Faculty Presentations
January 2021
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.
The Future of Work, Society for Human Resource Management (2021).
November 2020
Professor Ava Ayers was a panelist on “Recent Developments in Arbitrary and Capricious Review: Insights from Immigration Law” at the American Bar Association Administrative Law Conference on November 20, 2020.
Professor Sarah Rogerson spoke about "Immigration Law & Policy and the 2020 Presidential Election" on WAMC Public Radio on November 5, 2020.
Professor Ciji Dodds moderated "In the Crosswalk: The Intersection of COVID, Race, Technology, and the Law" a panel held during the Albany Law School Journal of Science and Technology Symposium on November 4, 2020.
October 2020
Professor Ciji Dodds moderated "A Voting Rights Discussion: Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Right to Vote and the Ongoing Challenges" a panel presented by the ALS chapter of the American Constitution Society on October 22, 2020.
Professor Evelyn Tenenbaum presented, "Reassessing Consent to Intimate Sexual Relations Among Nursing Home Residents with Dementia," at the ASBH (American Society for Bioethics and Humanities) Conference (held virtually) on October 15-18, 2020.
September 2020
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE MUNICIPAL SECURITIES MARKET DURING THE SPRING OF 2020, The FinReg Blog, posted on September 21, 2020.
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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.
Professor Rob Heverly served as reporter on the Uniform Law Commission's Tort Law Relating to Drones Act.
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.
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 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.
Professor Melissa Breger presented "Juvenile Brain Science and the Law" on September 2020.
Professor Melissa Breger was appointed to the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Children & the Law.
August 2020
Organizational Risk Mitigation, Clemson University (2020).
Professor Mary A. 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.
CLIMATE CHANGE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE, The FinReg Blog, posted on August 3, 2020.
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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.
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.