Allan Tow, Associate Professor

Professor Allan Tow, Esq.

Associate Professor of Education and Human Services

 

Mailing Address

Suffolk University
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108

 

Office

73 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Room 706
Phone: (617)573-8104
Email: atow@suffolk.edu

 

Degrees

  • J.D. Boston College Law School, cum laude
  • B.A. Brandeis University, cum laude

Employment History

  • Assistant Professor, Suffolk University, 1994-99; Associate Professor, 1999-present
  • Private Practice, Cambridge, MA, 1989-94
  • Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1984-89
  • Instructor, Suffolk Law School, 1982-84
  • Managing Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services, 1981-82
  • Managing Attorney, Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, 1977-81
  • Judicial Clerk to the Hon. Wm. M. Marutani, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, PA, 1976-77

Significant Litigation

  • BEA Systems V. Web Balances 80 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 1917 (D. Mass. 2006)
  • Lattab v. Ashcroft, 385 F.3d 8, 13 (1st Cir. 2004)
  • Saint Fort v. Ashcroft, 223 F. Supp. 2d 343 (D.Mass. 2002), aff’d, 329 F.3d 191 (1st Cir. 2003)
  • Mahadeo v. Reno, 226 F.3d 3 (1st Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 533 U.S. 949 (2001)
  • Ruckbi v. INS, 285 F.3d 120 (1st Cir 2002)
  • Mattis v. Reno, 44 F.Supp. 2d 379 (D.Mass. 1999), aff’d, 212 F.3d 31(1st Cir. 2000)
  • Ruckbi v. INS, 159 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 1998)

Bar Memberships

  • United States Supreme Court (2000)
  • Massachusetts (1982)
  • United States Virgin Islands (1977-1982)
  • Pennsylvania (1976)

Publications

  • The Professional Paralegal, McGraw-Hill, Chicago. 2009. 

Articles

  • California Dreamin’ – Part Two (2005)
  • California Dreamin’ - Part One (2004)
  • Observations On Multidisciplinary Practice (with S. Gaskell) (2003)
  • For The Public Good (2001)
  • AAfPE Accreditation and Academic Freedom (with M. Flaherty) (2000)
  • Deconstructing ABA Approval (1999)
  • Paralegal Licensing Standards: The Educational Perspective (1998)
  • Teaching Trial Practice and Dramatic Technique (1997)
  • America, Your Children Are Left Behind (with A. Tran) (1997)

Affiliations

  • Member, Asian-American Lawyers Association
  • Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Member, American Civil Liberties Union
  • Chair, City of Melrose Human Rights Commission
  • Member, Legal Studies Advisory Board, Quincy College
  • Member, Advisory Board, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
  • Model, ImageMakers (exclusive agent), Boston, MA
  • Member, Screen Actors Guild

Courses Taught

  • Administrative Advocacy
  • Business Organizations
  • Civil Litigation
  • Immigration Law
  • International Law
  • Introduction to Law
  • Seminar for Freshman
  • Wills and Probate