Dean O’Rourke Rises on 国家法官的 List of Most Influential People in Legal Education

院长因其对波士顿大学法学院创新项目开发的承诺而受到认可。

For the second consecutive year, Dean 莫林·a·奥洛克, has been 由 国家法官 as one of the top 25 most influential people in legal education. 迪安·奥罗克（Dean O 'Rourke）自去年首次上榜以来，在今年的冬季特刊中排名上升了9位，在2016年25位榜单中排名第14位。

Each year, the 国家法官 opens nominations from US law schools and compiles a list of nominees. 在将名单缩小到48人之后，每个学院的院长和一名教授被要求对他们进行评分。 排名前25位的个人被列入年度名单。

作为院长，奥罗克一直致力于帮助波士顿大学法学院跟上法律教育变革的步伐。 Most recently, she fostered a 与麻省理工学院的合作 to create the 创业，知识产权和网络法律临床项目, launched in fall 2015 with the Entrepreneurship & IP Law Clinic. 这项合作将麻省理工学院和波士顿大学的学生企业家和创新者与波士顿大学法学院的未来律师聚集在一起，解决与他们的学术和课外追求以及他们将想法转化为商业的努力相关的法律和监管合规问题。 下一阶段，该项目将增加一个技术与网络法律诊所，波士顿大学法学院的学生将在涉及诉讼的问题上代表麻省理工学院的学生。

In 2015, Dean O’Rourke was 当选为Access Group董事会成员, a nonprofit that works to further access, affordability, and the value of legal education through research, policy advocacy, and direct member and student educational services. Following her five-year membership on the American Bar Association Council, she was 当选副主席 of the ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

Reported by Gianna Fischer (COM’17)