莫林·奥罗克院长是美国律师协会理事会主席

O’Rourke spent a year as chair-elect before assuming the chair’s position.

莫林·a·奥洛克, dean of the 波士顿大学法学院, has begun her term as chair of the council for the American Bar Association’s 法律教育和律师入学组. O’Rourke spent a year as chair-elect before assuming the chair’s position.

The 法律教育和律师入学组 成立于1893年，是美国律师协会的第一个分会，已有一个多世纪的历史。 它是美国法学博士项目的官方认证机构，其使命是“improving the quality of legal education, character and fitness assessments, and bar admission standards.”

O’Rourke 成为理事会的副主席 in 2015; 在此之前，她担任了五年的理事会成员。 在此期间，委员会对法学院的认证标准进行了详细的审查。 最近，教育部正在修改有关体验教育的标准，并废除禁止对学生的实习工作进行补偿的规定。 委员会还考虑了与律师考试通过率和录取政策相关的标准的变化。

O 'Rourke于1993年从IBM来到波士顿大学，在那里她从事软件许可工作。 As dean of BU Law since 2006, O’Rourke has made 国家法学家协会 list of the 法律教育界最有影响力的人 for the past three years. The 法学家 highlighted her work with BU Law’s 律师实验室 and her dedication to creating opportunities for BU Law students and recent graduates to engage with the field of public interest law. 她是Access Group的董事会成员，这是一个致力于使法律教育更容易获得的非营利组织。

O’Rourke is a recognized authority in the world of legal education, having been interviewed by major news outlets like 布隆伯格 and the 《华尔街日报》. Her own scholarship focuses on intellectual property law: her casebook, 全球信息经济中的版权, coauthored with Julie Cohen (Georgetown University Law Center), Lydia Pallas Loren (Lewis & Clark Law School), and Ruth Okediji (University of Minnesota Law School), is an important text in the field.

在过去的一年里，奥罗克监督了一个 新的合法居留计划 与法律和网络安全服务提供商UnitedLex合作。 通过为期两年的项目，UnitedLex将为波士顿大学法学院的毕业生提供尖端法律技术、项目管理和交付流程方面的培训，为企业法务部门和顶级律师事务所提供高质量、高效的法律服务。

In 2016, O’Rourke led BU to partner with MIT to create 两家新诊所. The Entrepreneurship & Intellectual Property Clinic connects BU Law students with student entrepreneurs at BU and MIT to help them develop their business ideas. 技术与网络法律诊所与麻省理工学院的学生合作，澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究与他们创新相关的商业风险相关的领域，如知识产权法、隐私和安全。

As dean, she has also overseen the construction of the new five-story 萨姆纳·m·雷石东 building and started several new programs, including an 国际商法执行法学硕士, a 法律英语证书课程, an 在线税务法学硕士, and an accelerated 3-Year JD/MBA双学位. She has also strengthened BU Law’s loan repayment programs for students in public interest law, and enhanced the School’s support for career development through the 职业发展与公共服务办公室.

Reported by Trevor Persaud (STH’18).

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A version of this story was originally published in September 2016 under the title “Dean Maureen O’Rourke Chosen as Chair-Elect of ABA Council.”