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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the NYLS Publications at DigitalCommons@NYLS. It has been accepted for inclusion in New York Law School Alumni Magazine by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@NYLS. Office of Marketing and Communications 185 West Broadway Magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 New York, NY 10013-2921 WE HAVE AN BROUGHTOPPORTUNITY, ABOUT BY TRAGEDY AND A MOREENSURE SUSTAINABLEREAL WE LOSS, HAVE TO

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We IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION. are New WE HAVE TO OPEN UP OUR WATER TO York’s Law RECREATION—CERTAINLY TO A FAST FERRY. James S. Oddo ’91 Is Making School Superstorm Sandy Recovery His Top Priority As Staten Island Since 1891 Borough President p6 Two-Year Gala 2013 Celebrates Bar Prep Programs: Three Groundbreaking Alumni A Resounding Success J.D. Honors p2 p10 program STATENISSUE NUMBER ONE IS RECOVERY ISLAND FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY. See page 13 for WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL more information. SINCE 1891 WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL NYLS recognized by Major Publications Advance Your Career New York Law School was recognized by U .S. News & World Report for its clinical programs, part-time evening division, and diversity. through Specialized Training The National Jurist magazine ranked NYLS as one of the best schools for practical training in its March 2014 issue.

The NYLS Tax LL.M. Program was ranked second in the nation in the Best of The National Law Journal Readers Rankings.

Forbes magazine named two New York Law School alumni, Amie Stepanovich ’10 and Trevor Timm ’11, to its most recent 30 Under 30 list for law and policy. Both are actively involved in some of the most timely and controversial technology and civil liberties issues of the day. Voted #1 four years in a row.

Adjunct Professor Karen Artz Ash ’80 was listed as one of New York Magazine’s Women Leaders in the Law 2014. LL.M. in American Business Law LL.M. in Taxation

The LL.M. in American Business Law offers qualified The Graduate Tax Program enables LL.M. students foreign-trained lawyers advanced training in U.S. to build a firm foundation in tax and pursue a corporate, securities, real estate, commercial, and tax concentration in depth. The program emphasizes IN THIS ISSUElaw and the opportunity to prepare to sit for the New advanced training in tax research and practice-oriented York bar examination. writing, as well as practical experience through Features Departments externships. For further information, contact 2 • Gala 2013 Celebrates Three 14 • Campus Buzz Professor Lloyd Bonfield at 212.431.2822 or For further information, contact Groundbreaking Alumni NYL S Launches Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Program e-mail [email protected]. Professor Ann F. Thomas at 212.431.2305 or 6 • James S. Oddo ’91 Is Making e-mail [email protected]. Superstorm Sandy Recovery His Fif ty Years After the ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech: Carrying Forward the Mission Top Priority As Staten Island Borough President S ymposium Marks the 100th Anniversary of Income Tax 10 • Bar Prep Programs: Cit yLaw Hosts a Conversation with www.nyls.edu/AmBusLLM www.nyls.edu/TaxLLM A Resounding Success Former Mayor David Dinkins www.nyls.edu/gradprograms New York Law School Magazine Moving in the Right Direction By Anthony W. Crowell 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 As we continue to implement the New York Law School Strategic Plan Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell issued last summer, I am pleased to report some good news. First, our July Vice President 2013 New York bar exam passage rate For Marketing and jumped by 13.6 points to 83.4 percent, Communications following four consecutive years of Nancy Guida decline. Editor in Chief In addition, New York Law School Managing Editor moved up to the first tier in theU.S. Ruth Singleton News & World Report law school rankings, with a rank of 140 out of 146 law schools, above 47 institutions in the second tier that received no Creative Director rank. New York Law School was not ranked last year. We received further Regina Chung positive news that we are among the top schools nationally that U.S. News ranked for Clinical Training, Part-time Law Programs, and diversity. Production Manager Kathy Wong We also received high marks and a key ranking for Practical Training by The National Jurist. Contributors Thomas Adcock, Meghan Lalonde, Melissa We continue to build on these achievements. Over the summer we will Pentangelo, Steven Seidenberg, Ruth issue an update to the Strategic Plan, reporting on our progress and Singleton outcomes in a number of key areas.

Proofreaders This issue of New York Law School Magazine details the success of our Amelia Jonakait, Ruth Singleton bar prep programs, which were instrumental to the bar exam success of our graduates and a surging bar pass rate. Photographers Jay Frederick, Philip Greenberg, Nancy The issue also features three distinguished members of our alumni Guida, John Halpern, Amelia Jonakait, community who looked to New York City as a source of inspiration Rick Kopstein, Meghan Lalonde, Longview for their remarkable careers. They were honored at our annual gala in Photography, David Lubarsky, Jack McCoy, November, which raised $1 million for the Law School. SmithGroup, Jason Wyche We take great pride in being New York’s law school. One of our alumni, James S. Oddo ’91, was elected as Staten Island Borough President last November with a landslide 70 percent of the votes. We profile Mr. Oddo, as he discusses his ambitious plans for his native borough.

Finally, we celebrate one of our prominent faculty members: Robert Blecker, whose recently published The Death of Punishment has garnered IN THIS ISSUE significant media attention and critical acclaim. We welcome your continued participation in the Law School community as we head toward our 125th anniversary. With your support, we look 24 • Meet the Authors forward to enhancing our status each year. Professor Robert Blecker

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New York Law School Magazine (ISSN 0747-3141) is published twice a year by New York Law School. Editorial contributions as well as submissions of copy and 42 • class Notes photos to Class Notes are welcome. This publication accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. All submissions are subject to editing and are used at the editor’s discretion. Opinions expressed in this publication do not 48 • in Memoriam necessarily reﬂect ofﬁcial positions of the Law School.

fEATURES 1 Anthony W. Crowell Maurice R. Greenberg ’50 Florence A. Davis Dean and President Chairman President New York Law School The Starr Foundation The Starr Foundation

GALA 2013

Celebrates Three Groundbreaking AlumniBy Meghan Lalonde

2 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 “Your support of New York Law School has made so many opportunities possible for me and all of my Freddi Weintraub ’88 Jeffrey D. Knowles ’75 classmates and so Partner Partner Fragomen, Del Rey, Venable LLP Bernsen and Loewy, LLP many others.” Jesse Kearney 3L, President, Student Bar Association

mid stunning views of lower Hudson River, on November 13, 2013. During the main program, Mr. Abbey AManhattan, New York Law The Gala raised $1 million for the Law introduced Elizabeth D’Antonio ’13, School’s Gala 2013 honored with School. who spoke about how mentoring the Groundbreaker Award three programs at the Law School helped her distinguished members of the Law School During the cocktail hour, Board of transform from a student struggling community who looked to New York Trustees Chairman Arthur N. Abbey in the bottom quarter of her class to a City as a source of inspiration. This year’s introduced Student Bar Association cum laude graduate now clerking for honorees were The Starr Foundation, led President Jesse Kearney 3L, who thanked Magistrate Judge Joan Azrack ’79 of the by Maurice R. Greenberg ’50; Jeffrey D. the honorees, alumni, faculty, and friends Eastern District of New York, who also Knowles ’75; and Freddi Weintraub ’88. in the audience on behalf of his fellow was among the guests. Ms. D’Antonio, students, telling them: “Your support of who will begin as an Assistant District More than 500 people attended the event New York Law School has made so many Attorney in the Manhattan DA’s office at Three Sixty in TriBeCa, which offers opportunities possible for me and all of this summer, thanked the NYLS faculty, panoramic views of the City and the my classmates and so many others.” adding, “While I thank NYLS for a first-

fEATURES 3 York Law School is inspired Jeffrey Knowles is a leading attorney by Hank Greenberg’s own in the advertising field and a partner at experience attending the Law Venable LLP in Washington, D.C. He School under the G.I. Bill. has also played a major role in expanding With his law school education the firm with new offices in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and as a foundation, he went on to heads Venable’s Advertising, Marketing become a captain of industry, and New Media Practice Group—the leading AIG to becoming the largest advertising law practice in the largest insurance company United States. Under his leadership, in the world and generating Venable’s advertising practice now unprecedented value for includes more than 70 attorneys and shareholders. Tonight, we honor has earned recognition by U.S. News & rate education, I also owe a huge debt of The Starr Foundation for its World Report as well as Chambers USA gratitude to the network of alums and exceptional commitment to as the top advertising practice in the mentors I gained while in law school.” education and philanthropy; nation. Mr. Knowles also chairs Venable’s and Hank for his tremendous Government Division and maintains his own practice, advising clients on a broad Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell commitment to the Law School.” then introduced the honorees and range of consumer protection issues, presented brief video segments illustrating Freddi Weintraub is a leading corporate advertising compliance, business strategy, each honoree’s incredible work, talent, immigration counsel to clients in a and dispute resolution. and dedication to the legal profession. wide range of industries as a partner at Before presenting Mr. Knowles with the (These videos are available at www. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, Groundbreaker Award, Dean Crowell youtube.com/newyorklawschool.) LLP. Ms. Weintraub has represented said, “I am particularly grateful universities and teaching hospitals; Since 1955, The Starr Foundation has financial investment and insurance firms; to him for his service to the provided charitable support for institutions media and management consulting firms; Law School as Vice Chairman and people across New York City. While fashion and cosmetic companies; fine arts of the Board of Trustees. He is Mr. Greenberg was building American organizations; and individual investors both an extraordinary leader International Group Inc. (AIG) into the and entrepreneurs. She also represented and a judicious guide. He is as largest insurance and financial services a major international investment thoughtful as he is visionary and organizations in the world, he also served management firm that was tragically as Chairman of the Starr Foundation. The a tremendous force for change affected by the 9/11 attacks, securing Starr Foundation was established in 1955 and progress.” benefits for families and foreign nationals by Cornelius Vander Starr, an entrepreneur under the USA Patriot Act, for which she During his remarks at the Gala, Dean who founded C.V. Starr Co. and other received attention by the CBS Nightly Crowell made note of the Law School’s companies, some of which were combined News and CNN. Over the course of her recent achievements. “This isn’t the same under the leadership of Mr. Greenberg, career, Ms. Weintraub has been named as law school it was a year ago,” he said. “In Mr. Starr’s successor, to become AIG. both a New York Super Lawyer (2006- the last year, we have made national news Under Mr. Greenberg’s leadership, The 2013) and a Best Lawyer in America by introducing the country’s first two-year Starr Foundation’s assets have grown from (2008-2011, 2013). In 2010, she was also honors J.D. program; we doubled our a few million dollars after Mr. Starr’s death featured in the New York Law Journal’s clinical offerings to ensure that every to more than $1.3 billion. Today, it is one Women Leaders in the Law. student who wants a clinical experience of the largest private foundations in the can have one; we earned Presidential United States, providing extraordinary In introducing Ms. Weintraub, Dean Honors for our pro bono work; we issued charitable support for the people and Crowell observed, “She pursued a bold strategic plan that we hear some of institutions of New York City—and for her dream of becoming a lawyer our competitors are scrambling to match; New York Law School. The Foundation while working full-time as a and yes, we came back on our bar pass rate has supported programs at the Law School too—after four straight years of decline, for 30 years, and in 2010 bestowed on the paralegal and attending law we increased the passage rate by 14 points School $20 million, its largest gift ever. school in the evening division. She has built a career helping to 83 percent in one year.” The audience In introducing Mr. Greenberg, Dean other people pursue their responded with a huge round of applause, capping off a successful and enjoyable Crowell noted that “The Starr dreams in New York, the city of evening. • Foundation’s support of New immigrants.”

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fEATURES 5 James S. Oddo ’91 is Making Superstorm Sandy Recovery His Top Priority As Staten Island Borough President By Thomas Adcock

“Issue number one is—still— recovery from Sandy,” Oddo said of the second most disastrous superstorm in U.S. history, which killed 23 Staten Islanders, ripped through seawalls and berms on the South Shore, and tore homes from their foundations. “Our people are tired. They don’t want to hear any more words.”

6 NNewew YoYorkrk Law sschoochool magazmagaziinene • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 hree weeks after assuming office Oddo ran, and was elected, on a platform serious home damage or on January 1, 2014, as Staten that stressed Sandy recovery as well as Island’s Borough President, protecting the borough’s homeowners other situations requiring theT Honorable James S. Oddo ’91 came from future superstorms. Discussing his temporary housing. dressed for a bitter cold and snowy day in vision for the future of Staten Island in a a sweater, corduroys, and ankle-high shoes. video on his campaign website, he said, On April 17, Mayor Bill de Blasio hosted His high-ceilinged, oak-paneled office— “We have an opportunity, brought about a press conference on Sandy relief in the big enough for a classroom—was filled by tragedy and real loss, to ensure we have Midland Beach section of Staten Island, with a passel of busy aides and interns. a more sustainable community.” Oddo pledging to step up relief efforts. As said he would press City officials “to make reported in the New York Times, Oddo At the start of the interview, never mind a main thrust of the rebuilding plan an promised “to implore and to beg” the the storming weather, Oddo flashed a acquisition-for-redevelopment program Mayor to oversee the recovery personally. sunny smile. He bounded from the chair that provides owners the chance to sell “Forgive me for being defensive,” he said. behind his immense desk, shook hands, their property for redevelopment while “When you become an elected official and introduced himself as just plain retaining a right to trade up to a new on Staten Island, you don’t stop being a “Jimmy,” the name he’s known since his housing stock to be constructed.” Staten Islander.” short-pants days on the East Shore. Oddo and his staff hope to replicate As a 15-year veteran of the New York Without once glancing at his action taken by officials in New Orleans City Council—for eight of which he wristwatch—a rare courtesy among in the wake of Hurricane Katrina back in served as Republican Minority Leader— electeds—Oddo held forth on ambitious 2005. The Louisiana Land Trust program Oddo is known to be reliably respectful plans for his native borough, his personal purchases storm-damaged properties and of opposing views. He believes this to philosophy, and how his education at resells them. be characteristic of “boat people,” those New York Law School shaped a pragmatic who take the Staten Island Ferry, as he theory of governance. Nearly 200 NYLS and others from his borough were gently “Issue number one is—still—recovery students reported mocked as back in his Law School days. from Sandy,” Oddo said of the second being affected by the “Republicans and Democrats on Staten most disastrous superstorm in U.S. Island work together. Maybe because history, which killed 23 Staten Islanders, superstorm. Thirty-seven we’re islanders, and it’s us against the ripped through seawalls and berms on the students, some of them world. Probably because we have to,” said South Shore, and tore homes from their Oddo. “But this is one borough where the foundations. “Our people are tired. They Staten Islanders, suffered two-party system is healthy. Republicans don’t want to hear any more words.”

fEATURES 7 and Democrats push each other, and In 1989, Jimmy Oddo was a 23-year- “Later, two people quit on [Fusco’s] staff,” bring out the best in each other.” old NYLS student with a self-described said Oddo. “He’d kept the résumé, and I “really bad, really ugly” mullet. went [for an interview]. I think he saw a Which is not to say that Oddo is purely Orientation day evoked a not uncommon little bit of himself in me.” ecumenical. He is, after all, a “beyond- dread; the mullet-headed ferry commuter devoted Mets fan,” according to an remembered thinking, “What have Oddo began with constituent service work admiring article in the Staten Island I gotten myself into?” The next two for Councilman Fusco, who eventually Advance. weeks—“intense” and “intended to break promoted him to chief of staff. Oddo you early”—hardly dispelled his anxiety. later put his NYLS degree to use as legal To be sure, he had partisan disagreements counsel to the Council Minority Leader, with his Democratic colleagues on the “But, I’m a competitive guy,” said Oddo, Republican City Councilman Tom City Council. “But the best legacy I left “which you have to be when you’re the Ognibene. was working across the aisle,” Oddo said. youngest of four brothers.” “Allowing issues to transcend political “A couple of years before that, nobody bickering—not letting ideology trump Oddo applied seat to chair and nose to would hire me, but then—wow!—there I the issues.” textbooks to earn the Juris Doctor degree. was, in my late 20s, in a room with Rudy Of his professors, Oddo said, “They teach Giuliani, the mayor of New York,” Oddo On relating to his counterpart, Christine you about issue spotting. That is huge. recollected. “I loved it.” Quinn, the former Democratic Council And they teach how to see both sides of Speaker, Oddo said, “Now, here was a left- an issue. If you’re arguing ‘A’ against ‘B,’ He added, “I never thought a kid from of-center gay woman from the Village, you have to know ‘B’ up and down. This Old Town Road would be allowed to be and an outer-borough conservative is a wonderful trait. It forces you to give in politics.” straight guy. These two should have been audience to the other side.” like ships passing in the night. But we In 1998, Fusco, pondering a run for realized that we’re both loud, we wear He figured his J.D. degree would bolster Surrogate, asked Oddo if he might like our hearts on our sleeves, and we’re both chances for his joining the FBI. Even to replace him on the Council. The expressive.” with an improved haircut, however, he answer was yes. Oddo ran in the next five did not become Agent Oddo. “I wasn’t cycles, winning handily as a Republican “Chris and I found a kinship. I think about ready,” he acknowledged. “I wasn’t in a district where Democrats still hold human interactions [in politics], and mature enough.” a voting majority of better than 8,000. what they ultimately mean to my home Last November, he took the borough community,” Oddo said. “There are women Moving on, Oddo set his sights on presidency with a landslide 70 percent of alive today because of Chris Quinn.” becoming a prosecutor. To that end, the vote. he landed an internship under the late Oddo explained that at one point Staten William L. Murphy, the Republican Oddo was officially sworn in to office in Island registered the city’s longest waiting District Attorney of Staten Island, a low-key private ceremony—in contrast period for diagnostic mammograms, the later interning under former Staten to gala installation fêtes of past years. On periodic test for breast cancer. Quinn Island Supreme Court Justice Charles his return from Manhattan, where he had became a staunch ally in his fight to close Kuffner Jr., also a Republican. The legal breakfast with newly sworn Mayor Bill the gap with increased funding. “This employment market was a tough one de Blasio, Oddo hosted an open house happened,” he said, “because two people in the early and mid-’90s; once again, at Staten Island’s Borough Hall, a French allowed themselves to become friends Jimmy Oddo’s career prospects were Renaissance brick and limestone building without thinking of their divisions.” thwarted. on Richmond Terrace designed in 1906 by the legendary architectural firm But then came another opportunity. Carrère & Hastings. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Stalwarts of the local Democratic Party, his parents, John and Margaret Oddo, had Among the guests were newly elected James Oddo, the 48-year-old grandson planted a lawn sign in the front yard of Manhattan Borough President Gale of Sicilian immigrants, was elected to the the family’s home on Old Town Road— Brewer; Oddo’s mentor, John Fusco; and City Council in 1999. He succeeded John for the opponent of then Republican City Bobby Digi, president of the North Shore A. Fusco, who ran successfully that year Councilman John Fusco. “That didn’t Business Association. for Richmond County Surrogate’s Court stop my mother from talking to Fusco Brewer, a Democrat who served with and was later appointed to the New York at a Christmas party,” said Oddo. Not to Oddo on the City Council, told reporters, Supreme Court bench in Staten Island. mention supplying the councilman with “I’m very, very fond of Borough President He retired last year. her son’s résumé. Oddo. He’s a guy who really cares.”

8 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Staten Island’s observation wheel, planned for the North Shore, will be the tallest in the world.

Fusco was given an office at the opposite Still, he observed, New York has been end of Oddo’s suite at Borough Hall, known to elect Republican mayors. where the retired justice will serve as James Oddo ’91 was honored, Could Jimmy Oddo see himself as a new counsel to the younger man he launched along with his counterparts generation’s Republican mayor? into politics. from the other four boroughs, Digi gifted Oddo with a Liberian The answer, at least for the time being, was at a CityLaw Breakfast panel ceremonial mask he promised would “No.” He’s focused on his home borough. discussion on February 7, “scare away” bad karma. hosted by Errol Louis of NY1. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Along with Deputy Borough President Leroy Comrie • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Queens) and Borough In addition to Sandy recovery efforts, two Presidents Gale Brewer other goals are of principal importance Oddo was the first in his family to register (Manhattan), Ruben Diaz to Oddo. The first is “exploiting the as a Republican. When asked why, he Jr. (Bronx), and Eric Adams advantages of being an island,” as answers with two words: Ronald Reagan. (Brooklyn), he discussed many Oddo was attracted by the former Oddo puts it. “We already know the of the issues facing the five president’s optimism, and by conservative shortcomings of being an island,” Oddo boroughs of New York City. principles as then espoused by the party. acknowledged. “We have high tolls, we’re addicted to cars because we don’t Dean Anthony W. Crowell As a practical matter, Oddo recognizes have mass transit. And we have huge gave introductory remarks. that New York is a liberal Democratic infrastructure challenges due to irrational town and that “the majority will rule.” development and bad [zoning] decisions The role of Republicans, then, is “to in going from a population of 200,000 to articulate a different perspective,” he said, 500,000 [over the past 50 years]. end outlet mall, a boutique hotel, 900 “and to do so intelligently.” units of apartments, and what Oddo “We’re surrounded by water, but we don’t terms a “soon-to-be-famous” waterfront As his advocacy training at NYLS taught have much access to it, and we don’t use it observation wheel. That observation him, an opponent’s argument requires a to our benefit in terms of transportation. wheel, slated to stand 625 feet high well-reasoned response. “You can’t just We have to open up our water to (roughly 60 stories), will be the tallest be howling like a banshee. If that’s a bad recreation—certainly to a fast ferry.” in the world. It will offer views of the idea, what’s your good idea?” said Oddo. Statue of Liberty, New York harbor, and “You have to come prepared with facts The second goal is revitalization of the Manhattan skyline, and will be able to and data, in a manner that gives your North Shore, across the harbor from accommodate up to 1,440 people per argument a chance to be heard.” Manhattan. More than $1 billion of ride—a surefire draw to Oddo’s native private investment promises a high- borough. •

fEATURES 9 By Ruth Singleton Bar Prep Programs: a Resounding Success “No other law school offered its students more support and more action-oriented programming before and during the bar exam.” – Petal Hwang ’13

Last year, New York Law attack” for each graduate taking the bar Jump Start is a bar exam prep course for School’s pass rate for first- exam. In 2013, the School established a students about to graduate, taught by time July New York bar Jump Start program, which got 3Ls and instructors from commercial bar prep 4L Evening students focused on the exam companies, such as Pieper and BarBri. In exam takers surged by 13.6 several months before Commencement. 2013, classes were held on five weekend points to 83.4 percent. That The School also added more classes of days over the course of several weekends gain was the largest among New York Law in National Perspectives, in March and April. Associate Dean for all of the law schools in the an offering in the regular curriculum, Academic Affairs Deborah N. Archer, state, and it followed four which covers much of the material along with other faculty members, consecutive years of decline. required for the New York bar exam. oversaw the program, and Professor These programs were among the featured Kirk Burkhalter ’04 served as Bar Prep Much of the credit for the rebound goes initiatives mentioned in the Law School’s Coordinator. The aim was to familiarize to programs that NYLS developed in Strategic Plan issued last summer. students with the exam and its various 2012 and implemented in 2013. In 2012, sections, including the New York portion Quoted in the , Dean Anthony W. Crowell launched the New York Law Journal (consisting of essays and the Multistate Dean Crowell said that the NYLS Foundations for Success Task Force with Performance Test), and the multiple graduates “went in to the bar prep period the express purpose of improving the choice portion. The program also feeling more confident and having less of bar pass rate. Dean Crowell established reviewed the substantive areas of law that a learning curve. We’re very pleased, and the Task Force in order to analyze and are covered, including wills and trusts, it’s a terrific step in the right direction.” prepare a focused, personalized “plan of evidence, contracts, New York practice, criminal law, and criminal procedure.

10 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 The Law School paid In addition, several members of the Class like to wake up and sit through a four- of 2013 said they benefitted from taking hour course during the bar summer. each student who at- New York Law in National Perspectives. We were presented material from both tended all five sessions Cortney Nadolney ’13 said, “I took BarBri and Pieper which allowed us to the course with Professor Burkhalter. choose which teaching method worked $500, which they could [Associate Dean Archer] insisted it would for us.” then apply to a summer be worth my time. That it was! National Perspectives allowed students to come Lailah Hanit Pepe ’13 bar review course. This into bar prep with an understanding of added incentive was a the exam and what it took to pass the test. said, “I greatly key to the success of the We knew how to study for it by learning appreciated NYLS the bar exam method. We were taught adding additional program: 302 students, methods that worked for us and methods 54 percent of the class, that did not work for us so we did not sections of New York participated. have to waste our time learning this once Law in National the summer began.” Perspectives after “Jump Start offered our students Nadolney, an associate attorney at early feedback on their performance learning the correlation Colucci, Colucci, Marcus & Flavin, P.C. on practice questions, allowing them in Milton, Mass., added, “When I was between taking the an opportunity to focus on areas for studying with BarBri, this was not the improvement before starting formal bar class and past bar exam first time I was learning this material. I prep,” said Associate Dean Archer. “After knew exactly how to answer the question success. Professor graduation, they were able to hit the because Professor Burkhalter had taught ground running and make the most of Burkhalter prepared us. He also demystified the exam. It their bar prep courses.” us for the intensity of was no longer this scary, overwhelming In addition, said Professor Burkhalter endeavor but something that could the work ahead, while “Students in the bottom third of class be accomplished with hard work. He encouraging us to fully were paired with faculty mentors,” who inspired us to believe in ourselves.” commit to our own offered individualized support. She also observed, “As part of my success. I know that Several members of the Class of 2013 Perspectives course, we were required to praised the Jump Start program. Eberle attend the Jump Start program. I have this class contributed to Schultz ’13 said, “It helped to get me in to say it was the best thing for us. We my bar exam passage by the mind frame of bar preparation, and were able to be exposed to material that laying the foundation got me thinking about it earlier than I we had not seen since first year. Most would have.” Now a law clerk in the New importantly, we saw what it would be for the crucial multistate York Office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Schultz said the Jump Start program “identified some of the places where I might need work. One area was criminal procedure, where I had never taken a class.”

Samantha Delao ’13 said that the Jump Start program “sets you up with rigorous schedule in a full day of bar prep.” She noted that she didn’t have lawyers in her family and didn’t know what bar prep would be like. But, she said, when she took a commercial bar prep course last summer with the experience of Jump Start under her belt, “On the first essay I got graded I got a 7, unlike some people on law review at other schools,” who received much lower grades.

fEATURES 11 subjects months before truly felt as if all of New travel plans was a pleasant break from the mental marathon of the exam we were in I began the two-month York Law School rallied the process of taking. My classmates and crunch time after around us and pushed us I were able to relax ever so slightly before beginning the second half of the New York graduation.” toward success. Hwang , Bar Exam thanks to the faculty and current But that wasn’t all. In addition to the bar now an agency attorney students at New York Law School who prep initiatives, the Law School offered intern at New York donated their time.” Interrante is now an another popular first: a free lunch. On associate attorney at Breier Deutschmeister the two days of the New York bar exam City’s Office of Urban Popper Law Group, a New York in July, the Law School provided box Administrative Trials City real estate law boutique. lunches and a room in the Javits Center and Hearings (OATH), Schultz observed that while preparing for members of the Class of 2013 to added, “Not having to for the exam over the summer, “I was eat and unwind for a short time. Dean getting more support and encouragement Crowell, Associate Dean Archer, and worry about where to from the School than from any other other administrators were there to give get lunch was great, but part of my life. The School understood words of encouragement. Each boxed and acknowledged what we were going lunch contained a sandwich or wrap, what was really amazing through.” snacks, fruit, water, coffee and tea, and ear was being greeted by the plugs to help keep the exam-takers ener- This year, the Jump Start gized and focused. Exam takers were able deans and administration program was held on March 29- to choose their “brain food” in advance, with words of 30, April 6, and April 12-13, and including kosher and vegetarian options. 285 students, about 66 percent Turkey was the clear winner, leading with encouragement, a hug of the class, participated. Dean 50 percent of the students’ selections of or a smile in those low Crowell’s ultimate goal is to sandwiches and wraps. meet and exceed a first-time bar moments. It made me pass rate of 94 percent, which It was one less thing for them to worry feel so cared for, and NYLS achieved in 2008. • about. gave me the strength to The featured the Brooklyn Daily Eagle keep my head up and Help Support Jump Start free lunch program, and members of the Class of 2013 spoke exuberantly about power through. When I and Bar Exam Lunches it, mostly because it was indicative of the got my results in The NYLS Alumni Association overall support the Law School offered October I was thrilled to will once again pay for the them. lunches offered to recent share the victory with graduates taking the bar Petal Hwang ’13 NYLS. No other law exam in July. Please show said, “The school offered its your support for our recent graduates by making a encouragement students more support donation.

and support and more action- And please support the Jump from our oriented programming Start Program next year. professors and before and during the To make a donation, contact administration kept bar exam.” Tara Tomlinson, Assistant Vice President, Development, me going for the long Other members of the Class of 2013 spoke at 212.431.2800 or haul. When studying for with similar ebullience about the free [email protected]. lunch. Steven Interrante ’13 said, “Upon the bar, there is no time Donations for the 2014 Bar completion of the first half of the exam, Exam Lunch Program can to waste and no use for we were greeted with smiles and familiar also be made at https:// faces: Dean Crowell, Dean Prigal, Dean early burn-out or alumni.nyls.edu/bar-lunch Eastus, current students, and others. Being throwing in the towel. I able to discuss my post bar examination

12 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 New York Law School Two-Year J.D. Honors Program New York Law School’s new two-year J.D. Honors Program is set to begin in January 2015. • Honors Program: Candidates for admission will be expected to have completed at least We two to three years of meaningful professional are work experience or possess unique academic credentials. New • Merit Scholarships: New York Law School York’s will offer students admitted to the program at least a $50,000 merit scholarship covering the Law 24-month program. The cost of the program will be no more than two-thirds of the full price of a School traditional three-year J.D. at the Law School. • Full Participation: Students will be able to Since 1891 participate fully in important co-curricular activities such as law review and moot court, as well as clinics and other experiential learning opportunities. • Postgraduate Fellowship: An optional postgraduate paid fellowship opportunity will be guaranteed to all two-year honor students who want them. Fellowships will be set up through partnerships with firms, companies, nonprofit organizations, and/or government agencies. If you know of prospective students who you think would be a good match for the Program, please call the Office ofA dmissions at 212.431.2888 for more information.

NYLS CREATES NEW OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

In December 2013, Dean Anthony W. Crowell announced the newly created Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Paula Edgar, the Law School’s first Chief Diversity Officer, is developing a comprehensive diversity plan, which includes recruitment, retention, and support programs, as well as strategies to aid student professional development and intercultural competence. Ms. Edgar was recently selected as a recipient of Ms. JD’s “Women of Inspiration” Award for her long-standing commitment to diversity in the legal profession. She was previously Associate Director of Career Services at Seton Hall University School of Law. If you have diversity-related programming ideas or partnership opportunities, or if you would like to know more about diversity initiatives at NYLS, contact Paula Edgar her at [email protected] or 212.431.2859.

13 NYLS Launches Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Program

“N eGOTIATION The new program is a natural outgrowth Professor Phillips was in his mid-30s when is an acquired of the Law School’s existing curriculum, he enrolled at NYLS. He had studied at the Professor Phillips said. He began to teach Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London skill. It doesn’t as an adjunct at NYLS in 2009 and was and was an actor on “All My Children” reside in people impressed by how many of the courses at the time he began his legal education. at birth.” already focused on ADR: the program But attending NYLS proved to be a was already there, he said, with the notable transformative experience, he said, and his That’s a point that Adjunct Professor F. Peter exception of a course on negotiation. interests “very abruptly changed.” He left the Phillips ’87 stresses frequently, whether ADR is “a very sexy field,” he said. “A lot world of soap opera and devoted his energies addressing students in his Negotiation: of students are drawn to it.” His goals for to the law. Theory and Practice class or a boardroom developing the Skills Program were twofold, full of distinguished lawyers who form the he said: to have a program sufficiently After graduating, he joined the litigation Advisory Committee of New York Law distinct from those at other law schools and department of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, School’s new Alternative Dispute Resolution to set it up without having to raise money. later moving to Schulte Roth & Zabel. (ADR) Skills Program. He wanted the “offerings to be experiential After 11 years as a litigator Professor within the meaning of clinics.” Phillips became increasingly uncomfortable Professor Phillips is the Director of the new that traditional litigation was adding Program, announced in November 2013, He talked to Professors Lawrence Grosberg value to his clients. He jumped at the which emphasizes practical experience. The and Stephen Ellmann about his idea opportunity to work for the International Program begins with introductory courses for the Program, and they were both Institute for Conflict Prevention and focusing on ADR generally, and the specific “extraordinarily open and excited about it.” Resolution (CPR Institute), a think tank skills involved in negotiation, mediation, Dean Anthony W. Crowell and Associate where law firm and corporate lawyers study and arbitration. Students then choose from Dean Deborah N. Archer were also very ways to obtain better client outcomes a selection of electives, which offer doctrinal enthusiastic about the Program, he said. to disputes and to decrease costs of the and clinical opportunities in a variety of dispute resolution process. For example, areas, ranging from the Dispute Resolution There is also a community-oriented aspect he said, in a dispute between a franchisor Team to a mediation clinic to an externship to the ADR Skills Program, which aspires and a franchisee, the goal should be “to placement in an ADR-related organization. to NYLS hosting ADR-related speakers and improve the relationship between the Students who complete the program will conferences. “The name of the game is to get two and maximize their economic results receive a Certificate in Alternative Dispute word out in the street,” he said, adding that, rather than designate one side or the other Resolution. from an alumni point of view, there are lots the ‘winner.’” He now works through his of opportunities.

14 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 By Ruth Singleton NYLS Launches Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Program

solo office, Business Management Conflict engaged; to indicate how the Program can position before setting forth his position. LLC, as an arbitrator and mediator. have a real impact on the stakeholders of Professor Phillips observed that, from dispute management and resolution; and then on, the two started brainstorming On November 13, 2013, the Advisory to help the Program avoid activities that are together, and the rest of the negotiation Committee to the ADR Skills Program met either redundant to those of other schools, was “all sliding easily.” He contrasted this for the first time, in the NYLS boardroom. irrelevant, or impractical. There followed a negotiation with another, in which the two Its members include Deborah Masucci broad-ranging discussion focused on such participants could “never get to a place of ’80, Chair of the International Mediation topics as ways to optimize experiential agreement even on the basic premise of the Institute; Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong of the learning in ADR and ways to change the conversation.” U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern culture of lawyering by putting the emphasis District of New York; James Tricarico ’77, on a network of relationships that are in The ADR Skills Program is now General Counsel of Edward Jones; and distress and need to be rectified. up and running, with 16 elective Eric Tuchmann ’94, Corporate Secretary courses in addition to the and General Counsel of the American That following Monday, November 18, introductory required courses. In Arbitration Association. Professor Phillips began his evening the spring semester, the Program Negotiation class by reviewing videotapes hosted a March 5 discussion Dean Crowell opened by observing that the of role-playing negotiation sessions that by Delaware Vice Chancellor ADR Skills Program is another example pairs of students had engaged in the Donald F. Parsons about recent of the Law School aligning itself with the previous week. The topic for the week was trends before the Delaware changing legal marketplace, one of the goals “difficult conversations.” Students took Court of Chancery, including the of the NYLS Strategic Plan released last on the role of either the dean of students Court’s mediation and arbitration July. The School, he said, must “harness at a college or a fraternity president. The programs, and a May 28 all that we have. That means bringing in difficult conversation concerned whether discussion by a group of in-house practitioners and key speakers, and creating the fraternity should be punished for the counsel about their experiences programs.” rape of a student by a fraternity pledge. seeking nonjudicial resolution of After showing the class the video of one disputes with companies in foreign Professor Phillips then outlined the negotiation, he praised the student playing jurisdictions. proposed Program. He said that the role of the dean of students for being upfront the Advisory Committee is to help identify about her position and setting an agenda, “The goal,” said Professor Phillips, “is to have opportunities in the various markets in and the student playing the frat president a distinctive curriculum in a very crowded which committee members operate for for acknowledging and affirming the dean’s field.” • the School and its students to become

The ADR Skills Program is another example of the Law School aligning itself with the changing legal marketplace. Dean Anthony W. Crowell

CAMPUS BUZZ 15 Fifty Years After the ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech: Carrying Forward the Mission By Thomas Adcock

ctivists and attorneys from the civil rights era of a half- century past, along with New York Law School students and faculty aiming to carry forward their mission, met Aon campus on September 13, 2013, for a day-long symposium in remembrance of the “I Have a Dream” speech by the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The symposium was co-sponsored by the NYLS Racial Justice Project, the Justice Action Center, the New York Law School Law Review, and the American Civil Liberty Union’s Racial Justice Program.

Delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during a massive march on the nation’s capital in August 1963, the speech and the dream prompted the seminar’s opening question, posed by the symposium organizer, Professor and Associate Dean “The speech he gave for Academic Affairs Deborah N. Archer: Fifty years later, she asked, was a summons to “What can we say?”

the conscience of “I think no one can deny that we’ve made progress,” said Dean America. The speech Archer, who is also Director of the Racial Justice Project. “We can he gave followed point to President Barack Obama…as an example of that progress. But in a year in which we saw a key piece of the Voting Rights events in our country.” Act struck down, at the same time that we see renewed efforts Clarence B. Jones to disenfranchise communities of color…[and] we see increasing disparities in wealth but decreasing social mobility, we have to acknowledge we really have a long way to go before America’s promissory note is fulfilled.”

In mostly extemporaneous remarks, she and 13 other presenters elaborated on that theme in words that were by turns gloomy and optimistic—and often as fiery as Dr. King’s speech.

16 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Associate Dean Deborah N. Archer presents the opening remarks at the Remembering the Dream Symposium. the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, sitting He dismissed state voter ID requirements in the audience, shouted to him, “Tell as thinly veiled voter suppression efforts, ’em about the dream, Martin, tell ’em observing, “The IRS can find you based about the dream.” He saw Dr. King’s body on identity, so why is any identity you language change and recalled thinking to have insufficient?” himself, “These people don’t know it, but they’re about ready to go to church.” Dr. Professor Jones and the speakers who King then delivered the famous lines for followed him agreed that while litigation which the speech is now remembered. advances civil rights, it is most effective when augmented by political action and “The speech he gave was a summons to the creation of a righteous public mood. the conscience of America,” said Professor Jones. “The speech he gave followed “We can point to significant progress,” events in our country.” said Debo P. Adegbile, senior counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on the In the spring of ’63, Professor Jones Judiciary, “and we can also say there is reminded the NYLS audience, Dr. King much more progress to be made. Two and his Southern Christian Leadership things can be true at the same time.” Conference organized sit-ins, marches, and boycotts to protest de jure racial Mr. Adegbile expounded on his philosophy of civil rights litigation: “You In his 1963 address, Dr. King segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. cannot do this work unless you have faith cited optimism as the antidote for Police Chief Eugene “Bull” Connor that things can get better. I’m not naïve, imperfection: responded to the nonviolent uprising by attacking demonstrators with fire hoses but the fact is, there is more freedom and “America has given the Negro people and attack dogs. equality in this country and the world a bad check, a check which has come today than in all history. The strength back marked ‘insufficient funds.’ But we Professor Jones said today’s battles involve of resistance is a product of the progress refuse to believe that the bank of justice is voter suppression efforts directed against we’ve been making. Victories in court bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there blacks, educational disparity between are not final victories, and defeats are not are insufficient funds in the great vaults white and black students, and continuing final defeats.” of opportunity of this nation. So we have incidents of police brutality and racial Prior to his recent Senate appointment, come to cash this check—a check that will profiling. Mr. Adegbile was director-counsel for the give us upon demand the riches of freedom “All rights stem from voting rights,” he NAACP Legal Defense and Education and the security of justice. We have also said. “If we fix that, you can get a police Fund. As such, he argued before the come to this hallowed spot to remind chief, school boards…. Don’t come out U.S. Supreme Court in America of the fierce urgency of now.” Shelby v. Holder and demonstrate unless you are registered, in favor of retaining Section 5 of the The man who drafted those lines— prepared to vote.” Voting Rights Act of 1965—the so-called attorney Clarence B. Jones, today a preclearance provision mandating that scholar in residence and visiting professor at the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University—opened his presentation by singing “Oh, Freedom,” the anthem of the 1960s civil rights movement performed by Joan Baez minutes before Dr. King’s iconic speech.

Professor Jones said, “The first seven paragraphs of the ‘I have a dream speech’ were the paragraphs I had drafted. For some reason Dr. King chose not to change a word. And then he added on.” Professor Jones said that Dr. King put the speech aside and seamlessly continued orating in his own words. At some point, he said,

Geoffrey Canada, Clarence Jones, and Stephen Bright enjoy a scholarly conversation during the lunch break.

CAMPUS BUZZ 17 Theodore Eisenberg gives his presentation for the panel on Civil Rights Enforcement in the Federal Courts. Bradley’s remarks and to show a profound misunderstanding of the function and necessity of the Voting Rights Act, which is hardly a perpetuation of any “racial entitlement” but a limited method of ensuring that all American citizens are in fact freely and equally able to vote. In a discussion with law students shortly after the case came down, theWall Street Journal reported that Justice Scalia essentially repeated his view, stating that the landmark legislation was an “embedded” form of “racial preferment.”

Professor Eisenberg criticized Justice Scalia, for his comments in 2009 during an oral argument before the states and municipalities with histories “The voice of Justice [Joseph P.] Bradley court in which Troy Anthony Davis, a of race-based voter discrimination seek in 1883 is the voice of Scalia in 2013,” black inmate on Georgia’s death row, advance federal approval of proposed said Professor Purcell, a former board challenged his conviction in light of changes in local election procedures. member of the American Society for seven prosecution witnesses recanting He was unsuccessful. In a 5-4 vote last Legal History, who then put it into their testimony. According to the June, the high court struck down the context. In a consolidation of civil rights transcript, Justice Scalia said, “This court coverage formula laid out in Section 4(b) cases in 1883, the Supreme Court held has never held that the Constitution of the act, essentially rendering Section 5 that racial discrimination by private forbids the execution of a convicted useless. The vote indicated a divide “along individuals and organizations was defendant who has had a full and ideological lines [with] the two sides not unconstitutional. Writing for the fair trial but is later able to convince [drawing] sharply different lessons from majority, Justice Bradley said, “When a a habeas court that he is ‘actually’ the history of the civil rights movement,” man has emerged from slavery, and, by the innocent.’ Quite to the contrary, we have according to a New York Times account. aid of beneficent legislation, has shaken repeatedly left that question unresolved, off the inseparable concomitants of that while expressing considerable doubt that “We all have a responsibility to engage, in state, there must be some stage in the any claim based on ‘actual innocence’ is good times and bad,” said Mr. Adegbile. progress of his elevation when he takes constitutionally cognizable.” “Which is why I come from losing a case the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be [in the Supreme Court] to working on the special favorite of the laws.” Davis was executed by lethal injection in new law [in the Senate].” September 2011. Professor Purcell said that Justice Scalia’s He added, “The preamble to the remarks during oral arguments in Shelby, “I don’t think you can forecast that kind Constitution states the national when the Justice labeled the Voting of extremism,” said Professor Eisenberg. purpose: to ‘form a more perfect union.’ Rights Act of 1965 a “perpetuation “You would think if a judge got one thing This is not a statement of the ideal, but of racial entitlement,” seemed to echo right, it would be, ‘Of course you can’t a statement of aspiration.” execute innocent people.’”

Two panelists—Edward Purcell Jr., the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law at NYLS, and Professor Theodore Eisenberg of Cornell Law School—took issue with the Supreme Court’s recent civil rights rulings.

Professor Purcell said the court is “ideologically hostile to civil rights claims,” and expressed particular dismay with its longest serving current member, Justice Antonin Scalia, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986.

Panelists Stephen Bright, Debo Adegbile, Steven Shapiro, and Elise Boddie discuss the road forward in pursuit of equality.

18 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Mildred Morillo 3L (Evening), a Justice Action Center associate, asks the members of Panel I about their perception of the progress of the civil rights movement. Yale Law School Professor Stephen “A lot of young people are unnerved by Bright, who since 1982 has fought against what happened,” he said. capital punishment and inhumane prison conditions, said criminal courts “look “With a lawsuit in hand, a lawyer can like slave ships, with African American change the world—in 10 years, maybe,” [defendants] in chains and shackles, and said Kim Keenan, general counsel of uniforms—not even the dignity of regular the NAACP. “But the courts are an clothes.” uneven remedy. When people take to the streets, if there’s a bloody march, that’s Judges in state courts, he said, “care more when [the general public] realizes it’s a about the next election than they do ‘real’ problem, not just ‘their’ problem.” about the Constitution. You know that Speaking to the scores of NYLS students the judge isn’t going to read [your brief ]. in the audience, she added, “Loving the The important thing is to have the media law means challenging the law. I challenge read it.” you to do that.”

The unfinished business of civil rights, Dorothy E. Roberts of the University said Steven Shapiro, legal director of the of Pennsylvania, where she holds Nevertheless, the 61-year-old Canada American Civil Liberties Union, depends appointments in the Law School as well spoke with wonder about attending a “not so much on legal doctrine as in as the Departments of Africana Studies White House summit on education issues, restoring a sense of moral outrage.” and Sociology, spoke of the profound two weeks prior to the seminar: “If you challenge presented by the 1967 case Loving come from my generation, you look at it In March 1965, Mr. Adegbile noted, v. Virginia, in which the Supreme Court like, ‘Damn! We have a black president!’” President Lyndon B. Johnson gave voice invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial Reflecting on that day when the civil rights to the American public’s moral revulsion marriage. In the lead-up to the high court movement gathered steam that inspired over police violence in Selma, Alabama. decision in Loving, Professor Roberts said, the country’s better angels, NYLS Trustee At that time, state troopers assaulted the litigation was considered “trivial.” peaceful marchers, both white and black, Professor David Schoenbrod spoke of his as they attempted to cross the Edmund “But it struck at the bedrock of racial being among the quarter-million people Pettus Bridge en route to Montgomery. classification,” she said. “It was the capstone gathered on the National Mall at a time Congressman John Lewis of Georgia was blow by the Supreme Court, toppling the when racial injustice seemed to be what he nearly clubbed to death that day, known final pillar ofde jure racial segregation.” called an “immovable object.” to American history as “Bloody Sunday.” Lauren Kay Robel, Provost and But then Dr. King spoke of his dream: In an address from the White House two Executive Director of Indiana University “[T]hat my four little children will one weeks later, President Johnson voiced Bloomington, also encouraged students day live in a nation where they will not be the signature civil rights rallying cry, “We to take up civil rights law: “The work judged by the color of their skin, but by shall overcome.” is just as urgent now as it was in 1963.” the content of their character.” Professor Robel, former Dean of Indiana’s Professor Jones said of that unscripted, “And how did LBJ get to that place?” Maurer School of Law and president of electrifying moment, “As he began to speak Mr. Adegbile asked. “By people in the the Association of American Law Schools ordinary words that I had heard him say streets, by the hearts and minds of the challenged the audience: “You must before, ... it was as if some transcendental, people. They were more important than formulate new ways into legal theories to cosmic force had come and taken over his lawyers.” open up space for civil rights litigation.” body.... Dr. King spoke in a way I’d never Today, said Mr. Adegbile, “We need to “I grew up watching people being beaten heard him speak before.” diligently have a conversation about where and cursed because they were black,” said “Washington was much more of a we want to go, collectively, as a society. keynote speaker Geoffrey Canada, who Southern city [then] than it is today, If you’re not having a conversation, your observed that these were the same people with thousands and thousands of nearby [courtroom] victories may be insecure.” whom university admissions officers largely bigots,” said Professor Schoenbrod. “But ignored five decades ago. Mr. Canada is With reference to the February 2012 the day was pacific, and I felt in my heart president and chief executive of Harlem death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed that this irresistible force would overcome Children’s Zone, the nationally renowned black teenager gunned down in Florida this immovable object.” agency that prepares youngsters for college. by a self-appointed neighborhood Reading again from the text Professor Jones guardian later acquitted of murder and “America today is not what it was,” he prepared, Dr. King said, “Nineteen sixty- manslaughter charges, Mr. Adegbile said added, “but it’s also not what Dr. King three is not an end, but a beginning.” • that conversation is occurring. wanted it to be.”

CAMPUS BUZZ 19 By Steven Seidenberg Symposium Marks the 100th Anniversary of THE Income Tax

hen President Woodrow federal income tax has changed so much Wilson signed the Revenue over the last century, how the tax system Act of 1913 into law, the has run into problems, and how tax law is federalW income tax was simple, efficient, trying to address current issues, including Edward Kleinbard presents the welcome and paid by only those with high aggressive tax shelters. and keynote address. incomes. It bears little resemblance to today’s federal income tax. An undercurrent in the discussion was The opening speaker, Professor Edward how politically charged the tax law has Kleinbard, former Chief of Staff of The United States now has “ridiculously been from its inception. In her opening Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation complicated tax laws” that collect taxes remarks, Ann F. Thomas, Otto L. Walter and now at the University of Southern in a “very unfair” manner, said Lee A. Distinguished Professor of Law at NYLS, California Gould School of Law, noted Sheppard, columnist and Contributing who organized the symposium, observed that “progressive and income tax have Editor for Tax Notes. The eminent that the Revenue Act was the “first always been joined at the hip in the tax journalist spoke at “The 100th federal income tax enacted following the United States.” Anniversary of the Revenue Act of 1913: ratification of the 16th Amendment….I Marking a Century of Income Tax Law never miss a chance to tell people it was “The reason for the progressive nature in the United States,” a symposium co- actually ratified….there are miscreants of the income tax is as an antidote to sponsored by the Graduate Tax Program out there who go around telling people inequality,” Kleinbard said. But by that measure, the U.S. income tax system has at New York Law School and the New that that’s not true…that the 16th failed dramatically, he said. “The U.S. has York Law School Law Review. Amendment was not ratified and that therefore every tax law from 1913 to the the most progressive tax system in the Twenty experts in tax law spoke at the present is unconstitutional. I do urge you world…and we don’t change bupkus…. October 4, 2013, event held a century never to miss an opportunity to set the Sweden and other countries have very and a day after the enactment of the record straight…There’s a lot of wishful regressive systems but accomplish very Revenue Act. They discussed why the thinking in tax law.” progressive results.” One reason why

20 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 From left to right: Alan I. Appel, Michael Hirschfeld, Valeriya Avdeev, and Ann F. Thomas on the panel addressing “Withholding and Information Reporting from 1913 to FATCA.” Professor Thomas said. “Instead of your employer withholding and paying your tax over to the government, they would just file a report” on your earnings.

The business community argued that information reporting was better than withholding “because it didn’t require any refunds or adjustments later on. And this argument, believe it or not, eventually carried the day,” Professor Thomas said. “So this quite effective collection-at- Symposium Marks source system was repealed” in 1917.

Today, withholding generally applies the 100th Anniversary only to wages and salaries. The lack of withholding allows many people — especially those with capital gains and of THE Income Tax the U.S. federal income tax has made no the 1913 income tax…is that it was based owners of partnerships and LLCs—to dent in inequality is that tax collections on a very vigorous and broad system conceal income. Many large companies are small relative to gross domestic of collection at source—withholding. also benefit. “Some of the biggest product. “The United States is a very low Indeed, it required withholding on multinationals, American ones, are paying tax country.… But the consequence of virtually every kind of income that is zero pretty much anywhere in the world,” being a very low tax country is that we regular and determinable: rents, royalties, Ms. Sheppard said. accomplish nothing by way of changing interest, and of course wages and salaries,” the social environment,” Kleinbard said. Professor Thomas said, speaking at the The result is a skewed tax “It is the size of the [tax] system that symposium’s panel on withholding system, Ms. Sheppard said. drives the results...not the progressivity of and information reporting. The other “We have told the wage the system.” members of the panel were Ms. Sheppard earners of the country, ‘you of Tax Notes; Professor Alan I. Appel, A larger tax bite would allow more Director of the NYLS International Tax are the schmucks who are government spending on low-income Program; Professor Valeriya Avdeev of paying taxes.’” individuals—and that is how inequality William Paterson University Business Some panelists suggested that tax lawyers is reduced, said Kleinbard. But instead of School; and Michael Hirschfeld, a are responsible for much of what is wrong imposing large taxes and spending money partner at Dechert LLP and Chair of the with the federal income tax. They argued on the poor, the U.S. government is doing ABA Section of Taxation. Withholding that the tax would be both simpler and the opposite. “Today we are getting less is the best way to ensure compliance, said obtain more revenue were it not for the revenue than in the past and spending it Ms. Sheppard. “If you seriously want to aggressive anti-tax strategies concocted by in ways that are subsidizing the middle collect, you withhold.” classes proportionately much more clever attorneys. than was true a couple of decades ago,” However, many in Wall Street and the Tax avoidance schemes have been Kleinbard said. business community objected to the around since the early days of the federal broad withholding required by the 1913 income tax, and so has the government’s Another theme that emerged at the tax—largely because withholding was too symposium: The federal income tax has effective. In particular, withholding made problems raising revenue. “We have a it extremely difficult for owners of bearer substantial tax evasion problem in the bonds to evade taxes, and that “was a big United States,” said Professor Thomas, problem for the bearer bond industry,” who directs the NYLS Graduate Tax Professor Thomas noted. Program. So Wall Street lobbied Congress hard, The problem of tax evasion isn’t new, but promoting a new idea “on a relentless and back in 1913, the federal income tax used almost daily basis, which was we should a simple and powerful method to ensure repeal collection-at-source and instead try compliance. “One of the big features of something called information reporting,”

From left to right: Elizabeth Kessenides, Michael L. Schler, Megan Brackney, and moderator William P. LaPiana on the “Perspectives on the Practice of Tax Law” panel.

CAMPUS BUZZ 21 From left to right: Diane L. Fahey, Dennis Ventry, Maria Pirrone, and moderator Richard C.E. Beck discuss debt, taxes, and the economy.

response. “Back in the ’20s, Congress kept amending the corporate tax provisions because aggressive taxpayers kept coming up with all these schemes,” said Michael L. Schler, a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, who spoke at the symposium’s panel on “Perspectives on the Practice of Tax Law.” Joining Schler on the panel were Elizabeth Kessenides, a principal at Berdon LLP; and Megan Brackney, a partner at Kostelanetz & Fink LLP who also chairs the Tax Committee of the New York County Lawyers’ Association. The panel was chaired by amend the [tax] code or The IRS began its crime-busting activities William P. LaPiana, NYLS’s Rita and the regulations, the more in the late 1920s, when President Joseph Solomon Professor of Wills, complicated and confusing Herbert Hoover ordered the IRS to go Trusts, and Estates. things get,” Schler said. after the notorious gangster Al Capone. Professor Feld observed that “Capone The government’s response to tax Tax enforcers have had one notable was prosecuted not to deter people from avoidance has been only partially success in recent years. The number cheating on their tax returns; he was effective. Whenever Congress and the of aggressive tax shelters has fallen prosecuted because President Herbert IRS changed the rules, tax attorneys significantly, thanks to government Hoover wanted him in jail, and J. Edgar uncovered new loopholes in the law. prosecutions, new tax rules, and judges Hoover and Elliot Ness really couldn’t “Each [new] rule adds its own ambiguity. who are increasingly viewing these find a way to do it....Unfortunately, his There are more and more things to argue shelters with disfavor, said Ms. Kessenides prosecution established the precedent about. So you really don’t solve the during that panel. that the [Internal Revenue] Service problem just by writing more words,” could be mobilized for a cause, albeit a Schler said. The proper tax treatment for debt— worthy one, that was not directly related including ballooning student loan to the enforcement of the income tax Moreover, the frequent debt and home mortgages—is another laws. Since that time…the prosecution changes to tax rules have contentious issue. That was the topic at of racketeers, organized crime figures, resulted in a byzantine tax a panel moderated by Professor Richard narcotics traffickers has continued to system. “The more you C.E. Beck, Founding Director of the be an important feature of criminal tax NYLS Graduate Tax Program. On the enforcement.” panel were Professor Diane L. Fahey of NYLS; Professor Maria Pirrone of U.S. tax policy in a global economy was St. John’s University Business School; the focus of a panel consisting of Peter and Professor Dennis Ventry of the H. Blessing, KPMG’s head of cross- University of California, Davis School border corporate transactions; Professor of Law. Reuven Avi-Yonah of University of Michigan Law School; Professor Diane In theory, the IRS is committed to hunting Ring of Boston College Law School; Lawrence S. Feld and Alan I. Appel present the lunch conversation on the down tax evaders. The reality, however, Professor Fadi Shaheen of Rutgers School history of criminal tax enforcement. has often been different, said NYLS of Law-Newark; and Stephen Shay, Adjunct Professor Lawrence S. Feld, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for solo law practitioner who formerly served International Tax Affairs, U.S. Treasury, as assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern now Professor of Practice at Harvard Law District of New York. Instead of seeking to School. maximize tax collections, the IRS has spent much of its time and energy acting as just Professor Shay also presented the closing another law enforcement agency, targeting keynote address. The scheduled closing criminals whom the government could not speaker—Karen L. Hawkins, Direct of otherwise prosecute. Joining Professor Feld the Office of Professional Responsibility on the dais during his luncheon talk was at the IRS—was not able to attend due Stephen Shay presents the closing Professor Appel. to the government shut-down in effect at keynote address. the time. •

22 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 CityLaw Hosts A Conversation with Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins By Ruth Singleton

“She taught us that it matters greatly how you use the King’s English,” said Mayor Dinkins. “It matters to me how one says things. It really does. I’m peculiar like that, I guess….The press would frequently make fun of me about my manner of speech, particularly saying ‘ought not.’ They hated that.”

Mayor Dinkins went on to speak about his decision to become a lawyer rather than a math major after finding math to be very difficult: “Meaning no disrespect to you barristers, but you don’t need to be too smart to be a lawyer.” The audience laughed. He then added,” I did not say that some lawyers are not smart.”

Turning to his term as mayor, Dinkins discussed his Safe Streets, Safe Cities initiative, which increased the number of police officers on foot patrol and resulted in a sharp downturn in the crime rate. He gave a lot of credit to his Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, Milton Mollen, who previously served as the Presiding Justice of New York’s Appellate Division, Second Department. “Without Milton Mollen, it wouldn’t have happened.”

The former mayor noted that when he entered office, “Crime was high, about 2,000 murders a year….Crime did in fact go down as early as 1991 and continued to go down.”

On a more mournful note, he spoke about the 1991 Crown Heights riot, which broke out when the motorcade of Rabbi Menachem n September 27, 2013, the Center for New York City Law Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic hosted a CityLaw Breakfast conversation among former sect, accidentally struck and killed 7-year-old Gavin Cato, the New York City Mayor David Dinkins, Dean Anthony son of Guyanese immigrants. Anger among members of the black W.O Crowell, and Professor Ross Sandler, the Director of the Center. community against the Orthodox Jewish community led to violence, Mayor Dinkins had just published A Mayor’s Life: Governing New and an Orthodox Jewish man, Yankel Rosenbaum, was killed. Mayor York’s Gorgeous Mosaic, and the discussion focused on his book. Dinkins called the incident “painful, difficult to write about, but obviously very necessary.” In his opening remarks, Dean Crowell mentioned that during the time he served as counselor to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, he Finally, he spoke about the mayoral election, which at the time of the oversaw the Department of Records and helped Mayor Dinkins conversation was a few weeks away. He said he had supported Bill complete his archives: “I learned a tremendous amount about his Thomas, who withdrew, averting a run-off, after garnering 26 percent administration through that process.” in the Democratic primary. Mayor Dinkins noted that Bill de Blasio, who he was pretty sure would be the next mayor, once worked in Leonard Riggio, the CEO of Barnes & Noble, introduced the former his administration, as did de Blasio’s future wife, Chirlane McCray. mayor, observing, “From my point of view, the mayor did not get “They met at City Hall.” his due for all the good he accomplishment, especially with respect to the historic reduction in crime. Crime under David Dinkins’ About Mr. de Blasio, who is indeed now mayor, he said, “I hope that administration dropped faster than under Giuliani’s administration, he will surround himself with good people, people of conscience which followed...For these reasons and more, many of his friends and who really care about our city. He’s a good person, and I think he family, including me, encouraged him to write this book.” will do fine.”

At the beginning of the discussion, Professor Sandler asked Mayor Following the conversation, Professor Sandler presented the former Dinkins about Alice Jackson Houston, who taught his freshman English mayor with Professor Emeritus James Simon’s book on Franklin Delano course at Howard University and was an influential figure in his life. Roosevelt. Mayor Dinkins then signed copies of his own book. •

CAMPUS BUZZ 23 Seeking Retribution: An Inside Look with Professor

RbBy Meghano Lalonde ert Blecker rofessor Robert Blecker is no stranger to controversy. The subject of an award-winning 2004 documentary, Robert Blecker Wants Me P, Blecker has long been an outspoken advocate Dead for capital punishment. He has spent countless hours interviewing death row and other inmates, corrections officials, and murder victims’ families, culminating in the release of his newest book, The Death of Punishment: Searching for Justice Among the Worst of the Worst. In it, Blecker draws from those interviews to illustrate his belief that the criminal justice system has unjustly separated crime from punishment.

Blecker is a retributivist, espousing the punishment of criminals specifically in retribution for the harm they have inflicted. Among some of the many retributivist themes laced throughout the book, Blecker argues that there must be a moral component to defining crime and that its definition alone should not be the basis of sentencing: the crime must also be judged on a moral scale to determine which crimes are worse than others. Perhaps most importantly, Blecker believes, based on thousands of hours of observations and interviews inside prisons from Connecticut to Oklahoma, that often the worst criminals lead the best lives in prison. Blecker’s primary argument is a simple one: the past But ultimately, morally, for me there is a sort of ‘feel- counts. Victims should not be certain’ belief that the past must count.” forgotten. And those criminals Critics, however, argue that our criminal justice system who commit the most vicious equates the severity and nature of the crime with units and callous crimes should be of time, and time alone is punishment enough. punished the most severely. But merely living life segregated from the general “This idea of retribution is a deep intuition that population of civilians for a period of time isn’t we’ve had culturally, since the ancient Greeks and enough punishment for Blecker. Not when inmates the Old Testament—the voice of our brother’s are permitted to enjoy simple pleasures like blood cries out to us from the ground,” said Blecker television, candy, and sunshine. He argues that life on during an interview in his office in January. “The the inside resembles life on the outside so much that contrasting attitude is, ‘Why cry over spilled blood?’ often living in prison really isn’t punishment at all.

24 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 If you ask any employee in a Department of Corrections to justify what they do, it’s always spoken of in terms of safely segregating prisoners until they can be reintegrated back into society.”

Among the many problems he finds with the criminal justice and corrections systems, Blecker points to the rare but serious concern of preventing wrongful convictions. As Blecker details in his book, addressing this problem is equally as important as ensuring that vicious criminals do not enjoy lives of privilege in prison.

“True retributivists—as I am—are equally as concerned with over-punishing as we are with under-punishing,” said Blecker in a December interview with Irish talk radio station Newstalk FM.

While casual observers might initially mistake Blecker’s passion for justice as cold-blooded revenge, Blecker’s advocacy for victims and justice has intrigued many, earning him appearances on Fox Business, CNN/HLN, New York Public Radio, and Newstalk FM. He is also a frequent op-ed contributor for the Hartford Courant, the New York Daily News, and CNN.

Although many states across the country have increasingly sought to abolish capital punishment, Blecker is less concerned about the ultimate punishment that is administered, just as long as the punishment fits the crime. Professor Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School praised The Death of Punishment as “a truly remarkable and deeply moral book—an eloquent, unsparing, often counterintuitive, “Both prisoners and wardens will tell you prison is like a little and sometimes painful meditation on why, town—there’s a barbershop, post office, commissary, gym, ping pong tables, candy bars,” said Blecker. “There are pleasures to be whom, and how a decent society should had, games to be played, and friends to laugh and grieve with. It’s all decide to punish, and what those questions together, too much like life outside.” can teach us about universal truths of morality In fact, Blecker points out that within no Department of and justice.” So while Blecker may be in Corrections mission statement, be it state or federal, is any mention familiar territory with his controversial views of the word “punishment.” on capital punishment, his expertise and “It’s nobody’s job to punish in a Department of Corrections,” knowledge of the reality of life in prison is a Blecker said. “If you ask corrections officers, they say it’s for the judges to determine the punishment. If you ask the judges, they’ll valuable insight that will challenge the beliefs tell you it’s the corrections officers’ job to enforce their sentence. of many readers. •

MEET THE AUTHORS 25 Four Professors Receive Honors

rofessor Richard K. Sherwin, who received the honor to work on a new project called “The Moving Images of Law,” is the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Law and Literature at the Institute for the Public Life of Arts and PIdeas at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 2013-14 academic year. Professor Stephen J. Ellmann received a Fulbright Specialist Award to work on comparative constitutional law and clinical legal education planning last Professor summer at the University of Capetown Faculty of Law in South Africa. Richard K. Sherwin Professor Sherwin, a faculty member of NYLS since 1988, is an expert in and visual communication, specializing in the domain of visual persuasion in litigation and litigation public relations. He gained nationwide attention Professor with his well-received book, When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Stephen J. Ellmann between Law and Popular Culture (University of Chicago Press 2000, 2002). were named His most recent books, Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque: Arabesques & Entanglements (Routledge 2011) and Law, Culture and Fulbright recipients. Visual Studies, co-edited with Anne Wagner (Springer 2013), explore the interpenetration of law and the visual in history and in the current digital baroque era.

Professor Ellmann joined NYLS in 1992. He is an award-winning author on legal ethics and an expert in clinical legal education, constitutional law, and South African law. He pursues his deep interest in legal education through his work as Director of New York Law School’s Office of Clinical and Experiential Learning, one of the central offices of the school working on developing new curricular programs focused on preparing NYLS students for the challenges of the world of legal practice today. •

t the 2013 Annual Otto L. Walter Tax Policy Lecture in October, Dean Crowell officially appointed Ann F. Thomas as the inaugural Otto L. Walter Distinguished Professor of Tax Law. The endowed chair was Afunded by a generous donation from the Otto and Fran Walter Foundation Inc. Professor Otto L. Walter ’54 was a renowned international jurist, specializing in U.S.- Ann F. Thomas German tax treaties. Professor Thomas joined NYLS in 1995. She has been a tenured professor since 2001 and the Director of the Graduate Tax Program and since 2003. At the event, held in the Ernst Stiefel Reading Room, Dean Crowell spoke about the life and work of Dr. Walter and Professor Thomas; Professor Frank G. Helman, the Foundation’s President, offered remarks about Dr. Jethro K. Lieberman Walter; and Professor Thomas gave a talk on “Tax Reform and Shared were both appointed Prosperity.” to named Also in October, Dean Crowell appointed Jethro K. Lieberman as the professorships. Martin Professor Law. In April, during Reunion and Alumni Weekend, he presented a lecture as part of his investiture. The professorship was created in memory of Lester Martin, a noted philanthropist. Now in his 29th year on the faculty, Professor Lieberman has served in many of the Law School’s central academic and administrative roles, including associate dean for academic affairs, director of the Writing Program, and vice president and now director of academic publishing. He has published more than 25 books; his Liberalism Undressed (2012) was praised in the New York Law Journal as a “masterwork, a brilliant, provocative and mature product of decades of thought about some of the most fundamental issues of our time or any time. •

26 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 The following items represent a sampling of the recent activities of our full-time faculty. Full-Time Faculty Activities Compiled by Melissa Pentangelo

Alan I. Appel ‘76 Deborah N. Archer Amicus brief, the her forthcoming article, MSNBC (January 2014), Honorable Congressman “Local Rulemaking as in The New York John Lewis, in Support a Form of Resistance: Times (January 2014, of Respondents and When Federal Appellate December 2013, June Intervenor-Respondents, Local Rules Challenge 2013), and at the NYLS Shelby County v. Holder, National Prerogatives” Sports Law Symposium, Supreme Court of the (April 2013). Hunter College Pre-Law United States (January Program Benefit, and 2013) (with T. Belinfanti, Scholarly Presentations New York University A. Francois, E. Wood, Organizer and co- School of Law Milbank Appointments Awards and Recognition and New York Law moderator (with Professor Tweed Forum, New York Elected as a Council Invited by the American School’s Racial Justice Heidi K. Brown) of (February-April 2013). Director of the American Constitution Society to Project). keynote panel, “Reading Comprehension in the Bar Association Section of attend a convention on Melynda H. Barnhart Taxation (January 2014). voting rights. Only 25 Media References Age of Twitter: Teaching scholars from around the and Appearances Law Students to Read for Scholarly Presentations country were invited to Analyst: Fisher-UT Meaning and Materiality,” Panel moderator, “Joint participate. (December decision a Victory for for the Association of Current Developments: 2013). Equal Opportunity, American Law Schools’ FAUST, FLF, Transfer Diversity, The Voice of Section on Legal Writing, Pricing and USAFTT,” Scholarly Presentations Russia (June 2013). Reasoning, and Research at the AALS Annual at the 2014 Midyear Organized and spoke at Reaction and Analysis of Meeting, New York Meeting of the Section of “Remembering the Dream, Supreme Court Decision (January 2014). Taxation of the American Renewing the Dream,” a on Voting Rights, The Scholarly Presentations Bar Association, Phoenix, symposium celebrating the New York Times (June Presenter, “Expanding Roundtable panelist Arizona (January 2014). 50th anniversary of Dr. 2013). Lawyering Skills: Out of on the global future of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I the Courtroom and Into Speaker, “Foreign Road to City Hall with same-sex marriage at the Have a Dream” speech and the Studio,” at the 2013 Investment in Real Errol Louis at the NY1 92nd Annual Meeting the March on Washington, Association of American Property Tax Act studios discussing Shelby of the American Branch New York Law School Law Schools’ Clinical (FIRPTA): Tax Issues and County v. Holder and of the International Law (September 2013). Conference, San Juan, Planning Tips,” presented the NYLS Racial Justice Association, hosted at Puerto Rico (May 2013). by the American Law Project’s work on an Fordham University Publications Institute Continuing amicus brief on behalf of School of Law, New York Separate and Unequal: Projects Legal Education Group, Congressman John Lewis. (October 2013). The Supreme Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (February 2013). Designed a course in (October 2013). Affirmative Action and Sports Contracts for the Ballot initiatives, The master’s degree program Richard C.E. Beck Speaker, Bloomberg BNA’s Huffington Post Jodi S. Balsam in sports business at the 19th Annual Canada- (October 2013). New York University U.S. Cross-Border Tax School for Continuing Update, a comprehensive Diversity Lives to See and Professional Studies. tax update with live group Another Day, The Taught the 3-credit course instruction featuring Huffington Post in NYU’s summer session plenary and workshop (June 2013). and trained faculty to sessions on current U.S. Why Section 5 of the teach it in future terms, and Canadian tax issues, Voting Rights Act Still New York (August 2013). Toronto, Canada (October Matters, American Media References 2013). Constitution Awards and Recognition Media References and Appearances Society Blog (February Presenter on the Foreign Selected by the Legal and Appearances Ask the Experts: If 2013). Account Tax Compliance Writing Institute and Frequent commentator I Could Make One Act (FATCA) at Habib the Association of Legal on litigation affecting the Change to the Tax Code, American Bank’s Executive Writing Directors to NFL, including former I Would…, Card Hub Seminar 2013, New York receive a 2013 LexisNexis players’ concussion (July 2013). (September 2013). Scholarship Grant for litigation, appearing on

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS 27 Tamara C. Belinfanti Lawyers’ Association as Mortgage Attorneys The Brian Lehrer Presenter, “The the Fall 2013 Pro Bono (2013). Show, Karas On Crime 1830s: A Decade of Heroes of the Northeast Radio Show, NewsTalk Reform; Parliamentary Region (Fall 2013). Scholarly Presentations The Moncrieff Show, Conversations on Panelist at annual Lou Dobbs Tonight Primogeniture, Will- Scholarly Presentations conference sponsored (two times), WPR The Making, and Probate,” Speaker, “Immigration by American College of Joy Cardin Show, and at the Golieb Research Reform: The Good, the Mortgage Attorneys in CBS Hartford News to Colloquium at New York Bad, and the Possible” Jackson Hole, Wyoming discuss issues in book, The University School of Law, at Yale Law School, New (September 2013). Death of Punishment New York (January 2013). Awards and Recognition Haven, Connecticut (November-December Selected as one of the (November 2013). Publications 2013). Media References “New Voices in Corporate Chapter in Mezzanine and Appearances Publications Devising, Dying and Purpose” by the Aspen Finance and Private Lloyd Bonfield Institute Business & Immigration and Equity in Alternative Dispute: Probate Society Program (January Nationality Law: Investments in Real Litigation in Early 2014). Problems and Strategies, Estate—Balancing Modern England LexisNexis (June 2013) Opportunity and Risk reviewed in the Law & Appointments (with L. Curcio, V. Jeffers, (Robert Kolb Series in History Review, Vol Named to a two-year term and S. Yale-Loehr). Finance, John Wiley & 31, No 2 (May 2013). on the New York City Bar Sons (2013). Projects Association’s Securities Michael Botein As Chair of the Regulation Committee Robert Blecker (October 2013). New York City Bar Awards Association Committee Devising, Dying Scholarly Presentations on Immigration and and Dispute in 17th Nationality Law, sent Participated as an Aspen England (Ashgate, letters to the Senate Scholar in the Ninth 2012) jointly won Otto Judiciary Committee Annual Aspen Ideas L. Walter Distinguished advocating for increase Festival (June 2013). Writing Award for faculty in appointed counsel and scholarship (May 2013). reduction in detention. Publications Appointments Traveled to Washington, Amicus Brief, the Honorable Publications Scholarly Presentations Member, International Congressman John Lewis, D.C., to meet with The Death of Spent 10 days at the Senior Lawyers Project, in Support of Respondents congressional offices (May Punishment: University of Zurich New York, London, Paris and Intervenor- 2013). Searching for Justice as a visiting professor. (spring 2013) Respondents, Shelby Taught classes in the Testimonies and among the Worst of Visiting Professor, Faculty County v. Holder, Supreme University’s legal history Legal Consultation the Worst (Palgrave of Law, Haifa University, Court of the United States course and International Appeared pro bono as Macmillan, November Haifa, Israel, (May-June (January 2013) (with D. LL.M. program, and gave an expert witness for a 2013). 2013). Archer, A. Francois, E. a public lecture entitled child who was subject to This is Not Justice, New Wood, and New York Law “Politics and the U.S. an international custody York Daily News Scholarly Presentations School’s Racial Justice Supreme Court: Lessons dispute. Cited in the (December 2013). “Jurisdiction of the Project). from the Affordable case, Jakubik v. Schmirer FCC,” presented at ALM Comment: We Support Health Care Case,” (August 2013). Trademark, Copyright, the Death Penalty Because which was published in Lenni B. Benson and Licensing Forum, New We Feel Compassion for its law journal, Zurich, York (October 2013). Andrew R. Berman Mankind, Politics. Switzerland (February co.uk (December 2013). 2013). Publications With Death Penalty, Let Paper, “Where to Find Reasonably Ancillary Punishment Truly Fit the Women in Early Modern Jurisdiction of the FCC: Crime, CNN (August English Courts?,” was Cable and Broadband, 20 2013). the lead one in a session NYLS Media Law & titled “Court Order? Policy 269 (2013). Media References Tracking Gender History Awards and Recognition and Appearances through Legal Records” at Projects The afeS Passage Project, Appeared on Fox News, the Annual Meeting of Telecommunications Blog, Appointments of which she is Director, NPR, Fox Business the American Historical Law.Com. (December Elected as Fellow to was selected by the (two times), The Nancy Association, New Orleans, 2013). American Immigration American College of Grace Show (four times), Louisiana (January 2013).

28 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Camille Broussard Law Students to Read for Lung-chu Chen “Authorship in the Digital Honored by the Brooklyn Meaning and Materiality,” Age” at Parsons School of Public Library at its 17th for the Association of Design at the New School Annual Gala for his service American Law Schools’ on the topic “Law and as Board Chair for the past Section on Legal Writing, Culture of Appropriation five years. (February 2014). Reasoning, and Research Art.” Spoke in detail about at the AALS Annual appropriation art and Scholarly Presentations Meeting, New York copyright; other panelists Participated in the 2014 (January 2014). included artists and Deans’ Workshop for computer programmers. Presented “Researching ABA-Approved Law New York (February 2014). Appointments with the Kardashians: Scholarly Presentations Schools, organized by the Re-elected to the Board Building an Engaging Presiding Chair, “The Presenter, “The Shack ABA Section of Legal of Directors of the Legal and Cumulative Legal WTO International Case: Derelict or Education and Admissions Information Preservation Research Curriculum,” at Economic and Trade Law Prophet,” at American to the Bar, Atlanta, Alliance and will act as the Southeast Regional Elite Training Camp” (the University Washington Georgia (February 2014). Treasurer (May 2013). Legal Writing Conference, 8th Annual Session lasting College of Law, as part Panelist, “Building Practice Savannah, Georgia (April one week organized by of a conference, “Poverty Ready Graduates: Science- Publications 2013). the Taiwan New Century Law: Cases, Teaching, and Fiction or Forward Law Library Management, Foundation in Taipei, Scholarship,” Washington, Thinking?” at the Law Chapter 6 in Law Publications Taiwan). Also gave a D.C. (October 2013). Library Association of Librarianship in the lecture entitled “Taiwan The “Silent But Led a discussion on the Greater New York’s 75th Digital Age at 89-106 and the United Nations” Gifted” Law Student: legal history of infanticide Anniversary Education (E. Kroski, ed., Scarecrow (January 2013). Transforming Anxious in early America at the Conference, New York Press 2014) (with R. Public Speakers Into New York Area Family (January 2014). Monaco & G. Seer). Well-Rounded Advocates, Publications Law Scholars Workshop at Panelist, “Pedagogy Journal of the Legal Sustainable Development Cardozo Law School, New and Business of Legal Writing Institute of Taiwan in the World: Heidi K. Brown York (October 2013). Education Reform,” at Volume 18 (September A Collection of Editorial the annual conference of 2013). Commentaries from the Speaker, “New York City’s Educating Tomorrow’s Formosa Television and Housing Court at 40: Lawyers, Denver, The Liberty Times, Controversies, Challenges, Colorado (October 2013). Carol A. Buckler 2006-2012, Taiwan New and Prospects for Its Century Foundation, Future,” New York City Media References Taipei, Taiwan (2013). Bar Association, New York (March 2013). and Appearances Media Appearances Most N.Y. Law Schools Report Higher Pass The Treaty of Shimonoseki, Media References Awards and Recognition Rates in Bar Exam, New Cairo Declaration, and Appearances York Law Journal Won a teaching grant San Francisco Peace In the Studio of Elizabeth (November 2013). from the Association of Treaty with Japan, The Langer: Exploring Legal Writing Directors, Liberty Times (Taiwan) New Art Forms, The Dean: Law Firms announced in ALWD Publications (December 2013). Martha’s Vineyard “Support” NYLS’s 2 Year Teaching Grant Winners Alternatives for Times (August 2013). Degree Program, video The Ma Government’s Announced, Legal Scheduling the Bar, interview with Lee Pacchia WHA Model and Taiwan’s Writing Prof Blog New York State Bar ‘06, Bloomberg News Participation in the United Anthony W. Crowell (February 2013). Association Journal (September 2013). Nations, The Liberty (September 2013) (with Times (October 2013). NY Law School Appointments M.C. Gallagher). Latest to Offer 2-Year Nominated to the Board Program, Crain’s of the Association of Media References Richard Chused New York Business American Law Schools’ and Appearances (September 2013). This Section on Balance in Retired Judges Seek En news also appeared in Legal Education (February Banc Over Scheindlin’s Tribeca Citizen and 2013). Removal, New Downtown Express. York Law Journal Awards and Recognition Scholarly Presentations (November 2013). Near Seat of Government, Co-moderated a panel Selected by Crain’s New Seats of Power, The New (with Professor Jodi York Business as one York Times (August 2013) S. Balsam), “Reading of its People to Watch (with Karen Artz Ash). in Higher Education Comprehension in the Scholarly Presentations New York Law School (October 2013). Age of Twitter: Teaching Speaker at conference on Launches New Public

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS 29 Service Scholarship Stacy-Ann Elvy Faculty member, Chicago Federal Reserve Scholarly Presentations Program, Brooklyn “Building Trial Skills: Bank, Chicago, Illinois Panelist, “Same Sex Daily Eagle (February Northeast,” presented by (October 2013). Marriage on Trial,” 2013). This news the National Institute of presented by the American also appeared in The Trial Advocacy, Maurice Publications Constitution Society National Law A. Deane School of Law Ask the Professor—How for Law and Policy and Journal and The Chief. at Hofstra University, the Seventh Circuit its NYLS Chapter, New Hempstead, New York Three Law Schools Focus Will Rule in Sentinel York Law School (January (August 2013). on Business Law, New II?, Derivatives 2013). and Futures Law York Law Journal Online presentation, Panelist, “Sharing Appointments Reporter (November (February 2013). “Preparing the IP License: Methods and Materials for 2013). Executive Committee Structure and Some Tips,” Collaborative Teaching Member, Section on for the West Legal Ed Methods,” Association of Stephen J. Ellmann Projects International Law and Center (July 2013). American Law Schools’ Section on International Worked with NYLS Annual Conference, New Human Rights, Projects students to finalize the Orleans (January 2013). Association of American Faculty Advisor, NYLS FINRA Arbitration Law Schools. Trial Competition Team Project, which provides Projects a brief description of (March 2013). Central organizer of a Media References every FINRA arbitration national conference on and Appearances in the years 2011-2013, academic support and Ronald H. Filler with prior and future Her article, Towards a teaching methods, years to follow soon. This New Democratic Africa: presented by the by the Scholarly Presentations information is now The African Charter on Association for Academic published on the NYLS Presentation at the Democracy, Elections and Support Educators, Las website. University of the Governance, was listed on Vegas, Nevada (June 2013). Witwatersrand on legal SSRN’s Top Ten download ethics questions in cause list for: PSN: Political Media References lawyering, Johannesburg, Reform. and Appearances Doni Gewirtzman South Africa (July 2013). Professor Ronald Filler Co-leader of the Discusses CFTC, GMAC, David Epstein Appointments Curriculum Working Dodd-Frank, and Swaps Group at the Second Re-elected to the Regulation with Bill Annual Conference on Executive Committee Singer, Broke and “Access to Justice—The of the Futures Industry Broker Blog (February Role of New York’s Law Association’s Law & 2013). Schools,” New York Law Compliance Division; co-moderated the School (May 2013). Kris Franklin Opening Panel at its Awards and Recognition Co-leader of a small Annual Program in Recognized at the group at the Association Baltimore, Maryland Association of American of American Law Awards and Recognition (April 2013); appointed Law Schools’ Annual Schools Clinical Section’s Awarded a Certificate in Chair of the Special Conference for his 2012 conference, Puerto Rico Advocacy Teaching by Committee to implement Teacher of the Year award, (April 2013). the National Institute the recommendations New Orleans, Louisiana of Trial Advocacy after suggested by the Berkeley (January 2013). Projects participating in the Research Group on behalf Continues to chair the three-day teacher training of the National Futures Scholarly Presentations Clinical Theory Workshop Appointments program held at New York Association, the derivatives Speaker, “An Overview of and to co-chair the South Named to the National Law School (June 2013). industry’s self-regulatory Recent Supreme Court Africa Reading Group, Board of Advisors for the organization (April 2013); Decisions” presented by and with Professor Anne Scholarly Presentations Institute for Law Teaching delivered the Final Report the NYLS chapter of the Goldstein, co-chairs the and Learning (September Presenter, “Emerging to the full NFA Board of American Constitution Pedagogy Discussion 2013). Technologies: Directors in November Society, New York Law Group. Gamification in Legal 2013. Elected an officer of School (October 2013). Co-chairs the Cost and Education” at the the inaugural Executive Panelist, “Same Sex Sustainability Working Southeastern Association Scholarly Presentations Board of the Association Marriage on Trial,” Group of the Alliance for of Law Schools conference, Panelist, “How Would for Academic Support presented by the American Experiential Learning in Palm Beach, Florida the Dodd-Frank Act Educators (June 2013). Constitution Society Law. (August 2013). Have Impacted Lehman for Law and Policy and Brothers and AIG?,” its NYLS Chapter, New

30 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 York Law School (January Practice Program (Wolters Methods,” the Association Law: Intellectual Publications 2013). Kluwer Law & Business).” of American Law Schools’ Property (Oxford Devyani Khobragade Annual Conference, University Press, 2012) Case: A Worker’s Rights Media References Programs New Orleans, Louisiana jointly won Otto L. Versus a Diplomat’s and Appearances Helped to organize one (January 2013). Walter Distinguished Privileges, The Lower Court of the Legal Writing Writing Award for faculty Economic Times Constitutionalism Institute’s annual “One scholarship (May 2013). (December 2013). Mariana Hogan received a positive review Day Workshops,” which Standing with Sangeeta, from Professor Stephen included legal writing Appointments The Huffington Post Wasby on Lawcourts, the and practice teachers Joined Queensland (with D. Iyer) (December listserv for the Law and from around the country. University of Technology’s 2013). Courts chapter of the A number of NYLS School of Law as American Political Science Legal Practice faculty professor of intellectual Projects Association. Since its presented their work property and innovation Launched a blawg, Law publication last year, the and participated in the (November 2013). at the Margins, that article has been cited in conference, New York Law focuses on the ways our The California Law School (December 2012). Publications Appointments legal institutions and laws Review, The Columbia Block Party: How draw lines that limit the Law Review, The Ohio Appointed to the Task Architecture Helped Brandt Goldstein rights and social justice State Law Journal, and Force on Indigent Defense Rebuild LEGO, The aspirations of people and the Yale Law Journal at New York County Conversation communities (May 2013). Online, among other Lawyers’ Association (October 2013). places (December 2013). (January 2014). Media References Gerald Korngold Service Projects and Appearances Joined an amicus brief Faculty at National 12 Top Law Schools filed by a group of family Institute for Trial Teaching Law Practice law and constitutional Advocacy trial and Technology, eLawerying law professors in support deposition skills programs Blog (May 2013). Scholarly Presentations of the respondents in at Hogan Lovells, Davis Hollingsworth v. Perry, Spoke at Columbia Polk, Baker Botts, Kay the marriage equality Law School as part Scholer, Covington & Chaumtoli Huq challenge to California’s of a discussion about Burling, and Desmarais Proposition 8, Supreme Guantánamo Bay that LLP (2013-2014). Scholarly Presentations included Harold Koh Court of the United States Taught the lawyers at the Presenter, “Conservation of Yale and Hon. Judge (March 2013). New York City Civilian Easements and the Sterling Johnson Jr. of the Complaint Review Development of New U.S. District Court for the Board direct and cross- Energies,” at a conference Anne Goldstein Eastern District of New examination (June 2013). hosted by the Property and York (November 2013). Environment Research Service Center (PERC), Bozeman, Publications Scholarly Presentations Serves on the Indigent Montana (December 2013). The Umpire Changes the Defense Organization Presenter, “Getting Your Rules, The Huffington Addressed a delegation Oversight Committee at Scholarly Voice Heard” at Post (October 2013) from the Chinese Ministry the Appellate Division the Northeast People of (with E. Purcell). of Land Resources at First Department. Color Legal Scholarship Conference, St. John’s New York University in a University, Queens, New presentation titled “U.S. Kim Hawkins Publications Dan Hunter York (December 2013). Real Estate Transactions” In collaboration with (November 2013). Panelist, “From members of the Legal Bangladesh Garment Public lecture, Practice faculty, designed Workers to NYC: Global “Condominium and and compiled the second Solidarity Campaigns,” Homeowners Associations volume of a custom text People’s Global Action on as Private Governments: of course readings and Migration, Development Positive Force for the resources specifically and Human Rights Public Welfare and tailored to the Legal conference, New York Individual Rights?,” Practice curriculum, Legal Lincoln Institute of Scholarly Presentations (October 2013). Practice II Spring Awards and Recognition Land Policy, Cambridge, Panelist, “Sharing 2013 Building on the The Oxford Massachusetts (October Methods and Materials for Fundamentals, New Introductions to U.S. 2013). York Law School Legal Collaborative Teaching

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS 31 Presenter, “Governmental Institute on Federal Moderator/panelist Publications Carlin Meyer Conservation Easements: Taxation, New York for a New York City Jumpstart Balancing Perpetuity (October 2013). Repeated Bar Association, Labor Constitutional with Democracy,” at the presentation with an & Employment Law Law: Reading and the Association of Law, emphasis on community Committee CLE Understanding Property, and Society property issues at the program, “Supreme Constitutional Conference, Minneapolis, West Coast session of the Court Roundup: Recent Law Cases (Wolters Minnesota (May 2013). Institute, San Francisco, Developments in Labor Kluwer Law & Business, California (November and Employment Law September 2013). Publications 2013). Cases,” New York Governmental (September 2013). Media References Awards and Recognition Conservation Easements: Media References and Appearances Appointed member, New A Means to Advance and Appearances Panelist on teaching English Hand Press Used York State Legislative Efficiency, Freedom from 39th Annual Notre Dame LGBT law and on a by Designer William Ethics Commission Coercion, Flexibility, Tax & Estate Planning plenary session panel Morris Sold for $233,000, (2013). and Democracy, 78 Institute, TaxProf Blog about the Supreme Court’s The New York Times Brooklyn Law Review (October 2013). same-sex marriage cases (December 2013). Projects at the Lavender Law 467 (Winter 2013). Spent her sabbatical Service Conference organized by Lawyers Bookshelf: Liberalism studying issues involving Member of the Office of the National LGBT Bar William P. LaPiana Undressed, New York the influence of money in Court Administration Association, San Francisco, Law Journal (April politics: Limits on Money Surrogate’s Court California (August 2013). 2013). in Politics: Where does the Advisory Committee. Media Fit? (2013). Media References and Appearances Richard D. Marsico Media References Arthur S. Leonard Surprising Friend of Gay and Appearances Rights in a High Place, Sensitivity Course The New York Times Required, Times Union (September 2013). (Albany, New York) Appointments (December 2013). Named Chair of the Jethro K. Lieberman Association of American Howard S. Meyers Law Schools’ Section on Trusts and Estates Projects (January 2013). As the Scholarly Presentations The New York State Board 2012 program chair for Speaker, “State of Diversity of Regents approved his this Section, organized a and Inclusion in the Legal charter school application joint program with the Profession,” presented by for the Charter High Section on Aging and the the Institute for Inclusion School for Law and Social Law for the 2013 AALS in the Legal Profession, Justice in the Bronx Annual Meeting in New Washington, D.C., and Awards and Recognition (December 2013). Orleans, Louisiana titled New York (November Liberalism Undressed Scholarly Presentations “Trusts and Estates and an (Oxford University Press, 2013). Media References Panelist, “Careers in Aging Population: What 2012) jointly won Otto and Appearances Compliance,” sponsored We Need to Know and Speaker, “An Overview of L. Walter Distinguished New York Law School by the New York Law Teach” (January 2013). Recent Supreme Court Writing Award (May Helps Found Charter School Center for Business Decisions,” at a program 2013). School, The National and Financial Law and Scholarly Presentations sponsored by the NYLS Law Journal (January the Compliance Working Speaker, “Making chapter of the American Scholarly Presentations 2014). Group at NYLS, New Conditional Gifts,” at the Constitution Society Discussed Liberalism York Law School (March 11th Annual Sophisticated (October 2013); panelist, Undressed, at the First Charter High School 2013). Trusts and Estates Law “Same Sex Marriage “Books at the Bar” event for Law Being Planned Institute, sponsored on Trial,” at an event at the New York City Bar by College of Mount St. Media References by the New York State organized by the NYLS Association, New York Vincent and New York and Appearances Bar Association, New Chapter of the ACS, both (March 2013). Law School, Daily News Interview, US: No York (November 2013). at New York Law School (February 2013). Company is Too Big to (January 2013). Speaker, “Post Mortem Jail, CCTV (November Planning,” at the 72nd 2013). New York University

32 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Why a New Rule Allowing Rudolph J. R. Peritz Michael L. Perlin Publications Michael Roffer Hedge Funds to Advertise A Prescription for Could Be the Biggest Dignity: Rethinking Change to US Capital Criminal Justice and Markets Since the 1930s, Mental Disability Quartz (September Law (Ashgate, 2013). 2013).

Mary Jo White’s Edward A. Purcell Jr. Conflicted Past, CCTV (February 2013). Publications Awards and Recognition Publications The Competition Awarded the first Bruce Co-authored, with William R. Mills Question Unasked in Winick Award by the Mariana Hogan, chapter, Actavis: What is the Scope International Academy of Judicial Externships, of the Patent Remedy?, in Law and Mental Health for the third edition Symposium: The Actavis at its biennial Congress, of Learning Decision: Clear Guidance held at the University of From Practice: for the Courts or a Amsterdam Law School, in A Professional Scholarly Presentations Recipe for Turducken?, recognition of his work in Development Text 28 Antitrust 45 (Fall therapeutic jurisprudence Presenter, “Symposium: for Legal Externs 2013) (ABA Antitrust and international human The Federal Rules at 75,” (Leah Wortham, Susan Section). rights law, Amsterdam, the University of Pennsylvania Brooks, Nancy Maurer, Service Netherlands (July 2013). Law School, Philadelphia, and Alex Scherr, Editors) Taking Antitrust to Patent Finished out a year’s term Pennsylvania (November (Thomson/West, School: the Instance of as president of the Law Scholarly Presentations 2013). anticipated publication Pay-for-Delay Settlements, Library Association of date 2015). 58 Antitrust Presented “My Sense of Presenter, “Symposium Greater New York and Bulletin 159 (2013). Humanity Has Gone in Honor of William E. began a year’s term as Down the Drain”: Nelson,” American Society Rebecca Roiphe immediate past president. The Law and Economics Stereotypes, Stigma for Legal History, Annual As 2012-13 president, of Progress: IP Rights and Sanism”at the Conference, Miami/ he presided over several and Competition Policy, Human Rights Centre Fort Lauderdale, Florida association initiatives, chapter in Individualism of Ghent University as (November 2013). including the launch of And Collectiveness part of a seminar titled Presenter (with Prof. a new website (June-July in Intellectual “Stereotyping as a Human Marty Lederman, 2013). Property Law, Jan Rights Issue,” Ghent, Georgetown Law Center), Rosén, ed. (London: Belgium (December 2013). Edward Elgar Pub., “Modern Constitutional Lynnise E. Pantin 2013) (selected papers Panelist and lecturer, War Powers,” New from ATRIP Annual “Coercion in Psychiatry: York Historical Appointments Conference, University of Ethical, Legal and Clinical Society/Institute for Invited to be a Stockholm 2011). Issues,” at the World Constitutional History, contributing editor at Psychiatric Association New York (series of six Jotwell (www.jotwell. Citations International Congress, weekly seminars, October- com), an online journal Vienna, Austria (October Rep. Howard Coble, November 2013). where legal academics 2013). R-N.C., Subcommittee review recent articles Publications Chairman, cited three of Keynote Speaker, “Human assessing the merits his articles on patent law Rights Law for Persons Understanding Curtiss- of scholarship within Publications and competition policy with Disabilities in Asia Wright, 31 Law and different subject areas The First Year: Integrating in the hearing transcript and the Pacific: The History Review 653 (March 2013). Transactional Skills, based and then included them Need for a Disability (2013). on a presentation she made in the Appendix of the Rights Tribunal,” at the Scholarly, Graceful, and Scholarly Presentations at the Emory University House Subcommittee International Association Illuminating: The Books Presented paper, School of Law Conference on Intellectual Property, for the Scientific of James F. Simon,” 57 “Stratification: Proposals on Transactional skills Competition, and the Study of Intellectual New York Law School for Two Tiers of Law in November 2012, was Internet Hearing on and Developmental Law Review 483 (2013) Schools in Historical published in the Fall 2013 the International Trade Disabilities Asia-Pacific Context,” at a Touro Law issue of Transactions: Commission and Patent Regional Conference, Center faculty workshop, The Tennessee Disputes (hearing, July 18, Waseda University, Tokyo, Central Islip, New York Journal of Business 2012). Japan (August 2013). (December 2013), and Law (Fall 2013). at the “Legal Ethics

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS 33 Shmooze,” Fordham Mayor David Dinkins, in Washington, D.C. Cross-Border Reach Publications University, New York speaking on “Governing (November 2013). of Dodd-Frank, Law Culture and (June 2013). New York’s Gorgeous Bloomberg News (July Panelist, the Federalist Visual Studies Mosaic.” (September 2013). Presenter, “A History Society’s teleforum (Springer, 2013) (editor, 2013); Christine C. of Professionalism: program on the REINS Scoring the Falcone with A. Wagner). Quinn, then-Speaker Independence in Context,” (Regulations From the Settlement, The Wall Visual Jurisprudence, New of the New York City at the New York City Executive in Need of Street Journal (May York Law School Law Council, who gave a talk Ethics Roundtable, Scrutiny) Act (August 2013). Review Symposium Issue and answered questions organized by Susan 2013). on “Visualizing Law in (February 2013); and Seth Fortney and the Institute Citations the Digital Age,” vol. 57/1 W. Pinsky, President of the for the Study of Legal Publications The Law and Economics (Fall 2012). New York City Economic Ethics at the Maurice A. We Need Truth of Hedge Funds: Financial Development Corporation Constitutional Purgatory: Deane School of Law in Spending, The Innovation and Investor (NYCEDC), speaking on Shades and Presences at Hofstra University, Huffington Post Protection, 6 Berkeley “Growing New York City’s Inside the Courtroom, Hempstead, New York (December 2013). Business Law Journal Economy” (January 2013). in Leif Dahlberg, ed. , (March 2013). 240 (2009), was cited by The Overwhelming Case Visualizing Law and the Western District of Media References for Clean Air Act Reform, Authority (Walter de Publications Pennsylvania in and Appearances The Environmental Claude Gruyter 2012). A History of Worthington Benedum A Goad to the Powerful, Law Reporter Professionalism: Julius Foundation v. Harley, Law’s Life on the Screen, Lately Dormant, Is Stirred (November 2013) (With Henry Cohen and the Civil Action No. 12-1386, in Sara Steinert-Borella’s by a Midtown Zoning B. Pedersen). Professions as a Route to 2013 BL 1. and Caroline Wiedmer’s Plan, The New York Citizenship,” Fordham Responsibility for Intersections of Law Times (August 2013). Urban Law Journal War A La Carte, The and Culture (Palgrave Richard K. Sherwin (April 2013). Spitzer Faces Limits on Huffington Post Macmillan Socio-Legal Playing Sheriff Again (September 2013). Studies 2012). Media References as NYC Comptroller, and Appearances Media References Bloomberg Houman B. Shadab Terror Case Has Lawyer Businessweek (July and Appearances With Several Distinctions, 2013). Lessons from the Zimmerman Trial, The New York Times, Maybe ‘Mad Men’ Zimmerman’s Lawyer Raises February 21, 2014. Lawyers Knew More Profile—and Incites Rage, Than Lindsay’s, The BBC News (July 2013). Ross Sandler New York Times (April Scholarly Presentations 2013). Presenter, “Visual Literacy Judge Blocks New York for Lawyers” and “Law Nadine Strossen City’s Limits on Big as Performance,” Indiana Sugary Drinks, The New Scholarly Presentations University-Bloomington York Times (March Spoke on a panel about Maurer School of Law, 2013). Basel III bank liquidity Bloomington, Indiana regulation at the Second (September 2013). Annual Collateral Plenary Speaker on law David S. Schoenbrod Management Conference and visual semiotics Scholarly Presentations sponsored by Global at Jiao Tong University, Financial Markets Organizer, CityLaw Shanghai, and Zhejiang Intelligence, New York Scholarly Presentations Breakfasts featuring Sci-Tech University and (November 2013). Spoke at Opening Plenary Patrick Foye, Executive Zhejiang Police College in Session, “Textualism Director of the Port Hangzhou, China (May- Publications and the Bill of Rights,” Authority of New York June 2013). and New Jersey, speaking Hedge Fund Governance, Federalist Society on “Infrastructure and Harvard Law School Panel organizer and Annual National Lawyers Public/Private Forum on Corporate presenter, “Virtual Bodies Convention, Washington, Scholarly Presentations Partnerships: ‘Bridging’ Governance and Financial in Court,” annual Law, D.C. (November 2013). Speaker, “Executive Regulation (April 2013). Culture & Humanities the Gap” (November Lecture, “The Surveillance Branch Gone Wild? 21st conference, Birkbeck 2013); Former Judge Society and the Threat Century Checks and Media References College School of Law, Judith S. Kaye, speaker to Our Civil Liberties,” Balances” at the Federalist and Appearances London, England (March on “Keeping Kids in Distinguished Speaker Society’s National 2013). School and Out of Court” CFTC Sets July 12 Series, Lindenwood Lawyers Convention (October 2013); former Meeting for Vote on University, to honor

34 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Constitution Day, Appointments Network, London, New York Law School the Federal Government’s St. Charles, Missouri Appointed to the England (December 2013). (October 2013). Continuing Role in (September 2013). Protecting Civil Rights New York State Bar Speaker, “Human Rights Moderator, “From in the States,” at Cardozo Delivered a Featured Association’s Law, Youth Futures” at Columbia Tax Reform to Fiscal Law School, New Lecture, “Government & Citizenship Committee University (November Soundness” at the ABA York(January 2013). Secrecy and Surveillance: (June 2013). 2013). Section of Taxation Fall We the People Know Meeting, San Francisco, Served on Host Publications Too Little About Our Scholarly Presentations California (September Committee of the Government While It Presenter, “Empowering 2013). Chapter in Debating American Society of Knows Too Much About Students in the Classroom: Reform: Conflicting International Law for Us,” for a conference Using Games to Promote Perspectives on How its midyear meeting Marshall E. Tracht on “Information Ethics Active Learning,” at the to Fix the American in Washington, D.C. and Policy: Intellectual New England Consortium Political System (CQ (October 2013). Property, Privacy, and of Legal Writing Teachers’ Press, February 2013). Freedom of Speech,” Regional Conference, Panelist, “The Concept of Amicus brief, the sponsored by The Northeastern University Peace in Law Culture and Honorable Congressman Information School, School of Law, Boston, Society” at the Association John Lewis, in Support Philosophy Department, Massachusetts (December of American Law Schools’ of Respondents and and Program on Values, 2013). Annual Conference, Intervenor-Respondents, New Orleans, Louisiana University of Washington, Moderator, “Governmental Shelby County v. Holder, (January 2013). Seattle, Washington (April Conservation Easements: Supreme Court of the Media References and 2013). Balancing Perpetuity with United States (January Publications Appearances Spoke at 100th Democracy,” New York 2013) (with D. Archer, Rethinking Jus Post First Arena’s Solvency Anniversary Conference Law School (April 2013) T. Belinfanti, A. Francois, Bellum in an Age of Questioned by U.S. of the Anti-Defamation (with Sandra Janin). and New York Law Global Transitional Trustee, Democrat and League, on a panel entitled, School’s Racial Justice Presenter, “An Justice: Engaging Chronicle (January “Congress Shall Make No Project). International Twist on with Michael Walzer 2013). Law…’: Safeguarding Free Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Larry May, Speech,” Washington, D.C. and Research: Teaching European Journal of Michelle Zierler (April 2013). Erika L. Wood Foreign-Trained LL.M. International Law Keynote Lecture, Students, “Capital Area (April 2013). “Defending Human Legal Writing Conference, Rights for All—From hosted by American Right to Left, and Right University, Washington Ann F. Thomas to Wrong,” Human Rights College of Law, Week, University of North Washington, D.C. (March Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2013). North Carolina (February 2013). Scholarly Presentations Ruti G. Teitel Scholarly Presentations Participated as a judge for Moderator, Careers in Lynn Boepple Su an ABA Journal panel Labor & Employment on the greatest legal novel Law, featuring NYLS (August 2013). Appointments alumni, sponsored by the Appointed to the Executive Labor & Employment Publications Committee of the Law Society and the In Cold Blood, By Truman Association of American Unemployment Action Capote, ABA Journal Law Schools’ Section on Center (November 2013). (August 2013). Women in Legal Education Scholarly Presentations Gave a presentation on (January 2013). Media References Discussed her book, strategies and tactics for designing, building, and and Appearances Awards and Recognition Humanity’s Law, at Scholarly Presentations a program presented sustaining national and state NY Law School Professor Awarded a Certificate in Organized Symposium, by the Centre for the coalitions to support public Says Jana Winter Should Advocacy Teaching by “The 100th Anniversary International Politics policy campaigns, New York Not Face Jail, Fox News the National Institute of the Revenue Act of of Conflict, Rights and University Law School’s (April 2013). of Trial Advocacy after 1913,” gave introductory Justice, the Centre for Public Policy Clinic, New participating in a three-day remarks, and chaired a A $64,000 Question, International Studies York (March 2013). teacher training program, panel, “Withholding and Slate (March 2013). and Diplomacy, and the Panelist, “ New York Law School Information Reporting Shelby County Interview on Fuji-TV London Transitional : Contemplating (June 2013). from 1913 to FATCA,” v. Holder (March 2013). •

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS 35 The following items represent a sampling of the recent activities of our adjunct faculty. Adjunct Faculty Activities Compiled by Melissa Pentangelo

Daniel S. Abraham ’99 Scholarly Presentations Heather Cucolo ’03 TaxAnalysts.com, and Scholarly Presentations Chair/moderator and presenter at Scholarly Presentation Reuters (November 2013). Panel participant, “Writing in the Omohundro Institute of Early Presenter “’Far from the Turbulent Law Practice: An Introduction for American History and Culture Space’: Considering the Adequacy Joanne Doroshow First-Year Students,” New York Law (OIEAHC) Conference 2013, of Counsel in the Representation Scholarly Presentations School (May 2013). keynote session: “Centennial of Individuals Accused of Being Panelist at event, “State Judicial Symposium on Charles A. Beard’s Sexually Violent Predators,” Elections and the Impact on Tort Karen Artz Ash ’80 An Economic Interpretation American Society of Criminology, Law,” Center for American Progress, Awards and Recognition of the Constitution of Atlanta, Georgia (November 2013). Washington D.C. (May 2013). the United States.” Paper Selected by Managing Presenter, “They’re Planting Stories published as “Charles A. Beard; Media References and Intellectual Property as one of in the Press: The Impact of Media Foe of Originalism,” American Appearances the Top 250 Women in Intellectual Distortions on Sex Offender Law Political Thought 2:2 (Fall Property (October 2013). and Policy,” annual conference of Group says Los Angeles county, 2013): 302-307. the Academy of Criminal Justice city under siege from lawsuits, Los Media References Angeles Daily News (April Publications Sciences, Dallas, Texas (with M. and Appearances Perlin). Published in 3 University 2013). Book Review: Denise A. Spellberg, Near Seat of Government, Seats of Denver Criminal Law Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: How Testimonies and Legal of Power, The New York Times Review 185-246 (March 2013) Islam Shaped the Founders, The Consultation (August 2013) (with A. Crowell). (with M. Perlin). Daily Beast (September 2013). Testified before the U.S. House New York’s Women Leaders in the Co-Editor (with Daniel J. Publications Judiciary Committee Subcommittee Law 2013,” New York (March Hulsebosch), Making Legal on the Constitution and Civil 2013). Distance Learning, The History: Essays in Honor of Encyclopedia of Criminology Justice at a hearing titled Examination of Litigation Abuses, Adele Bernhard William E. Nelson (New York & Criminal Justice, 1-5 (2014) University Press, 2013). Washington, D.C. March 13, 2013. Publications (with Michael L. Perlin). Should Skills Training Be Required Editor/Introduction, An Online Mental Disability Law Lucas A. Ferrara Expression of the American for Licensing?, New York State Education, a Disability Rights Media References Mind: Selected Writings Bar Association Journal Tribunal, and the Creation of an and Appearances (September 2013). of Thomas Jefferson (Folio Asian Disability Law Database: Real Estate Q&A—Understanding Society, 2013). Their Impact on Research, Training “Preferential Rent,” The New Projects and Teaching of Criminology and Judith Bresler ’74 York Times (October 2013). Consultant on two Department Criminal Justice in Asia, 1 Asian J. of Justice grants to the National Publications Legal Ed. 1 (2013) (with Michael Real Estate Q & A—Stabilized Association of Criminal Defense Art Law: The Guide for L. Perlin & Yoshi Ikehara, Esq.). Tenant Plans to Marry, The New York Times (August 2013). Lawyers to improve quality of justice. Collectors, Investors, Preventing Sex-Offender Recidivism Dealers, and Artists Through Therapeutic Jurisprudence Q&A, Bloomberg Law (June Media References (Practicing Law Institute, 2013). Approaches and Specialized 2013). and Appearances Community Integration, 22 Temp. Updating a Rental’s Kitchen, The Watchdog report: Shaken-baby Laura Brevetti Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 1 (2013) New York Times (March 2013). science doubts grow, Medical Media References (with Michael L. Perlin). and Appearances Misdiagnosis Research (July David Fish ’96 2013). WWE Appoints New General Cesar de Castro ’00 Service Counsel to Company, TWNP DNA Test Supports Motion for Testimonies and Legal Wrestling News (September Participates in education program New Trial, Panel Says, New York Consultation 2013). This news also appeared in for pro bono employment attorneys Law Journal (March 2014). Helped secure a full acquittal for on how to handle federal court Ringside Report and Who’s his client, Denis Field, former Who Legal. mediations, at United States District R.B. Bernstein Chief Executive Officer of BDO Court for the Southern District of Awards and Recognition Seidman in the largest tax shelter Pei Pei Cheng-de Castro ’00 New York. (January 2013–present). His Thomas Jefferson listed prosecution in United States Scholarly Presentations Coached New York Law School’s on The New York Times Book history. 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36 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Joseph M. Forgione day administrative law judge Motion to Dismiss, Thomson Publications Appointments Training Program. Since then, as Reuters (April 2013). The Supreme Court Will Rule Obtained a license from the New a Senior ALJ, has been in charge on Obamacare’s Contraception York State Department of State, of training 11 new ALJs. Also Zvi Rosen Requirement. Here’s Why You Division of Licensing Services put together for the NYC DOF Awards and Recognition Should Care, Towleroad to conduct business as a licensed Adjudications Division two books His article, Reimagining Bleistein: (December 2013). of training materials: a book of Private Investigator at the Gioconda Copyright for Advertisements Marriage Equality Comes to training resources for the three-day Law Group PLLC (2013). in Historical Perspective, which Hawaii: #TBT and 20 Years of program, and a book of hearing appeared in Volume 59, Issue 2 Marriage History, Towleroad tools, including links to important Scholarly Presentations of The Journal of the Copyright (November 2013). web sites, and hundreds of decision Panelist, “Fashion Law & Society of the U.S.A,, was chosen for templates. (December 2013). Technology: 3D Printing and Its the Charles B. Seton Award (August Media References Legal Implications” at New York 2013). and Appearances Dean W.M. Leslie Law School (November 2013). Further Battles on Same-Sex Scholarly Presentations Lawrence P. Schnapf ’84 Panelist, “Fashion Law: The Marriage Expected in 2014, Voice Panel participant, “Writing in Media References Opportunities and Threats of 3D of America (December 2013). Law Practice: An Introduction for and Appearances Printing” at New York County After DOMA: What’s Next for First-Year Students,” New York Law Bethpage Water District to Lawyers’ Association, New York Gay Married Couples?, New School (May 2013). Sue Northrop Grumman Over City (May 2013). Hampshire Public Radio (June Contamination, Newsday Paul Bennett Marrow ’69 2013). Media References (November 2013). Publications and Appearances Benjamin Weinstock Can an Arbitrator Conduct Sonja Shield Intellectual Property in the Fashion Appointments Independent Legal Research? If Testimonies and Legal World, Trademarksandbrands. Not, Why Not, New York State Consultation Elected Chair of the New York com (September 2013). 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FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS 37 Career Connections Events The Law School’s popular series of Career Connections events continued throughout 2013. Each gathering featured a diverse mix of some of our most distinguished alumni working in specific practice areas. The alumni speakers shared how the legal training they received at New York Law School prepared them for success in their careers, and offered students insights into how to build their own careers.

On March 6, 2013, Marc Lasry ’84, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group, spoke to the Law School community about his experience turning a family business into a multibillion- dollar hedge fund and his time as a fundraiser for the Democratic Party.

To view the full photo gallery for this event, please visit www.nyls.edu/MarcLasry2013.

On November 5, 2013, the Law School highlighted alumni serving on the bench at a special Spotlight on Women in the Judiciary. Speakers included Hon. Susan Avery ’91, Kings County Housing Court; Hon. Julianne Capitola, Nassau County Family Court; Hon. Bernice Siegal ‘85, Queens County Supreme Court; and Hon. Faviola Soto ’78, New York State Court of Claims.

To view the full photo gallery for this event, please visit www.nyls.edu/WomenJudiciary2013.

38 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 A lUMni Receptions

June 19, 2013: Dean’s Council Dinner Members of the Dean’s Council came together for a special dinner in the Law School’s Fifth Floor Lounge and Terrace. Members were treated to cocktails and dinner while hearing important updates on Law School activities from Dean Crowell. The Dean’s Council recognizes generous alumni and friends who contribute $5,000 or more to the Annual Fund.

To view the full photo gallery for this event, please visit www.nyls.edu/DeansCouncilDinner2013.

June 25, 2013: John Marshall Harlan Fellowship Cocktail Reception Members of the John Marshall Harlan Fellowship were hosted by New York Law School Board Member Charles Phillips ’93 at Infor, where he serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. The John Marshall Harlan Fellowship recognizes generous alumni and friends who contribute $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund.

To view the full photo gallery for this event, please visit www.nyls.edu/HarlanFellowship2013.

July 10, 2013: Hon. Roger J. Miner ’56 Reading Room Dedication Members of the Law School Community gathered for the dedication of the Hon. Roger J. Miner ’56 Reading Room. The dedication was attended by members of the Miner family, the Judge’s former clerks, and members of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. One of the highlights of the dedication was the reading of a letter written by New York State Senator and Judge Miner’s former law clerk Kristen Gillibrand. The room, which houses Judge Miner’s archives from his time on the Second Circuit, is located in the Mendik Library and open for all students and alumni. Judge Miner’s widow, Jackie Miner, who was a Guest of Honor at the Reading Room dedication last July, passed away in January. The NYLS community extends condolences to her family.

To view the full photo gallery for this event, please visit www.nyls.edu/MinerReadingRoom2013.

To learn more about becoming a member of the Dean’s Council or the John Marshall Harlan Fellowship, or to make a contribution to the Hon. Roger J. Miner ’56 Reading Room, contact Tara Tomlinson, Assistant Vice President of Development, at 212.431.2808 or [email protected].

ALUMNI EVENTS 39 Alumni Weekend 2013 @NYLS

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40 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 To view the full photo gallery for this event, please visit www.nyls.edu/alumniweekend2013.

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April 12-13, 2013

New York Law School welcomed back nearly 200 alumni at its annual Alumni Weekend held on Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, 2013.

The weekend commenced Friday evening with the Dean’s Reunion Celebration at Gracie Mansion, where alumni from classes ending in ‘3’ and ‘8’ convened to reunite and reminisce with old friends and classmates and to hear from Dean Crowell.

On Saturday, alumni from all classes came to the Law School for an array @NYLS of events including a free Ethics CLE course given by Professor Rebecca Roiphe; the Alumni Association Annual Meeting; the Dean’s State of the Law School Brunch, which honored Murray Koven ’38 on his 75th Reunion; and our annual all-alumni casino night and dinner held at the Russian Tea Room. •

ALUMNI EVENTS 41 Compiled by Melissa Pentangelo Class Notes

42 NNewew YoYorkrk Law sschoochool magazmagaziinene • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Sysco Corporation made headlines on December 9, 2013, when it announced that it was planning to buy rival food distributor US Foods from its majority shareholders—and New York Law School alumni were actively involved on both sides of the deal. Peter Puk ’07 and Brian Drozda ’08, both associates at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, were part of team that advised Goldman Sachs, which is providing committed bridge financing to Sysco for the deal. Steven Slutzky ’93, a corporate partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, along with two colleagues and a team from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, advised US Foods in connection with the transaction. According to American Lawyer magazine, the deal, “worth $8.2 billion once assumed debt is factored in,… solidifies Sysco’s position as the world’s largest broadline food distributor and creates a combined company that expects to generate about $65 billion in annual revenues.”

Class Notesand Souls” in Jewish World San is a family court judge and star of   Diego in December 2013. the reality court room show Judge   1951 Judy. (New York Daily News) 1971 Lloyd Hull was profiled about his Jerome I. Katz writes that he Michael Weisser was featured life in Greenwich, Connecticut, was recognized by Super Lawyers in “Woodbridge Medical in “It’s All About Family at Hull   and Best Lawyers for his work in 1965 Marijuana Dispensary Opens” House” in the Greenwich Citizen in personal injury litigation. He is a in The Woodbridge Patch in November 2013. He is an attorney Steven E. Pegalis was named to the partner at Gair, Gair, Conason, December 2013 about a medical in Greenwich, where he has lived 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & marijuana dispensary he opened since 1958. (Greenwich Citizen). in America. He is a member of Rubinowitz in New York. the NYLS Board of Trustees and in Woodbridge, New Jersey. a founding partner of Pegalis & Weisser and his son, David, also Erickson LLC in Lake Success, New run nonprofit medical marijuana   York. For the fourth consecutive dispensaries in Colorado.   1960 year, the law firm was given the Tier 1972 Aaron Fodiman writes that he has One top ranking as a 2014 “Best Hon. John P. Walsh was received the 2013 History Maker Law Firm” by U.S. News – Best   appointed in July 2013 to a panel award from the Dunedin, Florida, Lawyers (Best Lawyers in America) 1969 reviewing as many as 50 trial Historical Society in recognition of convictions involving a detective Jeffrey L. Sapir writes that William K. Weisenberg was the his contributions to the community whose work may have sent he celebrated his 34th year as recipient of the 2013 American over the past 30 years. He is the innocent men to prison. He is a Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for Bar Association Grassroots publisher and editor of the Tampa retired judge of the Kings County the Southern District of New York. Advocacy Award in April 2013, Bay Magazine and is the author of Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New He is the owner of the Law Office the 2013 National Association several books. York . (The New York Times) of Jeffrey L. Sapir in White Plains, of Bar Executives Bolton Award New York. in August 2013, and the 2013 Ohio Center for Law Related   Judy Sheindlin, along with Education Founders’ Award in   1962 two federal judges, presided at a September 2013. He is an assistant 1973 naturalization ceremony at the executive director for public affairs, Arlene S. Moskowitz writes that Avram B. Segall writes that he Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in government relations, and diversity she published an article with her spent the month of July 2013 November 2013. “This is a first initiatives for the Ohio State Bar husband, Joel A. Moskowitz, titled teaching at Tianjin University in for me, and at my age, there aren’t Association. “Singing Is Good For Your Health many firsts anymore,” she said. She China as an invited instructor in

CLASS NOTES 43 the Montclair State University at Ceconi & Cheifetz LLC in and Reuters in June 2013, when Teaching in English program. He   Summit, New Jersey. she argued before the New York has been an Associate Professor 1977 Supreme Court Appellate Division, in the Department of Political K athryn E. Freed was re-elected Robert J. McDonald was re- First Department, in favor of Science and Law at Montclair as a judge on the New York City elected as a justice on the New Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s State University, in Montclair, Civil Court in Manhattan, 2nd York State Supreme Court, Queens 16-ounce limit on the size of New Jersey, for 34 years while Judicial District, in November County,11th Judicial District, in soda sold in specified venues. She maintaining a practice in Clifton, 2013. November 2013. is a senior counsel at the New New Jersey. York City Law Department in Manhattan.     Robert E. O’Neill joined Freeh   1978 1981 Group International Solutions 1975 Stephen E. Erickson was named K enneth Citarella was elected to LLC as managing director in the James P. Pagano writes that he is to the 2014 edition of TheBest serve as a member of the New York firm’s new Miami, Florida, office the Co-Chair of the Bankruptcy Lawyers in America in November City Bar Association’s Professional in April 2013. He was previously Committee at the New York 2013. He is a founding partner of Responsibility Committee for United States Attorney for the County Lawyers’ Association and Pegalis & Erickson LLC in Lake a three-year term beginning in Middle District of Florida. was on a panel of questioners at Success, New York. And for the September 2013. He was featured Vincent Viola completed his the association’s public hearing fourth consecutive year, the law in New York Business Journal purchase of the Florida Panthers in December on the continuing firm was ranked Tier One, the top under “People on the Move” in professional hockey team in impact of budget cuts on the ranking as a 2014 “Best Law Firm” September 2013. He is managing September 2013. His acquisition of administration of justice. He is the by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. director at Guidepost Solutions the team was discussed in a number owner of James Pagano, Attorney LLC in New York. of publications, including Sports at Law in New York. Michael J. Soltis was recognized by New England Super Lawyers for Andrew Patel was quoted in Illustrated, The Miami Herald, the his work in Employment and Labor / “‘Bribe Pol’ Claims Bharara’s Sun-Sentinel, Pantagraph.com, Gant Employment Litigation: Defense in Pension Comments Will Prevent Daily, and The Washington Post. In   2013. His article, “Posts of Future ‘Fair Trial’” in The New York Post in addition, his home was featured in 1976 Openings Haunt Hospital in November 2013. He is a criminal “Upper East Side Mansion: Lavish defense attorney in Manhattan. on Every Level” in The New York Sybil Shainwald authored an Equal Employment Opportunity (The New York Post) Times in December 2013. article in the fall 2013 issue of the Commission (EEOC) Americans William & Mary Journal of Women with Disabilities (ADA) Suit,” was and the Law. The article is titled published in The National Law “Reproductive Injustice in the New Review in December 2013. He is     Millennium.” an office managing shareholder 1982 1983 at Jackson Lewis in Stamford, Herbert K. Sudfeld Jr. writes that Connecticut. (The National Law Telesforo Del Valle was appointed Brad L. Berman he was elected to a three-year term Review) in July 2013 to a panel reviewing joined the New York (2012-2015) as Zone 9 Governor as many as 50 trial convictions office of Norton (representing Bucks, Chester, involving a detective whose work Rose Fulbright Delaware, and Montgomery may have sent innocent men to in October 2013 Counties) on the Board of   prison. He is a senior partner at as shipping Governors of the Pennsylvania 1979 Del Valle & Associates in New finance partner. Bar Association. In addition he James Charne was featured in York . (The New York Times) He focuses his serves as the Board’s liaison to “The Magic of Magic Sam” inThe practice on maritime Scott H. Greenfield was quoted the Legal Services to the Public Wall Street Journal in November and corporate finance; in “Global Finance: Goldman Committee and the Collaborative 2013. He is an attorney at The offshore incorporation, including Ordered to Pay Legal Fees in Law Committee. He is a partner at Law Offices of James Charne Marshall Islands and Liberian law; Code-Theft Case,” inThe Wall Curtin & Heefner LLP with offices in California. (The Wall Street and private wealth planning. Street Journal in October 2013. in Morrisville and Doylestown, Journal) He is a criminal defense lawyer Kenneth Rubenstein was elected Pennsylvania, where he practices in New York, practicing as Scott president of the American in the areas of commercial real Cary B. Cheifetz was elected H. Greenfield, Attorney and Technion Society, New York estate law, zoning and land a Diplomate in the American Counselor at Law. He is also of Metropolitan Region, in October development, and liquor licensing College of Family Trial Lawyers in counsel at Hull McGuire PC. 2013. He is co-head of the Patent and enforcement law. June 2013, a designation awarded to only 100 matrimonial lawyers in Law Group at Proskauer Rose LLP Fay S. Ng was featured in the New the United States. He is a partner in New York. York Daily News, AM New York,

44 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 John W. Schryber joined Reed October 2013 on the subject of Patent Public Advisory Committee Smith’s Washington, D.C., office as “The Basics of Arbitrating Before   for the United States Patent and partner in the insurance recovery the Financial Industry Regulatory 1987 Trademark Office in December group in October 2013. He Authority.” He practices in his own Bruce Czachor joined the New 2013. She is partner and head of represents corporate policy holders firm in Huntington, New York. York office of Duane Morris as a the New York Intellectual Property against insurance companies. partner in the Corporate Practice Group at Arent Fox LLP. Bruce A. Colbath joined Group in May 2013. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Alan Muraidekh joined the White Hampton as a partner in the firm’s Plains, New York, office of Eckert   Antitrust and Trade Regulation Seamans Cherin and Mellott LLC 1984 practice group in December 2013.   as an associate in the litigation Mark Garscia was appointed He is based in the firm’s New York 1988 division in November 2013. He office. focuses his practice on a variety to the Executive Committee Paul L. Alpert was elected as of the Los Angeles County Bar of commercial litigation disputes, Nicholas F. Pellitta was appointed a judge on the New York City Foundation in 2013. He is a including Federal Employers’ Chairman of the Board of the Civil Court, Bronx County, in partner at Christie Parker & Hale Liability Act matters and other Raritan Valley Community November 2013. LLP in Pasadena, California. railroad matters. College Foundation in October Scott Siller was elected as a Nassau 2013. He is a member of Norris James S. Oddo was elected Staten Marc Lasry was featured in Forbes County district court judge on McLaughlin & Marcus P.A. and Island Borough President by magazine’s “400 Richest Lawyers” November 2013 and took office based in its Bridgewater, New the widest margin of victory in list in September 2013. He was in January 2014. (New York Law Jersey, office. (Norris McLaughlin the borough’s history. With 100 also featured in “Obama’s Library, Journal, The Island Now) Advisers’ Dream” in The New York & Marcus, P.A.) percent of the districts reporting, Times in December 2013. He is the Oddo received 70 percent of the Larry S. Schachner writes that Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, vote in November 2013. (Staten he was elected to the New York and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Island Advance) (See story, page 6.) State Supreme Court for the 12th   Group in New York. 1989 Judicial District in Bronx County Thomas P. Quaadman wrote “A Jeffrey W. Berkman writes that he Richard J. Moylan was featured in November 2013. New Vision For Proxy Advice? Best has published Due Diligence and in “In the Business of Death, But Practices And Core Principles For the Business Transaction: Getting Never Living in Fear of It” in The The Development, Dispensation, a Deal Done with Apress in late New York Times in July 2013. He And Receipt Of Proxy Advice” 2013. He is the founding principal is the President of Greenwood   in the April 2013 edition of 1986 of The Berkman Law Firm, with Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. offices in Manhattan and Baldwin, (The New York Times) David N. Kelley was featured in He is Vice President of the U.S. “Audit of City Crime Statistics Ne w York . Chamber Center for Capital Betty J. Williams was elected as a Finds Mistakes by Police” in The Markets Competitiveness. Michael F. Sarney justice on the New York Supreme New York Times in July 2013. He joined the Patent Court, Kings County, 2nd Judicial is a partner at Cahill Gordon & and Trademark District, in November 2013. Reindel LLP in New York. (The Practices group New York Times)   of Moritt Hock 1992 & Hamroff. He Heidi S. Minuskin was named Henry Bunis was featured in “Like joins the firm as   partner at the Morristown, New Father Like Son” in Tennis World in of counsel in the 1985 Jersey, office of Coughlin Duffy July 2013. Formerly a professional New York office, Thomas S. Brooks was named LLP in August 2013. (New Jersey tennis player, he worked for concentrating in patent to the American Indian College Law Journal) JPMorgan and is now retired and litigation, trademark prosecution Fund’s Board of Trustees in May getting back into tennis. (Tennis Caryn B. Siebert writes that and trademark litigation. (Moritt 2013. He is Vice President of World) her company, Carl Warren Hock & Hamroff ) AT&T External and Legislative & Company, in Santa Ana, Affairs in New York. Neil H. Butterklee co-authored an California, won the 2013 National article for the Energy Law Journal Sean Campbell ESOP Company of the Year award   entitled, “Buyer-Side Mitigation writes that he in May 2013. She is the President 1991 in Organized Capacity Markets: was a speaker and Chief Executive Officer. Time for a Change?” He is an at St. John’s Marylee Jenkins has been assistant general counsel with Con University School reappointed by U.S. Secretary of Edison in Manhattan. (Energy Law of Law’s CLE Commerce Penny Pritzker for Journal) Fall Weekend in a further term of service to the

CLASS NOTES 45 Dan Mullin was the honored guest in The New York Times in September 2nd Judicial District, in Nebraska at the New York Law School Law 2013. He was elected executive in December 2013. The news was   Review’s Year-End Reception in director of the Board of Elections in featured in the Journal Democrat 2001 March 2013 celebrating the 2012- August 2013. (The New York Times) and the San Francisco Chronicle. Lavanya Pisupati was named 13 academic year. He is the Senior a 2013 Rising Star by The New Kevin Ward was named Jonathan R. Miko writes that he Vice President of Investigations for York Law Journal in April 2013. commanding officer of Patrol was named Chief Executive Officer Major League Baseball. She is deputy bureau chief in the Borough Queens South in July of Alacrity Renovation Services New York City Law Department’s 2013, promoted from New York LLC in Eugene, Oregon, in June Bronx office.The ( New York Law Police Department Assistant Chief. 2013. He previously held the title Journal)   (Queens Chronicle) of Chief Operations Officer and 1994 General Counsel. Thomas H. Prolwas elected to Steven A. Llorens was featured serve as Second Vice President in “How to Compete Against a   of the New Jersey State Bar Corporate Giant—and Win” in 1997   Association in July 2013. (New CNN Money and “Skiing Accident 1999 Jersey State Bar Association) Kicks Entrepreneur into New N ancy L. Berkowitz was featured Career” in NJ Biz in September in “Simplifying the Ultimate E lura Nanos and Michelle Sileo Preethi Sekharan joined the 2013. He is the co-founder of Wish List” in the Bergen Record in were featured in “Law School Florida firm Gunster’s business Strutz, which manufactures May 2013. She is the president of Friends Score a Reality TV Show” litigation team as of counsel in orthotic supports. MyRegistry.com. (Bergen Record) in the ABA Journal in May 2013 September 2013. She is based in discussing their show Staten Island the firm’s Stuart, Florida, office. Carolyn Richmond was quoted in Dakota Ramseur was elected as Law. They co-founded Lawyer Up, “Leaving a Tip: A Custom in Need a judge on the New York City an educational company for law of Changing?” in The New York Civil Court, New York County, in students. (ABA Journal) Times in September 2013. She is a November 2013.   partner in the New York office of 2003 John R. Vreeland was named Fox Rothschild, where she co-chairs Douglas Henderson Jr.’s book, a partner at Genova Burns the firm’s Hospitality Practice   Endeavor to Persevere: A Memoir Giantomasi Webster in Newark, Group. (The New York Times) 2000 on Jimmy Connors, Arthur Ashe, New Jersey, in July 2013. He is Marc A. Bender was honored at Tennis and Life, came out in director of the Wage & Hour The Young Jewish Professionals paperback in April 2013. He is Compliance Practice Group and Finance and Hedge Fund Summit an employment specialist at a member of the Labor Law Practice   in New York as a Rising Star nonprofit agency. Group. (Genova Burns Giantomasi 1995 in May 2013. He is the Senior Webster) John E. Estes was one of the Managing Director and Global Harris Kaufman was promoted lawyers who represented Amgen Head of Acceleration and Seeding from staff attorney to associate Inc. in successfully closing its at Cantor Fitzgerald. in the transactional real estate $10.4 billion acquisition of Onyx   group at Kasowitz Benson Torres Pharmaceuticals Inc. in October 1998 Mark A. Konkel joined Kelley & Friedman LLP in Manhattan in 2013. He is a member of the Drye’s New York office as a partner October 2013. Michael R. Dal Lago has joined NYLS Board of Trustees and a in the Labor and Employment the Naples, Florida, office of Virginia Markovich partner at Sullivan & Cromwell group in October 2013. Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP as a joined Cozen LLP in New York. partner in its Creditors’ Rights, Gabriel G. Matus writes that he O’Connor’s Timothy McIlwain in September Reorganization & Bankruptcy became Senior Vice President Subrogation 2013 helped negotiate a historic Area practice in March 2013. and General Counsel of eMagin & Recovery settlement, along with The Lanier (Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP) Corporation, based in Bellvue, Department as Law Firm, for thousands of current Washington, in May 2013 and partner in the Jean-Claude Lanza was named and former NCAA student-athletes was designated Chief Ethics New York office in counsel to Patterson Belknap who sued video game giant EA Officer in September 2013. November 2013. Web & Tyler LLP in New York in Sports and the Collegiate Licensing December 2013. He practices in Thomas P. McDaid writes John D. Rutenberg writes that Company alleging the unauthorized the firm’s Corporate department, that he became the Assistant he was named a Senior Market use of their names and likenesses. focusing on cross-border corporate Superintendent for Business Affairs Manager of Commercial Banking He is a trial lawyer in New Jersey. finance. and Human Resources for the Locus for TD Bank, N.A. for northern Michael Ryan was quoted in Valley Central School District in coastal South Carolina in Stefanie Martinez was appointed “Elections Board Rings in the Old, as New York in August 2013. November 2013. to the Papillion County Court, Lever Machines Replace Scanners”

46 New York Law school magazine • 2014 • VOL. 33, NO. 1 Jamie L. Nardiello Viola was who’s getting hired today, and why. Samantha J. Levenstein was promoted to principal in the New He is Founder and Chief Executive named by Institutional Investor’s   York office of Zetlin & De Chiara Officer of Mimesis Productions Money Management Intelligence 2011 LLP in July 2013. She was named LLC. as a Hedge Fund Rising Star in Courtney Patterson was featured to the Engineering-News Record’s February 2013. She is a portfolio in “Planned Parenthood Director List of Top 20 under 40 Industry advisor at Aksia in New York. Aims to Show NJ Legislators Professionals in February 2013. (Institutional Investor) Women’s Health Advocates Are   Paying Attention,” a video interview 2007 Cary London was named a 2013 with NJ Today in September 2013. Rising Star by the New York Law Joseph Carbon was promoted to She is the political field director for Journal in April 2013. He is a trial   associate attorney at the Greeley, Planned Parenthood of New Jersey. 2004 attorney at Brooklyn Defender Colorado, office of Personal (NJ Today) Marissa T. Jones Finance Co. in August 2013. Services in New York. (The New Sheen joined the York Law Journal) David Pepper was featured as New York office Jennifer Addonizio Rozen was a presenter in November 2013 Michelle Schenandoah was of Goldberg named partner at Fishman and at a public meeting of the U.S. featured on The White House Segalla LLP as Mallon LLP in New York in Commodity Futures Trading Blog in “Michelle’s Story: This an associate in December 2013. Commission, where he is an is Why College Affordability April 2013. She Advisor-Advisor. is So Important.” She is a law is a member of clerk at Crisafulli Gorman PC in the firm’s Global Adam R. Seldon joined the Fayetteville, New York. (The White Insurance Services   Melville, New York, office of Littler 2008 House Blog) Practice. (Goldberg Segalla LLP) Mendelson as an associate in May Maureen Grosdidier was quoted 2013. Alex J. Tolston was appointed in “Animal Advocates Irked By as general counsel and corporate Dog Abuser’s Light Sentence” in Darren Shield was quoted in secretary of the of Hemisphere New York Daily News in December “Microsoft Office 2013 License   Media Group Inc., based in Coral 2005 2013. She is an assistant district Limits One Install Per Computer” Gables, Florida, in June 2013. in Digital Trends in February 2013. Rigodis Appling was quoted in attorney in the Bronx County He is an associate at Powley & “Unarmed Man Is Charged With District Attorney’s Office.New ( Christina N. Villecco was Gibson PC in New York. (Digital Wounding Bystanders Shot by York Daily News) promoted to compliance director Trends) Police Near Times Square” in The in the Melville, New York, office of Johanna E. Miller writes that she New York Times in December Pilot Benefits Group in 2013. was named advocacy director at the Alana T. Sliwinski joined the 2013. She is an attorney with the New York Civil Liberties Union New York office of Zetlin & De Legal Aid Society in New York. in New York in October 2013. Chiara LLP as an associate in October 2013, focusing on the Adam Gana was named one of She also taught the Legislative   representation of corporations the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the Advocacy Clinic at NYLS in the 2010 in complex litigation, including United States by the National Trial Fall. K atherine A. Greenier was named construction defects, real estate, Lawyers Association in October Erin Miner gave remarks at director of the Reproductive environmental, and professional 2013. He is a managing partner at The New York Law School Law Freedom Project of the American liability matters. Gana LLP in New York. Review Alumni Network Second Civil Liberties Union of Virginia Annual Fall Reception in New in August 2013. She was quoted Trevor Timm was awarded the York in October 2013. She is Vice in The New York Times article, 2013 Hugh M. Hefner First   President and Counsel at Credit “Virginia Abortion Clinic Rules Amendment Award in May 2013. 2006 Suisse in New York. Get Final Approval,” in April 2013. He was featured in “Daily Report: (The New York Times) Tech Giants Call for Curbs on Lee Pacchia conducted an Government Surveillance” in The interview, “Dean: Law Firms Amie L. Stepanovich was quoted in New York Times in December. ‘Support’ NYLS’s 2 Year Degree   “More Data on Privacy, but Picture Is He was also named to Forbes Program” with Dean Anthony 2009 No Clearer” in The New York Times magazine’s 30 Under 30 list for W. Crowell on Bloomberg Law in in June 2013. She was also named to Andrea Y. Lee was a featured law and policy In January 2014. September 2013. 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CLASS NOTES 47  2012   2013  In Memoriam David M. Brown joined the Steven Cohen’s article, “Can Class of 1950 Class of 1969 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, office Obamacare Improve Patient Seymour Gelfand Albert Copersino of Montgomery McCracken Safety? Tort Reform Hasn’t”, was August 20, 2013 December 25, 2012 Walker & Rhoads LLP as an published in Forbes in October associate in the firm’s commercial 2013, and his “$130 Million Class of 1950 Class of 1973 litigation practice in September Verdicts Don’t Raise Medical Miles Suchin Lawrence Solotoff 2013. (Montgomery McCracken Costs” was published in Bloomberg September 24, 2013 January 24, 2014 Walker & Rhoads LLP) Opinion in August 2013. He was Class of 1950 Class of 1974 also featured in The Wall Street Robert Tamarin Cecelia Rosenberg Daniels Mary G. Herms writes that she Journal article “Steve Cohen: February 21, 2014 May 28, 2012 was named director of Investor Minimum Wage for Interns? It Relations at Advantage Insurance Misses the Point” in January 2013. Class of 1976 Holdings Ltd. in London in Class of 1951 Arnon I. Sincoff October 2013. Rob J. Rodgers was appointed Anthony Cerchiara September 25, 2013 an assistant district attorney August 25, 2013 Nicholas W. in Queens in September 2013. Class of 1979 Maiorano joined Class of 1951 (Queens Gazette) Edward Hamlin III the Newburgh, Julian Leslie Weller September 13, 2012 New York, office Dmitriy Shakhnevich’s article, September 12, 2013 of Finkelstein “The Nickel or Not?,” written with Class of 1953 Class of 1980 & Partners as Charles A. Ross, was published in Donal P. Duff John T. Chambers an associate Ethisphere Magazine in November January 17, 2014 July 6, 2012 personal injury 2013. He is a law clerk at Charles attorney in July 2013. A. Ross & Associates in New York. Class of 1980 Class of 1954 (Finkelstein and Partners) (Ethisphere Magazine) Grace S. Fleischman Theodore Decker September 11, 2013 Jamie Sinclair presented a Hanoch Sheps published “Update: October 7, 2013 discussion about the New York Artist Resale Royalty Rights—Is a Class of 1980 Class of 1954 Law School Law Review’s study and US Droit de Suite in our Future?” Dennis Gagnon Sanford Moore report on the participation rate in It’s Art Law in December 2013. December 10, 2011 July 7, 2013 of women and minorities as law He is a clerk at Gene Shapiro Class of 1982 review editors in November 2013. Auctions LLC in New York. (It’s Class of 1957 Eugene Callender She is an associate at Goldstein, Art Law) Stanley Marcus November 2, 2013 Rikon, Rikon and Houghton PC in September 16, 2013 Ne w York . Gadi Zohar, a founding member of Class of 1983 Krumholz & Zohar in Cranberry, Class of 1958 Michael H. Cooper Ramsen Youash joined New Jersey, hosted an open house William Crosbie May 27, 2013 the New York office in November 2013 at the firm. My( October 21, 2013 of Jacoby & Meyers Central Jersey). • Class of 1985 as a trial attorney Class of 1959 Laura Enteen in the firm’s Robert Berman December 8, 2013 Personal Injury October 23, 2013 Department in Class of 1985 Class of 1959 July 2013. The Kathleen A. Frawley Anthony Sangiuolo firm is an affiliate of June 28, 2013 Finkelstein & Partners. August 9, 2013 Class of 1987 Class of 1961 Richard Von Oesen Boggs James Cassidy February 4, 2013 September 15, 2013 Send us your news! Class of 1991 New York Law School Magazine would like to hear from you! Class of 1961 Karen P. Rodgers-Dennis Please let us know about your professional accomplishments, William Kardaras January 28, 2013 personal milestones, and/or any other news you would like to July 16, 2013 share with the New York Law School community. Send us your Class of 1964 news via e-mail to [email protected] or via the Web at George Ketterer www.nyls.edu/magazine. Date of death unknown

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