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  • Alicia Ouellette

    President and Dean; Professor of Law
    518-445-3398
    aouel@albanylaw.edu
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  • Biography

    ​A.B., Hamilton College
    J.D., Albany Law School
    Editor-in-Chief, Albany Law Review

    Alicia Ouellette is the 18th President and Dean of Albany Law School.

    As a leader in legal education, Dean Ouellette has championed the value of law schools as drivers of change in communities, society, and the lives of students and graduates. As President and Dean, she has presided over Albany Law School’s execution of a new strategic plan, fulfillment of an institutional affiliation with the University at Albany, expansion into online graduate programs, and launch of a record-setting fundraising campaign, We Rise Together: The Campaign for Albany Law School.

    Prior to her appointment as President and Dean, she served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Intellectual Life and a Professor of Law. Before joining the law school in 2001, Dean Ouellette was an Assistant Solicitor General in the New York State Attorney General’s Office and a law clerk to the Honorable Howard A. Levine at the New York Court of Appeals.

    As a scholar, Dean Ouellette focuses on health law, disability rights, family law, children’s rights, and human reproduction. Her book, BIOETHICS AND DISABILITY: TOWARD A DISABILITY CONSCIOUS BIOETHICS, was published in 2011 by Cambridge University Press. She has authored numerous articles published in academic journals such as the American Journal of Law and Medicine, American Journal of Bioethics, Nevada Law Journal, Hastings Law Journal, Indiana Law Journal, and Oregon Law Review.

    She has presented to distinguished audiences around the globe, including at the Yale School of Medicine and the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

    In September 2020, Dean Ouellette was appointed to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Implementation Task Force.

    Dean Ouellette has served in leadership positions for numerous professional and community organizations, including as chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section for Deans, secretary and a board member for the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU), secretary and a board member for the Burdett Birthing Center in Troy, N.Y., and a board member for the University at Albany’s Institute for Health and Human Rights.

    An alumna of Hamilton College, Dean Ouellette graduated magna cum laude in 1994 from Albany Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the Albany Law Review.

  • Book: Bioethics and Disability

    BIOETHICS AND DISABILITY: TOWARD A DISABILITY-CONSCIOUS BIOETHICS (Cambridge University Press, 2011), takes on the tension between disability rights scholars and bioethicists. According to some disability rights activists, bioethicists focus too broadly on the concept of patient rights at the expense of the practical challenges facing individuals with disabilities.

    BioethicsCover.jpg“The book explores why this tension exists, and it takes seriously the charge that medicine in general, and bioethics in particular, would better serve people of all abilities if it were more mindful of disability issues,” explained Professor Ouellette, who is also a professor of bioethics at the Union Graduate College/Mount Sinai School of Medicine Program in Bioethics.

    For example, Professor Ouellette continued, “A man who was rendered a ventilator-dependant quadriplegic via a motorcycle accident became despondent after being isolated for months in nursing homes and a hospital ICU. He petitioned a court for—and won—the right to turn off his ventilator. While bioethicists argued that the choice to end his life was his alone, disability experts intervened and found a way for him to live and work at home, which improved his life and ultimately contributed to his decision not to turn off the ventilator.”

    “Working together, bioethicists, disability rights advocates, doctors and nurses can learn to look past disability to see the bigger picture, thereby developing appropriate, comprehensive treatments that ensure positive quality of life for everyone,” concluded Professor Ouellette.

    A leading scholar in the field of bioethics, Professor Ouellette is co-editing the definitive Cambridge Dictionary of Bioethics (forthcoming) and contributed the article “Growth Attenuation, Parental Choice, and the Rights of Disabled Children: Lessons from the Ashley X Case” to the Houston Journal of Health Law. She has been published widely throughout her career in academic journals such as the American Journal of Law and Medicine, the Hastings Center Report, theAmerican Journal of Bioethics, the Indiana Law Journal and Oregon Law Review.

  • Select Presentations

    The Supreme Court Ruling and What it Means, a Panel Discussion at BlueShield of Northeastern New York, June 29, 2012.

    Bioethics and Disability, Society for Disability Studies Annual Meeting, Denver Colorado, June 23, 2012.

    Physicians with Disabilities: Barriers and Opportunities, Health Law Professors Conference, Tempe Arizona, June 9, 2012.

    The Right to Health, at Prisoners of the Iranian Regime: Lessons for Lawyers,  a panel discussion, Albany Law School, February 2, 2012.

    Health and Human Rights, World AIDS Day, University at Albany School for Human Rights, December 1, 2011.

    Top Ten Legal Developments in Bioethics, ASBH Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN, October 15, 2011 (with Arthur Derse and Amy Campbell).

    Too Close to Home: Scientists Who Use Their Own Children as Research Subjects, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, Hilton Head, SC, July 26, 2011.​

    Body Modification, Adolescents, and the Law, University of Maryland School of  Law, Roundtable on Acolescent Decision Making, Baltimore, April 15, 2011.

    2010 Family Health Care Decisions Act: Key Provisions and Impact at the Bedside, Albany Medical College, November 19, 2010.

    Shaping Parental Authority over Children’s Bodies, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Chicago.  May 29, 2010.

    Disability and Health Care Resource Allocation, at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine at a conference sponsored by the University of Maryland School of Law and the Maryland Health Care Ethics Committee Network.  April 28, 2010.

    Disability and Bioethics, National Expert presentation, Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor Disability and Medical Humanities Workshop, Syracuse NY, December 4, 2009.

    Health Information Technology as Health Reform, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Palm Beach Florida, August 5, 2009.

    From Pre-implantation Genetic Modification to Plastic Surgery: Parental Authority over Children’s Bodies, Health Law Professors Conference, Cleveland, June 6, 2009.

    Pre-implantation Genetic Modification, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Roundtable with Kirsten Smolensky, Rhadika Rao, Jaime King, Glenn Cohen, Denver, May 30, 2009.

    The Role of Professional Conscience in Healthcare, Featured Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Schenectady County Bar Association, the Schenectady County Medical Association, and the Schenectady County Dental Association, April 2, 2009.

    Regulating the Cure: A Symposium on the Legal Regulation of Off-Label Drug Use, Moderator, Albany Law School, March 27, 2009.

    A Disability Sensitive Response to Professor Smolensky, Hastings Law School, January 22, 2009.

    Youthful Indiscretion:  Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery, Health Law Professor’s Conference, June 6, 2008.

    Law and Bioethics, an Introduction, Union/Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Program in Bioethics Proseminar, August 6, 2008.

    Pediatric Ethics, Albany Medical College, Bioethics Scholars Program, May 14, 2008.

    Hernandez v. Robles and its Aftermath, Society, Security, and Civil Rights:  Examining Sanctioned Discrimination Across Three Generations, a symposium sponsored by The Justice Robert H. Jackson Lecture Series, Albany Law School, April 4, 2008.

    Decisionmaking for Children, Ethics Grand Rounds, Albany Medical College, April 3, 2008.

    Restraining Parental Choice to Size and Shape Children, The Hastings Center, December 10, 2007.

    Bioethics and Law, Hospital Ethics Committees Swap Shop, a Mt. Sinai Medical College-Union Graduate College Conference, Union College, September 28, 2007.

    Pediatrics, Law, and Ethics: the Ashley X Case, 19th Annual Bioethics Summer Camp, Lake George, July 2007.

    Sizing, Shaping, and Sculpting Children: A Call to Limit Parental Discretion, Health Law Professors Conference, Boston, June 2007.

    States and Bioethics, State Courts as Unsung Heroes, Panel Presentation, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference, Denver, October 2006.

    Disability and the End of Life Lobby, panel presentation, Health Law Teachers Conference, Baltimore,  June 2006.

    Advancing Advanced Legal Writing, lecture/workshop, Legal Writing Institute Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, June 2006.

    Life, Death, and the U.S. Supreme Court, half day workshop presented to Connecticut’s High  School History Teachers as part of  the Connecticut Urban Consortium for Teaching United State Constitutional History, New Haven, July 2006.

    Death and Dying in America, session chair, Politics and Bioethics Conference, ASBH summer meeting, Albany, July 2006.

    The Disability Lobby and Disability Scholarship, an Uncomfortable Marriage, Politics and Bioethics Conference, panel presentation, ASBH Summer Conference, Albany, July  2006.

    Federalism and Bioethics, lecture, Rockefeller Institute, May 2006.

    Importing Illegal Pharmaceuticals, session chair, Albany Journal of Science and Technology Symposium, February, 2006.

    Ethical Issues in Flu Pandemic, lecture, Regional Preparedness Center (200+ attendees), State of New York University, School of Public Health , June 2005.

    Disability and the End of Life, lecture, Gilvary Symposium, University of Dayton School of Law, October 22, 2005.

    Disability and End-of-Life Decisionmaking, lecture, Capital District Medical Decision Making Interest Group, Albany, December 13, 2005.

    Supervising Student Research Papers: Guidelines for Ensuring that the Paper Course is More than the Easy “A”,  lecture/workshop,  New England Legal Writing Teachers Regional Conference, December 2005.

    Abortion and the Law, lecture, Presented at Albany Medical Center Hospital March 30, 2005.

    New York’s Restrictions on Family Decisionmaking: A Tragic Result and a Legislative Response, lecture presented at Medical Ethics Grand Rounds, Albany Medical Center Hospital, January 17, 2003; SUNY Albany, February, 20, 2003.

    How Blind Adherence to Vitalism Forced New York, Missouri and Michigan Physicians to Torture Permanently Incompetent Adults with Nutrition and Hydration: A Proposal to Prevent the Inhumane Treatment of the Permanently Incompetent, lecture, Albany Medical Center, August 2003.

    Public Speaking for Lawyers, a two day course in continuing legal education, presented at the New York State Court of Appeals February 2002.

  • Selected Cases, Briefed and Argued

    New York State Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Judith S. Kaye, 96 N.Y.2d 512 (2001)
    In this case, petitioners, an association of criminal defense lawyers, sought to invalidate an order of the Judges of the New York Court of Appeals that lowered the fees paid to attorneys who represent capital defendants. The Appellate Division, Third Department, dismissed the petition on the ground that the petitioners lacked standing to maintain the lawsuit. The Court of Appeals declined to reach the standing issue and upheld the legality and rationality of the order finding that the governing statute gave them plenary power over fees paid to capital counsel.  Click HERE to see full case

    Hamilton v. Beretta U.S.A., 96 N.Y.2d 222 (2001) (brief only)
    The Attorney General appeared as amicus curiae in this case, which was commenced by victims of gun violence against 25 gun manufacturers. The plaintiffs obtained a jury verdict in federal district court against the manufacturers on a theory of negligent distribution and marketing. The case was appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which certified to the New York Court of Appeals two critical questions of state law: whether manufacturers have a duty to use reasonable care in distributing guns; and whether liability may be imposed against the manufacturers on a market share theory of liability. The Court declined to recognize such a duty of care on this record, but left the door open for a successful lawsuit on in a future case.  Click HERE to see full case

    Brown v. Wing, 93 N.Y.2d 517 (1999)
    In this case, the Court of Appeals held that relevant federal and state statutes authorize the Department of Social Services to determine that a period of Medicaid ineligibility commenced on the first day of the month after which the petitioners' asset transfers had occurred.  Click HERE to see full case

    Barna v. Travis, 239 F.3d 169 (2d Cir. 2001)
    In this case, the Second Circuit upheld the so-called Pataki Policy, under which violent felony offenders are ineligible for parole, against challenges that the Policy violated inmates' due process rights and the Ex-Post Facto Clause. The Court held that inmates have no liberty interest in parole release.  Click HERE to see full case

    Griffin v. Mann, 156 F.3d 288 (2d Cir. 1998)
    In this case, the Second Circuit reversed a grant of a writ of habeas corpus, and upheld the constitutionality and the application of New York's persistent felony offender statute.  Click HERE to see full case

    Board of Ed. of the Roosevelt Central School District v. SUNY Trustees, decided May and October 2001
    In this case of first impression, the Appellate Division, Third Department held that municipal plaintiffs have standing to challenge the granting of a charter to a charter school. It also accepted the Agency's interpretation of the enabling statute as a valid one.

    Medvedev v. Wing, 249 A.D.2d 755 (1998)
    The Third Department upheld as constitutional the use of finger imaging on public assistance recipients. Petitioners argued that the practice violated their First Amendment rights to free exercise of religion because of their religious belief that finger imaging leaves the "mark of the beast" on those who are imaged and causes their eternal damnation.
    Click HERE to see full case

Bo​oks

  • Co-editor, THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF BIOETHICS (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) (co-edited with Laurence McCullough and Robert Baker) (forthcoming)

Publications

  • Barriers to Physician Aid in Dying for People with Disabilities, 6 Laws 23 (2017)Link to publication

  • "Foreword" in HUMAN TRAFFICKING: EMERGING LEGAL ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS (Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, 2017) (Nora Cronin and Kimberly Ellis, eds.)

  • Medical Schools’ Willingness to Accommodate Medical Students with Sensory and Physical Disabilities: Ethical Foundations of a Functional Challenge to “Organic” Technical Standards, 18 AMA Journal of Ethics 993 (2016) (with Michael McKee, Ben Case, Maureen Fausone, Philip Zazove and Michael D. Fetters)Link to publication

  • “Human Rights and Disability – Interdisciplinary Perspectives” in HUMAN RIGHTS AND DISABILITY: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES (Routledge, 2016) (John-Stewart Gordon, Johann-Christian Poder and Holger Burckhart, eds.)

  • U.S. Medical Schools' Compliance With the Americans with Disabilities Act: Findings From a National Study, 91 Academic Medicine 979 (2016) (with Philip Zazove, Benjamin Case, Christopher Moreland, Melissa A. Plegue, Anne Hoekstra, Ananda Sen and Michael D. Fetters)U_S__Medical_Schools__Compliance_With_the.98592.aspx

  • Professor Ouellette co-authored with a team of researchers from the University of Michigan, a empirical piece assessing ADA compliance of technical standards for admission to U.S. medical schools. She and the rest of the research team will be presenting their results at the AAFP annual meeting.

  • Selection Against Disability: Abortion, ART, and Access

  • Patients to Peers: Barriers and Opportunities for Doctors with Disabilities, Nevada Law Review (2013) papers.cfm

  • BIOETHICS AND DISABILITY: TOWARD A DISABILITY-CONSCIOUS BIOETHICS (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

  • Hearing the Deaf: Cochlear Implants, the Deaf Community, and Bioethical Analysis, 45 Valparaiso U. L. Rev. 1247 (2011) (invited submission for symposium issue)papers.cfm

  • Shaping Parental Authority Over Children's Bodies, 85 Indiana Law Journal 955 (2010)papers.cfm

  • Eyes Wide Open: Considering the Implications of a Case of Surgery to Westernize the Eyes of an Asian Child, 39 Hastings Center Review 15 (2009) reprinted 1 Asian Bioethics Review 31 (2009)papers.cfm

  • Moral Reasoning in Judicial Decision on Same-Sex Marriage in PHILOSOPHY AND SEX, 4th ed. (Promethius, 2009)

  • Insult to Injury: A Response to Professor Smolensky's Call for Parental Tort Liability for Preimplantation Genetic Intervention, 60 Hastings Law Journal 397 (2009)papers.cfm

  • Lawrence v. Texas in MILESTONE DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY (Finkelman, et al., eds., 2008)

  • Termination of Life-Support for a Never-Competent Patient: The Case of Sheila Pouliot in ETHICAL ISSUES IN MODERN MEDICINE, 7th ed., (McGraw Hill, 2007)

  • Federalism and Bioethics: States and the Moral Pluralism, 37 Hastings Center Report 24 (2007) (with James W. Fossett, Sean Philpott, David Magnus, and Glenn McGee)papers.cfm

  • Now and Always Our Chief: The Honorable Judith S. Kaye, 70 Albany Law Review 815 (2007)papers.cfm

  • Practical, State, and Federal Limits on the Scope of Compelled Disclosure of Health Records, 7(3) The American Journal of Bioethics 46 (2007) (with Beverly Cohen)

  • Practical, State, and Federal Limits on the Scope of Compelled Disclosure of Health Records, 7 (no.3) The American Journal of Bioethics 46 (2007) (with Alicia Ouellette)

  • Disability and the End of Life, 85 Oregon Law Review 123 (2006) papers.cfm

  • Lessons across the Pond: Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United Kingdom and the United States, 31 American Journal of Law and Medicine 419 (2005) (co-author)papers.cfm

  • When Vitalism is Dead Wrong: The Discrimination Against and Torture of Incompetent Patients by Life Sustaining Treatment, 79 Indiana Law Journal 1 (2004)papers.cfm

  • Discriminatory Treatment on the Roadways: Pretextual Traffic Stops of Middle Easterners After People v. Robinson, 4 Government Law and Policy Journal 41 (2002)papers.cfm

  • Freestyle Lawyering: Taking an Expedited Appeal in the New York State Courts, 4 Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 243 (2002) papers.cfm

  • New Medical Technology: A Chance to Re-examine Court-Ordered Medical Intervention During Pregnancy, 57 Albany Law Review 927 (1994)

Forthcoming Publications

  • Co-editor, THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF BIOETHICS (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) (co-edited with Laurence McCullough and Robert Baker) (forthcoming)

Selected Achievements

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette is serving as chair of the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Law School Deans. 

  • ​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.

  • ​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. 

  • ​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.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette presented "Disability and Healthcare: Distrust, Disparities, and a Path Forward" at Yale School of Medicine on April 18, 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.

  • ​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.

  • ​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.

  • ​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.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette presented the 2018 State of the School Address at Albany Law School on September 21, 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.

  • ​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.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette co-moderated the Stoneman Day discussion with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at Albany Law School on April 3, 2017.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was elected to the executive committee of the Association of American Law Schools Deans Section in March 2017.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette moderated the panel “Ethical Considerations for Health Care Decision Making” at NYSARC’s Annual Guardianship Training Symposium in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on June 21, 2016.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was presented with the Capital District Women's Bar Association's Hon. Judith S. Kaye Distinguished Attorney Member Award — the chapter's highest award given to a member — on June 7, 2016.

  • ​Dean Alicia Ouellette moderated a panel on "Death with Dignity: A Conversation with Lawmakers" at the University at Albany on April 10, 2015.

  • Dean Alicia Ouellette presented “Clinical Ethics Consultation in Cases Involving Sudden On-Set Disability” at the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting in San Diego on Oct. 16-19, 2014.

  • ​Dean Ouellette presented  “Top Ten Legal Developments in Bioethics” at the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting in San Diego in Oct. 16-19, 2014.

  • Associate Dean Alicia Ouellette was a guest blogger for the HealthLawProf Blog, writing several posts, including "Legal Issue or Culture War: Conversion Therapy in the Courts and Beyond" and, with 3L Meredith Dedopoulos, "The World Cup and Health: If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Don’t Play in Manaus."
  • Professor Alicia Ouellette, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Intellectual Life, presented her paper "Selecting Against Disability" at the conference "Intersections in Reproduction: Perspectives on Abortion, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and Judicial Review" held at Yale Law School on April 17, 2014.

  • Associate Dean Alicia Ouellette has been appointed the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Intellectual Life, effective July 1, 2013. She will oversee all the major academic operations of the law school, including strengthening and direction of the curriculum; academic programs; compliance with the ABA, AALS and other regulatory agencies; and faculty assignments. She will continue to support faculty in their scholarship production, teaching strategies and service activities.
  • Associate Dean Alicia Ouellette participated in an invitation-only workshop series on "Making Sense of Abortion and Assisted Reproduction" at Rutgers School of Law in Camden, N.J., on April 5, 2013.

  • Associate Dean Alicia Ouellette, with Professor Mary Lynch, presented on the legal obligations of medical professionals when confronted with interpersonal violence at Albany Medical College on Jan. 10, 2013.
  • Associate Dean Alicia Ouellette delivered a presentation at the symposium "Freedom of Choice at the End of Life: Patients' Rights in a Shifting Legal and Political Landscape" at New York Law School on Nov. 16, 2012.

  • ​Associate Dean Alicia Ouellette delivered a talk on health care reform and another on her book Bioethics and Disability at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Also, an excerpt from her article "Shaping Parental Authority over Children’s Bodies" will be reproduced in Bioethics and the Law, Third Edition (Aspen 2013) by Lois Shepherd and Janice Dolgin.​​
  • Professor Ouellette presented a paper on sexual-orientation conversion therapies at the Health Law Professors Conference at Hastings Law School.
  • Professor Ouellette presented on disability-based selection and moderated a panel on constitutional law at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference.
  • Professor Ouellette completed a stint as a guest blogger at healthlawprof.blog.

In the News

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the Spectrum TV news story, "The Court of Appeals Canceled the Bar Exam. Now What?" on July 17, 2020.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was featured in the article, "Ahead of the Curve: Here Come the Coronavirus Classes," on Law.com on May 20, 2020.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was featured in the article, "Albany Law School president to teach COVID-19 legal course," in the Albany Times-Union on May 12, 2020.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was featured in the Albany Business Review article, "How much new lawyers make, and other bits about the Albany legal industry," on Jan. 14, 2020.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette and Associate Dean Connie Mayer spoke with WAMC radio for the segment "Albany Law School Unveils New Sign for Justice Center" on September 23, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was featured in the Albany Business Review article "Q&A: Alicia Ouellette on enrollment growth at Albany Law School" on November 15, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the Albany Business Review article "What can save higher ed: Four takeaways from today's Power Breakfast" on June 7, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the Times Union article "Siena, Albany Law strike five-year-law agreement for fast-track students" on April 30, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette spoke with Legaltech News for the article "Albany Law, SUNY Poly Launch Interdisciplinary 'Innovation Clinic' to Commercialize Tech" on April 19, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the WAMC segment "SUNY Poly, Albany Law, RF SUNY Announce New Experiential Learning Collaboration" on April 18, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the Times Union article "What do you get when you mix lawyers and engineers? A new kind of internship" on April 16, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted and featured in the Times Union article "Law Beat: Leap of faith pays off for Albany Law School" on January 28, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the Inside Higher Ed article "States Limit Spread of Online Legal Education" on January 23, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette spoke with WAMC for the segment "Albany Law School Celebrates $15 Million Donation" on January 23, 2019.

  • ​President and Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in conversation with the Times Union editorial board in the article "Unnamed donor gives $15M to Albany Law" on January 17, 2019.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette and Professor Edward De Barbieri joined WAMC to talk about the law school's service to the community through the Law Clinic and Justice Center, Community Development Clinic, and Pro Bono Program on October 29, 2018.

  • President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the National Jurist article "Albany receives key gift to start innovation fund" on September 7, 2018.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the Times Union article "Albany Law sees uptick in giving" on July 25, 2018.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette joined NYSBA's "Miranda Warnings" podcast, hosted by David Miranda '88, to discuss the latest news at Albany Law and the current state of legal education. The episode was released on July 23, 2018.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette spoke with Spectrum News on May 15, 2018, about Alexander Hamilton's honorary degree and the Hamilton-related documents on display at Albany Law School.​

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in Courthouse News Services' article about the appointment of the Hon. Elizabeth Garry ’90 as Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division for New York State's Third Judicial Department.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette joined "The Capitol Pressroom" to discuss the importance of diversity and closing the gender gap in the courtroom on September 1, 2017.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette spoke with WAMC about the law school’s articulation agreements with Siena College on May 2, 2017. She was also quoted in the Daily Gazette article “Siena expands degree options with other schools.”

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette’s op-ed “Funding legal services for the poor benefits all of society” was published by the Albany Times Union on April 5, 2017.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was featured in Adam R. Banner P.C.’s dean’s interview series on February 28, 2017.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted by NEWS10 ABC, the Times Union, Daily Gazette, and Spotlight News on March 2, 2017 regarding U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's upcoming visit to campus.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the New York Law Journal article "Deputy GC of Times to Speak at Albany Law Graduation" on February 28, 2017.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the article "Legal help coming for rural Herkimer Co. businesses" in the Utica Observer-Dispatch on November 21, 2016. The article was also published by the Times Telegram (Herkimer).

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the article "Bar Exam Pass Rate Rose for Many Schools in First Year of UBE" in the New York Law Journal on November 10, 2016. Albany Law School's bar pass rate rose 14.5 points — the largest increase in New York State — to 82.7 percent, ranking above the statewide rate.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the Albany Business Review story "More UAlbany students enrolling at Albany Law a year into affiliation" on October 4, 2016. "The affiliation has been great for both institutions and for students and faculty. We're really starting to see the potential. I think it's just going to get stronger from here," she said.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette spoke with the Albany Business Review (Sept. 16, 2016) about the law school's new Community Development Clinic, which will provide free legal services to small business owners in the region.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette spoke about alumnus Tom Vilsack ’75, a possible candidate for V.P. of the United States, with CBS 6 Albany on July 20, 2016.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette spoke with Law.com about Albany Law's two-year J.D. program on July 18, 2016.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette spoke about the law school's 2-year degree program with the Albany Business Review on July 14, 2016.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was quoted in the Business Review article "Not an aspiring lawyer? There's still a place at Albany Law for you," which highlighted the law school's Master of Science in Legal Studies program, on April 27, 2016.

  • President & Dean Alicia Ouellette​ discussed Albany Law's No. 1 ranking in government law careers, new concentration in Law and Cybersecurity, and more in an in-depth interview with WAMC's Alan Chartock. Air date: March 17, 2016.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette’s co-authored paper was the subject of a press release issued by the University of Michigan Health System and a story by Reuters, which was published by nationally recognized outlets such as Yahoo, Fox News, and Philly.com.

  • ​​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette's profile, "Albany Law dean optimistic about profession," was featured on Page 1 of the Times Union on January 2, 2016. "This is a really good time to apply to law school," she said.

  • ​President & Dean Alicia Ouellette was profiled by the New York Law Journal on November 30, 2015. "I know every aspect of the school," Dean Ouellette said in the article, titled "Albany's 'Home-Grown' Dean Sets Path for the Future."


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