Emeritus Professors
Michael S. Baram
Michael Baram is Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston University School of Law where he had served as Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law & Technology, and held faculty appointments in the BU School of Public Health (Health Law Division) and BU Bioinformatics Department. He is also a Legal Volunteer at […]
Daniela Caruso
Professor Daniela Caruso teaches Contracts to first-year law students and an upper-class course on European Union Law. She also teaches a variety of law seminars and interdisciplinary courses, including a seminar on International Trade Regulation. Since January 2020, Professor Caruso has served as Director of the Center for the Study of Europe at the Frederick […]
Kent A. Coit
Kent Coit is Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston University School of Law where he had served as Professor of Law and director of the School of Law’s Transactional Law Program. Professor Coit joined the School of Law in 2012 after retiring as a partner in the Boston office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom […]
Mary C. Connaughton
Mary Connaughton, a clinical faculty member in the Civil Litigation & Justice Program since 1993, teaches courses in lawyering skills, trial advocacy, and evidence law. She also supervises students in administrative, state and federal court hearings in social security disability, unemployment compensation, divorce and housing disputes.
Stanley Z. Fisher
After starting out teaching law in Ethiopia, where his book Ethiopian Criminal Procedure still serves as major teaching text, Stanley Fisher came to Boston University in 1968. On sabbatical leaves, he practiced in the Boston area as a juvenile defender, a prosecutor and a public defender. These experiences provided the foundation for his teaching and […]
Tamar Frankel
Professor Tamar Frankel writes and teaches in the areas of fiduciary law, corporate governance, mutual funds and the regulation of the financial system. She has published 10 books and more than 80 articles and book chapters. In 2013, the Institute for Fiduciary Standard established the annual Frankel Fiduciary Prize in her honor to award individuals […]
Michael C. Harper
Michael Harper is a leading authority in the areas of labor law, employment law, and employment discrimination law. Professor Harper has been engaged by the study of these fields since joining the faculty in 1978. He stresses that the law governing employment is critical to the organization of society and the setting of social priorities. […]
Neil S. Hecht
After almost 50 years as a Professor of Law and 30 years as Founding Director of its Institute of Jewish Law, Neil Hecht retired and assumed Emeritus status. Over the years he wrote and edited a variety of treatises, monographs and teaching materials, totaling 36 volumes. Among these works areJewish Jurisprudence; Selected Topics in Jewish […]
Wendy Kaplan
Wendy Kaplan joined the Criminal Trial Practice Clinic at Boston University School of Law, following her work as a trial attorney in the Massachusetts public defender office. She became a clinical professor in 2017. Her primary clinical work involves the education, training and case supervision of third-year law students who represent defendants in criminal and delinquency […]
Susan P. Koniak
Professor Susan Koniak says the key to being a good legal teacher is to never lose sight of one’s key responsibility: to produce good lawyers. “When I’m standing in front of the students, it’s not about me, it’s about them. It’s my responsibility to ensure that they have a solid understanding of the material, and […]