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Professor Melissa Breger's work in progress "Stemming the Tide: Social Norms and Child Sex Trafficking" was accepted to be presented at the Law and Society Association (LSA) meeting in Denver, Colo., in May 2020.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a "New York Civil Practice Update" at the Annual New York Court of Claims Judges' Association Meeting in Cooperstown, N.Y., on October 16, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a "New York Civil Practice Update" to the Suffolk County Bar Association in Hauppauge, N.Y., on October 22, 2019.
Professor Sarah Rogerson was the featured speaker at "Nowhere to Go: New Barriers to Asylum & Refugee Crisis in Mexico," sponsored by Capital District Border Watch and the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany in November 2019.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette is serving as chair of the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Law School Deans.
Professor Vincent Bonventre is a judge for the MENSA national scholarship program.
Professor Joe Buffington has been elected to serve as treasurer of Association of American Law Schools' Section on Academic Support.
Professor Sarah Rogerson was invited to co-lead two amicus briefs on behalf of legal scholars—arguments rooted in her previous scholarship on immigration enforcement in state courthouses: New York v. ICE, No. 19 Civ. 8876 (SDNY) and Doe v. ICE, No. 19 Civ. 8892 (SDNY).
Professor David Walker contributed to the American Association of Law Libraries Spectrum magazine's "Ask a Director" column, published in the January/February 2020 issue.
Associate Dean Antony Hayes presented "Algorithmic Injustice: How Artificial Intelligence Embeds Human Bias and Distorts Our Decision-Making" to a crowd at the Women and Public Policy Program of Harvard's Kennedy School on February 13, 2020.
Professor Melissa Breger presented "Stemming the Tide: Social Norms and Child Sex Trafficking" at the Capital District Consortium Conference at Union College on February 7, 2020.
Professor Jaya Connors will present at the Immigration Issues in Family Court CLE at Albany Law School on February 4, 2020.
Associate Dean Rosemary Queenan (with trustee Andrea L. Colby '80) participated in a program for the Practicing Law Institute entitled "Law Student and New Lawyer Mental Health—Making Steps Toward Positive Change," on February 4, 2020. The program addressed the stigma in openly discussing mental health in law schools and what law schools and legal employers can do to foster a culture that promotes mental health awareness and positive habits and resilience.
Professor Ray Brescia presented "Private Largess in the Digital Age: The Concept of Privacy in The New Property and What It Means Today" at a conference held at Touro Law School celebrating the life and work of Charles A. Reich on January 30, 2020.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "Trump Justice: Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and the Current Court" at the Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning in Dorset, Vt., on January 28, 2020.
Professor Peter Halewood organized two panels, "The Children's Rights Convention at 30" and "New Voices in International Law and Human Rights," for the 2020 AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., January 2-5, 2020.
Professor Sarah Rogerson presented on immigration legislative updates at the 2019 Legislative Updates CLE hosted by the New York State Bar Association in December 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors' treatise, SIEGEL & CONNORS, NEW YORK PRACTICE (6th ed. 2018 Thomson) was cited seven times in the three opinions in Williams v. Beemiller, 33 N.Y.3d 523 (2019). In Williams, an Ohio firearm merchant sold a gun to an Ohio resident in Ohio, which was then resold on the black market and used by a gang member to shoot the plaintiff in Buffalo. The Court held that the plaintiff could not obtain long-arm jurisdiction over the Ohio firearm merchant in New York State court.
Professor Edward W. De Barbieri will present "Update on Best Practices in Community Economic Development Law" at a CLE for New York State legislative staff in December 2019.
Professor Mary Lynch participated in a training for deputies on domestic violence, stalking, and strangulation crimes for the Albany County Sheriff's Department in November 2019.
Professor Donna Young participated on a panel on November 22, 2019, at the opening of a pop-up exhibit celebrating the 170th anniversary of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery. The student-organized exhibit was part of Professor Young's co-taught course, Race, Rape Culture, and the Law.
Professor Keith Hirokawa attended and participated in Re-Imagining Environmental Law: Implementation and 2020 Planning at Airlie House in Warrenton, Va., November 18-19, 2019.
Professor Peter Halewood presented "Trade Law, Race, and the Panopticon," at the ClassCrits XII Conference at Western New England School of Law on November 16, 2019.
Professor Peter Halewood co-organized a panel for the ClassCrits XII Conference at Western New England School of Law, November 15-16, 2019.
Professor Louis Jim co-organized the Capital Regional Clash Invitational mock trial competition, which was held in collaboration with the University at Albany and the College of Saint Rose in November 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a "New York Civil Practice Update" to the New York City Managing Attorneys' and Clerks' Association at the law offices of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP in New York City on November 15, 2019.
Professor Christine Sgarlata Chung moderated the Justice Robert H. Jackson Lecture: The White House on Trial, which featured CNN legal analyst Michael Zeldin, on November 4, 2019.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum will present "Half a Chance: Legal and Ethical Challenges Related to Splitting Donated Livers" at the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa., on October 25, 2019.
Professor Mary A. Lynch presented at the 2019 Annual Villanova Law Review Symposium, Gender Equity in Law Schools, on October 25, 2019.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Half a Chance: Legal and Ethical Challenges Related to Splitting Donated Livers" at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Conference in Pittsburgh on October 25, 2019.
Professor Robert Heverly presented at the Albany Law Review Symposium: The Courts Are Alive with the Sound of Music on October 21, 2019.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum and co-investigator Jed Adam Gross presented their joint work, "Extending Split Liver Transplantation in North America," at the Canadian Transplant Summit in Banff on October 18, 2019.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "Supreme Court Update" and "Court of Appeals Update" at a CLE program for the Oneida County Bar Association on October 5, 2019.
Professor Melissa Breger presented "Implicit Bias in the Courtroom" at a CLE for the Capital District Trial Lawyers Association in October 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes participated on the panel "Misinformation in the Age of Social Media" at the New York State Department of Health's Division of Legal Affairs 2019 Semi-Annual Meeting and CLE in Albany, N.Y., on October 3, 2019.
Professor David Walker will present "Citators in the Era of Originalism" at the Law Librarians of Upstate New York's annual meeting in Albany, N.Y., in October 2019.
Professor Donna Young co-authored an AAUP amicus brief filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Professor Jennifer Freyd, who sued the University of Oregon for pay discrimination based on significant pay disparities with male faculty members on September 30, 2019.
Professor Sarah Rogerson received the Immigration Advocate Award from the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District in September 2019.
Professor Vincent Bonventre delivered the Constitution Day commemoration lecture at Marist College, "A Constitution We Are Expounding: Current Controversies Before the Court," on September 23, 2019.
Professor Edward W. De Barbieri presented "Opportunism Zones" at the Clinical Writers' Workshop at the NYU School of Law on September 20, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors' scholarship has been cited in numerous reported decisions from the New York and Federal Courts in 2019, including the New York Court of Appeals, Appellate Division, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Professor Sarah Rogerson received the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District's Immigration Advocate Award in September 2019.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Medicine and the Law" at Albany Medical Center on September 4, 2019.
Professor Edward W. De Barbieri participated on the panel "Innovations and Linkages between Public Policy and Engineering for Curriculum and Research" at Syracuse University Infrastructure Institute's 2nd Annual Sloan Workshop in September 2019.
Professor Edward W. De Barbieri presented "Opportunism Zones" at the 8th Annual State and Local Government Law Works-in-Progress Conference at the University of Virginia School of Law in September 2019.
Professor Ray Brescia will participate in the Law's Futures roundtable at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, Ill., in September 2019.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette presented and moderated a panel as part of an expert group meeting on bioethics and disability at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, in September 2019. The group, composed of experts from around the world, was convened to inform the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' forthcoming report to the Human Rights Council.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "Supreme Court Roundup, 2018-19 Term" and "Court of Appeals: Updates and Reflections on a Great Tradition" for the New York State Bar Association on August 20, 2019.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "Supreme Court Update: The Court, the Cases, and the Conflicts" at the Government Law Center's summer CLE series in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on August 2, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented "Intersection of The Court of Appeals and Appellate Division Jurisdiction" with Judge Victoria Graffeo (Ret.) at the New York State Appellate Judges Seminar in Wading River, N.Y., on July 9, 2019. The program was attended by the judges of the Court of Appeals and the justices of all four departments in the Appellate Division.
Professor Christian Sundquist was invited to present "Grant Development and Management in Law Schools" at the American Bar Association's Associate Deans Conference on June 26, 2019.
Professor David Walker presented "Academic Law Libraries in the Era of Online Education" at the Capital District Educational Technology Group's spring conference at Fulton Montgomery Community College on June 10, 2019.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was a featured panelist at the Albany Business Review event "Power Breakfast: What Will Save Higher Ed?" on June 7, 2019.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Half a Chance: Addressing the Ethical, Legal, and Organizational Challenges of Splitting Donated Livers" at the Health Law Professors Conference in Chicago, Illinois, on June 6, 2019.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Half a Chance: Addressing the Ethical, Legal, and Organizational Challenges of Splitting Donated Livers" at the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics Health Law Professors Conference in Chicago, Ill., on June 6, 2019.
Professor Sarah Rogerson received the Kimberly A. Troisi-Paton Leadership Award at the Capital District Women's Bar Association's annual installation dinner on June 4, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes will be speaking at the 22nd Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference and 14th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance on bias in machine learning at the Empire State Plaza on June 4, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented on bias in machine learning at the 22nd Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference and 14th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance in Albany, N.Y., on June 4, 2019.
Professor Melissa Breger's NEW YORK LAW OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE was cited by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Barrera v. Graham (January 2019).
Professor Melissa Breger's article "Reforming by Re-Norming: How the Legal System Has the Potential to Change a Toxic Culture of Domestic Violence" (44 Notre Dame Journal of Legislation) was selected to be reprinted in the 2019 Edition of WOMEN AND THE LAW (Thomson Reuters).
Professor Patrick Connors was appointed by New York State Bar Association President Michael Miller to serve as a member of the NYSBA Task Force on the New York Bar Exam.
The Immigration Law Clinic, directed by Professor Sarah Rogerson, received a national honorable mention by the Clinical Legal Education Association in the category of Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project. The recognition was for the clinic's role in the Detention Outreach Project.
Associate Dean Rosemary Queenan's scholarship was cited in The School Psychologist article "Association of Summer Extended School Year Services and Academic Regression" (Division 16, American Psychological Association Spring 2019).
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum's scholarship "Can Civil Lawsuits Stem the Tide of Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Unproven Stem Cell Interventions" (npj Regenerative Medicine 2018) was selected to be listed in a special collection of Nature Partner Journals articles. All of the articles support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Professor Melissa Breger received Albany Law School's Excellence in Scholarship Award on May 24, 2019.
Professor Stephen Clark received Albany Law School's Excellence in Service Award on May 24, 2019.
Professor Jenean Taranto received Albany Law School's Excellence in Teaching Award on May 24, 2019.
The Immigration Law Clinic, directed by Professor Sarah Rogerson, is part of a group that will receive the New York State Academy for Public Administration's 2019 Public Service Excellence Award on May 20 for its immigration reform collaboration at the Albany County Correctional Facility.
Professor Michael Hutter received the President's Award from the Schenectady County Bar Association on May 16, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented on "Updates in Legal Ethics for the Practicing Lawyer" to the Chaminade High School Alumni Lawyers Association in Mineola, N.Y., on May 16, 2019.
Professor Melissa Breger presented "Making the Invisible Visible: Implicit Bias in Law and Society" at the firm Carter Conboy in Albany on May 15, 2019.
Government Law Center Director Ava Ayers moderated the Anderson Breakfast Series panel "What's Needed for Rural Renewal" at the New York State Capitol on May 14, 2019.
Government Law Center Director Ava Ayers presented at the Albany County Bar Association CLE Research: What do the Courts Want? on May 14, 2019.
Professor Ray Brescia participated on the plenary panel "Law School Innovations: Leveraging Technology and Data to Expand Access to Justice" at the 8^th Annual Law School Access to Justice Conference at Brooklyn Law School on May 14, 2019.
Professor Ray Brescia facilitated the work-group panel "How Law Schools and Community Practitioners are Developing Innovative Technology Solutions that Address the Justice Gap" at the 8^th Annual Law School Access to Justice Conference at Brooklyn Law School on May 14, 2019.
Associate Dean Connie Mayer facilitated the work-group panel "Law Schools Working in the Community: Addressing Civil Legal Needs Arising from Entanglement with the Criminal Justice System" at the 8^th Annual Law School Access to Justice Conference at Brooklyn Law School on May 14, 2019.
Professor Sarah Rogerson facilitated the work-group panel "Challenges and Opportunities in Today's Immigration Landscape: The Role of Law Schools in Ensuring Access to Counsel for Immigrant Communities" at the 8^th Annual Law School Access to Justice Conference at Brooklyn Law School on May 14, 2019.
Professor Sarah Rogerson received the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Clinical Legal Education's prestigious M. Shanara Gilbert Award at the Clinical Legal Education Conference in San Francisco, Calif., on May 5, 2019.
Professor Mary A. Lynch presented "Assessment and Grading" at the Clinical Legal Education Association's New Clinician's Workshop in San Francisco, Calif., on May 4, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented "New York Practice CLE Update" to the Rockland County Bar Association in Nanuet, N.Y. on May 3, 2019.
Professor Rob Heverly participated on the panel "Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation" at Niskayuna Town Hall on World Press Freedom Day, May 2, 2019.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette moderated the panel "Free Society: Female Success in the Legal Profession" in Rochester, N.Y., on May 1, 2019.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette moderated the keynote panel at the OUTLaw symposium, More than Marriage: 50 Years Since Stonewall, on April 29, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented on "New York Civil Practice" at the 6th Judicial District's Annual Conference in Watkins Glen, N.Y., on April 26, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented "New York Civil Procedure Review" to The Legal Aid Society on April 29, 2019 in New York City.
Professor Donna Young participated on the panel at the 518 Know Your Rights workshop presented by the Black Law Students Association of Albany Law School on April 27, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented on "Recent Developments in New York Practice" to the Federation of Bar Associations of the Fourth Judicial District at its annual meeting in Montreal, Canada, on April 27, 2019.
Professor Vincent Bonventre was a panelist at the Albany Law Review's 13th Annual Cooke State Constitutional Commentary Symposium, State Courts in the Trump Era, on April 25, 2019.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette presented "Disability and Healthcare: Distrust, Disparities, and a Path Forward" at Yale School of Medicine on April 18, 2019.
Professor Melissa Breger presented "Making the Invisible Visible: Implicit Bias in Law and Society" to the New York State Department of Health attorneys at a CLE at the New York State Museum on April 16, 2019.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Ethical and Policy Concerns Regarding Negligent Prenatal Testing for Late-Onset Genetic Conditions" at the Reproductive Ethics Conference in Albany on April 5, 2019.
Professors Donna Young and Alexandra Harrington participated on a panel after the screening of "The Uncondemned" at the University at Albany on April 1, 2019.
Professor Donna Young participated on a panel at the NPOC2019 Legal Scholarship Conference at American University Washington College of Law on March 22, 2019.
Professor Vincent Bonventre participated on the panel "The Future of the Supreme Court Confirmation Process" sponsored by the Albany Law School chapter of the Federalist Society on March 19, 2019.
Professor Michael Hutter moderated the panel "The Future of the Supreme Court Confirmation Process" sponsored by the Albany Law School chapter of the Federalist Society on March 19, 2019.
Professor Sarah Rogerson participated on the panel "Immigration Detention in New York" at Albany Law School, presented by the New York Immigration Coalition and the Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative, on March 11, 2019.
Professor Melissa Breger's co-authored treatise, NEW YORK LAW OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, was cited by the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands in the decision Gayanich v. Gayanich.
Professor Ray Brescia was named a 2019 academic fellow of the Pound Civil Justice Institute, a national legal think tank that works to ensure access to justice for citizens and provide a balanced view of the issues affecting the U.S. civil justice system.
Professor Donna Young was named a joint faculty member at the University at Albany's Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Professor Sarah Rogerson participated on the panel "Immigration Detention in New York" at Albany Law School on March 11, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a "CPLR Update" at the New York State Court of Claims Annual Law Clerks Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on March 7, 2019.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented a three-hour lecture on the U.S. Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals for justices and court attorneys of the Appellate Division Third Department on March 6, 2019.
Professor Donna Young presented the lecture "Regulating Harassment in Higher Education" at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations on March 6, 2019.
Professor Donna Young gave the keynote address at the Black Law Students Association's James Campbell Matthews Banquet in Honor of Black History Month in Albany on March 2, 2019.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette moderated the discussion "Autonomy and Awareness: Exploring Ethical and Legal Issues in Disability Advocacy"—part of the Albany Government Law Review's annual symposium—on February 27, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a "New York Practice Update" to the New York Chapter of the National Docketing Association at the law offices of Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York City on February 22, 2019.
Professor Sarah Rogerson received the Immigrant Excellence Award at the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators' annual legislative conference in Albany on February 17, 2019.
Professor Vincent Bonventre's co-edited book LIVING ON DEATH ROW: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WAITING TO DIE received the Association of American Publishers 2019 PROSE Award, recognizing scholarly and professional excellence, in the category of Psychology.
Professor Sarah Rogerson, director of the Immigration Law Clinic, participated in a press conference in support of Kinimo Ngoran—a Capital City Rescue Mission chef held by ICE—on February 1, 2019. The press conference was covered widely by local media and The Associated Press.
Associate Dean Connie Mayer was appointed to the New York Court of Appeals Advisory Committee on Skills and Values in January 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes will moderate the panel "Internet of Things: What Do Corporations Need to Know?" at the Association of Corporate Counsel Cybersecurity Summit at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2019.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes moderated the panel "Internet of Things: What Do Corporations Need to Know?" at the Association of Corporate Counsel Cybersecurity Summit at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2019.
Professor Michael Hutter presented at the January Meeting of the Capital District Trial Lawyers Association on January 29, discussing developments in 2018 in New York's automobile accident tort cases involving the serious injury limitation.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was a panelist at the Capital Region Chamber Women's Business Council event "Successfully Managing Change in the Workplace" on January 29, 2019.
Professor Sarah Rogerson presented "Adverse and Unintended Consequences for Families Facing Immigration Issues" at the NYSBA Annual Meeting in New York City on January 18, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors participated on the panel "A Question of New York Law: Should It Be Taught in Law Schools and Tested on the Bar Exam?" at the NYSBA Annual Meeting in New York City on January 16, 2019.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a program on recent developments in New York civil practice to the court attorneys and principal law clerks of the Appellate Division, Second Department in Brooklyn, N.Y., on January 16, 2019.
Professor Anthony Paul Farley was elected to the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Board of Governors at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in January 2019.
Professor Christian Sundquist was elected Chair-Elect of the Evidence Section, Chair-Elect of the Minority Groups Section, and an Executive Board member of the Associate Deans Section at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in January 2019.
Professor Michael Hutter successfully represented the petitioners in a decision directing the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics to vote as to whether it should investigate a complaint against Joseph Percoco.
Professor Sarah Rogerson participated on the panel "Immigrants in America: How Do We Decide?" presented by the League of Women Voters of Schenectady County on January 10, 2019.
Professor Michael Hutter was again invited to participate in the New York State Judicial Institute's New Judges Program, January 7-11, 2019. He also presented a webcast for New York judges discussing 2018 judicial decisions deciding no-fault law issues as part of the Judicial Institute's "Lunch and Learn" program.
Professor Peter Halewood moderated the works-in-progress session "New Voices in Human Rights and International Law" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 6, 2019.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette presented on the practice of the law school dean during the session "Law Schools and the New Accountability Paradigm" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 5, 2019.
GLC Director Ava Ayers participated on the panel "Rural Access to Justice" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 5, 2019.
Professor Edward De Barbieri participated in the discussion group "Building Bridges: Examining Race and Privilege in Community Economic Development" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 5, 2019.
Assistant Dean for Program Development and Distance Education Jason Fiske presented during the session "Navigating Third Party Vendors in Post-Graduate Programs Including Programs for Non-US Lawyers" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 5, 2019.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs Rosemary Queenan participated on the panel "Assessment in Law Student Affairs" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 5, 2019.
Professor Christian Sundquist presented during the panel "Bias in the Courtroom" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 5, 2019.
Professor Ray Brescia participated on the panel "Building Bridges and Social Justice through Collaborative Centers and Initiatives" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 4, 2019. He was also featured as part of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Author in Residence program.
Professor Rob Heverly participated on the panel "The Internet of Bodies: Cyborgs and the Law" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 4, 2019. Read more at Legaltech News.
Professor Mary A. Lynch participated in the discussion groups "Bridging the Divisions with Professional Identity Learning Outcomes that Encourage Cultural Competency in the Profession" and "Building Bridges Across Curricular and Status Lines: Gender Inequity throughout the Legal Academy" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 4, 2019.
Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Troy Riddle moderated the panel "Free Speech on Campus: A Delicate Balancing Test" at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting on January 5, 2019. He also presented during the session "How to Engage with Historically Marginalized Communities" on January 3.
Professor Peter Halewood was named incoming Chair of the AALS Section on International Human Rights at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in New Orleans, January 2-6, 2019.
Professor Peter Halewood co-organized three panels on human rights law at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in New Orleans, January 2-6, 2019.
President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was elected Chair-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Law School Deans. She will serve as the section's Chair starting in 2020.
Professor Mary A. Lynch's blog, Best Practices for Legal Education, was named to the ABA Journal's Blawg Hall of Fame, Class of 2018. Best Practices had previously appeared several times on the ABA Journal Blawg 100, an annual list of the top blogs for a legal audience.
Professor Michael Hutter presented a lecture on "Recent Developments in New York's No Fault Law" to the Suffolk Academy of Law on December 10, 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "The Now and Future Supreme Court" to the New York legislative and executive staffs at the 2018 Legislative CLE Program on December 6, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Reevaluating Informed Consent to Better Protect Patient Autonomy" at a CLE for the New York State Legislature on December 6, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter presented the paper "Discovery and Social Media: Legal and Ethical Limitations" to the annual meeting of the Northeastern New York Chapter of the Defense Research Institute on December 6, 2018.
Professor Ray Brescia was named to the transition committee for incoming New York Attorney General Letitia James in November 2018.
Professor Seve Falati and Professor Nancy Maurer presented "Taking Assessment Out of the Classroom: Assessing the Skills and Values We Really Care About" at the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education (IJCLE) Conference at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, on November 30, 2018.
Professor Donna Young participated in a roundtable discussion of the #MeToo movement at the Museum of Political Corruption's Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting event in Albany on November 29, 2018.
Professor Jaya Connors, director of the Family Violence Litigation Clinic, was recognized as her clinic was awarded a grant from the Albany County Bar Foundation at the ACBF's holiday party on November 29, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson received an award for her work on the Detention Outreach Project at the Albany County Bar Association's holiday party on November 29, 2018.
Professor Christian Sundquist was appointed as the incoming Chair-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Minority Groups; he will serve as Chair-Elect for the next year before stepping into the Chair role for 2020-2021. He will also serve as Chair-Elect next year for the AALS Section on Evidence before becoming Chair in 2020-2021.
Professor Sarah Rogerson participated on the panel "Trauma and the U.S. immigration System: Immigrant Detention, Family Separation, and Undocumented Work" at Middlebury College on November 15, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson participated in a press conference on November 14, 2018 announcing that Albany County will use federal funds to pay for legal help to immigrants being detained in the county jail.
Professor Vincent Bonventre moderated the panel "Incarceration" at the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology's annual symposium, From Investigation to Incarceration: How Science and Technology Impact the Different Stages of the Criminal Justice System, on November 8, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger moderated the panel "Investigation and Litigation" at the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology's annual symposium, From Investigation to Incarceration: How Science and Technology Impact the Different Stages of the Criminal Justice System, on November 8, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter presented a "No Fault Law Update" to the Nassau County Academy of Law on November 8, 2018. It was his 20th consecutive presentation to that bar group.
GLC Government Lawyer-in-Residence Bennett Liebman presented "Sports Gambling" at Albany Law School's Recent Graduate CLE Program on November 3, 2018.
Professor Lianne Pinchuk presented "Law and Common Sense: Writing for Clients" at Albany Law School's Recent Graduate CLE Program on November 3, 2018.
Professor David Pratt presented "Tax and Employee Benefits Issues for 2019 and Beyond" at Albany Law School's Recent Graduate CLE Program on November 2, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter presented an "Evidence" webinar program for New York Legal Aid Society attorneys which covered admissibility issues for electronic evidence on November 2, 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre moderated the panel "A Changing Court in Challenging Times" at Albany Law School on November 1, 2018. The discussion was presented by Albany Law student organizations OUTLaw, LALSA, and BLSA.
Professor Christian Sundquist organized a panel on "Bias in the Courtroom," to take place during the Association of American Law Schools' (AALS) annual conference in New Orleans in January 2019, as part of his responsibilities as an executive board member of both the AALS Minority Groups and Evidence sections. He also: will present remarks on "Science and the Identification of Juror Racial Bias" on the "Bias in the Courtroom" panel; and accepted an invitation to serve on a panel of current and former law school deans (including deans from Gonzaga, Maine, Louisville, John Marshall, and the University of Washington), titled "Technology and the Future of Law Schools," during the West Virginia Law Review's annual symposium in February 2019.
GLC Director Ava Ayers participated on the panel "Retroactivity And Other Challenges to Agency Decisions" at the I-ARC Conference: Mobilize, Organize, Resist: Immigrant Justice Lawyering in New York at John Jay College, October 26-27, 2018.
Professor Ray Brescia participated on the panel "Introduction to Federal Litigation" at the I-ARC Conference: Mobilize, Organize, Resist: Immigrant Justice Lawyering in New York at John Jay College, October 26-27, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson participated on the panels "Unique Issues Faced by Upstate Immigrants" and "Resilience 101: Being Your Best Advocate" and will moderate "ICE in Courts" at the I-ARC Conference: Mobilize, Organize, Resist: Immigrant Justice Lawyering in New York at John Jay College, October 26-27, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter presented a CLE on "Evidence" at the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York in Albany on October 26, 2018. Legal services attorneys throughout the state attended via webinar. He also presented "New York Civil Practice" and "New York Evidence" updates to the staff attorneys of the Office of the New York Attorney General and state agency attorneys. He made the same presentations at a meeting of the Federation of Bar Associations of the Fourth Judicial District. He also presented at the invitation of the New York State Board of Bar Examiners a lecture on "New York Civil Practice" for viewing by candidates who have taken the UBE and must now pass the New York portion of the bar exam.
Professor Mary A. Lynch presented "Laws and Justice Living-Learning Community" to students at the University at Albany as part of their freshman seminar on October 24, 2018. Professor Lynch discussed possible pathways in law and the work of the Law Clinic and Justice Center at Albany Law School.
Professor Stephen Clark will deliver the 4th Annual Katheryn D. Katz '70 Memorial Lecture, "Progressively Incorrect: A Gay Liberationist Critique in the Social Justice Era," at Albany Law School on October 23, 2018.
Professor Stephen Clark delivered the 4th Annual Katheryn D. Katz '70 Memorial Lecture, "Progressively Incorrect: A Gay Liberationist Critique in the Social Justice Era," at Albany Law School on October 23, 2018.
Professor Lianne Pinchuk was a panelist at a landlord-tenant training CLE co-sponsored by the Albany County Bar Association, the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York and the New York State Bar Association, hosted by NYSBA, on October 23, 2018. She provided background about relevant parts of the NYS Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL) and an introduction to summary proceedings in Albany City Court.
Professor Keith Hirokawa presented "Watershed Governance as an Ecosystem Services Opportunity" as a keynote speaker at the 2018 Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association Annual Conference in Boise, Idaho, on October 22, 2018.
Professor Nancy Maurer presented on "Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity" at NYSBA's Representing People with Disabilities CLE on October 19, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson received the AILA Upstate NY Chapter 2018 Pro Bono Champion Award at the 2018 Northern Border U.S.-Canada Immigration Law Conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, on October 19, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a lecture entitled "Recent Developments in New York Practice" to the New York City Managing Attorneys' and Clerks' Association at the law offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York City on October 19, 2018.
Professor Christian Sundquist presented "Diversity, Inclusion and the Elimination of Bias" at the New York State Department of Health's annual conference on October 18, 2018.
Professor Ray Brescia presented "When Law Tells Stories and Stories Inform Law" at the New York State Department of Health's annual conference on October 18, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a "CPLR Update" to the Suffolk Academy of Law at the Suffolk County Bar Association Center in Hauppauge, N.Y., on October 18, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Vouchers as a Foundation for a New Approach to Determining the Equities of Live Kidney Donation" at the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Conference in Anaheim, Calif., on October 18, 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "The Now and Future Supreme Court" to the University at Albany's United University Professions retiree chapter, Committee of Active Retired Membership (COARM), on October 17, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger's treatise NEW YORK LAW OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE was cited in the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands' opinion in Gayanich v. Gayanich.
Professor Vincent Bonventre will present a three-hour CLE on "Supreme Court Developments" for the Oneida County Bar Association on October 13, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson participated on the panel "Crisis Lawyering and Working with Lawyers in Crises" at the 11th Annual Homeland Defense and Security Education Summit at the University at Albany on October 12, 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre delivered a presentation on the Supreme Court's Masterpiece Cakeshop decision at Siena College on October 11, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger presented "Representing Children in Cases Involving Domestic Violence" at the Introduction to Effective Representation of Children CLE, presented by the Offices of Attorneys for Children, Appellate Division, Third and Fourth Judicial Departments in Latham, N.Y., on October 11, 2018.
Professor Ray Brescia spoke on and moderated the panel "Teaching through Technology: Using Web-Based Applications in Clinical and Doctrinal Courses to Improve Access to Justice" at the annual Society of American Law Teachers' (SALT) Teaching Conference: Legal Education for a Changing Society at Penn State Law on October 5, 2018.
Professor Nancy Maurer presented a "Field Placement Supervising Attorney CLE" at Albany Law School on October 5, 2018.
Professor Edward De Barbieri is presenting his paper "Urban Anticipatory Governance" at the Celebrating Commons Scholarship at Georgetown Law Center on October 5, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a CLE highlighting new material in the 6th Edition of NEW YORK PRACTICE in Rochester, N.Y., on October 4, and Syracuse on October 5, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors presented a lecture entitled "Recent Developments in New York Practice" at the Association of Court of Claims Judges' Conference in Cooperstown, N.Y., on October 4, 2018.
Professor Joseph Connors, director of the Health Law Clinic, participated on the panel "Kinship Options and Benefits" at NYSBA's 2018 Legal Assistance Partnership Conference in Albany, October 2-4, 2018.
Professor Edward De Barbieri, director of the Community Development Clinic, participated on the panels "Innovations in Law Student Pro Bono Opportunities" and "Best Practices in Community Economic Development Law" at NYSBA's 2018 Legal Assistance Partnership Conference in Albany, October 2-4, 2018.
Professor Robert Heverly was appointed by the president of NYSBA to the Legal Education Committee.
Professor Robert Heverly was appointed as the Associate Reporter for the Drafting Committee of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws project, "Tort Law Relating to Drones Act."
Professor Mary A. Lynch, Professor Donna Young, and Adj. Professor Alejandra Paulino participated in a panel discussion following the screening of "No Más Bebés" on September 27, 2018.
Professor Mary A. Lynch, Professor Donna Young, and Adj. Professor Alejandra Paulino participated in a panel discussion following the screening of "No Más Bebés" on September 27, 2018.
Professor Edward De Barbieri presented "Urban Anticipatory Governance" at Fordham University School of Law's State and Local Government Works in Progress Conference on September 25, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson delivered the keynote "Immigration, Executive Power and the Constitution" at Siena College's Constitution Day event on September 24, 2018.
Professor Edward De Barbieri presented "Urban Anticipatory Governance" at the Clinical Law Review Writers Workshop at NYU School of Law on September 22, 2018.
President & Dean Alicia Ouellette presented the 2018 State of the School Address at Albany Law School on September 21, 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "The Cakeshop Case: Rights in Conflict" at Marist College on September 20, 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "The Cakeshop Case: Rights in Conflict" as part of Albany Law School's Constitution Day programming on September 18, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes was a featured participant in the discussion "Cybersecurity, Privacy, and the Constitution" at the College of Saint Rose on September 17, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Medicine and the Law" at Albany Medical Center on September 12, 2018.
Professor Keith Hirokawa will present "Watershed Governance as an Ecosystem Services Opportunity" as a keynote speaker at the 2018 Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association Annual Conference in Boise, Idaho, on October 22, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors presented an "Ethics Update" at the Government Law Center's CLE in Saratoga series on August 24, 2018.
GLC Director Ava Ayers refereed an article for the Yale Law Journal in summer 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "Supreme Court Developments: Blockbuster Decisions, a Retirement, a Nomination, and Prospects" to the Green Mountain Academy on August 16, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum's article, "Bartering for a Compatible Kidney Using Your Incompatible Live Kidney Donor," was cited in Clanton v. U.S., 2018 U.S.Dist.LEXIS126047, by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
Professor Michael Hutter has been appointed by the president of the New York State Bar Association to the State Bar's Committee on Communications and Publications.
Professor Michael Hutter was an invited participant at the New York Judiciary Summer Judicial Seminars held In Rye Brook, N.Y. He presented papers and led the discussions at programs discussing expert testimony issues and concerns, and the implications of recent Court of Appeals tort decisions.
GLC Director Ava Ayers moderated "Immigration and the Horse Racing Industry" at the 18^th Annual Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing & Gaming Law in Saratoga, N.Y., on August 7, 2018.
GLC Government Lawyer in Residence Robert Batson moderated "Indian Gaming under the Trump Administration" at the 18^th Annual Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing & Gaming Law in Saratoga, N.Y., on August 7, 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre presented "Supreme Court Update 2018" at the Government Law Center's CLE in Saratoga series on August 3, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger was reappointed to the Third Department's Office of Attorneys for Children Advisory Committee for a two-year term, effective August 1, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors presented an ethics update, CPLR update, and "GO! MOVE! SHIFT! Summary Judgment in the Wake of Rodriguez vs City of New York" at the NYSBA Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section's summer meeting in Wicklow, Ireland, on July 23, 2018.
GLC Director Ava Ayers participated on the panel "State Constitutions in the Era of a More Conservative Supreme Court" at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, N.Y., on July 19, 2018. The event was co-presented by the Government Law Center at Albany Law School and the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
Professor Mary A. Lynch and Professor Nancy Maurer presented a "Best Practices in Supervising Law Students" CLE to 11 prosecutors from three counties in the Capital Region as part of the Domestic Violence Prosecution Hybrid Clinic program on July 17, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson, director of the Immigration Law Clinic, participated on a panel about refugees and immigration in New York State on July 17, 2018. That discussion will be televised at a later date on WCNY's "Connect: NY."
Professor Ira Mark Bloom, Justice David Josiah Brewer Distinguished Professor of Law, has become a life member of the American Law Institute.
Professor Michael Hutter gave a CLE to the Albany County Bar Association in June 2018 addressing recent New York evidence decisions and their impact on civil litigation. He also: gave webinars sponsored by the NYS Judicial Institute for state judges discussing evidence developments and conflicts among the Appellate Division departments regarding evidence, civil practice, and insurance law issues; and spoke at programs sponsored by the National Law Foundation, providing a primer on electronic and digital evidence for a national audience, and a "New York Torts Update" for New York practitioners.
Associate Dean Rosemary Queenan, with UCLA’s Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, presented on “The ABA and the ADA: How Law School Learning Outcomes Can Form the Basis for Assessing Reasonable Accommodation Requests” at the 2nd Annual National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals Conference, held at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, on June 29, 2018.
Professor Shahrokh Falati presented "Promoting Innovation: U.S Laws Versus European Laws, and Their Effect on New Technology Development" and "Looking Ahead: How Intellectual Property Laws Will Likely Handle The Forthcoming Era of 3D Printing" at the Innovation and Technology Law Summer School at Università di Padova Law School in Padova, Italy, June 18-22, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented “Malpractice” at Albany Medical Center on June 21, 2018.
Professor Ray Brescia was a panelist and working group co-facilitator at the New York State Permanent Commission on Access to Justice's 2018 Statewide Civil Legal Aid Technology Conference at Cornell Tech in New York City on June 19, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter presented an "Update on Evidence" CLE for the Albany County Bar Association on June 19, 2018.
Professor Donna Young was a panelist at the Times Union Women@Work Summit, Lead from Where You Are, on June 15, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger presented at "Not so Blind Justice: Implicit Bias and the Legal System," a CLE presented by the Third Judicial District and others in Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y., on June 13, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented "Kidney Vouchers: A New Innovation in Kidney Transplantation with Novel Legal and Ethical Concerns" at the Health Law Professors Conference in Cleveland on June 9, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger presented her paper “Reforming by Re-Norming: How the Legal System Has the Potential to Change a Toxic Culture of Domestic Violence” as part of the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network panel “Using Feminist Perspectives to Reform Tort and Criminal Law” at the Law and Society Association's Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, on June 8, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson was appointed Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Immigration Representation.
Professor Ray Brescia and two students, Alexandria Decatur and Julia Kosineski, presented their work creating a web-based interface for the provision of legal information to non-profit organizations at the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction's annual conference, held at American University-Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger delivered her remarks, "Motherhood Bias," while participating in a panel discussion of the book BLAMING MOTHERS: AMERICAN LAW AND THE RISKS TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH at the Law and Society Association's Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, on June 7, 2018.
Professor Donna Young co-organized the 2018 NEPOC-CAPALF Legal Scholarship Conference entitled “Race Hate: The New Normal?” at Albany Law School, May 31-June 1, 2018. She also participated on the panel “Speech in a Post-Truth Era.”
Professor Peter Halewood co-organized the 2018 NEPOC-CAPALF Legal Scholarship Conference entitled “Race Hate: The New Normal?” at Albany Law School, May 31-June 1, 2018. He also moderated the panel “Speech in a Post-Truth Era.”
Professor Anthony Paul Farley, James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, co-organized the 2018 NEPOC-CAPALF Legal Scholarship Conference entitled “Race Hate: The New Normal?” at Albany Law School, May 31-June 1, 2018. He also participated on the panel “Race Hate 2018.”
Professor Christian Sundquist co-organized the 2018 NEPOC-CAPALF Legal Scholarship Conference entitled “Race Hate: The New Normal?” at Albany Law School, May 31-June 1, 2018. He also moderated the panel “Immigrant Rights as Civil Rights and Human Rights.”
Professor Ray Brescia was a featured speaker at Union College's TEDx conference, Imagination to Innovation, on May 26, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson presented at the New York State Bar Association’s Introduction to Immigration Law CLE program on May 24, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented a “Health Policy Practicum” at Albany Medical College on May 17 and 22, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Service at Albany Law School's 167th Commencement on May 18, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at Albany Law School's 167th Commencement on May 18, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship at Albany Law School's 167th Commencement on May 18, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented “Immoral Software: How Artificial Intelligence Embeds Human Bias and Distorts Our Decision-Making” at the 6th Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science Conference at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law on May 16, 2018.
President & Dean Alicia Ouellette's co-authored paper, "U.S. Medical Schools' Compliance With the Americans With Disabilities Act: Findings From a National Study," received the 2018 Best Research Paper Award at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's Annual Spring Conference on May 7, 2018.
Professor Keith Hirokawa co-organized the Land Use and Sustainability Symposium at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, where he presented on "Sense of Place and the 'Insider' Approach to Environmental Law," on May 4, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson was appointed by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to serve as a member of the Commission on Parental Legal Representation.
Professor Patrick Connors, Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor in New York Civil Practice, delivered a “New York Practice CLE Update” to the Rockland County Bar Association in Nanuet, N.Y., on May 4, 2018.
Professor Edward De Barbieri co-chaired the annual meeting of the Transactional Committee at the annual conference of the AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education on April 30, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors, Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor in New York Civil Practice, delivered presentation to the Federation of Bar Associations of the Fourth Judicial District on "Recent Developments in Ethics and Procedure" at its annual meeting in Montreal, Canada, on April 28, 2018.
Professor Edward De Barbieri participated on the panel "Incorporating Interdisciplinary Scholarship in Transactional Clinics" at the 2018 Transactional Clinical Conference at Chicago-Kent College of Law on April 28, 2018.
Professors Peter Halewood, Christian Sundquist, and Donna Young participated on the panel “Slavery’s Legal Legacy” at Imagining Slavery, Envisioning Freedoms: A Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of Toni Morrison’s Beloved at the University at Albany on April 27, 2018. The two-day symposium, presented by the Race and Gender Studies Project, began April 26 with a film screening and discussion at Albany Law.
Professor Melissa Breger moderated the panel "Tackling Tough Cases and Complex Issues" for the Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, Office of Attorneys for Children in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on April 27, 2018.
Professor Danshera Cords presented "The Effect of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the NYSBA Municipal Law Section's Government Law Spring Forum in Albany on April 27, 2018.
Professor Joe Buffington presented on the syntax and semantics of contractual offers at the University of Connecticut Logic Group's Logic Colloquium on April 27, 2018.
Professor Mary A. Lynch, Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy, presented to the New York State Parole Commissioners on “Incarcerated Victims of Gender Violence” as part of a daylong meeting/training presented by the Initiative for Incarcerated Survivors of Gender Violence on April 26, 2018.
Professor Donna Young served as a featured speaker for the event Sexual Violence: Action and Challenges for Change, with New England Law Professor Wendy Murphy, at the University at Albany on April 25, 2018.
Professor Edward De Barbieri participated on the panel “Self-Driving Cars: Preparing for the Autonomous Vehicle Revolution” at the Government Law Center’s Warren M. Anderson Legislative Breakfast Series event on April 24, 2018.
Professor Robert Heverly presented a “Social Media and Legal Ethics” CLE for the Albany County Bar Association on April 24, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter participated in the discussion "Asbestos Litigation in New York" presented by the New York State Federalist Society and the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York at Albany Law School on April 23, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson was invited to lead a discussion at the Harvard Law School hackathon entitled Strategies for Sanctuary Spaces on April 20, 2018.
Professor Robert Heverly presented on "Legal Issues in Artificial Intelligence and Human Augmentation" at the Seton Hall Artificial Intelligence and the Law Conference, April 19-20, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors, Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor in New York Civil Practice, delivered a presentation to the Chaminade Alumni Lawyers Association on “Updates in Legal Ethics for the Practicing Lawyer” in Mineola, N.Y., on April 19, 2018.
Professor Mary A. Lynch, Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy, reprised her lead role in the Northern District of New York’s “Trial of Susan B. Anthony" re-enactment at the James M. Hanley Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Syracuse, N.Y., on April 19, 2018.
Professor Sarah Rogerson participated on the panel “Immigrants and Refugees in the Capital Region” with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan ’94 and others at the Sage Colleges on April 18, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors, Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor in New York Civil Practice, presented a CLE highlighting new material in the 6th Edition of NEW YORK PRACTICE at Albany Law School on April 18, 2018.
Professor Donna Young participated on the panel “Academic Freedom in Trying Times” at the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions’ 45th Annual National Conference: Facing New Realities in Higher Education and the Professions, held at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City on April 16, 2018.
Professor David Pratt spoke at the Seventh Annual Pension and Employee Benefits (ERISA Scholars) Conference at the University of Oklahoma Law School on April 13, 2018. His topic was “The American Healthcare System at the Crossroads.”
Professor Ray Brescia was one of the featured video presenters at the 1st Annual Clinnovation Conference: Where Legal Innovation and Technology Meet Clinical Pedagogy at Suffolk University Law School on April 9, 2018. The conference, hosted by Suffolk Law’s Legal Innovation and Technology Lab, explored ways that law schools can use technology to bridge the access to justice gap.
Professor Robert Heverly presented his paper "The Information Semicommons Redux" at UNH Law School's Intellectual Property Scholarship Redux Conference on April 6, 2018.
Professor Donna Young participated on the panel "Women in the Law: Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession" presented by the Women's Law Caucus on April 4, 2018.
GLC Director Ava Ayers participated on the panel "State Power Over Immigration Law" at the Government Law Center's Warren M. Anderson Legislative Breakfast Series event on April 3, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors' scholarship was cited in the New York Court of Appeals' April 3, 2018 decision in the case of Rodriguez v. City of New York.
Professor Mary A. Lynch, Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy, moderated the panel “Crimmigration: At the Border of Justice and Deportation” presented by the Criminal Law Society on April 3, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter was invited to present a paper before the New York Appellate Division justices at their annual meeting in March concerning "splits" among the four departments, and their effects on the civil justice system in N.Y. He also engaged in a discussion with the justices concerning his presentation.
Professor Mary A. Lynch, Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy, was invited to present to the faculty of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law on March 29, 2018 about “The Importance of Experiential Learning for Development of Essential Skills in Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Effectiveness." It is part of a series of presentations by the law school’s Teaching Innovation group.
Professor Donna Young gave the keynote address at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center's Black Law Students Association Gala on March 29, 2018.
Professor Robert Heverly presented his paper "Cyborg Lives: The Law and Policy of Human Augmentation" at the Eighth Annual Internet Law Works-in-Progress Workshop at New York Law School on March 24, 2018.
Professor Anthony Paul Farley, James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, participated on the roundtable "The Future of Critical Race Theory" at the 2018 Yale Law School Critical Race Theory Conference on March 24.
Professor Jaya Connors presented on "Advocating for Child Clients in Custody Cases Involving Parental Alienation/Interference Issues" at Widener University Commonwealth Law School's Law Review Symposium on March 23, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented “Ethical Concerns Regarding New Innovations in Live Kidney Donation” at the Black Market Gold: Medical and Transplant Tourism symposium at Suffolk Law School on March 22, 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre, Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law, moderated the Albany Law Review’s 12th Annual Cooke Symposium, “Reconsidering the Right to Die: The Debate over Assisted Suicide,” on March 22, 2018.
Professor Mary A. Lynch, Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy, will speak at Siena College’s “Women’s Panel on Law and Government” on March 19, 2018.
Professors Seve Falati, Mary Lynch, and Nancy Maurer delivered a collaborative presentation about assessment at the national conference Externships 9: Coming of Age, March 9-11, 2018 at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Ga.
Professor Sarah Rogerson, Director of the Immigration Law Clinic, participated in two panels at the SOMOS el Futuro Conference in Albany, N.Y. on March 10, 2018.
Professor Peter Halewood addressed a live online audience in the Middle East on trade and commercial law and the right to health as part of his ongoing project with the University at Albany on March 9, 2018.
Professor Peter Halewood is co-organizing panels on “Human Rights in Commercial Supply Chains” and “Human Rights Indicators” for the 2019 AALS Annual Meeting as Chair-Elect of the AALS Section on International Human Rights.
Professor Anthony Paul Farley, James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, participated on the panel “Broken Windows Policing” at the Albany Government Law Review Symposium at Albany Law School on March 8, 2018.
GLC Director Ava Ayers moderated the panel "Oversight" at the Albany Government Law Review Symposium at Albany Law School on March 8, 2018.
Professor Donna Young moderated the panel "Broken Windows Policing" at the Albany Government Law Review Symposium at Albany Law School on March 8, 2018.
Professor Christian Sundquist moderated the panel "School-to-Prison Pipeline" at the Albany Government Law Review Symposium at Albany Law School on March 8, 2018.
Professor Robert Heverly presented along with Assemblymember Patricia Fahy on issues relating to the FCC's revocation of net neutrality protections and how local individuals and grass-roots organizations can take steps to try to ensure neutrality in internet operations at Bethlehem Town Hall on March 8, 2018.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented “Ethical Concerns Regarding New Innovations in Live Kidney Donation” at Ethics Grand Rounds at Albany Medical Center on March 1, 2018.
Professors Ira Mark Bloom and David Pratt presented at the informational event “How the New Tax Act Affects You and Your Small Business” at Albany Law School on February 28, 2018.
Professor Anthony Paul Farley, James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, delivered the Inaugural James Campbell Matthews Black History Month Lecture, entitled “Racism and the Future,” at Albany Law School on February 26, 2018.
Associate Dean Antony Haynes presented the CLE "Legal Ethics and Technology" for the Albany County Bar Association on February 26, 2018.
Professors Christian Sundquist and Donna Young presented commentary following the Inaugural James Campbell Matthews Black History Month Lecture at Albany Law School on February 26, 2018.
Professor Robert Heverly presented “The Coming Cyborg Challenge: Human Augmentation and Intellectual Property Law” at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center’s 6th Annual Alumni Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 24, 2018.
Professor Melissa Breger spoke at the film screening of "Very Young Girls" and panel discussion presented by the Sex Trafficking Committee of the Capital District Women's Bar Association and Albany Law School on February 22, 2018.
Professor Donna Young participated on the panel "Bail—Are There Better Alternatives?" at the Government Law Center's Warren M. Anderson Legislative Breakfast Series event on February 13, 2018.
President & Dean Alicia Ouellette served as the moderator for “Authenticity on the Bench,” a conversation with Court of Appeals Judge Paul Feinman presented by OUTLaw on February 12, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors' scholarship continues to be cited in numerous reported decisions, with over 20 such citations from the New York and federal courts in 2017-18, including the New York Court of Appeals and Appellate Division.
Professor Sarah Rogerson (with Kamiar Alaei, Director of the Global Institute for Health and Human Rights at UAlbany) delivered the lecture “Trump’s Travel Ban: The Legal Issues and Human Cost,” a program sponsored by City of Albany Human Rights Commission, on February 1, 2018 at Albany City Hall.
Professor Christian Sundquist is the organizer and keynote lecturer for the workshop “Critical Race Futurism: Moving from Dystopia to Utopia,” to be held at Albany Law School in February 2018. He has several other upcoming presentations: “The Technologies of Race” at the Law and Society Association's Annual Meeting, June 7-10 in Toronto; “The Future of Technologies of Control: From Panopticism to Optimism” at the annual Northeast People of Color Conference (co-organizer), June 2018 at Albany Law School; “Promoting Inclusion and Equity: Connecting Disciplines, Legal Education and the Legal Profession” (panelist), at the annual Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference, July 31 – Aug. 6 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Critical Race Futurism conference (presenter and co-organizer), Fall 2018 at Tulane University Law School; and “Diversity, Inclusion and the Elimination of Bias” at the New York State Department of Health annual conference on October 18.
Professor Patrick Connors, Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor in New York Civil Practice, presented a New York Civil Practice Update to the justices and law clerks of the New York Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division, Third Department in Albany on February 1, 2018. Almost 100 judges and lawyers were in attendance.
Professor Edward De Barbieri was named an affiliated faculty member at the University at Albany's Institute of Nonprofit Leadership and Community Development in January 2018.
Professor Vincent Bonventre, Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law, presented "Supreme Vindications: From Proud Dissents to Historic Landmarks" to the Green Mountain Academy on January 30, 2018.
Professor Patrick Connors, Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor in New York Civil Practice, presented a New York and Federal Practice Update to the New York Chapter of the National Docketing Association at the law offices of Dentons in New York City on January 29, 2018.
Professors Anthony Paul Farley, Christian Sundquist, and Donna Young presented “True Advancement of African-Americans: Are We Stuck in the ‘Sunken Place’ and What Can We Do?” at the Northeast Black Law Students Association’s 50^th Annual Convention, January 24-28 in Albany, N.Y.
Professor Ray Brescia presented his paper “Understanding Institutions: A Multi-Dimensional Approach” at the University of New Hampshire School of Law as part of Albany Law School’s faculty scholarship exchange program on January 25, 2018.
Associate Dean Rosemary Queenan was selected to serve as the 2018-2019 Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Student Services.
Professor David Pratt moderated the Business Review's Table of Experts panel, "Today's HR," on January 23, 2018.
Professor Donna Young was a panelist at the screening of “Birthright: A War Story,” co-presented by the Women’s Law Caucus of Albany Law School in commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, on January 22, 2018.
Professor Donna Young spoke at the Women's March in Albany, N.Y., on January 20, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter presented the CLE "CPLR Update 2018" for the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers on January 16, 2018.
Professor Christian Sundquist was elected to a three-year term with the Executive Board for the Association of American Law Schools' Evidence Section at the AALS Annual Meeting in January 2018. He will serve as Secretary for the 2018-19 year.
Professor Peter Halewood was named Chair-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools Section on International Human Rights at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego, January 3-6, 2018.
Professor Michael Hutter presented “Evidence Essentials For Trial Judges” at the NYS Judicial Institute's annual January training program for newly elected and appointed judges in New York.
Professor Edward De Barbieri took part in the discussion group "Community Economic Development is Access to Justice" at the Association of American Law Schools' Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif., on January 5, 2018.
Associate Dean Rosemary Queenan moderated a panel discussion on "Best Practices for Understanding the Complexity of the Reasonable Accommodation" and presented on "Lawyers as Collaborators" during a panel on orientation at the Association of American Law Schools' Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif., January 3-6, 2018.