SALVATORE RICCIARDONE is MCLE’s Director of Philanthropy.  Currently, he is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Higher Education at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education.  While pursuing his Ph.D., Sal has taught courses in education law and in lawyering and professional responsibility at BC’s Lynch School and Law School.  Prior to his current position at MCLE, Sal served as a litigation associate at Palmer & Dodge, then as a Staff Attorney at MCLE, and finally as the Executive Director of the Flaschner Judicial Institute.  He co-authored an article on “Judicial Attitudes Towards Confronting Attorney Misconduct: A View from Reported Decisions,” 32 Hofstra Law Review 1425 (2004).  Sal holds a J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.  He also received a Graduate Certificate in Publishing from Emerson College.