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A Message from the Dean...... 3
Board of Trustees...... 4
Full-Time Faculty and Instructional Staff...... 5
Adjunct Faculty...... 6
Order of Exercises...... 8
Honors and Prizes...... 11 Degrees with Honors Commencement Prizes
Recognition...... 17 John Marshall Harlan Scholars Center and Program Associates Law Review Moot Court Association Public Service Certificate Patent Law Program
The Graduating Class...... 26 LL.M. in Financial Services Law Candidates—May 14, 2010 LL.M. in Real Estate Candidate—May 14, 2010 LL.M. in Taxation Graduates—February 1, 2010 LL.M. in Taxation Candidates—May 14 and September 1, 2010 M.A. in Mental Disability Law Studies Candidates—May 14, 2010 J.D. Graduates—February 1, 2010 J.D. Candidates—May 14 and September 1, 2010
Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient...... 43 Hon. Jonathan Lippman
The President’s Medal of Honor Recipients (2002–09)...... 45
Honorary Degree Recipients (1955–Present)...... 46
About New York Law School...... 49
The Tradition of Academic Attire and the Symbols of New York Law School...... 56
The audience is requested to remain seated during the processional, to stand for the singing of the National Anthem, and to remain in place at the conclusion of the Commencement exercises until the recessional is concluded. Please refrain from using cell phones and pagers during the Commencement exercises.
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A Message from the Dean
Dear Members of the Class of 2010: Graduation always stirs emotions: Appreciation for the support of parents, family, and friends; elation at finishing school and the student phase of life; anticipation of unique opportunities, new jobs, and the chance to be a lawyer; anxiety over the unknown challenges ahead and even the known challenges (yes, I know the bar exam looms for most of you!); satisfaction in all that has been accomplished; and joy in the wonderful things you plan to do. Graduates, you now join the ranks of New York Law School alumni, who have been making a real difference in the lives of their clients since the 1890s. You too will use your skills, knowledge, values, and talents to make a difference for those needing your expertise.
When you began your career at New York Law School we started a conversation about values and ideals— those you brought with you to school and those we hoped you would develop as a student. Several years later the dialogue has matured: We know that you are fearless and ready to become innovators in your practice. We are confident that you will be consummate professionals with the integrity that marks our graduates. We are proud that you are committed to a more just legal community. The license to practice that you soon will receive requires much from you—ideals, service, commitment to your clients, and devotion to the rule of law. You are certain to embrace such responsibilities with confidence, humility, and grace.
Law teachers often emphasize the intellectual rigor of the path you have chosen. We are tacticians, technical whizzes, learned in the ways of the law. We hope that you share in our enthusiasm for a life of the mind. But, your faculty and staff colleagues also cling to another more emotional side of the life we have chosen—the need to rejoice in the tremendous experiences we have shared over the last few years, the ability to laugh at our foibles, kid each other about our differences, and know that the bonds we share cannot be broken.
Congratulations, Class of 2010. We salute your strength and dedication and welcome you to the ranks of our graduates.
Sincerely,
Richard A. Matasar Dean and President
118th Commencement | 3 Board of Trustees
Officers Arthur N. Abbey ’59 Hon. Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 Richard A. Matasar Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board Dean and President Gerald C. Crotty ’76 Sandra S. Weiksner Vice Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board
Trustees Armando T. Belly Jeffrey D. Knowles ’75 John J. Reddy Jr. ’79 Nancy Lee Berkowitz ’97 * Marc Lasry ’84 Alan J. Schnurman ’71 Anthony Capetola ’70 Susan Mendik Sybil Shainwald ’76 Vincent Carbonell ’00 Ross Moskowitz ’84 Steven B. Shapiro ’84 Alan W. Clark ’77 Ben Pascariu, M.D. * Michael N. Vittorio David B. Cornstein Steven E. Pegalis ’65 Harry H. Wellington Michael A. Costa ’81 Andrew Penson ’84 James D. Zirin Holly Gregory ’86 Charles E. Phillips Jr. ’93 Kathleen Grimm ’80 Norman Radow ’81
Trustees Emeriti Jerry Finkelstein ’38 Ronald LaBow ’62 Hon. Francis T. Murphy Jr. ’52 Alexander D. Forger Bayless Manning John M. Regan Jr. Maurice R. Greenberg ’50 Hon. Roger J. Miner ’56
Officers of Administration Richard A. Matasar, B.A., J.D...... Dean, President, and Professor of Law Harry J. Althaus, B.S...... Associate Dean for Special Projects Camille Broussard, B.S., J.D., M.L.S...... Director of the Library, Associate Dean for Information Services, and Professor of Law Carol A. Buckler, B.A., J.D...... Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Suzanne J.S. Davidson, B.A., J.D...... Associate Dean and Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations Fred DeJohn, B.A., J.D...... Vice President, Finance and Administration Stephen J. Ellmann, B.A., J.D...... Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Collaborative Learning and Professor of Law Joan Fishman, B.A., M.A...... Associate Dean for Special Projects Nancy J. Guida, B.A...... Vice President, Marketing and Communications Mariana Hogan, A.B., J.D...... Associate Dean for Professional Development and Professor of Law Jethro K. Lieberman, B.A., M.Phil., J.D., Ph.D...... Vice President, Academic Publishing and Professor of Law
* On leave from Board.
4 | New York Law School Full-Time Faculty and Instructional Staff 2009–10
Susan J. Abraham Gerald Korngold Faculty Emeriti Deborah N. Archer Peter C. Kostant Hon. Sidney H. Asch Richard C.E. Beck Molly Land Hon. Frederic S. Berman ’51 Tamara C. Belinfanti William P. LaPiana B. James George Jr. Lenni B. Benson Arthur S. Leonard Quintin Johnstone Andrew R. Berman Jethro K. Lieberman Kim M. Lang Robert Blecker Joseph L. Marino Donald P. Rothschild Elise C. Boddie Richard D. Marsico Joyce D. Saltalamachia Lloyd Bonfield Richard A. Matasar E. Donald Shapiro Michael Botein Michael T. McCarthy Harry H. Wellington Frank A. Bress Carlin Meyer James Brook Howard S. Meyers Camille Broussard William R. Mills Carol A. Buckler Frank W. Munger Eugene Cerruti Stephen A. Newman Elizabeth Chambliss Beth Simone Noveck David Chang Rudolph J.R. Peritz Lung-chu Chen Michael L. Perlin Tai-Heng Cheng Edward A. Purcell Jr. Richard Chused Sadiq Reza Sydney M. Cone III Michael Roffer ’83 Stephen J. Ellmann Rebecca Roiphe Aleta G. Estreicher Tanina Rostain Diane L. Fahey Rosalie M. Sanderson Ronald H. Filler Ross Sandler Kris Franklin David S. Schoenbrod Doni Gewirtzman Houman B. Shadab Cathy Glaser Richard K. Sherwin Anne Goldstein James F. Simon Brandt Goldstein Michael B.W. Sinclair Annette Gordon-Reed Faith Stevelman James Grimmelmann Cameron Stracher Lawrence M. Grosberg Nadine Strossen Jeffrey J. Haas Lynn Boepple Su Seth D. Harris Ruti G. Teitel Mariana Hogan Ann F. Thomas Dan Hunter Marshall E. Tracht Sandra K. Janin ’75 Frank Tuerkheimer Randolph N. Jonakait Donald H. Zeigler
118th Commencement | 5 Adjunct Faculty 2009–10
Distinguished Adjuncts Margaret L. Clancy Richard Friedman R.B. Bernstein Louise E. Cohen Charles F. Furtado Jr. David Epstein Faith Colangelo Michele Galietta Lawrence Lederman Mark Conrad Paul Gardephe Peter J. Strauss Julia Ann Cort Theresa Garelli Bridget J. Crawford Elissa Germaine Daniel S. Abraham ’99 Anthony W. Crowell Risa Gerson Jessie Allen Heather Cucolo ’03 Elizabeth Gertz Ikiesha T. Al-Shabazz ’01 Lindsay A. Curcio Joseph Giamboi Joshua Annenberg Eva Marie Cusack ’00 Christopher P. Giordano ’93 Alan I. Appel Bruce H. David ’92 Hon Judith J. Gische Pam Arnsten Zoe Davidson Daniel M. Gitner Lee Augsburger Cesar de Castro ’00 David Glass Carmen Barbazan Lisa Del Pizzo Paul Goetz John Barrie Mark F. Dewan Scott Goldfinger Kathryn L. Bedke Angelia M. Dickens Jeffrey Golkin Marc S. Bekerman John R. Diekman ’00 Peter Goplerud Steven Bennett Anthony DiSarro Keri Gould Ameer Benno Alan Dixler Leslie Greene Richard W. Berry Deborah Dorfman Kathleen Grimm ’80 Barbara Bishop Donna Dougherty Jonathan Gupta Martin Bowe ’00 Laura Drager James Hagy Anne Marie Bowler Vicki Eastus Stephen P. Hanson S. Gregory Boyd Marc Edelman Emanuel Halper Megan Brackney Jayni Edelstein ’92 Rosanne Harvey Jean Marie Brescia James Emory ’88 John C. Henry Judith Bresler ’74 Lloyd Epstein Martha R. Hochberger Laura Brevetti Francis Facciolo David Hoffman Gerard Brew Diane Fazzolari Piper Hoffman William D. Buckley Rona Feinberg Richard M. Horowitz Kirk Burkhalter ’04 Lawrence Feld Mona Houck ’04 Margaret Butler Lucas A. Ferrara Thomas Hughes ’85 Anne K. Callagy Michael Ferch Alexander Hunt Emily Campbell Alex Ferrini Terry J. Ilardi Peter Canelias David L. Ferstendig Joanne Ingham Raymond R. Castello Robert M. Finkel Laura Jacobs Rosa Castello Daniel Finkelstein William Jannace ’92 Michael Cestaro Robert J. Firestone ’90 Rhonnie Broder Jaus Nancy Chadrjian David Fish ’96 Ronald Jensen Pei Pei Cheng-de Castro ’00 Martin Flaherty Emily F. Johnson Vincent Chirico ’93 Lisa Fleischmann Peter Johnson Kenneth Citarella Jacob I. Friedman ’75 Judith Kaufman
6 | New York Law School Chris Kendall Steven E. Pegalis ’65 Mark A. Silberman Sarah Kerr Peter F. Phillips Ventura Simmons Steven L. Kessler Russell J. Pinilis Cary Stewart Sklaren Hon. Diane Kiesel Steven Plotnick Claudia Slovinsky Michael Kliegman Aaron J. Polak Linda Sosnowitz Jay Kogan George Pompetzki ’86 Lawton W. Squires ’83 Joel G. Kosman Thomas H. Prol ’01 Alexandra Standish ’01 Anna Kozoulina ’00 Janice Purvis Priscilla Steward Sherry Laird Sherry Ramsey ’98 Monica Storch Craig A. Landy David Raskin ’99 Peter J. Strauss David Ledy John J. Reddy Jr. ’79 Marc Supcoff Margaret Sipser Leibowitz Patrick Reilly Eva Szeli Richard Leland Tracy Reimann K.A. Taipale Dean W.M. Leslie Michael Resko Karen Talley ’95 Kelly Koenig Levi Margaret Reuter Lauren Teigland Martin P. Levin ’83 Hon. Rosalyn H. Richter Barry Temkin Marc M. Lewis ’95 Andrea Risoli ’00 Sandra Thorn Amy Littman Raymond L. Rodriguez Steven Tillem Tim Lorah Hon. Ernst Rosenberger ’58 Stan Towne Joseph J. Maltese ’93 Barry Rosenfeld Andrew Turro Gary Mandel Robert Rosh Francis J. Valentino Elizabeth A. Maresca Andrew Rothman Jacqueline Valouch ’95 Peter Marchetti Mitchell Rubinstein Alan Vinegard Elizabeth Maresca Michael P. Ryan Nancy Waite Michael S. Marino Jay Saltzman Mark Webbink Robert Marino II ’94 David G. Samuels Benjamin Weinstock Danielle Mazzini-Daly Harry Sandick Jeremy M. Weintraub Robyn G. McAllister Anne-Marie Santangelo Jay Weiser Katherine McDaniel Larry Sapadin Charles Weiss Philip J. Michaels ’76 Lisa Schatz-Vance ’97 Lis Wiehl Oscar Michelen ’85 Stella Schindler Robert W. Wien ’76 Shelley Mitchell Karen Schlossberg Hon. Patricia Anne Williams Zuhayr A. Moghrabi ’67 Lawrence Schnapf ’84 Hon. James A. Yates Hon. William Mogulescu Stanley H. Schneider ’72 Tracy Young David T. Moldenhauer Paul Schneiderman Peter Zablotsky Avraham C. Moskowitz Joel Schoenfeld Ariella Zarfati John J. Mulligan Andrew Seewald Michelle Zierler Brian Murphy Philip C. Segal ’73 Eric Zohn Catherine Napolitano David L. Shapiro Bran Noonan ’05 Ilene Shifrin Lisa A. Padilla Rebecca C. Shore Dennis Parker Richard Siegler
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Dean Richard A. Matasar, Presiding
Prelude Jubilate Deo—Gregor Aichinger Contrapunctus—J.S. Bach Quintet #1—Victor Ewald
VIDEO THANK YOUS Class of 2010
Marshals Victoria Eastus, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs Oral Hope, Assistant Dean and Registrar
processional Pomp and Circumstance, No. 1 Op. 39—Sir Edward Elgar Triumphal March, Aida—Giuseppe Verdi
greetings Richard A. Matasar Dean and President
The national anthem Lycia Alexis Basco Bronilla Class of 2010
Introduction of Dean Matasar Old Guard
remarks Gerald C. Crotty ’76 Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees
awarding of prizes Otto L. Walter Distinguished Writing Awards Presented by Associate Dean Stephen J. Ellmann
Faculty Awards To be announced
8 | New York Law School awarding of prizes Student Awards (continued) Peter Warren Beauchamp, Day Division For the article, “Misinterpreted Justice: The Problematic Use of Islamic Legal Experts in American Trial Courts”
Erin M. Byrnes, Evening Division For the article, “COHEN v. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.”
*The Finalists for the Trustees’ Prize for the Highest Average Presentation by Associate Dean Carol A. Buckler Day Division Evening Division Erica E. Bonnett Erin M. Byrnes Sandra B. DuBow Sandrine Dehaeze Anna Michnik Saliha Olgun
The Alfred L. Rose Award for Excellence Presentation by Associate Dean Carol A. Buckler Charlene A. Barker, Day Division Erin M. Byrnes, Evening Division
The Dean’s Award for Student Leadership Presentation by Associate Dean Carol A. Buckler Katherine Ann Greenier Hannah Victoria Faddis
Class of 2010 Teaching Award Presentation by Associate Dean Stephen J. Ellmann Professor Doni Gewirtzman Professor Jeffrey J. Haas student remarks Charlene A. Barker, Day Division Rachel L. Feld, Evening Division
* Based on fifth semester grades for Day Division and seventh semester grades for Evening Division students. The final awards will be made after all grades are complete in June, to the student with the highest average in each.
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conferring of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) honorary degree Presentation by Gerald C. Crotty ’76 The Honorable Jonathan Lippman, B.A., J.D. Chief Judge, State of New York Court of Appeals
Commencement Judge Lippman address
conferring of Introduction of Candidates STUDENT DEGREES Professor Ronald H. Filler Professor Ann F. Thomas Professor Michael L. Perlin Associate Dean Suzanne J.S. Davidson Professor Kris Franklin Professor Annette Gordon-Reed Professor Jeffrey J. Haas Professor Arthur S. Leonard Professor David Schoenbrod
Presentation of Candidates Dean Matasar
Conferring of Degrees Vice Chairman Crotty
Closing Remarks Dean Matasar
Recessional Two Voluntaries—Henry Purcell
10 | New York Law School Honors and Prizes
118th Commencement | 11 Degrees with Honors
February 1, 2010 Magna Cum Laude Edward Clough Katherine Rocafort Gall C. Gotfried Ann Young
Cum Laude Michael Bryantsev Alex Rudner Douglas Hirai Patrick Walsh-Vernetti Friedrich Bernhard Laub Anne E. Winnick Corinne M. Osborn
May 14, 2010 Summa Cum Laude Peter Warren Beauchamp Jared I. Kagan Erica E. Bonnett Anna Michnik Erin M. Byrnes Saliha Olgun Sandra B. DuBow
Magna Cum Laude Charlene A. Barker Jamie L. Kleidman Mark A. Butler Michael T. Leigh Richard Cocozza John Loyal Matthew Joseph Connahan III John W. McGowan Sandrine Dehaeze Edward R. Mullen Jr. Marissa Anne Fierz Polina Mzhen Kelly D. Fisher Nicole Nahas Jessica L. Frankel Andrew Joseph Rosenzweig Jonathan Goodman Svetlana Rovenskaya Laura Graham Louis Rubin Daniel Jake Haier Steven M. Shparber Melissa Hulett Britt Simpson Adam P. Jason Jillian Kate Timmermans Jeffrey Tate Jones Holly A. VanderSluis Jessica Elana Kasman Joshua W. Walters
12 | New York Law School Cum Laude Melissa Lauren Baum Maria J. Krupicz Rachel Elizabeth Bell Christopher Kuehnle Frederick Bodner Dana Marie Lai Brian A. Bonser Margaret Grace Laufman Thomas A. Boyle Corinne Laxman Jennifer Budoff Scott Levine Julia E. Burke Alexandria Lipton Elizabeth Ann Candido Rena Malik Dennis A. Chansky Dominic Mauro Ian Garrett Clifford Jordan Mazur Adam Edward Collyer Soline Delvaille McLain Patrick R. Colsher Joseph G. Merante Jr. Matthew John Cowan Marc Evan Miller James M. DeStefano Sara Johanna Mirsky Ashley Jolene Emerson Michael Murphy Lauren L. Esposito Megan A. Natale Margarita A. Essayan Jeremy M. Neil Paula Estrada de Martin Jessica Lynn Nitsche Brent Leason Farese Jonathan J. Nowakowski Lauren Amy Friedberg Stacy A. Orvetz Jay Allan Galik Jill Mary Partridge Joshua Gohari Matteo Percontino Gregory B. Gong Andrew James Pruitt Matthew G. Goodro Agata Krystyna Ratajczyk Remington Adam Gregg Luz Restrepo Yevgeniya Grinberg Stephan D. Robertson Khara Gael Blaney Hanlon Bert Roughton III Jamie Michael Helf Lindsay M. Shaw Joshua R. Hoffman Preethi Swamy Marta A. Izak Jessica Tong Andrew Jenkinson Renata Vizental Marina Josovich Naomi M. Weinstein Matthew Leonard Kislak Patricia C. Wik Olha Kolisnyk Stefanie Yanick Dawn Francine Konigsberg Ewelina Zukowska
118th Commencement | 13 Commencement Prizes
american law institute-american bar daniel finkelstein writing award association (ali-aba) continuing professional education scholarship Brian A. Bonser & leadership award For the article, “Rios v. Carrillo” Justin Victor Daly the ruben s. fogel commencement award for excellence in constitutional chief justice rose e. bird award history and death penalty (established for motivation in pursuing in honor of professor robert blecker) public interest law Bert Roughton III Katherine Ann Greenier
alexander d. forger award for professor lung-chu chen award distinguished service to the profession for excellence in the field of human rights Yevgeniya Grinberg Matthew G. Goodro media center award for outstanding performance helen & andrew dokas memorial award for excellent achievement Amie Stepanovich Veronica Cardenas Svetlana Rovenskaya the abraham “avi” mund prize for excellence in information technology and the law professor stephen j. ellmann clinical legal education prize Evan Barquist Matthew Joseph Connahan III new york law school law review award for outstanding editorial contribution faculty award for outstanding service to the new york law school law review Matthew Joseph Connahan III John W. McGowan Melissa Hulett Sara Johanna Mirsky Jared I. Kagan Ann Young Jillian Kate Timmermans Joshua W. Walters
new york law school law review award for best note Jeremy M. Neil Andrew King Nieh
14 | New York Law School new york law school moot court honorary order of the barristers award association best advocate award Professor Susan J. Abraham Jennifer Budoff
joseph solomon award for excellent new york law school national character and fitness moot court team Peter Warren Beauchamp Jennifer Budoff Hannah Victoria Faddis Melissa Hulett ernst c. stiefel writing award for excellence in comparative- Erin Nicole Mackin common civil law Peter Warren Beauchamp new york law school moot court award For the article, “Misinterpreted Justice: for serving with distinction The Problematic Use of Islamic Legal Thomas A. Boyle Experts in American Trial Courts” Sandra B. DuBow Dawn Francine Konigsberg Kathleen Roberts national association of women lawyers award Karla S. Pettaway order of barristers Thomas A. Boyle Jennifer Budoff Veronica Cardenas Ashley Jolene Emerson Hannah Victoria Faddis Melissa Hulett Dawn Francine Konigsberg Erin Nicole Mackin Benjamin J. Marzolf Erik McKenna Stephanie Michelle Michael
118th Commencement | 15 Commencement Prizes (to be announced) These prizes will be awarded after computation of final grades and will be announced on the Law School’s Web site.
professor joseph t. arenson award for murray stockman memorial award excellence in wills and decedents’ estates for the highest average in the law of evidence u u elsberg prize for proficiency in the law of contracts—evening division louis susman memorial award for excellence in the study of the u law of evidence
sylvia d. garland award for excellence u in subjects relating to civil litigation woodrow wilson award for proficiency u in constitutional law
harry a. gotimer admiralty award u for outstanding work in the field of admiralty law henry j. wolff award for proficiency during a full course of study— u evening division
milton s. gould award for proficiency u in the law of contracts—day division ross gnesin award for excellence u in workers’ compensation law
professor albert kalter award u for excellence in tax law abraham markhoff writing award u (for workers’ compensation)
professor james p. kibbey memorial award u for excellence in commercial law new york law school alumni u association awards d. george levine memorial award Professor Vincent Lolordo Award for the highest grade in the law for Excellence in Administration of real property of Criminal Justice
u Dr. Max Reich Award for Excellence professor robert r. rosenthal award in Civil Trial Advocacy for excellence in new york practice Professor Ivan Soubbotitch Award for Excellence u in Poverty Law and Civil Rights professor henry rothblatt award for criminal advocacy
16 | New York Law School Recognition
118th Commencement | 17 John Marshall Harlan Scholars
The John Marshall Harlan Scholars honors program is named for New York Law School’s alumnus and United States Supreme Court justice who served on the Court from 1955 to 1971. The program offers selected students the opportunity to pursue focused study in a field of law, including directed curricula, scholarship, and other academic projects, through affiliation with one of the Law School’s academic centers. We are pleased to acknowledge the Harlan Scholars of the Class of 2010.
Jonathan Andrew Adler Rachel L. Feld Center on Business Law & Policy Center for New York City Law Charlene A. Barker Marissa Anne Fierz Justice Action Center Center for International Law Michael Barry Damian M. Firsching Institute for Information Law & Policy Center on Business Law & Policy Peter Warren Beauchamp Kelly D. Fisher Justice Action Center Center on Business Law & Policy Rachel Elizabeth Bell Jay Allan Galik Center on Business Law & Policy Center for International Law Frederick Bodner Joshua Gohari Institute for Information Law & Policy Center for Real Estate Studies Erica E. Bonnett Jonathan Goodman Center on Business Law & Policy Center on Business Law & Policy Brian A. Bonser Matthew G. Goodro Center for Real Estate Studies Center for International Law Mark A. Butler Bradley Gottfried Center on Business Law & Policy Justice Action Center Erin M. Byrnes Daniel Jake Haier Center for Real Estate Studies Institute for Information Law & Policy Richard Cocozza Melissa Hulett Center on Business Law & Policy Center for New York City Law Phillip James Colasanto Adam P. Jason Center on Business Law & Policy Center on Business Law & Policy Patrick R. Colsher Andrew Jenkinson Institute for Information Law & Policy Center on Business Law & Policy Matthew Joseph Connahan III Jeffrey Tate Jones Justice Action Center Center for Real Estate Studies Sandra B. DuBow Jared I. Kagan Center for International Law Center on Business Law & Policy Lauren L. Esposito Jessica Elana Kasman Center for Real Estate Studies Center on Business Law & Policy Paula Estrada de Martin Christina Jin Kim Institute for Information Law & Policy Center for International Law
18 | New York Law School Matthew Leonard Kislak Corinne M. Osborn Center on Business Law & Policy Justice Action Center Jamie Kleidman Matteo Percontino Justice Action Center Center on Business Law & Policy Dawn Francine Konigsberg Andrew James Pruitt Center for Professional Values and Practice Center on Business Law & Policy Dana Marie Lai Katherine Rocafort Center on Business Law & Policy Center on Business Law & Policy Corrine Laxman Andrew Joseph Rosenzweig Center for New York City Law Center for Professional Values and Practice Michael T. Leigh Svetlana Rovenskaya Center for New York City Law Center on Business Law & Policy John Loyal Louis Rubin Center on Business Law & Policy Institute for Information Law & Policy Rena Malik Steven M. Shparber Center for International Law Center on Business Law & Policy John W. McGowan Britt Simpson Justice Action Center Institute for Information Law & Policy Soline Delvaille McLain Preethi Swamy Center on Business Law & Policy Justice Action Center Anna Michnik Jillian Kate Timmermans Center on Business Law & Policy Center on Business Law & Policy Marc Evan Miller Jessica Tong Institute for Information Law & Policy Center for Real Estate Studies Sara Johanna Mirsky Edward Valentini Justice Action Center Center on Business Law & Policy Edward R. Mullen Jr. Holly A. VanderSluis Center on Business Law & Policy Center for Professional Values and Practice Michael Murphy Joshua W. Walters Institute for Information Law & Policy Center on Business Law & Policy Polina Mzhen Ann K. Young Justice Action Center Justice Action Center Nicole Nahas Marcelo Martinez Zambonino Center on Business Law & Policy Center for Professional Values and Practice Jeremy M. Neil Center for International Law Andrew King Nieh Institute for Information Law & Policy Saliha Olgun Center for International Law Regan P.T. O’Neill Center on Business Law & Policy
118th Commencement | 19 Center and Program Associates
New York Law School is pleased to recognize the members of the Class of 2010 who have completed the curricular programs and projects as required to be an associate of one of the academic centers or programs listed below.
Jonathan Andrew Adler Jesse M. Cohn Jennifer Alyse Goldman Media Law Center Center for Real Estate Studies Justice Action Center Erik James Aho Laura K. Contegni Laura Graham Justice Action Center Center for Real Estate Studies Center for International Law Media Law Center Andrea Ruth Grace Annechino Jason DeVeau-Rosen Program in Law and Journalism Institute for Information Law & Policy Katherine Ann Greenier Justice Action Center Chaim Appel Lauren Beth Edelman Center on Financial Services Law Diane Abbey Law Center Remington Adam Gregg Center for International Law for Children and Families Justice Action Center Justice Action Center Evan Barquist Matthew Robert Halal Media Law Center Marc K. Epstein Center for Real Estate Studies Center on Financial Services Law Michael Barry Center for International Law Marissa Alexis Harrison Institute for Information Law & Policy Center for Real Estate Studies Dionne Lindsay Fabiatos Peter Scott Bartsch Program in Law and Journalism Eric C. Henry Jr. Center for Real Estate Studies Justice Action Center Tanya F. Facey Leah Michelle Bloomberg Justice Action Center Dari Leigh Horowitz Center for Real Estate Studies Diane Abbey Law Center Hannah Victoria Faddis for Children and Families Corrine Bolisay Justice Action Center Center on Financial Services Law Jillian Lee Hunt Brent Leason Farese Justice Action Center Amy L. Bower Institute for Information Law & Policy Justice Action Center Marta Izak Noreen Patricia Faughnan Justice Action Center Kelly Anne Browne Center on Financial Services Law Center for International Law Alissa Kelman Matthew David Field Program in Law and Journalism Stephen Buonomo Institute for Information Law & Policy Center on Financial Services Law Yoon Sun Gloria Keum Stephanie Nicole Figueroa Center on Financial Services Law Julia E. Burke Institute for Information Law & Policy Justice Action Center Saima Khan Alexandra Chloe Franco Center on Financial Services Law Andrea Casillas Diane Abbey Law Center Institute for Information Law & Policy for Children and Families Yelena Kogan Center on Financial Services Law Melissa Caudle Lauren Amy Friedberg Center for International Law Center on Financial Services Law Olha Kolisnyk Center for International Law Jonharold A. Cicero Courtney Gallagher Center for Real Estate Studies Center for Real Estate Studies Julie Kottakis Center for International Law Kevin Daniel Clinton Matthew Lawrence Goldberg Justice Action Center Center for Real Estate Studies Nicholas Tasso Koumoulis Center on Financial Services Law
20 | New York Law School Maria J. Krupicz Jill Mary Partridge Rachel Toyomura Center for International Law Justice Action Center Center for International Law Danielle Marie Lajoie Karla S. Pettaway Eugene Charles Travers Justice Action Center Diane Abbey Law Center Center for Real Estate Studies for Children and Families Winnie Lam Justice Action Center Sarah C. Trevarthen Center for International Law Center for Real Estate Studies Charles M. Post Lindsey Lamonica Center on Financial Services Law Vivian Wei-Chieh Tseng Center for Professional Values Institute for Information Law & Policy and Practice Victoria Potter Center for Real Estate Studies Despina Vouvoudakis Margaret Grace Laufman Center for Real Estate Studies Center for International Law Bradley Alan Powles Diane Abbey Law Center Naomi M. Weinstein Michael T. Leigh for Children and Families Justice Action Center Institute for Information Law & Policy Agata Krystyna Ratajczyk Jennifer Lynn Weldon Kyle Gade Manson Center for International Law Center for Real Estate Studies Center on Financial Services Law Luz Restrepo Lianne R. Wheeler Damien O’Hara Maree Justice Action Center Justice Action Center Justice Action Center Jaclyn K. Reyle Monica Latoya Williams Dominic Mauro Diane Abbey Law Center Center on Financial Services Law Institute for Information Law & Policy for Children and Families Theodore Charles Wills III Jordan Mazur Hunt S. Ricker Institute for Information Law & Policy Justice Action Center Center for International Law Anne E. Winnick Joseph G. Merante Jr. Stephan D. Robertson Center for Professional Values Institute for Information Law & Policy Center on Financial Services Law and Practice Mary Elizabeth Monahan Vanessa Rodriguez May Kay Wong Justice Action Center Center on Financial Services Law Justice Action Center Rebecca Eunhye Moon Eric Michael Sable Josephine Wu Center for International Law Center for Real Estate Studies Institute for Information Law & Policy Juliana M. Moran Shruti Sasidharan Stefanie Yanick Justice Action Center Justice Action Center Institute for Information Law & Policy Nellie P. Moulton Alexandra Schneider Amna Ziad-Miller Program in Law and Journalism Justice Action Center Center for International Law Matthew H. Mueller Kiran Siddiqi Ewelina Zukowska Media Law Center Justice Action Center Center on Financial Services Law Jesse Montgomery Nichols Amie Stepanovich Center for Real Estate Studies Media Law Center Program in Law and Journalism Jessica Lynn Nitsche Justice Action Center Roman Tabatchouk Center for International Law Jonathan J. Nowakowski Center on Financial Services Law Evita Nancy Sison Torre Diane Abbey Law Center Jessica Jane Orozco for Children and Families Center for International Law Justice Action Center
118th Commencement | 21 New York Law School Law Review
The New York Law School Law Review is the Law School’s journal for legal scholarship. Members are primarily Harlan Scholars, selected for that honor and for the Law Review based on their GPAs, although a few students are selected through a writing competition. Law Review editors work with the faculty to plan academic symposia as well as with the faculty publisher to select papers for publication. The editors edit all articles, and are responsible for all aspects of the publication process. We are pleased to recognize their achievements.
Jonathan Andrew Adler Joshua Gohari Polina Mzhen Charlene A. Barker Gregory B. Gong Nicole Nahas Michael Barry Jonathan Goodman Jeremy M. Neil Peter Warren Beauchamp Matthew G. Goodro Andrew King Nieh Rachel Elizabeth Bell Laura Graham Saliha Olgun Frederick Bodner Daniel Jake Haier Corinne M. Osborn Erica E. Bonnett Melissa Hulett Matteo Percontino Brian A. Bonser Adam P. Jason Regan P.T. O’Neill Stephen Buonomo Andrew Jenkinson Andrew James Pruitt Mark A. Butler Jeffrey Tate Jones Agata Krystyna Ratajczyk Erin M. Byrnes Jared I. Kagan Luz Restrepo Edward Clough Jessica Elana Kasman Katherine Rocafort Richard Cocozza Lisa H. Kim Andrew Joseph Rosenzweig Phillip James Colasanto Matthew Leonard Kislak Bert Roughton III Patrick R. Colsher Jamie L. Kleidman Svetlana Rovenskaya Matthew Joseph Connahan III Dana Marie Lai Louis Rubin Matthew John Cowan Margaret Grace Laufman Steven M. Shparber Sandrine Dehaeze Corinne Laxman Britt Simpson Sandra B. DuBow Michael T. Leigh Preethi Swamy Lauren L. Esposito John Loyal Jillian Kate Timmermans Paula Estrada de Martin Rena Malik Jessica Tong Brent Leason Farese John W. McGowan Edward Valentini Rachel L. Feld Soline Delvaille McLain Holly A. VanderSluis Marissa Anne Fierz Anna Michnik Joshua W. Walters Damian M. Firsching Marc Evan Miller Ann Young Kelly D. Fisher Sara Johanna Mirsky Marcelo Martinez Zambonino Jessica L. Frankel Edward R. Mullen Jr. Jay Allan Galik Michael Murphy
22 | New York Law School New York Law School Moot Court Association
The New York Law School Moot Court Association is a student-run organization that focuses on oral advocacy and brief writing skills at the appellate level. Students are accepted into the organization by competing in the Charles W. Froessel Moot Court Competition, a constitutional law intramural competition. The Froessel Competition is one of the most challenging intramural competitions in the country and one of the most demanding recruiting tools used by a moot court association in selecting its members. We are pleased to recognize the members of the Moot Court Association.
Thomas A. Boyle Marta A. Izak Stephanie Michelle Michael Jennifer Budoff Adam P. Jason Mary Elizabeth Monahan Veronica Cardenas Jennifer Beth Kay Juliana M. Moran Sandra B. DuBow Olha Kolisnyk Edward R. Mullen Jr. Paul Allen Duffy Dawn Francine Konigsberg Rishin Patel Ashley Jolene Emerson Scott Levine Kathleen Roberts Hannah Victoria Faddis Jeffrey D. Linehan Svetlana Rovenskaya Daniel Jake Haier Erin Nicole Mackin Katherine M. Salzman Joshua R. Hoffman Benjamin J. Marzolf Naomi M. Weinstein Melissa Hulett Erik McKenna Joseph T. Welsh Shelby Kirsten Ivey-Graham Clifford A. Merin
118th Commencement | 23 Public Service Certificate
The Office of Professional Development is pleased to recognize the members of the Class of 2010 who have earned the Public Service Certificate. Students earning the certificate have performed at least 40 hours of voluntary service while in law school, or have a combination of at least 30 hours of voluntary service and another 30 hours of public interest work done through a work-study placement, clinic, or externship.
Erik James Aho Katherine Ann Greenier Laura Messing Andrea Ruth Grace Annechino Remington Adam Gregg Mary Elizabeth Monahan Jennifer L. Anzardo Yevgeniya Grinberg Juliana M. Moran Charlene A. Barker Monique Hardial Jessica Jane Orozco Matthew D. Barocas Emily A. Hariharan Rishin Patel Peter Warren Beauchamp Eric C. Henry Jr. Paul Jeff Perez Emily Leah Binda Dari Leigh Horowitz Karla S. Pettaway Amy L. Bower Marta A. Izak William Pham Mark A. Butler Adam P. Jason Agata Krystyna Ratajczyk Elizabeth Ann Candido Jeffrey Tate Jones Luz Restrepo Cary Chan David B. Joyandeh Jaclyn K. Reyle Kevin Daniel Clinton Christina Jin Kim Stephan D. Robertson Laura L. Cruz Olha Kolisnyk Jennifer Rota Cristina Culicea Maria J. Krupicz Luke Rupcic Paul Allen Duffy Christopher Kuehnle Princetta Satiya Self Lauren Beth Edelman Danielle Marie Lajoie Noah Schotten Sexton Tanya F. Facey Winnie Lam Kiran Siddiqi Hannah Victoria Faddis Lindsey Lamonica Evita Nancy Sison Torre Noreen Patricia Faughnan Monica Grace Lee Lianne R. Wheeler Marissa Anne Fierz Karina Leventul May Kay Wong Stephanie Nicole Figueroa Jacquelyn Michelle Lombardo Jennifer Sung-Ae Yoon Mary Lynn Frakes Erin Nicole Mackin Marcelo Martinez Zambonino Jay Allan Galik Jordan David Mamorsky Amna Ziad-Miller Brynn Giannullo Diana C. Matias Petro Zinkovetsky Philip Zachary Glorieux Erik McKenna Brett E. Zuckerman Gregory B. Gong Jordan Meisner
24 | New York Law School Patent Law Program
The Institute for Information Law & Policy is pleased to recognize the following students who have completed the requirements of the New York Law School Patent Law Program. The Program demands the completion of a rigorous course of study. Those law students who are eligible, as determined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, also sit for the exam for admission to the Patent Bar prior to graduation. We are pleased to acknowledge the following members of the Class of 2010 who have successfully completed the Patent Law Program and the Patent Agent’s exam.
Andrea Casillas Patrick R. Colsher Paula Estrada de Martin Brent Leason Farese Josephine Wu
118th Commencement | 25 LL.M. in Financial Services Law Candidates May 14, 2010
LL.M. in Real Estate Candidate May 14, 2010
LL.M. in Taxation Graduates February 1, 2010
LL.M. in Taxation Candidates May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
M.A. in Mental Disability Law Studies Candidates May 14, 2010
26 | New York Law School LL.M. in Financial Services Law Candidates May 14, 2010
Evan Clandorf Flavia Negri B.A. State University of Bachelor’s Universidade New York/Albany do Vale do Paraíba J.D. New York Law School
LL.M. in Real Estate Candidate May 14, 2010
Cynthia Ganiere B.A. Marymount Manhattan College J.D. New York Law School
LL.M. in Taxation Graduates February 1, 2010
Carolina Caers Helen Mangano John Curley Rowland Master of Laws University B.A. City University of B.A. Boston College of Antwerp New York/Hunter College J.D. St. John’s University J.D. New York Law School School of Law Milagros Gibbons J.D. Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru Law School
LL.M. in Taxation Candidates May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
Michael B. Abel Joseph Balisok Tracy McSweeney Childs B.A. University of North Carolina First Rabbinic Degree/ at Chapel Hill Central Yeshiva Tomchei Joseph A. Gagliano J.D. New York Law School Tmimim Lubavitz B.S. Fairleigh Dickinson University J.D. Florida Coastal School of Law J.D. Rutgers School of Law–Newark Robert Aufseeser B.A. Rutgers, The State University Luca Cantelli Stephanie L. Gruenhagen of New Jersey M.B.A. Hofstra University B.S. University of Wisconsin J.D. Syracuse University J.D. University of Siena J.D. William Mitchell School of Law
118th Commencement | 27 LL.M. in Taxation Candidates (continued) May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
David Haas Matthew Montouris-Gore Kirk Sinclair B.A. Hofstra University B.A. Memphis State University B.A. Hofstra University J.D. Nova South Eastern University J.D. New York Law School J.D. Georgetown University
Alanna Clare Iacono Sean Michael O’Brien Nadi Son B.A. University of Delaware B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.S. Fordham University J.D. New York Law School of New Jersey J.D. New York Law School J.D. Roger Williams University John Lynch Sandra Tchatchoua B.A. Rutgers Livingston College Maria Pirrone LL.B. University of Cameroon J.D. Rutgers School of Law B.S. St. John’s University Master of Laws University M.B.A. St. John’s University of Cameroon Daniel Makowski J.D. St. John’s University LL.M. Tulane University B.A. Ramapo College Law School J.D. Widener University Luis Rodriguez B.S. Long Island University Sara Wang Jose Antonio Mayet J.D. New York Law School B.A. McGill University B.A. The Pennsylvania J.D. Rutgers School of Law–Newark State University Milan Saha J.D. New York Law School B.A. Johns Hopkins University Kevin Wimmer J.D. New York Law School B.A. Syracuse University Anya Mironova J.D. Brooklyn Law School B.A. George Mason University Olesya Savina J.D. New York Law School B.S. Moscow State University Jason Lars Wyatt B.A. Cornell University Elwira Mizgier Kaleem Sikander J.D. The Ohio State University B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Stony Brook University Hunter College J.D. Suffolk University J.D. New York Law School
M.A. in Mental Disability Law Studies Candidates May 14, 2010
Salvatore Pizzuro Carole Sevely B.A. Jersey City State College B.S. Georgetown University Ph.D. Columbia University M.B.A. Fordham University
28 | New York Law School J.D. Graduates February 1, 2010
J.D. Candidates May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
118th Commencement | 29 J.D. Graduates February 1, 2010
Jacqueline Lilliana Aguilar Michael Anthony DeMarco Friedrich Bernhard Laub B.A. Manhattanville College B.S. Montclair State University Bachelor’s Free University of Berlin M.A. Free University of Berlin Chaim Appel Breda Donovan Ph.D. Free University of Berlin B.S. Touro College B.S. Trinity College Dublin Sumi Lee Daniel Ayzenberg Rachel L. Feld B.A. Georgetown University B.B.A. City University of B.S. New York University New York/Baruch College John M. Lehnert M.S. City University of Sara E. Fiske B.S. Thomas A. Edison College New York/Baruch College B.A. University of Massachusetts Ari L.Lockspeiser Brian J. Baily Camelia Ghiuzeli B.A. Yeshiva University B.A. Ursinus College B.A. University of California/San Diego Paul Marrone Jr. Mehmet Basoglu B.S. Wagner College B.A. Rutgers, The State University Gall C. Gotfried of New Jersey B.S. University of Florida Dominic L. Mascara M.S. Carnegie Mellon University B.S. St. John’s University Gennaro Battiloro B.A. Fordham University Alvin Grimes Maria McGinley B.A. Wilberforce University B.A. New York University Louis Brown M.S. Fordham University B.B.A. City University of Monique Hardial New York/Baruch College B.A. St. John’s University Heather Middleton B.S. Elon University Michael Bryantsev Zachary David Helprin B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. Yeshiva University Philip Thomas Miller Binghamton University B.A. City University of Douglas Hirai New York/Brooklyn College Benjamin Chan M.B.A. University of Rochester B.A. City University of M.D. University of Sao Paulo Robert P. Miraglia Jr. New York/Hunter College B.A. City University of Amanda Hon New York/Queens College Harmony Chen B.S. New York University B.A. University of Rochester Mario Denis Mocombe Christina H. Johansen B.A. State University of New York/ Laurent Beaumont Chevalier B.A. University of Binghamton University B.A. University of Washington California/Los Angeles John Murillo Edward Clough Paul Kapish B.A. Lafayette College B.A. Michigan State University B.A. Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Melissa Nowak Geoffrey Corisdeo B.A. Colorado State University B.A. William Peterson University Alex Kleyman B.B.A. The George Regan P.T. O’Neill Cristina Culicea Washington University B.A. Yale University B.A. City University of New York/Hunter College Amanda Kelley Koons Lindsay Orosz B.A. University of Miami B.A. Muhlenberg College
30 | New York Law School Kristie Ortiz Anthony F. X. Ruffino Jonathan Ariel Weinstein B.A. University of West Virginia B.A. Tulane University B.A. University of Michigan M.F.A. University of Southern Corinne M. Osborn Shahin Shaghaghi California B.S. Cornell University B.A. Lehigh University Anne E. Winnick Bradley Alan Powles Melanie S. Shurka B.A. Indiana University B.A. Bard College B.A. New York University M.S. Pratt Institute
Paul Presman James Struss Danae A. Wint B.S. Rutgers, The State University B.A. St. John’s University B.B.A. The George Washington of New Jersey University Shintaro Suzuki Stephanie M. Rabeau B.A. Boston University Ann Young B.A. New York University B.A. Rhodes College Kim F. Trigoboff M.A. Columbia University/Graduate Jacqueline Ramirez B.A. Bryn Mawr College School of Arts & Sciences B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Elizabeth Custis Urstadt Christopher Joseph Zaro B.A. Colby College B.S. Rowan University Jason J. Rebhun M.B.A. St. John’s University B.A. State University of New York/ Alicia Angela Arana Vega Binghamton University B.A. City University of New York/ Chad Zhong Hunter College B.S. Stony Brook University Katherine Rocafort M.S. Columbia University/ B.A. University of Richmond Patrick Walsh-Vernetti The Fu Foundation School of B.A. Vassar College Engineering and Applied Science Alex Rudner M.S. Pace University B.A. Touro College
118th Commencement | 31 J.D. Candidates May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
Nidal Abdeljawad Evan Barquist Erica E. Bonnett B.A. Pace University B.A. Simon’s Rock College of Bard B.A. New York University
Ronette Adams Michael Barry Brian A. Bonser B.S. Alcorn State University B.A. Skidmore College B.B.A. Grand Valley State M.S. Carnegie Mellon University University Peter Scott Bartsch M.B.A. Grand Valley State Louis Mario Adimando B.A. State University of New York/ University B.A. Saint Peter’s College Stony Brook University Amy L. Bower Jonathan Andrew Adler Melissa Lauren Baum B.A. University of Washington B.A. City University of B.S. University of Delaware New York/Brooklyn College Thomas A. Boyle Carl Beal B.A. Villanova University Erik James Aho B.A. Columbia University B.A. California State University Adam Bren Peter Warren Beauchamp B.A. University of Rochester Andrea Ruth Grace Annechino B.A. Keene State College B.S. State University of New York/ Oliver O. Brewster The College of Brockport Rachel Elizabeth Bell B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Bucknell University Hunter College Jennifer L. Anzardo B.S. University of Florida Jennifer Bellusci Andrew D. Briker B.A. The George B.A. Syracuse University Marianna Babek Washington University B.A. State University of New York/ Christopher Andrew Brock Stony Brook University Peter M. Bessada B.S. New York University B.A. Kean College of New Jersey School of Continuing Seung Hyo Baek and Professional Studies B.A. Johns Hopkins University Melissa A. Bevilacqua B.A. Seton Hall University Lycia Alexis Basco Bronilla Brian J. Baily M.A. Seton Hall University B.A. University of B.A. Ursinus College California/Irvine John C. Bilancini II Charli B. Baldinger B.A. Catholic University of America Kelly Anne Browne B.A. City University of B.S. Seton Hall University New York/John Jay College Emily Leah Binda of Criminal Justice B.A. St. John’s University Jason Adam Buckweitz B.A. Rutgers, The State University Christopher Balioni Leah Michelle Bloomberg of New Jersey B.A. New School for Social B.A. The George Research Washington University Jennifer Budoff B.A. New York University Charlene A. Barker Frederick Bodner B.A. City University of B.F.A. Fashion Institute Stephen Buonomo New York/John Jay College of Technology B.B.A. Dowling College of Criminal Justice M.P.A. City University of Sarah Bolignesi Julia E. Burke New York/John Jay College B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.S. Pennsylvania State University of Criminal Justice of New Jersey Michal Bussi Matthew D. Barocas Corrine Bolisay B.A. Montclair State University B.B.A. University of Miami B.A. Columbia University
32 | New York Law School Mark A. Butler Lukas Charles Matthew B. Corwin B.A. Syracuse University B.A. New York University B.S. University of Massachusetts M.D. College of Medicine and Erin M. Byrnes Dentistry Vivianna Cosme B.S. Tufts University B.A. Montclair State University Sourav Choudhury Erin Margentino Cabelus B.A. The University of North James Nicholas Costello B.A. University of New Hampshire Carolina at Chapel Hill B.S. Fairfield University
Maria Catherine Cacucciolo Jonharold A. Cicero Christopher Cotter B.A. Boston University B.A. La Salle University B.A. University of Delaware
Eric Robert Calantone Brian T. Cirri Matthew John Cowan B.S. Marist College B.A. University of Pennsylvania B.S. New York University
Jose M. Campon III Ian Garrett Clifford Matthew Crawford B.B.A. Hofstra University B.A. Connecticut College B.A. University of Missouri– M.B.A. St. John’s University Columbia Kevin Daniel Clinton Elizabeth Ann Candido B.A. Siena College Andrew Marc Cromer B.A. University of Pennsylvania B.A. University of Wisconsin Richard Cocozza Veronica Cardenas B.A. Syracuse University Laura L. Cruz B.A. Montclair State University B.A. The George Jesse M. Cohn Washington University Denis M. Carey B.A. State University of B.A. City University of New York/ New York/Albany Nyoka Dada Hunter College B.A. St. John’s University Phillip James Colasanto Julia Elizabeth Carlin B.A. Wagner College Brian Daitzman B.A. Boston College B.A. New York University Moenika N. Coleman Christopher T. Carozza B.B.A. Sam Houston Jeremiah J. Dalton B.B.A. City University of State University B.A. Rutgers, The State University New York/Baruch College of New Jersey Adam Edward Collyer Andrea Casillas B.A. Pennsylvania State University Justin Victor Daly B.S. Arizona State University B.A. City University of New York/ Patrick R. Colsher Lehman College Melissa Caudle B.S. Duke University B.A. Southwest Texas State University Harold M. Dee Danielle Martine Comanducci B.A. City University of Gregory H. Cayne License in Law Université de Nice New York/John Jay College B.S. University of Wisconsin of Criminal Justice Matthew Joseph Connahan III Cary Chan B.A. New York University Andrea M. DeGaetano B.B.A. City University of B.A. City University of New York/Baruch College Laura K. Contegni New York/John Jay College B.A. Quinnipiac University of Criminal Justice Dennis A. Chansky B.A. University of Chicago Katherine Cooper B.A. University of Washington
118th Commencement | 33 J.D. Candidates (continued) May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
Sandrine Dehaeze Marlene Elaine Esch Damian M. Firsching B.A. Université d’Artois B.A. University of Vermont B.S. St. John’s University M.A. Université d’Artois M.A. Georgetown University M.A.L.D. The Fletcher School, Tufts Kelly D. Fisher University Lauren L. Esposito B.A. Syracuse University B.A. Emory University Mahnoush Deilami M.B.A. Hofstra University Owen P. Flynn B.A. University of California, Berkeley B.A. Boston College Margarita A. Essayan Joseph Dell’Armi B.S. Montclair State University Zachary Folkman B.B.A. University of Miami B.A. Skidmore College Paula Estrada de Martin James M. DeStefano B.S. California State University– Alexandra Formica B.A. University of Massachusetts San Bernardino B.S. Wagner College M.S. California State University– Jason DeVeau-Rosen San Bernardino Carol J. Foxx B.A. Washington University in St. Louis Ph.D. Yale University B.A. The University of North Carolina M.S. New York University at Chapel Hill Dionne Lindsay Fabiatos Ekaterina Dikansky B.A. William Smith College Mary Lynn Frakes B.A. Boston College B.S. San Diego State University Tanya F. Facey Catherine Dimiane B.A. Dickinson College Alexandra Chloe Franco Rutgers, The State University of B.A. University of Wisconsin New Jersey Hannah Victoria Faddis B.A. Saint Mary’s College of Maryland Jessica L. Frankel Stephen Frank Doddato B.A. Union College B.A. Indiana University Brent Leason Farese B.S. Loyola College in Maryland Lauren Amy Friedberg Sandra B. DuBow B.S. University of Florida B.A. The George Washington University Sarah J. Fauer B.A. Franklin & Marshall College Jay Allan Galik Paul Allen Duffy M.A. Florida Atlantic University B.A. University of Houston B.S. Fairfield University Noreen Patricia Faughnan Courtney Gallagher Lauren Beth Edelman B.A. College of the Holy Cross B.S. College of Staten Island/City B.S. State University of New York/ University of New York Binghamton University Matthew David Field B.A. University of New Haven Brooke S. Gartner Kimberly Soo Edmonds B.S. University of Florida B.A. Randolph-Macon Women’s College Katherine Letitia Fields B.A. Spelman College Rachel A. Gauchman Ashley Jolene Emerson M.B.A. Clark Atlanta University B.S. Florida State University B.A. Wheaton College Marissa Anne Fierz Steven R. Gerber Dean A. Endow B.A. University of California/ B.S. Columbia University School of B.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa Los Angeles General Studies
Marc K. Epstein Stephanie Nicole Figueroa Florina Getman B.A. University of Miami B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. State University of New York/ Binghamton University Binghamton University Jessica M. Erickson B.S. The College of New Jersey Brynn Giannullo B.S. St. John’s University
34 | New York Law School Harinder Gill John Greaney Emily A. Hariharan B.S. London School of Economics B.A. Montclair State University B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Richard Gitomer Katherine Ann Greenier B.S. University of Vermont B.A. Mount Holyoke College Marissa Alexis Harrison B.B.A. Georgia State University Philip Zachary Glorieux Remington Adam Gregg B.A. Tulane University B.A. State University of New York/ Tandis Miryam Hassid Binghamton University B.A. Boston University Joshua Gohari B.S. State University of Yevgeniya Grinberg John J. Heagney New York/Albany B.A. University of Maryland/ B.A. University of Connecticut College Park Matthew Lawrence Goldberg Jamie Michael Helf B.S. State University of Andrea Gunadi B.A. Hofstra University New York/Buffalo B.A. Emory University Eric C. Henry Jr. Blake Garrett Goldfarb Brian Christian Hagan B.A. State University of New York/ B.S. University of Florida B.A. Loyola College in Maryland Binghamton University
Jennifer Alyse Goldman Adam C. Hagedorn Jason Herskowitz B.S. Cornell University B.A. University of Minnesota B.S. City University of New York/ M.A. Columbia University Brooklyn College Daniel Jake Haier Gregory B. Gong B.A. University of California/ Danielle Marie Hinton B.A. University of Massachusetts Santa Barbara B.A. The University of Scranton M.B.A. Fordham University Matthew Robert Halal Joshua R. Hoffman Jonathan Goodman B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. University of Wisconsin B.S. University of Maryland/ Binghamton University College Park Erica Caroline Holder Diana Lucy Victoria Hallett B.S. Rochester Institute Matthew G. Goodro B.A. State University of New York/ of Technology B.A. Hobart College Binghamton University Dari Leigh Horowitz Bradley Gottfried Gillian Jaye Halpern B.A. University of Pennsylvania B.A. Duke University B.A. Skidmore College Melissa Hulett Amy Elizabeth Gough Michael Halpern B.S. Southwest Missouri B.A. Monmouth College B.A. Pennsylvania State University State University M.B.A. Southwest Missouri Laura Graham Joshua Fisher Hamilton State University B.A. Queens University B.A. The University of Arizona Jillian Lee Hunt Euphemia Devi Gravesande Kevin Hand B.S. Cornell University B.A. New York University B.A. Montclair State University Robert John Hunter Arielle LaShawn Gray Khara Gael Blaney Hanlon B.A. Iowa State University B.A. State University of B.F.A. Boston Conservatory of Music New York/Albany Marc Illish M.A. State University of Keith R. Harden B.F.A. City University of New York/ New York/Albany B.A. City University of New York/ Brooklyn College Baruch College
118th Commencement | 35 J.D. Candidates (continued) May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
Katarzyna Inglot Jared I. Kagan Matthew Leonard Kislak B.B.A. Pace University B.S. Cornell University B.A. Lehigh University
Omar Issa Joyce Nabil Kammoun Vijay Mark Kitson B.B.A. Pace University B.A. Arizona State University B.A. State University of New York/New Paltz Gregory Itingen Ian Kaplan B.B.A. City University of New B.S. Hawaii Pacific University Jamie L. Kleidman York/Baruch College B.A. Syracuse University Ross Stephen Kaplan Shelby Kirsten Ivey-Graham B.A. Colby College Lail A. Kleinman B.A. University of South Florida B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Richard Karczewski Jr. Marta A. Izak B.A. Fairfield University Giacomo Kmet B.S. Ramapo College B.A. Hofstra University Jessica Elana Kasman Adam P. Jason B.S. Tulane University Brian G. Koffler B.S. Ithaca College B.B.A. George Jennifer Beth Kay Washington University Alison Jenik B.A. Tulane University B.A. University of Maryland/ Yelena Kogan College Park Alissa Kelman B.A. New York University B.A. Tulane University Andrew Jenkinson Pauline Marie Kohl B.A. Vanderbilt University Yoon Sun Gloria Keum B.A. Montclair State University B.S. St. John’s University Danny Jiminian Olha Kolisnyk B.A. City University of New York/ Armen Khajetoorian B.B.A. Pace University City College B.A. University of Western Ontario Dawn Francine Konigsberg Jeongyun Jo Saima Khan B.A. Michigan State University B.A. Seoul National University B.A. Rosemont College Roman Kopelevich Kevin Johnson Nicholas Miller Khoury B.A. City University of B.A. The University of North B.S. State University of New York/Hunter College Carolina at Chapel Hill New York/Albany John Kosa Daniel S. Jones Christina Jin Kim B.A. Connecticut College B.A. New York University B.A. Georgetown University M.B.A. New York University
Elliott C. Jones Jill L. Kim Julie Kottakis B.S. Pennsylvania State University B.A. University of M.A. City University of California/Irvine New York/Lehman College Jeffrey Tate Jones B.S. Cornell University Jin Ah Kim Alexander J. Kotz B.A. Ewha Womans University B.A. University of Miami Marina Josovich B.A. New York University Lisa H. Kim Nicholas Tasso Koumoulis B.A. New York University B.A. The George David B. Joyandeh Washington University B.S. Yeshiva University Arthur Kiperberg B.S. Yeshiva University
36 | New York Law School Renee L. Kraiem Nicole Levy Rudolph Maneff B.S. College of Staten Island/City B.A. University of Miami B.A. Rutgers, The State University University of New York of New Jersey Kevin F. Liang Erik Krasnic B.S. St. John’s University Matthew James Manfredi B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. St. John’s University Stony Brook University Jeffrey D. Linehan M.A. Columbia University B.S. Syracuse University Scott Krinsky Kyle Gade Manson B.S. University of Maryland/ Jamie Lee Lippert B.A. Colby College College Park B.A. University of Miami Damien O’Hara Maree Maria J. Krupicz Alexandria Lipton B.A. University of Arizona B.A. Fordham University B.A. City University of New York/ Hunter College Louis Marinos Christopher Kuehnle B.S. St. John’s University B.A. Bard College Kamau Osei Lloyd B.A. Columbia University Dov Yosef Markowitz David Kuznia B.A. Connecticut College B.A. State University of Jacquelyn Michelle Lombardo New York/Albany B.A. Arizona State University Stefanie R. Marra B.S. Boston University Dana Marie Lai John Loyal B.S. New York University B.A. State University of New York/ Masateru Marubashi Binghamton University B.A. City University of New York/ Danielle Marie Lajoie Queens College B.A. University of Chicago Robert Luttrell B.A. College of Staten Island/ Benjamin J. Marzolf Winnie Lam City University of New York B.S. Fordham University B.A. Fordham University Evan Joseph Lyman Mathai Waweru Mathai Lindsey Lamonica B.S. Yeshiva University B.S. Morgan State University B.A. Rutgers, The State University M.S. Drexel University of New Jersey School of Erin Nicole Mackin Engineering B.A. Fordham University Diana C. Matias B.A. City University of New York/ Margaret Grace Laufman Jaydip D. Mahida Hunter College B.A. Franklin & Marshall College B.A. Columbia University Dominic Mauro Corinne Laxman Rina Majmudar B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. University of Pennsylvania B.A. Boston College Buffalo
Monica Grace Lee Eleni D. Makris Lauren Anne Mavroudis B.A. University of St. Andrews B.A. Johns Hopkins University B.S. Syracuse University
Michael T. Leigh Rena Malik Jordan Mazur B.S. University of Louisville B.A. State University of New York/ B.S. Rutgers, The State University Binghamton University of New Jersey Karina Leventul B.A. Pace University Jordan David Mamorsky Bridget McBratney B.A. Vanderbilt University B.S. University of Scott Levine Southern California B.A. Florida State University
118th Commencement | 37 J.D. Candidates (continued) May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
William McCabe Stephanie Michelle Michael Michael Murphy B.S. New York University B.A. University of Virginia B.A. Wesleyan University
Jennifer McCallion Anna Michnik Polina Mzhen B.A. State University of New York/ B.S. Boston University B.A. Rutgers, The State University New Paltz of New Jersey Jeffrey Mikel Amy McCauley B.A. Rutgers, The State University Nicole Nahas B.A. Boston University of New Jersey B.S. Northeastern University
John W. McGowan Jack Andrew Miller Megan A. Natale B.A. St. Thomas Aquinas College B.A. University of Wisconsin B.A. Seton Hall University
Michael C. McGrath Marc Evan Miller Jeremy M. Neil B.A. City University of B.S. University of Vermont B.A. University of Denver New York/John Jay College of Criminal Justice Sara Johanna Mirsky Linda Linh Nguyen B.A. Wesleyan University B.A. Florida State University Erik McKenna B.A. New York University Jacob Barclay Mitchell Jesse Montgomery Nichols B.A. Bard College B.A. Emory University Soline Delvaille McLain B.A. Columbia University Sarah A. Mitchell Andrew King Nieh B.A. University of Western Ontario B.S. Johns Hopkins University David Theodore McMaster II B.A. Pepperdine University Tanya Ivette Molina Emanuel Nisan B.B.A. University of San Diego B.A. City University of New York/ Craig Aaron McMurray Baruch College B.A. California State University Mary Elizabeth Monahan B.A. Yale University Jessica Lynn Nitsche Gillian Haydn McTiernan B.A. University of Richmond B.A. Providence College Rebecca Eunhye Moon B.A. University of Texas at Austin Ivonne Norman Jordan Meisner B.A. City University of B.S. Indiana University Juliana M. Moran New York/John Jay College B.A. Loyola Marymount University of Criminal Justice Joseph G. Merante Jr. B.A. Berklee College of Music Nellie P. Moulton Jonathan J. Nowakowski B.A. Siena College B.A. Michigan State University Clifford A. Merin B.A. University of Massachusetts Matthew H. Mueller Diana Ify Nwobi B.A. Seton Hall University B.A. Wesleyan University Laura Messing B.A. State University of Edward R. Mullen Jr. Saliha Olgun New York/Albany B.S. State University of B.A. George Mason University New York/Albany Marta Zofia Michael Matthew Orlando B.A. Rutgers, The State University Ilya Murafa B.S. State University of of New Jersey B.A. State University of New York/ New York/Albany Binghamton University
38 | New York Law School Matthew S. Orlansky Kenna Plangemann Devon Reyes B.A. Skidmore College B.A. University of Delaware B.A. Pace University
Jessica Jane Orozco John G. Poppe Jaclyn K. Reyle B.A. University of B.S. St. John’s University B.A. Fordham University California/Los Angeles Charles M. Post Hunt S. Ricker Stacy A. Orvetz B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. College of Charleston B.S. Villanova University Binghamton University Sun Young Ro Rachel E.S. Palmer Victoria Potter B.A. City University of B.A. State University of B.A. Syracuse University New York/John Jay College New York/Plattsburg of Criminal Justice Andrew James Pruitt James George Papadakis B.S. Radford University Sharmaine D. Robergeau B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. City University of New York/ Binghamton University Kristin Quinn Brooklyn College B.S. New York University Sun Min Park Kathleen Roberts B.A. Amherst College Marlene Ramirez B.A. American University B.A. Mount Saint Mary’s College Jill Mary Partridge Stephan D. Robertson B.A. Ithaca College Shereen Rashidi B.S. University of Arizona B.A. Yeshiva University Rishin Patel Vanessa Rodriguez B.A. East Carolina University Agata Krystyna Ratajczyk B.S. St. John’s University B.A. University of Florida Sheetal A. Patel Claudia T. Romano B.A. Rutgers, The State University Sachin Ramesh Raval B.A. City University of of New Jersey B.A. Rutgers, The State University New York/John Jay College of New Jersey of Criminal Justice Michael Gerard Pepin B.S. City University of Andrew Stanislaus Read Andrew Joseph Rosenzweig New York/John Jay College B.A. City University of New York/ B.S. Boston University of Criminal Justice Hunter College Jennifer Rota Matteo Percontino Tatyana Redko B.A. Siena College B.A. Montclair State University B.A. Seton Hall University Bert Roughton III Ernesto Perez Lacy Jade Redwine B.A. University of Georgia–Athens B.B.A. Florida International B.A. Point Park College University Svetlana Rovenskaya Samantha Jane Reid B.A. Rutgers, The State University Paul Jeff Perez B.S. Georgetown University of New Jersey B.A. City University of New York/ Queens College Brent Matthew Reitter Louis Rubin B.A. University of Michigan B.S. Northeastern University Karla S. Pettaway B.S. St. John’s University Laurie Ann Rempp Luke Rupcic M.A. St. John’s University B.A. Adelphi University B.A. James Madison University
William Pham Luz Restrepo B.A. Arizona State University B.A. New York University
118th Commencement | 39 J.D. Candidates (continued) May 14, 2010 and September 1, 2010
Melissa L. Ruvio Erica Nicole Schwitzer Nicholas Cabell Sokolow B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Yeshiva University B.S. Towson State University Baruch College Alyson Mansfield Scott Danielle Spallino Eric Michael Sable B.S. University of Delaware B.A. University of Miami B.A. University of Wisconsin M.A. Monmouth College Michelle C. Spiegel Kathryn Sain Michele Carmela Sebastiano B.A. Fordham University B.A. Richard Stockton College B.A. Western New England College of New Jersey Amie Stepanovich Eric Segev B.A. Florida State University Mohamed Salameh B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. Rutgers, The State University Binghamton University Marissa Jana Stern New Jersey B.A. The George Princetta Satiya Self Washington University Adam Jeffrey Salzer B.A. State University of B.A. Indiana University New York/Geneseo Adrian Derek Stubbs B.A. Iona College Katherine M. Salzman Johnathan P. Seredynski B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Villanova University Toneta Sula Hunter College B.A. City University of Noah Schotten Sexton New York/Hunter College Yevgeny Samokhleb B.A. Western Connecticut B.A. City University of New York/ State University Katie Sullivan Queens College B.A. University of Texas at Austin Sergey Shapka Kenneth L. Sanders, M.D. B.B.A. City University of Preethi Swamy B.A. City University of New York/ New York/Baruch College B.S. McGill University Queens College B.S. University of Miami Lindsay M. Shaw Trent Joseph Swift M.D. Universidad Autónoma B.A. Indiana University B.S. New York University de Guadalajara Joshua Shoenfeld Roman Tabatchouk Nicholas M. Sarta B.A. New York University B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.A. City University of New York/ of New Jersey Brooklyn College Steven M. Shparber B.A. New York University Nicholas Thomas Terzulli Shruti Sasidharan B.A. American University B.A. Oberlin College Kiran Siddiqi B.A. State University of New York/ Catherine Thompson Alexandra Schneider Stony Brook University B.A. Grand Valley State University B.A. Lewis and Clark College Javier Alexander Siervo Jillian Kate Timmermans Susan R. Schrank B.B.A. Florida International B.S. Cornell University B.A. State University of University New York/Albany Oliver R. Tobias Bonnie S. Simon B.A. The George Brian Walter Schroeder B.S. West Chester University of Washington University B.S. Iona College Pennsylvania Jessica Tong Robin Schwartz Britt Simpson B.S. Cornell University B.S. State University of New York/ B.A. University of Colorado New Paltz
40 | New York Law School Evita Nancy Sison Torre Tara Katelyn Walsh Stephen E. Woods B.A. New York University B.A. Syracuse University B.A. Lansing Community College
Rachel Toyomura Joshua W. Walters Josephine Wu B.A. Sophia University B.S. St. John’s University B.A. Mount Holyoke College
Eugene Charles Travers Jennifer Wang Rupert Yan B.A. Fairfield University B.A. Harvard University B.S. Stony Brook University Extension School Sarah C. Trevarthen Stefanie Yanick B.A. College of the Holy Cross Naomi M. Weinstein B.A. Fordham University B.A. Tufts University Christopher Tsaganeas Maheeta Yelamanchi B.S. Fordham University Jennifer Lynn Weldon B.S. University of Maryland/ B.A. Franklin & Marshall College College Park Vivian Wei-Chieh Tseng B.S. University of Michigan Joseph T. Welsh Jennifer Sung-Ae Yoon B.A. Adelphi University B.A. Columbia University Tanya Faith Tucker B.B.A. University of Miami Lianne R. Wheeler Marcelo Martinez Zambonino B.A. Adelphi University B.A. Long Island University Valeriya Tuul B.A. Pace University Patricia C. Wik Amna Ziad-Miller B.A. Loyola College in Maryland B.S. University of Maryland Alex Umansky B.A. State University of New York/ Sean R. Wilke Nicholas Zigelboym Stony Brook University B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.A. State University of New York/ of New Jersey Binghamton University Edward Valentini B.S. Brown University Monica Latoya Williams Petro Zinkovetsky M.S. New York University B.A. Louisiana Tech University B.B.A. Pace University
Christopher Edward Valis Theodore Charles Wills III Joseph Zoccali B.S. St. Joseph’s College B.S. Vanderbilt University B.A. Brandeis University M.Ed. Vanderbilt University Holly A. VanderSluis Brett E. Zuckerman B.A. Quinnipiac University Devon Marie Wilt B.A. Emory University B.A. Lenoir Rhyne College Renata Vizental Ewelina Zukowska B.A. Fordham University May Kay Wong B.A. Pace University B.B.A. Wilfrid Laurier University B.A. Barnard College
Despina Vouvoudakis B.S. Fordham University
118th Commencement | 41 President’s Medal of Honor and Honorary Degree Citations
42 | New York Law School Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws Hon. Jonathan Lippman Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals
Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, was born in New York City on May 19, 1945. He was appointed Chief Judge by Governor David A. Paterson in January 2009 and confirmed by the New York State Senate in February 2009. As Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, he presides over the State’s seven-member Court of last resort and heads the State’s Unified Court System, overseeing a court system with a $2.7 billion budget, 3,600 state and locally paid judges, and over 16,000 non-judicial employees in over 350 locations around the State.
In May 2007, Governor Eliot Spitzer appointed him to serve as the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Department, which has jurisdiction over appeals in New York and Bronx Counties. In that capacity, he also served on the Administrative Board of the Courts, the policy and rule making body of the New York State courts.
From January 1996 to May 2007, he served, by appointment of Chief Judge Kaye, as the Chief Administrative Judge of all New York State Courts. Chief Judge Lippman was the longest tenured person to serve in that position and played a central role in many far-reaching reforms of New York’s Judiciary and legal profession, including establishment of problem-solving community courts, drug courts, and domestic violence courts; creation of specialized commercial and matrimonial parts; opening of Family Court to the public; extensive reform of the jury system and elimination of mandatory jury sequestration; new rules governing fiduciary appointments; and reforms of the legal profession, including mandatory continuing legal education, attorney-client fee dispute arbitration, written letters of engagement, standards of civility, and a statement of client’s rights posted in all law offices.
Chief Judge Lippman served as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Term, Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts, from January 2006 to May 2007. In 2005, he was elected as a Justice of the Supreme Court for the Ninth Judicial District. In 1995, he was appointed as a Judge of the New York Court of Claims by Governor George Pataki and was subsequently reappointed to a full nine-year term on that court. He was appointed Deputy Chief Administrator for Management of the statewide court system in 1989. Prior to that, he served as Chief Clerk and Executive Officer of the Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term and Principal Court Attorney for the Law Department of that same court. He started his career in the court system as an entry-level court attorney.
Chief Judge Lippman is currently a member of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ), and is the former President of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA), which consists of court leaders representing all 50 states and United States territories and is dedicated to the improvement of state court systems nationwide. He also served as Vice-Chair of the Board of the National Center for State Courts. He was formerly Chair of the New York State Court Facilities Capital Review Board, and served on the New York State Probation Commission.
118th Commencement | 43 Chief Judge Lippman lectures frequently in New York and around the country, has published many articles and essays, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including: New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Stanley H. Fuld Award; Honorary Juris Doctor Degree from Albany Law School; President’s Special Award, New York Women’s Bar Association; NYSBA Criminal Justice Section Vincent E. Doyle Jr. Award for Outstanding Jurist; 2008 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence of the National Center for State Courts; Cyrus R. Vance Tribute of the Fund for Modern Courts; Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone Memorial Award of the Association of Trial Lawyers of the City of New York; Cervantes Society Hispanic Heritage Recognition Award; and Alphonso B. Deal Award of the Tribune Society.
Chief Judge Lippman resides in Manhattan and Rye Brook with his wife, Amy. They have two children. He is a product of the New York City public school system. He received his B.A. in 1965 from New York University, from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude, with a major in Government and International Relations. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1968, the same year he was admitted to the New York Bar.
For your outstanding accomplishments and influence in the field of law, New York Law School takes great pride in awarding you, Hon. Jonathan Lippman, the degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa, with all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities thereunto appertaining.
44 | New York Law School The President’s Medal of Honor Recipients 2002–09
Awarded to New York Law School’s most outstanding and accomplished alumni and its most generous benefactors, the President’s Medal of Honor acknowledges those who have made the most significant contributions to the history of the Law School by their exemplary professional lives and their generosity.
2002 2006 Awarded posthumously to Awarded posthumously to Bernard H. Mendik ’58 PHILIP M. DAMASHEK Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Member of the Board of Trustees, New York Law School New York Law School President, Bernard H. Mendik Company, LLC Managing Partner, Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz, Benefactor, The Mendik Law Library Damashek & Shoot President, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (1990–91) 2003 Awarded posthumously to 2007 Shepard Broad ’27 SYBIL SHAINWALD ’76 Member of the Board of Trustees, New York Law School Member of the Board of Trustees, New York Law School Founder, Broad and Cassel President, Law Offices of Sybil Shainwald Benefactor, Shepard Broad Scholarship Fund Benefactor, The Shepard and Ruth K. Broad Student Center 2008 The Honorable Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 2004 Member of the Board of Trustees, J. Bruce Llewellyn ’60 New York Law School Former Member of the Board of Trustees, Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School New York Law School Of Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Chairman and CEO of Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Founder of “100 Black Men” 2009 ZYGMUNT WILF ’74 2005 Member of the Advisory Board, Center for Real Estate Studies, New York Law School Lawrence s. Huntington ’64 Attorney, Wilf Law Firm Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, New York Law School President, Garden Homes Real Estate Developers Chairman Emeritus of the Board, Principal Owner, Minnesota Vikings Football Fiduciary Trust Company International Club, LLC Generous Benefactor
118th Commencement | 45 Honorary Degree Recipients 1955 to the Present
1955 The Honorable Charles William Froessel ’13 1966 Daniel Gutman The Honorable John Marshall Harlan ’24 John Van Voorhis Archibald Robinson Watson 1967 Alfred J. Bohlinger ’24 1956 Albert Cohn 1908 Leo M. Cherne ’34 Albert Conway The Honorable W. Averell Harriman Denis O’Leary 1968 The Honorable Ramsey Clark 1957 Nathaniel L. Goldstein ’18 Tom C. Clark Charles H. Griffiths ’10 David Finkelstein David W Peck Orison S. Marden Robert Morris Morgenthau 1958 The Honorable Joseph A. Cox Edward Joseph Mortola James Thomas Hallinan II Gerald Nolan 1969 Jerry Finkelstein ’38 Ferdinand Pecora John-Seward Johnson John Vincent Thornton 1959 Bernard Botein Theodore Granik 1970 Adrian P. Burke Philip M. Kleinfield ’16 Joseph I. Lubin ’30 Edward J. Neary ’15 Joseph Edward Lumbard Jr. Samuel Miller ’26 1960 Charles Stewart Desmond 1971 Willard Heckel 1961 Robert Moses John E. Scileppi
1962 Stanley Howells Fund 1972 Maurice R. Greenberg ’50 Sylvester Comstock Smith Jr. ’18 Samuel Rabin Murray Stockman ’15 The Honorable Whitney North Seymour Jr.
1963 Sydney E Foster 1973 The Honorable Paul J. Curran Charles H. Dyson 1964 George J. Beldock Harry B. Helmsley Hunter Labatut Delatour 1906 E. Donald Shapiro Marvin R. Dye The Honorable Joseph Weintraub Alfred Gross 1974 The Honorable Brendan T. Byrne 1965 Edwin L. Weisel Walter M. Jeffords Jr. The Honorable David T. Wilentz ’17 Samuel J. LeFrak The Honorable Owen McGivern
46 | New York Law School 1975 The Honorable Charles D. Breitel 1980 The Honorable Richard Reeve Baxter William J. Curran The Most Reverend Terence Cardinal Cooke Gen. John Einar Murray The Honorable Richard N. Gardner The Honorable Peter W. Rodino Jr. A. Leo Levin Stefan Treschel The Honorable Lewis F. Powell Jr. The Honorable Robert F. Wagner 1900 Edward Allen Tamm William Weary 1981 Mario M. Biaggi ’63 1976 The Honorable Warren E. Burger The Honorable William Frank Buckley Jr. Milton Helpern The Honorable William Joseph Casey Mary Gardiner Jones The Honorable Matthew Joseph Jasen Gen. Rowland F. Kirks The Honorable James Skelly Wright Harry Ostrov ’25 The Honorable Edward D. Re 1982 The Honorable Mary S. Coleman Joseph Solomon ’27 The Honorable Alfonse M. D’Amato Archbishop Jakovos 1977 The Honorable Dennis DeConcini Rex E. Lee Elizabeth Hughes Gossett The Honorable Shigeru Oda The Honorable Howard T. Markey Thomas Grey Wicker The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan Albert M. Sacks 1983 The Honorable Harry A. Blackmun The Honorable Sherman G. Finesilver 1978 The Honorable Griffen B. Bell The Honorable Constance Baker Motley The Honorable Gerald R. Ford Albert Parker ’21 The Honorable Erwin N. Griswold The Honorable Lowell P. Weicker Jr. The Honorable Damon J. Keith Rabbi Emmanuel Rackman 1984 The Honorable Geraldine A. Ferraro The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. 1979 The Honorable Benjamin R. Civiletti Eugene V. Rostow The Honorable Lawrence H. Cooke Robert B. Stevens Barbara Knowles Debs Otto L. Walter ’54 Abraham S. Goldstein The Honorable Jacob K. Javits 1985 The Honorable Mario M. Cuomo The Honorable Wade H. McCree Jr. Robert B. McKay The Honorable Francis T. Murphy ’52 Bill Moyers The Honorable Potter Stewart The Honorable Ellen Ash Peters Donna E. Shalala
118th Commencement | 47 Honorary Degree Recipients (continued) 1955 to the Present
1986 Barbara Aronstein Black 1997 The Honorable Harry T. Edwards The Honorable William Joseph Brennan Jr. Dr. Raymond D. Horton The Honorable Edward I. Koch Lewis M. Steel ’63 Myres Smith McDougal The Honorable Spottswood W. Robinson III 1998 Joseph T. Arenson Lawrence S. Huntington ’64 1987 Fred W. Friendly Vernon E. Jordan Jr. The Honorable Thomas Howard Kean Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. 1999 The Honorable Guido Calabresi Ellen V. Futter 2000 Sybil Shainwald ’76 1988 The Honorable Patricia McGowan Wald Harry H. Wellington Archibald R. Murray The Honorable Ralph K. Winter Ernst C. Stiefel 2001 Taylor R. Briggs (posthumously) 1989 J. William Campo Ira Glasser The Honorable Roger J. Miner ’56 The Honorable Judith B. Sheindlin ’65
1990 Alvin J. Bronstein ’51 2002 The Honorable Pierre N. Leval, LL.D. Linda A. Fairstein The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, LL.D. The Honorable Milton L. Williams ’63 2003 The Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, LL.D. 1991 The Honorable David N. Dinkins The Honorable John H. Sununu 2004 The Honorable Alexis M. Herman, LL.D. Anthony Lewis, LL.D. 1992 The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor James F. Simon 2005 The Honorable Bob Kerrey, LL.D.
1993 Shepard Broad ’27 2006 The Honorable Joel I. Klein, LL.D. Drew S. Days III The Honorable Judith S. Kaye 2007 David Boies
1994 The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani 2008 Dennis W. Archer Bernard H. Mendik ’58 2009 Gregory H. Williams 1995 The Honorable José A. Cabranes Alexander D. Forger 2010 The Honorable Jonathan Lippman
1996 The Honorable Sidney H. Asch Boris Leavitt ’26 The Honorable Jon O. Newman
48 | New York Law School About New York Law School
118th Commencement | 49 About New York Law School Learn law. Take action.
founding Goetz & Mendelsohn; Henry Hurlbut Abbott of Breed, New York Law School was established in 1891 by Abbott & Morgan; Edwin Sunderland of Davis, Polk, Columbia College School of Law faculty, students, and Wardwell, Sunderland & Kiendel; William Parke of alumni who were protesting their trustees’ attempts to Chadbourne & Parke LLP; Alfred Mudge of Mudge, dictate the teaching methods used by professors. The Rose, Guthrie & Alexander; Jacob Scholer of Kaye central figure in the revolt against Columbia and the Scholer LLP; and Albert Milbank and Walter Hope of subsequent creation of New York Law School was Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Hadley. Columbia Law School’s founder, Theodore Dwight, a major figure in the history of American legal scholarship. Classes of the 1920s and 1930s produced graduates who would play a leading role in the profession. Among the most notable was U.S. Supreme Court Justice John the early years Marshall Harlan. Other prominent graduates included Almost immediately, New York Law School attained a Albert Parker, a founding partner of Parker, Chapin, formidable reputation due to the excellence of its Flattau & Klimpl; Randolph E. Paul and John F. students and faculty. Wharton, founding partners of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, From its beginning, New York Law School has been Wharton & Garrison; Cameron F. MacRae, a former dedicated to providing diverse routes to achievement chairman of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae; through innovation in scholarship, service, and Chester Carlson, who invented the xerography process professional training. By 1904, New York Law School leading to the founding of Xerox Corporation; and was the largest law school in the country. That year, the Justice Emilio Nuñez, the first Latino to be named to School’s founders created one of the nation’s first the bench in New York State. evening divisions to provide a flexible alternative to New York Law School closed for one year during World full-time legal education for those in the workforce or War I, interrupting a steady expansion that had lasted with family obligations. The Evening Division also until the mid-1920s. While the situation improved by allowed students to build upon previously established the 1ate 1930s, the draft in 1940 dealt the institution successful careers or to begin a second career. another blow when the Law School was forced to close Among the Law School’s early lecturers were Woodrow in 1941 for the duration of World War II. Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. The first class included James W. Gerard, who went on to serve as post-war rebuilding Ambassador to Germany during World War I; and In 1947, New York Law School reopened and began to Bainbridge Colby, who became Secretary of State under rebuild. A major impetus came from graduates who President Wilson. Other early graduates included formed a committee spearheaded by New York State Robert F. Wagner, a future U.S. senator from New York Supreme Court Justice Albert Cohn. The new program and a leader in developing national labor policy; and was small, but the Law School made significant strides two Pulitzer Prize winners: Wallace Stevens (poetry) and and gained accreditation from the American Bar Elmer Rice (drama). Another prominent alumnus from Association in 1954. the pre-World War I era was the Honorable James S. Watson, a distinguished judge and an important Steady growth marked the next few decades. With the member of New York’s African American community. appointment of E. Donald Shapiro as Dean in the early The judge’s daughter, Barbara Watson, also attended the 1970s, the Law School joined the Association of Law School and was the first woman to attain the rank American Law Schools and the trustees authorized an of Assistant Secretary of State of the United States. increase in the size of the full-time faculty. Admissions requirements were raised and enrollment grew. As Many of those attending at the beginning of this facilities expanded, an endowment fund was established. century became founders or name partners of leading In 1975, the School received its first endowed law firms, including Alfred Rose of Proskauer, Rose, professorship, the Joseph Solomon Distinguished
50 | New York Law School Professorship of Law. The School’s first center for strategic plan was implemented to position New York specialized study, the Communications Media Center Law School as a vital urban law center with an academic (now the Media Center), opened in 1977. program that integrates the strategic and ethical perspectives of the practicing attorney. Dean Wellington Many graduates who were students during these years broadened the Law School’s curriculum to increase achieved prominence in the bar, the judiciary, emphasis on the development of professional skills. government, and business. They include the Honorable Roger J. Miner, Senior Judge, United States Court of During Dean Wellington’s tenure, the Ernst C. Stiefel Appeals for the Second Circuit; Maurice Greenberg, Professorship of Comparative Law was created. former Chairman and CEO of American International Group (AIG) and current Chairman and CEO of C.V. the present and our shared future Starr and Co., Inc.; Bernard Mendik, former Chairman Richard A. Matasar, a nationally recognized scholar in civil of the Real Estate Board of New York and former CEO procedure and federal jurisdiction, was named the 15th of Mendik Properties; Arthur N. Abbey, Senior Partner President and Dean of New York Law School in 2000. at Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams, LLP and current Chairman of the Law School’s Board of Trustees; Almost immediately, Dean Matasar led a Lawrence S. Huntington, former Chairman and CEO comprehensive, collegial self-evaluation process of Fiduciary Trust International and former Chairman involving all members of the New York Law School of the Law School’s Board of Trustees; Hon. Judith community in an exercise that sharpened the definition Sheindlin “Judge Judy,” New York family court judge, of its goals. The School articulated a mission statement author, and TV personality; Zygmunt Wilf, principal centered on three goals that focus its approach to owner of the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL; Kenneth legal education: D. Werner, President of Warner Brothers Domestic • Embrace innovation. Television Distribution; and Kathleen Grimm, Deputy • Foster integrity and professionalism. Chancellor for Administration and Finance, New York • Advance justice for a diverse society. City Department of Education. On this principled foundation, the Law School created growth and revitalization a plan for its future to strengthen skills and values Dramatic growth and revitalization continued under the education for its students. leadership of James F. Simon, Dean from 1983 until The words “Learn law. Take action.” express the Law 1992. A series of major facility renovations were begun, School’s commitment to teach students to use the skills highlighted by the opening of the Mendik Library in and knowledge they acquire as lawyers to do something 1990. This was followed by the construction of the valuable for others. By fostering an internal culture that Samuel and Ethel LeFrak Moot Court Room, the Ernst embraces innovation and creativity, the Law School Stiefel Reading Room, and the Shepard and Ruth K. encourages students to develop the ability to adapt to Broad Student Center. An extensive remodeling and new situations as they arise, to modify their behavior modernization program transformed the Law School’s when change requires it, and to graduate with a classrooms, offices, and specialty training areas. During commitment to a lifetime of learning. Through an Dean Simon’s tenure, the Rita and Joseph Solomon extensive program for professional development, with Professorship of Wills, Trusts, and Estates was added, an emphasis on integrity and professionalism, the and the Law School introduced the innovative faculty and staff engage students in the ongoing Lawyering Skills Program into the curriculum. improvement of the legal profession. In 1992, Harry H. Wellington, Sterling Professor of Law Emeritus and former dean of Yale Law School, reinvigorating the curriculum became the 14th dean and president of New York Law The faculty has adopted a new curricular approach, School. Under Dean Wellington’s dynamic leadership, a grounded on a strong J.D. curriculum, to provide
118th Commencement | 51 students with different avenues for academic success. GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF Dubbed “The Right Program for Each Student,” this ACADEMIC CENTERS new approach acknowledges that different practice The School’s academic centers, led by members of the settings require differing levels of training. For example, faculty, continue to be developed to maximize the students working in larger organizations with extensive effectiveness of faculty research and scholarly endeavors, in-house training programs have less need for hands-on teaching, and activism, and to increase opportunities for training than those who will open a solo practice. Those students to engage in important policy issues. The in larger organizations may need training in a centers complement course work in civil rights, specialized area, while those in general practice settings international human rights, international trade and may need more breadth and less specialized expertise. finance, constitutional law, urban legal studies, information law and policy, real estate, finance, and The faculty approved and implemented several new professional values and practice. Nine academic centers, initiatives that together comprise The Right Program described below, play an integral role in the Harlan for Each Student: Scholars honors program.
• The John Marshall Harlan Scholars Program, a Center on Business Law & Policy world-class academic honors program named after Established in 2005, the Center on Business Law & New York Law School’s alumnus and the United Policy is designed to provide an enriched educational States Supreme Court justice who served on the experience in the business, securities, and commercial Court from 1955 to 1971. The program is geared law areas. Students are trained to excel as planners and toward students who perform in the top 15 percent counselors in general advising, litigation, and especially of their law school class. Eligible students affiliate deal-making situations where businesses and other with one of the School’s nine academic centers, create commercial entities are clients. Center graduates will sophisticated capstone projects, and upon have a firm grounding in the fundamentals needed to graduation, write their own tickets for the careers of enter business-oriented law firms, law departments in their dreams. corporations, investment banks, financial services and • The Comprehensive Curriculum Program provides brokerage firms, institutional investors, as well as intensive support for students who perform in the regulators and other commercially oriented governmental bottom quarter of their class after the first year, offices. helping them turn a weak start into a powerful finish. Center on Financial Services Law The first three groups to complete CCP have given The Center on Financial Services Law began offering the Law School its highest bar passage rates for programs in fall 2008. The Center’s long-range plan first-time takers on record—hitting 93.6 percent in includes developing job opportunities in the financial 2008, placing the School in the top five of all law services industry for students and alumni, providing a schools in New York state. forum for discussing regulatory reforms, and creating • The School is also perfecting an approach to new educational programs for industry legal and supporting the middle segment of the student business professionals. population. Starting with the first-year curriculum, Center for International Law the School’s overall program is being revised to more In 1996, aided by a grant from the C.V. Starr accurately reflect the knowledge and skills students Foundation, the School created the Center for need to succeed in today’s marketplace. Our International Law. The Center supports teaching and approach is based on collaborative learning and research in all areas of international law but concentrates provides students with opportunities to work directly on the law of international trade and finance, deriving with professors on real-world projects. much of its strength from interaction with New York’s business, commercial, financial, and legal communities.
52 | New York Law School The Center sponsors events such as the prestigious C.V. Diane Abbey Law Center for Children and Families Starr Lectures and the Otto L. Walter Lecture Series, The Diane Abbey Law Center for Children and which regularly bring world-renowned speakers to the Families exists to ensure that children and the families Law School. It also provides extensive resources for who care for them receive the legal assistance they need researching careers in international law. to remain safe and secure, and to thrive. Founded in 2009, the Center combines a comprehensive curriculum Center for New York City Law aimed at creating excellent practitioners able to Established in 1993, the Center for New York City Law represent children and families in all aspects of family is the only program of its kind in the country. Its law. The Center approach is holistic and objectives are to gather and disseminate information interdisciplinary, recognizing that assisting families about New York City’s laws, rules, and procedures; to requires a basic understanding not merely of law, but sponsor publications, symposia, and conferences on also social work, psychology, and other fields. Center topics related to governing the city; and to suggest members engage in volunteer externships, work with reforms to make city government more effective and alumni mentors, and complete capstone projects that efficient. The Center produces several publications, make concrete contributions to the lives of families in including CityLaw, which tracks New York City’s rules need. The Center not only prepares graduates for and regulations, how they are enforced, and court successful careers, but also helps give New York’s challenges to them; and CityLand, which reports children and families the support they need. decisions from the New York City land use agencies. Institute for Information Law & Policy Center for Professional Values and Practice Established in 2003, the Institute for Information Law The Center for Professional Values and Practice & Policy is home to the study of information, provides a vehicle through which to examine the role of communication, and law in the global digital age. The the legal profession and approaches to law practice. The goal of the Institute is to apply the theory and Center’s work supports research and teaching on the technology of communications and information to legal profession, focusing on the dynamics of strengthening democratic institutions and the rule of professional regulation, the market for lawyers, and law as technology evolves. Through its curriculum, lawyers’ careers. Designed to provide students with an ongoing conference and speaker series, and a variety of in-depth portrait of law practice in a variety of settings, original projects, the Institute investigates the emerging the Center sponsors research, symposia, and speakers to field of information law, which encompasses intellectual bring the “real world” of practice to the classroom. property, privacy, free speech, information access, communications, and all areas of law pertaining to Center for Real Estate Studies information and communication practices. The Center for Real Estate Studies provides students with a unique educational opportunity to study both the Justice Action Center private practice and public regulation of real estate. The Justice Action Center brings together New York Launched in 2007, the Center offers an extensive Law School faculty and students in an ongoing critical selection of classroom courses, advanced seminars, and evaluation of public interest lawyering. Through independent study projects, as well as externships in scholarship and fieldwork, the Center seeks to evaluate governmental offices and real estate firms. It also sponsors the efficacy of law as an agent of change and social conferences, symposia, and continuing legal education betterment. Through a focused curriculum, symposia, programs on a broad spectrum of issues for New York’s clinical experience, and research opportunities, the real estate community. The Center aims to bridge the Center seeks to instill in students a deeper intellectual existing gap between the private practice and academic understanding of the law regardless of their final career study of real estate, and is one of the premier research goals, and to present opportunities to maintain their ties centers in the country for the study of real estate. to the social justice community beyond law school.
118th Commencement | 53 In 2006, the School’s Labor & Employment Law Policy. The Program hosts seminars, panels, and Program became part of the Justice Action Center. Ever colloquia for practicing journalists on legal issues raised since New York Law School alumnus Senator Robert F. by newsgathering activities, for lawyers on the ethics Wagner—the “legislative pilot of the New Deal”— and practicalities of dealing with the media, for wrote and led the fight to enact the National Labor academics on issues at the intersection of law and Relations Act, New York Law School has remained on journalism, and for the general public on the role the cutting edge of labor and employment law and of lawyers in media and the influence of the media public policy. In the tradition of Senator Wagner, New on lawyering. York Law School’s Labor & Employment Law Program seeks to advance and influence law and public policy ADDITIONAL DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES with an action-oriented, public-interested agenda. Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation In 2003, the Law School began offering the Master of ADDITIONAL programs and projects Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation, becoming one of the only Lawyering Skills Center law schools in the New York City area to offer this The Lawyering Skills Center was established in 1991 to advanced training to tax attorneys. The program enables bring under one heading all of the New York Law School students to increase their mastery of tax law and refine clinical and skills courses: clinics where students represent their practice skills in order to better serve clients and or work with actual clients under the direct supervision of communities. full-time faculty or attorneys; externships where students are placed in the offices of practicing attorneys or in Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Real Estate judicial chambers; and simulation courses where students In January 2009, the Law School began offering the interact with actors or others in a variety of lawyering Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Real Estate. The program situations. Since 1991, all of these forms of experiential provides students with a thorough grounding in the law, learning have increased significantly and are now an business, and regulation of real estate transactions, integral part of the New York Law School curriculum. finance, and development.
Media Center Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Financial Services Law The Media Center is the School’s home for the study of In fall 2009, the Law School began offering the Master telecommunications, media, and new media law and of Laws (LL.M.) in Financial Services Law. The policy. One of the oldest and most extensive programs program provides students with knowledge and of its kind, it was established in 1977 in response to the expertise in the law, business, and regulation of the explosive growth of communication technologies. The global financial services industry. Center sponsors pedagogy, scholarship, and projects relating to the intersection between evolving Online Mental Disability Law Program communication and information technologies and the The School’s Online Mental Disability Law Program laws that regulate them. The Center has three goals: to welcomes J.D. students as well as professionals who promote scholarship, to preserve democratic values work with, or on behalf of, people with disabilities. It is through effective media policy, and to train media-savvy the only program of its kind presented by an ABA- lawyers who understand the law of media and the role approved law school. Each of the current 12 courses of media in the law. comprising the curriculum is delivered to students through the convenience of distance education. In Program in Law and Journalism January 2009, the program expanded from offering The Program in Law and Journalism is home to the courses on an individual basis to offering a Master of study of the relationship between and among law, Arts (M.A.) in Mental Disability Law Studies and a lawyers, the media, and the public. The Program is Certificate in Advanced Mental Disability Law Studies. affiliated with the Institute for Information Law &
54 | New York Law School Patent Law Program Government leaders and judges from the United States The Institute for Information Law & Policy offers the and abroad often speak at or visit the Law School. These Patent Law Program to provide students with the have included former President Jimmy Carter; Justices opportunity to develop greater expertise and experience of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harry A. in patent law. Students who are eligible, as determined Blackmun, William J. Brennan Jr., Antonin Scalia, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, also Clarence Thomas, and Sandra Day O’Connor; former sit for the exam for admission to the Patent Bar prior to New York State Governor Mario Cuomo; former New graduation. York City Mayors Edward I. Koch, David N. Dinkins, Rudolph W. Giuliani and current Mayor Michael Certificate of Mastery in Law PracticeT echnology Bloomberg; Drew S. Days III, U.S. Solicitor General; The Institute for Information Law & Policy offers a Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Ambassador to the Certificate of Mastery in Law Practice Technology to United Nations; and Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno demonstrate to potential employers that the student Ocampo of the International Criminal Court. awarded the certificate is unusually qualified with respect to understanding and use of technologies employed in The School’s success as a center for intellectual and law practice. It is also designed to encourage students to cultural exchange will continue to grow with its new contribute to the Institute’s efforts to develop innovative state-of-the-art academic building, which opened in legal technology applications and to better understand spring 2009. In August 2006, New York Law School the potential impact of technology on law and legal broke ground on a $190 million expansion and institutions. renovation program that has transformed its TriBeCa campus into a cohesive architectural complex nearly Public Service Certificate double its former size. The centerpiece of the expansion The Office of Professional Development offers a Public is a new glass-enclosed, 235,000-square-foot, nine-level Service Certificate. Certificates will be issued to building—five stories above ground and four graduating students who have performed at least 40 below—that integrates with the School’s existing three hours of voluntary service while at law school, or who buildings. The new facility will allow New York Law have a combination of at least 30 hours of voluntary School to enhance student support, expand the faculty, service and have another 30 hours of public interest and deepen its extraordinary program. work done through a work-study placement, clinic, or externship. The names of certificate recipients will be listed in the commencement program, and a notation will be placed on the student’s transcript, indicating that the student earned a Public Service Certificate. poised for success New York Law School is poised for continued success. Its vitality springs from the dedication of its stellar faculty, the talent and energy of its students, and the strong support and commitment of its graduates.
The Law School’s distinguished full-time faculty comprises productive scholars who are dedicated educators. Some of the nation’s most prominent scholars from other law schools also have served as visiting professors. Student enrollment has remained at a level of almost 1,500 students in the Day and Evening Divisions.
118th Commencement | 55 The Tradition of Academic Attire and the Symbols of New York Law School
Academic dress and graduation date back to the 12th Caps century at the formation of early universities in Europe. According to historians, academic caps were adopted for Historians believe that academic dress originated when this use by the church in 1311 and are based on a close- scholars, who were largely clerics or aspiring clerics, fitting cap worn by the ancient Romans. There are two wore long robes and hoods to keep warm in unheated styles of caps: the Oxford, a stiff mortarboard; and the buildings. From these practical origins, the gowns, Cambridge, a beret-like soft cap. Our J.D. and LL.M. hoods, and caps have developed into the accepted attire students process with the Cambridge caps made of that symbolizes scholarly achievement. Over time, velvet and with gold tassels, as befits the doctoral degree, colleges and universities have customized the ensemble and our M.A. students process with the Cambridge caps to reflect their schools’ unique symbols of visual as well, but with black tassels appropriate for a Master identity such as the seal, school colors, and additional of Arts degree. adornments that become part of their commencement traditions. Braided Cords Introduced as a new component Faculty members, staff, and guests in today’s procession of our academic attire in 2005, are robed in the gowns appropriate to their highest degrees the braided cords are symbols of earned, and their hoods carry the distinctive colors of academic achievement worn on top the institutions from which they received those degrees. of the gown on the right shoulder Differences in the doctoral, master’s, and baccalaureate by the candidates for the post- gowns are illustrated below. graduate degree of Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation.
Seal The Law School’s seal dates to the School’s founding in 1891. It is used on all documents related to academic matters such as the diploma, certificates, Bachelor Master Doctor and all publications and other print items related to commencement. In the center scroll depicted on the Gowns seal are inscribed the words of the juris praecepta of Our graduating students in both the J.D. and LL.M. the Justinian Code: Juris praecepta sunt haec: honeste degree programs process with the traditional doctoral vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere (The gown with bell-shaped sleeves. The gowns have three precepts of law are these: to live honestly, not to injure velvet stripes on the sleeves and velvet panels on the anyone, and to render to each person what is due.) front and neck. Our graduating students in the M.A. degree program process with the master’s robe with oblong sleeves that are square cut at the rear part of oblong shape and have an arc cut away at the front part with a slit for the wrist opening.
Hoods The hoods, designed with the Law School’s official colors, blue and gray, are worn draped over the shoulders with the lining exposed on the back of the gown. The satin lining comprises a gray chevron on a blue background. The velvet border on the hood is of a prescribed width and color—purple for Purple the field of law, and white for the M.A. Grey Light Blue degree.
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