BU Law Publications

Some of the publications that I worked on with BU Law's Marketing and Communications:

• History of BU Law (20-page brochure)
• Career Development Center: Judges (brochure)
• Career Development Center: Public Interest (brochure)
• Intellectual Property program (20-page magazine, 2010)
• Alumni e-newsletter (Spring 2010)
• Clinics e-newsletter (Fall 2010)
  
• Health Law e-newsletter (Spring 2010)
  
• Intellectual Property e-newsletter (Spring 2010)
• The Record alumni magazine (2009)
  

Report of Night One of American Craft Beerfest

by Sandi Miller
Boston Restaurant Examiner
Examiner.com

Popped in for an hour of the BeerAdvocate & Harpoon Brewery's 3rd annual American Craft Beer Fest. There was 325 craft beers from more than 80 American brewers on Friday, and so how to plan my attack? I hoped to attend Saturday night as well, but where to begin? I didn't want to go to the same places I loved last year; there were new brews to try.

Asked a volunteer for a couple of faves, and he steered me toward Harpoon's 100 series, and Stone which was featuring all cask.

On the way I stopped by Kennebec River Brewery, who in addition to some sort of brew and rafting event they were promoting, they also let me sip a pilsner that they were pretty proud of. "With pilsner, it's much harder to hide behind a mistake like you can wtih an ale," said the pourer.

Next door, New England Brewery out of Connecticut had a great Belgian ale that had lots of clove and banana to it, which brewer Matt Westfall said would be perfect with "seafood, period."

I then wandered to Harpoon's Bill Lahey, who poured me a 100 Barrel Series' Potts' Landbier, a crisp session German-hopped and Noble-hopped lager, only 4.8% alcohol, brewed by a couple of German interns who just finished up yesterday. A medium-colored beer, Lahey said it would go with most meats, including charcuterie, a mild cheese.

Tried a dessert-worthy watermelon ale which was sweet and smooth, moved over to a great lawnmower beer from Cape Cod Brewery, a golden ale that was pleasant.

Another volunteer pointed me to Rapscallion, which had a huge following for its Honey ale (hints of cascade and nugget hops balanced by a subtle honey aftertaste, and 4.5% alcohol, good with BBQ), but I fell for the stronger Premier Belgian Blonde that was loaded with clove and coriander. Rapscallion is brewed out of Holyoke's Paper City, and is a straight to restaurant and keg kind of beer; the lager is the more accessible everyfood kind of beer. Said Cedric Daniel, brewing local beer that only travels to Mass. and R.I. is not only environmental, but preserves the flavor. "No preservatives or additives," he added.

I did hit the Stone IPA cask dry-hopped with nugget that added an herbal taste, but I saw the lights flashing overhead and headed over to the longest line at the fest, for Duck Rabbit Craft Brewery out of North Carolina. Growing impatient, I had a friend save a place while i hopped next door to try another recommended brewer, Blue Hills, and their punchy 9% unfiltered Imperial Red IPA didn't disappoint, with its sweet malt finish. "It's fairly bitter, but not a mouthful of pennies," said Andrus, who recommended pairing it with blackened fish.

I headed back for the Duck Rabbit beer, but after my friend got a pour, the taps were shut off. That was some iine. Hope to try you tomorrow because, as one of the pourers was telling me, they aren't serving locally, and there's no immediate plans to do so. But everyone in this line seemed to be coming back for seconds and thirds -- in a hallful of brewers, this means something.

New England,

and Saturday. Held at the Seaport World Trader Center Boston, ACBF is the largest celebration of American craft beer on the East Coast, and there'll be speakers to offer up beer education.
Tickets are $40 per session and includes one session, all 2 ounce beer tastings, a tasting cup, and special speakers.

* Friday Session; 6-9:30pm
* Saturday, Session One; 1-4:30pm
* Saturday, Session Two; 6-9:30pm

Expected attendance capacity per session is 5,000; up from 4,000 last year.

Here's a list of brewers. Hill Farmstead Brewery (VT) will not be at the fest due to complications at the brewery.

Here's a checklist for you from RedPint:

And some food options include All Beef Pearl Jumbo Hot Dog (Steamed in Harpoon Beer) and a Whiskey River Honey Barbecued Pulled Pork Sub Sandwich; vegetarians can get a Plum Tomatoes & Fresh Mozzarella with a Sweet Basil & Roasted Garlic Infused Olive Oil Served on a French Baguette, or
Cheddar Cheese, Sprouts, Lettuce, Red Onions & Apple Chutney served on Whole Wheat Roll. Legal's Test Kitchen and Aura/Tamo are among nearby restaurants.

Pizzapalooza!

By Sandi Miller
Boston Restaurant Examiner
Examiner.com

All you can eat pizza? Beer tasting? 10 TVs? No table is left unturned by Mark Ostow, the top oblong-pizza tosser of Zing! Pizza in Porter Square, for the Tuesday night pizza fest.

For $10 for adults and $6 for young'uns, Zing! will be hosting an all-you-can-eat night. But wait, there's more. They'll be offering tastings of micro brews supplied by Liquor World. And if you act now, or at least 6-9pm Tuesday, they'll be offering 10 TV screens, most of them working.

If you haven't tried Zing! pizzas, they're oblong, with several fun combos using fresh ingredients. "It changes depending on what is in season, what is popular, and what we feel like making," Ostow says.

The Sundance Kid includes turkey sausage, sundried tomatoes, carmelized onions and parmesan. He uses pepperoni made from hormone-free pork and vegetarian-fed beef, casein and gluten-free. The "Blue October" features a butternut squash sauce, baby spinach, caramelized onions, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and blue cheese crumbles. It's smart pizza.

Candice Lang ('10) earns Fulbright to work in Kazakhstan

June 11, 2010

Currently foreign investments into the Kazakh economy are heavily focused in the oil and natural gas sectors. Thanks to a fellowship from the Fulbright Program, after graduation from BU Law, Candice Lang ('10) work in Kazakhstan for a year to encourage investment in other areas.

"I will try to create regulatory solutions to balance the direction of foreign investment into other sectors of the economy such as manufacturing, technology, or agriculture," she explained.

Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Program provides funding for students, scholars, teachers and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. She will be one of more than 1,500 students who receive a Fulbright U.S. Student grant each year to "study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns" overseas, acording to the grant Web site.

"My interest in the region began in high school where I studied Russian," said Lang. She went to University of Arkansas for a bachelor's in International Business, where she graduated cum laude and was a Merit Scholarship Recipient. "In college I studied abroad in Irkutsk, Russia and knew that I wanted to continue learning about this part of the world."

After graduation, she joined the Peace Corps, and was placed in Azerbaijan as a Community Economic Development volunteer. "I was placed with a local NGO and helped develop their programs as well as the programs of other local and international NGOs that were in the country," she said. "I did everything from teach business classes to small business owners, to research projects on how to improve efficiencies within particular product markets." Among other duties, she partnered with Adventist Development and Relief Agency's local vocational training center, and founded a career center. She was the only American in a rural small community where she helped out internally displaced people affected by the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, she said. While there, she learned how to speak Azerbaijani.

But after two years there, Lang realized she needed more education to move into policy-level development work. At BU Law, she joined the International Law Society, and participated in the Africa Parliamentary Legislative Drafting Clinic, where she worked on improving the mobile banking industry for rural populations in Tanzania by harmonizing banking and telecommunications regulations. In the ABA Client Counseling Competition, Lang was a 2008 BU Winner, Northeast Regional Finalist. She was a summer associate at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, and and spent an earlier summer at the Legal Advocacy and Resource Center (LARC) in Boston.

Lang sees the Fulbright as the next step in her pursuit of a career involving foreign policy creation and implementation.

>>More about the Fulbright Scholarship

Reported by Sandi Miller

Ashley Anderson ('11) receives MA Black Judges Book Award

BU.edu/Law

Ashley S. Anderson, a member of the Boston University School of Law Class of 2011, is the BU Law recipient of the 2010 Massachusetts Black Judges Book Award.

This award is given to candidates who have demonstrated academic success and leadership skills. Anderson serves as the external vice president of the School's Black Law Students Association (BLSA), and she has been very active in service activities, including joining with others to start a new mentoring program at local high schools and serving as a co-director of the Orientation Service Day last August. She is cofounder and director of the Pay it Forward Mentoring Program, a member of LALSA (Latin American Law Student Association), a Moot Court competitor, and a Student Welcomer. Last summer, she worked at the Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts, and this summer she’ll be with Michael Best and Friedrich.

A native of Evanston, IL, Anderson received her bachelor’s in finance and operations management in 2008 from the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.

As BU Law Associate Dean for Student Affairs Christine Marx noted, “This is a very prestigious and competitive award. The Massachusetts Black Judges Conference is comprised of several renowned Massachusetts judges, who created this award to recognize the outstanding achievements of award recipients. Ashley’s academic excellence and commitment to service make her a truly worthy recipient of this award, and we are very proud of her accomplishments.”

A ceremony honoring Ashley and recipients from the other Massachusetts law schools was held April 15 at the John Adams Courthouse. Said Anderson, "It's an honor to be recognized by such a distinguished organization. BU Law has provided a wonderful environment to allow me to excel at academics, but also give back to my community. I thank the judges of the Mass. Black Judges Conference for continuing to pave the way and for their support."

Reported by Sandi Miller

BU Law Professor Named a Top 50 Woman in Wealth

June 11, 2010

Wealth Manager Honors Professor Tamar Frankel

Wealth Manager’s Web magazine recently named Boston University School of Law professor Tamar Frankel to its list of Top 50 Women in Wealth. According to WealthManagerWeb.com, these 50 women are “collectively responsible for the financial well-being of millions of Americans.”

The annual Top 50 Women in Wealth list recognizes women such as Professor Frankel as chief figures in the growing trend of women taking on senior roles in the industry and making important contributions to the field, both in advisory and executive roles.

At BU Law, Professor Frankel teaches and writes in the areas of mutual funds, securitization, financial system regulation, fiduciary law and corporate governance. She has published more than 40 articles and more than 10 books, including the recently released Law and the Financial System—Securitization and Asset Backed Securities: Law, Process, Case Studies, and Simulations, and the upcoming Theory of Fiduciary Law. She is also the author of The Regulation of Money Managers and Investment Management Regulation, Securitization, which was recently translated into Chinese, Fiduciary Law: Analysis, Definitions, Relationships, Duties, Remedies over History and Cultures; Trust and Honesty in the Real World, and Investment Management Regulation, among other books.

Professor Frankel is a graduate of Jerusalem Law Classes in Israel, and received her S.J.D. and LL.M. from Harvard Law School. She has taught and lectured at Oxford University, Tokyo University, and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was a visiting scholar at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Brookings Institute. She was an attorney in the legal department of the Israeli Air Force, an assistant attorney general for Israel’s Ministry of Justice, and the legal advisor of the State of Israel Bonds Organization in Europe. Professor Frankel joined the BU Law faculty in 1968, and she teaches and writes in the areas of mutual funds, securitization, financial system regulation, fiduciary law and corporate governance.

>>More on Wealth Manager Web site

Reported by Sandi Miller

Professor Stacey L. Dogan Receives Honorable Mention for Antitrust Article

BU.edu/law

Boston University School of Law Professor Stacey L. Dogan recently received an honorable mention in the seventh annual Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award for antitrust scholarship. She was recognized for her article “Antitrust Law and Regulatory Gaming,” which she wrote with Stanford Law School Professor Mark A. Lemley.

Published in Texas Law Review in 2009, the article argues that the risk of regulatory gaming provides an example of the need for ongoing antitrust oversight of regulated industries. It addresses “product-hopping,” in which the branded company makes repeated changes in drug formulation to prevent generic substitution; manipulation of government standard-setting organizations; and price squeezes by partially regulated industries.

Professors Dogan and Lemley will be recognized at the annual conference of the American Antitrust Institute on June 24 in Washington, D.C.

The award was established in memory of Jerry S. Cohen, a founding partner in the law firm of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC of New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Chicago. Cohen worked as chief counsel of Senator Philip Hart’s Judiciary Subcommittee for monopolies and antitrust, and was also a principal founder of the Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws. Throughout his career, he worked on cases such as the British Airlines antitrust case, the Corrugated Container case, and the Alaska Pipeline oil spill case.

>>View Dogan's bio

Reported by Sandi Miller