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:
STL 706

Phone:
(617)573-8104

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Degrees:
• J.D. Boston College Law School, cum laude, 1976
• B.A. Brandeis University, cum laude, 1972

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
• 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
• 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
• Administrative Law
• Bankruptcy
• Business Organizations
• Civil Litigation
• Estates and Trusts
• Immigration Law
Integrated Studies
International Law
Introduction to Law
Securities Law