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From the Bronx to Beverly Hills: 5 Larry Field’s (’63) Climb to Real Estate Royalty

The Fate of Google’s Book Search Tool 9 Professor James Grimmelmann and Students Shape the Debate

Meet the 1Ls! 12 The Law School Welcomes the First Class to Start in the New Building lumni eekend New York Law School Goes to Washington A W 2010 Professors Seth D. Harris and Beth Simone Noveck Join Obama’s Team I t ’ s n ot j u s t f o r r e u n i o n s a n y m o r e . 17

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M a r k y o u r c a l e n d a r s n ow f o r A p r i l 23–25, 2010. www.nyls.edu For more information, call the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at 212.431.2800 or e-mail [email protected]. www.nyls.edu/reunion www.nyls.edu/reunion Bookmark it! Magazine | Fall/Winter 2009 FEATURES Graduate Studies at New York Law School From the Bronx to Beverly Hills: Dean and President Larry Field’s (’63) Climb to Real Estate Royalty . .5 Richard A. Matasar

The Fate of Google’s Book Search Tool Vice President Advanced Training for Lawyers Professor James Grimmelmann and For Marketing and Communications Students Shape the Debate ...... 9 Nancy Guida Editor in Chief Meet the 1Ls! in the Heart of New York City The Law School Welcomes the First Class Managing Editor to Start in the New Building ...... 12 The following graduate programs are open to graduates of U.S. and foreign law Andrea Juncos New York Law School Goes to Washington schools and are now accepting applications: Professors Seth D. Harris and Beth Simone Creative Director Noveck Join Obama’s Team...... 17 Regina Chung Production Manager LL.M./Certificate in Financial Services Law Amelia Jonakait DEPARTMENTS The Graduate Program in Financial Services Law opened in the Dean’s Message...... 2 Contributors fall of 2009. Students develop knowledge and expertise in the law, From Richard A. Matasar Thomas Adcock, LaToya Jordan, Andrea Juncos, Christine business, and regulation of the global financial services industry. Pakkala, William D. Perez, Tara Regist-Tomlinson, Edith Breaking New Ground. Again...... 18 Sachs, Roman Tabatchouk, Denise Tong New York Law School Celebrates a New Home www.nyls.edu/FinanceLLM Proofreaders Campus Buzz...... 23 Amelia Jonakait, Edith Sachs Updates on the School’s academic centers LL.M. in Real Estate and selected programs and events Photographers Jenna Adcock, Jerry Bauer, Chappell Graduation Images, The Graduate Real Estate Program provides students with a thorough Meet the Authors...... 31 Regina Chung, Jay Frederick, GradTrak®, John Halpern, grounding in the law, business, documentation, and regulation of real Professor R.B. Bernstein; Hansen Rick Kopstein, Jack McCoy, Judy Rolfe, Jason Wyche estate transactions, finance, and development. Alexander ’98; Jeanine M. Elbaz ’09

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5 9 12 17 5 9 From the Bronx to Beverly Hills: The Fate of Google’s Book Search Tool Larry Field’s (’63) Climb to Real Estate Royalty Professor James Grimmelmann and Students Shape the Debate 12 17 Meet the 1Ls! New York Law School Goes to Washington The Law School Welcomes the Professors Seth D. Harris and Beth Simone Noveck First Class to Start in the New Building Join Obama’s Team

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18 31 53 64 86 2 18 23 Dean’s Message Breaking New Ground. Again. Campus Buzz From Richard A. Matasar New York Law School Updates on the School’s academic centers Celebrates a New Home and selected programs and events 31 35 53 Meet the Authors Faculty Highlights Commencement 2009 Professor R.B. Bernstein Celebrating faculty appointments, Congratulations to the Class of 2009 Hansen Alexander ’98 promotions, and activities Spotlight on Olga Tseytkin ’09 Jeanine M. Elbaz ’09 64 70 75 Alumni Events Alumni At Class Notes Stay current on alumni connections New York Law School News from alumni and spotlight Entrepreneurs Think Big on Nicole Kacor ’05 81 86 In Memoriam Heritage Remembering alumni and friends Freedom’s Journal, First African American-Published Newspaper Sylvester C. Smith Jr. ’18

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Pathways A. Matasar Richard By almost This B. point to A point from get to way fastest the like seem often lines Straight but line, the draw to edge straight a use can we where dimensions, two in works always in life, the path from point A to point B is rarely direct. Instead, our journeys take us on interesting detours, on side trips to fascinating places, and on excursions to see sights rewarding and successful a to route the that learn We about. talked only have others that career is often indescribably complex—unique to the individual, hard in this magazine, impossible we to dwell duplicate. on Yet to stories of individual journeys model, and there is much we can learn. because in their individuality, developer? estate real a as career successful a to lead would sales soap that knew Who for prescription a be would law labor or networking social about thinking that knew Who joining the Obama administration? Who knew that law school students could influence the Google Books profilesdebate? demonstrate,As thethis pathmagazine’s to success other. each upon build that steps small of product the is it Rather, foreordained. rarely is themselves see Some careers. legal their contemplating are who students to often speak I in conventional terms: doing well in school, taking a job in a a big partner, and law then firm,retiring. becoming Others foresee something less traditional—a stint in the armed services, a job whether that in is industry, becoming however, understand, an to come entrepreneur, working have I in What philanthropy, etc. degree, graduate a getting conventional or radically different, expectations change daily, and the most successful at place right the in being put: Simply takers. risk flexible be to need the recognize people the right time is rarely accidental. It is the product of seizing opportunities and willingly setting oneself apart from the mob. beginnings, humble his From daily. me inspires story, cover our of subject the Field, Larry to taking his first sales job after answering a want ad, to becoming a sales superstar, to joining a business in which he had no expertise, to becoming a lawyer and then an entrepreneur of the his highest story order, reminds me that success comes by taking a tells story his importantly, More horizon. the on appear that opportunities through voyage can heights the reaching and generous, being others, helping humor, maintaining that us As Larry would say: “Not so bad!” happen simultaneously. The articles on Professors Seth Harris and Beth Noveck, who are executing a vision of open government and citizen participation in the White House, and Professor Grimmelmann, who is working James to build a fairer settlement in the Google Books dispute, are them with working students The lives. our of aspect every informs law that us remind knows Who policy. social and law of frontier the of explorers of generation great next the where their paths will lead? Our pathways are illuminated by our imaginations. Enjoy the stories that follow; they shine brightly on the possibilities in front of us. Professors Seth D. Harris and Beth Simone Noveck Team Join Obama’s to Law Law New Goes York York The Law School Welcomes the The Law School Welcomes First Class to Start in the New Building School n ashingto W

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eatures to the Hills From Bronx Beverly Why? Because when you tell him, you’ll never again.” steal To this day, the 78-year-old might he that fear for clerks store from received change Field carefully counts side of an arithmetic mistake. be on the advantaged The time: circa 1972, when interest rates loans The ranged place: up Los to Angeles. 18 percent. on bank The predicament: Field was $4.5 million in debt and could not pay. “So I had lunch with the bank president,” says Field. and all told me “He the bank needed really the money, do my best.’” I could say was, ‘I’ll weeks of Then sweaty nights the Two passed. mailman in payment expected bank the threat: certified a delivered Beverly Fields’ on the foreclose it would or else 60 days, Hills house, which secured the loan. When the threat at home, but my wife “I was. says Field, wasn’t arrived, can imagine what happened when I did get home.” You Several sleepless nights later, Field was rescued when a wealthy friend brokered a loan of $2.5 was million. enough to It calm the worried bank president, and enough to buy time for Field to begin climbing the hole. from out “Since then,” he says, “I’ve been very careful and overleveraged.” become overextended not to And since 1983, when Field founded NSB, the firm has developed more than a billion dollars’ real worth of estate in southern California, that with includes a more than portfolio 2.5 commercial million space on square more than 4 feet million square feet of to invited frequently is Field that wonder Small land. of speak to budding entrepreneurs. ypical of the understated Lawrence N. Field ’63, a ’63, Field N. Lawrence understated the of ypical mensch and a tycoon, the Law New York School alumnus would sooner talk of two big failures in his life his in failures big two of talk sooner would alumnus than of his staggering success as a California real estate entrepreneur. Humility Humility among Field’s East Coast brethren is comparatively unknown. Or as Dean Richard A. Matasar says Trump.” no Donald “He’s of Field, In telephone interviews from the modest Beverly Hills offices of NSB Associates—the acronym echoesField’s longtime response when asked the state of his business recalled the low so anti-Trump bad”—the affairs, “Not points he converted to lessons in personal honesty and fiduciary duty: The year was 1942; the place was candy Birnbaum’s Larry Eleven-year-old Bronx. the Neck, Throgs in store arrived freshly of rack a scanned Billy, pal, his and Field comic books, which in those days ran two for a nickel. pal Larry’s Rose. mother, his by given dime, a had Larry plot. hatched a larcenous “Billy said I could get four comics if I hid two in the middle and gave Birnbaum the dime,” Field says. “So I did it. But It was when easy. I got home, my mother asked, ‘How come you have four comic books?’ I said, maybe know, ‘I there don’t was a mix-up.’ She said, ‘I I had to confess. think so,’ and don’t “Then I had to Then deal with Billy.’ not my son, my father. I told ‘You’re him said, He Billy it. do me made he said I had to give back two comic books. I thought, the rack.” just sneak them back on well—I’ll Oh, The elder Field read the boy’s mind, and laid what Birnbaum you did. have to tell Mr. the law: “You down T By Thomas Adcock By From the Bronx to Beverly Hills: Beverly Hills: the Bronx to From Climb to Real Estate Royalty (’63) Larry Field’s Professors Seth D. Harris and Beth Simone Noveck Team Join Obama’s eatures f

In New York, he meets with students at the Lawrence she says. “He has breakfast almost every morning N. Field Center at Baruch College’s Zicklin School of outside at the restaurant Porta Villa, where everyone Business. Field earned a bachelor’s degree in business who walks past knows him and greets him. He goes to administration from Baruch in 1952. The Field Center the same gas station and the same clothing store, and | was endowed in 1998. they adore him.” 6 “I tell the young people, it’s okay if you don’t make a big Dean Davidson adds, “He is a major figure in score right away,” says Field. “It’s okay to fail. In fact, philanthropy around the country, and a very successful you learn an awful lot from failing.” fund-raiser for his institutions.”

Those institutions include Field’s two alma maters— New York Law School and Baruch College—and Ben- Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. “My general belief about philanthropy is that it’s good to start with those who helped you,” he says. “New York Law School changed my life. It gave me more confidence. Even though I never practiced law, the knowledge I gained helped me a great deal in furthering my business in real estate.” He also tells them of the value of kindness and charity He adds, “I like giving to higher education. People at and fortitude, all of which he learned from his father that level are committed to doing something that will Eugene, a Hungarian immigrant who struggled through help them grow and be better citizens wherever they the Great Depression to eventually establish a 15-by- may be.” 60-foot grocery store in Throgs Neck. Field provides a gift to New York Law School each year, “That’s when we became the Fields. The family name and suspects he’ll provide more. was Schonfeld, but that was too long for the sign over the store,” Field says. “They’re after me,” he says. “I don’t mind.”

Although Eugene Field never earned more than $6,000 Dean Matasar says, “Larry Field is an incredibly in a year, his son remembers the blue box for the Jewish generous man.” National Fund on the grocery counter—and how his father did his part in building the new state of Israel by Generosity explains, in part, why many staffers at NSB collecting a daily donation of coins. Associates have stuck with their jobs since the day they were hired. “He never spoke English very well,” Field says of his father. “But you knew he had wisdom. If somebody was “When things are good, bonuses are good,” says Field. out of work, he’d say, ‘Pay me a little something now, His secretary of decades, for instance, has been known and the rest when you can.’ He knew that poor people to receive a six-figure check at the end of the year. Field are very honest.” explains, “It just comes from sharing the profit.”

Dean Matasar, who has visited Field in California, Sharing wealth has a circuitous yet profitable bearing describes tagging along with “the mayor of Beverly on business, says Field: “I found that the more I gave, Hills” on the pleasant rounds he makes each day in his the more I got back. Not from the same people. But office neighborhood as “walking with a guy who is 100 somehow, sometime, someplace, I got back twenty- percent comfortable with who he is.” The dean adds, fold—a hundred-fold.” “You don’t hear a cross word out of the man.” Field started his business career in the 1950s, after a stint Suzanne Davidson, Vice President and Associate Dean in the armed forces. In the midst of the Korean Conflict of Development and Alumni Relations, has also visited (1950–53), he had applied to the U.S. Navy Officer Field in Beverly Hills. “Larry is beloved by everyone,” Candidate School, only to be rejected on account of

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eatures to the Hills From Bronx Beverly a disservice to you if I left. change People their minds. wait.’” I’ll So, The payoff for a determined salesman: says. Field down,” minutes, the guy breaks “Within 10 eight In days, he peddled 500 cases of premium-priced Dove soap. His 18 colleagues—combined—sold 450 promoted. was promptly cases. Field soon He traversed the nation, courtesy of a fat expense account. He sold soap like gangbusters, and developed “Most listening. of art the commerce: of tool valuable a talking, down slows guy other the when for wait people then they start“Listening is talking,” always says Field. best.” very tiring life on the took road its toll. “It’s and by, By the and drinker, a not “I’m Field. says veryand lonely,” what Besides, drunks. were into went I bar every at guys was I supposed to do on the weekends?” as such places homogeneous in especially solution, The find a drugstoreJewish with a Tennessee: Alabama and pharmacist. He a synagogue Cohen, in is town?’ there ‘Mr. say, “I’d wife, his up call to phone the to runs and excited all gets and pretty soon having I’m dinner at the house. They to learned I know you Did weekend. all me of care take Tennessee?” water-ski in But even such generous hospitality lost its charm on young Field, who was birthing thoughts of how he ?’ I tell him, ‘It would be would ‘It him, tell I wait?’ color blindness, which came as a surprise. Two days later, later, days Two surprise. a as came which blindness, color as a grunt. into the U.S. Army he was drafted Upon honorable discharge, he answered a newspaper help-wanted ad stating: “National college grads.” company wants me, asked man a and number the called “I recalls, Field ‘Can you drive?’ Also, ‘Can you leave tomorrow the next day.” I was on a plane Chicago?’ So for What happened during the next several years is legend House. in the corridors of Lever brand first the was “This Field. says soap,” Dove sold “I that excluded lye. It was more expensive. It was a very big deal.” territories work to hired men college 19 of one was Field stores, of list call daily a given was Each Midwest. the in father’s my like places “little drew Field small. and large knew just what to do. he says. He store,” walk in and ‘Thistell “I’d the is owner, something you starts and people up next week, Advertising must have. buy it will from be coming You in soap. wanting Dove you and size, large the for cents 20 bar, a cents 15 at me for 25 cents and 30 cents.’” retail after soap, the inspected proprietors as patient was Field which came the my inevitable, customers “Naw, won’t pay that much for soap.” “I tell the owner, ‘I’ll wait,’” Field says. “The owner ‘Whatsays, mean you do eatures f

might make a million dollars—with no capital. The “I only had this one weekend,” says Field, “and I was first step would be to quit Lever House. determined to spend it on the beach. It was overcast with a light drizzle, but I asked everybody, ‘Who wants Determined to get himself fired, Field lolled around, to go swimming?’ They probably thought, ‘Who’s the | took a long and unapproved vacation in Mexico, filled crazy nut?’” in daily time cards with brazen “0” marks on his sales 8 call tally, and otherwise invited the axe. But nothing Young Eris thought no such thing and went swimming happened. in the rain.

“I went to my boss and asked, ‘You notice I haven’t Back in the city, “Eris and I started going hot and been working?’” says Field, who by now had personally heavy, then one day she said she was going home to sold $16 million worth of soap—1950s dollars. “My Los Angeles,” says Field. “I asked her if marriage would boss said to me, ‘Look, I’ve got a wife and kids. If you keep her in New York and she said, ‘Okay.’” Six months think I’m going to fire a guy who sold $16 million of later, Eris Perll became Eris Field. And soon thereafter, product, you’re nuts.’” her hometown became theirs.

The union produced two daughters. Eris Field died of cancer in early 2009.

Nowadays, Field devotes substantial time to his philanthropic interests, including membership on the advisory board at the Law School’s Center for Real Estate Studies.

“This is new for me; I’ve just accepted it,” says Field. “I expect that they’d like me to bring what [the Center] does to the attention of people around the country. We have a lot of lawyers in this country. We could use more of them trained in real estate.”

Professor Andrew R. Berman, Director of the Center for Real Estate Studies, is delighted to have Field on

Left to right: Professors Marshall Tracht, Gerald Korngold, and Andrew R. Berman of the board, citing his valuable expertise and his unique way Law School’s Center for Real Estate Studies, with Larry Field at the School in October 2009. with people.

So Field decided to resign. He was simply not cut out “Larry is very humble,” says Professor for life as an employee. Fate led him to connect with an Berman. “He is warm, gracious, and old pal likewise stifled in the family real estate business. easygoing, and he puts everyone Accordingly, he and Field opened their own real estate at ease, from the waiter to the big agency on East 149th Street in the Bronx and sold executive.” walk-up buildings. Field urges friends whose lives, like his, have turned out The partnership lasted for three amicable years, “not so bad,” to give more of themselves to others. producing what Field terms “a couple of bucks.” He was now set up as an independent real estate developer. On the business front, Field is currently renovating But as the decade of the 1950s yielded to the ’60s, Field a cluster of warehouses south of the Los Angeles says, “I felt I needed a trade.” Which led him to New International Airport. The Gehry Campus, as the York Law School, Class of 1963. project is known by local media, is named for its master designer and Field’s personal friend, world-renowned Fate struck again for Field during his second year in architect Frank Gehry. law school—one rainy day when he met Eris Perll. The two were among a group of students who had rented a Another of Field’s current projects consists of a summer getaway on Fire Island. manuscript that occupies a spot on his desk. Its title: From the Bronx to Beverly Hills: Not So Bad.

| 99 f of eatures ool The Fate T Book Search Google’s amicus brief to the court explaining the benefits and risks of the proposed settlement from a public-interest perspective. Filed in September, the brief incorporates suggestions from the public, who were given access to “There is a getting the danger wrong information,” says of the Stephanie public Figueroa 3L, a fellow the of Institute. “We’re explaining the law so people the can case follow and understand the complexities.” The Public Index also includes the Institute’s curiae to start selling electronic versions of the books it has scanned. It will pay copyright owners 63 percent the revenue of and pocket the rest. This includes profits from out-of-print and “orphaned” books, books with holder. no identifiable rights New of District Southern the for Court District U.S. The October in settlement the on rule to scheduled was York 2009, but while this magazine was in production, the hearing was postponed indefinitely after the parties in address to settlement the revise to time for asked suit the key issues raised in the many objections submitted. In the meantime, Professor Grimmelmann and his team have been making sure the public is informed about this important, high-stakes case. “The public needs a voice in this case,” says Dominic Mauro 3L, a research assistant at the Institute. “We’re it. for place a provide and discussion generate to aiming want.” what people That’s called site, Web project’s the is to referring he’s place The the Public Index, which features an annotated version of the settlement with links to related legal documents and media articles, a glossary of relevant terms, a and tool that allows users to insert and their comments. Students own also put analyses together a timeline of all events related to the case, from launch Google’s of the book search tool to the more the U.S. Department of Justice. by investigation recent antitrust lawsuit against Google has publishing the industry future of hanging the in the balance. By Andrea Juncos Juncos Andrea By A The Fate of Google’s Book Search Tool Search Book of Google’s The Fate Students Shape the Debate Grimmelmann and Professor James Led Led by Professor James Grimmelmann, an expert in intellectual property law, a Initiative Search Book team Interest of Public students Institute’s the with involved is working to foster public discussion about the law and policy of digitizing Their books. project comes in direct response to the settlement controversial proposed in a class action lawsuit brought by authors and publishers against Google, which has been scanning making and libraries major of collections the from millions books of them searchable online. The Author’s Guild and 2005, in suit the the filed Publishers American of Association infringement.” copyright “massive of Google accusing The settlement, reached already were in works whose authors October compensate to 2008, Google calls for scanned without permission and to create Rights Registry” to a pay authors and “Book publishers whose works will be scanned in the future—all to the tune of $125 million. In exchange, Google will be authorized And students at New for York Information Law Law School’s & Institute Policy are the debate. at the center of Professor James Grimmelmann (center) with Institute for Information Law for Information (center) with Institute Grimmelmann James Professor 3L. Figueroa 3L and Stephanie Mauro students Dominic & Policy eatures

edit and comment on it, Wikipedia-style. “This is a legal In it, Professor Grimmelmann suggests revisions to the brief of the people, by the people, and for the people,” proposed settlement that will help protect the public says Professor Grimmelmann, who calls the Public interest. He warns against the immense power Google Index a “one-stop shop” for all things settlement. will have if the Book Search project and the Books | Rights Registry are left unchecked. “People should 10 Beyond the Public Index, followers of the case will have be concerned about the enormous market power in a chance to debate the issues in person. The Public Google’s hands,” he says. “In this era of ‘too big to fail’ Interest Book Search team has spent the summer do we really want a company with this level of ability organizing a conference to be held at the Law School to set prices?” in October 2009. The event, called “D Is for Digitize,” will convene scholars, attorneys, and other guests These are the kinds of questions Professor Grimmelmann to examine the settlement through the lenses of civil and his students are raising and addressing with their procedure, the publishing industry, literary culture, project. Ultimately, they believe a modified version of the information policy, copyright, and antitrust. “D Is for settlement should be approved, because Google’s project Digitize will bring together leading experts from all will give the public access to rare literary treasures that points of view for a full, respectful, and open dialogue,” have been buried in the basements of libraries for decades, says Professor Grimmelmann. even centuries. “This has never been done before, and in essence, it’s a good thing,” says Figueroa. Professor Grimmelmann emerged as a leading expert on the case early on. When the settlement was As students manage the site and announced in October 2008, he wrote a blog voicing plan the conference, they have been his concerns—“just your typical 7,000-word blog,” he developing valuable knowledge and laughs. He’s been active in the blogosphere ever since, discussing various views on the settlement and trying skills that they’ll use in the future. to understand and explain how it works to others. His “Not only are the students diving in analysis is based on three years of research and thinking and figuring out how to do the work, on the case, and draws on his extensive expertise they’re also figuring out how to work in intellectual property law. In April 2009, he wrote together as a team,” says Professor an issue brief for the American Constitution Society Grimmelmann. “They’re all working for Law and Policy (see www.acslaw.org/node/13228) and published “How to Fix the Google Book Search better and smarter as a group than Settlement” (Journal of Internet Law), which has become they would on their own.” the most frequently cited and discussed analysis of the Motivated by each other as well as Professor proposed settlement. Grimmelmann, the students have taken initiative at every stage of the process. “Everyone has taken the ball and run—actually, sprinted,” says Figueroa. “It’s such an exciting project, and Professor Grimmelmann’s excitement is contagious.”

In Professor Grimmelmann, Mauro has found both a mentor and a role model. “A month into Professor Grimmelmann’s Internet Law course last year, I went to his office and said, ‘I want your job,’” Mauro says. Collaborating with Professor Grimmelmann on the Book Search Initiative has given him the direction he was seeking when he came to law school. “I always knew I liked teaching, but I’ve learned that you can interact with the real world as an academic,” he says. eatures

“It’s illuminating to see that this is the scope of legal level. “I’m not concerned about becoming a cookie-cutter practice and to see what a legal education lets you do.” attorney,” she says. “I know from working on this project that if you have the drive and the passion, you can shape Mauro recognizes the unique opportunity he and the law. . . . We’re working toward the public good, and I | his fellow students have in being able to impact the believe our work is going to mean something.” landscape of this landmark case. “One day I will be 11 able to say I was one of the people who helped facilitate With this team on the front lines of the case, it’s clear the public discussion of this monumental lawsuit, and the public will benefit from their efforts, regardless of hopefully made the settlement better, fairer, and more the court’s decision. accessible. That’s insane.” For the latest news on the Google Book Search settlement, For Figueroa, a self-proclaimed “IP nerd,” the experience visit http://thepublicindex.org. has boosted her confidence on a personal and professional

More Student Opportunities at the Institute for Information Law & Policy

Spring and summer 2009 brought a number of other noteworthy opportunities for students at the Institute for Information Law & Policy (IILP).

Ted Wills 3L was awarded the New York Bar Foundation’s Intellectual Property Law Fellowship. This summer fellowship, one of only three awarded, places students in charitable organizations to assist with their intellectual property needs. Wills worked with Panthera, a New York-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to conserve the world’s 36 species of wild cats. He landed the position after investigating the intellectual property needs of the organization and creating a proposal for addressing them. He spent the summer drafting and implementing policies for managing Panthera’s trademark and branding needs and issues involved in the sharing and dissemination of proprietary data and images. Wills says the fellowship provided an “opportunity to get terrific intellectual property experience while helping an organization that has such a worthwhile and noble mission.”

Also this summer, Joe Merante 3L, a student fellow of the Institute, was a legal intern with Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that works to expand the range of creative works available for people to build upon and share legally. Merante researched accessibility policies of institutions that publish content believed to be in the public domain. His findings will shape the development of a new tool designed by Creative Commons that will allow users to tag works believed to be in the public domain with supporting information. When Merante’s appointment was announced, Professor Dan Hunter, Institute Director, said: “We’re excited that one of the IILP student research fellows will get to work with such a progressive, prestigious, and engaged organization. We’re delighted for Joe and the signal that this sends out about the quality of New York Law School students.”

Graduates of the Institute are also securing sought-after positions. In spring 2009, former student fellow Christopher Wong ’08 was named a visiting fellow at the Information Society Project (ISP) of Yale Law School and a postgraduate fellow at New York Law School’s Center for Patent Innovations (CPI). Forging a partnership between the two organizations, Wong is researching the impact of technology on law and society with the goal of improving democracy, human development, and social justice. At CPI, he is continuing the work he began as Project Manager of the Institute’s Peer-to-Patent project and leading research efforts on the new Open Patent project. “I’m extremely excited to pursue such progressive intellectual property research in such innovative environments as the CPI and ISP,” Wong says.

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Meet the 1Ls! The Law School Welcomes the First Class to Start in the New Building

| Compiled by William D. Perez, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid

12 This fall, New York Law School welcomes the first class of 1Ls to start their legal careers in the School’s brand-new, state-of-the-art facility. This enthusiastic group of future lawyers is as passionate as it is diverse. Students come from all across the globe and bring a range of talents, interests, and ideas for putting their legal degrees to use. New York Law School Magazine caught up with 11 of these impressive new students, and their stories are highlighted on the following pages. But first, here are some facts about the group as a whole:

The new class boasts 736 members—569 full-time and 167 part-time—selected from a pool of 4,188 applicants.

Students come from 35 states and the District of Columbia. The top five states represented are New York, New Jersey, Florida, California, and Pennsylvania, in that order.

Students also hail from 22 foreign countries: Belarus, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, India, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, the Philippines, Romania, Russia, the Slovak Republic, South Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay.

Women outnumber men ever so slightly—by one.

Twenty-two percent identify themselves as people of color.

Their ages range from 19 to 57, with the average age of 24 for full-time students and 28 for part-time students.

Sarah is the most popular name among women, and Michael is the most common name among men.

They received degrees from 276 colleges and universities; 7 percent have earned at least one graduate degree.

A total of 90 students are enrolled in the Law School’s graduate programs in financial services law, mental disability law studies, real estate, and taxation. Meet eatures Introducing the new class of 1Ls—the first to start their legal

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“I was drawn to New York Law School for its commitment to international law and public service. As a future lawyer, I wish to strengthen the voices of underprivileged and persecuted peoples of the world, and I am confident that New York Law School will help me do that.”

Alexandra Basha already has a head start on a career in international law and human rights. Raised in a multicultural home, she received her French baccalaureate from Lycée Rochambeau in suburban Washington, D.C., and her B.A. in international relations, with a focus on Middle Eastern and European studies, from American University. Basha spent the year between college and law school living and working in Paris and Brussels. In Paris she worked for Invisible Children, a nonprofit that helps children affected by war in Northern Uganda. In Brussels, Basha interned with the United Nations Regional Information Centre. She had previously interned with Jones Day’s Paris office. As an undergraduate, Basha worked with the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where she focused on juveniles, and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and Martha’s Table providing meals for the homeless. Basha has a very good idea of what law study and practice will be like; her mother is an international tax lawyer.

“The specifics of my post–law school career are unknown, although I sense I’m heading towards advocating for the disadvantaged and a possible return to government.”

Eduardo Blount has overcome many obstacles to get to law school. Growing up poor and often homeless in San Francisco’s tough Tenderloin district, Blount persevered by focusing on his education. With a B.A. in political science and a master’s degree in public administration, both from San Francisco State University, he has synthesized his life experiences and his education into a dedication to public service. Blount left a position with the Social Security Administration to expand his knowledge of governance and begin his law studies. He plans to pursue public interest law and involve himself with the Justice Action Center and the Law School’s Office of Public Interest and Community Service. In addition to winning several awards in college and with the Social Security Administration, Blount was most recently recognized by the California State University system for his research evaluating the efficacy of three-strike laws.

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“I plan to go into immigration law, most likely as a defense attorney. As I shadowed Elihu Massel, an immigration lawyer, I discovered a human aspect to law that just hooked me. A

| law career became an opportunity to directly make a difference in people’s lives.”

14 Daniel Y. Chu comes to the Law School with an interest in immigration law. Raised in Scarsdale, New York, Chu currently lives in Harlem, where he is already involved in some community activism. He has a B.A. in American Sign Language from the University of Rochester, where he also earned a certificate in personnel management. He is the son of Korean immigrants, and is fluent in Korean and Spanish. Chu worked for three years as the manager of his family’s restaurant business. In college, he served as Publicity Chair for the Campus Activities Board; co-founded Yosakoi, a Japanese cultural dance club; and was a community liaison for Pride Network, the campus LGBT organization. Chu is also a devotee of Ultimate Frisbee.

“I chose New York Law School for its reputation as having one of the oldest and most developed evening divisions in the city, for the quality of individuals who attend, and for the opportunities available to further my interests in intellectual property.”

Andrew Cochran is a scientist who comes to the Law School armed with a B.S. in microbiology and an M.S. in biochemistry, both from The Ohio State University. By day, Cochran is a paralegal and legal assistant with the New York firm of Cooper & Dunham LLP, where he works in the area of patent law. He will remain with the firm as he attends school as an evening student. Discontented with lab research, Cochran, who originally thought “lawyers were required to be loud, disagreeable, argumentative, and dishonest,” discovered patent and intellectual property law during a conversation with a graduate student at a summer job. He then entered his master’s program with the intent of becoming an IP lawyer. Cochran is excited about the prospect of working with the Institute for Information Law & Policy, particularly with the Peer-to-Patent project and the Center for Patent Innovations.

“I am incredibly excited not only to work with the professors at New York Law School, but to draw from their wealth of knowledge.”

Robert Habermann is committed to international law and human rights and comes to the Law School with a great deal of experience in these areas. He left his position as Program Manager for Africa Aid, a San Francisco-based international aid organization, to pursue law study. Earlier, he spent five months working on relief aid in Ghana, West Africa, where he set up a human-rights newspaper for Liberian refugees and volunteered in an orphanage. At the beginning of Habermann’s senior year at Tulane University, where he graduated with a degree in political science, his involvement in Habitat for Humanity took on an added dimension as Hurricane Katrina devastated his adopted city. Habermann was born in the Bronx and raised in Westchester County, New York. He is an athlete who played football and lacrosse. He has also spent the last few years working in finance and securities and holds Series 7 and Series 66 securities licenses. eatures

“I chose New York Law School because of the diversity present in the student body, not just in terms of race and gender, but also in age and experience. Having attended universities and studied law in different countries, I have grown to appreciate a certain level of wisdom

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15 Angela C. Kaaiohelo is not your typical Southerner, although she grew up in Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and North Carolina. Kaaiohelo’s father is native Hawaiian, and her mother is of Korean heritage. The family moved often as they attempted to establish and maintain their livelihood with “mom-and-pop store” businesses. For Kaaiohelo, law school is part of her quest to understand how she “fit[s] into different societies as both a minority and a woman.” The appeal of a diverse student body in the most diverse city in the country brought her to New York Law School. After earning a B.A. in international relations from Boston University in 2006, she spent a year as a legal secretary in San Francisco before heading to the University of Hong Kong, where she received her M.A. in China development studies. Kaaiohelo spent the past year studying in a Bachelor of Laws program at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She is fluent in Korean and conversant in Mandarin and Spanish, and she practices two forms of martial arts.

Peter Kapitonov: “I am excited about actually starting law school. I’ve been thinking about going into law for a long time—actually, since high school.”

Natalia Kapitonova: “In the future I would like to own my own law firm and work on real estate and international cases.”

Peter Kapitonov and Carmen “Natalia” Kapitonova met each other as classmates in a constitutional law class at CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Natalia originally “hated” Peter, because he was her only competition for the top grade in the class. But on the last day of class, the two started dating. Shortly thereafter, Peter, who had joined the U.S. Marine Corps after the 9/11 attacks, was deployed to Iraq. Natalia waited for him in New York, and the two were married six months after he returned. Now they’ll be competing at New York Law School as the only married couple in the class. Peter was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Natalia in Lima, Peru. Peter moved to the United States at age 8, and Natalia arrived during high school. Since receiving his B.A., magna cum laude, in government in 2008, Peter has been a paralegal with Strategic Legal Services. Natalia, who was swim team captain in college, received her B.A. in government, cum laude, in 2008 and works as a real estate paralegal for a New York law firm and as International Projects Coordinator for the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic. Peter looks forward to working with the Center for New York City Law and the Center for International Law. Natalia is also seeking to involve herself with the Center for International Law and aspires to attend the international legal program at the Hague Academy of International Law. She is also drawn to the Center for Real Estate Studies and hopes to earn an LL.M. in Real Estate from New York Law School.

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“New York Law School’s outstanding reputation in labor and employment law leads me to believe that I will obtain the legal skills necessary to advocate for those unable to defend

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16 David Krisch is passionate about labor and employment law and earned a B.A. in labor/ employment relations from Penn State University in 2009. His passion has been fueled by his experiences as a seasonal employee at a popular amusement and water park. He sees New York Law School and its Labor & Employment Law Program as a natural choice for his legal education and is excited about the courses he will be able to dive into. In college, Krisch was active in the Undergraduate Law Society, the Society of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, and the Theta Chi fraternity. Like many of his fellow Nittany Lions, he raised funds for charity as part of the school’s annual THON dance marathon. This past year, he won the award for outstanding academic achievement by a senior in Penn State’s Labor/Employment Relations department.

“I’ve wanted to move to New York City since I was a young girl, and I can’t express how blessed I am to experience my dream. But I’m nervous to be so far from some of the best aspects of my life—my family, my boyfriend, and my friends.”

Nicole Riley chose New York Law School for its Program in Law & Journalism and its Media Center. While completing her B.A. in journalism at Oklahoma State University, Riley held several editorial positions, including Managing Editor, with the campus newspaper. She is especially concerned with First Amendment issues, particularly open records and open meetings acts. Riley is alarmed that more journalists have been imprisoned since 9/11 than since the 1960s, and that media coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is sparse. She is passionate about being an advocate for and defender of the First Amendment. Riley was also an active member of Oklahoma State’s choral groups and has been a swimming instructor for several years. She first visited New York as a college freshman, taking to the city immediately. She looks forward to making it her new home.

“There is a need for competent and active representation for immigrants, and I hope to learn the skills necessary to be an active lawyer for my clients.”

Jodi Ziesemer began her journey to New York Law School five years ago while working for a nonprofit law firm in Chicago that represents immigrants through the various stages of legalization and deportation proceedings. Ziesemer moved from advising immigrants on social services and public benefits to serving as a paralegal and, finally, as a Board of Immigration Appeals representative. But she wanted to do more. Ziesemer enrolled in Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and completed a master’s degree in law and diplomacy with a focus on human rights and migration. Missing her work with immigrants, she began working for a small for-profit immigration law firm and found her interests expanding to where criminal and labor law intersect with immigration. Ziesemer believes that the Law School’s strong programs in immigration, criminal, and labor law will enable her to focus on an underserved niche of law practice. In 2002, she co-founded the Chicago Books to Women in Prison Project, an organization in which she is still active. | 17

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freaking new ground. again. | 18 New York Law School 19 Celebrates a New Home

It’s a great building! The new building as a whole is beautiful, and I can’t wait to see it in its finished form. This is a real tribute to Dean Matasar, [Board of Trustees Chair] Arthur Abbey, and [Alumni Association President] John Reddy; to all alumni who have set a great example for this little secret called New York Law School; and of course to the outstanding faculty.

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b reaking new ground. again. José E. Nogueras, Writing Program Administrator through the glass windows. I love the terrace and the fact that we can see the world now like this all the time. like this all Hon. Lorraine S. Miller ’68 Hon. Lorraine t New York Law School’s Open House Celebration on Saturday, April 18, 2009, 18, April Saturday, on Celebration House Open School’s Law York New t brand-new academic building 1,300 guests got a sneak peek at the Law School’s rooms. I hope they’ll do events they’ll do events rooms. I hope A Celebrates a New Home Celebrates Law School New York Jordan LaToya By prior to its official opening for the fall 2009 semester. On a perfect sunny day, groups groups day, sunny perfect a On semester. 2009 fall the for opening official its to prior of eager alumni, and students, staff faculty, toured the new glass-enclosed, 235,000- Attendees the explored state-of- Broadway. structure square-foot located at West 185 open-air the including spaces, public inviting and Library, Mendik classrooms, the-art of many guests. feature terrace on the fifth floor—a favorite In addition to being entertained by live music on guestsevery picked up floor, treats from the penny candy bar in the library and souvenirs at They building. also stations sampled delicacies representing throughout neighborhoods across New York the City, including Little the Italy, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Spanish Harlem, and Coney At Island. the close of the festivities, Dean Richard A. and Matasar, President along with members of the Board of Trustees, led a champagne building. toast to the new “No project at New Law York School has any purpose other about was than building this say a to remiss be single-minded would we and students, our towards devotion anything other than serving the current and future students of this Law School. . . . the For next it 100 is years 57 it and Broadway, Street, and is it 47 185 Worth West is this generation and those to come after it who can join and know that this is their said. Matasar place,” Dean The Open House Celebration was the feature in Week” New York City, as event proclaimed by of Mayor Michael “New R. Bloomberg, York as Law well School as the centerpiece of Reunion 2009 for alumni from class “9.” Reunion years guests enjoyed ending a cocktail in party with “4” Dean Matasar; a or walking with liberties tour civil on of discussion a ’88; Landman Richard planner urban with TriBeCa Professor Nadine Strossen, former President of the American Civil Liberties Union; and an all-class gala and dinner dance to wrap up the weekend. the food, the library, the seminar the library, the food, this. Everything was wonderful— was wonderful— Everything this. I think this building is magnificent; is magnificent; this building I think from an old building on Park Row to Park Row on an old building from Steven Swidler ’76 aside, New York Law aside, New York School is the new hot was money well spent! just came back from the like this better. Citi Field like this better. like you are at a resort. I new Mets stadium and I stadium. . . . This building the sunlight make you feel The wide open spaces and Gary R. Mund ’76 Professor Arthur S. Leonard what we had in the ’70s. have a close-up view of every snowstorm. We’ve arrived! The amenities are really nice, We’ve and the classrooms are light-years away from My favorite part of this new building is the large can see each other, everyone can hear each other, and can hear each other, everyone can see each other, classrooms. It will be a pleasure to teach where everyone classrooms. It will be a pleasure to teach where everyone the acoustics are great. It’s a dream come true. Plus, we’ll the acoustics are great. It’s

| 20 b reaking new ground. again. | 21 b reaking new ground. again. H. Helen Irie ’95 the students. cheery, and very cheery, like it will be fun for motivating. It seems The building is bright, Maria Krupicz 3L Professor Ross Sandler, Professor Ross Sandler, I’m very impressed by the I’m very impressed classrooms; they are beautiful classrooms; they This building is stunning, and I type chairs with desks attached. type chairs with 19th century to the 21st century. impressed with the chairs; in the impressed with the can’t wait to teach here. It’s such such wait to teach here. It’s can’t other building we had fifth-grade- other building we and have great acoustics. I’m also and have great acoustics. Director of the Center for New York City Law Director of the Center for New York This building is like going from the a difference from [Room] A900. It’s a difference from [Room] A900. It’s going to love it, the chairs are great, and there is so much light and space. going to be rejuvenating, students are Ross Moskowitz ’84, Member, Ross Moskowitz ’84, Member, that says ‘Come to me.’ out of the Franklin Street As people walk out of the the School as soon as I walk taking the 1 train and seeing everything about the School. subway, they’ll see a building subway, New York Law School Board of Trustees Law School New York subway station—that captures My favorite part of the building:

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V essional f 26 • Pro • 26 The Moot Court Association Cleans Up! 2009. Moot Court Association won in spring Below is a snapshot of the many awards the School’s American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition I: Regional Finalists Melissa Team Benjamin Marzolf, and coach Coffey, Ninth Best Oralist (tied) Michelle Tonelli; II: Octofinalists Melissa Coffey; Team coach and Linehan, Jeff Emerson, Ashley Armando Acosta III, Ninth Best Oralist (tied) Jeff Linehan. Cardozo Law School/BMI Entertainment & Communications Law Moot Court Competition Team Members: Quarterfinalists. and Naomi Weinstein, Jennifer Kay, coach Kasi Carson. CEampus buzz NTER UPDATES

Introducing: The Diane Abbey Law Center for Children and Families

The Diane Abbey Law Center for Children and Families, New York Law School’s newest academic center, prepares students to represent families in all

| aspects of family law. Through a comprehensive curriculum that includes a variety of pro bono and externship opportunities, students assist low-income children 24 and families in need and collaborate with the many institutions with which those families interact. Graduating students will be prepared for the ethical practice of family law in a variety of settings, including government institutions, law firms and solo practice, and nonprofit entities. Left to right: Professor Carlin Meyer, Center Director; Sondy Ortiz, The Center was endowed by New York Law School Board Chair Arthur N. Abbey Center Administrator; and student associates Victoria Rosner 2L and ’59 and his wife Diane. It is now recruiting students, who may join as members or Bradley Powles 3L. affiliates. Stay tuned for more information about the Center’s upcoming projects and events!

Center on Business Law & Policy

With new leadership in the White House and a host of new financial problems to address, many Americans want to know what regulations will be implemented to prevent another market meltdown. On April 24, 2009, the Center on Business Law & Policy and the New York Law School Law Review brought academics and practitioners together to discuss the challenges facing the regulation of financial markets. The daylong symposium, called “Fear, Fraud, and the Future of Financial Regulation,” featured four panels of experts moderated by New York Law School professors.

Panelists included professors from law schools across the country and practitioners representing a range of corporations, law firms, and government agencies, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). They discussed several topics, including: securitization, derivatives, and the credit markets; financial regulations and disclosure; credit default swaps and the evolution of OTC regulations; the role of the SEC in risk management; and the controversies over bailouts and executive compensation.

Top: Professor Faith Stevelman (left, Professors Faith Stevelman, Center Director, and Howard S. Meyers, Associate Director, pictured with Professor Howard S. Meyers) delivers opening remarks at the took an active part in planning and running the event, which was a great success. One April 24, 2009, Center on Business Law attendee wrote to Professor Stevelman saying the symposium was “the best” of several & Policy symposium, “Fear, Fraud, and the Future of Financial Regulation.” financial regulation conferences he had attended. Professor Stevelman says, “That’s a credit to the Law School’s great team of professors and students, perfect location for a Bottom: Professor Jeffrey J. Haas (far left) moderates a panel at the “Fear, meeting of finance professionals and regulators, and spirit of creativity and energy.” Fraud, and the Future of Financial Regulation” symposium. Scholarship from the event will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Law Review. CENTER UPDATES CENTER UPDATESampus buzz

Center on Financial Services Law

The Center on Financial Services Law’s inaugural event was held on March 3, 2009, when Walter Lukken, Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, came to the Law School to deliver a major regulatory policy speech. Commissioner Lukken spoke extensively about his days as Acting Chair of the CFTC in 2007 and 2008, how the Commission dealt with the financial crisis of

2008, and how the U.S. futures markets weathered this financial storm, which saw | the insolvency of Lehman Brothers, a major global futures player. 25 More than 125 participants, including several industry and government officials, leading futures lawyers, and New York Law School faculty and students, attended the forum. This event was the first of many such forums planned for the future. Commissioner Lukken’s speech can be heard in its entirety by going to the Center’s Web site, www.nyls.edu/financecenter.

Launched in 2008–09, the Center on Financial Services Law is intended to establish New York Law School as one of the leading U.S. law schools specializing in this very Top: Featured guest speaker Walter complex and ever-changing area of the law. One goal of the Center is to establish a Lukken (second from left), CFTC Commissioner, with (left to right) series of CLE programs covering all aspects of the global financial services industry NYLS Professors Houman B. Shadab, and to offer these programs on an expedited basis as major events occur globally. In Center Director Ronald H. Filler, and Howard S. Meyers. addition, the Center hopes to provide a forum to allow government and industry Bottom: (left to right) Dean Richard leaders to give policy speeches and to debate, analyze, and discuss current legal, A. Matasar, Professor Filler, and regulatory, business, and economic issues facing the industry. Commissioner Lukken.

Center for International Law

On April 22, 2009, the annual Otto L. Walter Lecture welcomed Hon. Guido Calabresi, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. In a presentation titled “Foreign Law and U.S. Courts: History, Federalism, and Other Thoughts,” Judge Calabresi addressed the fragile structure of federalism and the value of examining and adopting foreign law.

Judge Calabresi said the United States has always been home to people with deep and different values, many of which are connected to geography. For example, during the Civil War, we battled the exercise of slavery, with opposing views coming from the North and South. And today, we debate the legality of capital punishment, abortion, and gay marriage, with differing views concentrated in specific regions.

Judge Calabresi explained that when we formulate national law, we look to each state, whose needs and wants can sometimes be more dissimilar to each other than to that of other countries. Therefore, he argued, “the idea that you can’t look to law Top: (left to right) Professor Sydney outside of yourself . . . is deeply inconsistent with the whole history and structure of M. Cone III, Center Director, with Hon. Guido Calabresi, Senior Judge, this particular country.” U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, at the 2009 Otto L. Walter He proposed that if federalism is to survive in the United States, we must look to Lecture. other federalist countries and learn from the problems they have faced and handled. Bottom: Judge Calabresi speaks about the use of foreign law by U.S. courts at He acknowledged that legal and political context is important in deciding whether to the 2009 Otto L. Walter Lecture. adopt foreign law, but insisted that the range of techniques we can borrow is vast. CENTER UPDATES CEampus buzz NTER UPDATES

Center for New York City Law

At the City Law Breakfast on April 3, 2009, Joel I. Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, gave a stimulating speech on “Education Reform: NYC and the Nation.” Using statistics to describe the racial and ethnic achievement gaps in this country, especially in middle schools, Klein advocated for the inception of a strong and unified political will to make changes in the education system. | Klein began by asking his audience a simple question: “Is there anyone in this 26 room . . . who would randomly allow me to assign your child to a public school in New York City?” Pointing out that no one has ever answered this question positively, Klein admitted that his job will not be done until parents think that every single school in the city is acceptable for their children to attend.

He argued that one of the biggest challenges facing America’s educational system is the lack of equal education opportunities. “Fifty-five years after Brown v. Board and yet, today in America, our children—based on race, poverty, zip code—are not remotely getting an equal education opportunity,” he said. Top: (left to right) Chancellor Joel I. Klein of the NYC Department of Klein spoke about repairing education in America through the New York City Education with Deputy Chancellor Kathleen Grimm ’80 and Dean Matasar Department of Education’s transformative vision, which emphasizes teacher quality, following Klein’s presentation at the April leadership and accountability, choice and competition, and the rewarding of academic 3, 2009, City Law Breakfast. excellence. He expressed optimism about Mayor Bloomberg and President Obama’s Bottom: Professor Ross Sandler, Center Director, presents Chancellor Klein with education reform plans and urged parents to raise their standards, not just for their Professor Annette Gordon-Reed’s book own children but for every child in the nation. The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family at the April City Law Breakfast.

Center for Professional Values and Practice

The Center for Professional Values and Practice explores the various roles attorneys play in American society. One of the most important of these roles is that of government watchdog. In the spring of 2009, the Center invited Professor Frank M. Tuerkheimer to the Law School to present a special four-part lecture on the Watergate scandal and the role lawyers played in that episode of American history. Professor Tuerkheimer narrated the essence of the Watergate story, based largely on the public record as well as his “insider” knowledge of the events as an associate special Watergate prosecutor. Professor Frank M. Tuerkheimer The four lectures, held over a two-week period in March and April, covered the events leading up to the Watergate scandal, the subsequent cover-up, and later investigations of government officials. Professor Tuerkheimer highlighted the vital role of legislative committees in information-gathering and the appointment of an independent prosecutor. He also discussed the workings of the prosecution system and an independent judiciary, and the rarely invoked legislative impeachment process. Taken together, these lectures were essentially about abuse of power and the response to such abuse by the institutions of a healthy democracy, working independently but as part of a larger system of checks and balances.

Frank Tuerkheimer is the Habush-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin and Of Counsel to the Madison, Wisconsin, firm of Godfrey & Kahn S.C. The lecture series was simulcast at the University of Wisconsin Law School. CENTER UPDATES CENTER UPDATESampus buzz

Center for Real Estate Studies

On March 18, 2009, the Center for Real Estate Studies hosted a Breakfast Forum on “Real Estate Workouts in a Securitized World,” exploring the problems faced by borrowers and lenders in today’s economy. Nearly 200 participants attended the Forum, which is part of a regular series of events sponsored by the Center. Professor Andrew R. Berman, the Center’s Founding Director, moderated a panel of experts

that included Michael J. Berey, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, First | American Title Insurance Company of New York; William Campbell, Partner, 27 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP; and Professor Marshall Tracht, Director of the Law School’s LL.M. in Real Estate Program.

“The health of the financial system, and our economy overall, depends onthe ability of mortgage holders, loan servicers, and borrowers to resolve defaulted loans efficiently,” said Professor Tracht. He addressed the fact that although workouts are more difficult to obtain today than in past economic downturns, lenders have since become more experienced in avoiding bankruptcy. He discussed recommendations for avoiding bankruptcy in the future: structural and contractual changes in the Top: Professor Andrew R. Berman, Center Director, addresses the panel at the March private sector and legislative changes and judicial decisions on the public side. 2009 Breakfast Forum on “Real Estate Workouts in a Securitized World.” In his remarks, Campbell explored the issues that arise when senior subordinate loans Bottom: (left to right) William go into default. He suggested investing in new capital to stabilize the capital structure Campbell, Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP; Professor Berman, Center and allowing property cash loans to be reinvested. Campbell also recommended using Director; Professor Marshall Tracht, mezzanine loans rather than A/B notes. Finally, Berey emphasized the need for title Director of the Real Estate LL.M. Program; and Michael J. Berey, General insurance, based on his insider knowledge of mortgage foreclosures, bankruptcies, Counsel and SVP, First American Title and mortgage modifications. Insurance Company of New York. Institute for Information Law & Policy

The State of Play VI Conference was a great success for the Institute for Information Law & Policy, New York Law School, and the virtual worlds community. In conjunction with the Network Culture Project at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication, and with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the conference focused on the startling rise of virtual worlds and multiplayer online games, and whether these worlds have reached a plateau in their development.

Hosted at the Law School from June 18 to 20, 2009, State of Play VI convened top experts, attorneys, and researchers to discuss the current state of virtual worlds and what is left to be discovered. State of Play’s first-ever Graduate Student Symposium featured some 30 students and eight professors discussing the development of virtual worlds research. Highlighting the remarkable quality of student work in this area, this pre-conference symposium examined opportunities for research and careers in the field.

The conference proper included 65 speakers who examined various legal, governance, Top: Professor Dan Hunter, Institute and technical issues relating to online spaces. More than 180 attendees participated in Director, discusses the emerging uses of virtual worlds, and the newest engaging panel discussions and experienced virtual worlds firsthand in the interactive developments in gaming. machinima lounge. A live Web stream simulcast attracted large numbers of people Bottom: The “When Governments watching the conference in Second Life and in other public spaces on the Internet. Come Out to Play” panel discusses how the progress in virtual world technology The end result was a fantastic three days of exchanging ideas, sharing experiences, has invited governments to branch out and anticipating the next State of Play conference. into the medium like never before. CENTER UPDATES HT

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Congratulations to the Center for New York City Law!

The Center for New York City Law was recognized by the Municipal Art Society of New York (MASNYC) with one of its 2009 Annual Awards at the MASNYC annual meeting celebrating “The Best of New York” in July 2009 at the Chelsea Art Museum. In the certificate of recognition, MASNYC salutes the Center for bestowing knowledge and power on the public by “revolutionizing access to New York City’s arcane world of administrative agencies” through its Web site and “highly informative publications,” CityLaw and CityLand.

To learn more about the Center for New York City Law or to subscribe to its publications, please visit www.nyls.edu/citylaw.

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How How I Teach Conflicts ofInterestUnder theNew Marriage Marriage and Its , Alternatives TriBeCa process,” Elbaz says. Originally scheduled to go to press press to go to scheduled Originally says. Elbaz process,” on the day the Iowa Supreme Court decision announced to legalize gay its marriage, the monograph had to be updated to account for that development. The next time the monograph was set to go to press, the Vermont legislature overrode the governor’s veto of a same-sex marriage law, so the book was again revised. Future revisions will appear in an online version that can be found at www.tribecasquarepress.com. TriBeCa Square Press was officially launched in July 2008. Along with PLJ and the New York Law Law , Review School the press is housed within the Academic Publishing, led Office by of Vice President Jethro K. TriBeCa of Director Editorial and Publisher Lieberman, Press. Square “Part of the educational mission of School New York is Law to talk about topics, not law just to and our students, other but to intellectual the large,” Professor world Lieberman at says. “We can now fulfill this mission with TriBeCa Square Press through the use of the printed word, whether in hard-copy form or online.” faculty in Lieberman joined the Law School’s Professor 1985 and has many years of experience in publishing, having served as Legal Affairs Editor of and as general counsel book of publishing a York New company earlier in his career. He is author, or the editor of author, more than 25 co- books and has won the American Bar top Association’s literary prize, the Silver Gavel, twice. One of his books appeared best-seller list. on Weekly Publishers a In addition to Square Press has published Donald H. Zeigler; York City Charter, 2008 and 2009 editions, produced by the School’s Center for New York City Law; and The Winners Are: Authors, Books, and the Prizes They Have , Won a keepsake edition for the 2008 Meeting of the Association Annual of American Law Schools. Lieberman Professor says that in addition to providing an outlet for external writers and faculty major goal authors, of the a press will be to encourage students be will there year, academic 2009–10 the In publish. to three monographs published by students on yet-to-be- determined newsworthy issues. legal is Marriage and Its Alternatives Alternatives Its and Marriage his year, the issue frequently of been same-sex marriage in has the headlines with the , a new series by the Law School’s School’s Law the by series new a , Backgrounders Legal a concise, comprehensive, non-editorial comparison of with forms common-law and traditional its in marriage the emerging alternatives, including civil unions and domestic partnerships. It also features a state-by-state comparison table at the back of the book. “Considering the constant legal changes surrounding same-sex marriage and marriage were many edits alternatives, that had to be there made throughout the controversy controversy over Proposition 8 in California and the legalization of marriage for same-sex couples in Iowa, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire. With all the differing state laws on marriage and related options, Marriage and Its , Alternatives by Jeanine M. Elbaz ’09 for resource valuable a is 2009), Press, Square (TriBeCa who wants to stay informed on this issue. anyone monograph inaugural the is Alternatives Its and Marriage of budding publishing Square house, TriBeCa Press, and who Students (PLJ). Journalism & Law in Program the contribute to the series attend a course conducted by PLJ and modeled on independent study; they choose a newsworthy legal topic and write a 60 manuscript on to the subject 80-page from a non-advocacy point of view. Elbaz has always matrimonial law and been plans to work in the field in interested the in future. She culled family information from write to and various sites, Web sources, nonprofit and government including monograph. 70-page her By LaToya Jordan LaToya By T Jeanine M. Elbaz ’09: M. Elbaz Jeanine Square Press Author from TriBeCa The First Student

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1 . A. Susan J. Abraham A. Susan J. Abraham B. Richard D. Marsico C. Kris Franklin D. David Schoenbrod 9 . loves seeing alternative worlds in literature and TV as a way of exploring current issues of social justice and how our society treats outsiders or “aliens.” We all know New York Law School professors are accomplished academics. But what do they do for do they do what But academics. accomplished are professors School Law York New know all We fun outside of work? What makes them tick? And what crazy adventures have they had in the past? the box. below with the professors listed in Match the fun facts ul r Fac u Yo Know Scholarly Presentations Organized “Third Annual Conference on Trends in New York City Land Use and Real Estate School’s Law the by sponsored conference Development,” CLE for Center Studies, Estate Real for Center New York City Law, and the New York City Law Department, New York Law 2009). School (April Organized and moderated “Real Estate Workouts in a breakfast forum sponsored by the Center Securitized World,” for Real Estate Studies at Law New York 2009). School (March Organized and Redevelopment moderated Department Projects “Major of City Lawyer’s Perspective,” Master Class at with Planning: NYC Counsel, General The Karnovsky, David the Department of City Planning, sponsored by the Center for Real Estate Studies at 2009). Law School (March York New Financing and Regulation “The Presented of Green Buildings” during “Regulating for Sustainability I: Strategies in Policy and Regulation,” a panel at “ELEVATE 2009: Climate Change and Frontiers of the Urban New Development,” the Law of Colorado Law School’s University Review Symposium, Boulder, Colorado 2009). (February Organized and moderated “How Donald Did Trump Build a Condo-Hotel 42–45 in Story SoHo?” Master with Class Richard Landman Professor ’88, of Urban Adjunct Planning at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Service, sponsored by the Center School for Real of Public Estate Studies at New York Law School 2009). (February ] [ Andrew R. Berman United Promoted to full professor (2009). to full professor Promoted Appointed to Investment Council Responsible of the Urban Land Property 2009). (Spring Institute Media References and Appearances Interviewed concerning state to attempts regulate immigration, BNA’s 2009). (March Week Law States Andrew R. Berman Appointments Publications Immigration Law: forthcoming). (LexisNexis, Strategies Problems and Scholarly Presentations Moderated ID Real “False and states on panel a Citizenship,” Claims to compliance at the American Immigration U.S. Lawyers Association’s 2009). (June Vegas Las Conference, 2009 Annual Spoke at the 2009 Judicial Conference for the Education State of Connecticut Judicial Branch on the intersection immigration of law and the state 2009). Conn. (June Hartford, courts, Moderated “Immigration for Prospects and Challenges Process Due Detention: Change,” a panel presented by the New York Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society, New York (April 2009). Moderated “Gender on the Confronting Frontiers: symposium Intersectionalities,” at Columbia Law 2009). (April York New School, a Richard C.E. Beck ][ Richard C.E. [ Lenni B. Benson ] Ricci v. , DeStefano New York Law School Law School Law Law York New amicus curiae brief in U.S. , and the American Civil Liberties Civil American the and , Deborah N. Archer ] [ Deborah N. Lenni B. Benson Appointments Named to the LexisNexis Law Publishing School Advisory Board, term (2009). 2009–10 Chair, Association of Schools (AALS) American section on Immigration Law Law (2009). Chair, Immigration and Naturalization Law Administrative ABA the of Committee (2009). Section and Regulatory Practice Richard C.E. Beck Publications of Treatment Cancelled The Tax Interest and Penalties on Consumer Debt, New York 53 Law School Law Review 1025–1038 (2008–09). Testimonies and Legal Consultation Testimonies Filed an Supreme Court case with Professor Elise C. Boddie (March 2009). Co-hosted “Challenging the School-to- Pipeline,” a Prison symposium sponsored Action Justice Law School’s by York New the Center, Review Union’s Racial Justice Program 2009). (April Selected Selected as a 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar (2009). Elected to the Board of Directors of the national American Civil Liberties Union (2009). Scholarly Presentations Deborah N. Archer Appointments Full-Time Faculty Activities Faculty Full-Time Tong Denise Compiled by semester. our full-time faculty from the spring 2009 represent a sampling of the activities of The following items

| 40 f aculty highlights | 41 f aculty highlights An Georgetown Georgetown Tai-Heng Cheng ] [ Tai-Heng the consultative group for Scholarly Presentations Presented a revised version of the chapter first of his forthcoming International Law book, Paradigm (Oxford University Press), at 2009). (April Tenn. School, Nashville, Vanderbilt Law Publications New Sources of Managerial in Authority Large Law Firms, 22 of Legal Ethics 63 (2009). Journal Projects Proposed two-year ethnographic study of large law firm culturefunding approved by for the Law School Admissions 2009). Council (April Cheng Tai-Heng Appointments Elected to The American Law Institute 2009). (March Joined The project, American Restatement Third, The Law U.S. Law of 2009). Arbitration (May International Institute’s Commercial Elizabeth Chambliss Scholarly Presentations Keynote speaker, first convocationthe on topic of lawyer independence, New the York State Law Fordham Judicial Law, the in Professionalism Institute on 2009). School (June Presenter and panelist, “New of Managerial Sources Authority in Large Association’s at the Law & Society Firms” Law (May Colorado Denver, Meeting, Annual 2009). Michael Botein ] [ Michael Botein The The [ Elizabeth Chambliss ] brief in U.S. Ricci v. , DeStefano New New York Law School [ James Brook ] Lloyd Bonfield ] [ Lloyd Bonfield amicus curiae Supreme Supreme Court case with Professor Deborah N. Archer (March 2009). Robert Robert Blecker Wants Me 2009). (February Dead, Post York New Film Documents Relationship with Death 2009). (February Law Row Journal Law York Inmate, New Professor’s 1041–1055 (2008–09). Review Law Projects Participated in the annual meeting the European of Audiovisual Observatory, 2009). (June France Strasbourg, Participated in the annual meeting the of Rockwood Foundation, 2009). (February Colorado Springs, Colorado James Brook Publications Sales and Publishers, . (Aspen ed. 5th Explanations Leases: 2009). Examples & Lloyd Bonfield Appointments York New of Director Associate Appointed Law School’s Center for Law (2009). International Michael Botein Publications on Working a book on U.S. Internet law forthcoming). Publishers, Academic (Kluwer Federal Regulation Lightspeed: A Tale of Jurisdictional Two of Dilemmas, FIOS 53 and Elise C. Boddie and Legal Consultation Testimonies Filed an Elise C. Boddie ] [ Elise C. Boddie Real Estate Estate Real ABA Journal The New York York New The The Washington Washington The Fails to Peak; to Peak; Fails Mountain excerpted in excerpted Real Estate Transactions, Transactions, Estate Real Real Estate Transactions, Real Transactions, Estate (March (March Times York New The Missouri Missouri Law Review 993 (2007) ] [ Robert Blecker Stanford Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Blecker Explores the Depths of Despair, 2009). (March City Paper Washington An Advocate of Killing Killers One, from Learns 2009). (February Times Robert Blecker Media References and Appearances ‘Blecker’ Deftly Stands Alone on Penalty, Both Death of Sides 2009). (March Post Law Prof Learns from Inmate in ‘Robert Blecker Me Wants Dead,’ 2009). (March Valleys: and Hills 2009). Possible, Is Protocol Injection Lethal New 2009). (February World-Tribune Omaha Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead (2008): Blecker, Robert About All Projects Invited to co-author the next edition of casebook the (LexisNexis, (LexisNexis, Development and Finance, forthcoming). ‘Once a Mortgage, Always a a Mortgage’— ‘Once Mortgage, The Use (and Misuse) Loans and Preferred Equity Investments, of Mezzanine 11 (2005) 76 Finance Finance, Transfer, and Development 2009). West, (8th ed. Risks and Realities of Mezzanine Loans, 72 excerpted in Finance, Finance, and Development (6th ed. 2009). LexisNexis, Publications sponsored sponsored U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Scholarly Presentations Lecturer, moderator, and “Global panelist Markets…What’s at seminar Next?” sponsored a Financial Innovation, Mexico City (June by RiskMathics 2009). Moderated three panels at the Industry Futures Association (FIA) Compliance Law Division’s Conference and on the Regulation of Futures, and Derivatives OTC Products, National Harbor, 2009). Maryland (May Moderated “Standards Manipulation—Past, of Future” at Present, “Fear, Fraud, and the Market Future of Financial and Regulations,” a symposium sponsored by New York Law Center on Business School’s Law & Policy (April 2009). “The Presented Global Current Financial Crisis” during “The Exchange Industry After Lehman,” a panel at the IOCA IOMA/ Annual Conference, by the World Federation of Exchanges, 2009). (April Germany Frankfurt, Moderator, “The Crisis,” Current a panel Financial from at Recent Financial Markets “Lessons Events,” Learned the Commission’s (CFTC) annual strategic planning session, Boca Raton, 2009). (March Florida Ronald H. Filler Appointments Member, ABA Section Law’s Task Force on on Financial Markets Business and Regulatory Reform, a group that is regulation the on paper white a preparing (2009). derivatives of OTC [ Ronald H. Filler ] chapter in for ASIL’s for ASIL’s 60 book out of [ Diane L. Fahey ] one Georgetown Georgetown Journal of Diane L. Fahey Publications Trafficking? Stop Policy Human Can Tax 40 Commented on graduates of foreign law the schools to take the eligibility New York of State affiliated are schools law Bar foreign the when Examination the of meeting a at schools, law U.S. with of the City of New Association of the Bar York’s International Legal Services Task 2009). (Spring Force Presented on the U.S.-Colombia Agreement and (FTA) Trade imperialism Free in FTAs, at a meeting of the Association of the Bar of (February Committee the Trade International City of New York’s 2009). 345 (2009). Law International Javins Javins v. First National , Realty Korngold (G. ed. 2nd , Stories Property and A. Morriss, eds., Foundation Press 2009). Sydney M. Cone III Scholarly Presentations Projects As part of Committee the of five-member the Awards of American Society selected International Law (ASIL), Richard Chused Publications preeminent award for scholarship (Spring for scholarship (Spring award preeminent 2009). Coached New inaugural York Vis Arbitration Law 2009). Moot (Spring team School’s The The Fordham Fordham Sydney M. Cone III ] [ Sydney M. Cone The The Historical An International Temple Temple Law Review Baltic Baltic Yearbook of revised revised and republished in (A. Bjorklund & I. Laird, eds., Richard Chused ] [ Richard Chused Shaping Shaping an Preemptive Force, Obama Doctrine of Publications (forthcoming). Precedent and Control in Treaty Investment Arbitration, 30 International International Law (2007), Journal 1014 Investment Treaty Law III: Current Issues British Institute of Comparative International and Law, 2009). 2009) (February What’s Reasonable Who’s Asking, in Depends International Law, Volume on 2009). Laurin, ed., Brill, 8 (C. Foundations Foundations of World Order: and Tower the , Avena by Douglas M. Johnston, at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law; the presentation will be published in the 2009 of Proceedings the American Society of International 2009). (March Meeting Law Annual “The Global Regulation of Intellectual Property and Its Implications for Legal Theory,” Hong Kong University School 2009). of Law (February Presented the forthcoming first book, chapter of his Presented Presented “The Idea of Law,” at a book discussion featuring the 2009 of the winner ASIL Certificate Creative of Scholarship, Merit for Press), University (Oxford Paradigm Law at Temple University Beasley School of 2009). (February Philadelphia Law,

| 42 f aculty highlights | 43 f aculty highlights (April (April Yale Yale Law “Trademark “Trademark New York Law Law York New Journal Journal of Legal Journal of Internet Internet of Journal [ James Grimmelmann ] The American Constitution American The Penn Penn Intellectual Property Group, 1 (April 2009). 1 (April Publications How to Fix the 12(10) Google Settlement, Book Search Law The Google Book Search Ends, Means, and Settlement: the Future of Books, Brief, Issue Society for Law and 2009). Policy Virtual World Feudalism, 118 Journal Pocket Part 2009). 126 (January 77 Law, Copyright of Visions Ethical The 2005 (2009). Review Law Fordham 53 Dilemma, Google The 939 (2008–09). Review School Law Koans of Equity, 58 James Grimmelmann Scholarly Presentations Lunch ISP Yale Facebook: “Saving at Spoke Grimmelmann,” James with Series Speaker Project, Society Information the by hosted 2009). Law School (April Yale Panelist, “The Problem of Perspective in Law,” at Internet Trademark Law in a Global Economy,” sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Law School 2009). (April Panelist, “Don’t Censor “Intermediaries Search,” in at Society,” a Law the & Information Society symposium, Information Fordham University School 2009). of Law (March Presented “Google and Army of Orphans” the at “Google and Zombie the Future of Higher Education,” the Eighth Scholarly Communication Symposium, 2009). (February University Georgetown 472 (2008). Education The The [ Annette Gordon-Reed ] The The New The Miami The The The Washington The The Washington Post The Plain The Dealer (April Brandt Goldstein ] [ Brandt Goldstein wards and Recognition Appointed Appointed Rutgers Board of Governors The State of History at Rutgers, Professor 2009). (July Jersey of New University Appointed Wallace Stevens of Law at Professor New York Law School (May 2009). Media References and Appearances Only a Brief Pause for Rest, 2009). (June Times York Add Washington Book ‘Hemingses’ Prize Haul, to the 2009). (May Post Sally Meet Jefferson, Matters: Mr. Family History, is Rest The Hemings. 2009). Herald (May Books that Explore Race in U.S. Arts Lead Pulitzers, 2009). (April Go Awards Book Anisfield-Wolf New The to Louise Erdrich, Nam Le and Annette Gordon-Reed, Annette Gordon-Reed A Received several awards for her book Appointments 2009). Hemingses of Monticello: An American An Monticello: of Hemingses Norton, 2008), (W.W. Family including the 2009 Book George Prize Washington (May 2009), the 2009 Book Award (April 2009), Anisfield-Wolf and the 2009 2009). in History (April Prize Pulitzer Received the 2009). (April Guggenheim Fellowship Foundation Memorial The The Doni Gewirtzman ] [ Doni Gewirtzman Futures Futures & University Of University (January Times York New The Committee on the Regulation of Regulation the on Committee Media References and Appearances Over Power on View Obama of Test Early Detainees, 2009). 623–683 (2009). 623–683 Review Law Richmond A Documentary Publishers, (Aspen Court the Storming Companion & M. Land). 2009) (with R. Citron to Obama’s Guantánamo Mistake: Not Closing Gitmo the Right Way, He’s (January 2009). Post Huffington Our Our Founding Commitment, Feelings: and 42 Culture, Constitutional Emotion, Imagination in Brandt Goldstein Publications Projects Attended annual session of strategic the FIA Board planning of (January Florida 2009). Miami, Directors, Doni Gewirtzman Publications Futures Futures and Derivative Instruments, San Rico (January 2009). Puerto Juan, Publications Should (or It Is How and Margin Is What It Be) 2009). (March Report Determined? Law Derivatives 29 Who Has, Jurisdiction or over Who CDS Futures Should & Clearing? Have, Derivatives Law 29 Report (January 2009). Presenter, Presenter, “Current Financial Regulatory Issues,” at Structure Issues,” the Winter Meeting of “Credit ABA the Crisis—Market Yale Yale Harvard Human Harvard William P. LaPiana ] [ William P. LexisNexis Patent Law Commentator on “Labor Flexibility, Legal Flexibility, “Labor on Commentator Reform and Economic Development” at Studies Legal International Vanderbilt the Program’s Spring “The 2009 Law and Politics of Roundtable International Law University Cooperation,” Vanderbilt 2009). (April Tenn. School, Nashville, Moderated “Global Intellectual Property as a Matter of Life or Death,” the Center Lecture Starr C.V. for Law’s International with speaker Ruth Okediji, New 2009). Law School (March York 1 (Winter 1 Law International of Journal 2009). Scholarly Presentations Fiduciary monthly the at speaker Featured Bank Trust, U.S. by presented Roundtable of America Private Management, Wealth 2009). (May York New Publications Choice of Forum in European Litigation, Patent Center (September 2009) Kennedy). (with N. Networking Activism, (forthcoming). Journal Rights Peer Producing (2009). Review Law Human Alberta Rights, 46 A Documentary Publishers, (Aspen Court the Storming Companion & B. Goldstein). 2009) (with R. Citron to Protecting Rights Online, 34 LaPiana William P. Appointments of Office State York New the to Appointed Court Surrogate’s Court Administration’s 2009). Advisory (Spring Committee [ Molly Beutz Land ] Randolph N. Jonakait ] [ Randolph N. Property Rights and Rights Property (G. Ingram and Y. Hong, Hong, Y. and Ingram (G. Seth D. Harris ] [ Seth D. Harris Property Property . Stories 2nd ed. [ Gerald Korngold ] Review South Carolina Law chapter in chapter Real Estate Transactions: Cases Molly Beutz Land Scholarly Presentations Delivered “Human Rights, Copyright, and Culture,” the Clason Western New Lecture, England at College of Law 2009). (April Gerald Korngold Scholarly Presentations Chaired “Globalizing Easements,” a workshop sponsored Conservation by the Lincoln Institute of Cambridge, Land Policy, 2009). Massachusetts (March Publications Sanborn v. McLean: A Strange Tale Inquiry of Notice and Implied chapter Burdens, in (G. Korngold and 2009). Press, Foundation A. Morriss, eds., Aftermath the in Choices Policy and Legal Financing and Mortgage of the Subprime Crisis, 60 727 (2009). Real Estate and Transactions: Materials Cases on Development Land and Transfer, . Finance 5th (Foundation ed. Press, Goldstein). 2009) (with P. Statute, Form and Problem Supplement to and Materials on Development Land and Transfer, . Finance 5th (Foundation ed. Press, Goldstein). 2009) (with P. Private Public the and Initiative Private Balancing Conservation Interest, Easements: . Policies Land eds., Lincoln Institute of Land 2009). Policy, Times Times ] [ Karen Gross Vermont Vermont The The Champion 38 (May Widener Widener Law Review 323 ] [ Lawrence M. Grosberg Stereotypes Stereotypes Confound Jury 2009). Sun (June Baltimore The Selection, Media References and Appearances Randolph N. Jonakait Publications The Rise of the System, 14 American Adversary Seth D. Harris Appointments Named Deputy Secretary of 2009). Department of Labor (Spring the U.S. Media References and Appearances Obama Picks Have State 2009). Union (June Ties, 2009). (Summer Originalism as the Defense Friend: Attorney’s Expanding Sixth Rights, Amendment 33 2009). Karen Gross Media References and Appearances Q&A: Dr. Karen Southern Vermont Gross, College, 2009). (June President, Magazine Business Plenary speaker and at workshop “Legal Education in leader the Arab World: a Perspectives,” Future and Status Current Rule ABA the by co-sponsored conference of Law Initiative and Qatar University’s College of Law, Doha, 2009). Qatar (March Lawrence M. Grosberg Scholarly Presentations

| 44 f aculty highlights | 45 f aculty highlights ’s ’s New New New New York Law 1011–1023 (2008– 1011–1023 Rutgers Law Review Law Rutgers [ Richard A. Matasar ] Richard A. Matasar Scholarly Presentations of on the Future Meditation “A Presented Legal Education: Producing Outcomes” during “Changes in Legal Education,” a Anniversary 25th Lawyers Best the at panel 2009). (April Atlanta Event, Panelist, “Training All-Inclusive Future Lawyers: Approaches Education,” at to Prospectus: “A Law Legal Legal Schools & Frontiers in Education Curriculum, Lawyering, Emerging and the Justice,” Social Publications An Analysis of the Implementation and Impact of the 2004–2005 Amendments to the Community Importance Continuing The Reinvestment Regulations: Act 53 Process, Examination CRA the of 271–292 Review Law School Law York (2008–09) (with J. Silver). Racial Disparities in Subprime Mortgage Home Lending in New York New 53 York Implications, and Meaning City: Review School Law Yoo). 09) (with J. Introduction (Symposium Issue: Community The Reinvestment Relevant Act: at 30?), Still 53 193 (2008–09). Review School Law Centennial Symposium, Rutgers School 2009). (April of Law–Newark Panelist, “The Manager,” at “A Dean Joint Meeting of Law as School Deans and Financial Chief Justices,” 38th the Annual ABA Deans’ (JanuaryScottsdale, Arizona 2009). Workshop, [ Richard D. Marsico ] Kevin Noble Maillard ] [ Kevin Noble New New York Law Jethro K. Lieberman ] [ Jethro K. Lieberman (February 2009). (February Journal Interviewed Radio by Sirius on the effect, if any, of Justice Souter’s retirement on future Supreme Court consideration of 2009). issues (May LGBT Same-Sex Marriage at a Tipping Point? Nation May Have Turned Corner After Iowa Vermont, and D.C. Developments, 2009). Blade (April Washington Man Found Entitled to Inherit Estate of His Same-Sex Partner, Richard D. Marsico Scholarly Presentations Panelist, “CRA CRA,” at the 2009 National Conference 2.0—High hosted Impact by the Reinvestment National Coalition, Community 2009). D.C. (March Washington, The Decennial Supplement, a cumulative cumulative a Supplement, Decennial The one-volume supplement to A his Practical book Constitution (University Companion of California to 2009). 1999) (February Press, the Kevin Noble Maillard Scholarly Presentations Delivered “The Paradox of Sovereignty: Robert the Membership,” Tribal and Race D. and Divide: Leslie-Kay Law’s “Beyond at Justice, to Raven Access Lecture on 21st the in Redress for Strategies Effective Century,” a symposium at UC Berkeley 2009). School of Law (March Jethro K. Lieberman Publications (April (April Arthur S. Leonard ] [ Arthur S. Leonard Advocate The ’ City Room blog Marriage: ‘Too Big to Fail,’ Fail,’ to Big ‘Too Marriage: Cal Supreme Court May Split Decision, Gay City News (March 6, 2009), one of numerous articles January written 1, 2009 between and June 30, 2009 . City News contributor to Gay as Media References and Appearances 2009). (May On a Matter of Marriage in New York, The New Times York 2009). (May Publications 2009). : Three Years Years Three : Robles v. “Hernandez Panelist, Later—How the World Has Changed,” the Forum on the Future of Relationships sponsored in by New York, Same-Sex the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Committee and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, New York 2009). (May Presented “Updates Nationwide” at “Planning for Same-Sex in Planning, Estate Couples: Unmarried and the Other and Order Executive York New the Law Updates in the Law,” a CLE sponsored by the program Association of the Bar York New York, New of City the of Arthur S. Leonard Scholarly Presentations Presented Presented “Ethics in the Representation of Same-Sex Couples” for Same-Sex at and Unmarried Couples: “Planning Probate, Property, and Family Law,” a CLE program hosted by the Association of the Bar of the City New of New York, 2009). (April York The The Government Government BusinessWeek (March Government Government Technology (January Observer York New The Mercato, Mercato, Concorrenza, Regole Beth Noveck’s Beth Wiki Noveck’s Government (Book Review), 2009). (June White House Rolls Initiatives to Out Boost Web Transparency, 2009). (May Post Washington Site, Government Wrestles Media with Records 2009). (May InformationWeek Social Retention Policies, Beth Noveck: Government Transparency Must Deliver 2009). (May Results, Technology Peer-to-Patent: A System for Increasing Transparency, 2009). The Other Big Transition: Change.gov Content Shifts to Noon, Whitehouse.gov at 2009). Rudolph J.R. Peritz Appointments Elected to Executive Board, (ASCOLA), Law Competition for Society Academic Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany 2009). (Spring Scholarly Presentations ASCOLA’s at presented and Co-organized 2009 Annual Common Conference,Washington Ground George at Law?” Competition for “More International 2009). Law School (June University Presented “The Fate of Monopolization” at a conference celebrating the decennial of 2009). (June Italy (MCR), Milan, Section “Can during comments Presented the at panel a Converge?” 82 Article and 5 [ Rudolph J.R. Peritz ] New New The The Wall Street (June Times York New The Stephen A. Newman ] [ Stephen A. [ Beth Simone Noveck ] Beth Simone Noveck Appointments Named head of the White House Open Initiative Government and Deputy Chief Officer forTechnology theUnited States 2009). (Spring Media References and Appearances Obama Administration Launches Spending Tracker, IT Media References and Appearances Broker Fiduciary Plan Favors Investors, 2009). (June Bloomberg.com Says, Roper Stephen A. Newman Publications 1960 Campaign Kennedy’s From John F. Speech to Christian Supremacy: Religion in Modern Presidential Politics, 53 2009). (June Journal Ideas Online, Yes, but Presidential, Some Not So 2009). Howard S. Meyers Scholarly Presentations Spoke about New securities York a at Clinic Arbitration Securities Law School’s arbitration roundtable at Fordham Law 2009). (May York School, New Moderated “The Changing Landscape of Financial Regulation: Improving Market Transparency,” at “Fear, the Fraud, Future of and Financial Regulation,” symposium a sponsored by Law New York Policy & Law Business on Center School’s 2009). (April 691–733 Review Law School Law York (2008–09). preLaw ] [ Howard S. Meyers The Wall Wall Street The The Chronicle The of (S. Ceci and W. Williams, Williams, (S. W. Ceci and Why Why Aren’t More Women ’s Law Blog (April 2009). (April Law Blog ’s Yale Yale Journal of Law and Chicago Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Carlin Meyer ] [ Carlin Meyer Publications Review of in Science? Top Researchers Debate the Evidence Association, eds., American Psychological 2006), (forthcoming). Feminism Carlin Meyer Projects and Compassion for fund-raiser a Hosted Choices, which supports autonomy and dignity in end-of-life decision making; continues to serve as a member organization’s of the legal committee 2009). (May Continues to serve the as Center for President (2009). Education Inter-American of Legal Journal Most Innovative Law Schools, (Winter 2009). Media References and Appearances Academic Freedom Comes Under Fire at Law-School Clinics, 2009). (June Higher Education Cost of Law School Can Be Contained: Dean, 2009). (May ‘Best Lawyers’ Panels Agree Retooling, Law.com Need Schools, Firms that Law 2009). (April ‘Best Law Talk Lawyers’ Schools and the Good Life In-House,

| 46 f aculty highlights | 47 f aculty highlights amicus Cochran Cochran Algodonero Algodonero v. Mexico Ross Sandler ] [ Ross Sandler Akron Akron Law Review New York University York New Journal Journal of Investigative Fordham Fordham Law Review 1731– amicus curiae on a brief filed in the New York University Environmental Environmental University York New Psychology Psychology and Offender Profiling 59–88 (2009) (with A. Birgden Gledhill). & K. “His Brain Has Been Mismanaged with Great Skill”: How Will Jurors Respond to Neuroimaging Testimony in Insanity Defense Cases? 42 885–914 (2009). “The Witness Who Saw/He Left Little Doubt”: A Comparative Consideration in Mental Disability of Testimony Expert Law Cases, 6 Ross Sandler Publications Air Pollution: Building on the Successes, 17 Law Journal 284 & J. Schwartz).Schoenbrod (2008) (with D. Rebecca Roiphe Publications Regulating Discourtesy on the A Bench: Study in the 64 Independence, Evolution of Judicial Annual Survey of American Law 497 (2009) (with B. Green). Lawyering at Representation of Tom Mooney, 1916– the 1939, 77 Extremes: The 1762 (2009). Projects Spent two weeks International Human Rights and Mental in Israel Haifa’s of University the in Law Disability teaching Senior Fulbright a as Program Law Global presentations made there, while Specialist; and met with numerous faculty members about potential online partnerships with Law School (January 2009). York New On behalf of the International Disability Mental Law Project of New Law York School’s Justice Action Center, as joined Supreme Court of Kentucky, in v. ; Commonwealth also joined as curiae on a brief in in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2009). Rebecca Roiphe ] [ Rebecca Roiphe Aggression Aggression & Michael L. Perlin ] [ Michael L. Perlin Violent Violent Behavior 256 (2009) (with A. Birgden). Publications the Meets Valley the in Home the “Where Damp Dirty Prison”: A Human Rights Therapeutic on Jurisprudence Perspective and the Role of Forensic Psychologists in Correctional Settings, 14 Michael L. Perlin Scholarly Presentations Presented “The Impact of the New U.N. Convention on Global Human Rights Issues” to the staff 2009). (June Watch of Human Rights “Online Presented Distance Education as of Change Tool a in Fusing International Human Rights, Mental Disability Law and Clinical Education” at International Human the Rights 2009 Clinicians Conference, UC Berkeley School of Law 2009). (March Presented Potential “Outlaws Impact with of Persons of Rights the on Convention the Inside?—The New Disabilities U.N. for Persons Institutionalized Because of Mental Disabilities, and Its and Implications for the Psychosocial Future of International Human Rights Nations United the on seminar a at Law,” with Persons of Rights the on Convention Disabilities: Global and hosted Local by Views, the York New Nations, Permanent United the to Finland Mission of 2009). (March Presented “‘And I See Access to Experts,Brain’: Competency to Through Your Antipsychotic of Impact the and Consent, the in Cases Neuroimaging in Medications at Process,” “Neuroscience Trial Criminal and the of Courts: Advances The in conference Neurotechnology,” Implications at a 2009). (February Stanford Law School Presented “Is It the Dawn Era? The of Potential Impact a of New the U.N. New Convention on Domestic Mental Disability Law” to the Disability Rights Association of Tulane University 2009). (February Orleans School, New Law FTC:Watch (J. Drexl, ed., Larcier, Southern Methodist International Review of Review International (June 2009). (June Technology Technology and Competition— 2009). Generics Keep to Payments Makers’ Drug Out of the Market: Why Be They’re to Legal, What’s and Be, Shouldn’t They Why Done (op-ed), published in and 2009) (July Competition and Property Intellectual Law ConfidentialBrussels—Antitrust in America: CommuniquéFugitive on the Run, 62 from 621 (2009). Review Law Publications Intellectual Property and Human Rights: A Comparative Perspective (Edward forthcoming 2010) (Co-editor). Elgar Publishing Thinking Space, and about Time Ltd., in Schumpeter and Arrow Economic Progress: in Technologie Contributions in et Honour of Hanns de L’Honneur en Ullrich—Mélanges Concurrence: Hanns Ullrich 10th Annual Conference of the American the of Conference Annual 10th Antitrust Institute, Washington, 2009). (June D.C. at Panelist, Epistemology,” “Antitrust the Colloquium, Antitrust Loyola Annual 9th Law, of School Chicago University Loyola 2009). Chicago (May Presented “Property Rights: The Dark Matter in Vertical Restraints Doctrine,” at the 2009 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Act Sherman the Workshop, Under Maintenance “Resale the Federal Trade Commission,” Price FTC Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (May 2009). Lectured on competition intellectual policy property and at College, Queen University Mary of the University London, of and Essex; colloquium panelist on at corporate a responsibility and the human right to medical care at 2009). of Essex (March the University (A. Law and Law Studies in Law, in Chapter 9 in 9 Chapter Panelist, Panelist, “Matters of Conscience: When Moral Precepts Collide Policy,” at the with Center on Religion Public and Culture at Fordham University 2009). (April Publications Treatise On Legal Visual Semiotics (Springer, forthcoming) Wagner). (with Imagining A. Law as Film: Representation Reference? without Simon James F. Scholarly Presentations Presented “Lincoln and Roger Chief B. Taney,” Justice as part of “President Abraham Lincoln, the Constitution and the Supreme Court,” the Supreme Court 2009 Leon Historical Society’s Silverman bicentennial the celebrating Series Lecture of birth, Lincoln’s U.S. Supreme Court, 2009). D.C. (April Washington, Nadine Strossen Scholarly Presentations Scholarly Presentations Presented “Criminal Predators and What to Do Them: About Popular Imperatives from Screen-Based “Therapeutic Jurisprudence as Reality” Screen- Based Reality” at the 31st Congress and the of International Academy of Law and Mental Health, NYU Law School (June– 2009). July Chair and panelist, “Law and Visuality: An Interdisciplinary the 12th Approach” Annual Conference Association of the Study of Culture Law, at for the and the Humanities, Suffolk University 2009). Law School, Boston (April the Humanities: An Introduction Introduction An Humanities: the Sarat, Sarat, M. Anderson, & C. Frank, eds., 2009). Press, Cambridge University What Screen Do You Have Contesting in the Mind? Visual Context of and Law Film Studies, Politics, and Society (A. Sarat, 2009). Elsevier, ed.,

, Nadine Strossen ] [ Nadine Strossen Los Toxic Toxic amicus curiae International International The Washington Washington The Horne Horne , v. Flores filed Daily Daily Journal (July Democracy Democracy by Decree: James F. Simon ] [ James F. Richard K. Sherwin Appointments Board, Editorial Member, (2009). Publishing Springer Roundtables International member, Board of Law (2009). for the Semiotics Journal Journal for the Semiotics of Law in the United States Supreme Court. Was Was Court. Supreme States in the United among the co-authors of an Citations His book What Happens When Courts Government Run (Yale University 2003) (with R. Sandler) was cited Press, in the majority opinion in brief urging the position adopted by the (2009). majority (with R. Sandler) Referenced in Lydia Denworth’s Truth: A Scientist, a Doctor, and the Battle over Lead (Beacon Press, the get to 1970s the in work his for 2009) Environmental Protection Agency to cut 2009). lead in gasoline (March Media References and Appearances Control: Local Shapes Ruling Court High California Officials toSeek Relief from Court Oversight, 2009). On Earth Day, Think Thoreau, Projects Has discussed Breaking the Logjam, the environmental project cosponsored by New York Law School and NYU School, at numerous briefings on Capitol Law with Hill, the Council on Environmental Quality, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Committee of Environmental the Association of the Bar Law of the City of University Yale New York; Press has also accepted for publication a book he will co-author about the project 2009). (Spring 2009). (April Times Angeles Warming Regulate to Obama Presses EPA Under Clean Air Act, 2009). (March Post amicus ] [ Richard K. Sherwin Horne Horne v. , Flores Environmental Environmental Daily Daily Journal (July Case Western Law Democracy Democracy by Decree: brief urging the position adopted New York University Environmental Environmental University York New ] [ David Schoenbrod 863 (2008). Review Publications Air Pollution: Building on the Successes, 17 Sandler R. (with (2008) 284 Journal Law & J. Schwartz). The Breaking the Logjam University New York Project, Environmental 17 Herman, C. (with (2008) 1 Journal Law Wyman). & K. R. Stewart, Unsettled Expectations: on Four Views of Reflections the and Common Law the Issue: Environment Common (Symposium Law Protection), 58 Environmental Panelist, Panelist, “The Constitutional Legacy of the New Deal,” at “Brother, Can Spare a You Trillion? Lessons from the New conference a Depression,” Great and Deal at the Cato Institute, Washington, D.C. 2009). (June Panelist, “The New Regulatory Climate: Obama the in Regulation Gas Greenhouse Administration,” a symposium co-hosted University’s York New by David Schoenbrod Scholarly Presentations Law Journal and Environmental Law 2009). (March Society Citations His book Court. Supreme States United the in filed Was among the co-authors of an curiae by the majority (with D. Schoenbrod) (2009). Appearances Media References and Control: Local Shapes Ruling Court High California Officials to Seek Relief from Court Oversight, 2009). What Happens When Courts Government Run (Yale University 2003) (with D. Schoenbrod) was cited in Press, the majority opinion in

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At At the American Society of International Law (ASIL) 103rd participated Annual in the Meeting, Transitional Justice Meeting, Group of Law Interest and Rule and spoke on a panel titled “Changing Concepts 2009). D.C. (March Washington, of State Spoke Sovereignty,” before Transitional Justice Oxford Research and Seminar was a panelist on University’s “The Hart-Fuller Debate 50 Years On,” Jurisprudence Discussion hosted Group, Oxford by the 2009). (March University Panelist, “Ad Hoc Tribunals Globalization and the of Transitional at Justice” “Transitional Justice: Tribunals War and Crimes Establishing of the Law in Rule Post-Conflict Countries,”symposium sponsored a by the Fordham at Journal Law International 2009). (February York Law School, New Presented “Humanity’s Law” “Justice, on Conflict the andpanel, and Globalization” was the “Transitional discussant for the Justice: Criminal Law and International Criminal the Court” International panel International Studies Association Annual at the 2009). (February 2009 York New Convention, Mark Webbink Media References and Appearances Square Trolls Off in Against Tech Patent Reform Fight, 2009). eitel (Oxford University University (Oxford Law Humanity’s Ruti G. T Scholarly Presentations Presented Globalized,” during Back from “Stepping “Transitional the opening Justice,” plenary Transitional session at Justice “Taking Stock of Transitional Justice,” an sponsored international by Justice Oxford Transitional conference Research at Oxford 2009). University (June Panelist, “Transitional Justice in Israel: Paths to Reconciliation?” University, at Ramat Bar-Ilan Gan, 2009). Israel (June Genealogy,” Justice “Transitional Presented a plenary lecture and at Reconciliation “Civil Perspective,” an international conference in Society (June Economics of Comparative School London the at 2009). Lectured on “Transitions in as Conflict” part of the LL.M. in Human Rights Law program at the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, 2009). (May Ireland Northern Belfast, Mechanisms as “Prosecutions in Participated discussion roundtable a Accountability,” of at “Accountability After Mass Atrocity: Latin American and African Examples in Comparative Perspective,” a conference sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009). D.C. (May Washington, Presented Chapter 4 of her forthcoming book Projects Taught a pilot program for community college professors to encourage them to include First Amendment elements their in courses, jointly sponsored by National the Coalition Against Censorship and the ACLU, Hartford, Conn. (May 2009). Press, 2009) at the Beasley University Temple Colloquium at International Law 2009). (April Philadelphia Law, of School the Mark Webbink ] [ Mark Webbink Ruti G. Teitel ] [ Ruti G. Teitel Delivered Delivered “Current Challenges to Free Speech,” the Horatio Ellsworth University Lecture, Visitors Distinguished Kellar of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis 2009). (April Presented Constitutional Civil Liberties” a as part of the Chapman “Conversation Dialogues Distinguished Lecture on Series, School Chapman of Law, Orange, University Calif. 2009). (March Participated in “Should Be Regulated?”, a Pornography debate with Harvard Law School Professor Diane Rosenfeld, sponsored by the Federalist Society 2009). (March Law School Harvard at Undergraduate Columbia the to Lectured Scholars Program Dialogue” “Transformative lecture series, as 2009). (February part Columbia University of its Presented “The Supreme the Obama Court Administration” as and part “Politics, of Ethics & 2008–2009 Citizenship,” Lecture Muhlenberg College Center Series for Ethics, 2009). (February Penn. Allentown, at the Participated in “The Great with issues Amendment Debate,” First of discussion a Matsuda, Mari Professor Law Georgetown Union Student sponsored by the Pomona at Pomona College, Claremont, 2009). (February Calif. Participated in a public with policy Kenneth Starr, Dean of Pepperdine debate at the National School of Law, University Religious Broadcasters 2009 Convention (February Tenn. & Exposition, Nashville, 2009). Addressed the Inaugural Conference, Presidential Envision organized EMI; made two Youth by presentations discussing issues about Court the and Supreme constitutional new law administration, Washington, in D.C. the (January 2009). chapter in Garraway Garraway v. Goord (April 2009) and Fundamentals Fundamentals of 2009–10 Immigration Law Edition (AILA 2009) Publications, (with R. Mendoza, M. Saenz-Rodriguez, & Willmoth). J. Thomas D. Hughes ’85 Publications Viewing the Role of General Counsel for a Property-Casualty Insurance Company in a Universe, Non-Mechanistic Companies: Insurance of Needs Legal the Understanding Leading General Counsel on Meeting Compliance and Decisions, on Corporate Advising Standards, Regulatory the (Inside Strategies Defense Litigation Developing and Kennedy, D. Keller, S.L. Bojczuk, S. (with 2009) (West, Minds) & G. Kolander). and Legal Consultation Testimonies Briefed and orally argued an appeal Department Appellate Division, that First resulted in the return in the Supreme Court, of approximately $3.4 million in damages to Greater York New Insurance Cos. Earlier, he successfully briefed and argued appeal in the an same case that resulted in the vacatur of an $18.5 million verdict against Greater Insurance New York Cos. and a for a new damages trial (2009). remand William Jannace ’92 Scholarly Presentations Panelist, “Broker-Dealer “Fundamentals of Broker-Dealer Regulation Regulation—An 2009,” a program Overview,” presented by at the Practising Law 2009). Institute, New York (June SEC Faculty, Capital Market Development, Enforcement, and Oversight Training Program; “Broker-Dealer Regulation,” Broker-Dealer and presented “SRO including on various Compliance topics and Supervision,” “Broker-Dealer Examinations and Enforcement,” “Market 2009). (June Romania Bucharest, Governance,” Oversight,” and “Corporate César de Castro ’00 Publications Sorting Out the 2009). (March Journal Law York Law Corporations, New on Homicide Prosecutions Against Lisa Fleischmann and Legal Consultation Testimonies Appeals of Court U.S. the before cases corpus habeas two Argued for the Second Circuit: 2009). Ricks (June v. Henry The Rape of Navigating Navigating the chapter in Publications Not Like It’s the “Greencard”: to Movies—How Really Prepare Your Client for Interviews Permanent Based Residence on and Marriage, Naturalization Lindsay A. Curcio Scholarly Presentations Comes Then Love, Comes “First panelist, and leader Discussion Marriage, Then Comes the N-400 Application” at Annual the 2009 American Immigration Lawyers 2009). (June Vegas Las Conference, Association (AILA) The The Founding Fathers Reconsidered (Oxford University 2009). Press, Judith Bresler ’74 Scholarly Presentations of Committee Resolution Dispute Alternative the of co-chair As the New State York Bar Entertainment, Association’s Arts, and Sports Law Section, organized the MCLE program “Mediation by Freeze Frame,” hosted New by York Withers Bergman, LLP, 2009). (May “Copyright: and Transactions” Art in Risks Hidden “The Panelist, Artist” in Owner the v. Breakfast and Conversation series at the 2009). (March York New Armory Show, art of works great Europe’s of plundering the discussing Panelist, II after War a during screening World of the movie Publications , Europa sponsored by Friends of FAI (the Italian-based U.S. cultural wing heritage of preservation the group Fondo l’Ambiente per Italiano) and Withers Bergman 2009). (February LLP, New York Presented “‘Let Us Dare to Read, Think, Speak, and Write’: John John Write’: and Speak, Think, Read, to Dare Us “‘Let Presented Armory” Constitutional and Political as Reading of Uses Adams’s at “John Adams and Thomas Jefferson: Libraries, Leadership, and Legacy,” a conference co-sponsored by the Massachusetts H. Robert the and Library, Public Boston the Society, Historical Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies of Thomas the 2009). Boston (June Foundation, Jefferson Faculty member, “The 21st Jefferson Symposium: America, Jefferson’s America’s Jefferson,” hosted by Virginia’s the School University of of Continuing 2009). (June Virginia Charlottesville, and Professional Studies, Compiled by Denise Tong Denise Compiled by our adjunct faculty from the spring 2009 semester. represent a sampling of the activities of The following items R.B. Bernstein Scholarly Presentations Adjunct Faculty Activities Faculty Adjunct

| 50 f aculty highlights | 51 f aculty highlights United United Haulers University of United States v. Ahmed v. States United 1 Record Law Rutgers Northwestern University Law Law University Northwestern Association, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management 2009). (June Authority Supreme Supreme Court’s April 30, 2007 holding in 517 (Spring 2009). Reform 517 (Spring of Law Michigan Journal Obama’s Big Deal; The 2009 33 Crossroads, the at Law Federal Employment Stimulus; Labor and 2009). (March A Lawyer’s Worst Nightmare; The Story of a Lawyer and His Both Criminally Charged Because the Were Who Clients Nurse 103 Mass, En Resigned Nurses 317 (2009). Colloquy Review Publications Counseling Charities Experiencing the Effects of the Recession, 2009). (April Journal Law York New Oversees Power Property Sales by Court Religious ‘Veto’ Firms, (January Journal 2009). Law York New Hon. Rosalyn H. Richter Appointments Appointed Associate Justice of the New York Court, State Supreme Appellate Division, Third the to appointed First Garry, Elizabeth and she Paterson; David Department, by Governor people LGBT openly first the became day, same the Department 2009). appellate court (March York to be appointed to a New Mitchell H. Rubinstein Publications Duty of Fair Representation Jurisprudential Reform: The Need and to Adjudicate Disputes in Tribunals Internal Review Union the Forgotten Remedy of Re-Arbitration, 42 David G. Samuels Scholarly Presentations “Underwater Endowments: with Swimming UMIFA, Presenter, of Group Planning Philanthropic the at UPMIFA,” and cy-pres, York New Day, Giving Planned Annual 17th York’s New Greater 2009). (May David Raskin ’94 Legal Consultation and Testimonies Office Attorney’s States United the for prosecutor lead as Serving in York for the of District Southern New Khalfan ; Ghailani Ghailani is charged with participating in Al 1998 in Kenya and Tanzania in embassies U.S. on attacks Qaeda (2009). Vinluan Vinluan v. ,” Doyle a (March (March Week Pricing Transfer Testimonies and Legal Consultation Testimonies Chosen of Board Jersey) (New County Sussex the before Testified Freeholders in support of the reinstitution of solid waste flow control in Sussex County; presented an analysis of the U.S. Scholarly Presentations Co-organizer, “EPA Enforcement and Regulatory Priorities in the Obama Administration,” a CLE program presented by the ABA Section of Litigation; moderator of program panel “Green Remediation and Climate Change,” New 2009). (March York Law School Thomas H. Prol ’01 Appointments Re-elected to the of Board the of Trustees New Jersey State Bar Amicus NJSBA the of Vice-Chair also is he (NJSBA); Association Committee and a member 2009). Committee (May Committee and its Legislative of its Finance and Operations forum presented by the Education Law Society 2009). (March University at St. John’s and Legal Consultation Testimonies prosecution the stop to prohibition of writ a obtained Successfully by of New Suffolk York, 10 County, nurses and their lawyer; it was the first successful prohibition of a pending prosecution in many decades (January 2009). Guest Guest speaker, “Catch 22? The Case of Media References and Appearances Lawyer Cannot Be Prosecuted for Giving Advice, Panel Finds, (January Journal 2009). Law York New Scholarly Presentations on Series Conference Annual Sixth speaker, and member Faculty U.S. Pricing 101, International Transfer hosted by the Council 2009). (July York New Inc., Education, Tax for International Oscar Michelen ’85 Scholarly Presentations Marc M. Lewis ’95 Appointments 2009). (May Inc. Diageo, Tax, of President Vice Senior to Advisory Board, Appointed 2009). Panelist, “U.S. Panelist, Securities Regulation,” at a training program for 2009). Commission (June Securities the Ontario New New chapter in Seattle University Seattle (P. Cronin, ed., National Defense (P. Best-Seller List for four for List Best-Seller Times York New

(Thomas Nelson, 2009) (with 2009) Nelson, (Thomas Betrayal of Face emkin inegrad aipale wards and Recognition Her first novel, novel, first Her the on was Henry), A. 2009). (April weeks Appointments 2009). (June & Greengrass Wollan Cotton Counsel, Mound Of Publications Coverage Conflicts for Retained Insurance Defense 2009). (July Journal Law Counsel, York New Alan V Scholarly Presentations Presented “The European Convention on Academy of Human the Rights,” General Procuracy of St. 2009). (June Petersburg, Russia Presented “Concluding the Investigation: Disclosures to Third Parties,” during “Internal Investigations 2009: How Practising to the by Protect presented program a Company,” or Clients Your 2009). (June York New Law Institute, Publications Prevention, Alternatives, with Balloon Prison the Deflating 2009). (April Journal Law York Lis Wiehl Publications K.A. T Scholarly Presentations Delivered “Deconstructing Cyberpower,” a lecture at the U.S. 2009). (April Rhode Island College, Newport, War Naval Presented “The Impact of Security Role in a Global Changing Strategic World: “America’s the Information Revolution” at Strategic National for Institute the by hosted 2009,” Assessment Studies at the National Defense Washington, D.C. University, 2009). (April Publications Power to the Edge: New Threats, New Responses, America’s Security Role in a Changing World: Global Assessment Strategic 2009 2009). Press, University Barry R. T A Award Writing Distinguished Walter L. Otto 2009 the Received Conduct- Investigations: Undercover in Deception article his for Analysis, 32 Ethical vs. Status-Based Based 2009). 2008) (May 123 (Fall Review Law The The Defending chapter in Lawton W. Squires ’83 Lawton W. Publications Fred, the Breeding Bull, and Its Effect on Dog under Attack New Cases York State Domestic Animal Liability Defendant (forthcoming 2009). Law, Presented Presented “Outward and of Visible Ways New Courtroom: the in “Imagery during Predictability” Signs International the and of Congress 31st the the of panel Desire a Evidence,” Seeing for Academy of Law and Mental Health, NYU Law School (June 2009). Technology,” and “Courts during Beneath” Lies “What Presented a panel at “Disputes, Technology and Boundaries Law: Expanding of the International Forum on Online Online Dispute Resolution, University Dispute 2009). (June Israel of Haifa, Resolution,” the 2009 Chaired “Cinema in the Streets” and “Roundtable: Out of the Ashes, 9-11,” panels at the Association for the Study of Culture, and 12th the Annual Humanities’ Conference, Suffolk Law, 2009). Law School, Boston (April University Christina Olsen Spiesel Scholarly Presentations Presented Presented “Regulating Greenwashing: Is a Government Greater Necessary?” Role at “Greenwashing: for The Realities a Business in Practices Green of the Promoting Corporate World,” Baruch at Business of School Zicklin the by presented conference 2009). (April York of New College-City University “Green and Green,” Building from Learned “Lessons Moderator, Building Laws and Investment Building: Opportunities,” New at Requirements “Green presented by and Schulte Roth & Incentives,” Zabel New LLP, York (January a 2009). seminar Presented “Deal Flow to Foreclosure, Environmental Issues in Bankruptcy, Wall Street to Main Market,” and Street moderated in “Pre- and a Post-Environmental Due Downturned Diligence for Bank Regulatory Workouts/Foreclosures, Agency Changes,” at the Environmental Bankers (January Carolina 2009). meeting, Charlotte, North Association winter Divided Supreme Court Extends Reach of Confrontation Clause, Confrontation of Reach Extends Court Supreme Divided (with J. Mendelsohn). 2009) (July Journal Law York New “Representation Proof Prior Government’s to the Indictment,” Attacking Cases: Criminal Federal 2009) (with B. Santangelo). Press, ed., Law Journal (D. Parker, ’84 Schnapf Lawrence P. Scholarly Presentations Harry Sandick Publications

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| 55 55 c ommencement 2009 Dateline NBC with Tom , Brokaw and Tom Dateline NBC with Life on the Color Line: The True Story of Story True The Line: Color the on Life , Oprah s parents, significant others, family, and friends of the Class of 2009 walked into Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Lincoln at Hall Fisher Avery into walked 2009 of Class the of friends and family, others, significant parents, s of video a by greeted were they commencement, 117th School’s Law York New for 2009 15, May on Center A members of the graduating class thanking them for their outstanding support during their law school careers. support class thanking them for their outstanding members of the graduating during their law school careers. 470 including graduated, who students 483 the of behalf on gratitude of gesture small a was video out” “shout The J.D. candidates, 12 candidates for the and LL.M. one in Taxation, candidate for the M.A. in Mental Disability Law Studies. Commencement speaker Gregory H. Williams, President of the City College of New York (CCNY), received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. In his remarks, he stressed the importance of first-ratefor legalall people, describing assistance the lack of legal help available to his poor black family when he was growing up in the South. He told the story of how at the age of 10, he his discovered father was a black man passing for white. He memoir, best-selling and award-winning his in experience his documented (Dutton, 1995). As a result of his autobiography, President Williams has Williams President autobiography, his of result a As 1995). (Dutton, Black Was He Discovered Who Boy White a been featured on numerous national television programs, including . Times the Los Angeles by Year” the book was selected as “Book of the 1995, Larry. In King Live Williams President told the graduates: “The day you graduate from law school is an excellent day to remember why you wanted to become a lawyer in the first place. I believe that thevast majority ofyou were motivatedby the opportunity to serve your communities, and no matter what kind of law you practice…you will At have opportunity. the that end of the you day, will judge your own success against that first inspiration, the ideal that going tomorrow. compelled as to you to worked as have work you get today hard and here you’re to get wherever As you I graduate urge today, you to always remember that each and every one of you has the ability to make a that opportunity.” from shrink to never life, and I urge you in another person’s difference Williams has President earned five degrees, including a J.D.University, Washington andPh.D. from theGeorge previously years, 30 than more for administrator university a been has He doctorates. honorary three holds he and serving in a variety of posts at the George the Washington University, University of Iowa, and the Ohio State By LaToya Jordan LaToya By Zygmunt Wilf ’74, Wilf ’74, Zygmunt School Recognizes Law New York and Students Williams, and Faculty Gregory H. at 117th Commencement

| 56 c ommencement 2009 | 57 c ommencement 2009 * As of November 1, 2009, Williams became President of the University of Cincinnati. of the University became President Williams 1, 2009, * As of November University. Immediately University. prior to becoming the 11th president of CCNY, he was Dean of the * Law School University. State of Law at the Ohio and Carter C. Kissell Professor of Medal Honor was Wilf awarded ’74, to an Zygmunt attorney The at President’s the Wilf Law President Firm, The Club. Football Vikings Minnesota the of Owner Principal and Developers, Estate Real Homes Garden the of award, which acknowledges the most Law outstanding School’s and accomplished alumni and its most generous Board School Law York New the of Chairman ’59, Abbey N. Arthur alumnus fellow by presented was benefactors, Trustees. of Wilf earned a B.A. in economics from Dickinson Fairleigh in University 1971. He is a member of the executive committee of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a member of the board of trustees University. of Yeshiva Wilf the trusteeof a is and AdvisoryBoard Studies Estate Real for Center School Law York New servesthe on He Foundation. Family given to awards also featured ceremony and as faculty The students, by well commencement as delivered remarks a full list see of recipients, of (For award pages Divisions. both student 59–61.)the representatives Day and Evening Division. Ciric of the Evening and Pierre Zachary Division by of the Day A. Kerner delivered were remarks Student Kerner said, is completed “Graduation a three years day of to rigorous legal celebrate; training. we’ve In minutes we’ll be alumni of Law New York School, an institution with a rising profile and a brand new building. And despite the occupies a special place in American society.” that a profession entering we are us, financial insecurity swirling around in times uncertain these in skill special very a shown has that class evening this is “It graduates, fellow his told Ciric proven has that class evening this is It schedule. school the and commuting, job, a life, family managing of face the that be well very may it lawyers, future as learned have we skills the all Amongst way. a is there will a is there where show of resilience and resolve that will be the critical talent we will bring to enhance the legal profession and to a vibrant part that it trulydream.” of the American remains ensure | 58 58 c ommencement 2009 | 59 c ommencement 2009 Left to right: Erin Rose Olshever Thomas J. Bassolino Left to right: Michelle Paula Tonelli Kristopher Thomas Ferranti Left to right: Zachary A. Kerner Carmine J. Guiga Professor Donald H. Zeigler Faculty Awards: Left to right: Professor Annette Gordon-Reed Professor Kenneth C. Kettering Adjunct Professor Barry R. Temkin Student Awards: Robert S. Trisotto The r d s a w A p e c r i t i n g

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| 64 a a lumnilumni events events | 65 a lumni events Reception ork State Bar April 29, 2009: Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture April 29, 2009: Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture Interest Public Shainwald Sidney 2009 the to guests welcomed Matasar A. Richard Dean 2009, 29, April On The desire Law School. York at held New being lecture of interest a public on the appropriateness by commenting to help others, which the dean often refers to as part of the “DNA” of the Law School, was the same impetus that Lecture. and is the founding principle of the Shainwald in his life and career, Shainwald Sidney inspired The Honorable Jack B. U.S. Weinstein, District Court, Eastern District of was New York, the keynote speaker for this year’s lecture and spoke passionately about equality and the law. The for social justice. ’76 in honor of her husband, an impassioned advocate Shainwald lecture was established by Sybil On On January 29, 2009, Dean Richard A. Matasar and a the reception New for York Law alumni School and Alumni friends Association at hosted the New York annual Marriott Association’s Marquis meeting. during Special the congratulations 2009 were Law New extended York New for York rate pass State to record a achieved takers Bar First-time exam. bar the York Class New 2008 July the on performance of 2008 for its outstanding in attendance. were than 100 alumni and friends More School of 94.1 percent. January 29, 2009: New Y January 29, April 30, 2009: The Class of 2009 Cocktail Party April 30, 2009: The Class of 2009 Cocktail This year’s graduation party, held night a on for Center Events April the in gathered 30, guests their and 2009, students 400 than was More the Broadway. firstWest 185 toat building be held in the Law School’s brand-new of festivities, which included a DJ and an endless array of hors The d’oeuvres. party was open to all members of of charge. the graduating class and their guests, free April 22, 2009: Alumni Association Board Meeting Alumni Association April 22, 2009: students first-year Ten meeting. board ordinary no was 2009 22, April on Meeting Board Association Alumni The attended and received the Eric Yee Alumni Community informational conducted student 1L every curriculum, Honorary Development Professional the of Award part As attorneys. alumni for writing outstanding profiles of interviews with three attorneys the over course Studentsof then their wrotefirst a semester. profile on one of the selected were profiles 25 top the and alumni, and staff, faculty, of panel a by read were pieces student All attorneys. as finalists. The authors of the top 10 profiles received an award named for Yee Eric ’95, Mentoring Chair Committee Association’s and ofa thefervent Alumni advocate of students getting to know the network of alumni a helping hand. who want to give

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visit www.nyls.edu/alumni. For more information about these and other alumni events, information about these and other alumni events, more For May 4, 2009: U.S. Supreme Court Induction and Luncheon Induction and Luncheon U.S. Supreme Court May 4, 2009: Thirty-three New York Law School alumni were admitted to practice induction before ceremony the held U.S. on Supreme May Court 4, in 2009 an in Court, applicants Washington, must be admitted to practice in the highest courtSupreme of a territory, state, commonwealth, D.C. To qualify for admission to the bar of possession, or the the District of Columbia for at least three years immediately before applying. Other qualifications from recommendation of letters two submitting and character professional and moral good demonstrating include Court. the Supreme members of the bar of at friends and alumni 60 approximately for luncheon a hosted School Law the ceremony, induction the Following Zola restaurant. If you are interested in Law being the School’s placed International Spy Museum’s on York New Buitrago Jimena contact please 2010, May in Court Supreme U.S. the to induction group next the for list waiting at 212.431.2189 or [email protected].

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| 68 a lumni events | 69 a lumni events . Tsotsi Hutzler is currently a consultant for The Black Donnellys, and has worked as a consultant New York Law School School Law York New Sunday, April 25, 2009 April Sunday, The Counterfeiters and and Quantum of Solace (James Bond), and on two Academy Award-winning Workshop Led by Laurie H. Hutzler ’79 H. Hutzler Laurie Led by Workshop Every lawyer has dozens of great stories. A legal practice deals with human nature at nature human with deals practice legal A stories. great of dozens has lawyer Every emotion. deep and conflict tremendous of situations involves and worst and best its Emotional conflict is the bedrock of all great films, television shows, and novels. have the have basic the This writing stories. You one-day skills. You workshop will apply it to a new and form. know already take what you help you powerful into feelings personal and experience own your turn to how learn will You fictional stories. This is not autobiographical or memoir learning writing; how it’s to transform your own knowledge and understanding into entertaining fictional can create. characters only you a cast of memorable populated by narratives Whether you are writing a novel or a long screenplay, form or short form for the Internet, your work must be compelling and A “cinematic.” great script or a best- you help will workshop This mind. reader’s the in movie a like unfolds novel selling imagination. readers’ story your in make your like a film flow Leader Workshop the About After her admission to the bar in New York, Laurie H. Hutzler ’79 made the successfully transition from lawyer to screenwriter. She was a staff writer and story consultant on the NBC series Screenwriting for Lawyers for Screenwriting with Academy Award winner Paul Haggis on his Elah recent films: In the Valley of foreign films: television long-running on working Division, Drama Worldwide FremantleMedia’s series in the UK, Europe, and Australia. She taught screenwriting for 10 years. in Television the and Film, M.F.A. Theater, at the UCLAprogram School of

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In today’s economy, what once seemed safe—the guaranteed stability of a big firm—is no longer necessarily 71 so. Look no further than the recent demise of four major law firms: Heller Ehrman LLP, Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, Thelen LLP, and WolfBlock LLP, which sent approximately 1,800 lawyers into a dismal marketplace.1 So it makes sense that the wildly risky move of launching your own business might now seem just a bit more appealing. The seven Law School graduates highlighted below have done just that: taken a risk on a business venture, and met with remarkable success. Two have capitalized on a trend—New Yorkers’ craving for gourmet cupcakes. One is a restaurateur and a lawyer. Another has launched her own law firm, catering to a select clientele of artists and musicians. While each has a unique entrepreneurial spin, they all work long hours. They all feel passion for what they do. They all knew—even in law school—that their interests included, but were not limited to, the law. They wanted to do something in business and something creative, whether that was creating innovative pharmaceuticals, award-winning movies, international video game deals, the perfect Italian restaurant, or key lime cupcakes. Taking a leap, they all landed successfully.

1 “After the Fall,” The National Law Journal, August 10, 2009.

BiWhen Crumbs Bake Shop founderg Mia Bauer ’96 walks into a meeting with her husband and business partner Jason Bauer, people assume that he has brought along his baker. It infuriated Mia until she saw the advantage.

“I’m our secret weapon,” she says. “They have no idea I have a law degree. It’s a huge advantage to have that critical layer of thinking—to analyze what is being said—and discuss it later with my husband.”

The Bauers launched the first Crumbs in Manhattan in 2003, “just before the cupcake craze.” Previously, Mia had worked as a lobbyist and had gone to law school to sharpen her political skills. But she and Jason decided to go into business together instead, inspired by her love of baking and his entrepreneurial spirit.

Mia “We complement each other. I’m more about having a sweet little neighborhood Bauer ’96: place. He’s more ‘Let’s take over the world.’ I put him in check, and he pushes me.” The Secret Weapon At the outset, they had no clear business model, only a notion to bring back the behind Crumbs “wide-eyed excitement” children feel at having a delicious, home-made cupcake. The Bakery’s Success Bauers partnered with an investor, enabling them to double the size of their business in two years, to 26 locations on both coasts.

But, Bauer cautions, you won’t see a Crumbs Bake Shop off I-95 anytime soon. They plan to expand to premium locations in small towns with a strong sense of community. Maintaining community ties—by providing customers with the best possible product and donating to local organizations—is hugely important to the Bauers.

“We want to give back to the community. We don’t care what that does to the bottom line.” Last spring, while studying for finals and preparing for life Ekster ’09 after became aware of law school,two Lev unpleasant facts. Jobs in the legal profession harder. to find, and tasty late-night study snacks even become harder had Ekster decided Manhattan. to around locations do in parks something that Softee) about Mr. (think it. business cupcake In mobile June, he launched CupcakeStop, a He regularly offers six flavors, with psychedelic red tie-dye, velvet cappuccino, always and strawberry shortcake, a sellout. donated to City Harvest. cupcakes are Unsold for daily. example—change Four flavors— Internet the use who Twitter on followers 7,800 by tracked himself finds Ekster Now service to scout the location of his truck. Day-to-day operations include handling a his from call phone frantic a Once, crises. managing and attention media of landslide baker at 4:00 a.m. sent him to a 24-hour Pathmark to find baking Their powder. baking soda instead. food distributor had delivered he venture, his into months few a Just planning. long-range in engaged also is Ekster inquiries. franchise fielding and mitzvahs bar and weddings to cupcakes supplying is He’s also planning to expand to a retail storefront as well Limelight as Marketplace, a a retail space new inside four-floor center in the Chelsea. old Limelight building in Logging only a few hours of sleep each night is one of part the of trade-offs, but it’s “living the life of an Ekster says. entrepreneur,” “I love it. And right now the sky is the limit.” When restaurateur, wine connoisseur, and wine When attorney connoisseur, restaurateur, Anthony Capetola ’70 imagines wine the and cuisine, Italian authentic is food the Italy, is setting the meal, perfect the has which path, career compelling Capetola’s from drawn is list guest The Sassicaia. is included managing boxers, breeding champion horses, prosecuting cases, practicing regions. restaurants in three award-winning and opening five family law, who coaches football include would and laughs, he table,” big a be to have would “It told the boy from a rough City Jersey neighborhood that he could make something of himself. him persuaded injury knee a but scholarship, football a on college attended Capetola of joining the NFL. to attend law school instead “I left law school with the ability to do business deals, and within a few years, I was buying real estate,” he recalls. After a stint as attorney, Capetola started a a in Nassau Grill family and Bar law County practice Temple assistant in The 1976. district In York. 1995, New he Meadow, opened East in The Park Eisenhower at Carltun followed. Vegas in Las City and Olio! Atlantic restaurants other the selling Carltun, The to holdings his trimmed has Capetola Today, excel to have notes, he Entrepreneurs, downturn. economic the before just profit, a at had to change the model of the ship at aborting plans as as enacting well them. “We That’s signature. your on financing get could you started, I When business. in stay to no longer the case.” Lev Lev at a Time nthony Anthony kster ’09: Ekster ’09: Eighty Hours a How Sweet It Is Week, One Hour One Hour Week, apetola ’70: Capetola ’70:

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return return the following week.” It was those cliffhangers that . Platoon But in 1945, producer Arnold Kopelson ’59 was a 10-year-old One One day he would produce 29 motion pictures and win Award for a best-picture Academy Brooklyn boy who loved the movies. He Spellbound. like Hitchcock’s watching thrillers spent Theatre Claridge every Saturday afternoon at the always was “There recalls. Kopelson serials,” exciting played theater the days those “In a cliffhanger to get you to sparked his interest in producing his own thrillers, like thrillers, own his producing in interest his sparked Say a Word. Word. a Say law; corporate particularly law, on solely was focus Kopelson’s however, school, law In “Professor [Milton] Silverman made served that firm the law a joined Kopelson school, law during Moore & subject Swaine Cravath, come alive.” After clerking at as counsel to Chemical Bank and other financial institutions lending money to the movie industry. He was assigned to these accounts and motion picture developed financing.From there, a it specialty was a in short leap to starting hisown would later become his wife. who film company with Anne Feinberg, production am “I producer. a as day every him benefits lawyer a as background his says Kopelson negotiation of ramifications the understand I as with, dealing am I others the of ahead sit just not and attorneys own my guide to able also am “I says. he law,” contract and back being led around by them. Being a lawyer gets you to think on your feet and make quick decisions.” video playing day winter a many spent ’95 Malatesta Sean Michigan, in up Growing games. Many would consider it a fun pastime, but for Malatesta, it was also great preparation Malatesta for is his CEO career. of IG FUN LLC, a unit of Indiagames Ltd., a mobile Based and in online Los game Angeles, company. Malatesta manages partnerships creating and for capital raising Europe, and Americas the in business the rights holders. with mobile carriers, handset makers, and Malatesta— for But economy. down a in deal-making of says he easier,” be to used “It who was selected by Ernst & Young as an “Entrepreneur 2000—it’s part of of the business. Year” “Like finalistany in negotiating, you try to anticipate what other side will ask or is looking for.” the in an international environment Working has its challenges, Malatesta says, as there professionalism, with it handles he says he But differences. language and cultural are knowing that he is international “an ambassador not only for but the for company, this country.” Law school was springboard “the to law and business” for Malatesta, and the place where he says he learned how to think. equations “I see with law words, as logic, math with and words, argument. solving numbers. In It’s the harder future, I believe, to those that do can think—and not with regurgitate—can words succeed in this new economy.” than Sean Sean Arnold Game Time opelson ’59: K Malatesta ’95: Malatesta ’95: And the Winner Is . . .

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School Law York e-mail to . www.nyls.edu/magazine 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 Rozman is the Chief Deputy was named Director named was Krotschinsky The Complete Guide to Investing in 1984 the to appointed was Whiten Marc Hon. Criminal Court of the City of New by York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in January 2009. (NYC.gov) Duplexes, Triplexes, Fourplexes, Mobile Homes, (Atlantic Publishing and Co., as on 2009), draws which her experiences Mazier’s investor. and attorney estate real a professional writing career has included author, story short editor, reporter, a as roles and playwright. She resides husband with in New her Jersey and contributes articles about real estate investing and other topics to Suite101.com. 1983 Frank of the Department Services in Suffolk County, New York, in of assistant an previously was He Handicapped 2009. May county attorney. Government) (Suffolk County General Counsel at General Motors. at speaker keynote the In was Johnson May, economic the of ethics the on symposium a bailout at Augustana College College) Island, Illinois. (Augustana in Rock Michael District Attorney of Pennsylvania, and Dauphin is a certified County, criminal trial advocate. (PennLive.com) 1982 York New the joined Champoux Barbara office of Crowell & Moring LLP in April 2009 as a partner in the financial services group. (Crowell & Moring) under written long has who Mazier, Edith the name E.E. Mazier, published her first book, Per- Defense- Despina C. Mar- sella has had two legal thrillers pub- lished by Dell under the name Celeste Marsella. less (2008) and fectly Criminal (2009) are Providence, Rhode Island. both set in Michael J. Stanton was selected for inclusion in the Family Law section New Jersey Super Lawyers 2009. of He has since year every section the in listed been 2005. Stanton is a McLaughlin member & Marcus, PA of in Somerville, Norris New Jersey, matrimonial law and where alternative dispute he resolution. (Norris McLaughlin & Marcus) practices 1981 E. Christopher Johnson Jr. joined the faculty of the Thomas M. School Cooley in Lansing, Law Michigan, in January 2009, to lead the new school’s Corporate Law and Finance LL.M. previously served as program. Vice President He and 1979 office. He was previously President the and CEO of Orange Con and Rockland Edison’s Utilities, Inc. subsidiary, (The Queens Gazette) Marianne Spraggins presented program the “Don’t Get Caught Up Student in Debt the Rip-Off” during Financial Literacy Week at Bennett Women in Greensboro, College North Carolina, in for February 2009. She is President of BHP Institutional Strategies, a consulting firm companies emerging and new advises that on business development, strategy, and marketing capital institutional raising in (Bennett College) investor the marketplace. received an received Haberman r. Jacob Dr. 1976 John D. McMahon is Executive President of Con Edison, Vice Inc. He manages regulatory services and energy efficiency counsel’s general the as well as programs 1972 Hon. John Walsh was reappointed to York New of City the of Court Criminal the January in Bloomberg R. Michael Mayor by State York New acting an also is He 2009. Supreme Court justice in Kings County. (NYC.gov) honorary doctorate degree from Yeshiva University on May 14, 2009 in recognition values. philanthropic and leadership his of He is the Haberman, a founder real estate ownership of and Haberman management & University) company. (Yeshiva 1970 Rabbi 1967 Manny Gerstein received the Edward Schoifet Family Law Award Family from Law the Section of County the (New Middlesex Jersey) Bar (MCBA) in Association January 2009. The award is presented annually to an family law outstanding practitioner who is Gerstein more. or years 15 for practicing has been a partner at Gerstein & Richman, LLC in (MCBAlaw.com) Edison, New Jersey. & O’Neill of member a is O’Neill Joseph Coant, PC in Vineland, New Jersey. His practice focuses on medical malpractice, employment negligence, liability, products law, criminal law, business workers’ litigation, compensation, and practice. (TheDailyJournal.com) appellate Class Notes Class Tong Denise by Compiled

| 76 c lass notes | 77 c lass notes President of Massaro was R. was appointed Global Dominic 1994 Debra Bampton is Vice Legal President Affairs at Somerset Medical Center of 1993 Charles E. Phillips , Jr. and the general public. He owns a practice a owns He public. general the and in Manhattan, where he concentrates in several areas with a special environmental law. focus on Jennifer Manner is the President Senior for Government Vice Affairs at the (ESA) Association Software Entertainment in Washington, D.C. government She state and manages federal Association’s the relations team. (ESA) 1992 Hon. Oracle Corporation, President was Obama’s 16-member Economic named 2009. February in Board Advisory Recovery to The Board offers independent advice to the president and his economic (WhiteHouse.gov) team. Paul Schiavone Head of Mergers and Acquisitions Global Corporate for at the Zurich Financial continues He 2009. June in Group Services Chief Corporate Global as Zurich’s to serve Officers & Directors of Officer Underwriting Liability Practices Employment and Liability Insurance for countries in is the United based Schiavone outside America. North Kingdom. (Zurich Financial Services Group) appointed a New York State Court Supreme justice, First Judicial District, Governor David A. Paterson in June by 2009. Massaro is an Supreme acting Court, Bronx justice County, and in also serves the as a judge on the New York State Court of Claims. (NYC.gov) Florida itacco Jr. was installed as V R. 1990 James Seery joined P. Jr. Sidley Austin Manhattan LLP’s office in April 2009 as a partner in reorganization and bankruptcy the practice. He was previously Managing Director of firm’sBarclays Capital. (Sidley Austin) corporate 1991 Gary E. Ireland received the NAACP’s 2009 Foot Soldiers in the Sands Award in July 2009. The award recognizes Ireland’s membership NAACP the to aid outstanding 1989 Mark J. Epstein is a partner at Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, PC, a personal injury law firm with officesHuntington, New York. in Manhattan In spring and Epstein 2009, was appointed by Governor David A. Paterson to the Permanent Advisory Citizens Committee to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Council. Commuter’s Road Rail Island Long He was also recently appointed to Suffolk the County (New York) Human Rights Commission. Scott Cagan was recognized in Trend magazine’s July 2009 “Legal Elite” issue, which honors attorneys who have been voted by their peers as legal leaders his for recognized was Cagan state. the in work in commercial litigation. He is an attorney at Lauderdale, Florida, GrayRobinson where his practice in focuses on litigation, Fort employment (GrayRobinson) and real estate. labor, and Guy President of the Queens County Bar York) Association in June 2009. He (New is a partner with the Law Offices ofVitacco & in Vitacco (Vitacco Elmhurst, New York. & Vitacco) Nicholas Pellitta received the Chair- man’s Award for Excellence from the Hunterdon County Cham- Jersey) (New ber of Commerce 1988 Christopher Benbow and Nancy received his the 2009 Friends wife of the College of Staten Island (CSI) Award for Benbow CSI. of support of years many their of chambers the in Attorney Court as serves Hon. Marcy L. Kahn, Criminal New County, Supreme Court, New York York State (CSI) Term. Joshua Dicker was President of Getty Realty Corp. in Jericho, appointed Vice to addition In 2009. February in York, New his new role, he continues to serve General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. as (Getty Realty Corp.) 1987 1986 Blanche Lark Christerson speaker at was the “2009 a by presented seminar two-part a Update,” Estate Planning the State Bar of Wisconsin in June 2009. She is a managing director at Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Manhattan. (State Bar of Wisconsin) Management in 1985 (HCCC) in January 2009. The award recog- award The 2009. January in (HCCC) He HCCC. the to service outstanding nizes was also appointed to the Board of Direc- tors of the Raritan College Foundation in Valley May 2009. He is Community a member of Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, PA in Bridgewater, New Jersey, where he specializes McLaughlin & Marcus) in litigation. (Norris Frank J. The New York York New The Florida SuperLawyers II is a criminal defense Riccio 2002 “Cooperation, co-authored Cooke Brenda Privilege, and Internal Investigations” 2001 Bradley Schreiber published an op-ed, “A Drug War Inside the Government,” in of edition 2009 16, June the . Times He is President Security Solutions, of LLC, Homeland a relations company based in government Chevy Chase, Maryland. Preethi Sekharan was named a 2009 Rising Star by 1998 Ingrid Green Jones member is of a Walker, Green, founding Butler, LLC, Wilson a full-service & corporate law firm based in Manhattan. The firm is 100 percent women- and minority-owned. 1999 Frank J. lawyer in courts. federal and state both in practicing Bridgeport, He works Connecticut, alongside his father, Riccio ’68. The younger Riccio has tried 35 state and federal criminal trials to a defended successfully also He conclusion. Jose player Baseball League Major former Offerman in criminal charges brought in Connecticut state court and is currently defending him in a federal civil lawsuit resulting from the same incident. magazine and Bar was (Florida) County Martin the also of President elected Vice Association. She is an attorney at firm’s the Page, in PA Rose, & Fitzgerald Mrachek, Stuart, Florida, office, where her practice focuses on commercial, business, intellectual and property disputes. Sekharan was previously an attorney with Amster Rothstein & Eberstein LLP in Manhattan. Marie Landsman Suozzi, Meyer, joined English & Klein, PC in May 2009 as an associate in firm’s the Garden City, New York, office. Staten Island Advance Island Staten Michael McMahon ’85. Mitchell was elected to the Times Times of Oman regarding his Joshua Brinen is Principal the of Founder and Brinen planning & and transaction Associates, boutique law a firm based in Manhattan. The firm works domestically and internationally businesses and with individuals in the Canada, Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim. In 2009, Europe, the firm was appointed as outside general counsel by spring Canadian a International, Aquagold water products distributor. International) (Aquagold Hon. Mary M. Cheng was sworn in as a judge of the New York Immigration Court in April 2009. She was assistant chief previously counsel an for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, (Executive Office for Immigration Review) in New York. She specializes in Suozzi, English & Klein) (Meyer, real estate law. Kenneth New York City District Council, 49, in representing February 2009. previously He Chief was of Staff Counsel and General to former Congressman) Councilman (now Mitchell was profiled in the March 19, the of edition 2009 about his new Advance) role. (Staten Island 1997 is the General the is Sakaguchi “Jim” Hajime Manager of the Oceania, Middle East & Southwest Asia Marketing Japan. in Division based Corporation, Motor Toyota at edition 2009 7, July the in profiled was He of the business trip to Muscat, Oman. (Times of Oman) Crain’s Crain’s New York Richmond was named in “Forty Kennedy is the Vice President, Rosenwasser was named Vice David President of the Americas for GulfMark Offshore, Inc. in company February manages 2009. a The modern offshore support fleet vessels. The of Americas Mexico, of Gulf U.S. the includes segment joined first He Brazil. and Mexico, Trinidad, GulfMark in 2001 as Director of Business Development. (GulfMark) 1996 1995 2009 June in appointed was Zeller Scott Rockingham the of Directors of Board the to Economic Development (REDC), a nonprofit Corporation regionaldevelopment economic corporation communities serving 30 in Vice and co-founder a is Zeller Hampshire. southeastern President New of Portsmouth, Corporate Affairs New Exavera Technologies, which focuses for on Hampshire-based building advanced networks that enable of tracking and location, identification, the people and assets. (SeacoastOnline.com) Under 40: New York’s Rising Stars,” an annual feature in at partner a is She 2009. April in Business, Fox Rothschild LLP in Manhattan and co- chair of the firm’s hospitality Business) New York (Crain’s practice. in Somerville, New She Jersey. serves as the Center’s internal (Courier News) legal counsel. Joseph General Counsel, Transcept and Secretary Pharmaceuticals, specialty at Inc., focused pharmaceutical a on commercialization company of proprietary products the development that and meet Pharmaceuticals) neuroscience. (Transcept therapeutic needs Carolyn in

| 78 c lass notes | 79 c lass notes and his wife on April 3, Times The New York inocur won first prize in New V a documentary about the November 2008 passage of Proposition 8 in which California, eliminated the right of same-sex state. couples to marry in that Law Bloomberg a Pacchia, Lee Anthony legal analyst, regulation and regularly securities law company’s podcasts, which are available on discusses the on Bloomberg.com, Bloomberg Terminal, and iTunes. 2008 Ken Biberaj is the Vice President and spokesman for the RTR Funding Group, Tea Russian the operates and owns which Room in Manhattan. He Valerie were profiledcolumn in in the “Vows” their of course the traces article The 2009. first their from years, the over relationship March in wedding their to 2004 in meeting ) Times 2009. (The New York Mark Lesniak is Leibowitz and an Associates, PA in attorney Miami, successfully firm the 2009, with April In Florida. represented Mexican radio broadcaster Grupo Radio Centro in its agreement with Emmis Communications responsibility to for the assume programming of Los Angeles radio station marketing and KMVN-FM. (Daily Business Review) Jason Summerfield’s article, Corruption “The Defense Disputes: A Discussion of the Imbalance in between Investment International Discourse Arbitral Decisions,” was published in the and March 2009 issue of the Dispute Management. journal Transnational peer review James York Law sponsored is which Competition, Memorial School’s Nathan by the Burkan American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). winning essay His was titled “Smile! Legal Consequences The of Using Snapshots (ASCAP) Worlds.” Virtual within Avatars of ranca V O’Rourke and New York Law Proposition 8: The Heart of the Matter, 2006 Robert J. Coyle provides an update of his activities since graduation: He was appointed Vice President of the Town of Southampton (New Housing Authority York) and Vice President of Municipal the nonprofit arm of Community Development Corporation. He the Southampton was also elected Judicial Delegate received and he recently, Most Committeeman. the nomination to run for Suffolk County Legislator for the District. Second Legislative Carra Greenberg is the Co-director and Producer for Prop 8 Films, organization a nonprofit that conscious documentaries. She is working produces socially on article about his invitation to attend the Tatulli ceremony. inauguration presidential had worked on President Vice Joe Biden’s earlier presidential Coaster) campaign. (The 2005 Caroline Jasmine (“C.J.”) School student Alana Sliwinski 2L authored co- “2008 of Lives the Affecting Roundup Legislative Federal and and Girls,” an article Women published in State the January/February 2009 issue of the New York County Lawyer. O’Rourke is an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & LLP in Manhattan and the Co-chair Taft of the New Committee. Rights Women’s Association’s York County Lawyer) (The New York County Lawyers’ received the Rising Star Counsel of Media of Association the the from Award Year and Entertainment Counsel in 2009. January In February, she was promoted to Vice President of Business Affairs and at Legal Yari Film Group, Angeles. LLC in Los Mollie Law Librarians Network Weekly alsh is an assistant United W R. was named by Verizon Verizon by named was Windram Amanda Nelson is an associate in the general litigation department at Cozen O’Connor in Manhattan. focus Her practice includes complex regulatory issues and zoning loft law matters. and (Cozen O’Connor) Tatulli, & Tucci at partner a is Tatulli John PC in Long Branch, New Jersey. He was featured in the Jersey Shore newspaper The Coaster on January 15, 2009 in an 2004 2003 Dawn Aponte was President, Football Administration for the appointed Vice Cleveland Browns. management of the salary cap and player She contract negotiations. (Cleveland.com) oversees Steven Lastres published “Knowledge Management in in a the Changing World” March/April 2009 issue of in the New Millennium. He is Director of Library and Knowledge Management at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in Manhattan. Charles (with Steven M. published in the March 9, 2009 edition of Witzel), an The article National Law Journal. litigation associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, She is a in Manhattan. Shriver & Jacobson LLP Richard as Director of Government and External Affairs Programs City in in New May York 2009. He is responsible for public policy development and advocacy with initiatives New agencies, elected officials, York and other city City organizations. (Verizon; governmental News) States attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. He was appointed on October 15, 2007, and is currently assigned to White Collar Crimes Unit. the CSI, or any of those cop/ Law & , Order icole Kacor need ’05 to doesn’t watch lawyer TV shows. She’s living that life every day in Chicago, her native city, that living life TV every lawyer day She’s shows. in her Chicago, city, native N where she is an assistant state’s attorney in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Attorney’s Cook County State’s attorney in the state’s she is an assistant where Currently assigned to the presents She Criminal room. hearing preliminary the in Prosecutions court, in found be usually Bureau, can Kacor Municipal Division, cases to the Cook County Grand Jury and tries serious to felony obtain cases, including indictments murder, home invasion, in reckless homicide, very sexual assault, and armed In robbery. about two and a half years, she has prepared and than 200 criminal matters. tried more Kacor recently returned to the preliminary hearing room closer much her brought which after Unit, Review Felony the to assigned months eight spending about to actual crime scenes. “I would be paged and would have to report to the police station where the officers would already have a suspect a have already would officers the where station police the to report to have would and paged be would “I from statements interviewobtain evidence; and review and gather to was job “My explains. Kacor custody,” in felony charges the state was going to file.” what, if any, suspects, victims, and witnesses; and determine that education excellent an received I that feel I School. Law York New at time my cherished and loved truly “I away took I that relationships and memories The world. legal larger the and exam bar the both for me prepared forever.” things I will treasure law school are from “I can’t remember a “I time can’t interested when in I being wasn’t a and lawyer, I always be assumed in I’d criminal Office in the gang unit right after Attorney’s Ishe tooksays. the“I barinterned law,” exam,in and the State’s I enjoyed it. I liked being on side.’ the I ‘good got a kick out of the idea that my mom might arrest someone, be the one to put them in jail.” and then I’d In Pursuit of Justice, Chicago Style Chicago of Justice, In Pursuit Kacor ’05: Nicole Sachs Edith By While assigned to the Felony Review Unit, Kacor took the opportunity to view her first autopsy. It wasn’t an experience she she experience an wasn’t It autopsy. first her view to opportunity the took Kacor Unit, Review Felony the to assigned While the around all bodies dead with environment, indescribable an was “It it. says. repeat to she anxious not death,” and she’s life and of forget, soon concepts will the to desensitized become you quickly how amazing It’s examination. awaiting room and me.” just like you yesterday walking around people who were that these were yourself to remind have “You Despite her daily encounters with the darker side of life, she’s because is part,this In Kacor job. her doing be to happy genuinely sounds sound She shows. TV doesn’t the from like prosecutors criminal one of the brooding, uncle and aunt conflicted an has also She officer. police Chicago a is mother her enforcement; law of tradition family a on carrying lawyers. who are Her law school experiences also gave Kacor a big push down her current career path. course She and speaks CerrutiEugene highly and of Randolph Professors with N. whom Jonakait, loved she took Criminal Law her Advocacy Trial and Criminal She also Procedure. raves about her Strossen, Nadine Professor Constitutional Kacor Law went teacher. with Professor Strossen and other students to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in the landmark . Simmons case v. Roper Michigan of University former The is. that court, volleyball court—a in back found be often can Kacor time, free her In in 2005. school, Club Kace, LLC, volleyball kids’ founded her own player volleyball full-scholarship varsity best experience to be “the Although she chose to to return Chicago, Kacor York considers her law school years in New of my life thus far.”

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D. Lerner Alfred Hon. Rosenstock Maurice J. Pino Carmen L. Flock William J. Amann Jr. Edward Hon. B. Masius Michael J. Malley James Robert Jerome Staff A. Spooner Christopher Alumni James Hon. A. Galdieri James

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Christopher A. Spooner

he New York Law School community mourns the loss of Christopher A. Spooner, long-time Senior TSecurity Coordinator with the Security and Safety Department at the Law School. Spooner died on March 27, 2009 after a long illness. He was 64. | Spooner was born in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He attended Presentation College, a Roman 82 Catholic secondary school in San Fernando, as well as Saint Louise Commercial School. From 1963 to 1982, he served in the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force, where he attained the rank of sergeant. After this service, he attended several professional security training programs at the Police Training College and was subsequently appointed Assistant Superintendent of Police with the Airport Authority of Trinidad and Tobago.

Spooner immigrated to the United States in 1990, arriving in Brooklyn. He was employed by several hospitality and retail companies as a security supervisor and store detective before becoming a part-time member of the Law School security staff in November 1992. In April 1993, he was appointed Senior Security Coordinator.

“Chris was a great resource to me in helping to maintain a safe and secure environment for all our students, faculty, and staff,” says George Hayes, Assistant Vice President, Security and Safety. “To say that we miss him is an understatement.”

Kevin Hauss, Assistant Vice President, Human Resources, adds: “While Chris did much more as one of our security supervisors, he would also greet us with a pleasant smile and a ‘Good morning,’ from the 47 Worth Street security desk.”

Left to right: Dean Richard A. Matasar with Christopher A. Spooner at the Law School’s Staff Recognition Luncheon in 2008. | 83 i n memoriam on. Edward J. Amann Jr. ’50, former New York State assemblyman and Supreme Court justice, died on July 15, Court justice, died on assemblyman July and Supreme State York ’50, former New J. Amann Jr. on. Edward 2009 at age 83. Jerome V. Giovinazzo ’53, a World War II Department Police veteran, (NYPD) War Giovinazzo ’53, former detective, a York New World and V. trial Jerome was 84. 7, 2009. He on June Island died at his home in Staten defense attorney, graduating After 6. was he when Island, Staten Harbor, Mariners to moved and Italy, Calabria, in born was Giovinazzo II, he where participated in the Battle War School, Richmond he High joined the U.S. from Army World Port during Division. Anti-Aircraft as a member of the 563rd in Belgium of the Bulge After his military service, joined Giovinazzo the NYPD as an Giovinazzo officer andschool, waslaw later promotedAfter to detective.HeSchool. went to Law York New then and College Wagner from graduating worked, he while school Squad. and the Confidential Legal Bureau served in the NYPD’s defense skilled a as himself for name a made he where Island, Staten in office law private a opened Giovinazzo 1964, In In attorney. 1988, he was court-appointed to represent Andre Rand, one of most Staten Island’s notorious criminals girl. who was convicted for the 1987 kidnapping of a 12-year-old Richmond the of member a also was He Association. Lawyers Trial Island Staten the of member charter a was Giovinazzo Club. and the Italian of Italy, Association, Sons Cicero Association, the Mike County Bar and 11 grandchildren. a sister, is survivedwife, four children, his by Giovinazzo Jerome V. Giovinazzo ’53 Jerome V. Hon. Edward J. Amann Jr. ’50 J. Amann Jr. Hon. Edward H Alumni Born in Manhattan, Judge Amann moved with his family to Staten Island as an infant and lived there the rest of his life. his of rest the there lived and infant an as Island Staten to family his with moved Amann Judge Manhattan, in Born He went to Curtis High School, where he maintained high grades while participating in extracurricular activities and II. War World and served during as a Seabee Amann joined the Navy graduation, Judge partworking time. Upon school, law attending of dreams With College. Wagner at degree bachelor’s his earned Amann Judge returned, he When he accepted a construction job digging the to Brooklyn cover Battery Tunnel the cost of tuition. He graduated from practice focused on civil negligence cases. in private career on a 22-year School in 1950 and embarked Law York New body. that in serve to people youngest the of one him making 27, age at assembly state the to elected was Amann Judge minimum In a this wage tax role, law, relief he plan contributed for to older the homeowners, creation of York’s New board a was He youth. disabled mentally protect to laws for advocated also He Island. Staten on court adolescent an and member of Staten Island Aid for Retarded Children and counsel to Amann served as an assemblyman. a total of 21 years United Cerebral Palsy in Staten Island. Judge In 1973, Amann Judge was appointed to the state Court of Claims, where he served three consecutive terms. He was appointment full received subsequently and 1993 in Court Supreme State York New the of justice acting an appointed 70. the bench in 1995 at age from retired as a justice. He Amann Judge served as a major in the Army During War, the Vietnam Reserve, acting as a judicial advocate at Staten Knights of Columbus, Wars, of Foreign was a member He of Veterans the American Legion, Wadsworth. Fort Island’s Association. and the Richmond County Bar Lodge, Elks and a grandson. children, three is survived his sister, by He n memoriam i

Hon. Alfred D. Lerner ’51

Hon. Alfred D. Lerner ’51, World War II veteran, judge, and attorney, died on August 3, 2009 at age 80.

Judge Lerner was born and raised in Jamaica, Queens. At age 17, during World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. A lifelong pilot, he later served as a colonel in the Civil Air Patrol. Judge Lerner earned his undergraduate degree from the City University of New York-Hunter

| College and his law degree from New York Law School in 1951—the same year he was admitted to the New York bar. 84 Judge Lerner began his career as a trial lawyer working with an older attorney. At an alumni breakfast at the Law School in 2007, he told guests: “The day after I was admitted, [the attorney] threw a file at me and sent me into a trial in the Bronx.”

Judge Lerner eventually gravitated into politics and was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1957 as a Republican in a largely Democratic district. He stayed in the legislature for almost 15 years, representing three different Queens districts. During this time, he held various positions including Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on the City of New York, member of the Rules Committee, Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Interstate Cooperation, and Chair of both the Standing Committee on Insurance and the Select Committee on Child Abuse. Left to right: Hon. Alfred D. Lerner ’51 with New York Law School Board Chair Arthur N. Abbey ’59. In 1971, Judge Lerner left Albany to serve as a trial justice in Queens County, where he also served as the Administrative Judge of Civil and Criminal Terms and as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Term. He presided over commercial, tort, and matrimonial cases, as well as criminal matters. Judge Lerner also taught as an adjunct professor at St. John’s University from 1979 to 1983.

Judge Lerner served for 32 years on the bench in various capacities, including Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department; Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department; and Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department. In June 2005, former Governor George Pataki appointed Judge Lerner Chair of the New York State Commission of Investigation.

After his retirement in 2004, Judge Lerner acted as Counsel to Phillips Nizer LLP, where his practice focused on appellate matters and on work with the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice.

Of his class at New York Law School, Judge Lerner said: “We had a group of heroes in our class. We had people who flew missions over Germany, people who fought on Iwo Jima, two or three who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. We had one person who was on a destroyer sunk in the Battle of Leyte. We had some really great people.”

Throughout his life, Judge Lerner remained committed to New York Law School and to giving veterans the same opportunities he had. He set up the “Hon. Alfred D. Lerner Scholarship” for New York Law School students who are U.S. military veterans. Donations are still being made.

Judge Lerner is survived by his wife, three children, and a brother. Help New York Law School Students and Alumni Get Ahead

In today’s economy, law students and graduates need all the help they can get to distinguish themselves from the competition. The Office of Career Services provides many opportunities for alumni to share their knowledge and expertise with students and other graduates. Below are some ways you can help students reap the benefits of being part of the New York Law School community. • Become a mentor. Offer valuable guidance to students interested in learning about your field. • Post a job or internship. Recruit current students or graduates to join your team. • Have lunch with a group of students. Return to the Law School to host students through the Lunch with a Lawyer program. • Participate in a career panel. Share your experiences and career insights with students and other members of your field. • Join our speed networking receptions. Meet students and other graduates at one of these fun and fast-paced events.

Alumni currently seeking a job have free access to our online job database. If you need log-in and password information for the job database, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.

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Freedom’s Journal First African American-Published Newspaper Had Roots in Lower Manhattan | By Edith Sachs 87

or several years, New York Law School has been looking But the larger purpose of Freedom’s Journal was to enable Fforward eagerly to the opening of its new academic African Americans to take an active part in the debates building. But looking back at the history of the School’s over slavery, abolition, and “colonization,” a concept current site and structures can be pretty interesting, too. conceived by mostly white pro-emigration activists who Evidence suggests that the School’s location is linked with advocated the “repatriation” of free black people to Africa. an important name in African American history: Freedom’s Initially opposed to colonization efforts, Freedom’s Journal Journal, the first newspaper in the United States published denounced slavery, spoke out against lynchings, and by and for African Americans. A number of sources* state advocated for black people’s political rights, including the that Freedom’s Journal was launched at 236 Church Street, right to vote. Cornish and Russwurm published articles an address which today is encompassed by the School’s that shed light on the harsh realities of slavery with the building at 57 Worth Street. hope that they would undermine pro-slavery arguments. Moreover, readers found articles on how the American In the early 19th century, New York City became a settling legal and political systems helped to perpetuate slavery. place for free Northern blacks. Many were concentrated in the Manhattan neighborhood immediately surrounding Six months after the newspaper’s debut, Cornish the Law School’s current location. But they represented resigned under what are generally believed to be amicable a tiny minority in the city at that time, and racism and circumstances, and Russwurm assumed sole editorship intolerance made life a daily struggle. Controversy raged of the paper. During the following year, however, his over black citizens’ rights and status in an overwhelmingly personal attitudes toward the colonization movement white society. Against this backdrop, Freedom’s Journal began to shift. In February 1829, he published an editorial was created. Its founders were Samuel E. Cornish, a declaring the newspaper’s support for the movement. The Presbyterian minister who had been born free in Delaware, reaction of most of the paper’s readership was harsh; and and John Brown Russwurm, a college-educated, Jamaican- Russwurm, who had already made a decision to emigrate born son of a white merchant and a black slave. to Liberia, shut Freedom’s Journal down after publishing its last issue on March 28, 1829. Making its debut in 1827, the same year slavery was officially abolished in New York State, Freedom’s Journal provided a voice and a forum for African Americans. As * Information Sources: Cornish and Russwurm declared on the front page of the Bunyan, Paul. All Around the Town: Amazing Manhattan Facts very first issue, “We wish to plead our own cause. Too and Curiosities (Fordham University Press, 1999). long have others spoken for us. Too long has the public MAAP—Mapping the African American Past, a Web project been deceived by misrepresentations, in things which of Columbia University’s Center for New Media Teaching and concern us dearly . . .” Learning, at http://maap.columbia.edu/image/view/731.html. New York Songlines—Virtual Walking Tours of Manhattan’s With ambitions to reach a national audience, the editors Streets, at www.nysonglines.com/church.htm. sought to publish a newspaper of record for the black See also: community. Its pages contained current events; editorials; Bacon, Jacqueline. Freedom’s Journal: The First African American and birth, death, and wedding announcements. It provided Newspaper (Lexington Books, 2007). regional, national, and international news, and content “Freedom’s Journal,” at www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/ that served to both entertain and educate. The newspaper newbios/nwsppr/freedom/freedom.html. broadened readers’ knowledge of the world with articles Harris, Leslie M. In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-–1863 (University of Chicago Press, 2003). on such countries as Haiti and Sierra Leone. To highlight Hodges, Graham Russell. Root and Branch: African Americans and encourage black achievement, it featured biographies in New York and East Jersey 1613–1863 (University of North of renowned black figures such as Paul Cuffee, a Bostonian Carolina Press, 1999). who owned a trading ship staffed by free black people; Vaughn, Stephen L. Encyclopedia of American Journalism Toussaint L’Ouverture, a leader of the Haitian revolution; (Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2008). and poet Phyllis Wheatley. heritage

Sylvester C. Smith Jr. ’18 Former ABA President and President of New York Law School | By Edith Sachs

88 hen Sylvester C. Smith Jr. ’18 became President Wof New York Law School in 1964 (in those days, . . . It is proper to say that the Department the titles of Dean and President were separate), he was of Justice through the Attorney General just adding one more honor to an already long and and his staff were justified in intervening illustrious list. The previous year, he had concluded a one- year term as President of the American Bar Association in the proceedings. The solemn legal (ABA). He was the Chairman of the New Jersey Highway duty of the executive branch of the Authority and a past president of the New Jersey State Bar federal government to uphold and Association. He had already received honorary Doctor seek enforcement of the orders of the of Laws degrees from Lafayette College (1951), Marietta federal courts was inescapable. . . . the College (1962), New York Law School (1962), and American Bar Association and its House Seton Hall University (1963). A memorial resolution passed in January 1982 by the ABA following Smith’s of Delegates have consistently upheld death stated, “His contributions to the legal profession, the principle that ours is a government both within the organized Bar and in all phases of that of laws and not of men. We have profession, have probably never been surpassed by any maintained that lawyers as officers of single individual lawyer.” the court and ministers of justice have Smith was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, in 1894. a duty to sustain and defend the courts. He graduated from Lafayette College, just across the Delaware River in Easton, Pennsylvania, and served in Smith was President of New York Law School for 11 the Navy in World War I. After law school, he practiced years, from 1964 to 1975. It is probably not a coincidence law in Phillipsburg for a few years before being elected that the Law School received permanent accreditation Prosecutor of Warren County, New Jersey, in 1921. from the American Bar Association in 1964; according to In 1938, he joined the Prudential Insurance Company of alumnus Alan M. Grosman ’65, who was close to Smith, America as Associate General Counsel. He would spend Smith was instrumental in helping the School obtain the rest of his career with Prudential; he was promoted to this accreditation. General Counsel in 1948, and retired from the company “Sylvester Smith was proud to be a graduate of New York in 1963. Law School, and he wanted to serve as a modernizing Presumably, Smith didn’t spend much time behind influence on the administration,” says Grosman. “The his desk at Prudential during his last year with the School had really struggled in the years following company; he had been named President of the American World War II. Smith graduated during a time of great Bar Association in 1962. It was an eventful time to be prestige for the School earlier in the 20th century, and he serving as the highest representative of the organized wanted to see it regain its former position and reputation Bar in America. President John F. Kennedy summoned in legal academia.” Smith and prominent officers of other bar associations to Smith died in November 1981 at age 87. At the time of his a White House conference in June 1963 to discuss actions death, he was Of Counsel for the law firm of Carpenter, the legal community could take to confront and eradicate Bennett & Morrissey in Newark, New Jersey. racial discrimination. Eight months earlier, Smith had spoken out in an ABA press release regarding the James Grateful acknowledgement is made to Deborah Weixl of the Meredith case and the resulting violence at the University American Bar Association’s Division for Media Relations of Mississippi: and Communications Services and her colleagues for their assistance with this article. Bookmark it! Magazine | Fall/Winter 2009 FEATURES Graduate Studies at New York Law School From the Bronx to Beverly Hills: Dean and President Larry Field’s (’63) Climb to Real Estate Royalty . .5 Richard A. Matasar

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