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A Tribute To Robert (“Bob”) G. Burdick: A Man Of Vision And Light, Constance A. Browne
A Tribute To Robert (“Bob”) G. Burdick: A Man Of Vision And Light, Constance A. Browne
Faculty Scholarship
One of Bob’s former students said it best: “Bob was the lawyer I wanted to be. He was the person I wanted to be.”1 Bob was also the mentor, teacher, and innovator I aspired to be. For many marginalized clients, Bob brought the change they needed; the change justice required. He embodied hope—he saw the light and strove to enable others to share in its glow.
Tribute To Bob Burdick, Naomi M. Mann
Tribute To Bob Burdick, Naomi M. Mann
Faculty Scholarship
In losing Bob, we have truly lost a legal giant. He was a visionary in poverty law. He led significant litigation that improved the lives of countless individuals in the Commonwealth. It is because of him, a team of legal aid attorneys, and his students that individuals who are considered mentally incapacitated are entitled to Rogers hearings before being administered medication. It is also under his leadership that student attorneys throughout the Commonwealth can get attorney’s fees for their legal services organizations. Through his guidance and teaching, generations of law students have learned how to infuse their work (wherever they …
Some Special Words For Robert Burdick, Mary Connaughton
Some Special Words For Robert Burdick, Mary Connaughton
Faculty Scholarship
Many words can be used to describe Bob Burdick, my supervisor, colleague, and friend at the Boston University Civil Litigation Program since the fall of 1993. BU has recognized him as a “Quiet Legal Giant”; as his colleagues, we have commented on his compassion, low-key humility, creativity and innovation, strength as a mentor, and expertise in negotiation. We share common images and experiences as well: the open door to his office and the light already burning at 6:30 on dark mornings as we arrived early to go to court. His insight and understanding after a disturbing experience with an opposing …
Extrapolating Lessons From A Master Mentor: What Bob Burdick Taught Me, Susan M. Akram
Extrapolating Lessons From A Master Mentor: What Bob Burdick Taught Me, Susan M. Akram
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Bob Burdick began his career in clinical practice as a student in the clinic at Boston University School of Law in 1970, shortly after the civil clinic had been established as the Legal Aid Program in Hyde Park in 1969. Right out of law school, Bob worked at Greater Boston Legal Services (“GBLS”), he then was hired at BU as a clinical instructor and later promoted to director of what became the Civil Litigation Program in 1979. During the forty years Bob led the civil clinic (now renamed the Civil Litigation and Justice Program), he was the creative and innovative …
"Remembering Betsy" By Her Two Professors And Editors, Thomas Green, Dirk Hartog
"Remembering Betsy" By Her Two Professors And Editors, Thomas Green, Dirk Hartog
Tributes
On November 23, 2019, immediately following the conclusion of the annual meeting of the American Society for Legal History, Boston University School of Law held a ceremony marking the opening of an archive devoted to the scholarship of Elizabeth Clark. Betsy Clark, who taught at BU before her untimely death in 1997, was an important presence in the world of legal history in the 1980s and early 1990s. And the archive includes a number of short “responses” to her scholarship. Her colleagues David Seipp and Pnina Lahav were responsible for making the archive a reality.
Tribute, Jeffrey L. Salinger
Tribute, Jeffrey L. Salinger
Tributes
I remember sitting in the law auditorium late in our first semester of law school. Listening to a handful of professors, we heard about the electives offered for second semester. I am not sure how I felt prior to entering the auditorium that day. I do remember how I felt afterwards -- I was going to get into Professor Clark’s class. From what I’ve heard, her legal history seminar was by far the most highly coveted of the first-year electives. That’s no surprise, though -- you could almost feel her excitement as she spoke about the course. On hearing that …
Tribute, Bridget J. Crawford
Tribute, Bridget J. Crawford
Tributes
I spent my third year of law school in 1995-1996 at Boston University as a visiting student from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Although personal reasons brought me to Boston that year, one reason brought me to B.U. -- Betsy Clark, a scholar whose work I had long admired and who had agreed to take me on as her student. I knew what a top-notch historian Betsy was, but I could not have known when I arrived at B.U. what a great teacher, generous mentor, and kind friend she would be.
Dedication: For Betsy Clark, 1952-1997, Law & History Review Editor
Dedication: For Betsy Clark, 1952-1997, Law & History Review Editor
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With the consent of those whose work appears here, and on behalf of the American Society for Legal History, this issue of the Law and History Review is dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague, Elizabeth Battelle Clark, who died on the evening of December 26th, 1997, after a long and fierce fight with cancer. It is deeply saddening to realize that in each of our last three issues we have noted the death of a colleague -- of Willard Hurst, Paul Murphy, and now Betsy Clark. Hers is perhaps the hardest of these deaths to take, because …