Faculty Presentations
September 2020
Professor Rob Heverly served as reporter on the Uniform Law Commission's Tort Law Relating to Drones Act.
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.
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 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 Melissa Breger presented "Juvenile Brain Science and the Law" on September 2020.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Link to Publication
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.
Professor Melissa Breger presented "Stemming the Tide: Social Norms and Child Sex Trafficking" at Cardozo Law'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.
July 2020
Professor Ava Ayers was a panelist on “Community Forum: Defunding Police in the Capital Region” sponsored by New York Civil Liberties Union (with Alice Green, Rob Worden, and Frank Wiley) on July 23, 2020.
Professor Ciji Dodds was a panelist on "Systemic Racism in the United States" at the Albany County Bar Association on July 23, 2020.
Professor Dr. Alexandra Harrington presented Re-thinking WTO DSB jurisdiction in light of pandemic, climate and other evolving threats, presented on July 17, 2020 at the Law Schools Global League, Summer Academic Online Conference on The 3R Initiative: Re-thinking, Re-packaging and Rescuing World Trade Law.
Professor Mary A. Lynch served on the Planning Committee Member for July 2020, joint AALS/ CLEA Virtual Clinic Conference.