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60 B.U. L. Rev. 201 (1980)
Issue 2

handle is hein.journals/bulr60 and id is 213 raw text is: DEDICATION TO DEAN RICHARD E. SPEIDEL After serving as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Cincinnati Law Review, Richard E. Speidel received his LL.M. degree from the Northwestern University School of Law. He acted as a teaching associate at Northwestern for a year before entering the United States Army Reserve JAG Corps, where he attained the rank of Captain. From 1961 to 1977, he taught at the University of Virginia School of Law. During that time he coauthored three textbooks, including Commercial and Consumer Transactions: Teach- ing Materials. Richard Speidel became dean of the Boston University School of Law in 1977. He resigned his post in February, 1980, effective July 1, 1980, to return to teaching and writing. A STUDENT TRIBUTE In September, 1977, the class of 1980 at the Boston University School of Law began studying contracts, property and other unfamiliar aspects of the law. A few months earlier, Richard E. Speidel left the world of teaching to assume the unfamiliar duties of Dean of the School of Law. For the class of 1980, Dean Speidel is our Dean. We shared with him three good years during which we, as students of the law, benefited from his imagination and his dedication. Although not all of us had the good fortune to know him personally, such contact was not necessary; we always felt his humanity and his presence. In appreciation and respect, the Editors of the Boston University Law Review dedicate this issue to our Dean. We thank him for the spirit he created at the School of Law during our years here and wish him success. A FACULTY TRIBUTE The decision of the Editors to dedicate this issue of the Law Review to Dean Speidel simply, but fully, states as much as other members of the School of Law community could write as a tribute to his deanship. They chose, however, to offer me the opportunity to speak for the faculty and, in so doing, to join with them in honoring a colleague and friend. Rarely does any faculty speak with one voice, but perhaps this is such an occa- sion. That itself made the Editors' invitation difficult to resist. The years of Dick Speidel's deanship have been ones of change and growth for the School of Law. New leadership and direction exist in the Law Library and the Center for Law and Health Sciences; the Center for Banking Law Studies was established; the research seminar offerings were quadrupled; an upperclass writing requirement that challenges every student to develop the capacity to research and analyze complex problems was established; opportunities for students to work oh and publish in scholarly journals were expanded; the Integrated Semester in Criminal Trial Advocacy became a part of the curriculum; new combined degree programs were developed; Faculty Forum and other cocurricular pro-

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