丽莎T. 亚历山大和托马斯·W. 米切尔, preeminent scholars in property and community development law reform, and co-founders and former directors of the Program in Real Estate and Community Development 法律 at Texas A&M University School of 法律, have joined the 波士顿大学法学院 faculty.
亚历山大, whose work focuses on the centrality of law in making 住房 markets both more efficient and more equitable, 被任命为法学教授. 米切尔是第二个罗伯特F. Drinan,年代.J., Professor, succeeding long-time BC 法律 faculty member George Brown. The chair was established in honor of Fr. Drinan, former BC 法律 dean and the first Catholic priest elected to Congress.
托马斯·W. 米切尔和丽莎·T. 亚历山大(凯特琳·坎宁安饰)
Amidst the United States’ longstanding national 住房 crisis, 亚历山大 has conducted extensive research in legal and extra-legal rights to property, 住房, 城市空间. 最近, she has examined how cities and states can use tiny-home villages to ameliorate homelessness and provide sustainable 经济适用房. 通过这个和其他的工作, she provides insights to policymakers on how to reimagine 住房 options and property rights for today’s world.
“I am elated to join the 波士顿大学法学院 community,” said 亚历山大. “电子游戏软件’s Jesuit tradition of service to others resonates with my long-standing approach to scholarly inquiry, 教学, 公共改革. BC 法律’s location in Greater Boston—an intellectual center that’s facing daunting 住房 challenges—and the school’s particular commitment to merge theory and praxis to solve public problems, make it a perfect place for me to enhance my intellectual interests, 教和学习参与的学生, 促进美国司法公正.S. 房地产市场及其他市场.”
亚历山大 received a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and a juris doctorate from Columbia University School of 法律. She was a professor at the University of Wisconsin 法律 School from 2006 to 2017. 在德克萨斯大学&M, 她有一个共同的约会, serving as a professor in both the School of 法律 and in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning.
她被评为2018年德州a级&M University Presidential Impact Fellow, the first person in the history of Texas A&M法学院获选荣誉. Her most recent article on tiny houses appeared in the Harvard 法律 & Policy Review, and she has published in the Minnesota 法律 Review, William & Mary Business 法律 Review, and Fordham Urban 法律 Journal, among many other publications.
In 2020, 亚历山大 and 米切尔 were selected by the University of Pennsylvania 法律 School’s Black 法律 学生 Association to receive the Dr. Sadie 亚历山大 Leadership Awards for their outstanding work in the study of property law, 经济适用房, 立法改革.
同年, 米切尔 was selected for a MacArthur Fellowship (commonly known as the “Genius Grant”) in recognition of his work “reforming long-standing legal doctrines that deprive Black and other disadvantaged American families of their property and real estate wealth.” In 2021, 米切尔 received the Howard University 校友 Award for Distinguished Postgraduate Achievement; past recipients include former Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, the court’s first African American justice, 副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯. 今年早些时候, he was selected for the American Bar Association’s Jefferson Fordham Award for Advocacy, one of the ABA’s premier awards for attorneys with exceptional careers.
米切尔’s areas of expertise include property and land use law, 遗产规划, 少数财产所有权, 法律改革, 种族和不平等. 在BC法律, 除了教学和电子游戏正规平台, 米切尔 will serve as director of a new program, the Initiative on Land and Housing Rights. He is a prolific author with two books and dozens of articles, 书的章节, 论文, 还有他的政策简报. His presentations at various conferences and symposia number more than 100, and he frequently appears in the news media with more than 100 interviews in just the past few years, including many with nationally prominent media outlets.
“I am thrilled and truly honored to be joining 波士顿大学法学院 and 电子游戏软件 more generally,米切尔说。. “BC法学院是一所充满活力的法学院, 而且是一个拥有优秀师资的学校, 充满活力的学术团体, a robust commitment to experiential learning, 众多优秀的专业项目, 优秀的学生, 优秀的员工. As an engaged scholar and 法律改革er who seeks to tackle injustices in property law, BC 法律 will be a great home for me given the school’s deep social justice commitments and the many ways it plays a positive role in the wider world—both in Massachusetts and beyond.”
米切尔 received a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, 霍华德大学的法学博士, and a master of laws degree from the University of Wisconsin 法律 School, where he later served on the faculty from 2000-2017.
“Lisa 亚历山大 and Thomas 米切尔 bring a wealth of knowledge that will enlighten our students and widen our scholarly pursuits,黛安娜说。. Ring, interim dean of the 波士顿大学法学院 and the Dr. 托马斯·F. 卡尼杰出学者. “They will enhance the expertise for which our already strong faculty is well known.”
Phil Gloudemans | University Communications | October 2022