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The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
THE FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION 2015-2016 2015-2016 Fellows Officers: Chair Hon. Cara Lee T. Neville (Ret.) Chair – Elect Michael H. Byowitz Secretary Rew R. Goodenow Immediate Past Chair Kathleen J. Hopkins The Fellows is an honorary organization of attorneys, judges and law professors whose pro- fessional, public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession. Established in 1955, The Fellows encourage and support the research program of the American Bar Foundation. The American Bar Foundation works to advance justice through ground-breaking, independ- ent research on law, legal institutions, and legal processes. Current research covers meaning- ful topics including legal needs of ordinary Americans and how justice gaps can be filled; the changing nature of legal careers and opportunities for more diversity within the profession; social and political costs of mass incarceration; how juries actually decide cases; the ability of China’s criminal defense lawyers to protect basic legal freedoms; and, how to better prepare for end of life decision-making. With the generous support of those listed on the pages that follow, the American Bar Founda- tion is able to truly impact the very foundation of democracy and the future of our global soci- ety. The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60611-4403 (800) 292-5065 Fax: (312) 564-8910 [email protected] www.americanbarfoundation.org/fellows OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE Rew R. Goodenow, Secretary AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION Parsons Behle & Latimer David A. -
Quality of Life Survey – Key Findings
Quality of Life Survey – Key Findings Student Affairs Commiee March 30th, 2014 Quality of Life What? • University-wide survey designed to measure student quality of life on qualitative and quantitative levels. – Recommendations derived from data will drive short-, mid-, and long-term proJects to improve student quality of life. Why? • There has never been a comprehensive, campus-wide assessment of Columbia students’ quality of life. – Several schools and departments have surveys for specific needs, but they sometimes lack rigor and the ability to draw conclusions from a broad network of variables. 2 Quality of Life How? • 13 Categories: - Funding, Housing, Academics, Social Life, Transportation, Safety, Libraries, Space, Career Preparation, Administration, Fitness, Technology, and Health • Four parts in each category: - Satisfaction - Specific satisfaction questions per category - Importance - Satisfaction * Importance = Impact - Open-ended recommendation question per category • Randomized order of categories • Wide variety of variables: – 16 Demographic Variables – 84 Satisfaction Variables – 13 Importance Variables – 55 Personality Variables 3 Quality of Life — Timeline • Fall 2012: Survey Design and Development – Behavioral Research Lab at the Columbia Business School • February 2013: Pilot to selected students • February – April 2013: Engaged stakeholders and Improved Survey • April 2013: Launched Survey • 2013-2014: Analysis and Recommendations 4 Number of Responses Emailed to 36,000 students In 20 different schools Over 8,650 surveys started Over 6,250 completed responses Overall response rate of 17.1% 5 School Response Rates 35% 33% 33% 30% 30% 25% 25% 25% 25% 24% 21% 19% 20% 19% 17% 17% 14% 15% 14% 12% 12% 11% 10% 10% 10% 9% 9% 5% 0% Altogether, out of Columbia’s 2012 enrollment of over 36,000 full-time and part-time students, we received 6,276 complete responses. -
Participant Bios
Johan Aalto Senior Partner, Hannes Snellman PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE Johan Aalto is Hannes Snellman’s Senior Partner. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital markets, with an emphasis on public takeovers. During the last few years, Johan has been involved in some of the largest and most complex transactions in Finland. He also focuses on corporate governance issues and acts as the chairman of general meetings of several listed companies in Finland. Johan has been awarded the honorary title Lagman by the President of the Republic of Finland. MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS OF TRUST • Member of the committee preparing the first Finnish guidelines on takeovers (the Helsinki Takeover Code), 2007 • Board memberships in several companies • Member of the Finnish Bar Association, 1991 EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND • Senior Partner, 2009 • Managing Partner, Hannes Snellman, 2005-2009 • Partner, Hannes Snellman, 1994 • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 1987 Nigel Boardman Partner, Slaughter and May Nigel’s broad practice includes domestic and international corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, demergers, private acquisitions and disposals, private equity, public takeovers, issues of compliance and corporate governance, investigations and insolvency, restructurings, investigations and sports law. Nigel has received a number of accolades, including: • The Financial Times’ Special Achievement Award • Chambers Directories Lifetime Achievement award • Lawyer of the Decade award from Financial News (2015) • included in Debrett’s ‘Who’s Who’ • ranked as a “star performer” for Corporate and M&A work by Chambers in its U.K., Europe and Global directories • identified as a “Thought Leader” for M&A and Corporate Governance work in Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders 2017 Nigel is a consulting editor of the Oxford University Press’ ‘Annotated Companies Acts’ and is on the Editorial Board of the ‘Journal for Corporate and Commercial Law and Practice’. -
2016-Jd-Application.Pdf
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION FOR ADMISSION FALL 2016 *APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH LSAC (WWW.LSAC.ORG), AND QUESTIONS FOUND HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. HOWEVER, THIS APPLICATION CAN BE USED FOR PREPARATION PURPOSES. 1 COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL | AN INTRODUCTION Instructions *Indicates a required field. Please note that applications to Columbia Law School must be submitted electronically through LSAC. Paper applications will not be accepted. To avoid any confusion or delay in the processing of your application, please ensure that you: (1) consistently use your proper name; (2) keep us informed of any mailing address, telephone number, or email address changes during the application process; and (3) write your LSAC account number on all correspondence with the Office of Admissions. METHOD OF APPLICATION Early Decision Plan For Early Decision candidates, the law school application process is simplified and expedited considerably; it is less expensive in terms of time, effort, and money. Early Decision candidates must complete their applications by November 15 and are generally notified of the Admissions Committee’s decision in December. Candidates applying on an Early Decision basis commit themselves to matriculate at Columbia if admitted. Successful Early Decision candidates may not initiate any new law school applications, must immediately withdraw other applications once notified of their Columbia acceptance, and must decline any acceptances they may have received prior to admission to Columbia under the Early Decision Plan. Failure to honor these commitments will result in Columbia revoking its offer of admission. Please be aware that, responding to the request of some peer law schools, Columbia will provide these schools with the names of all applicants accepted under our binding Early Decision Plan. -
Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554
Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission’s ) MB Docket No. 18-119 Rules Regarding FM Translator Interference ) ) COMMENTS OF NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO New York Public Radio (“NYPR”) is pleased to submit these Comments in response to the above-referenced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”).1 NYPR is the licensee of WNYC-FM, New York, NY, a news and talk public radio station dedicated to award-winning enterprise journalism, community engagement around critical issues, and courageous conversations convened via local and national programs. In addition, NYPR is the licensee of WNYC(AM), New York, NY and WQXR-FM, Newark, NJ. Like its FM sister station, WNYC(AM) is a news and talk public radio station, while WQXR-FM is New York City’s only all-classical music station. NYPR is also home to WNYC Studios, the premier producer of critically-acclaimed on-demand and broadcast audio content for national audiences, and The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, the street-level broadcast studio and performance venue of WNYC-FM and WQXR-FM. In addition, NYPR owns and operates New Jersey Public Radio, an award-winning news service that provides journalism and public affairs coverage about the Garden State, and New Jersey Public Radio’s four affiliated FM stations: WNJT-FM, Trenton, NJ; WNJO(FM), Toms River, NJ; WNJP(FM), Sussex, NJ; and WNJY(FM), Netcong, NJ. NYPR reaches a passionate community of almost 26 million people monthly on-air, online, and in person. 1 In re Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission’s Rules Regarding FM Translator Interference, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. -
Curriculum Vitae
SIDA LIU 刘思达 劉思達 Department of Sociology, University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2J4, Canada E-mail: [email protected] http://www.sidaliu.net/ EDUCATION University of Chicago Ph.D., Department of Sociology, 2009 M.A., Department of Sociology, 2004 Peking University LL.B., Law School, 2002 PRESENT POSITIONS 2016-Present. Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto (Undergraduate campus: Mississauga; Graduate program: St. George) 2016-2017. Member, Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ) 2015-Present. Affiliated Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, New York University 2012-Present. Faculty Fellow, American Bar Foundation PRIOR POSITIONS 2014-2016. Interim Director, East Asian Legal Studies Center, University of Wisconsin Law School 2010-2013. Research Fellow, Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law School 2012. Dean’s Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University Law Center 2009-2016. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008-2009. Research Associate, American Bar Foundation 2007-2008. Doctoral Fellow, American Bar Foundation 2006-2007. Visiting Scholar, China University of Political Science and Law 2004-2006. Research Assistant, American Bar Foundation GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2016-2018. Public Intellectual Program (PIP) Fellow, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. 2016-2017. Membership, Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ). 2016. Honorable Mention, Law & Society Association Article Prize. (“Law’s Social Forms: A Powerless Approach to the Sociology of Law.”) 2014-2018. Research Grant, American Bar Foundation. ($128,910, Co-Principal Investigator with Terence C. Halliday) 2013. Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Member of the Faculty, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. -
The Authority of International Courts in a Complex World a Book Prospectus
The Authority of International Courts in a Complex World A book prospectus Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer and Mikael R. Madsen eds. In 2013, iCourts, a Center of Excellence for International Courts, at the University of Copenhagen launched an interdisciplinary study of how political and social contexts shape the authority of international courts (ICs). The result of our efforts is a unique analysis of how different ICs operate in a wide range of contexts. We propose to expand this project into a book, inviting experts on the authority and legitimacy of international institutions to consider the complex reality that our symposium reveals. The initial project, based on two workshops under the editorial leadership of Karen Alter, Larry Helfer and Mikael Madsen, will result in a special edition of the peer-reviewed journal Law and Contemporary Problems, to be published in the summer of 2015. At the first workshop, symposium participants debated how various contextual factors affected the operation of different ICs and identified a common object to study: the “varied authority” of international adjudicators. The editors then developed a framework to conceptualize and measure IC authority and a list of contextual factors that plausibly explain why similarly designed ICs have attained different levels of political and legal influence. A second workshop discussed the framework and nine papers by contributors who applied to the framework to one or more judicial institutions about which they have extensive empirical knowledge. The papers were revised in light of extensive feedback, resulting in a special issue that poses serious questions about the problems, prospects and achievements of ICs around the world. -
“Momala” Ou L'incroyable Histoire D'une Famille Recomposée
A la une / Magazine Kamala Harris, première femme noire candidate à la vice-présidence des États-Unis “Momala” ou l’incroyable histoire d’une famille recomposée La sénatr ice Kamal a Harris. © D.R Son choix d’“invitées” au jour de sa nomination historique, pendant le centenaire du droit des votes des Américaines, l'a dit clairement : honneur aux femmes et à la famille. C’est présentée partrois femmes proches que Kamala Harris a accepté mercredi soir sa candidature historique à la vice-présidence des États-Unis, symbole de l'importance centrale de sa “famille moderne” dans la vie de celle qui aime se faire appeler “Momala” par les enfants de son mari. Première femme noire et d'origine indienne à briguer ce poste, elle deviendra la première femme vice- présidente des États-Unis si Joe Biden remporte l'élection contre Donald Trump le 3 novembre. Et dans ce pays où les conjoints et enfants occupent un rôle central dans les campagnes électorales, sa famille ne coche aucune case traditionnelle. Mais elle a cherché à présenter un front uni et aimant mercredi. Son choix d’“invitées” au jour de sa nomination historique, pendant le centenaire du droit des votes des Américaines, l'a dit clairement : honneur aux femmes et à la famille. Dans toutes ses variantes. “Kamala Harris est ma tante, ma belle-mère, ma grande sœur” : les voix se sont enchaînées dans un montage vidéo, montrant trois femmes centrales dans sa vie : sa sœur Maya Harris, ancienne de la campagne de Hillary Clinton en 2016, qui avait dirigé la candidature malheureuse de Kamala Harris à la primaire démocrate en 2019. -
JD/Ph.D. Dual Degree Program
Columbia Law School and Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - J.D./Ph.D. Dual Degree Program Columbia Law School and the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (“GSAS”) offer a combined program of study that enables students to earn a J.D. degree and the sequential M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in less time than would be required if each program were pursued separately. For more information about the J.D./Ph.D. program and the various GSAS departments that have elected to participate in the program, please visit the GSAS website. Admissions Prospective students must make separate applications and gain admission to both the Law School and a participating Ph.D. program in GSAS. There is no J.D./M.A. or J.D./M.S. dual degree program. Applicants may either apply simultaneously to both schools or apply initially only to one school and apply to the other school after commencing their course of study. However, students must apply to and enroll at the second school before completing their coursework at the first school. For information regarding the admissions process at each school, please visit the CLS Office of Admissions and the GSAS Office of Admissions webpages. Degree Requirements Minimum Residency Requirements: 5 semesters at the Law School; 4 semesters of coursework at GSAS (plus the writing and defense of a dissertation). o NB: Pursuant to ABA guidelines, students must complete the J.D. degree within 84 months of commencing law school in order to be eligible to sit for the bar examination. -
Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law Is the Crucial Rst Step Toward Building a Vibrant Research Center in Diversity and Law
American Bar Foundation Vision for a Research Center in Diversity and Law SUMMARY: e American Bar Foundation seeks to establish a new Research Center on Diversity and Law to investigate urgent questions surrounding diversity in the legal pro- fession, as well as equal justice and opportunity. e Center will build on the ABF’s position as the preeminent research institute for the empirical study of law. As an essential rst step toward this vision, the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation now seek to establish an en- dowed Research Chair in Diversity and Law through a $1.5 million fundraising campaign. A diverse society needs a diverse legal system. As a matter of DIVERSITY AND LAW justice, we must seek to develop a bar and a judiciary that re ect our society and its varying legal needs. At the same time, the legal ¢ What should law rms do to profession itself needs to attract, develop and retain the most recruit diverse associates ? talented individuals from all backgrounds. ¢ How can companies retain While we have undertaken serious and sustained steps toward building a more diverse legal profession, we recognize a women and attorneys of color continuing gap between the ideal of equal opportunity and in corporate counsel careers? the reality of inequalities along lines of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. We have a long way yet to go. ¢ How does diversity in courts, juries, and practice teams a ect e American Bar Foundation (ABF) believes that research has the power to illuminate the way forward. Only through empirical decision-making? research can we assess our progress, explain our successes and failures, and identify promising avenues for advancing our goals ¢ How can we increase the number for a diverse society and a diverse legal profession. -
RBI's 1St Ever CFO & Other Influential Women in Banking & Business
RBI's 1st Ever CFO & Other Influential Women in Banking & Business Sector! In the advanced era, women are taking charge of almost every sector from creating new business, acquiring companies and representing some of the top banks and financial institutions in the country. Where Ms. Sudha Balakrishnan has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Reserve Bank of India; Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo is the common resident of Forbes List of Most Powerful Women & Influential Businesswomen in the World. There are many such exceptional professionals who are taking decisions that affect future of millions of people across the country and the globe. Here's the list of Most influential Indian Women in Banking & Business sector. If you are preparing for SSC, Banking or other Government Exams, it is very important that you know about these women, their career trajectory and importance of their business and work as you are bound to have questions based on this list in the General Awareness section of these exams. Most Influential Women in Banking and Business Sector The following list encompasses the most Powerful Women in Banking and Business Sector. All of them have found places in the Top 100 or Top 50 in surveys conducted by international firms like Forbes and Fortune. Let’s have a look at some top notch influential women, which are important from the exam point of view. 1 | P a g e 1. SUDHA BALAKRISHNAN • Former Executive of National Securities Depository Limited, Sudha Balakrishnan has been appointed as the first Women Chief Financial Officer of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) adding another feather to her cap. -
Jd/Mba Program
JD/MBA PROGRAM One world-class institution. Two degrees. Why Pursue the JD/MBA at Columbia? Globalization and innovation are changing the way we do business—and today’s Making an leaders must be prepared to adapt to an ever-evolving economic landscape. At the heart of this dynamic world is New York City, the hub for industries such as finance, media, and law—and home to Columbia University. Columbia Impact Business School and Columbia Law School have partnered to offer future leaders Where the opportunity to earn two prestigious degrees in as few as three years through Columbia’s JD/MBA Program. and Business Law Access to Expertise Meet — The dual degree program provides access to preeminent faculty members from two exceptional Columbia University • JD/MBA Program Columbia University schools, giving students an unparalleled academic “Obtaining both a JD and an advantage. MBA degree provides a unique — Students benefit from powerful Columbia alumni perspective on managing networks in both law and business, connecting opportunity and risk. It gives them to trailblazers across industries and a professional an edge by disciplines around the globe. providing them with multiple — Students get a jump start on their post-graduation frameworks for understanding pursuits, receiving career advice and access to and solving a variety of resources from the Law School’s Office of Career problems. Having both degrees Services and Professional Development and the enables recipients to have Career Management Center at Columbia Business School. many more career choices and develops the circumspection organizations value in their At the Center of Success senior professionals.” — The program is located in New York City, the business capital of the world and headquarters to Michael Malone, Associate Dean for MBA the most prestigious law firms in the U.S.