Meet the Staff
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Contact Us: Boston University School of Law Career Development Office 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 1374 Boston, MA 02215 Tel: 617.353.3141 Fax: 617.353.2547 lawcdo@bu.edu |
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Maura Kelly, Esq., Director
Director Maura Kelly joined the CDO in the of Spring 2005. Before coming to BU Law, Maura was the assistant director in the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising at Harvard Law School, where one of her roles was to expand career-related resources in the field of international public interest law. Maura's legal experiences includes a judicial clerkship, direct legal services, national law reform advocacy, in-house and private practice. She worked at the Center for Law and Education and South Middlesex Legal Services as well as in the education law departments of two law firms, Holland & Knight LLP and Kotin, Crabtree & Strong. Maura also served as the general counsel at Lesley University. In addition to practicing law, Maura taught both in higher education and at the high school level, worked as a community organizer, and has been involved in a wide variety of community activities related to education, children and civil rights. During her tenure at BU Law, Maura's goals have been to expand employment opportunities for students throughout the U.S. and around the world and to encourage students to include public service in whatever paths they choose. Maura holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, a Master of Education in Urban Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a B.A. in Spanish and Secondary Education from the University of New Hampshire.
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Jennifer Perrigo, Esq., Associate Director
Prior to joining the Career Development Office, Jennifer was the managing attorney at the Massachusetts Justice Project, an organization serving low-income clients with civil legal matters. She advised and represented clients in matters such as employment, housing, consumer and family law. As part of her position, she also managed the Volunteer Lawyers Service, a program matching clients with pro bono representation. Jen enjoys counseling current students as well as alumni in all career related matters as well as working with employers to expand opportunities. She has also served as director of BU Law's Pro Bono Program encouraging students to make public service part of their professional lives. In 2008, she was named chair of the Massachusetts Law School Consortium (MLSC), a consortium consisting of the seven ABA accredited law schools in Massachusetts. A summa cum laude graduate of Ithaca College, she obtained her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.
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Sabrina Trovato Halloran, Esq., Associate Director
Before joining Boston University Law School, Sabrina worked as a corporate attorney in the Boston office of Holland & Knight, LLP, where she focused her practice in health law. She assisted clients on complex corporate and health care transactional matters, insurance and managed care licensure, reimbursement and corporate compliance, including HIPAA. Her general corporate experience includes assisting in corporate acquisitions, drafting and reviewing commercial contracts, addressing corporate governance and regulatory compliance issues and fraud and abuse matters.
Sabrina was born and raised in Italy where she worked as an attorney in private practice and as the Command Liaison and legal consultant for a NATO base. She obtained her Laurea in Giurisprudenza (Italian J.D.) from the University of Catania School of Law. She received her American J.D. magna cum laude from Suffolk University Law School.
Sabrina is the co-author of a chapter on e-health published by Thomson/West in the 2004 edition of the Health Law Handbook. She currently serves as the vice-chair of the Health Rights and Bioethics Committee of the ABA Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section.
Kate Devlin, Esq., Assistant Director of Public Interest and Pro Bono
Kate Devlin joins BU Law with over eight years of working with both national and international nonprofits. She graduated from BC Law School in 2002 and received an Equal Justice Works Fellowship to provide legal representation to immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the Boston region. She continued her fellowship project through funding from the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women (OVW). For the past two years, Kate has worked at the Victim Rights Law Center providing training to nonprofits nationally on civil legal representation of victims. In addition to her work in Boston, Kate has worked for Montana Legal Services Association, Legal Aid of Cambodia and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Prior to law school, Kate taught in Jamaica and Belize with the Jesuit Volunteers International. She is excited to utilize her experience and expertise to assist BU law students in furthering their careers.
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Cynthia M. Tow, Esq., Recruitment and Marketing Manager
Cynthia is a native of Brookline, MA and a 2005 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law. After graduating from NUSL, Cynthia worked at a small general practice firm in Newton, MA, before deciding that legal recruiting was her true calling. Cynthia joins the CDO from Northeastern after spending the better part of this past year serving first as recruitment coordinator in the law school’s Career Services Office, and then as database manager/program coordinator for the law school’s Co-operative Legal Education Program. Cynthia enjoys cooking and spending time with her young nieces and nephew. She is also an avid tennis player. As an undergraduate at Boston College, she played #1 singles and #1 doubles for the Eagles for four years, and currently serves in her spare time as assistant coach for the Boston College Women’s Tennis team.
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Viveca Aghassi, Esq., Career Counselor
Viveca joined the CDO in Fall 2005 as a J.D. Adviser. The CDO is happy that she has now joined the permanent staff as a career counselor. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Viveca practiced corporate law at both a mid-sized and small firm in the Boston area. With an interest in career development, Viveca opted to pursue an alternative path, first utilizing her legal background at an agency which represents writers. Her interest in careers drew her back into the legal fold ultimately. Viveca began coaching attorneys regarding business development and marketing, helping them to grow their practices and client base. She is thrilled to be using her experience in legal and other sectors to aid alumni and students at the law school with their own careers.
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Dave Adams, Senior Clerkship and Pro Bono Program Coordinator
Dave graduated from the University of Southern Maine School of Music in 2002 with a B.A. in Jazz Performance. Dave has been an actively touring musician for the past eight years. Playing lead alto saxophone, he is an original member of the Boston based funk band, Addison Groove Project, which won the 2004 Boston Music Award for "Best Funk Band." While touring with AGP, Dave worked part-time in the BU Law Admissions Office. After a wonderful experience assisting with the 2005 BU Law application process, meeting students, faculty and administration, Dave has since been hired as senior clerkship and Pro Bono coordinator for the Career Development Office. Dave is also the instructor for the BU School of Music Improvisation Workshop.
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Kate O'Toole, Recruitment Coordinator
Kate graduated from Boston University in 2003 with a B.A. in Philosophy. After a position with Woodman Edmands Danylik & Austin, P.A. in her native Maine, Kate joined the CDO staff in August 2005 as program coordinator and now serves as recruitment coordinator.
Kelly McIntosh, Esq., JD Advisor
Before joining the CDO, Kelly worked at three of Boston’s largest law firms as a lawyer and career development professional. Kelly practiced law at Bingham McCutchen LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP, where she focused on corporate and employee benefits law. After several years as a practicing lawyer, Kelly joined Ropes & Gray LLP as the firm’s first Associate Development Attorney. At Ropes, Kelly developed and oversaw large-scale associate orientation, training and evaluation programs. She also counseled associates regarding integration into the firm, practice group choices and professional development. Most recently, Kelly worked as a career services consultant at Boston College Law School where she counseled students regarding career options. A native of Concord, MA and a mother of two, Kelly received a J.D. magna cum laude from Boston College Law School, and a B.A. cum laude from Duke University. Kelly is excited to have the opportunity to draw on her experience as a lawyer and career development professional to help BU law students as they begin their legal careers.
R. Liliana Palacios-Baldwin, Esq., JD Advisor
Lili Palacios-Baldwin joins the CDO this fall as a JD Advisor. Lili began her legal career as an Associate with the law firm of Robinson & Cole LLP in Boston upon her graduation from Northeastern University School of Law in 1998. Shortly after beginning her career at the firm, Lili was selected to join the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a Trial Attorney. Lili worked with the EEOC for almost a decade and before joining the CDO was a Senior Trial Attorney in the EEOC's Boston Area Office. While at the EEOC Lili worked with federal investigators to investigate charges of workplace discrimination made by members of the public, conducted public educational outreach on workplace rights and responsibilities under federal anti-discrimination laws, and engaged in individual and class litigation on behalf of the EEOC throughout New England, New York, and Puerto Rico. She also served as a Bilingual (Spanish/English) Trial Attorney in the EEOC's San Juan Area Office in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Raised in the Boston area, Lili is originally from Caracas, Venezuela. She is a lover of foreign language and culture, interests she cultivated at The Johns Hopkins University where she obtained a B.A. in International Studies.