Faculty Presentations
June 2021
Issues in Employment Law and COVID-19, New York Law School, Center for Business and Financial Law (2021).
May 2021
Professor Melissa Breger presented, Corporal punishment Globally, LSA , on May 2021
Professor Danshera Cords presented “Ephemeral Rules and Covid-19 Taxes” at the Law and Society Conference in May 1, 2021.
Professor Johar joined the Capital District Women’s Bar Association Committee on the Judiciary.
Professor Johar is an appointed member of the State of New York Supreme Court's Committee on Character and Fitness of the Appellate Division, Third Department.
April 2021
Professor Ava Ayers was a panelist on the “Grand Questions of the U.S. Constitution” at Albany Law Review panel discussion on April 27, 2021.
Professor Sarah Rogerson was a panelist and moderator on a book talk hosted by various student chapters of the American Constitutional Society re: book chapter in CRISIS LAWYERING: EFFECTIVE LEGAL ADVOCACY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, Ray Brescia & Eric K. Stern, eds. on April 7, 2021.
Professor Mary A. Lynch presented at Rutgers 2021 Symposium, Prosecutors, Power, and Racial Injustice: Building an Anti-Racist Prosecutorial System. The Symposium will be conducted virtually on April 9, 2021, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
March 2021
Professor Ava Ayers was a panelist on “Trans Lawyers’ Stories: A Roundtable Discussion on Discrimination in the Legal Profession” for a Law.com webinar on March 11, 2021.
Professor Sarah Rogerson was a panelist at the University at Albany’s Gender and Sexuality Month programming, Reproductive Justice in Immigration Detention Centers: Bridging the Gap Between Immigration, Reproductive Justice, and Policing on March 9, 2021.
Professor Ava Ayers was co-moderator and panelist for “Litigating an Impeachment Trial of a U.S. President” a New York State Bar Association discussion with Rep. Stacey Plaskett on April 8, 2021.
Professor Sarah Rogerson was a panelist on book launch event hosted by Albany Law School re: book chapter in CRISIS LAWYERING: EFFECTIVE LEGAL ADVOCACY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, Ray Brescia & Eric K. Stern, eds. on March 8, 2021.
Professor David Walker will be speaking with Sue Zago from UNH Law and Jan Fleckenstein from Syracuse Law at the NELLCO Symposium on March 18, 2021. The topic is "Back to Normal: Law Libraries after the pandemic."
February 2021
Professor Ava Ayers was a panelist on “Policing Polices in 2021 and Beyond: Training, Reform, Reinvention” at the New York Association of Counties webinar on Feb. 23, 2021.
Professor Melissa Breger's publication "Corporal Punishment, Social Norms and Norm Cascades: Examining Cross-National Laws and Trends in Homes Across the Globe," has been accepted for inclusion at the 2021 Law and Society Annual Meeting, which will be held in virtually May 27-30, 2021.
President and Dean Alicia Ouellette presented on "The New York State COVID-19 Vaccine Program: Priorities and Implementation" as part of panel for the NY City Bar Association on February 9, 2021.
Professor Michael Hutter was appointed to the NY State Commission on Judicial Nomination by Senator Robert G. Ort, which Commission screens and determines the nominees for the Court of Appeals; reappointed to the Town of Bethlehem Ethics Board by the Bethlehem Town Board, and then elected Chair by the Ethics Board; and appointed as Chair of the NYSBA Trial Lawyers Section Trial Evidence Committee by Betty Lugo.
January 2021
Professor Ava Ayers was a panelist on “Civilian Review Boards & Police: What Works & What Doesn’t” at the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting on January 25, 2021.
Deans Rosemary Queenan and Mary Walsh Fitzpatrick presented Story of Self: Professional Identity Formation & Well-Being on January 6, 2021 Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting (Section on Student Services Joint Program).
Professor Keith Hirokawa presented The Essential Environmental Law Curriculum for the Next Generation as part of the A Roundtable Series for Environmental Law Faculty on the Future of Legal Education virtually at Vermont Law School on January 28, 2021.