Overview
Jessa Boubker is a law graduate in the Business Law Department at Foley & Lardner LLP. She is based in the Boston office where she is a member of the Health Care Practice Group. Jessa is not admitted to practice law in any state.
During law school, Jessa was the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Law & Medicine, the country’s leading health law journal, where she was responsible for article submissions, selection, and editing, and oversaw the 2021 Annual Symposium: Legal Innovations in Response to Public Health Crises. She also developed and published a special issue of the journal: Diversity and Inclusion in the American Legal Profession: Discrimination and Bias Reported by Lawyers with Disabilities and Lawyers Who Identify as LGBTQ+.
Prior to joining Foley, Jessa served as a judicial intern for Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Jessa began her career as a summer associate at Foley, where she assisted on a broad range of regulatory and transactional matters.
Presentations and Publications
- Author, “Never Too Early to Save a Child’s Life: Eating Disorders Prevention in Schools Act of 2020,” DOME BLOG (Aug. 23, 2021)
- Author, “Preface,” 47 AM. J.L. & MED. 7 (2021)
- Co-author, “HHS Provider Relief Funds and the Strings and Risks Attached: What Compliance Officers Need to be Thinking About Now,” 22 J. HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE 5-10 (2020)
Education
- Boston University School of Law (JD, 2021)
- Boston University School of Public Health (MPH, 2021)
- Smith College (BA, 2015)
Admissions
Jessa is not admitted to practice law in any state.