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Biography
B.A., Middlebury College
J.D., George Washington University National Law Center
Professor Maurer Directs Albany Law School’s Field Placement and Pro Bono Scholars programs and teaches courses in Negotiating for Lawyers and Legal Issues in Medicine. Professor Maurer founded and for many years directed the Civil Rights and Disabilities Law Clinic in which law students, working under faculty supervision, represented clients in discrimination, public entitlements, education or other disability rights matters. She co-developed Albany’s Introduction to Lawyering course which is designed to expose first year law students to essential research, writing, and lawyering skills in context, and to teach them to think like professionals. She writes and lectures in the areas of legal education and disability law. She is an editor of the 3rd edition of LEARNING FROM PRACTICE: A TEXT FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEGAL EDUCATION. She is also an editor of the New York State Bar Association three book series DISABILITY LAW AND PRACTICE (book three forthcoming in 2016). Professor Maurer is the 2015 recipient of the Albany Law Faculty Excellence in Service Award.
Prior to joining the Albany Law faculty, Professor Maurer practiced law with Legal Services in Charleston, S.C. and later served as staff attorney for New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for People with Disabilities. She is a member and former co-chair of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Disability Rights and Serves on the Board of Directors of Disability Rights New York, Inc.

Books

DISABILITY LAW AND PRACTICE—BOOK THREE: CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: LAW, LITIGATION AND ATTORNEY FEES (co-editor with Simeon Goldman) (NYSBA, 2017)
LEARNING FROM PRACTICE: A TEXT FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEGAL EDUCATION, 3rd Ed. (co-editor with Leah Wortham, Alexander Scherr, Susan L. Brooks) (West Academic Publishing, 2016)
DISABILITY LAW AND PRACTICE—BOOK TWO: FINANCIAL AND HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND FUTURE PLANNING (co-editor with Simeon Goldman) (NYSBA, 2015)
DISABILITY LAW AND PRACTICE—BOOK ONE: SPECIAL EDUCATION, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (co-editor with Simeon Goldman) (NYSBA, 2013)

Publications

DISABILITY LAW AND PRACTICE—BOOK THREE: CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: LAW, LITIGATION AND ATTORNEY FEES (co-editor with Simeon Goldman) (NYSBA, 2017)
LEARNING FROM PRACTICE: A TEXT FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEGAL EDUCATION, 3rd Ed. (co-editor with Leah Wortham, Alexander Scherr, Susan L. Brooks) (West Academic Publishing, 2016)
DISABILITY LAW AND PRACTICE—BOOK TWO: FINANCIAL AND HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND FUTURE PLANNING (co-editor with Simeon Goldman) (NYSBA, 2015)
Ethical Issues in Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity, chapter 1 in Disability Law and Practice: Special Education, Assistive Technology and Vocational Rehabilitation (New York State Bar Association, 2013).
DISABILITY LAW AND PRACTICE—BOOK ONE: SPECIAL EDUCATION, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (co-editor with Simeon Goldman) (NYSBA, 2013)
Albany Law School’s Civil Rights and Disabilities Law Clinic: Thirty Years of Education and Experience, Government Law and Policy Review Journal, (with Bridgit Burke) Winter 2012.
Design, Teach and Manage: Ensuring Educational Integrity in Field Placement Courses, 19 CLIN. L. REV. 115 (2012) (with Liz Ryan Cole)
Addressing Problems of Power in Field Placements, 17 Clinical Law Review 145 (2010) (with Robert Seibel)papers.cfm
Handling Big Cases in Law School Clinics, or Lessons from My Clinic Sabbatical, 9 Clinical Law Review 879 (2003)
Co-Editor, REPRESENTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, 3rd ed. (New York State Bar Association, 2000), and 2003 Supplement
Ethical Conflicts in Representing People with Questionable Capacity, in REPRESENTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, 3rd ed. (New York State Bar Association, 2000) (with Patricia W. Johnson), and 2003 Supplement
Ethical Conflicts in Representing People with Questionable Capacity, in REPRESENTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, 2nd ed. (New York State Bar Association, 1997) (with Patricia W. Johnson)
Facilitated Communication: Can Children with Autism Have a Voice in Court? 6 Maryland Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 233 (1995)papers.cfm
Introduction to Lawyering: Teaching First-Year Students to Think Like Professionals, (with Linda Fitts Mischler) 44 Journal of Legal Education 96 (1994)papers.cfm
Ethical Conflicts in Representing People with Questionable Capacity, in REPRESENTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (New York State Bar Association, 1991) 1992-93 Supplement (with Patricia W. Johnson)
GUARDIANSHIP FOR PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY RETARDED: A MANUAL BY THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED (New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, October 1982)

Forthcoming Publications

Selected Achievements

Professor Nancy Maurer participated in planning and organization of Externships 10: 20/20 Vision for the Future, a biannual conference scheduled for fall 2020.
Professor Nancy Maurer participated in the AALS/Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) New Clinician Virtual Conference and facilitated discussions with new clinical teachers as part of the four-day virtual conference in June 2020.
Professor Nancy Maurer presented a CLE (with Prof. Ray Brescia) for supervising attorneys in law school's Field Placement Programs on Ethical Issues in Supervising Law Student on April 14, 2020.
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 Nancy Maurer presented on "Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity" at NYSBA's Representing People with Disabilities CLE on October 19, 2018.
Professor Nancy Maurer presented a "Field Placement Supervising Attorney CLE" at Albany Law School on October 5, 2018.
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.
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 Nancy Maurer's co-edited book series DISABILITY LAW AND PRACTICE (New York State Bar Association) (with Simeon Goldman) received the Award of Professional Excellence from the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA). The award was in the publication category of the ACLEA's 2017 Best Awards.
Professor Nancy Maurer was recognized at the Disability Rights New York Annual Meeting in May 2017; an original board member, she is stepping down after 30 years of service.
Professor Nancy Maurer and Professor Mary Lynch, Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy, presented a CLE training to newly hired Legal Aid attorneys on January 26, 2017. The program covered fundamentals, avoiding surprises, and navigating cultural similarities and differences.
Professor Nancy Maurer presented “Focus Groups and Pathway Competences” at the 5th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference in Denver on September 22, 2016.
Professor Nancy Maurer presented "Enhancing Rewards from Experiential Courses — Expanding our Goals and Teaching Toolbox" for the Joint Conference of the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education and the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education at the University of Toronto, July 10-12, 2016.
Served as Co-Chair of AALS Clinical Section Externship Committee.
Plenary Panel Presentation, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, “Outside the In-House Clinic: Teaching Students to Learn from Practice Settings,” April, 2013.
Panel Presentation on Teaching Methods Section Program, “Faculty Collaboration” at AALS Annual Meeting, January 2013.
Spoke to the Clinical faculty at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law about expanding field externship opportunities for students on April 2, 2013.

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