Nov. 17, 2008 13:28

Albany Law Hosts Tribute to Siegel

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Albany Law School hosted an event to celebrate the career of Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus David D. Siegel on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 5:30 p.m. A tribute was given by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, New York Court of Appeals, as well as other special guests.

Professor Siegel, who joined the Albany Law School faculty in 1972, has taught and still writes extensively on civil procedure, federal jurisdiction and practice, conflict of laws, and New York practice. He is the author of New York Practice, the leading treatise on New York practice, and one of the few commentators appearing in the United States Code Annotated.

For more information, or to share memories of Professor Siegel, visit www.albanylaw.edu/siegel.

Siegel Tribute

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Nov. 15, 2008 17:16

Symposium: Defining Race

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The Albany Law Review and Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology hosted "Defining Race," a symposium exploring the intersection of race and law, on Friday, Nov. 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Top scholars from around the country participated in three panel discussions to examine how race is defined, as well as the implications of these definitions in a legal context.

Participants included:

Bridgette Baldwin, Western New England College School of Law
Anthony Paul Farley, Albany Law School
James Gathii, Albany Law School
Phyllis Goldfarb, George Washington University Law School
Neil Gotanda, Western State University College of Law
Cesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez, Law Offices of Raul Garcia and Associates
Annette Kahler, Albany Law School
Hope Lewis, Northeastern University School of Law
Bekah Mandell, Woodbury College
Janai Nelson, St. Johns University School of Law
Reginald Oh, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Imani Perry, Rutgers School of Law
Deborah Post, Touro Law Center
Vilma Santiago-Irizarry, Cornell University
Christian Sundquist, Albany Law School
Donna Young, Albany Law School.

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Nov. 6, 2008 17:54

Peer-to-Patent Program Briefing

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The Albany Law School Science and Technology Law Center and the Licensing Executives Society/Tech Valley hosted a briefing on the Peer-to-Patent pilot program, which uses a web-based system to create an open network for community peer review of patent applications. The goal of the program is to improve the overall quality of issued patents.

The briefing took place on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Matthew Bender Classroom, with a networking reception afterwards. Event participants included Manny Schecter, Associate General Counsel and Managing Attorney, Intellectual Property Law, IBM, and Mark Webbink, Visiting Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Center for Patent Innovations at New York Law School.

This program was free and open to the public, and CLE credits were available for a fee. More information on this event is also available at www.albanylaw.edu/stlc/peertopatent.

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Audio Recording :

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For more information on the Peer-to-Patent project, an initiative of the New York Law School Institute for Information Law & Policy in collaboration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, please visit http://www.peertopatent.org /.


 

Nov. 5, 2008 14:03

Career Center Hosts Information Session on Internship Opportunity

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On 11/4/08, the Career Center hosted an information session on a FT summer internship opportunity with the US Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York in Albany.

The speaker, Barbara Cottrell '84, Deputy Civil Division Chief spoke about the role of the summer intern and the application process.

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