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Board of Trustees ...... 2
A Message from the Dean 3
Full-Time Faculty and Instructional Staff 4
Adjunct Faculty 5
Order of Exercises 6
Honors and Prizes 9 Degrees with Honors Prizes Awarded at Commencement New York Law School Law Review Moot Court Association Public Service Certificate Recipients
The Graduating Class of 2004 ...... 17 In Memoriam ].D. Graduates - September l, 2003 ].D. Graduates - February 1, 2004 ].D. Candidates - May 16, 2004
Prospective J.D. Recipients - September l, 2004 28
Foreign Lawyers Program 28
The President's Medal of Honor and Honorary Degree Citations 29 ]. Bruce Llewellyn Anthony Lewis Alexis M. Herman
President's Medal Recipients 33
Honorary Degree Recipients 34
About New York Law School 36
The Tradition of Academic Attire 40
NEW YORKLAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 I A Message from the Dean
Dear Members of the Class of 2004:
Graduation always stirs emotions: appreciation for the support of parents, family, and friends; elation while contemplating new jobs, unique opportunities, and becoming a lawyer; relief that finals are over; fear of the unknown and even the known (yes, I know there is a bar exam); and satisfaction in all that has been accomplished and all that will be accomplished in the years to come. But this year brings forth other emotions, specific to your class and your law school: the memories stirred by 9I11; the premature loss of some of your classmates; the pride we have in our school and its unique role in helping to rebuild our neighborhood; and our determination to lead meaningful, responsible, productive lives as lawyers in an ever-changing world.
To this list I must add my own response. I am proud of you, the Class of 2004. You showed true grit throughout your careers at New York Law School, have performed with great elan, showed grace under pressure, demonstrated your dedication to the law, and bonded like no other group ever before.
Law teachers often emphasize the intellectual over the emotional. Lawyers keep a professional distance from their clients. Classmates compete with each other, but rarely show their admiration and love. You are different. I salute you, the Class of 2004, who have cared deeply for each other, shown great emotional strength, and demonstrated wonderful character!
Sincerely,
Richard A. Matasar Dean and President
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT ~ MAY 16, 2004 I 3 Full-Time Faculty and Instructional Staff 2003-2004
Susan J. Abraham Sandra K. Janin '75 Joyce D. Saltalamachia Deborah Archer Randolph N. Jonakait Rosalie M. Sanderson Richard C.E. Beck David R. Johnson Ross Sandler Lenni B. Benson Faith Stevelman Kahn David S. Schoenbrod Andrew R. Berman Kenneth C. Kettering Maimon Schwarzschild Robert Blecker Peter C. Kostant Richard K. Sherwin Michael Botein William P. LaPiana James F. Simon Frank A. Bress Joel S. Lee Michael B. W Sinclair James Brook Arthur S. Leonard Cameron Stracher Camille Broussard Lawrence Levine Nadine Strossen Carol A. Buckler Jethro K. Lieberman Lynn Boepple Su Eugene Cerruti Joseph L. Marino Ruti G. Teitel Elizabeth Chambliss Richard D. Marsico Ann F. Thomas Pamela R. Champine Richard A. Matasar Sarah Valentine David Chang Michael T. McCarthy Howard P. Venable Jr. Lung-chu Chen Carlin Meyer Harry H. Wellington Sydney M. Cone, III William R. Mills Donald Zeigler Paul R. Dubinsky Denise C. Morgan Stephen J. Ellmann Frank W Munger Aleta G. Estreicher Stephen A. Newman FACULTY EMERITI Anthony Q. Fletcher Beth Simone Noveck Kris Franklin Mark Osiel Hon. Sidney H. Asch Cathy Glaser Rudolph J. R. Peritz B. James George Jr. Annette Gordon-Reed Michael L. Perlin Quintin Johnstone Lawrence M. Grosberg Isabelle Katz Pinzler Joseph H. Koffler Karen Gross Edward A. Purcell Jr. Kim M. Lang Jeffrey J. Haas Sadiq Reza Donald P. Rothschild Seth D. Harris Elizabeth Rosen E. Donald Shapiro Mariana Hogan Tanina Rostain
4 I NEWYo RK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 Full-Time Faculty and Instructional Staff 2003-2004
Susan J. Abraham Sandra K. Janin '75 Joyce D. Saltalamachia Deborah Archer Randolph N. Jonakait Rosalie M. Sanderson Richard C.E. Beck David R. Johnson Ross Sandler Lenni B. Benson Faith Stevelman Kahn David S. Schoenbrod Andrew R. Berman Kenneth C. Kettering Maiman Schwarzschild Robert Blecker Peter C. Kostant Richard K. Sherwin Michael Botein William P. LaPiana James F. Simon Frank A. Bress Joel S. Lee Michael B. W Sinclair James Brook Arthur S. Leonard Cameron Stracher Camille Broussard Lawrence Levine Nadine Strossen Carol A. Buckler Jethro K. Lieberman Lynn Boepple Su Eugene Cerruti Joseph L. Marino Ruti G. Teitel Elizabeth Chambliss Richard D. Marsico Ann F. Thomas Pamela R. Champine Richard A. Matasar Sarah Valentine David Chang Michael T. McCarthy Howard P. Venable Jr. Lung-chu Chen Carlin Meyer Harry H. Wellington Sydney M. Cone, III William R. Mills Donald Zeigler Paul R. Dubinsky Denise C. Morgan Stephen J. Ellmann Frank W Munger Aleta G. Estreicher Stephen A. Newman FACULTY EMERITI Anthony Q. Fletcher Beth Simone Noveck Kris Franklin Mark Osiel Hon. Sidney H. Asch Cathy Glaser Rudolph J. R. Peritz B. James George Jr. Annette Gordon-Reed Michael L. Perlin Quintin Johnstone Lawrence M. Grosberg Isabelle Katz Pinzler Joseph H. Koffler Karen Gross Edward A. Purcell Jr. Kim M. Lang Jeffrey J. Haas Sadiq Reza Donald P. Rothschild Seth D. Harris Elizabeth Rosen E. Donald Shapiro Mariana Hogan Tanina Rostain
4 I NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT ~ MAY 16, 2004 Adjunct Faculty 2003-2004
Michael P. Adams David L. Ferstendig Todd V Lamb '94 Hon. Renee Roth Miriam R. Adelman Daniel Finkelstein Craig A. Landy Michael S. Sackheim Paul S. Adler Robert J. Firestone '90 Robert Layton David G. Samuels Willem F. Korthals Altes David Fish '96 Sheldon Lawrence Leader Anne-Marie Santangelo Richard B. Bernstein Lisa Fleischmann Hon. Gerald Lebovits Stella Schindler Raymond H. Brescia Hon. Helen E. Freedman Andrew K. Levi Sanford J. Schlesinger Judith Bresler '74 Jacob I. Friedman '75 Martin P. Levin '83 Lawrence P. Schnapf '84 Gary Richard Brown Richard I. Friedman Margaret Sipser Liebowitz Lewis Schnurr Albert K. Butzel Paul Gardephe Amy Littman Gideon Schor Leslie Ragon Caldwell Jeffrey Gardner Robert Marino II '94 Eileen Caulfield Schwab Peter S. Canelias Alain Gardrat Teresa Marrero '91 Beth G. Schwartz Shawn Chen Bonnie Garone Daniel L. Master Andrew E. Seewald Susan M. Chesler Hon. James L. Garrity Jr. Michael McCarthy Jay Shapiro Vincent Chirico '93 Elizabeth Gertz Glenn R. Metsch-Arnpel Jill Simon Shapiro Margaret L. Clancy Hon. Judith J. Gische Philip J. Michaels '76 Stephen P. Shea '89 Louise E. Cohen David L. Glass Zuhayr A. Moghrabi '67 Richard Siegler Myron Cohen Mark S. Gottlieb Hon. William Mogulescu Peter Sistrom Dorothea A. Constas Keri K. Gould Avraham C. Moskowitz Cary Sklaren Stephen Cooper Marshall Green Brian Murphy Hon. George Bundy Smith Julia Ann Cort Tamar Gribetz Deryck Ainsworthe Palmer Christina Olson Spiesel Anthony W Crowell Kathleen Grimm '80 Steven E. Pegalis '65 Lawton W Squires '83 Lindsay A. Curcio Rosanne M. Harvey Steven Plotnick Peter J. Strauss Larry F. Darby David Paul Horowitz Aaron Polak Gary L.Tidwell Rana K. Dershkowitz Jan Hoth-Uzzo Gregg Reed Francis J. Valentino Mark F. Dewan Thomas Hughes Bridget M. Regan Jeanne-Marie Van Hemmen Stephen Dobkin Susan Jacobs Patrick D. Reilly Ad Van Loon Donna Dougherty William Jannace '92 Norman L. Reimer Alan Vinegrad Kevin Doyle Rhonnie Broder Jaus Michael Resko Nancy Waite Hon. Laura E. Drager Peter Johnson Aubrey E. Riccardi Hon. Evan J. Wallach April Dunleavy '86 Sarah Taft Jones Hon. Rosalyn H. Richter David A. Weinstein Sherri Lee Eisenpress '89 Judith Kaufman Andrea Risoli '00 Hon. Patricia Anne Williams David Epstein David N. Kelley '86 Stephen Rodner Hon. James A. Yates Lloyd Epstein Steven L. Kessler Hon. Ernst H. Rosenberger '58 Daniel Young Francis Facciolo Hon. Diane Kiesel Jonathan Rosenbloom '97 Peter Zablotsky Seymour I. Feig '50 Nimrod Kozlovski Stuart Rosenblum Lucas A. Ferrara Sherry Laird Robert Rosh
NEw YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT - MAY 16, 2004 I 5 Order of Exercises
Dean Richard A. Matasar, Presiding
PRELUDE jubilate Dea-Gregor Aichinger Contrapuntus-].S. Bach Quintet #I-Victor Ewald
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 Officer Carl Dixon New York City Police Department
INTRODUCTION OF Dean Matasar OLD GUARD
REMARKS Arthur N. Abbey '59 Chairman, Board of Trustees
AWARDING OF PRIZES OTTO L. WALTER DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS Presentation by Associate Dean Stephen J Ellmann
Faculty Awards Robert Blecker For his article, "Roots - Resolving the Death Penalty: Wisdom from the Ancients," published as a chapter of America's Experiment with Capital Punishment: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of the Ultimate Penal Sanction (jarnes R. Acker, Robert M. Bohm & Charles S. Lanier eds., Carolina Academic Press 2d ed. 2003). Randolph N. Jonakait For his book, The American Jury System (Yale University Press 2003). Frank W. Munger For his book, co-authored with David M. Engel, Rights of Inclusion: Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans with Disabilities (University of Chicago Press 2003).
Adjunct Faculty: R.B. Bernstein For his book, Thomas Jefferson (Oxford University Press 2003).
Judith Bresler '74 For her article, "Begged, Borrowed or Stolen: Whose Art Is It, Anyway?: An Alternative Solution of Fine Art Licensing," published in 50 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 15 (2003) (50th Anniversary Volume), and in the New York State Bar Association's Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law journal (Fall/Winter 2003) at 36.
Student Awards James J. Barney, Day Division For his article, "Dancing Towards Disaster or the Race to Rationality: The Demise of the Learned Intermediary Standard and the Pharmacists' Duty to Warn" Cynthia Carlson, Evening Division For her article, "Excessive Entanglement of Church and State: Applying the Lemon Test to the Disestablishment of the Church of Sweden"
THE FINALISTS FOR THE TRUSTEES' PRIZE FOR THE HIGHEST AVERAGE* Presentation by Associate Dean Jethro K Lieberman Scott Dean Woller (Day Division) Amy Garzon (Day Division) Arminda Bradford Bepko (Day Division) Giannina Santo (Evening Division) Michael P. McGuigan (Evening Division) Ramona Faye Houck (Evening Division)
* Based on fifth semester grades for Day Division students and seventh semester grades for Evening Division students. The student listed first in each division currently has the highest average in that division. The final award will be made after all grades are complete in June.
6 I NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 THE ALFRED L. ROSE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE Presentation by Associate Dean Carol A. Buckler Arminda Bradford Bepko (Day Division) Kirk Dwayne Burkhalter (Evening Division)
THE DEAN'S AWARD FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP Presentation by Associate Dean Carol A. Buckler Adam David Blumenreich Heather E. Rutman Brooke M. Shumel
CLASS OF 2004 TEACHING AWARD Presentation by Associate Dean Stephen J Ellmann and Brian Joseph Kaszuba, President, Student Bar Association Professor Seth D. Harris Professor Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
STUDENT REMARKS Orin R. Kurtz, Day Division L'Ianya Monique Watkins, Evening Division
AWARDING OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEDAL OF HONOR PRESIDENT'S MEDAL OF HONOR Presentation by Susan Mendie, Trustee J. Bruce Llewellyn '60 Chairman and CEO of Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Founder, 100 Black Men
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES DOCTOR OF LAWS Presentation by Armando Belly, Trustee Anthony Lewis Pulitzer Prize- Winning Journalist and Author
DOCTOR OF LAWS Presentation by Gerald C. Crotty '76, Trustee The Honorable Alexis M. Herman Former United States Secretary of Labor
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS The Honorable Alexis M. Herman
CONFERRING OF STUDENT DEGREES Introduction of Candidates Associate Dean Barbara I. Leshinsky Professor Aleta G. Estreicher Professor Arthur S. Leonard Professor Michael Perlin Professor Tanina Rostain Professor Nadine Strossen
Presentation of Candidates Dean Matasar
Conferring of Degrees Chairman Abbey
CLOSING REMARKS Dean Matasar
RECESSIONAL Two Voluntaries-Henry Purcell
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.
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT ~ MAY 16, 2004 I 7 8 I NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 Honors and Prizes Degrees with Honors
February l, 2004 J.D. Graduates
Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Michael Paul Fanelli Brandon Shaun Clark Kevin M. Cunnane Dina Hyppolite Susan Frauenhofer Melvyn Warren Hoffman Martin Michael Howfield Alan Joe Kaldawi
May 16, 2004 J.D. Candidates Honors for JD. candidates are tentative pending computation offinal grades. Summa Cum Laude Arminda Bradford Bepko Michael P. McGuigan Natalya Shmulevich Amy Garzon Giannina Santo Scott Dean Woller Ramona Faye Houck
Magna Cum Laude Michelle Lynn Abruzzo Smit Kapadia Heather E. Rutman Mohamad Adel Akbik Orin R. Kurtz Brooke M. Shumel Seth Michael Azria Filomena Lepore Amy Elizabeth Stutzke James J. Barney Charles Jason Lore Lauren Crandall Thelander Ann Margaret Batchelor Brian Patrick Marshall Sara Christine Vecchiotti Cynthia Carlson Patrick Terence McGuire Christine Wawrynek Susan M. Eylward Ryan Milun Matthew Lyle Weinstein Betsy S. Fiedler Jennifer S. Mittelsteadt Valerie Ying Chen Wong Annie Hsu Amanda Lynn Nelson Eric K. Young
Cum Laude Stephanie Elizabeth Augurt Erica H. Gordon Anna Sydney Park Erik Mathew Bashian Michael Thomas Grosso Jason L. Pearlman Ethan David Bergeron Sherry Deborah Hines Tomasz Jerzy Piotrowski Darren Stolper Bloch Marisa J. Hyman Paul Seth Reich Martha Maria Bodhnarain Jennifer B. Jacobson Linda Denise Reyes Tanya Domenica Bosi Tara Beth Johns Lauren Allison Rudick Stephanie N. Burke Sandra A. Joseph Robin Michelle Rumpf Maria Castro Heather Kim Leifer Kevin Sabatello Cara Ann Centanni Juliana C. Li Gregory Morris Shapiro Alyssa Christine Clark Monica Leticia Lima Jeffrey David Silberman Brian F. Clayton Ursula]. Lotwala Aimee Lauren Sklar Caren Nicki Cohanim Jennie M. Lundman Michael Eric Soffer Stephanie Sophia Comas Richard Albert Luthrnann Abraham Walter Strasser Nicholas G. DiMaio Louis A. Mancini Despina M. Stroumbos Debra Ficarra Stephen Mazzalonga Beata Trogan Marc Russell Fisher Jill C. McNally Nancy Lynn Valery David Freylikhman Samantha Inzelbuch Migdal Benjamin Nicholas Wolff Robert Wallace Georges Martin H. Morris Jr. Christopher Michael Yapchanyk Marina Golbert Scott Morris Vivienne C. Yung David G. Goldfarb Lisa Ornest
10 I NEW YORKLA w SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 Commencement Prizes
CHIEF JUSTICE ROSE E. BIRD AWARD ROSS GNESIN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR MOTNATION IN PURSUING IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW PUBLIC INTEREST LAW Angela B. Jimenez Kirsten Karen Brodsky ANTHONY E. JANNACE AWARD CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY LAW FELLOWSHIP FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT David G. Goldfarb Tomasz Jerzy Piotrowski Tara Beth Johns John Robert Tatulli ABRAHAM MARKHOFF WRITING AWARD (FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION) PROFESSOR LUNG-CHU CHEN AWARD Michael Thomas Grosso FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS MEDIA CENTER AWARD Alfredo Murga FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE Jason Daniel Yalen Lynnore Lawton Thames
HELEN & ANDREW DOKAS MEMORIAL AWARD THE ABRAHAM "AVI" MUND COMMENCEMENT PRIZE FOR EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION Valerie Ying Chen Wong TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW Daniel J. Margolis FACULTY AWARD TO THE EDITOR IN CHIEF NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERSAWARD Arminda Bradford Bepko FOR OUTSTANDING LAW GRADUATE Chuma Joclyn Diamond DANIEL FINKELSTEIN WRITING AWARD David Smoren NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW AWARD For the article, "Lead Paint Litigation: 'Notice' the Kiss of FOR OUTSTANDING EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION Death of Landlord Liability and Tenant Compensation" Amy Garzon Orin R. Kurtz ALEXANDER D. FORGER AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW AWARD TO THE PROFESSION FOR BEST NOTE Jennifer L. Jones Betsy S. Fiedler
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT - MAY 16, 2004 I 11 Commencement Prizes (continued)
NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM JOSEPH SOLOMON AWARD Jennifer B. Jacobson FOR EXCELLENT CHARACTER AND FITNESS Aimee Marie Scillieri Michelle Lynn Abruzzo John Robert Tatulli Amy Garzon Christopher Michael Yapchanyk ERNST C. STIEFEL WRITING AWARD FOR NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL MOOT COURT AWARD EXCELLENCE IN COMPARATIVE, FOR BEST ADVOCATE COMMON, AND CIVIL LAW Christopher Michael Yapchanyk Houman Afshar For the article, "The Caspian Dispute: NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL MOOT COURT AWARD Is a Doctrinal Analysis Too Late or Can We FOR SERVING WITH DISTINCTION Turn Back the Hands ofTime?" Michelle Lynn Abruzzo Stephanie N. Burke Ryan Milun
Order of Barristers
Colleen Marie Buckley Aimee Marie Scillieri Susan M. Eylward Michael Eric Soffer Jennifer B. Jacobson Michael Andrew Stein Jonathan Philip Macy John Robert Tatulli Lauren Allison Rudick Christopher Michael Yapchanyk
12 I NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 Commencement Prizes (to be announced)
These prizes will be awarded after computation offinal grades and will be announced on the Law School's Web site.
PROFESSOR JOSEPH T. ARENSON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN WILLS AND PROFESSOR ROBERT R. ROSENTHAL AWARD DECEDENTS' ESTATES FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEW YORK PRACTICE
ELSBERG PRIZE FOR PROFICIENCY PROFESSOR HENRY ROTHBLATT AWARD IN THE LAW OF CONTRACTS-EVENING DIVISION FOR CRIMINAL ADVOCACY
SYLVIA D. GARLAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE MURRAY STOCKMAN MEMORIAL AWARD IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO CIVIL LITIGATION FOR THE HIGHEST AVERAGE IN THE LAW OF EVIDENCE MILTON S. GOULD AWARD FOR PROFICIENCY IN THE LAW LOUIS SUSMAN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OF CONTRACTS-DAY DIVISION EXCELLENCE IN THE STUDY OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE PROFESSOR ALBERT KALTER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TAX LAW WOODROW WILSON AWARD FOR PROFICIENCY IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR JAMES P. KIBBEY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL LAW HENRY J. WOLFF AWARD FOR PROFICIENCY D. GEORGE LEVINE MEMORIAL AWARD DURING A FULL COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE HIGHEST GRADE IN THE LAW OF REAL PROPERTY
New York Law School Alumni Association Awards These prizes will be awarded after computation offinal grades and will be announced on the Law School's Web site.
DR. MAX REICH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE PROFESSOR VINCENT LO LORDO AWARD IN CIVIL TRIAL ADVOCACY FOR EXCELLENCE IN ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
PROFESSOR IVAN SOUBBOTITCH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN POVERTY LAW AND CIVIL RIGHTS
NEw YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 I 13 New York Law School Law Review
The New York Law School Law Review is a student-run organization edited and published entirely by students at New York Law School. Its primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship. The Law Review consists of an Editorial Board and approximately seventy-six associate editors and members working together to make all editorial and publication decisions.
Michelle Lynn Abruzzo Robert Wallace Georges Jason L. Pearlman Lori Kaye Adams David G. Goldfarb Lisa Marie Petito Houman Afshar Ramona Faye Houck Melissa Ann Pirillo Mohamad Adel Akbik Jin Huang Nodira Rakhmatkarieva Allison Lee Arenson Marisa J. Hyman Courtney Tristen Rineer Stephanie Elizabeth Augurt Jennifer B. Jacobson Robin Michelle Rumpf Seth Michael Azria Tara Beth Johns Heather E. Rutman James J. Barney Sandra A. Joseph Jennifer Jane Ryan Ann Margaret Batchelor Smit Kapadia Giannina Santo Arminda Bradford Bepko Nubar Christopher Kasaryan Gregory Morris Shapiro Ethan David Bergeron Kristen Ann Klics Natalya Shmulevich Tanya Domenica Bosi Orin R. Kurtz Brooke M. Shumel Stephanie N. Burke John Christian Kutner Jeffrey David Silberman Kirk Dwayne Burkhalter Heather Kim Leifer David Smoren Cynthia Carlson Filomena Lepore Jill Ellen Sodafsky Maria Castro Juliana C. Li Julie Shari Strachan Cara Ann Centanni Monica Leticia Lima Despina M. Stroumbos Brian F. Clayton Jennie M. Lundman Amy Elizabeth Stutzke Jennaydra Dance Clunis Richard Albert Luthmann John Robert Tatulli Jamin Nadine Cooper Brian Patrick Marshall Lauren Crandall Thelander Tina M. Dolman Angelina Martinez Rubio Stephanie Robin Trager Nicholas G. DiMaio Stephen Mazzalonga Sara Christine Vecchiotti Susan M. Eylward Michael P. McGuigan Stephanie Visconti Michael Paul Fanelli Patrick Terence McGuire Christine Wawrynek Debra Ficarra Ryan Milun Matthew Lyle Weinstein Betsy S. Fiedler Marissa Miraldi Scott Dean Woller Marc Russell Fisher Jennifer S. Mittelsteadt Valerie Ying Chen Wong Jason Phillip Ford Amanda Lynn Nelson Levi Ian Woodward Amy Garzon Lisa Ornest Eric K. Young
Journal of Human Rights'
Albert Edward Araneo John Michael Dickinson Scott Alan Lustig Samantha Inzelbuch Migdal Kevin Sabatello
Journal of International and Comparative Law'
Stephanie Sophia Comas Michael Thomas Grosso Tara Margaret Reiter
"In 2003, the New York Law School faculty approved a new Law Review structure which included the merger of the three existing law journals (Journal of Human Rights, Journal of International and Comparative Law, and Law Review) and all their members into one new Law Review. The students listed here served in their respectivejournals prior co the restructuring caking effect.
14 I NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL 112TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 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. Students are accepted into the organization by competing in the Charles W Froessel Moot Court Competition, a constitutional law intramural competition. Froessel 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.
Michelle Lynn Abruzzo Colleen Marie Buckley Stephanie N. Burke Jessica Eve Ehrlich Susan M. Eylward Anthony Joseph Fredelia Stephen S. Garcia Robert Wallace Georges Jennifer B. Jacobson Carrie Ilyse Krieg Lidia Maria Kryzaniwsky Ursula J. Lorwala Jonathan Philip Macy Daniel J. Margolis Ryan Milun Deborah Eve Peters Robert W Pinard Lauren Allison Rudick Aimee Marie Scillieri Michael Eric Soffer Michael Andrew Stein John Robert Tatulli Christopher Michael Yapchanyk
NEw YoRI< LAw SCHOOL 112TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 I 15 Public Service Certificates
The Office of Professional Development instituted a public service certificate program in academic year 2003-04. Students participating in the program perform at least forty hours of voluntary service while at law school, or have a combination of at least thirty hours of voluntary service and another thirty hours of public interest work done through a work-study placement, clinic, or externship. These graduating students have earned the Public Service Certificate.
Lori Kaye Adams Mohamad Adel Akbik Cheryl Halima Ashman James J. Barney Martha Maria Bodhnarain Kirsten Karen Brodsky Cynthia Carlson Jeanne Michelle Romero Datiles Irene Dikerman Niroshi Ruwanthi Dissanayake Candice Beth Gidney Tameika Shynice Givens Jennifer L. Jones Justina Lynn Kingen Ursula J. Lotwala Katrina Ranee McCall Eileen McDonough Martin H. Morris Jr. Deborah Eve Peters Sophie Charlotte Raven Brian James Stoeckert Sara Christine Vecchiotti Ryan Melissa Judd Wall
16 I NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL 112TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 The Graduating Class of 2004 In Memoriam
The New York Law School Community mourns the loss of three members of the Class of 2004.
J.D. GRADUATE FEBRUARY 2004
Crystal La Shonna Harris B. S. City University of New York/john jay College of Criminal justice A.A. Borough ofManhattan Community College
J.D. DEGREE AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY
Kristy Lynn Broesder B.A. East Stroudsburg University
J.D. MEMORIAL AWARD
Bonnie Eisenstat B.A. Tufts University M.A. New York University Bonnie entered with the Class of 2004. She died in her first year of law school, May 2003.
18 I NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~MAY 16, 2004 ].D. Graduates-September 1, 2003
Sylvia ltzhaki Jessica Pomales Isprans Azab Youssef B.A. City University of New York/City College B.A. City University of New York/john Jay B.A. Fordham University College of Criminal Justice Scott Alan Lustig B.S. Ramapo College of New Jersey Ido Stern B.A. Yeshiva University
].D. Graduates-February 1, 2004
James J. Anestis Susan Frauenhofer Catherine Lucy lmpavido MB.A. Zicklin School of Business/Baruch College B.S. Skidmore College B.A. City University of New York /john fay B.A. City University of New York/City College College of Criminal ]usitice Lauren Renee Girard Vincent James Calo B.A. Marywood University Natalie L. Jean-Baptiste B.A. University of Akron B.A. Fordham University Chantell Marie Green Brandon Shaun Clark B.A. University of Florida Alan Joe Kaldawi B.A. State University of New York/ A.A. Manatee Community College MA. City University of New York/City College Binghamton University B.A. Dowling College * Crystal La Shonna Harris Kevin M. Cunnane B.S. City University of New York/john fay Jessica Leigh Lopez MS. City University of New York/john fay Co Liege of Criminal Justice B.A. State University of New York at Geneseo College of Criminal Justice A.A. Borough of Manhattan Community College B.S. State University of New York at Oneonta Nicholas F. Muto Melvyn Warren Hoffman Ph.D. Temple University School of Medicine Carrie Ann D'Amelio B.S. New York University/Stern School B.S. University of Scranton B.A. Fordham University A.A.S. Fashion Institute of Technology Robert Stephan Osmak Kim Patricia Demers Martin Michael Howfield B.S. University of Dayton B.A. Pennsylvania State University MS.IB.S. St. John's University Ryan A. Puttick Michael Arthur Dougherty Andrew William Hrabsky B.S. United States Merchant Marine Academy B.A. California State University at Northridge B.A. State University of New York/University at New Paltz loannis P. Sipsas Michael Paul Fanelli Ph.D. New York University B.A. Fordham University William Huang MB.A. W0rcester Polytechnic Institute B.A. New York University B.A. City University of New York/Queens College Lorraine Rhonda Feinberg B.A. American University Dina Hyppolite Helen Tsalevich B.A. New York University B.A. Wigner College Alejandro Daniel Filippa B.A. New York University! Marshall A. Vanderpool School of the Arts & Science B. B.A. Pace University
*We mourn the Loss of Crystal La Shonna Harris, March 23, 2004.
This is not intended as an official list of the graduates and candidatesfor the degree.Verification for official purposes is availableonly from the Office of the Registrar.
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOLl 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 I 19 J.D. Candidates-May 16, 2004
Michelle Lynn Abruzzo Stephanie Elizabeth Augurt Allison Lee Blonstein B.S. State University of New York/Stony Brook B.A. Tufts University B.A. State University of New York/ Binghamton University Lori Kaye Adams Nataly Sally Austin B.A. University of Oregon B.A. City University of New York/ Ruth Ilana Bloom Brooklyn College B.A. State University of New York/ Houman Afshar College at Buffalo B.A. University of British Columbia Seth Michael Azria B.S. State University of New York/ Adam David Blumenreich Mohamad Adel Akbik College at Buffalo B.A. University of Arizona B.A. University of Tennessee at Knoxville Ilona Babinsky Martha Maria Bodhnarain Jeffrey Michael Alfano B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. City University of New York/john Jay B.A. Seton Hall University Binghamton University College of Criminal Justice
Letal Algazy Eugene Bae Michael D. Bookout B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. University of California at Los Angeles B.B.A. University of Saint Thomas University at Albany Cathy Baleiron Tanya Domenica Bosi Maria Sheryl Allen B.A. New York University B. S. Drexel University B.A. City University of New York/Hunter College Amelia Barbadoro Kenneth Owen Britt Yohance Omari Alleyne B.A. University of Massachusetts Amherst B.S. Fairfield University B.A. City University of New York/john fay College of Criminal Justice Mila Barg Kirsten Karen Brodsky M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University A.B. Bryn Mawr College Nadine Baldeo Amaya B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Seton Hall University Brooklyn College *Kristy Lynn Broesder B.A. East Stroudsburg University Ariane Pauline Anderson James J. Barney B.A. University of Colorado at Boulder B.A. Monmouth University James H.L. Brown B.A. St. John's College Vincent Michael Ansetti Erik Mathew Bashian B.A. Duquesne University B. S. Towson University Antonietta D. Bruno B.B.A. Hofitra University Albert Edward Araneo Ann Margaret Batchelor M.A. St. john's University B.A. Elon College Eric Colin Bryant B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. Florida Atlantic University Binghamton University Marina Bejarano B.A. New York University Colleen Marie Buckley Allison Lee Arenson B.A. Fordham University B.A. University of Maryland/College Park Letta A. Belle M. S.IB.A. City University of New York/ Stephanie N. Burke Christopher Aris Brooklyn College B.A. City University of New York/Hunter College B.B.A. City University ofNew York/Baruch College Arminda Bradford Bepko Kirk Dwayne Burkhalter Ester Aronova B.A. Kalamazoo College B.A. City University of New York/john fay B. S. St. john's University College of Criminal justice Jamie Lynn Berardino Cheryl Halima Ashman B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Camasita Angela Campo B.A. McGill University B.A. St. Francis College Ethan David Bergeron Daren Atkinson B.A. University of Massachusetts Amherst Nicholas J. Canova B.A. Hofitra University B.A. Montclair State University Darren Stolper Bloch Marilyn Estelle Adas-Berney B.A. Middlebury College Michael J. Cappello B.A. Pennsylvania State University B.S. St. John's University
*'We mourn the loss of Kristy Lynn Broesder, March 29, 2004. Her degree is awarded posthumously.
This is not intended as an official list of the graduates and candidates for the degree.Verification for official purposes is availableonly from the Office of the Registrar.
20 I NEW YORK LAw SCHOOLl 12TH COMMENCEMENT~MAY 16, 2004 Cynthia Carlson Stephanie Sophia Comas Carol Dominguez M.S. The New School University! B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey B.S. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Robert Milano Graduate School B.A. University of New Orleans Jamin Nadine Cooper Jeremy Scott Doster B.A. St. Peter's College B.A. University of Massachusetts Jeffrey Castro B.A. State University of New York/ Michael Benjamin Dalewitz Michael Drivas Binghamton University B.A. University of Florida B.S. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
\ Maria Castro Jeanne Michelle Romero Datiles Jessica Eve Ehrlich I B.B.A. Hofitra University B.A. Catholic University of America B.A. University of California at Santa Barbara Maria Del Rosario Castruita Valerie Marie De Peppo Meital Elbaz B.A. Brown University B.A. St. John's University B.A. City University of New York/ Brooklyn College Christine Marie Cawley Jon Peter DeRise B.A. Adelphi University B.A. Maritt College Peter R. Errico B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University Peter Roy Cellino Natacha Despinos B.A. Villanova University B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Melissa S. Erwin B.A. George Washington University Cara Ann Centanni Elizabeth Anne Destro B.S.IB.A. Villanova University B.A. New York University! Taina Etienne College of Arts and Science B.A. Hampton University Calvin Y. Chang B.A. University of Texas at Austin Chuma Joclyn Diamond Susan M. Eylward B.A. City University of New York/Queens College B.S. Boston College Agnes Jooyeon Chang B.S.IB.A. Rutgers, The State University of John Michael Dickinson Christine Anne Favara NewJersery M.A. Long Island University!C. W Post College B.A. University of Vermont B.A. City University of New York/Queens College Cindy B. Chavkin Amy Lynn Fechter B.A. City University of New York/ Irene Dikerman B.A. Lehigh University Brooklyn College B.A. State University of New York/ University at Buffalo Joseph Robert Federici Andrea Marissa Francine Chee-a-tow B.A. Loyola College of Maryland B.A. Drew University Nicholas G. DiMaio B.A. "Wagner College Jason Patrick Fenley Junyoung Jon Chung B.A. University of Colorado at Boulder B.A. State University of New York/ Dana Marie DiMaria Binghamton University B.A. Villanova University Debra Ficarra B.B.A. Adelphi University Alyssa Christine Clark Vince Frank Di Marco B.A. The Co/Lege of New Jersey B.S. St. John's University Betsy S. Fiedler B.S. University of Maryland Brian F. Clayton Dennis J. DiSabato Jr. B.S. Nova Southeastern University B.A. State University of New York/ Savio Donvez Figaro Binghamton University B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey \ Jennaydra Dance Clunis B.S./B.A. University of Delaware Niroshi Ruwanthi Dissanayake Adam D. Finkel I B.A. University of California at San Diego B.A. University of Michigan John Thomas Cofresi B.S. State University of New York/ Tina M. Dolman Joseph John Finn College at Oneonta B.A. City University of New York/ B.S. Nyack College Brooklyn College Caren Nicki Cohanim Robert Michael Fischette B.A. Northwestern University Michelle Lynn Domena B.A. Boston College B.A. University of Massachusetts
This is not intended as an official list of the graduatesand candidatesfor the degree. Verificationfor official purposes is available only from the Office of the Registrar.
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOLl 12TH COMMENCEMENT~MAY 16, 2004 I 21 J.D. Candidates-May 16, 2004
Marc Russell Fisher Marina Colbert Elizabeth Jennifer Heller B.A. University of Wisconsin B.A. City University of New York/Hunter College B.A. Columbia University/Columbia College
John J. Fitzgerald David G. Goldfarb Sherry Deborah Hines B.A. New York University B.A. City University of New York/ B. S. Syracuse University Queens College Jason Phillip Ford Harlan J. Hollander B.A. Yale University Marlene Gonzalez B.A. University of Michigan B.A. Seton Hall University Frances M. Forgione Ramona Faye Houck B.A. St. John's University Erica H. Gordon B.A. Drake University B.A. University of Delaware Mandie R. Forman Annie Hsu B.S. Syracuse University William Roger Gordon Jr. B. S. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey B.A. University of Alabama Brenda L. Fortune Jin Huang B.A. University of Rhode Island Iris Melissa Gotlieb M.B.A. Pace University B.A. Franklin & Marshall College B.A. Nanjing University P.R. China Anthony Joseph Fredella B.S. Montclair State University Mikki Grant-Collier Marisa J. Hyman B.S. Long Island University C. W Post B.A. Pennsylvania State University Jose Eli Fresquez III B.S. University of New Mexico Johara Shana Gray Pedro Antonio Ibarbia II B.A. University of the West Indies B.A. New York University David Freylikhman B.A. University of Massachusetts Michelle Greenberg D. Wesley Iglesia B.A. Widner University B.A. Temple University Stephen S. Garcia B.A. Arizona State University Abdula R. Greene Nicole Lauren Imbriale MA. City University of New York/john Jay B.A. Fordham University Amy Garzon College of Criminal Justice B.S.IA.S. City University of New York/john jay B.S. City University of New York/john Jay Uchenna Dana Isiadinso College of Criminal Justice College of Criminal Justice B.A. University of Buffalo
Alexis Leigh Gasiorowski Michael Thomas Grosso Sheridan Natasha Jack-Browne B.S.IB.A. Douglass College of Rutgers University MA.IE.A. Rutgers, The State University of B.A. Syracuse University New jersey Lisa Maude Geli Jennifer B. Jacobson B.A. New York University Anna Guiliano B.A. American University B.A. Syracuse University Robert Wallace Georges Aakar A. Jain B.A. Syracuse University Joseph S. Hadala B. S. Villanova University B.A. Iona College Sabrina S. Gerold Jacqueline Danielle Jane-Creagh B.S. City University of New York/City College Mindy L. Hamilton B.S. Florida International University MA. New York University Donna Birch Gerstle B.A. Eastern Kentucky University Angela B. Jimenez MA. College of Staten Island MA. City University of New York/john Jay B.S. Seton Hall University Harold Everett Hartman III College of Criminal Justice B.A. George Washinton University B.A. Fordham University Stephen Ghee B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison Shelly Heffez Tara Beth Johns B.A. City University of New York/ B.S. University of Delaware Candice Beth Gidney Brooklyn College B.A. Brandeis University Christopher Daniel Johnson Alexander ]. Helfer B.A. Michigan State University Tameika Shynice Givens B.A. University of Utah B.A. City University of New York/john Jay Jennifer L. Jones College of Criminal Justice B.A. Illinois State University
This is not intended as an official list of the graduates and candidates for the degree. Verification for official purposes is available only from the Office of the Registrar.
22 I NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 Marissa T. Jones Nicole La Duca Jonathan Philip Macy B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Seton Hall University B.A. State University of New York at Albany Brooklyn College Jesse D. Langel Lucy Magardichian Sandra A. Joseph B. S. Arizona State University B.A. State University of New York/ M.B.A. Pace University Binghamton University B.A. Marymount Manhattan College Amy M. Lanteigne A.A. Oakton Community Jr. College B.A. Michigan State University Andrea Makrinos B.A. St. john's University Emanuel Kaliontzakis June Lee B. B.A. Pace University B.A. State University of New York/ Louis A. Mancini Binghamton University B. S. Villanova University Irene Kambos B.A. Fordham University Soo-hyung Lee Daniel J. Margolis MIS. Graduate School of International Studies B.S. Temple University Smit Kapadia B.A. Ewha W' This is not intended as an official list of the graduates and candidates for the degree. Verification for official purposes is available only from the Office of the Registrar. NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT ~ MAY 16, 2004 I 23 ].D. Candidates-May 16, 2004 Jill C. McNally Dana M. Murray William Robert Pennell M.A.IB.A. City University of New York/john B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Fordham University jay College of Criminal justice Queens College Deborah Eve Peters Tatiana Anne Messina Rustam M. Nazrisho B.S. Seton Hall University B.A. Villanova University B.A. Long Island University Lisa Marie Petito Samantha Inzelbuch Migdal Amanda Lynn Nelson B.A. College of New Jersey B.A. Brandeis University B.A. City University of New York/ Baruch College Robert W Pinard Jennifer Lynn Miller-Maroney B.A. Villanova University B.S. Iona College Christina Nicolaides A.S. Westchester Community College MB.A. St. john's University Jeana Marie Pinto B.B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. University of Florida Ryan Milun Baruch College B.S. State University of New York/ Tomasz Jerzy Piotrowski Binghamton University Eva Ogorek B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. City University of New York/ Binghamton University Ksenija Vrabic Milutinovic Baruch College B.A. Davidson University Melissa Ann Pirillo Alison Shovlin Ojdana B.A. Adelphi University Marissa Miraldi B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New jersey B.A. State University of New York at New Paltz B.A. City University of New York/Queens College Salvatore Piscopo B.A. Syracuse University Tony Mirvis Dena Operman B.A. St. john's University B.A. City University of New York/Queens College Jaimee Lynn Pocchiari B.A. University of California at San Diego Jennifer S. Mittelsteadt Lisa Ornest B.A. University of Minnesota-Minneapolis B.A. City University of New York/Hunter College Mark J. Ponikowski B.A. Stockton State College Priya Deepika Mohan Lynda E. Ortiz B.A. Scripps College B.B.A. Hofitra University Sandra N. Pressley B.A. Hofitra University Claudia Patricia Monello Christopher Harold Otterbeck B.S. Montclair State University B.A. St. john's University Renee A. Quinn B.A. New York University Christen Morgan Mario Andre Pacione B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey B.A. University of California at Los Angeles Michelle Petra Radhay A.A. Antelope Valley College B.S. University ofToronto Martin H. Morris Jr. B. S. Portland State University Anastasi Pardalis Nodira Rakhrnarkarieva B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New jersey Scott Morris Queens College B.L.A. University of Maryland Christine Michelle Ramos Chi Hwan Michael Park B.S. University of Miami Benjamin A. Moser B.A. University of Michigan B.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Bruce Edward Rapuano Anna Sydney Park B.A. University of Pennsylvania Michael Francis Moyles B. S. University of Michigan B.A. Fordham University Marc William Rapuano Rashmi Nandu Patel B.A. Franklin and Marshall College Alfredo Murga B.A. University of Connecticut B.A. Fordham University Sophie Charlotte Raven Colleen Marie Paull B.A. Columbia University/Barnard College Nicole Anne Murphy B.A. Fairfield University B.A. Rollins College Alexander Saul Razdolski Jason L. Pearlman MS.E.E. Tbilisi Polytechnic University Chloee Handman Murphy B.A. Pennsylvania State University B.A. Barnard College, Columbia University This is not intended as an official list of the graduates and candidates for the degree. Verification for official purposes is available only from the Office of the Registrar. 24 I NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 Veronica Reed Mariam A. Sanni David Smoren B.A. Seattle Pacific University B.A. State University of New York at New Paltz B.A. City University of New York/City College A.A.S. City University of New Paul Seth Reich Giannina Santo York/Queensborough College M.B.A. Pace University B.A. Fordham University B.S. Brooklyn College Jennifer Lee Snyder Ivette Santos B.A. University of Colorado Jennifer Marie Reilly B.S. Jersey City State College B.A. Long Island University!C. W Post Campus Jill Ellen Sodafsky Christine Sarro B.A. Tufts University Tara Margaret Reiter B.S. University of Massachusetts B.A. Fordham University Michael Eric Soffer Narisa Sasicorn B.A. Emory University Linda Denise Reyes M.A. University of California at Los Angeles B.A. Marlboro College B.A. State University of New York at Albany Leonid Sorits B.A. City University of New York/ Sommer Rimar Matthew Thomas Schatz Brooklyn College M.A./B.A. Seton Hall Uniuersirty B.A. Drew University Stephen Paul Spyntiuk David Christopher Rimas Jarett Haig Schultz M.A./B.S. City University of New York/john Jay B.S. Syracuse University B.A. Indiana University Bloomington College of Criminal justice Courtney Tristen Rineer Aimee Marie Scillieri Anthony Joseph Staltari B.A. Oklahoma State College B.S. University ofWisconsin B. S. New jersey City University Nonette Kristen Ritchen Omesh Vimal Seemangal Michael Ian Stark B.S. State University of New York at Oneonta B.A. City University of New York/john jay B.A. University of Rochester College of Criminal Justice Angela Emilia Rodriguez Michael Andrew Stein B.S. City University of New York/john Jay Neda Shahidyazdani B.A. Pennsylvania State University College of Criminal Justice B.A. University of California at Santa Barbara David I. Steingard Lauren Allison Rudick Yifat Shalriel B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Bucknell University B.A. University of Minnesota Baruch College Robin Michelle Rumpf Eamon John Shanahan Nancy Stillman B.A. Michigan State University B. S. State University of New York at Oswego B.S. State University of New York at Empire State College George Scott Rush Gregory Morris Shapiro B.A. Richard Stockton College B.A. State University of New York/ Brian James Stoeckert Binghamton University B.A. State University ofNew York at Stony Brook Angela Maria Russo M.S./B.A. wagner College Natalya Shmulevich Julie Shari Strachan B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New jersey B.A. The George Washington University Heather E. Rutman B.A. American University Sharon Shou Abraham Walter Strasser B.A. Temple University B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Jennifer Jane Ryan B.A. University of Delaware Brooke M. Shumel Robert Strohl B.S. Lehigh University B.B.A. Pace University Kevin Sabatello B.A. Ithaca College Jeffrey David Silberman Despina M. Stroumbos B.S. University of Maryland B.A. Fordham University Punit K. Sabharwal B.A. Hofitra University Aimee Lauren Sklar Amy Elizabeth Sturzke B.A. Barnard College, Columbia University B.A. Rowan University Milan Saha B.A. Johns Hopkins University Matthew Richard Smalls * Carl Alexander Suecoff B.A. University of Rochester B.A. New York University *Joint degree candidate J.D./M.B.A. with City University of New York/BaruchCollege, Zicklin School of Business. This is not intended as an officiallist of the graduatesand candidatesfor the degree.Verification for officialpurposes is availableonly from the Office of the Registrar. NEW YoRK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT- MAY 16, 2004 I 25 Stefanie Jill Sundel lyayi Iyore Uwa Scott Dean Woller B.A. Franklin College of Switzerland MS. Georgia College and State University B.S. University of Maryland B.S. Wesleyan College Anne North Sweeney Johnny Woluewich B.A. University of Pittsburgh Nancy Lynn Valery B.A. Bates College B.A. Salisbury University Patricia Tang Anna S. Wong B.A. University of Florida Martha Juliette Vasquez B.S. St. John's University B.A. Temple University Edward Brian Tapia Valerie Ying Chen Wong B.A. St. John's University Sara Christine Vecchiotti Ph.D. The Ohio State University Ph.D. Fordham University B. S. Nankai University Tara Danielle Tarrant M.A. Fordham University B.A. University of Delaware B.A. Mount Holyoke College Levi Ian Woodward B.A.F Rochester Institution of Technology Marina Tasevich Karina Vel ter B.A. Syracuse University B.A. Temple University Heather Rene Wrzesinski M.P.A. New York University John Robert Taculli Stephanie Visconti B.A. University of Washington B.A. University of South Carolina B.A. Hofstra University Marisa Ann Wyatt Lynnore Lawton Thames Ryan Melissa Judd Wall B.A. Lafayette College of Pennsylvania B.S. Ithaca College B.A. Antioch College Jason Daniel Yalen Lauren Crandall Thelander Matthew Douglas Walley B.A. Ohio State University B.A. Franklin and Marshall College B.A. Union College Christopher Michael Yapchanyk Michael Attilio Tiesi Malalai Wassil B.A. Marist College B.A. State University of New York at Albany B.A. Trinity College Hiroyuki Yasuda Michelle Stacey Titone L'Tanya Monique Watkins B.A. City University of New York/Hunter College B.A. University of Delaware B.S. Pace University Monica Danette Yates Paola Rose Tornabene Gregory Charles Watt B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey B.A. The George Washington University MFA. American Conservatory of Theater B.S. University of Michigan Eric K. Young Frank Toro B.A. Hofstra University B.A. Providence College Thomas Patrick Waugh MA. Northern Illinois University Christiana Yu Felice Victoria Torres B.A. Rockford College B.A. City University of New York/Hunter College B.A. Long Island University!C. W Post Campus Christine Wawrynek Vivienne C. Yung Stephanie Robin Trager B.A. Fordham University B.A. New York University B.A. Boston University Matthew Lyle Weinstein Anthony Zurica Beata Trogan B.S. Towson University B.A. Monmouth University B. B.A. Pace University Lisa Robin Wichter Jared Arthur Turco B.A. Tufts University B.A. University of Vermont Lenworth Lester Williams Natasha Vladimir Udensiva B.B.A. Iona College MA. Moscow State University Russia Benjamin Nicholas Wolff B.A. Marian College This is not intended as an officiallist of the graduatesand candidates for the degree.Verification for officialpurposes is availableonly from the Office of the Registrar. 26 I NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 ].D. Prospective Graduates September l, 2004 and Foreign Lawyers Program Students J.D. Prospective Graduates-September l, 2004 The students whose names appear below are scheduled to complete their degree requirements in July 2004. Marit A. DeLozier Robert Barry McBriar B.S. Northwestern University B.S. New England School of Law Robert Harold Findaro Silvio Peselli M.B.A. Long Island University C. W Post B.E. CE. Pratt Institute B.A. The George Washington University Victoria Roxanne Quarterman Farrah Fried B.A. Spelman College B.A. Fashion Institute of Technology Anel M. Rijo Linda Smith Green B. S. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey B.S. City University of New York/York College Trina Wright Thomas Judith Jean B. S. Pace University B.A. New York University Roberto Trujillo Summer Kathryn Lee B. S. Illinois State University B.A. Arizona State University Johnmark Lim B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New jersey Program for Graduates of Foreign Law Schools The following students have completed the twenty-credit program in professional lato subjects and basic American laui Anne Donnelly LLB. Manchester Metropolitan University B.A. The University of Liverpool C.P.E. University of Central Lancaster Corinne Etienne License in Law Uniuersise Catbolique de Louvain Satish C. Jain LLB. Lucknow University M.B.A. College of Insurance M.A. Lucknow University B.A. Lucknow University Alexandra G. Maier Ph.D. University of Kiel LLB./LLM. Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich This is not intended as an officiall ist of the graduatesand candidatesfor the degree.Verificatio n for officialp urposes is available only from the Office of the Registrar. 28 I NEW YORK LAW SCHOOLl 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 • President's Medal of Honor and Honorary Degrees J. Bruce Llewellyn Chairman and CEO of Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. PRESIDENT'S MEDAL OF HONOR ntrepreneur. Public servant. Activist. Philanthropist. It's hard to know where to begin and there's certainly no end to describing the extraordinary work and E life of J. Bruce Llewellyn. He was born in Harlem of immigrant Jamaican parents who instilled in their son the determination to be a success in his personal and professional life. They achieved their goal, beyond anything they could have imagined. Mr. Llewellyn enlisted in the United States Army at the age of sixteen. By nineteen, he was company commander and at the age of twenty-one, he was a veteran. He returned to Harlem, enrolled in City College and opened a retail store which he operated while earning his B.A. degree. In the next several years, he earned aJ.D. degree from New York Law School, an M.B.A. from Columbia University, and a degree in public administration from New York University. Ten honorary degrees would be added to this distinguished collection in the years to come. During the 1960s, Mr. Llewellyn dedicated himself to government and public service. He advanced from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to become regional director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and he ended the decade by serving as deputy commissioner of housing for the City of New York. In 1969, Mr. Llewellyn bought Fedco Foods Corporation, a small supermarket chain in the South Bronx. By 1984, it had become the nation's largest minority-owned retail business with twenty-nine supermarkets, nine hundred employees, and annual gross revenues of $100 million. Mr. Llewellyn went on to purchase the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and then acquired the Wilmington, Delaware, Coca-Cola bottling operations. He was the principal stockholder and chairman of the ABC network affiliate in Buffalo and served as chairman of Garden State Cablevision, in which he was a major stockholder. He certainly fulfilled his parents' dream of being successful in his chosen career. But there was a second part to that dream-that Mr. Llewellyn would be a person who served his country and his community, and in that too, he excelled. At the peak of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s, Mr. Llewellyn founded the original chapter of 100 Black Men. Today there are more than ninety-five chapters throughout the United States, all composed of committed leaders working for positive change in their communities. Mr. Llewellyn has served two U.S. presidents. In 1977, President Carter appointed him president of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). He served as Ambassador at Large until 1981. Later, President Clinton appointed him chairman of the United States Small Business Administration Advisory Council. J. Bruce Llewellyn has distinguished himself as an extraordinary leader and a dedicated servant to the cause of human rights everywhere. We are proud to claim him as one of New York Law School's most illustrious alumni as we today confer upon him the highest honor our school bestows-the New York Law School President's Medal of Honor. 30 J NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL 112TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 HONORARY DEGREE CITATION Anthony Lewis Pulitzer Prize- Winning journalist and Author Doctor of Laws oday, New York Law School proudly honors journalist and scholar Anthony Lewis for his dedication to the principles of a free and vigorous press, his T contributions to the field of constitutional law, and his commitment to civil liberties. As New York Law School Professor Nadine Strossen said, "Generations of readers and students know about the history of the Supreme Court and civil liberties because of Anthony Lewis's columns. He created a beat and used his column to stress the power of the courts and the media to bring about change." Mr. Lewis was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Harvard College in 1948 and went to work for the Sunday Department of The New York Times. In 1952 he became a general assignment reporter for the Washington Daily News and in 1955, he was awarded his first Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. The Pulitzer Committee cited his series of articles on the federal government's loyalty program that helped to exonerate a Navy employee of unjust charges that he was a security risk. In 1955, Mr. Lewis joined the Washington Bureau of the Times, and in 1963 he was awarded his second Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Supreme Court and, in particular, of the Court's groundbreaking decisions on legislative reapportionment. In 1965, Mr. Lewis accepted the position of chief of the Times's London Bureau and in 1969, his column, "Abroad at Home," appeared for what would be a thirty-two-year commentary on national and international affairs. In addition to his many columns and articles on legal subjects, Mr. Lewis is the author of three books that illuminate the workings of the law in this country: Gideon's Trumpet, about the landmark Supreme Court case giving impoverished criminal defendants the right to an attorney; Portrait of a Decade, about the great changes in American race relations; and Make No Law, about the New York Times v. Sullivan case, the landmark Supreme Court decision which changed the course of First Amendment litigation in America. Mr. Lewis was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard and is the recipient of a number of awards and honorary degrees. He spent fifteen years as a lecturer at Harvard Law School and, since 1983, he has been the James Madison Visiting Professor of First Amendment Issues at the Columbia University School ofJournalism. In 2002, he was named Visiting Lombard Lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. In a career of more than fifty years, Mr. Lewis has explained and clarified the law, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court to generations of Americans. He has been an eloquent defender of the First Amendment and an impassioned champion of civil liberties for all. Most of all, in the best tradition of American journalism, he has challenged us to think, to question and to respect our nation's commitment to the rule of law. It is for all of these reasons that New York Law School honors Anthony Lewis. NEwYoRK LAw SCHOOL 112TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 I 31 HONORARY DEGREE CITATION The Honorable Alexis M. Herman Former United States Secretary of Labor Doctor of Laws exis Herman was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. From her mother, a choolteacher, she inherited the ability to motivate people; from her father, a usinessman, activist, and elected politician, she learned to fight for what she believes in; and from her grandmother, she learned to "bloom where you are planted." And bloom she did! From the very beginning of her working life, Ms. Herman was a champion of the underserved and the underrepresented. Her first job was with Catholic Charities, training unemployed young people to work in the Pascagoula shipyard in Mississippi. At the age of twenty-nine, she joined the Carter Administration as the director of the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor-the youngest person ever to hold that position. In the 1980s, she became a successful entrepreneur and labor market expert, guiding corporations and local municipalities on training, mentoring, and job creation. Ms. Herman was chief executive officer of the 1992 Democratic National Convention Committee and served as deputy director for the Presidential Transition Office. In 1993, President Clinton appointed her assistant to the president and director of the White House Public Liaison Office. Four years later, the President nominated Ms. Herman to serve as the nation's Secretary of Labor, describing her as a leader who "understands the needs of workers, and understands the challenges they face as we approach the twenty-first century." Less than three months later, she successfully facilitated negotiations between UPS management and Teamsters Union leaders, ending a ten-day strike that threatened to disrupt the American economy. Under Secretary Herman's stewardship, the Labor Department significantly contributed to an unprecedented period of prosperity. Unemployment reached a thirty-year record low in May 2000, and groups that had too often been left behind, particularly African Americans and Hispanics, also experienced record lows in unemployment. Currently, as chair and chief executive officer of New Ventures, Inc., Ms. Herman continues to lend her expertise and talent to a vast array of corporate enterprises and nonprofit organizations. A recipient of more than twenty honorary degrees from major colleges and universities around the country, she serves on the Board of her alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana. She is the chairwoman ofThe Coca-Cola Company's Diversity Task Force and chair of the Toyota Diversity Advisory Board, still working and advocating for full rights for working people everywhere. Alexis Herman, it is for your unceasing and unflagging efforts on behalf of America's workers, and for your commitment to the cause of equality and equity among all Americans, that New York Law School honors you today. 32 I NEW YORK LAw SCHOOLl 12TH COMMENCEMENT~MAY 16, 2004 The President's Medal of Honor 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. 2004 ]. BRUCE LLEWELLYN Member of the Board of Trustees Chairman and CEO of Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Founder of "100 Black Men" 2003 SHEPARD BROAD '27 Member of the Board of Trustees Founder, Broad and Cassel Benefactor, Shepard Broad Scholarship Fund Benefactor, The Shepard and Ruth K. Broad Student Center Awarded Posthumously 2002 BERNARD H. MENDIK '58 Chairman of the Board of Trustees President, Bernard H. Mendik Company, LLC Benefactor, The Mendik Law Library Awarded Posthumously NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT ~ MAY 16, 2004 I 33 Honorary Degree Recipients 1955 The Honorable Charles William Froessel '13 1969 Jerry Finkelstein '38 The Honorable John Marshall Harlan '24 John-Seward Johnson Archibald Robinson Watson John Vincent Thornton 1956 Albert Cohn 1908 1970 Adrian P. Burke Albert Conway Joseph I. Lubin '30 Denis O'Leary Joseph Edward Lumbard Jr. Samuel Miller '26 1957 Nathaniel L. Goldstein '18 Charles H. Griffiths '10 1971 Willard Heckel David WPeck John E. Scileppi 1958 The Honorable Joseph A. Cox 1972 Maurice R. Greenberg '50 James Thomas Hallinan II Samuel Rabin Gerald Nolan The Honorable Whitney North Seymour Jr. Ferdinand Pecora 1973 The Honorable Paul J. Curran 1959 Bernard Botein Charles H. Dyson Theodore Granik Harry B. Helmsley Philip M. Kleinfield '16 E. Donald Shapiro Edward J. Neary '15 The Honorable Joseph Weintraub 1960 Charles Stewart Desmond 1974 The Honorable Brendan T. Byrne Walter M. Jeffords Jr. 1961 Robert Moses Samuel J. LeFrak The Honorable Owen McGivern 1962 Stanley Howells Fund Sylvester Comstock Smith Jr. '18 1975 The Honorable Charles D. Breitel Murray Stockman '15 William J. Curran Gen. John Einar Murray 1963 Sydney E Foster The Honorable Peter W. Rodino Jr. Stefan Treschel 1964 George J. Beldock The Honorable Robert F. Wagner 1900 Hunter Labatut Delatour 1906 William Weary Marvin R. Dye Alfred Gross 1976 The Honorable Warren E. Burger Milton Helpern 1965 Edwin L. Weisel Mary Gardiner Jones The Honorable David T. Wilentz '17 Gen. Rowland F. Kirks Harry Ostrov '25 1966 Daniel Gutman The Honorable Edward D. Re John Van Voorhis Joseph Solomon '27 1967 Alfred J. Bohlinger '24 1977 The Honorable Dennis DeConcini Leo M. Cherne '34 Elizabeth Hughes Gossett The Honorable W. Averell Harriman The Honorable Howard T. Markey The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1968 The Honorable Ramsey Clark Albert M. Sacks Tom C. Clark David Finkelstein 1978 The Honorable Griffen B. Bell Orison S. Marden The Honorable Gerald R. Ford Robert Morris Morgenthau The Honorable Erwin N. Griswold Edward Joseph Mortola The Honorable Damon J. Keith Rabbi Emmanuel Rackman 34 I NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT - MAY 16, 2004 1979 The Honorable Benjamin R. Civiletti 1988 The Honorable Patricia McGowan Wald The Honorable Lawrence H. Cooke Archibald R. Murray Barbara Knowles Debs Ernst C. Stiefel Abraham S. Goldstein The Honorable Jacob K. Javits 1989 J. William Campo The Honorable Wade H. McCree Jr. The Honorable Roger J. Miner '56 The Honorable Francis T. Murphy '52 The Honorable Potter Stewart 1990 Alvin J. Bronstein '51 Linda A. Fairstein 1980 The Honorable Richard Reeve Baxter The Honorable Milton L Williams '63 The Most Reverend Terence Cardinal Cooke The Honorable Richard N. Gardner 1991 The Honorable David N. Dinkins A. Leo Levin The Honorable John H. Sununu The Honorable Lewis F. Powell Jr. Edward Allen Tamm 1992 The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor James F. Simon 1981 Mario M. Biaggi '63 The Honorable William Frank Buckley Jr. 1993 Shepard Broad '27 The Honorable William Joseph Casey Drew S. Days III The Honorable Matthew Joseph Jasen The Honorable Judith S. Kaye The Honorable James Skelly Wright 1994 The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani 1982 The Honorable Mary S. Coleman Bernard H. Mendik '58 The Honorable Alfonse M. D'Amato Archbishop Jakovos 1995 The Honorable Jose A. Cabranes Rex E. Lee Alexander D. Forger The Honorable Shigeru Oda Thomas Grey Wicker 1996 The Honorable Sidney H. Asch Boris Leavitt '26 1983 The Honorable Harry A. Blackmun The Honorable Jon 0. Newman The Honorable Sherman G. Finesilver The Honorable Constance Baker Motley 1997 The Honorable Harry T. Edwards Albert Parker '21 Dr. Raymond D. Horton The Honorable Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Lewis M. Steel '63 1984 The Honorable Geraldine A. Ferraro 1998 Joseph T. Arenson The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Lawrence S. Huntington '64 Eugene V Rostow Vernon E. Jordan Jr. Robert B. Stevens Otto L Walter '54 1999 The Honorable Guido Calabresi 1985 The Honorable Mario M. Cuomo 2000 Sybil Shainwald '76 Robert B. McKay Harry H. Wellington Bill Moyers The Honorable Ralph K. Winter The Honorable Ellen Ash Peters Donna E. Shalala 2001 Taylor R. Briggs (posthumously) Ira Glasser 1986 Barbara Aronstein Black The Honorable Judith B. Sheindlin '65 The Honorable William Joseph Brennan Jr. The Honorable Edward I. Koch 2002 The Honorable Pierre N. Leval, LLD. Myres Smith McDougal The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, LLD. The Honorable Spottswood W. Robinson III 2003 The Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, LLD. 1987 Fred W. Friendly The Honorable Thomas Howard Kean 2004 The Honorable Alexis M. Herman, LLD. Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. Anthony Lewis, LLD. Ellen V Futter NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 I 35 New York Law School Learn Law. Take Action. FOUNDING most notable was U.S. Supreme Court Justice John New York Law School was established in 1891 by Marshall Harlan. Other prominent graduates included Albert Parker, a founding partner of Parker, Chapin, Columbia College School of Law faculty, students, and alumni who were protesting their trustees' attempts to Flattau & Klimpl; Randolph E. Paul and John F. Wharton, founding partners of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & dictate the teaching methods used by professors. The Garrison; Alfred Rose, a founding partner of Proskauer, central figure in the revolt against Columbia and the Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn; Cameron F. MacRae, a subsequent creation of New York Law School was former chairman of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae; Columbia Law School's founder, Theodore Dwight, a major figure in the history of American legal scholarship. Chester Carlson, who invented the xerography process leading to the founding of Xerox Corporation; and Justice THE EARLY YEARS Emilio N ufiez, the first Latino to be named to the bench in New York State. Almost immediately, New York Law School attained a formidable reputation due to the excellenceof its students New York Law School closed for one year during and faculty. World War I, interrupting a steady expansion that had lasted until the mid-1920s. While the situation improved From its beginning, New York Law School has been by the late 1930s, the draft in 1940 dealt the institution dedicated to providing diverse routes to achievement through another blow when the Law School was forced to close in innovation in scholarship, service, and professional training. 1941 for the duration of World War II. By 1904, New York Law School was the largest law school in the country. That year, the school's founders created one of the nation's first evening divisions to provide a flexible POST-WAR REBUILDING alternative to full-time legal education for those in the In 1947, New York Law School reopened and began to workforce or with family obligations. The Evening Division rebuild. A major impetus came from graduates who also allowed students to build upon previously established formed a committee spearheaded by New York State successful careers or to begin a second career. Supreme Court Justice Albert Cohn. The new program was small, but the Law School made significant strides, and Among the Law School's early lecturers were Woodrow gained accreditation from the American Bar Association Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. The first class included in 1954. James Gerard, who went on to serve as ambassador to Germany during World War I, and Bainbridge Colby, who In 1975, the school received its first endowed became secretary of state under President Wilson. Other professorship, the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professorship of Law. Many graduates, now prominent in early graduates included Robert F. Wagner, a future U.S. senator from New York and a leader in developing national the bar, the judiciary, and business, were students during labor policy, and two Pulitzer Prize winners: Wallace these years. They include the Honorable Roger J. Miner, Stevens (poetry) and Elmer Rice (drama). Another United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Presiding Justice Francis Murphy, New York State prominent alumnus from the pre-World War I era was the T. Honorable James S. Watson, a distinguished judge and an Supreme Court, Appellate Division; Administrative Law important member of New York's African American Judge Mary E. Cerbone; Judge Judith B. Sheindlin, community. The judge's daughter, Barbara Watson, also supervising judge of the New York City Family Court; Otto attended the Law School and was the first woman to attain L. Walter, founding partner, Walter, Conston, Alexander & the rank of Assistant Secretary of State of the United States. Green; Bernard H. Mendik, real estate industry leader and former chairman of the school's Board of Trustees; Many of those attending at the beginning of this Lawrence S. Huntington, chief executive officer of century became founders or name partners of leading law Fiduciary Trust International and former chairman of the firms, including Henry Hurlbut Abbott of Breed, Abbott Law School's Board of Trustees; and Kathleen Grimm & Morgan; Edwin Sunderland of Davis, Polk, Wardwell, deputy chancellor for administration and finance, New Sunderland & Kiendel; and Thomas Debevoise of York City Department of Education. Debevoise & Plimpton. Steady growth marked the next decades. With the Classes of the 1920s and 1930s produced graduates appointment of E. Donald Shapiro as dean in the early who would play a leading role in the profession. Among the 1970s, the Law School joined the Association of American 36 I NEw YORK LAw SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT ~ MAY 16, 2004 Law Schools and the trustees authorized an increase in the Almost immediately, Dean Matasar led a size of the full-time faculty. Admissions requirements were comprehensive, collegial self-evaluation process involving all raised and enrollment grew. As facilities expanded, an members of the New York Law School community in an endowment fund was established. The School's first center exercise that sharpened the definition of its goals. The for specialized study, the Communications Media Center School articulated a mission statement centered on three (now the Media Center), opened in 1977. goals that focus its approach to legal education: • to embrace innovation; GROWTH AND REVITALIZATION • to foster integrity and professionalism; Dramatic growth and revitalization continued under the • to advance justice for a diverse society. leadership of James F. Simon, dean from 1983 until 1992. On this principled foundation, the Law School created A series of major facility renovations were begun, a plan for its future to strengthen skills and values highlighted by the opening of the Mendik Library in education for its students. 1990. This was followed by the construction of the Samuel The words "Learn Law. Take Action." express the Law and Ethel LeFrak Moot Court Room, the Ernst Stiefel School's commitment to teach students to use the skills and Reading Room, and the Shepard and Ruth K. Broad knowledge they acquire as lawyers to do 'something valuable Student Center. An extensive remodeling and for others. By fostering an internal culture that embraces modernization program transformed the Law School's innovation and creativity, the Law School encourages classrooms, offices, and specialty training areas. During students to develop the ability to adapt to new situations as Dean Simon's tenure, the Rita and Joseph Solomon they arise, to change their behavior when change requires it, Professorship of Wills, Trusts and Estates was added, and and to graduate with a commitment to a lifetime of the Law School introduced an innovative Lawyering Skills learning. Through an extensive program for professional development, with an emphasis on integrity and Program into the curriculum. professionalism, the faculty and staff engage students in the In 1992, Harry H. Wellington, Sterling Professor of ongoing improvement of the legal profession. Law Emeritus and former dean of Yale Law School, became the fourteenth dean and president of New York Law REINVIGORATING THE CURRICULUM School. Under Dean Wellington's dynamic leadership, a The faculty has adopted a new curricular approach, strategic plan was implemented to position New York Law grounded on a strong J.D. curriculum, to provide students School as a vital urban law center with an academic with different avenues for academic success. Dubbed "the program that integrates the strategic and ethical perspectives right program for each student," this new approach of the practicing attorney. Dean Wellington broadened the acknowledges that different practice settings require Law School's curriculum to increase emphasis on the differing levels of training. For example, students working development of professional skills. in larger organizations with extensive in-house training In addition to the Media Center, two new centers for programs have less need for hands-on training than those specialized study opened. The Center for New York City who will open a solo practice. Those in larger organizations may need training in a specialized area, while those in Law was established in 1993 to focus on the study of New general practice settings may need more breadth and less York City government. Founded in 1996, the Center for specialized expertise. International Law supports teaching and research in all areas of international law but concentrates on the law of The faculty approved and implemented severalnew international trade and finance. initiatives which together comprise The Right Program for Each Student. During Dean Wellington's tenure, the Ernst C. Stiefel Professorship of Comparative Law was created. • The John Marshall Harlan Scholars Program, a new honors program named after New York Law School's THE PRESENT AND OUR SHARED FUTURE alumnus and United States Supreme Court justice Richard A. Matasar, a nationally recognized scholar in civil who served on the Court from 1955 to 1971. The procedure and federal jurisdiction, was named the fifteenth program offers top students the opportunity to president and dean of New York Law School on pursue in-depth study in a specialized field of law through affiliation with one of five academic centers; July l, 2000. NEw YORK LAw SCHOOL I 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 I 37 New York Law School Learn Law. Take Action. • The Individual Program provides a curricular focus Center for International Law for students in the middle of the class who are likely In mid-1996, New York Law School, aided by a grant from to pursue careers as general practitioners and the C.V. Starr Foundation, created the Center for advocates; International Law. The Center supports teaching and • The Comprehensive Curriculum addresses the needs research in all areas of international law but concentrates on of students who require a special course of study to the law of international trade and finance, deriving much of enhance mastery of fundamental aspects of legal its strength from interaction with New York's business, analysis and writing; and commercial, financial, and legal communities. The Center • The Professional Development Project helps organizes symposia events to engage students and faculty in students develop their professional portfolio• discussions of important and timely issues with experts and volunteer opportunities, extracurricular programs, practitioners in the field. For professional development, the solid legal skills-and a strong sense of Center offers extensiveresources for studying and researching professionalism and legal ethics. careers in international law. In 2002, the Law School also introduced an innovative Center for New York City Law admissions option, the Wallace Stevens Scholars Program, Established in 1993, the Center for New York City Law is under which a small group of professionals with postgraduate the only program of its kind in the country. Its objectives degrees and significant work experience will be admitted are to gather and disseminate information about New York without having taken the LSAT, but with the requirement City's laws, rules, and procedures; to sponsor publications, that they take it after admission to the Law School. The symposia, and conferences on topics related to governing program honors the great American poet and New York the city; and to suggest reforms to make city government Law School alumnus, Wallace Stevens. more effectiveand efficient.The Center's bimonthly In 2003, following a review by the American Bar publication, Gtylaw, tracks New York City's rules and regulations, how they are enforced, and court challenges to Association and the New York State Board of Regents, the them. Its Web site, www.citylaw.org,contains a searchable Law School established a new degree program, a Master of library of more than 5,000 administrative decisions of New Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation. The program is open to York City agencies. graduates of U.S. and foreign law schools and offers advanced tax training for attorneys who seek to acquire a Center for Professional Values and Practice thorough grounding in U.S. tax law and to master the skills The School's Center for Professional Values and Practice needed to work at the most challenging levels of tax provides a vehicle through which to examine the role of practice. New York Law School is now one of only two law the legal profession and approaches to law practice. The schools in the New York City metropolitan area to offer this Center's work supports the development of lawyering advanced training for tax lawyers. skills and reflective professionalism, including consideration of how these have evolved over the decades, GROWTH AND STRENGTH even as business and ethical pressures have intensified and OF ACADEMIC CENTERS become more complex, and the roles of lawyers in society The School's academic centers, led by members of the have multiplied. faculty, continue to be developed to maximize the effectiveness of faculty research and scholarly endeavors, Course in Mental Disability Law teaching, and activism, and to increase opportunities for Another unique program, New York Law School's Online students to engage in important policy issues. The centers Course in Mental Disability Law, is offered to professionals complement course work in civil rights, international who work with, or on behalf of, persons with mental human rights, international trade and finance, disabilities. The fourteen-week course is delivered directly constitutional law, urban legal studies, information law and to students through the convenience of distance education. policy, and professional values and practice. Four academic centers and an institute, described below, play an integral role in the Harlan Scholars Honors Program. 38 I NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 Institute for Information Law and Policy Lawyering course, the Lawyering Skills Center offers Established in 2003, the new Institute for Information Law advanced simulation courses, an extensive Externship and Policy is New York Law School's home for the study of Program, and a rich array of clinics. information, communication and law in the global digital age. The goal of the Institute is to apply the theory and Media Center technology of communications and information to The Media Center, one of the oldest and most extensive strengthening democratic institutions and the rule of law as programs of its kind, was established in 1977 in response to technology evolves. Through its curriculum, ongoing the explosivegrowth of communication technologies.The conference and speaker series and a variety of original Center continues to promote education, discussion,research, projects, the Institute investigates the emerging field of and writing about mass-communications law. The faculty information law, which encompasses intellectual property, privacy, free speech, information access, communications, offers a substantial number of related courses and and all areas of law pertaining to information and extracurricular programs dealing with issues such as cable communication practices. television franchising procedures, direct broadcast satellites, videotext services, racial discrimination in television, and Justice Action Center the future of public broadcasting. The Justice Action Center brings together New York Law School faculty and students in an ongoing critical POISED FOR SUCCESS evaluation of public interest lawyering. Through scholarship New York Law School is poised for continued success. Its and fieldwork, the Center seeks to evaluate the efficacy of vitality springs from the dedication of its stellar faculty, the law as an agent of change and social betterment. Through a talent and energy of its students, and the strong support focused curriculum, symposia, clinical experience, and and commitment of its graduates. research opportunities, the Center seeks to instill in . The Law School's distinguished full-time faculty students a deeper intellectual understanding of the law comprises productive scholars who are dedicated educators. regardless of their final career goals, and to present Some of the nation's most prominent scholars from other opportunities to maintain their ties to the social justice law schools also have served as visiting professors. Student community beyond law school. enrollment has remained at a level of almost 1,400 students in the Day and Evening Divisions. Labor & Employment Law Program Government leaders and judges from the United Ever since New York Law School alumnus Senator Robert F. States and abroad often speak at or visit the Law School. Wagner-the "legislativepilot of the New Deal"-wrote and These have included former President Jimmy Carter; led the fight to enact the National Labor Relations Act, Justices of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harry New York Law School has remained on the cutting edge of A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan Jr., Antonin Scalia, labor and employment law and public policy. In the Clarence Thomas, and Sandra Day O'Connor; former New tradition of Senator Wagner, New York Law School's Labor York State Governor Mario Cuomo; former New York City & Employment Law Program seeks to advance and Mayors Edward I. Koch, David N. Dinkins, Rudolph W influence law and public policy with an action-oriented, Giuliani and current Mayor Michael Bloomberg; U.S. public-interested agenda. Solicitor General Drew S. Days III; former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering, and, most Lawyering Skills Center recently Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo of the Experiential learning is an integral part of the New York International Criminal Court. Law School curriculum. Beginning with the first-year required course called Lawyering, every student is given the opportunity to apply her or his legal reasoning and analysis skills in the context of a simulated interview of a client, then in an interview of a witness and finally in a session in which they counsel a client. This course is a ground• breaking and innovative way to introduce students to the tasks that lawyers are asked to perform. Building on the NEW YORKLAW SCHOOL l 12TH COMMENCEMENT~ MAY 16, 2004 I 39 The Tradition of Academic Attire The caps, gowns, and hoods worn at college and Baccalaureategowns have a long, pleated front with university functions date back to the Middle Ages. Monks shirring across the shoulders and back. They are primarily and students used them to keep warm in medieval castles distinguished by flowing sleeves, pointed at the fingertip. and halls of learning. From these practical origins, they These gowns may be worn either open or closed. have developed into the accepted garb that symbolizes The master's degree gown is worn open, and the scholarly achievement. sleeve is cut so that the forearm comes through a slit just Faculty members and guests in today's procession are above the elbow. robed in gowns and hoods that represent the Gowns for the doctor's degree also are worn open. institutions from which they have received degrees. They carry broad, velvet panels down the front, and three The hood gives color and real meaning to the velvet bars on the full, round sleeves. This velvet trimming academic costume. Its silk lining bears the colors of the may be either black or the color distinctive of the degree. institution conferring the degree. The hood is bordered with Mortarboards or caps worn with baccalaureate and velvet of a prescribed width and color to indicate the field of master's gowns generally have black tassels. The tassel of the learning to which the degree pertains. doctoral cap is usually made of gold bullion. Agriculture ...... Maize Oratory (Speech) Silver Architecture Blue Violet Pharmacy Olive Green Arts, Letters, Humanities White Philanthropy Rose Commerce, Accountancy, Business Drab Philosophy Dark Blue Dentistry ...... Lilac Physical Education Sage Green Economics Copper Physics, Police Science, Science Gold Education Light Blue Podiatry ...... 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