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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.

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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

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.

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Albany Law School hosted the Green Innovation and Public Policy Symposium on Tuesday, March 31, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with a reception to follow. The event brought together members of the community who have served as contributors to the development of New York state's energy and environmental policy and technologies. The speakers highlighted both challenges and opportunities involved in working to advance green technologies while collaborating with state agencies.

Participants included:

The event, which is organized by the Albany Law School Environmental Law Society, the Albany Law School Democrats, and the Albany Law School Intellectual Property Society, was free and open to the public. The symposium was held in the West Wing, and the reception was held in the West Foyer.

Contact Keith Edwards at kedwards@albanylaw.edu for more information.

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Slides from the Presentations:

• Hill.pdf
• Peterson.pdf
• Haldar.pdf

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Albany Law School's Journal of Science and Technology addressed topics arising from the prescription of drugs for diseases or medical conditions other than those described in the FDA-approved label—known as off-label drug use—at its annual symposium on Friday, March 27, from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., in Room 200.

Studies have shown that one out of every five prescriptions in America today is prescribed off-label; 56 percent of all cancer patients have received some kind of off-label drug during the course of their treatment. The risks associated with such use cause both legal and medical communities alike to debate the merits of off-label drug use, prescription, marketing, and tort liability.

Panelists included:

• Sarah L. Scarpace
  Considerations for the off-label use of medications in oncology
• Dan R. Thompson
  The Pharmaceutical Industry and Physicians: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly!
• Michael P. Kane
  Off-Label Drug Use: The Pros and Cons
• Patrick Joseph Igoe
  Off-Label Uses of Medical Products: Additional Patent Disputes
• Arnold I. Friede
  The First Amendment as Applied to Off Label Promotion—Is There Any Remaining Viability to Free Speech Principles in This Context And, If So, What Are They?
• Eric T. Chaffin
  How Does Off-Label Use of a Drug or Medical Device Change a Typical Consumer Mass Tort? A Look at what is Actionable by a Consumer—Theories of Liability, Potential Defendants and Likelihood of Recovery
• Byron G. Stier
  Promotion of Off-Label Drug Use: In Favor of Regulatory Retreat
• Raul A. Tabora, Jr.Litigation aspects of Off Label Drug Use—Predominance of Quality of Care, Generally Accepted Medical Practice and the Emergence of Cost Containment
• Mollie G. Hertel
  Prescription Drugs: FDA's Oversight of the Promotion of Drugs for Off-Label Uses

For more info, see http://www.albanylawjournal.org

Click on the links below for the audio of this event:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Albany Law School's Muslim Law Student Association (MLSA), in conjunction with the school's Business Law Society and Diversity Office, hosted a series of dialogues on defining Islam. The dialogues took place on March 23, 25 and 26, 2009 at Albany Law School.

Rushdi Siddiqui '91, Former Director of Islamic Indexes for the Dow Jones, spoke as the keynote on the topic of Islamic Finance, specifically on building a capital Islamic market, global IF challenges, and legal and regulatory issues. Siddiqui was recently named Global Head of Islamic Finance for Thomson Reuters. His speech took place on Thursday, March 26, at approximately 5 p.m. in Room 200 of Albany Law School's 1928 Building, 80 New Scotland Avenue.

Other presentations included:

• "Enhancement of Modern Islamic Jurisprudence Through Better Training of Jurists", Speaker: Hany Mawla, Adjunct Professor in Islamic Law, Rutgers University; Chair, NJ Arab-American Heritage Commission
• "History and Development of Islamic Legal Thought", Speaker: Syed-Mohsin Naquvi, President, Mohsena Memorial Foundation and author of four books including
• "Understanding Karbala" "Islam, Democracy and Self-Determination", Speaker: Faisal Kutty, Adjunct Professor of Comparative Law, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• "Islam, Women and Human Rights", Speaker: Dr. Andrea Stanton, Assistant Director, Center for Dialogues, New York University, New York City, N.Y.
• "The Basics of Islamic Finance", Speaker: Ali Khan, Professor of Law at Washburn Law School, Topeka, Kansas

Each dialogue was free and open to the public. For the full schedule, or for more information, visit http://albanylawdiversity.wordpress.com or contact mnaquvi@albanylaw.edu .

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• March 23, 2009
• March 25, 2009
• March 26, 2009

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, held a session of Court at Albany Law School for the 14th consecutive year on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. The session began promptly at 1:30 p.m. in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom and was open to the public. Presiding Justice Anthony V. Cardona has said the sessions give the students "a greater opportunity to observe the appellate process first hand."

Albany Law School has hosted a session of the Appellate Division, Third Department, each year beginning in 1995. When the first session at Albany Law School was held on October 11, 1995, it marked the first time in over 85 years that the Court had sat at a location other than its home courtroom. That initial session also marked the beginning of a program whereby the Appellate Division, Third Department, began holding court sessions throughout the 28 counties that make up the Court's geographic jurisdiction.

Case Summaries (.pdf)

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• Part 2

A panel of top judges from New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island discussed their most difficult court cases at the Albany Law Review State Constitutional Law Symposium. The event was held on Friday, March 6, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. in Albany Law School's Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom.

Moderator: Vincent Bonventre, Professor of Law, Albany Law School

Panelists:

• Hon. Maureen McKenna Goldberg, Acting Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court;
• Hon. John Greaney (Ret.) Massachusetts Supreme Court;
• Hon. Flemming Norcott, Jr., Associate Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court and
• Hon. Robert S. Smith, Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals.

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On March 5, 2009, the Federalist Society's Albany Law School Chapter and the Health Law Society of Albany Law School presented: "I would do anything for medicine but I won't do that!" - a panel discussion on conscience regulations, medical ethics and medical prodecures.

Guest Speakers included:

• Prof. Bonnie Steinbock, University at Albany
• Prof. Dale Moore, Albany Law School
• Prof. Jack Kress, Albany Medical College

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Nell Minow delivered the keynote speech at the 15th Annual Kate Stoneman Day, held March 3, 2009, in DAMC at Albany Law School. She also received a Kate Stoneman award, given annually to individuals who are committed to actively seeking change and expanding opportunities for women in the legal profession. Minow is a co-founder of the Corporate Library, an independent research firm focusing on corporate governance, and a co-author of Corporate Governance, now in its fourth edition. She has been named one of the 20 most influential people in corporate governance by Directorship magazine and "the queen of good corporate governance" by BusinessWeek Online.

Catherine Cerulli, a psychiatry professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Anne Reynolds Copps, an attorney in private practice, also received Kate Stoneman Awards.

For more information, visit http://www.katestoneman.org .

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On 2/11/09, seven Albany Law School alumni spoke about their experiences related to passing the NYS Bar exam.

Panelists:

• Deanne Braverman '-7
• Glinnesa Gailliard '07
• Donald Hillman '07
• Erica Hines '08
• Ryan Horstmyer '08
• Nicole Redmond '08
• Marc Roman '08

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This event was co-sponsored by the SBA, Academic Success Program, Professor Klare & the Natinal Allumni Assoc.
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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.

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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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Audio Recording of Panel 2:Click HERE or Click to Play It Now!