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Halpern, Sheldon
The Honorable Harold R. Tyler Jr. Chair in Law and Technology
Phone: 518-445-3372
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B.A., LL.B., Cornell University
Prof. Halpern joined Albany Law School in the fall of 2005 as the Hon. Harold R. Tyler Jr. Chair in Law & Technology. In 2007, he was appointed Visiting Fellow at the Department of Law of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
Halpern received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and graduated first in his class at Cornell Law School. He had been a professor at The Ohio State University since 1984 and the C. William O'Neill Professor of Law and Judicial Administration since 2001. He has authored several books and publications and directed a series of interdisciplinary conferences exploring the impact of technology on law. Before joining academia, Prof. Halpern practiced law in New York and Minnesota.