Albany Law School faculty members have broad experience as legal practitioners, strong academic and scholarly credentials, and great teaching skills. Equally important, they are accessible to their students.
Dean Thomas F. Guernsey on Legal Education
Dean
Guernsey writes on trends and developments in Legal
Education such as why U.S. News & World
Report rankings are misleading, the silliness of creating new law
schools in New York, and the difficulty of keeping legal education
affordable.
blogs.albanylaw.edu/dean | (RSS)
Law of the Land
Associate Dean Patricia E. Salkin provides a forum
for the discussion of current laws, policies and decisions that affect the
use of land. It highlights new court decisions, new state and federal
laws and policies, and actions at the local government level that guide
and/or impact land use and community development. Her blog receives
more than 1,000 hits a week and is read by close to 800
subscribers.
lawoftheland.albanylaw.edu
| (RSS)
Best
Practices for Legal Education
Professor Mary Lynch is the
editor and frequent contributor to this blog. The goals of this blog
are to create a useful Web-based source of information
on current reforms in legal education arising from the publication of
Roy Stuckey's Best Practices for Legal Education and the
Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers; and to create a
place where those interested in the future of legal education can freely
exchange ideas, concerns and opinions.
bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org | (RSS
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Constitutionalism & Democracy
Professors
Stephen Gottlieb and James Thuo Gathii are the authors of this blog which
mainly focuses on constitutionalism and democracy in the U.S. and
beyond.
constitutionalismanddemocracy.wordpress.com
| (RSS)
Same-Sex Union in the Conflict of
Laws
Professor Stephen Clark is the author of this website
which is focused on the issue of interjurisdictional recognition of
same-sex unions.
www.samesexconflicts.com | (RSS)
New York Court Watcher
Professor Vincent Bonventre is the author of this blog devoted to
commentary on developments at the Supreme Court, the New York Court of
Appeals, and other state supreme courts nationwide.
newyorkcourtwatcher.com |
(RSS)
Community Benefits
Awards
Amy Lavine, Staff Attorney at the Government Law
Center, shares her research on community benefits in this blog. The
blog's goal is to link good jobs, social justice and livable
neighborhoods to development projects.
communitybenefits.blogspot.com |
(RSS)
Technology at Albany Law
School
The Instructional Technologist is the author of this
blog which is dedicated to issues related to technology in general and to
technology as it relates to legal education.
albanylawtech.wordpress.com | (RSS
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Schaffer Law Library Blog
Colleen Ostiguy,
the Electronic Services Librarian, has started this blog to offer
information related to library services, legal news and electronic legal
resources.
albanylawlibrary.wordpress.com |
(RSS)
Diversity at Albany Law School
The Director of Diversity has created this blog to offer
information on issues relevant to ALL students, faculty and staff and to
provide a forum for discussion around these issues.
albanylawdiversity.wordpress.com
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The Albany Government Law
Review Fireplace
The Albany Government Law Review runs this
legal blog. It is the first student written and edited law blog in
the country to engage in substantive law review-like legal analysis and
academic speculation.
glrfireplace.albanygovernmentlawreview.org |
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