Judge Jack Lu (ret.) is an independent mediator and was a Massachusetts Superior Court judge for 16 years and a Boston Municipal Court judge for 5 years. From 2014 to 2018 he chaired the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission in promulgating the first and only overhaul of the Massachusetts Sentencing Guidelines in 21 years. Judge Lu received a 2013 Trial Court Excellence Award, along with a large team of fellow Trial Court employees, for attempts to improve sentencing.
Jack is a frequent legal commentator or critic, whose views have been widely published in Massachusetts media and is an informal legal advisor to professional journalists including the law and courts beat, investigative and enterprise journalists, and media entities.听听He has taught since 2003, at both 涩里番下载 Law School, and the Woods College of Advancing Studies at 涩里番下载, Boston University School of Law, Bunker Hill Community College, New England Law, Boston, the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell,听School of Criminology and Justice Studies,听where, during the Pandemic, he received a 2021 Haskell Distinguished Teaching Award, based 100% on student nominations.
Judge Lu integrates his legal commentary with his teaching by, for example, involving his students in research on legal topics that draw the attention of journalists.听
Jack graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1984, and the Johns Hopkins University, and has a shelter dog named Keko from Texas.
