{"id":39000,"date":"2017-03-21T09:08:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T13:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?page_id=39000"},"modified":"2022-07-15T15:26:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:26:16","slug":"news-and-announcements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/offices\/clinical-experiential-programs\/news-and-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"law-display-posts bu-article-list  has-count-4\">\n<li class=\"law-display-posts-item\">\n\t<article>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">August 13, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"news_post_title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2026\/mann-leads-experiential-ed\/\">Naomi Mann Leads BU Law\u2019s Growing Experiential Education Program as the New Associate Dean<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news_post_title_dek\">\n\t\t\tMann plans to forge new partnerships with local and national organizations on initiatives that advance civil justice and expand access to legal representation.\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\tIn the past three years, Boston University School of Law\u2019s experiential learning program has expanded its offerings across the board, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2026\/mann-leads-experiential-ed\/\" class=\"more\">[More]<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\n<li class=\"law-display-posts-item\">\n\t<article>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">May 4, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"news_post_title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2026\/uncomfortable-truths-real-world-lawyering\/\">Uncomfortable Truths, Real-World Lawyering<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news_post_title_dek\">\n\t\t\tFor Ivana Wijedasa (\u201926), her legal education has meant grappling with injustice\u2014and gaining the hands-on experience to challenge it.\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\tWijedasa also had a deeply personal reason for studying law. Her mother, a native of Sri Lanka, lost her legal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2026\/uncomfortable-truths-real-world-lawyering\/\" class=\"more\">[More]<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\n<li class=\"law-display-posts-item\">\n\t<article>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">March 30, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"news_post_title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2026\/ip-law-in-the-90s\/\">What Was IP Law Like in the 90s?<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news_post_title_dek\">\n\t\t\tSILC Executive Director Jef Pearlman, reflects on the similarities between IP law and emerging technologies, then and now.\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\tWhen the battles around Napster and file-sharing heated up around the late 90s, it prompted some tech wizards to think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2026\/ip-law-in-the-90s\/\" class=\"more\">[More]<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\n<li class=\"law-display-posts-item\">\n\t<article>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">March 13, 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"news_post_title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2025\/kate-devlin-joyce\/\">An Advocate for BU Law\u2019s Externship Program<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news_post_title_dek\">\n\t\t\tProfessor Kate Devlin Joyce\u2019s passion for teaching drives her work to enrich and expand experiential learning opportunities.\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\tBefore Kate Devlin Joyce realized she wanted to be a lawyer, she was drawn to teaching. 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