Craig M. Boise (born 1963) is an American legal scholar who is currently the Dean of Syracuse University College of Law.[1][2] He previously served as Dean of Cleveland–Marshall College of Law.
Craig M. Boise | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | University of Missouri–Kansas City (BA) University of Chicago Law School (JD) New York University School of Law (LLM) |
| Employer(s) | Syracuse Law |
| Known for | corporate and international tax policy |
| Spouse | Marina Boise |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and education edit
Boise was born in 1963 to a white mother and black father and was placed at a children's home in Kansas City, Missouri. He was adopted by a white farming family and grew up in a small all-white farming community in the Kansas city area.[3][4]
Boise had set out to be a farmer, but he became very good at piano and ended up getting a music scholarship to the University of Missouri–Kansas City. After two years there, he left college to sign up to be a cop for the Kansas City Police Department, where he worked for the department for five years from 1986 to 1991. He also had a stint on the SWAT team. During this job, he grew interested in constitutional law cases and decided to go to law school.[3][4][5]
While Boise started college to be a concert pianist, he graduated in 1991 with a B.A. summa cum laude degree in political science. He had also completed coursework in piano performance at the university's music conservatory.[3][4] In 1994, he obtained a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.[6] At Chicago, he took a labor law class with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Elena Kagan.[3]
In 1999, he completed an LL.M. in tax law from the New York University School of Law.[7]
Career edit
After graduating from law school, Boise worked as a law clerk to Judge Pasco Bowman II on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Between 1995 and 1997, Boise worked as an associate at Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, before working in the tax practice groups of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Thompson Hine LLP (Cleveland) between 1997 and 2003.[8]
Academic career edit
Boise has taught various tax law courses and published on U.S. Corporate tax, International taxation, and offshore financial centers.[1][9]
In 2003, Boise was a visiting professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law. He joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he worked as an associate professor between 2003 and 2009. In 2009, he joined the faculty of DePaul University College of Law as a professor and a director of its graduate tax program.[10]
In 2011, Boise served as a Joseph C. Hostetler–BakerHostetler Chair in Law at Cleveland–Marshall College of Law and became the 14th Dean of the college and the law school's first African-American dean.[5][11][12][13]
In 2016, Boise was appointed as the 12th Dean of Syracuse University College of Law and its first African-American law school dean.[14][15] He replaced Hannah Arterian who stepped down as the Dean after 13 years.[16]
At Syracuse,[17] he focused on providing leadership on navigating the disruptions occurring in legal services and in online legal education,[1][18][19] increasing diversity,[20][21][22][23] bar-pass rate,[24] & revenues,[25] and taught tax law.[2][26] He established the first online joint JD/MBA program, one of the nation's top two largest hybrid online JD programs, Masters of Legal Studies programs for non-lawyers.[27][28][29] In 2017, he was criticized for attempting to terminate the 'Cold Case Justice Initiative' at SU.[30][31]
Other work edit
Boise has been admitted to Ohio, New York, and Missouri bar.
In 2018, Boise was co-chair on incoming Attorney General of New York Letitia James's five-person transition team.[32][33]
In 2021, he was listed among the 50 power players in the Western New York legal community by the NY Daily Record.[34][35]
Personal life edit
Boise is married to Marina Boise and the couple has 4 children. He is an avid sailor and enjoys sailing with family in the Caribbean.[35] He has been described as the 'most interesting man in the world' by The Daily Orange for his collection of talents that include being a skilled classical pianist, scuba diver, sailor, motorcyclist, corporate international tax law guru, salsa dancer, world traveler and a former SWAT team member.[4] Cleveland State University's Viking Pride Alumni Newsletter said "Craig Boise is possibly the only Harley-riding, piano-playing, calf-roping law dean in the country".[36]
References edit
- ^ a b c "EX OFFICIO MEMBER: Dean Craig M. Boise". American Law Institute. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "Craig M. Boise Named Dean of Syracuse University's College of Law". Syracuse University News. April 14, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b c d O'Brien, John (February 9, 2017). "SU law school Dean Craig Boise: Ex-cop, classical pianist who had to learn to be black". syracuse.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Erdekian, Alex (October 17, 2016). "College of Law Dean Craig Boise described as the 'most interesting man in the world'". Daily Orange. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "C-M-LAW Welcomes New Dean, Craig M. Boise". Law Notes. Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. June 3, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "Craig M. Boise, '94: Named Dean of Syracuse University's College of Law". University of Chicago Law. 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "Alumni Briefs". www.law.nyu.edu. NYU School of Law. 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ "Profile: Craig M. Boise Syracuse University College of Law". www.law.syr.edu. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Boise, Craig M. (September 13, 2006). "Breaking Open Offshore Piggybanks: Deferral and the Utility of Amnesty". George Mason Law Review. Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-18. Social Science Research Network. SSRN 929587. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Filler, Dan (March 22, 2011). "Craig Boise Named Dean At Cleveland - Marshall Law". The Faculty Lounge. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ "Cleveland-Marshall Dean Appointed Joseph C. Hostetler – Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law". Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (Press release). September 5, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Koehne, Julie (September 14, 2017). "$666 Is Not the Magic Number. Sixth Circuit Denies Law Prof's Retaliation Claim". Hamilton County Law Library. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Rogers, Megan (October 31, 2013). "Professors: Dean Likened Them to Satan With $666 Raise". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ "Craig Boise Named the Next Dean of the College of Law at Syracuse University". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. April 25, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ O'Brian, John (April 15, 2016). "Syracuse University names its first African-American law school dean". syracuse.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "College of Law Dean Hannah Arterian to Step Down as Dean". Syracuse University News. June 15, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Sandler, Rachel (April 25, 2016). "Recently appointed law school dean lays out goals in inaugural address". The Daily Orange. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Sloan, Karen (September 7, 2021). "A longer, cheaper bar exam prep program looks to upend the industry". Reuters. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ "Commentaries on Distance Learning". Raising the Bar. Vol. 3, no. 3. AccessLex Institute. Summer 2020. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ O'Brian, John (February 9, 2017). "SU law school dean's diversity goal driven by his background". syracuse.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Rubio-Licht, Natalie (February 10, 2019). "SU College of Law student, faculty push to bolster diversity". The Daily Orange. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Landis, Kelsey (June 21, 2019). "Syracuse University Hopes to Double Black Enrollment in College of Law through Admissions Program". INSIGHT Into Diversity. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Pennamon, Tiffany (June 1, 2019). "Syracuse Law Furthers Commitment to Access, Diversity in Legal Profession". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Iyer, Sandhya (November 30, 2016). "Most Syracuse University College of Law students pass state bar exam". The Daily Orange. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Shafsky, Katie (February 15, 2017). "SU College of Law offers $20,000 tuition grants". syracuse.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Linhorst, Stan (April 20, 2021). "Craig Boise's 4 Cs for leadership: Consult, build consensus, communicate, course-correct". syracuse.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Van Wey, Delaney (May 1, 2017). "Online learning platform 2U enters the mainstream and expands to more colleges at Syracuse University". The Daily Orange. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Francis Ward, Stephanie (May 7, 2020). "If law schools can't offer in-person classes this fall, what will they do instead?". ABA Journal. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ "Guest: Craig Boise". Legal Talk Network. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Burke, Michael (April 5, 2017). "Syracuse University will terminate the Cold Case Justice Initiative, frustrating its directors". The Daily Orange. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Sugiyama, Satoshi (April 10, 2017). "About 100 SU community members sign online petition supporting Cold Case Justice Initiative to continue". The Daily Orange. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Reinhardt, Eric (November 20, 2018). "Syracuse College of Law Dean Boise named to State Attorney General-elect James' transition team". Central New York Business Journal. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ Dowty, Douglass (November 21, 2018). "SU law dean on all-star transition team for new state AG". syracuse.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Jacobs, Ben (April 29, 2021). "Presenting the Power 50 – NY Daily Record". The Daily Record. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Jacobs, Ben (April 29, 2021). "Craig M. Boise". NY Daily Record. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Caron, Paul (October 29, 2016). "TaxProf Blog: Syracuse Dean (And Tax Prof) Craig Boise: 'The Only Harley-Riding, Piano-Playing, Calf-Roping Law Dean In The Country'". TaxProf Blog. Retrieved March 30, 2022.