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Shanks, Laurie
Clinical Professor of Law
Phone: 518-445-3227
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B.S., J.D., Arizona State University
Joined Albany Law School in 1989. Was previously in private practice in Phoenix, Ariz., concentrating on criminal defense and personal injury litigation; was the training director for the Maricopa County Public Defenders Office; and a judge pro tem. Teaches CLE seminars and trial advocacy workshops throughout the nation. Serves as a member of the Judicial Screening Panel for the Women's Bar Association and as a referee for the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, and on New York State Chief Judge Judith Kaye's Commission on the Future of Indigent Defense.
1/15/08 WNYT TV interview on "After Timmons trial, DA again calls for taped police interviews"
2/21/08 WAMC radio show on "The Pentagon's 9/11 Case and the Military Commission System"
6/17/2008 WAMC radio show on "NYCLU Against Familial Searching DNA"
Courses
Client Interviewing and CounselingNegotiating for Lawyers (Practice)
Trial Practice I: Criminal Pretrial Skills
Trial Practice II: Criminal Trial Skills
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