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

Email:
atow@suffolk.edu

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

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

•	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)

•	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