BU Law Congratulates David Webber, Recently Awarded Tenure.
ANDREW SELLARS, DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY & CYBERLAW CLINIC Andy Sellars joined BU Law as director of its new Technology & Cyberlaw Clinic. As part of a unique collaboration with MIT, BU Law students at the clinic advise MIT students on laws related to technology and the Internet that may affect their innovation-related activities. Sellars received his BS (summa cum laude) from Northeastern University and his JD with high honors from the George Washington University Law School. Before joining BU Law, he worked as the Corydon B. Dunham First Amendment Fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. He also served as the assistant director of Berkman’s Digital Media Law Project, advising clients on online free expression, navigating copyright and trademark law, defending independent computer security research, and advocating for greater privacy rights. His experience spans a variety of legal issues surrounding emerging technology, intellectual property, and civil liberties.
BU Law congratulates DAVID WEBBER, who was awarded tenure and promoted to full professor following a rigorous process of evaluation of his achievements in teaching, research, and service to the School and University, and his contributions to the field of law. Webber teaches JD courses in the areas of securities regulation, shareholder activism, and civil procedure. His research spans a range of corporate law areas, including fiduciary duties, shareholder activism, corporate governance, and shareholder litigation, and his publications have been cited by courts and academics. He has organized several conferences and events, such as the Third Annual Workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation. Webber holds a BA (magna cum laude) from Columbia University and a JD from New York University School of Law, where he was a Wagner Fellow in Law & Business before joining BU Law’s faculty in 2010. His scholarship has been cited by courts and anthologized in publications such as Securities Law Review and the Corporate Practice Commentator. He has also published articles in the New York University Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, Journal of Corporation Law, and, more recently, in the Arizona Law Review.
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