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Silver Shingle Awards Gala, Boston University School Of Law
Silver Shingle Awards Gala, Boston University School Of Law
Alumni Events
Each year, we take a moment out of our busy schedules to celebrate the achievements of our alumni, faculty, and staff. This fall, we are thrilled to gather once again as a community to continue this tradition.
The Intersectional Race And Gender Effects Of The Pandemic In Legal Academia, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
The Intersectional Race And Gender Effects Of The Pandemic In Legal Academia, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Faculty Scholarship
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic helped to expose the inequities that already existed between students at every level of education based on race and socioeconomic class status, it has exposed existing inequities among faculty based on gender and the intersection of gender and race. The legal academy has been no exception to this reality. The widespread loss of childcare and the closing of both public and private primary and secondary schools have disproportionately harmed women law faculty, who are more likely than their male peers to work a “second shift” in terms of childcare and household responsibilities. Similarly, women law …
Loving It To Pieces: Eu Law In Us Legal Academia, Revisited, Daniela Caruso
Loving It To Pieces: Eu Law In Us Legal Academia, Revisited, Daniela Caruso
Faculty Scholarship
The Editors of the Special Issue have kindly invited me to update earlier reflections on the state of EU law in US legal academia. For a variety of reasons, it is important to me not to mislead the reader with the false promise of some kind of summa. What follows is my own perception of a complicated landscape, which I shall sketch lightly here in the hop of prompting other scholars of EU Law to report on their own US experience.
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 …
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 …
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.
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
Faculty Scholarship
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 …