in the eastern US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than a century later, Abbott\u2019s mission of providing an education rooted in excellence, integrity, and equality lives on at Stanford Law School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-3\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline\">Gleason Archer and Arthur MacLean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Archer-Gleason.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white photo of Gleason Archer (Class of 1906)\" class=\"wp-image-99460\" width=\"413\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Archer-Gleason.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Archer-Gleason-437x636.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Archer-Gleason-469x682.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Archer-Gleason-237x344.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Archer-Gleason-364x529.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Archer-Gleason-473x688.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy of the Moakley Archive &amp; Institute, Suffolk University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A chance encounter between the two strangers in the summer of 1903 would dramatically change the course of Gleason Archer\u2019s life. Archer (1906) met his benefactor, George Frost, a wealthy women\u2019s clothing manufacturer on a stagecoach traveling from Cape Cod to Boston. As the result of their meeting, Frost funded Archer\u2019s education at BU Law. When Archer attempted to repay him, Frost refused, saying, \u201cIf you ever have a chance to pass this favor on to others, do it for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archer took those words to heart when, in 1906 (the year he graduated and passed the bar), he founded Archer\u2019s Evening Law School in the living room of his Roxbury home. The makeshift classroom sought to provide a legal education regardless of economic class, race, or religion. Later that year, it was renamed Suffolk Law School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1908, the first Suffolk Law School student passed the bar. By 1930, the school had received full accreditation from the American Bar Association and was one of the largest law schools in the country with 2,207 students. In that same decade, the school expanded its focus with the Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences and the Sawyer Business School, and was incorporated as Suffolk University in 1937. Archer served as president of Suffolk Law School and Suffolk University until 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarleft\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/MacLean-Arthur.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white photo of Arthur MacLean (Class of 1906)\" class=\"wp-image-99461\" width=\"413\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/MacLean-Arthur.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/MacLean-Arthur-437x636.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/MacLean-Arthur-469x682.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/MacLean-Arthur-237x344.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/MacLean-Arthur-364x529.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/MacLean-Arthur-473x688.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy of the New England Law | Boston Archives<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Archer\u2019s friend and classmate, Arthur MacLean (1906), had similar ambitions. A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, MacLean graduated from BU Law in 1906. Two years later, he founded Portia Law School, a night school in Boston that offered legal education exclusively to women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacLean had a vision that Portia would become \u201cone of the largest law schools of the country.\u201d It\u2019s a goal that seemed viable during the late 1920s when admissions to the school trended up and most of the women who passed the Massachusetts bar exam were graduates of Portia. In 1928, the school reached its peak enrollment with 414 students. Throughout its early years, Portia\u2019s student body hailed primarily from working-class and immigrant families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wall Street Crash of 1929, and the subsequent depression, decimated enrollments at Portia. In 1938, the school became a coeducational institution and at the time of Arthur MacLean\u2019s death in 1943, it produced only eight graduates. The following year, it produced only two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 1960s, enrollment at Portia rebounded and, in 1969, the school received accreditation from the American Bar Association and became the New England School of Law. Today, it\u2019s known as New England Law | Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-4\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline\">Jo Ann Rooney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jo Ann Rooney (LLM in Taxation\u201991) never pictured herself working in a traditional law practice. She also didn\u2019t imagine becoming a teacher like her mom, who taught elementary school in Rooney\u2019s hometown of Hazelton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/jo-ann-rooney.jpg\" alt=\"Jo Ann Rooney (LLM in Taxation'91)\" class=\"wp-image-99456\" width=\"413\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/jo-ann-rooney.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/jo-ann-rooney-437x636.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/jo-ann-rooney-469x682.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/jo-ann-rooney-237x344.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/jo-ann-rooney-364x529.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/jo-ann-rooney-473x688.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Natalie Battaglia courtesy of Loyola University Chicago<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But after graduating from BU Law in 1991 with an LLM in Taxation, Rooney found herself practicing law by day at a corporate firm and teaching law students at night at Boston-area schools, such as BU and Suffolk University. \u201cI liked my day job, but I looked forward, believe it or not, to teaching from 6 to 10pm just to spend time with these students who really valued education,\u201d said Rooney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Rooney \u2014 like so many others \u2014 reconsidered how she could make a difference in the world. Then, through a colleague, she learned about the search for a president at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2002, Rooney became president of the private doctoral-level university, where she is credited with turning around an institution facing severe financial challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After nearly a decade at Spalding, Rooney moved back to Massachusetts in 2010 to take on the role of president at Mount Ida College. But just months into her position, she was nominated by the Obama Administration to serve in the US Department of Defense (DOD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her term at the DOD, Rooney wore many hats, including senior advisor to the under secretary of defense (comptroller) and principal deputy under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. While she successfully managed a force of more than 30,000 employees and a budget of over $70 billion, Rooney notes one of her proudest achievements was helping military personnel continue their education after leaving service. \u201cWe worked with them to capture their experiences and their leadership in a way that would allow them to transition to civilian life and realize their impact with businesses or organizations, or start their own nonprofits,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, Rooney returned to higher education to become the first woman and lay president to lead Loyola University Chicago. Her accomplishments at the Jesuit institution include creating a multiyear strategic plan, welcoming the most diverse and largest first-year class in the university\u2019s history, and diversifying faculty ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rooney stepped down from her position at Loyola in July 2022. What\u2019s next? \u201cI\u2019m hoping that I can take my love of education and the things that I\u2019ve learned from all of these experiences and help organizations and leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-5\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline\">Hernando Parra Nieto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombian-born Hernando Parra Nieto (LLM in American Law\u201910) has led a distinguished career practicing and teaching commercial, banking, financial, and fiduciary law in his home country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarleft\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Hernando-Parra-Nieto.jpg\" alt=\"Hernando Parra Nieto (LLM in American Law'10)\" class=\"wp-image-99457\" width=\"401\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Hernando-Parra-Nieto.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Hernando-Parra-Nieto-425x636.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Hernando-Parra-Nieto-455x682.jpg 455w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Hernando-Parra-Nieto-230x344.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Hernando-Parra-Nieto-353x529.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/03\/Hernando-Parra-Nieto-459x688.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Carolina Corredor courtesy of Universidad Externado de Colombia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A founding partner of Bogot\u00e1-based Parra Nieto Abogados, he also served as in-house counsel at Citibank Colombia and vice president and general secretary of Banco Colpatria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parra Nieto has also devoted a great deal of his life to educating future generations. \u201cI believe that as human beings we have the obligation to serve others, to show solidarity,\u201d he said. \u201cWithout it, life has no meaning. We must return to life part of what we have received from it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Universidad Externado de Colombia, where he received his law degree in 1985, Parra Nieto has held the titles of professor, professor emeritus, director of the civil law department, and general secretary. In March 2021, he was named rector, the equivalent of president of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">When asked about the future of his alma mater in a post-pandemic world, Parra Nieto said it wouldn\u2019t be business as usual. \u201cWe abruptly changed an education model that was 200 years old, and the universities have to respond to it. The Externado will be at the forefront of this,\u201d he affirmed. \u201cThis is going to lead to changes in teaching models and is going to demand that we teachers adapt and develop a new pedagogy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-collection-billboard record-block-editorial-collection-billboard\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-intro-title\">This Series<\/h3>\n\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-article\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-media\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"collection-navigation-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"890\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1024x890.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"An illustration of a vintage megaphone splitting the US Capitol building in half against a red background\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-636x553.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1536x1336.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-2048x1781.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-950x826.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-784x682.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1187x1032.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1519x1321.jpg 1519w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-396x344.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-608x529.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-791x688.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1217x1058.jpg 1217w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1569x1364.jpg 1569w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1900x1652.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2023\/07\/Politics-illustration-landscape-1150x1000.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-media-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2023\/alumni-politicians\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-media-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>The Politicians<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-small-title\">Also in<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/collections\/law150\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>LAW150<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"collection-billboard-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">June 7, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2023\/models-for-modern-law\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Models for Modern Law<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">May 23, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2023\/law-memories\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>LAW Memories<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">May 16, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2023\/the-150th-vladimir-egiyan\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>The 150th: Vladimir Egiyan<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/collections\/law150\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Series home<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They are the instructors, the mentors, the role models who seized new opportunities to lay the foundation for future generations of 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