FACULTY & STAFF RECOGNITIONS – FALL 2018

Professor Noa Ben-Asher participated in a conference at Queen Mary University of Law (6/14-6/15). The conference was for all book contributors (Professor Ben- Asher included) to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Law and Humanities (Forthcoming 2019).

Adjunct Professor John Bandler published his article “Prepare for and plan against a cyberattack” in the July 2018 ABA Journal. Click here to read.

Professor Jonathan Brown, Director of the Food and Beverage Law Clinic, had his article “Beyond Corporate Form: A Response to Dan Depasquale, Surbhi Sarang, and Natalie Bump Vena’s Forging Food Justice Through Cooperatives in New York City” published in the Fordham Urban Law Journal. It is an invited response piece originating from the Fordham Urban Law Journal’s 2017 Cooper- Walsh Colloquium. Click here to read. Professor Brown's article "Nurturing a More Just and Sustainable Food System: The First Year of Pace Law's Food and Beverage Law Clinic" was published in ABA's Natural Resources & Environment Summer 2018 Journal.

Professor Emeritus Jay Carlisle participated in the annual Westchester ethics program of the Committee on Professional Ethics of the New York State Bar Association. He was also honored on Friday, June 29 in Hudson, N.Y. by Operation Unite Education and Cultural Arts Center. Professor Carlisle has been on the Board of Directors for the past five years and was honored for his many hours of volunteer work assisting the officers, directors and staff of Operation Unite. Congratulations, Professor Carlisle! Professor Emeritus Jay Carlisle attended the Annual Reception for the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation in Chicago during the ABA Convention. He has been elected life fellow of the Foundation since 1990. Professor Carlisle was featured in the Westchester County Bar Association’s August issue of “Westchester Lawyer” for being honored on Friday, June 29, in Hudson, N.Y. by Operation Unite Education and Cultural Arts Center at their annual gala – click here to see. On September 25, Professor Carlisle presented his 30th annual lecture on Jurisdiction to the New York State Trial Lawyers Association in Manhattan. He is teaching the mandatory second year course in Professional Responsibility at Pace Law with Judge Daniel Angiolillo. Professor Carlisle's article on "Significant Developments in Jurisdiction" will appear in the October edition of the Westchester County Bar Journal. The article is co-authored with Pace Law graduate Matthew Shock.

Professor David Cassuto has been lecturing extensively throughout Brazil on a variety of topics in animal, water, and environmental law at a number of Brazilian universities, including UNIVALI, UNIVERITAS, and the Universidade de Caxias do Sul, where he was also recently named a visiting professor. You can listen to his most recent talk, which was in Florianopolis, here.

Professor and Co-Director of the Environmental Litigation Clinic Karl Coplan, was featured on E&E News in the article Clean Water Act 'ambulance chasers'? Firm raises eyebrows. You can read it here. Professor Karl Coplan’s article, The Missing Element of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis: Compensation for the Loss of Regulatory Benefits, was published in the Georgetown Environmental Law Review.

At the Annual Meeting on Law & Society held in Toronto, Canada on June 7- 10, 2018, Professor Bridget Crawford’s co-edited volume Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions (Cambridge University Press 2017) was featured in an Author-Meets-Reader session. Professor Bridget Crawford also presented her paper, “Is the Tampon Tax Constitutional?” in a panel discussion of Constitutional Structure and Gender Equality: New Directions in U.S. and Canadian Jurisprudence and she was the chair of a panel on “Sex, Mass Media and the Law.” On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court decided in South Dakota v. Wayfair, 585 U. S. ____ (2018), that a state can impose sales tax on an out- of-state vendor that lacks a physical presence in the jurisdiction. The majority opinion written by Justice Kennedy and joined by Justices Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, and Gorsuch favorably cited the amicus brief of Professor Bridget Crawford and over 50 other law professors who argued that the physical presence rule was anachronistic and caused states to lose an aggregate of between $694 million and $3 billion in tax revenue each year. “In the name of federalism and free markets,” the court overruled its prior precedent in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992). A copy of the law professors’ amicus brief is available here. Professor Bridget Crawford is also one of 22 tax law professors who filed an Amicus Brief in support of the Appellees: Section 107 Housing Allowance For 'Ministers Of The Gospel' Violates The First Amendment's Establishment Clause. Click here. Additionally, Professor Crawford spoke to BBC World Services about India's repeal of the tampon tax and menstrual equality. She is featured in BBC's World Business Report - listen here. Professor Bridget Crawford and Professor Emily Waldman have written a new article, "The Unconstitutional Tampon Tax," arguing that the sales tax on menstrual hygiene products violates Equal Protection Clause. It will be published in the University of Richmond Law Review - click here to read more. Professor Crawford also has a forthcoming publication in the Boston University Law Review - "Tax Talk and Reproductive Technology" - click here and here to read more.

Professor Jason J. Czarnezki, Executive Director of the Environmental Law Program, lectured on Eco-Labels, Neo-Liberalism and Private Environmental Governance in Copenhagen on August 28. Click here to read more. On August 30, he gave a talk about green public procurement at Ghent University. Professor Jason Czarnezki’s Utah Law Review article, The Neoliberal Turn in Environmental Regulation, was cited in a Huffington Post Article – click here to read more. Professor Jason Czarnezki was selected to be on the Fulbright Program Specialist Roster. Click here to learn more. A draft chapter on Eco- Labeling by Professor Jason Czarnezki and Professor Margot Pollans is now available - click here.

For the past year and a half, Professor David Dorfman has been preparing to defend his clients in the AIM pipeline protester trial. On July 27, 2018, Professor Dorfman successfully won a trial order of dismissal after a week of trial, including intense oral argument. Three of Professor Dorfman's clients are relieved of the charges they faced, whereas the remaining three resume their defense case on the basis of Necessity in the fall. Professor Dorfman's clients were alleged to have climbed inside the pipeline and refused to leave for 18 hours in protest of a new high capacity pipeline conveying fracked gas from Pennsylvania, across NY state, under the Hudson River and junctioning within the footprint of the notorious Indian Point nuclear power plant in northern Westchester. Professor Dorfman has been assisted on preparation of the case by students in the Environmental Litigation Clinic and the Criminal Justice Clinic. The trial was covered on Channel 12 news Westchester and the case was also recently featured in The Journal News - read more here. Professor David Dorfman is quoted in the VICE News article A Grandma Chained Herself Inside a Ford Pinto to Try to Stop a Fracked Gas Pipeline in West Virginia – you can read more here.

At the Annual Meeting on Law & Society held in Toronto, Canada on June 7-10, 2018, Professor Linda Fentiman’s book, Blaming Mothers: American Law and the Risks the Children’s Health (NYU Press 2017) was featured in an Author- Meets-Reader session. Professor Linda Fentiman authored a blog post on the University of Minnesota’s The Gender Policy Report titled: “Shaming and Blaming Mothers Under the Law: It’s Time We Stop Expecting Mothers to Be Perfect” – click here.

Professor Emeritus Jim Fishman, an admitted addict of the genre of detective fiction and crime novels, discussed the nineteenth century origins of detective fiction, and focused on the so-called “golden age” of the Anglo-American detective story-- the period between the World Wars-- and beyond. He offered vignettes of the leading writers, a surprising number of whom used pseudonyms and were distinguished in other fields. Finally, he recommended some authors and novels that may be unfamiliar. Professor Fishman also remains in the top downloaded authors with the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Professor Bennett Gershman was quoted in the article, GOP Lawmakers Want Criminal Investigation Over Cagle Recording. You can read it here. In June, Professor Ben Gershman testified in a capital murder case. Read about the case here. Professor Gershman is also quoted in the Clarion Ledger article, Was Curtis Flowers the only suspect in the Tardy Furniture Store murders? Click here to read. Professor Bennett Gershman was quoted in the Esquire article, Mississippi's Lt. Governor Tried to Get a Road Built Straight from His Gated Community to a Mall. Click here to read. Professor Ben Gershman was quoted in the article Judge denies motion to remove DA's office in retrial of death penalty murder case. Click here to read. He was also quoted in the LA Times article Trump's former campaign chairman faces federal trial with a hint of a presidential pardon. Click here to read. Professor Ben Gershman was quoted in the article #MeToo takes a hit in Asia Argento underage sex case – click here to read. Professor Gershman was interviewed by News 12 on the “beginning of the end” for Trump– click here. On Tuesday, September 4, Professor Ben Gershman was on Bill O’Reilly’s podcast speaking about the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings – click here. He was also featured on News12 discussing the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings as well.

Professor Lissa Griffin provided an analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Currier v. Virginia, which took on the issue of double jeopardy. Profess Griffin notes, that in the decision, “the Supreme Court upheld the Virginia state courts’ conclusion that a defendant’s agreement to statutory severance of a felon-in-possession count from substantive burglary counts waived his right to invoke the issue-preclusion protection of the double jeopardy clause after he was acquitted of the substantive offenses.” You can read the piece here on SCOTUSblog. Professor Lissa Griffin’s article The Right to Effective Assistance of Appellate Counsel, 97 W. Va. L. Rev. 1, 23 (1994) was cited by the Indiana Appellate Court in Booker v. State, No. 49A02-1710-PC-2379 (Ind. Ct. App. June 29, 2018). She is cited on pp. 6-7.

Professor Jill Gross’s commentary on Epic Systems was featured on Arbitration Info. – click here to read – it was also featured on Indisputably.org – click here to read. Professor Jill Gross’ scholarship was quoted several times in the third circuit opinion in the case of Reading Health System v. Bear Stearns & Co., n/k/a J.P. Morgan Securities LLC – click here to read.

Professor John Humbach was featured as CALI’s “Author of the Week”. CALI stands for The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. Click here to read more. Professor John Humbach was quoted in the article ’s Trump Tape Release May Mean He’s Ready To Make A Deal, Experts Say. Click here to read.

Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh served as an invited discussion leader at the Sixth Annual Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship on May 31 - June 1 at Columbia Law School. She also attended the 64th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute in Victoria, B.C. where she presented her paper, Climate Change, the Legal Status Quo, and Malignant Normality, at the Natural Resources Law Teachers Workshop held on Saturday, July 21. She also attended the fourth meeting of the Environmental Law Collaborative in Essex, Massachusetts on July 24-26, where she participated in two days of round table discussions focused on Reframing Environmental Law in the Post-2020 World . Professor Kuh led a discussion on climate change and professional responsibility and was elected to the Board of the Environmental Law Collaborative. Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh discussed her paper, Judicial Climate Engagement, at Colorado Law, the UCSB Bren School of Environment, and Duke School of Law’s eleventh annual summer works-in-progress symposium focusing on climate change, energy and natural resources law and policy held at the Bren School on August 9-10.

Professor Randolph McLaughlin was quoted in the NY Post article “NYC has shelled out $348M in 5 years to settle NYPD suits” – read here. He was also quoted in the Journal News article “Unions face an uncertain future, even in labor-friendly New York” – read here.

At the Annual Meeting on Law & Society held in Toronto, Canada on June 7-10, 2018, Professor Vanessa Merton presented on “Reshaping the Focus of Law School Clinics in the Shadow of Radical Regime Change: How to Rebalance Our Pedagogical Priorities with the Demands of Rapid Response.” Professor Vanessa Merton attended the 2018 Immprof Conference and also presented at the AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education. Professor Vanessa Merton spoke to the Journal News about housing separated immigrant children in Westchester. You can read the article here. Professor Vanessa Merton, along with Congressman Eliot Engel, County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky, Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, Hastings Mayor Peter Swiderski, and several immigrant leaders, spoke at a rally for Family Freedom and Reunification sponsored by Concerned Families of Westchester, the Hudson Valley Community Coalition, and many other organizations at the VFW Plaza in Hastings-on- Hudson NY on Saturday, June 23. On Wednesday, July 11, Professor Vanessa Merton presented a general introduction of immigration law and practice to the Democratic Party Village Committee of Hastings-on-Hudson NY, with several public officials in attendance. The presentation was followed by lengthy and robust discussion of recent developments such as the seizure of children from their detained immigrant parents and subsequent deportation of parents without their children; the elimination of domestic violence and gang target grounds for asylum; the automatic placement into removal proceedings of immigrants whose applications for lawful status are denied, even they are entitled to re-apply; the politicization of the Immigration Courts; and the burgeoning growth of the immigration bar as Seattle, , New York City, Washington DC, San Francisco, and the states of New York and California ramp up free public defense programs for immigrants. Professor Vanessa Merton was quoted in the article Neighboring County Sheriffs Differ on How to Detain Immigrants. Click here to read. On July 25, Professor Merton participated in a multi-party consultation with Westchester County Attorney John Nonna about the proposed regulations of various County departments – Public Safety, Correction, Probation – to implement the Immigrant Protection Act, which was enacted earlier this spring. Professor Vanessa Merton was quoted in the article “Neighboring County Sheriffs Differ on How to Detain Immigrants” – click here.

On September 15, 2018, the First Annual Summit – Empowering Hispanics in Politics presented by the Hispanic Democrats of Westchester will be held at Pace Law. The event is cosponsored by Pace’s LALSA and will be held from 8:30AM-2:00PM on Saturday, September 15. The event is free of charge and you can register here. Recent Pace Law graduate, Jonathan Campozano, will be chairing the event. Professor Vanessa Merton will be a panelist, along with Jose Perez of PRLDEF (now LatinoJustice), on the topic of voting rights and election protection; other panelists include a State Senator, a State Assemblywoman, County officials, and various City, Town and Village mayors and legislators, etc. Over 60 representatives of immigrant advocacy organizations from Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, and Dutchess Counties gathered in the Tudor Room on Tuesday, August 28, for the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) Annual Regional Immigrant Issues Round Table to discuss current challenges and opportunities facing local immigrant communities, and develop effective local strategies for collaboration on legislative and regulatory proposals as well as help to establish statewide NYIC action priorities for the coming year. Professor Vanessa Merton, Pace Law students from the Immigration Justice Clinic, and Pace alumni with immigration practices participated, helping to lead small break-out groups focused on particular issues such as immigrant access to education and health care, wage theft and worker rights, and professional and driver’s licenses. Organizational officers expressed great appreciation for the warm welcome they found at the Law School.

A program on “Compassionate Release of Aging and Terminally Ill Prisoners: A Presentation and Discussion of a National Survey of American Medical Release Practices” was held on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Professor Michael Mushlin was a featured panelist. Professor Michael Mushlin’s Rights of Prisoners was cited by the 6th Circuit in Rhinehart v. Scutt, No. 17-2166 (6th Cir. June 28, 2018). He is cited on pp. 14-15.

At its recent Annual Conference, the New York Planning Federation awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor John Nolon, Founder of the Land Use Law Center. Professor John Nolon is a recipient of the 2018 Collins Award. The Arthur Collins Sr. Visionary Award for Leadership in Land Use is by the Urban Land Institute. The Award will be presented to Professor Nolon on Thursday, November 1 at the Coveleigh Club in Rye, NY. Click here to learn more. Congratulations, Professor Nolon!

On Wednesday, July 18, Dean Emeritus Richard Ottinger, Pace Law, and Pace University held a Side Event at the Ministerial Meeting of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Goals (HLPF) on “Reaching the 1.1 billion people without power through renewable energy.” Over 50 individuals attended the event from all over the world, from Nigeria to Chile. The Event was organized by Pace Law’s own Dean Emeritus Richard L. Ottinger, who also served as moderator of the event. Narinder Kakar, Adjunct Professor at Pace Law and former Permanent Observer of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), was also instrumental in organizing the event with Dean Emeritus Ottinger. Panelists included: Achinthi Vithanage (former Research Assistant with Haub Enviro Law), currently Visiting Associate Professor & Environmental Law Program Fellow with George Washington Law, Professor Vijay Modi, a Professor of Engineering at Columbia and an international expert on renewable energy to provide electricity access to unserved communities, Eco Matser, Global Coordinator for Climate Energy & Development with the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries in The Hague Netherlands, and Divyam Nagpal from the International Renewable Energy Agency.

On July 12, Professor Jason Parkin presented at a community forum on wage theft in Westchester County. The forum was organized by the Alianza Laboral de Westchester (Westchester Labor Alliance), a coalition of five community-based organizations serving low-wage, immigrant workers throughout Westchester. Professor Parkin discussed the findings of a Neighborhood Justice Clinic report on county-level legislation aimed at deterring wage theft and protecting workers. At the conclusion of the forum, the county legislators in attendance announced their support for the legislation.

Professor Margot Pollans’s new casebook, Food Law, was published in September by Wolters Kluwer. It is the first comprehensive food law casebook. It is coauthored by Jacob Gersen, of Harvard Law School, and Michael Roberts, of UCLA School of Law. In addition, Professor Margot Pollans's paper "Drinking Water Protection and Agricultural Exceptionalism,” which was published in 2016 by the Ohio State Law Journal, was selected as a finalist for this year’s annual best environmental scholarship in the Land Use & Environment Law Review. To read her paper click here. In August, Professor Pollans was a scholar in residence at Craigardan in the Adirondacks, where she presented her work on agricultural exceptionalism in environmental law. In October, Professor Pollans will present a new paper, Food Fascism, at the Academy of Food Law & Policy conference at Harvard Law School.

From July 29 to August 4, Professor Karl Rábago, Executive Director, Pace Energy and Climate Center, and his granddaughter, Avery Rábago (17), participated in the Empire State Ride from New York City to Niagara Falls. They rode along with 140 other riders on their tandem bicycle “built for two.” Karl rode the bike 561 miles in those 7 days, and in spite of some knee problems, Avery rode every day and completed 400 miles. More importantly, the riders raised over $660,000 in funds to support cancer research at the Roswell Park Institute in Buffalo. Professor Rábago was quoted in the City & State New York article How to get to ‘50 by 30’ – click here. Further, Karl Rábago and Radina Valova, Staff Attorney with the Pace Energy and Climate Center, led the Pace Energy and Climate Center’s participation in a recent ground-breaking electric utility case involving electric rates and “Power Sector Transformation” in Rhode Island. Karl testified on behalf of New Energy Rhode Island and successfully advocated for policies to advance clean energy solutions like efficient lighting, solar energy, and fair electric rates. Additionally, Professor Rábago and Radina Valova led the Pace Energy and Climate Center’s participation in major proceedings in Maryland relating to the electric utility of the future. Radina has appeared before the Maryland Public Service Commission to advocate for the adoption of a low-income electric vehicle car share program for Baltimore. Professor Rábago was also a keynote speaker at a Municipal Light Plant Summit conference held in Concord, MA. The Summit focused on advancing innovative strategies and initiatives in clean energy and climate emissions reductions at Massachusetts’ publicly-owned municipal light companies. (Jul. 23, 2018). And, Professor Karl Rábago and Radina Valova are also team-teaching this fall’s course in Energy Law. The course survey’s energy law principles and takes a deep dive on electric utility regulation.

Professor Nicholas A. Robinson lectured at the UN on an important Advisory Opinion of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights on June 4th. Seventy-five diplomats and UN legal officials attended. The topic of Professor Robinson’s presentation was: Environmental law: Is an Obligation Erga Omnes Emerging?” Adjunct Professor Victor Tafur presented Professor Nicholas Robinson’s statement at the High Level event “Global Pace for the Environment: A Tool in Implementing the 2030 Agenda” held at the United Nations on July 17. Click here to read it and click here to watch. Professor Nicholas Robinson participated on August 18-19, 2018, in an international conference on "Taking on the Doctrine of Discovery" at the "Ska-nonh - Great Law of Peace Center," located on the Onondaga Nation Territory. His participation continues Pace's involvement with the Onondaga Nation following the 2010 Elisabeth Haub Award for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigienous Peoples. The Mapuche Nation made an historic presentation to the Onondaga. The conference evaluated the continuing human rights denials flowing from the "Doctrine of Discovery" and the next steps in remedying these human rights abuses. Professor Nicholas Robinson was selected to receive the 2018 Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy from the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources.

Distinguished Criminal Justice Fellow Mimi Rocah spoke to the New York Law Journal and was quoted extensively in the June 11 article, Do Talking Head 'Experts' Have Special Ethical Responsibilities? – read it here. Mimi Rocah was quoted in the Bloomberg article, Mueller Obstruction Inquiry Leaves Trump Few Options With Cohen. You can read it here. Mimi Rocah spoke to Vice News about the Mueller probe. Click here to read more. On July 8, Mimi Rocah joined David Gura on MSNBC to discuss the Russia Investigation. Click here to see. On July 9, Mimi joined – click here to see. She was also on the 11th Hour with – see here. On July 10, Mimi Rocah was on with about Trump’s SCOTUS pick. She was also quoted in the Law & Crime article, Legal Experts Say Manafort Could Be Cutting Plea Deal as Judge Suddenly Delays Proceedings. You can read it here. She was also on the 11th Hour on MSNBC speaking about the Trump/Putin summit. Mimi Rocah spoke to Bloomberg about Mariia Butina, who is accused of brokering relationships with American and Russian officials so Russia could influence policy. Click here to read. Mimi Rocah published her article (with Daniel Goldman and Barbara McQuade), FBI Would’ve Been Derelict Not to Use Steele Dossier for the Carter Page FISA Warrant, in The Daily Beast. She also published her article (with Elie Honig), Michael Cohen’s Tape Sounds Like He Could Bring Down Trump, in The Daily Beast – click here to read. Click here to read. Mimi spoke with on MSNBC about Michael Cohen and a possible plea deal – click here. Mimi Rocah was on MSNBC discussing the Trump tapes – click here to see. Mimi was quoted in the Bloomberg article, Forget Collusion. Conspiracy’s the Watchword in Mueller’s Filings, click here to read. On July 30, Mimi was on Velshi & Ruhle talking about the Trump tapes and Rudy Giuliani – click here. She was also on Kasie DC on MSNBC – click here. On July 31, Mimi was on Mitchell Reports with Andrea Mitchell, she was also on with . On August 1, Mimi was on Meet the Press speaking about obstruction of justice – click here to see. She was also featured on Chuck Todd on August 1 speaking about Trump’s case against Mueller. On August 2, Mimi was on MSNBC’s Deadline White House. Mimi’s article (with Elie Honig), Paul Manafort’s Trial Should Be a Slam Dunk for Mueller, but One Big Thing Could Go Wrong, was published on the Daily Beast - click here to read. Mimi Rocah was featured in two articles on Rawstory.com – click here and here to read. She was quoted in the Bloomberg article Forget Collusion. Conspiracy’s the Watchword in Mueller’s Filings – click here to read. Raw Story featured Mimi Rocah regarding Jr.’s shifting story – click here. She was also on The Beat With talking about the SDNY’s indictment of Conressman Collins. Mimi was also featured on Chuck Todd and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell – click here. Her op-ed with Barbara McQuade was published in the Daily Beast – Trump’s Tweet About Donald Jr. and the Russians Is a Gift to Mueller – click here to read it. Mimi’s article with Elie Honig – Why Paul Manafort’s ‘Blame Rick Gates Strategy’ Will Fail was published in the Daily Beast – click here. Mimi was on MSNBC’s Velshi & Ruhle – click here to see. On August 3, Mimi Rocah was a contributor on Hardball on MSNBC. She was also on Deadline White House on August 2 – click here. Mimi Rocah joined Lawrence O’Donnell on The Last Word on Monday, August 13. On Tuesday, August 14, Mimi was on All in with on MSNBC. And, on Wednesday, August 15, she was on Morning Joe and the 11th Hour with Brian Williams. On Thursday, Mimi was on Mitchell Reports with Andrea Mitchell and with on Meet the Press. Mimi Rocah was quoted in the Politico article Manafort trial Day 15: Jury goes home without reaching verdict – click here to read. On August 17, Mimi was on NBC with Katy Tur. Mimi Rocah is quoted in the Law & Crime article Manafort Attorney Accused of Possible Ethics Violation with ‘Inappropriate’ Praise of Trump’s ‘Sad’ Remarks – click here. On August 21, Mimi joined Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Daily by telephone to talk about Michael Cohen. And, she was also on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell on August 21 (by telephone). She was also on Slate’s Trumpcast speaking about the ramifications of Cohen’s guilty plea and the Manafort verdict – click here. Mimi Rocah’s article (with Elie Honig) Manafort’s Choices: Work With Mueller, Wish for Trump Pardon, or Die in Prison was published in the Daily Beast – click here to read. Mimi was quoted in the Vice News article Paul Manafort Found Guilty on 8 Criminal Counts – click here to read. She was also quoted in the Vanity Fair article “He can’t corrupt everything”: A Conviction for Paul Manafort, and a Defeat for Trump’s Narrative – click here to read. She was quoted in the Vanity Fair article "He can find a way to release those taxes: How Andrew Cuomo and the Empire State could terrorize Trump" - click here to read. Mimi Rocah was on Kasie DC speaking about investigations into the Trump campaign - click here. She was also quoted in the article "Cohen Caught In Complex Thicket Of State, Federal Investigations" - click here. Mimi Rocah published her article in the Daily Beast (with Elie Honig) - "Cohen, Pecker, Weisselberg: The Men With Trump’s Secrets Work for the Feds Now" - click here to read. Mimi Rocah was on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on August 27. On August 28 she was on with Chris Jansing on MSNBC and . On August 29, she was on Deadline White House. And, she was also on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on August 29 and . Mimi Rocah was quoted in the Newsweek article “ Ignores Rudy Giuliani’s Threats to End Trump-Russia Investigation Before Midterms Deadline” – click here. She was also quoted in the Bloomberg article “Mueller Persists Despite Trump Team’s Claim that the Clock has Run Out” – click here. On September 4, Mimi was on with Brian Williams speaking about the Kavanaugh hearings. She was also quoted in the Vanity Fair article “’Mueller is not going to go on ’: The Coming War over the Special Counsel’s Findings” – click here.

At the Annual Meeting on Law & Society held in Toronto, Canada on June 7-10, 2018, Professor Darren Rosenblum served as the chair of a panel on “Perspectives on International Governance and Economy,” a panel on “Markets in Governance and Technology,” and a panel on “Regulating Firm Structure and Markets.” Professor Rosenblum was the chair/discussant for a panel on “New Developments in Comparative Corporate Governance,” and a discussant on a panel on “Development of the Legal Profession: Judges, Prosecutors, and Lawyers.” Professor Darren Rosenblum was quoted in the article JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Reigns Over Wall Street's Last Boys' Club. Click here to read. Professor Darren Rosenblum is was chosen to receive the Wainwright Fellowship – he will spend the Fall 2019 semester at McGill University Faculty of Law.

Dean Emerita Michelle S. Simon was recognized by the Eastchester School District and Westchester Putnam School Boards Association for 21 years of exemplary service as a Trustee on the Eastchester Board of Education. Congratulations, Professor Simon! Professor Simon also had her article, “Walking Out: Schools, Students and Civil Disobedience”, accepted for publication in the Syracuse Law Review.

Professor Leslie Y. Garfield Tenzer taught in the NY Legal Education Opportunity (LEO) 2018 Program this summer. Judge Judith Kaye created the LEO Program, which is run by the NY Judicial Institute and provides NY State students with a law school experience prior to entering law schools across the country. She continued her role as one of three editors of Matthew Bender's Criminal Defense Techniques, editing several chapters this summer. Professor Tenzer's podcast LawtoFact continues to grow, with over 12,000 listeners. The podcast, which prominently features law professors from Pace Law is available on Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher and http://www.lawtofact.com will continue to publish weekly episodes.

Professor Emily Gold Waldman was a featured panelist on MSNBC's Velshi & Ruhle on Monday, July 9, hours before the announcement of President Trump's new Supreme Court pick. She discussed Justice Kennedy's legacy, potential nominees, and how a new justice might affect future decisions from the Supreme Court of the United States. Click here to watch. In recent months, Professor Emily Gold Waldman has also appeared numerous times on the Richard French Live Show, discussing Supreme Court decisions, Justice Kennedy's retirement, potential new justices, and Brett Kavanaugh as the new nominee. Click here to see one of her Richard French Live appearances. On the day that Justice Kennedy announced his retirement, she also spoke to News12 about the potential impact on the Supreme Court. Click here. Additionally, Professor Waldman was quoted in the lohud article, After tumultuous year, longtime varsity coaches could fact uncertain future. Click here to read. She was also quoted in an article entitled 10 Key Differences Between the LSAT and GRE, where she discussed Pace Law's decision to accept the GRE as an alternative to the LSAT. Click here to read the article.

Tiffany Zezula was quoted in the article "Mt. Pleasant Residents Give Input on Comp Plan By Town Pool" - click here to read more.

The 16th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law took place in Glasgow, Scotland. During this Colloquium, “The Transformation of Environmental Law and Governance: Innovation, Risk and Resilience” was examined by international academics and practitioners. Pace Law was well-represented at the Colloquium by many, including faculty, staff, students, and alumni: Professor David Cassuto, Professor Nick Robinson, Associate Director of Environmental Law Programs, Jessica Steinberg Albin, Professor Emerita Ann Powers, Dean Emeritus Richard Ottinger and June Ottinger, Diogo Andreola Serraglio, Robert Habermann, Achinthi Vithanage and Maria Antonio Tigre. Pace Law faculty, staff, and alumni presented at the Colloquium as well as chaired several keynote addresses. Professor Nick Robinson also co-authored a paper with Diogo Andreola Serraglio on Legal Aspects of Urban Migration and Resilience in Cities.