“I didn’t have lawyers in my family,” Fricklas said. The dean found some discretionary funding to allow him to continue at BU. When, after his first year at BU Law, Fricklas was considering transferring to a lower-cost school closer to his hometown in Colorado, Schwartz would have none of it. Michael Fricklas (’84) recalled Dean Schwartz’s impact on his career in a recent issue of The Record. “From Bill and Bernice’s efforts, the foundation of the law school was forged to support tremendous growth by its succeeding deans and faculty to its current outstanding record and space.” “I learned from my experience with Bill and Bernice that you meet a few exceptional individuals in your life who you always remember, respect, and revere,” Fineman said. A photograph of William and Bernice Schwartz with Samuel Fineman and his fiancée Nyla Carleton hangs in the library.
Fineman, who met William Schwartz when he was a first-year law student, maintained a lifelong friendship with the former dean and his wife. Fineman Law Library with a gift made by Samuel Fineman in honor of Dean Schwartz and his wife Bernice. He was counsel in the New York office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft a member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange a representative (NGO Section) to the United Nations and a member of the board of Viacom Inc. Throughout his career, he authored 18 books and more than 50 law review articles. He oversaw the creation of the LLM in Banking & Financial Law Program, the first graduate program in the US to devote itself entirely to the study of banking and financial services law, and the founding of the Public Interest Project (PIP), a student organization created to provide fellowships to first and second-year students working in summer public-interest jobs.Īfter he stepped down as dean, Schwartz remained on the faculty until 1991, when he moved on to Yeshiva University to serve as vice president of academic affairs and professor of property law at the University’s Benjamin N. During his tenure, he negotiated with former BU President John Silber to take over the entire law tower, and established the International Law Journal and the Review of Banking & Financial Law. Schwartz joined BU Law as a professor of property law and trusts and estates immediately upon his graduation, magna cum laude, in 1955. He served as professor of law at the school for more than 30 years. William Schwartz (DGE’52, LAW’55, GRS’60), former professor and dean of Boston University School of Law, passed away in New York on December 20, 2017. Abusive Endings is a tremendous resource for domestic- and sexual-violence advocates, law enforcement, researchers, and policymakers, but also for anyone who wants to understand the ideologies of gender and power that help perpetuate this terribly sad and persistent problem.Dean William Schwartz and his wife, Berenice The authors have assembled a treasure trove of research-backed insight into the ongoing tragedy of men’s violence against the women they claim to love or have loved. “If you find yourself crying out ‘Why does this keep happening?’ after reading yet another gruesome headline about a domestic-violence homicide, read this fascinating book. A vital empirical addition to a heartbreaking literature.”-Michael Kimmel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, SUNY Stony Brook In this detailed analysis, Walter DeKeseredy, Molly Dragiewicz, and Martin Schwartz-three of the most thoughtful researchers we have-offer a painfully precise empirical answer: because women are most vulnerable to violence when the relationship ends. Everyone should read this book and reflect on the devastation that violence against women continues to cause to our societies.” - Contemporary Sociology“Why don't they leave?" is perhaps the most common reponse to hearing about men’s violence against women. It is a powerful resource for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and all humans, inspiring us to challenge and alter our culture’s response to men’s violence against women." - Criminal Justice Studies “A well-written and well- organized review of extant studies on violence against women. Reviews " Abusive Endings is written by self-proclaimed feminist scholars and practitioners who indeed challenge our beliefs and fuel our appetite for knowledge.
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