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08.07.08: Ariel Soiffer ('10) featured in "Soiffer works on telecom legislation as Rappaport Fellow" on WickedLocal.com
07.11.08: Interview with equal rights crusader Glendora McIllwain Putnam, Esq. (Class of 1948)
06.27.08: Commencement 2008 slideshow and features
06.26.08: BU Law mourns the passing of Professor Allan Macurdy
06.20.08: Leading tax lawyer Daniel M. Berman joins BU Law
06.13.08: Noam Chomsky Lectures at BU Law on Modern-Day American Imperialism: Middle East and Beyond
05.23.08: Reginald Champagne ('09) receives two prestigious book scholarships
05.16.08: Christiaan Highsmith ('08) receives ACC Law Student Ethics Award
05.09.08: BU Law Annnounces Commencement Speaker, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas ('88)
05.05.08: From Securities Regulation to Jessica Simpson, Chris Barnstable-Brown ('08) prepares for family's Kentucky Derby gala
05.02.08: President Bush designates Professor William W. Park to World Bank’s dispute resolution body
05.01.08: Kenneth J. Parsigian ('87) receives BU Law's 2008 Pro Bono Alumni Award
04.11.08: Professor Tamar Frankel publishes book: Trust and Honesty in the Real World
04.07.08: Mary Gallagher- "Harvard Law may give tuition waiver for service"
04.01.08: Holland & Knight Partner Deborah E. Barnard ('87) Honored by the Women's Law Association at Boston University School of Law
03.28.08: Becoming a Lawyer: Personal statements from BU Law’s entering class

Alumni Press Releases

08.28.08: Kathleen King Parker Joins Pierce Atwood LLP
08.27.08: Mark B. Friedman ('75) Will Join DLA Piper's Corporate and Finance Practice in London
08.21.08: Brendan Riley ('08): Semester abroad at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid
08.21.08: Robert Grondine ('80) sets his sights on Japan
08.21.08: Stephen Biller ('65) featured in "Biller joins Luckett Pinstein Ridder PC, discusses business, employment practice" on MemphisDailyNews.com
08.20.08: Kris Thorsness ('89) revisits her Olympic gold in "Summer Games coverage brings it all back" on MPNnow.com
08.15.08: Don Calloway ('05) elected to represent hometown of 71st District in the Missouri State House of Representatives
08.15.08: Seni Adio (LL.M. '91) opens law firm in Nigeria
08.13.08: Nicholas Robbins ('97) named Chair of the Board of Directors of the Angel Investment Forum of Florida (AIFFL)
08.13.08: Larry Pankey ('92) joins race for mayor of Dunwoody, Georgia
08.12.08: Bernadette Brown ('03) is new director of policy for the Triangle Foundation
08.12.08: William S. Norton ('04) joins Motley Rice LLC
08.07.08: Michael Gollin ('84) contributes to environmentally based Nobel Peace Prize Award
08.05.08: Adam Kaplan ('00) joins PCT Law Group
07.30.08: James C. Foster ('76) quoted in "Charles River supports the National Cancer Institute and establishes new RMS operations" on BusinessWire.com
07.30.08: Ron Leshnower ('97) authors new book Every Landlord's Property Protection Guide: 10 Ways to Cut Your Risk Now

Faculty News

08.28.08: Professor Charles Whitehead quoted in article, "Auction-rate probes stoke New York-Boston rivalry," Reuters.com
08.20.08: Professor Michael Harper quoted in "FedEx Loses Investors as Courts Upend Founder's Model" on Bloomberg.com
08.20.08: Professor Tamar Frankel quoted in "Citigroup may have to buy back securities" on Boston.com
08.20.08: Professor Tamar Frankel article "Rethinking the American Dream" published on Lawdragon.com
08.12.08: Professor Charles Whitehead quoted in "Dark pools mudding up market transparency" on FoxBusiness.com
08.11.08: Director of Graduate Tax Program Daniel Berman quoted in "Tax Analysts interview with Dan Berman, new Director of BU Grad Tax Program" in Tax Analysts
08.07.08: Director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law Cornelius Hurley quoted in "Foreign Exchange: Push is one for bar exam guidelines" in Boston Business Journal (login required to view full text)
08.07.08: Professor Tamar Frankel quoted in "Citigroup may buy $8 billion in auction-rate debt (Update3)" on Bloomberg.com
08.07.08: Adjunct Professor Richard Hackett quoted in "Credit card thieves ran a polite, professional help desk" on ComputerWorld.com
07.31.08: Professor Charles Whitehead quoted in "SEC plans broader rules to tackle naked short selling" on MarketWatch.com
07.30.08: Professor Mark Pettit featured in "Contract Rock" in Bostonia
07.30.08: Dean Maureen O'Rourke named new council member for Boston Bar Association
07.30.08: Dean Maureen O'Rourke quoted in "Politics in U.S. hiring: When is it improper?" in the Christian Science Monitor
07.25.08: Interview with Professor Darby, Tax Writer of the Year >>Full story
07.23.08: Professor Stanley Z. Fisher’s article "Eyewitness Identification Reform in Massachusetts" published in 91 Massachusetts Law Review 52 (2008) >>View article (pdf)
07.22.08: Professor Charles Whitehead quoted in “Market makers may be exempt from new short rule” on MarketWatch.com