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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