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Faculty Presentations

September 2020

Nancy Maurer

​Professor Nancy Maurer participated in planning and organization of Externships 10: 20/20 Vision for the Future, a biannual conference scheduled for fall 2020.

Michael Hutter

​Professor Michael Hutter authored an amicus curiae brief in Hewitt v. Palmer Vet. Clinic, an appeal in the NY Court of Appeals, arguing that the Court should modify NY common law and allow a person attacked by a dog while on commercial premises to sue the premises owner for negligence.

Robert Heverly

​Professor Rob Heverly served as reporter on the Uniform Law Commission's Tort Law Relating to Drones Act.

Alexandra Harrington

​Professor Dr. Alexandra Harrington presented Water security and climate change law in Europe, presented at September 21, 2020 at the Civil Servants School 2020: Climate Change training session for Central Asian civil servants, hosted by the German-Kazak University.

Michael Hutter

​Professor Michael Hutter presented lectures on evidence and NY practice related topics to Academy of Trial Lawyers, Office of the NY Attorney General, Defense Research Institute, Albany County and Dutchess County Bar Associations.

Alexandra Harrington

​Professor Dr. Alexandra Harrington presented Intersections between Global Governance Regimes and Climate Change Law, presented on September 30, 2020 at the Current Challenges and Opportunities for Green Public Procurement: Global policy, US experiences and the new European Green Deal Webinar hosted by the George Washington University and the University of Silesia Faculty of Law.

Alexandra Harrington

​Professor Dr. Alexandra Harrington presented Implementing the Paris Agreement by Incentivizing Investment in Climate Adaptation and Resilience, presented on September 24, 2020 at the Incentivizing Investment in Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience in Ukraine: Legal & Institutional Contributions to Implementing the Paris Agreement online event hosted by the EBRD.

Alexandra Harrington

​Professor Dr. Alexandra Harrington presented Master Class in Climate Law, Governance and the Treaty Design, presented on September 26, 2020 at the online Climate Leadership Momentum and Ambition Climate Networking Conference hosted by the Green Economics Institute.

Alexandra Harrington

​Professor Dr. Alexandra Harrington presented Blue Growth and the SDGs in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, presented September 7, 2020 at the Thessaloniki Sustainability Summit on "Sustainable Cities and Ports."

Melissa Breger

Professor Melissa Breger presented, Juvenile Brain Science and the Law, on September 2020

Michael Hutter

​Professor Michael Hutter lectured at the NYS Judicial Institute Annual Program for Newly Elected State Court Judges, Annual Summer Sessions and Lunch and Learn Programs on evidence related topics.

Melissa Breger

​Professor Melissa Breger was appointed to the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Children & the Law.

Alexandra Harrington

​Professor Dr. Alexandra Harrington presented International laws and regulation of water security in the context of climate change, presented on September 21, 2020 at the Civil Servants School 2020: Climate Change training session for Central Asian civil servants, hosted by the German-Kazak University.

August 2020

Organizational Risk Mitigation, Clemson University (2020).

CLIMATE CHANGE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE, The FinReg Blog, posted on August 3, 2020.
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Patrick Connors

​Professor Patrick Connors presented to the Justices of the New York State Court System on August 20, 2020 entitled "Interpreting the COVID-19 Toll and Related Administrative Orders" and a five-part series entitled "Coronavirus and the Courts" discussing changes to procedure during COVID-19 Disaster Emergency, with presentations on March 25 (Parts I and II), April 1 (Part III), April 16 (Part IV), and May 13 (Part V), 2020.

Pamela Armstrong

​Professor Pam Armstrong presented "Creating Short Exercises that Engage Students in Learning Substantive Law Using Lawyer Roles" at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Conference on August 3, 2020. Armstrong serves as a steering committee member for SEALS.

Melissa Breger

​Professor Melissa Breger presented "Stemming the Tide: Social Norms and Child Sex Trafficking" at Yeshiva University's Family Law Workshop on August 7, 2020. Breger also presented the work at the Law and Society Association (LSA) meeting in May 2020 as part of the Feminist Legal Theory panel The State and Violence: New Proposals for Stopping the Cycle.

Mary Lynch

​Professor Mary Lynch served as a panelist at the Power, Privilege, and Transformation: Lessons from the Pandemic for Online Legal Education virtual symposium held by the University of Miami School of Law on August 5, 2020.

July 2020

Patrick Connors

​Professor Patrick Connors presented with Judge Victoria Graffeo (Ret.) on "Intersection of The Court of Appeals and Appellate Division Jurisdiction" at the New York State Appellate Judges Seminar (the program was attended by the Judges of the Court of Appeals and the Justices of all 4 Departments in the Appellate Division) in Wading River, NY on July 9, 2019.