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Cecily Banks is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Corporate Counsel Externship Program at Boston University School of Law. She joined the faculty in 2017 to establish a specialized externship program that places law students in in-house legal departments of corporations for academic credit. She teaches the accompanying seminar on the modern role of in-house counsel and professional development, as well as Contract Drafting within the Transactional Law Program.
Her academic focus centers on experiential legal education, with an emphasis on transactional lawyering skills, clinical teaching, and professional identity formation. She has been instrumental in developing curricular innovations such as speaker series and workshops to enhance transactional training. Her work bridges legal theory and practice, preparing students for real-world corporate legal roles.
Banks is actively engaged in national legal education discourse, presenting at the Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education on topics including anti-bias teaching and supervision. She has contributed to advancing pedagogical practices that foster inclusivity and belonging in clinical and externship settings.
She previously served for 15 years at Roger Williams University School of Law, where she created and directed their Corporate Counsel Clinical Externship Program and was a Professor of Experiential Education. Before entering academia, she practiced corporate and commercial litigation law in Virginia, Providence, and Boston.
Education:
- BA, Sweet Briar College
- JD, University of Virginia School of Law
Professional Affiliations & Activities:
- Director, Corporate Counsel Externship Program, Boston University School of Law
- Senior Lecturer, Boston University School of Law
- Former Professor of Experiential Education, Roger Williams University School of Law
- Speaker, Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education (2019, 2024)
Teaching Responsibilities:
- Contract Drafting (LAW JD 788)
- Corporate Counsel Externship: Seminar (LAW JD 896)
- Corporate Counsel Externship: Fieldwork (LAW JD 954)
Banks has no listed scientific awards or publications in the provided material. She advises no named students, and there is no indication of lab or research team leadership. However, her programmatic leadership and curriculum development represent significant contributions to legal education.
