At the core of any law school is its faculty. BU Law professors are nationally acclaimed for their teaching skills as well as their scholarship and are frequently consulted for advice by both the public and private sectors. We are proud to welcome the following two members to our faculty: Anna di Robilant and Daniel Berman. Anna di Robilant Associate Professor of Law Anna di Robilant’s areas of expertise include comparative law, European legal history, Roman law, private law theory and European Union law. Her scholarly interests focus on the comparative and historical study of European and American private law. Professor di Robilant’s publications include “Genealogies of Soft Law” (American Journal of Comparative Law, 2006) and “The Art and Science of Critical Scholarship: Postmodernism and International Style in the Legal Architecture of Europe” co-authored with Ugo Mattei (Tulane Law Review, 2001). She has published books and articles in both English and Italian.
Professor di Robilant received her J.D. from the University of Torino Law School, Italy, a Ph.D in Comparative Law from the University of Trento, Italy and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Prior to joining BU Law, Professor di Robilant was a lecturer at the University of Torino Law School and a Byse Fellow at Harvard Law School where she taught a seminar on “Post-War American Approaches to Legal Historiography.”
Daniel Berman Professor of the Practice of Taxation An expert in international taxation, Daniel Berman joins BU Law with 25 years experience in tax planning, tax controversies, tax policy work and negotiating and interpreting tax treaties. Professor Berman worked in both the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government, serving as deputy international tax counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and as legislation counsel for the Joint Committee on Taxation of the U.S. Congress. He practiced law as a partner with Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP and Thelen, Reid, Brown, Raysman & Steiner LLP, both in Washington, DC.
Professor Berman received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College where he majored in Applied Mathematics and Economics. He has taught courses in U.S. and international tax law at the International Tax Academy of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) in Amsterdam, as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and as an instructor at Harvard Law School’s International Tax Program.
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