03/18/04–Boston College Law School is pleased to announce that Professor Fred Yen has been named the new Director of Emerging Enterprises and Business Law. Yen will officially begin his new duties on March 12, 2004.

“I want to thank Fred for agreeing to contribute his administrative talents to coordinate and improve our efforts in this area,” says Dean John Garvey. “We now have more than a dozen faculty who teach in corporations, securities law, commercial law, tax, employment law, intellectual property, and related fields. There’s been a tremendous amount of growth in this field, and it will continue to grow as we move forward. Fred is the perfect choice to lead this program.”

As the new Director of Emerging Enterprises and Business Law, Professor Yen’s objectives will include developing and sequencing the Law School’s business curriculum, collaborating between the Law School and the Carroll School in the JD/MBA program and other joint ventures, marketing to attract students and publicizing the Law School’s efforts in the area, and hosting scholarly conferences, speakers, and symposia.

Professor Yen, who currently teaches Sports Law, and has taught Torts and Copyright Law, is a nationally known scholar who has published numerous articles about copyright law, the Internet, Asian-American legal issues, and law teaching. Professor Yen has also held many positions of leadership within legal education and the broader practicing bar. He recently completed a term on the Board of Editors for the Journal of Legal Education and the Board of Governors for the Society of American Law Teachers.