January 2010

Professor Patrick Connors and Hon. Joseph P. Sullivan presented the Report and recommendations of the New York State Bar Association's Special Committee to Review the Code of Judicial Conduct to the Association's Executive Committee and House of Delegates at the Annual Meeting in New York City on Jan. 28 and 29. 

President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy Paul Finkelman delivered the presentation "Affirmative Action for the Master Class: The Legacy of Our Pro-Slavery Constitution" as part of the Martin Luther King Lecture Series at Siena College on Jan. 27.

James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence Anthony Paul Farley participated in a panel discussion on "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision of the Beloved Community" during the Martin Luther King Celebration 2010 at Salt Lake Community College in Utah on Jan. 19.

Professor Mary Lynch was elected an executive officer on the board of directors for the Empire Justice Center, a statewide public interest law firm that works to achieve social and economic justice for people across New York state.

Associate Dean and Raymond and Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law Patricia Salkin was elected chair of the State and Local Government Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, a non-profit association of 171 law schools.