Marni Goldstein Caputo

Marni Goldstein Caputo

Senior Lecturer


BA, cum laude, Tufts University
JD, with honors, Emory University Law School


Biography

Marni Goldstein Caputo is a Lawyering Skills professor and also teaches Introduction to American Law. She has taught legal writing, research, and advocacy for nearly two decades at both BU School of Law and Harvard Law School. She has also worked as an international career advisor at Harvard, a Staff Attorney at the First Circuit Court of Appeals, a litigation associate at two Boston law firms, and a law clerk to Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Marni is also the 2022 recipient of the Michael Melton award for Teaching Excellence at BU Law. 

Publications

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  • Marni Goldstein Caputo & Kathleen Luz, Beyond "Hard" Skills: Teaching Outward - and Inward-Facing Character-Based Skills to 1Ls in Light of ABA Standard 303(B)(3)'s Professional Identity Requirement 89 Brooklyn Law Review (2024)
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  • Marni Goldstein Caputo & Kathleen Luz, Creating Tomorrow’s Change-makers: Using Alternative Media in the 1L Skills Classroom to Connect Students with Real Practice and Enhance Established Methods for Teaching Appellate Advocacy 71 Journal of Legal Education (2022)
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  • Marni Goldstein Caputo & Kathleen Luz, A Book Club with No Books: Using Podcasts Movies, and Documentaries to Increase Transfer of Learning, Incorporate Social Justice Themes, Create Community, and Bolster Traditional and Character-Based Legal Skills during a Pandemic 20 Seattle Journal for Social Justice (2022)
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In the Media

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  • TaxProf Blog January 3, 2025

    Weekly Legal Education Roundup and the Best Legal Education Scholarship of 2024

    Marni Goldstein Caputo & Kathleen Luz's work is mentioned.
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  • Tax Prof November 29, 2024

    Weekly Legal Education Roundup

    Marni Goldstein Caputo, Kathleen Luz, & Brian Flaherty are named.
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  • September 3, 2024

    Debunking Common Misconceptions about Professional Identity Formation and Our Take on How to Incorporate It into the 1L Skills Classroom

    Marni Goldstein Caputo and Kathleen Luz pen an opinion.
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  • TaxProf Blog November 7, 2023

    Journal Of Legal Education Publishes New Issue

    Marni Goldstein Caputo and Kathleen Luz's research is featured.
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