Faculty Presentations
February 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.
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.
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.
Professor Christian Sundquist presented White Terror, Then and Now: the Future of Race and Racism on January 6, 2021 at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting (Minority Groups Section).
Christian Sundquist (as Chair) oversaw the Clyde Ferguson and Derrick Bell, Jr. Award presentations for the Section on Minority Groups on at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting January 9, 2021.
Professor Christian Sundquist moderated the Unregulated Evidence panel on January 8, 2021 from Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting (Section on Evidence).
The Future of Work, Society for Human Resource Management (2021).
December 2020
Presenter, Maximize Learning with Classroom Clickers in the Hybrid Classroom, Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop (Virtual), University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law (Dec. 9, 2020)
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.
Link to Publication
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.
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 Rob Heverly served as reporter on the Uniform Law Commission's Tort Law Relating to Drones Act.