Albany Law School Faculty

Albany Law School's professors bring vast expertise, experience, and creativity to learning. Their scholarly work makes an impact on legal teaching and the community as a whole. Explore their latest achievements, publications, awards, and media appearances here!

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2023 Faculty Scholarship Directory

Academic Deans

Cinnamon Carlarne

President and Dean, Professor of Law

Environmental Law

Rosemary Queenan

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Law; Co-Director, Human Resources Leadership Program

Civil Litigation and Procedure; Education Law and Policy; Labor Law; New York Practice

Jenean Taranto

Associate Dean of Student Affairs; Professor of Law

Lawyering; Mortgages and Liens; Property Law

Raymond Brescia

Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Hon. Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law and Technology; Professor of Law

Access to Justice and Technology; Constitutional Law; Crisis Response; Economic Inequality; Entrepreneurship; Government Law and Policy; Legal ethics; Legal Technology; Litigation and Courts; Lobbying; Poverty and Law; Social Change; Social Entrepreneurs; Urban Policy

Jonathan Rosenbloom

Associate Dean for Online Education; Professor of Law; Director, Albany Law School and University of Parma Study Abroad Program

Climate Change Law; Environmental Law; Land Use; Land Use and Racial Justice; Property Law; Sustainability and Resilience

Full Time Faculty

Diego H. Alcalá Laboy

Assistant Professor of Law

Intro to Technology for Lawyer

Pamela J. Armstrong ’86

Distinguished Professor of Law; Director of Academic Success; Writing Specialist

Civil Procedure; Labor Law; Torts

Ava Ayers

Associate Professor of Law; Director of the Online Government Affairs and Advocacy Program

Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Immigration Law; Legal Ethics; Legal Profession

Dan Bollana ’16

Director of Bar Success and Assistant Professor of Law

Advanced Legal Analysis II

Vin Bonventre

Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law

Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Decisions; Criminal Law; Judicial Process, Selection, and Role

Melissa Breger

President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law

Criminal Procedure; Evidence; Family Law; Gender and the Law ; Juvenile Law

Dale Margolin Cecka

Assistant Professor of Law; Director, Family Violence Litigation Clinic

Family Violence Litigation

Christine Chung

Gov. George E. Pataki Distinguished Professor of Law

Business Law; Securities; Transactional Practice

Stephen Clark

Professor of Law

Conflict of laws; Constitutional Law; Labor and Employment Law; LGBTQ Law

Joseph M. Connors ’88

Professor of Law; Director, Health Law Clinic

Disability Law; Health Law and Policy

Patrick Connors

Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor of Law

Ethics and Professional Responsibility; New York Practice

Danshera Cords

Distinguished Professor of Law

Chinese Law; Tax Law and Policy

Edward W. De Barbieri

Professor of Law; Director, Community Economic Development Clinic

Business Law; Community Economic Development; Housing Law; Land Use; Property Law; Public Participation; State and Local Government Law

Lauren DesRosiers

Visiting Assistant Professor; Director of the Immigration Law Clinic

CLN -Adv Imm Law Clinic; CLN - Immigration Law Clinic; Immigration Law; Client Interviewing/Counseling

Ciji Dodds

Associate Professor; Peace & Conflict Studies Scholar

Civil Right and Civil Liberties; Constitutional Law; Criminal Procedure Law; Critical Race Theory; Race and the Law

Rebecca Durden

Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

Introduction to Lawyering

David Elkins

Visiting Professor of Law

Victoria Esposito

Assistant Professor of Law

Introduction to Lawyering

Anthony Farley

James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence

Civil Rights; Economic Justice; Human Rights; Race and the Law; Critical Race Theory

Nina Farnia

Assistant Professor Law

Federal Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law II: The First Amendment; Critical Race Theory: Modern Debates; Legal History; Employment Law

Antony Haynes

Director of Cybersecurity and Privacy Law; Professor of Law

Cybersecurity Law; Intellectual Property; Privacy Law

Robert Heverly ’92

Associate Professor of Law

Arts and Entertainment Law; Comparative Law; Cyberspace Law; Intellectual Property; Torts

Keith Hirokawa

Distinguished Professor of Law

Land Use; Property; Environmental Law and Policy; Jurisprudence (Legal Theory)

Michael Hutter

Professor of Law

Antitrust; Business Law; Evidence; New York Practice

Kanika Johar ’13

Assistant Professor of Law

Introduction to Lawyering

Caitlain Devereaux Lewis ’11

Assistant Professor Law

Constitutional Law; Health Law; Intellectual Property; International Trade; Tribal Law; Veterans Law

Zhaoyi Li

Assistant Professor of Law

Mary Lynch

Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy; Director, Domestic Violence Prosecution Hybrid Clinic

Domestic Violence Law; Feminist Jurisprudence and Theory; Legal Education

Deborah Mann ’79

Professor of Law

Lawyering; Government Law

Jennifer S. Martin

Professor of Law

Contracts; Commercial Law

Connie Mayer

Raymond and Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law

Civil Procedure; Education Law and Policy; New York Practice

Fermín Méndez

Associate Professor; Director of the Community Economic Development Clinic

Community Economic Development

Alicia Ouellette ’94

President and Dean Emeritus, Professor of Law

Bioethics; Children and the Law; Constitutional Law (inc. Equal Protection Law); Disability Law and Policy; Health Law and Policy; Sexuality Law and Policy

David Pratt

Jay and Ruth Caplan Distinguished Professor of Law

Business Law and Planning; Elder Law; Employee Benefits; Estates; Tax law and Policy; Wills, Trusts, and Estates

Rose Rameau

Associate Professor of Law

James Redwood

Professor of Law

Business Law; Constitutional Law; Law and Literature

Patricia Reyhan

Distinguished Professor Emerita

Commercial Law; International Law; Property and Conflicts of Law

Sarah Rogerson

Professor of Law; Director, Edward P. Swyer Justice Center; Director of Field Placement, Pro Bono Scholar and Semester-in-Practice/City Semester Programs

Family Law and Policy; Human Rights; Immigration Law; International Law