Tamar Frankel被任命为波士顿大学法学院Robert B. Kent教授
Endowed by Richard Godfrey (’79), the chaired professorship honors the former BU Law professor of civil procedure.
In recognition of Professor Tamar Frankel’s distinguished contributions to legal scholarship and to 波士顿大学法学院, Dean Maureen A. O’Rourke has appointed her to the Robert B. Kent chaired professorship.
The professorship was established with a gift from Richard Godfrey (’79), partner at Kirkland & Ellis and chair of the BU Law Building on Excellence Campaign. It was created to “recognize the strength of the law school, which is its faculty,” Godfrey said in a 2007 interview in 记录. Its namesake, Professor Robert B. Kent (’49), taught civil procedure at BU Law for more than 30 years, and was honored with a 银瓦奖 for service to the school.
“I’m delighted to appoint Professor Frankel to the Robert B. Kent Chair,” says Dean O’Rourke, “Like Professor Kent, her dedication to generations of BU Law students represents the best qualities of a teacher and scholar.”
Frankel是一位杰出的信托法学者，为学校服务了50多年，他将在2017-2018学年结束时退休。
弗兰克尔教授于1967年在波士顿大学法学院开始她的职业生涯，是第一位加入法学院的女教授。 在她的职业生涯中，她出版了10本书，80多篇文章和书籍章节。 她的写作和教学领域包括信托法、公司治理、共同基金和金融体系监管。 She was 最近在 《华尔街日报》 as the “intellectual godmother of the fiduciary rule.”
受托标准协会（Institute for fiducary Standard）于2013年以她的名义设立了年度弗兰克尔受托奖（Frankel fiducary Prize），以表彰推进受托原则的个人。 Earlier this month, the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Women in Legal Education presented her with the Ruth Bader Ginsburg终身成就奖.
WealthManagerWeb将她评为财富管理领域的50位顶级女性之一。 此外，她还被Lawdragon网站评为最知名的500名律师之一，并被美国律师协会委员会的女性职业项目评为法律领域的女性开拓者之一。 1998年，Frankel教授参与建立和设计互联网名称与数字管理机构（ICANN）的组织结构。
Frankel教授曾担任美国证券交易委员会（1995-1997）和布鲁金斯学会（1987）的访问学者。 她曾在牛津大学、东京大学、哈佛法学院和哈佛商学院授课。 She consulted with the People’s Bank of China and lectured in Canada, India, Malaysia, and Switzerland.
A native of Israel, Professor Frankel served as 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. 她曾在以色列、波士顿和华盛顿特区从事私人执业，是马萨诸塞州律师协会、美国法律澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究所和美国律师基金会的成员。
