Climbing Above the Culture Clash

Professors Brodley and Baram Announce Retirements
We are grateful to Professors Michael Baram and Joseph Brodley for their many contributions to
the School and wish them a healthy and happy retirement.
Professor Joseph Brodley, after a long and distinguished
career as an antitrust scholar, retired at the end of the Spring
2009 semester. Boston University Law School hosted a
symposium honoring Professor Brodley’s contributions
to antitrust law on September 18, and the Boston
University Law Review will publish the contributions.
Professor Brodley, The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished
Scholar in Law, joined BU Law in 1979 and taught courses
in antitrust law and economic regulation. He is recognized
internationally for his experience in antitrust issues. In addition
to lecturing in the United States and Europe, he has served
as a consultant to many organizations including the Federal
Trade Commission and the Ford Motor Company, and
testified before numerous congressional committees. In 2001,
Professor Brodley served as visiting scholar at the Federal Trade
Commission and earlier as a visiting fellow at Oxford and
Cambridge universities. Professor Brodley served as a member
of the Board of Advisors of the American Antitrust Institute
in Washington. In addition, he served as interim dean of BU
Law and as associate dean for research for many years.
Professor Brodley’s most recent articles are “Predatory Pricing:
Strategic Theory and Legal Policy” and “Predatory Pricing:
Response to Critique and Further Elaboration,” both published
in the Georgetown Law Journal and “Patent Settlement
Agreements: Preliminary Views” (with Dean Maureen
O’Rourke) in Antitrust Magazine. His work was also published
in such journals as Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal,
Stanford Law Review and Boston University Law Review.
Professor Michael Baram came to BU Law in 1981 and
has taught environmental law, occupational health law,
biotechnology law, corporate risk management and products
liability. He also held faculty appointments at the School
of Public Health and the Bioinformatics Department.
“I am officially retired from BU but will be quite active,” Professor
Baram said. He’ll be working with some international colleagues to
finish a book on regulating risks of genetically modified agriculture,
continuing as a pro bono legal volunteer at the Boston office of the
Conservation Law Foundation, and developing environmental and
safety regulations for energy projects with a team of experts from
Norway. “I’m writing on social control of hazardous technologies,”
he added. “It has been my main concern since my days as a
professor at MIT many years ago.” More importantly, he said he’ll
not only be using the time to enjoy his grandchildren and relax,
but to also reflect. “I’m trying to discern what real wisdom I have
gained from all the legal and other knowledge I have acquired.”
He was previously a professor and dean at MIT and partner in the
Boston law firm of Bracken and Baram. He has provided consulting
and legal services to numerous public and private organizations.
His publications include seven books, including Managing
Chemical Risks, Safety Management, Alternatives to Regulation and
Corporate Disclosure of Environmental Risks. His studies have been
published by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment,
the Administrative Conference of the United States and other
organizations, and more than 110 of his articles have been
published in legal, professional and academic journals, books and
other media including various law reviews, Science, The New York
Times, Environmental Health Perspectives and Safety Science Journal.
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