Professor Judith A. McMorrow teaches torts, professional responsibility and related topics. She has written many articles on topics of professional responsibility and age discrimination (with a focus on retirement policy.) Professor McMorrow is active in pro bono activities, including representing women in Massachusetts seeking commutation based on Battered Woman Syndrome. She has also been active in promoting the interdisciplinary practice of law. After graduating from University of Notre Dame Law School in 1980, Prof. McMorrow clerked for the Hon. Gilbert S. Merritt (United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit) and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger (United States Supreme Court.) She practiced with the Washington D.C. law firm of Steptoe and Johnson before entering teaching in 1985.

EDUCATION

B.A./B.S., Nazareth College; J.D., University of Notre Dame.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Presentations: "Ethical Developments" and "The Federal Law of Attorney Conduct," at the American Law Institute-American Bar Association program, "Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts," St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, in January 2003."Professional Ethics Lessons from Enron," an interdisciplinary round table at BC Law in March 2002 "The Role of Shame in Regulating Attorney Conduct," at the Law and Society Annual Meeting, in Miami, Florida, in May 2000. "Rules of Attorney Conduct in Federal Court Practice," at the ALI-ABA Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts Program, in November 2000.

Appointments: President-elect of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Professional Responsibility. Appointed to a five-year term as a member of the Committee on Judicial Ethics of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Appointed to the Executive Committee of the Professional Responsibility Section of the Association of American Law Schools.

Activities: Member of the “Law Professor Misconduct” panel at the American Bar Association National Conference on Professional Responsibility, Naples, Florida, in June 2004. Organized and moderated the “Ethics and Class Action Reform” panel at the Association of American Law Schools 2004 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, in January. With Dean Garvey and Professor Kalscheur, represented BC Law at the Religiously Affiliated Law Schools Conference at Notre Dame Law School in March.

COURSES

Fall '07: Moral Responsibility of Lawyers; Torts
Spring '08: Semester in Practice; Semester in Practice Seminar

• "Creating Norms of Attorney Conduct in International Tribunals: A Case Study of the ICTY."  Boston College International & Comparative Law Review  30 (2007): 139-173.
  
• With Daniel R. Coquillette. Moore’s Federal Practice, 3rd ed.: The Federal Law of Attorney Conduct. Newark, NJ: LexisNexis, 2006.
  
• With Daniel R. Coquillette, "Toward an Ecclesiastical Professional Ethic: Lessons from the Legal Profession." In Church Ethics And Its Organizational Context: Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church, edited by J. Bartunek, 157-167. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006.
  
• "The (F)Utility of Rules: Regulating Attorney Conduct in Federal Court Practice." SMU Law Review 58 (2005): 3-49.
  
• With Jackie A. Gardina & Salvatore Ricciardone. “Judicial Attitudes Toward Confronting Attorney Misconduct: A View From the Reported Decisions” (Symposium: Judging Judges’ Ethics) Hofstra Law Review 32 (2004): 1425-1474.
  
• "The Advocate as Witness: Understanding Context, Culture and Client." Fordham Law Review 70 (December 2001): 945-983.
  
• With Daniel R. Coquillette. Moore's Federal Practice. 3rd ed., 2001 revision. The Federal Law of Attorney Conduct. Newark, NJ: LexisNexis, 2001.
  
• "Retirement Incentives in the Twenty First Century: The Move Toward Employer Control of the ADEA." University of Richmond Law Review 31 (May 1997): 795-818.
  
• "Establishing National Rules of Lawyer Conduct in Federal District Courts." The Professional Lawyer (Symposium Issue, 1996): 1-35.
  
• "The Power and Limits of Legal Naming: A Case Study of `Battered Woman Syndrome.'" In The Eyes of Justice: Round Table on Law and Semiotics, edited by Roberta Kevelson, 217-232. Semiotics and the Human Sciences, volume 7. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1994.
  
• With Anthony R. Baldwin. "Life After Law School: On Being a Retired Law Professor." Journal of Legal Education 41 (1991): 407-419.
  
• "Rule 11 and Federalizing Lawyer Ethics." Brigham Young University Law Review 1991 (Spring 1991): 959-985.
  
• "Civil Disobedience and the Lawyer's Obligation to the Law." Washington and Lee Law Review 48 (Winter 1991): 139-163.
  
• "Employment Bonding and the End of Mandatory Retirement." Industrial Relations Law Journal 12 (1990): 197-216.
  
• "Who Owns Rights: Waiving and Settling Private Rights of Action." Villanova Law Review 34 (August 1989): 429-466.
  
• "Retirement and Worker Choice: Incentives to Retire and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act." Boston College Law Review 29 (March 1988): 347-390.
  
• "Judicial Federalism and Direct Interaction Between State and Federal Courts." Massachusetts Law Review 72 (September 1987): 21 (7).