Podcasts

On Janury 27, 2010, Professor Brescia and Dean Feathers held an information session in the Career Center on pursuing a legal career in the public interest. They discussed diverse opportunities and what you could be doing now, as law students, to prepare for a career in this field.

If you missed this presentation, click HERE for the audio recording.

This training was held on January 15, 2010 from 1:30-3:00pm in DAMC by Lillian Moy.

On January 13, 2010, Professor Gathii spoke with students in the Career Center about summer abroad programs! They learned about the application process and heard from students who previously experienced diverse international opportunities.

If you missed this presentation, click HERE for the audio.

On December 4, 2009, Albany Law School Dean Thomas Guernsey and keynote speaker Roy Stuckey headlined the 2009 Northeast Regional Conference "Developing and Defining Measurable Goals for Teaching Law Students."

Professor Stuckey, author of Best Practices for Legal Education and a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, spoke about "Setting Measureable Goals for Law Student Teaching," calling out legal education for preparing students to think like appellate judges rather than lawyers.

The conference, hosted by Albany Law School, focused on the importance of setting measurable learning goals and implementing them in both the clinic and non-clinic classroom setting. Participants discussed both general trends in curriculum reform and specific ways to develop goals to measure student learning.

Professors from Syracuse University and The College of St. Rose discussed "Pedagogy and Course Goals."

The conference was sponsored by the AALS Section on Legal Education, Albany Law School, Syracuse University College of Law, University at Buffalo Law School and Vermont Law School

COMPLETE AGENDA:
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Pedagogy and Course Goals

-Corrine Roth Smith, Syracuse University, School of Education
-Terri Ward, The College of Saint Rose, School of Education

Audio - click HERE.
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11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Setting Measurable Goals for Law Student Teaching

- Roy T. Stuckey, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law; Author, Best Practices For Legal Education

Audio - click HERE.
*******************12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. “Curriculum Reform and Outcome Based Legal Education”

-Thomas F. Guernsey, President & Dean, Albany Law School

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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Workshops

2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. Reports from Workshops & Closing Remarks

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New York State Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch delivered the keynote speech at the 2nd Annual Building in the 21st Century conference held on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.

Conference topics included the economics of construction and the built environment, opportunities in modernizing public construction procurement, and opportunities in modernizing public finance.

Professor Salkin discussed issues in land use planning as part of a panel of experts from both academia and the private sector.

The conference wad sponsored by Albany Law School's Government Law Center, AIA New York State and the New York City Bar.

Complete Agenda:

Welcoming Remarks
Edward C. Farrell, Executive Director, AIA New York State
and Co-Moderator Burt L. Roslyn, President, Roslyn Consultants, LLC, AIA New York State

Economics of Construction and the Built Environment
Georges Korsun, Ph.D., Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP

Audio - click HERE.

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State Issues in Land Use Planning
Patricia Salkin, Esq., Albany Law School
Jonathan Martin, Ph.D., Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Pratt Institute
Diana Sawtell, Chief Planner and Land Use Planning Department Manager, Holtzmacher, McLendon + Murrell P.C.
Mark Ginsberg, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects

Audio - click HERE.

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Keynote Speech
Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch

Audio - click HERE.

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Modernize Public Construction Procurement
Mary Ann Crotty, President, Macro Associates
Russell Davidson, KG+D Architects, Past President, AIANYS
Robert Flieger, Senior Manager, Capital Projects Consulting, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP
Joseph Hogan, Vice President, Association of General Contractors
Howard Rosen, Esq., Peckar & Abramson
Michael J. Squarzini, P.E., LEED AP, Senior Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
Brig. Gen. Norman Thorpe (USAF, Retired), Editor, ABA Model Code for Public Infrastructure Procurement

Audio - click HERE.

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Modernize Public Finance
Samara Barend, Executive Director, New York State Commission on State Asset Maximization
Kenneth Bond, Esq., Squire Sanders & Dempsey
Joseph Branca, Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Jeffrey Hyman, Managing Director, Stone & Youngberg LLC
Kenneth Lind, Esq., Nixon Peabody, LLP

Summation and Discussion
Co-Moderators Patricia Salkin and Burt Roslyn

Audio - Click HERE.

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