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Dear Alumni and Friends, As you read through this new edition of The Record you may notice some changes have taken place. We’ve redesigned the look and feel of the magazine to make it consistent with our other publications. We’ve received very positive feedback on our new Web site, catalogue and brochures and hope you like the new format of the magazine. In this issue, we invite you to explore the steadily expanding BU Law community. A global marketplace has created strong interest in international law among students. With the addition of our new exchange program at the National University of Singapore, we now have 12 study abroad options. This summer, 24 of our students either worked abroad or worked on international issues in the United States. We also have a growing worldwide network of BU Law alumni as well as faculty members with international law expertise. In the following pages, we profile just some of our alumni and faculty members working internationally or with expertise in transnational practice. We also profile John Riccardi (’91), our assistant dean for Graduate and International Programs, who oversees our American Law program for foreign lawyers and our study abroad programs. Our cover story features Deborah Hardy Telman (’93) and Nigel Telman (’93), a couple who met at BU Law and built successful careers in Chicago. Deborah is an assistant corporate secretary and counsel for The Boeing Company, which employs 150,000 people across the U.S. and in 70 countries. Nigel is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, one of the world’s largest law firms with 16 offices on four continents. Both are active in the Chicago community. BU Law is clearly recognized as a top tier school in legal circles, both nationally and internationally. This year the School moved up in the US News & World Report survey to #20 out of 184 accredited law schools and placed in the top ten in health, tax and intellectual property law. Our reputation is attributable to a highly talented student body, accomplished alumni and a faculty that continues to receive accolades for teaching and scholarship. As you may know, over the years, we have substantially dropped our class size—from a high of 450 to 269 last fall and an average of 275 going forward. While that means the University has given up a significant amount of tuition income, our students benefit from a richer educational experience with more opportunity for interaction and attention from the faculty. The decrease in class size has also meant an increase in our entering students’ qualifications. The fall 2006 entering class had a median GPA of 3.68 and median LSAT score of 165 (93rd percentile). As we go to print, this year’s entering class looks very similar. Please keep BU Law students in mind when you’re interviewing for positions at your firms, agencies or corporations and share the good news about the high quality of BU Law with your colleagues in the legal profession. Your support for BU Law is critical to building and maintaining our national reputation. Many of the extraordinary faculty that you remember are still teaching with us. At the same time, we recognize the need to invigorate the faculty with new members who share our commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship. We are very pleased to announce the addition of four new faculty members who will join us in the fall: Professor James E. Fleming of Fordham University, Professor Linda C. McClain of Hofstra University; Associate Professor Kevin Outterson of West Virginia University College of Law; and Clinical Associate Professor Sean J. Kealy, former assistant to Massachusetts Senator Cynthia Creem (’66). We invite you to learn more about them later in this issue. We welcome your feedback and suggestions for stories to include in future editions of The Record and in the BU Law Alumni e-newsletter. You may contact us directly by phone at 617.353.3118 or by e-mail at lawalum@bu.edu. Please also check our Web site at www.bu.edu/law for the latest information on events, the School and alumni gatherings. Thank you for your continued support; we look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Maureen A. O’Rourke, Dean
the Record Fall 2007 The Alumni Magazine of Boston University School of Law 4 14 21 4 The Telmans: Chicago’s Rising Stars 7 Golden Circle Fund: A Successful Beginning 12 Godfrey Establishes Kent Chair 14 After the Cleanup: BU Law Students Offer Legal Counsel 16 MySpace.com: Protecting the Cyber Social World 18 Assistant Dean Brings International Flair to Law School 8 Q&A with President Bob Brown 10 New Faculty 13 Recent Faculty Books 20 Faculty Highlights 26 Silver Shingle Awards 30 Class Notes 34 Donors 22 At Home in Two Cultures 24 Alumnus Sets Sights on Japan
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