J. Stephen Clark

Biography

B.A., University of Tennessee
J.D., Yale Law School

Joined Albany Law School in 2000. Previously in private practice with Winston & Strawn in Chicago, specializing in employment-related appellate litigation; visiting professor at University of Toledo College of Law; law clerk to the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana. Research interests include employment discrimination, federalism, and lesbian and gay rights.

Presentations

Can Social Conservatives Violate Gay Rights Laws? The Problem of Subjective Motive in Sexual Orientation Law, Presentation at Faculty Workshop, Albany Law School, Nov. 19, 2003

Deconstructing Sexual Orientation, at Globalization and Comparative Family Law: A Discussion of Pluralism, Universality and Markets, Albany Law School, Feb. 7, 2003

Deconstructing Sexual Orientation, "Uncomfortable Conversation" on Sexuality and Feminist Theory (colloquium), Cornell Law School, Nov. 14-15, 2002

Negotiating the Politics of Judicial Nominations (panel), Lavender Law, Annual Conference of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, Oct. 12, 2002

Same-Sex But Equal: Reformulating the Miscegenation Analogy, Presentation at Faculty Workshop, Albany Law School, Oct. 2, 2002

The Court and Rights: The New Federalism and the Undermining of Civil Rights Law--Progressive Federalism?, Presentation at Joint Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association, Vancouver, B.C., May 31, 2002

Where's Nino? Boy Scouts v. Dale and the Missing Scalia Dissent, Presentation at Faculty Workshop, Albany Law School, February 27, 2002

Special Issues in Teaching First-Year Law Students, Presentation at AALS New Teacher Conference, Washington, D.C., Summer 2000

Grounding Airline Deregulatory Pre-emption: The Case of State and Local Civil Rights Laws, Presentation at Faculty Workshop, Albany Law School, April 2001

The Emerging Prohibition of Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation, Address Before Albany Law School Labor and Employment Law Student Association, Spring 2001

In the News

Professor Stephen Clark's op-ed,"Trump administration should be careful not to make impeachable threats," was published by The Hill on November 18, 2016.

Professor Stephen Clarkdiscussed the line between constitutionally protected speech and criminality with NewsChannel13 on November 17, 2016.

Professor Stephen Clark's op-ed, "Trump’s Supreme Court justice should be shunned," was published by The Hill on November 14, 2016.

Professor Stephen Clark was quoted in the article"Pardon would cloud Clinton reputation, ding Obama legacy" in the Washington Times on November 10, 2016.

Professor Stephen Clarkappeared on San Diego radio station KOGO to talk about his op-ed for The Hill, “Should Obama Just Pardon Hillary?” on November 4, 2016.

Professor Stephen Clark's op-ed, "Should Obama just pardon Hillary?" was published on the front page of TheHill.com on November 3, 2016.

Professor Stephen Clarkdiscussed the presidential election and its impact on the U.S. Supreme Court while previewing the Albany Law Review symposium "Shaping SCOTUS" with Time Warner Cable News on October 20, 2016.

Professor Stephen Clark spoke withCBS 6 (WRGB) andNewsChannel 13 (WNYT) about the "natural-born" citizenship status of presidential candidate Ted Cruz on March 3, 2016.

Professor Stephen Clark joined CTV in Canada to discuss the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on October 8, 2018.