Richard Mandel

Academic Division: Accounting & Law​Professor Mandel has been a member of the Babson faculty since 1985. He has taught in the undergraduate, graduate and executive education programs delivering a variety of courses. In addition to Honors Foundation of Business Law, Professor Mandel has taught Commercial Law, Federal Taxation, American Constitutional Law, and Strategic Business and Tax Planning. He has also taught Meteorology in Babson''s Math/Science division and co-taught Investment Banking in the finance division. He has served as Associate Dean of Babson''s Undergraduate School, Acting Dean of the Undergraduate School and as chair of Babson''s finance division. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Professor Mandel served as partner and of counsel to the law firm of Bowditch and Dewey, specializing in the corporate, tax and securities issues facing small, growing companies. His research and writing parallels his law practice, concentrating in entrepreneurial law, but he has also published an article in a meteorology journal. He has written numerous articles and book chapters and is a contributing author to the Portable MBA series published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Academic Degrees

• JD, Harvard Law School
• BA, Cornell University

Academic Interests

Business Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law; Corporate Finance

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Awards & Honors

2016 - Babson College Undergraduate Professor of the Year, Undergraduate Class of 2016

2016 - Ted Grossman Greek Organization Advisor of the Year, Babson Greek Organizations

2010 - Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, Freedoms Foundation

2009 - Babson College Student Government Advisor of the Year, Undergraduate Student Government

2007 - Babson College Student Government Advisor of the Year, Undergraduate Student Government