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255 students received degrees at Albany Law School's 158th Commencement ceremony, which took place at 11 a.m. on May 15, 2009 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

The Honorable Jonathan Lippman delivered the keynote address at the commencement ceremony. Chief Judge Lippman was appointed to his position at the New York State Court of Appeals by Governor Paterson in January 2009 and confirmed by the New York State Senate in February 2009, replacing retiring Chief Judge Judith Kaye.

Of the graduates, 218 received their J.D., 10 their LL.M., and 27 their M.S. in Legal Studies with a concentration in Technology Transfer.

A champagne reception was held after the ceremony for graduates, their families, and attending faculty and alumni.

If you missed the commencement address, click HERE to download the audio or Play It Now!

The Career Center hosted a special 3L career panel with Albany Law School graduates on April 22, 2009. Our alumni panelists discussed:

• Job searching strategies that worked for them.
• Challenges they faced as third-year students and how they overcame such obstacles.
• Their career successes, and the advice and guidance they offered students.
• The Financial Aid Office discussed loan deferment.

If you missed this session, click .

This year's Justice Robert H. Jackson Lecture Series, held on April 17, 2009 in room 200, was dedicated to Former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye's tireless efforts to protect, rehabilitate, and promote families in New York State.

The changes Judge Kaye instituted for families, as both a jurist and administrator, were the starting points for the symposium. The panelists, however, only briefly reflected on these changes. The discussions primarily focused on improving the protection of families, and people who comprise them, in the future.

The panels represent areas that Judge Kaye had a significant impact on. Our first panel discussed emerging trends in family law, including the rights various litigants do and do not have within the court system. Our second panel addressed children and the law, including innovative ways to ensure children have a brighter future. Our last panel examined reforming the courts to better serve families, including views from the bench and the bar.

Speakers:

Keynote
Hon. Leslie E. Stein
Associate Justice, Appellate Division,Third Department

Closing Keynote
Hon. Jan H. Plumadore
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the Courts Outside New York City

Liberty Aldrich
Director, Domestic Violence & Family Court Programs, The Center for Court Innovation

Amy BaraschDirector, Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

John Carter Jr., Esq.
Director, Third Department Law Guardian Program

Kathleen R. DeCataldo, Esq.
Executive Director, N.Y.S. Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children

Martin Guggenheim
Boxer Family Professor of Clinical Law, New York University School of Law

Leah Hill
Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law

Hon. John M. Leventhal
Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department;
Former Presider, Nation's First Dedicated Felony Domestic Violence Court

Sharon Stapel
Executive Director, NYC Anti-Violence Project

Timothy M. Tippins, Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Albany Law School
Special Consultant to the Family Bar

Moderators:

Melissa L. Breger
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Family Violence Litigation Clinic,
Albany Law School

Katheryn D. Katz
Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy, Albany Law School

Alicia Ouellette
Associate Professor of Law, Albany Law School

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Recordings:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

The Career Center, in conjuction with Dean Mayer, Professor Seinberg and the faculty for the Masters program, hosted a career panel for MS students on April 13, 2009.

The panelists, some of whom are alumni of the MS program, spoke about their education and experiences and offered the current MS students a look at possible career paths for after graduation.

Click HERE to listen to the audio recording of this event.

Andrea Pike, Writing Specialist, HVCC, Writing Support Albany Law, and Information Commons Specialist the Sage Colleges spoke to Albany Law students on April 8, 2009 at noon in DAMC about legal writing and provided them with helpful tips.

If you missed if, click HERE.