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News Makers
Mazzone Navigates Uncharted Territory
in Constitutional Scholarship
July 14, 2008 – Professor Jason Mazzone is navigating uncharted territory in constitutional scholarship, and his efforts are making waves that are lapping at the shores of the U.S. Supreme Court itself. With a focus on the history of the early American republic, his extensive publications address a range of constitutional issues that resonate today. "I look at how the provisions of the Constitution were put in place and how they placed out in the first decades of our history as a nation in order to generate lessons about how to implement them today," he says. He views that early republic as "a foreign nation" worthy of study in what could be called a comparative historical approach. Read more.
Professor Herman Co-Edits ‘War on Terror’ Text
June 3, 2008 – Susan Herman, Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, has co-edited a book based on the first symposium held to examine issues of federalism raised by the “war on terror.” Titled Terrorism, Government, and Law: National Authority and Local Autonomy in the War on Terror (Praeger Security International 2008) (co-editor P. Finkelman), the book features the work of contributors from the David G. Trager Public Policy Symposium, “Our New Federalism? National Authority and Local Autonomy in the War on Terror,” which Professor Herman organized at Brooklyn Law School in November 2003. Read more.
Professor Serkin to Present at Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum
May 15, 2008 – Professor Christopher Serkin’s latest article, “Existing Uses: Retroactive Land Use Regulations and the Takings Clause,” has been accepted by the prestigious Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, which will be held in June at the Yale Law School. Serkin follows in the footsteps of BLS Professors Dana Brakman Reiser and Edward Janger, who have both presented at the forum. Read more.
Professor Elizabeth M. Schneider Honored by State Coalition Against
Domestic Violence
April 29, 2008 -- The New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence has honored BLS Professor Elizabeth M. Schneider as one of 30 leaders who has made a difference in the lives of survivors of domestic violence since the coalition's inception in 1978. She received the award at the organization’s 30th anniversary conference, “A Mosaic of Movements: An Assembly of Human Rights,” on April 29th in Albany.
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Visiting Assistant Professor Program Launches Law Careers
Brooklyn Law School’s Visiting Assistant Professor Program provides an ideal environment for the brightest legal minds to prepare for a career teaching law. With the goal of helping to launch the careers of promising young intellectuals, the program attracts participants with strong academic backgrounds, and a range of experience in practice and judicial clerkships.
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Events
Annual First Class Party
September 3, 2008
As part of the Law School’s Centennial Celebration in September 2001, the School threw a party to commemorate Brooklyn Law School's first day of classes, held on September 30, 1901. The “First Class Party” was such a success that the celebration has become an annual event. Students, faculty and staff are invited to enjoy the games, music, food and fun. Read more.
Law, Language & Cognition Symposium
September 26, 2008
The BLS symposium "Is Morality Universal and Should the Law Care?" will explore important legal questions raised by recent discoveries about the ways our minds work. Participants in the symposium include experts in law, psychology, linguistics, philosophy, history, and psychiatry. Learn more.
Brooklyn Law School On the Road
Fall Receptions
The Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association is "On the Road" again, returning to Boston and Washington, D.C., and branching out to Los Angeles this year. The Boston and Los Angeles events will include faculty lectures by BLS Professor Edward Cheng and Associate Dean Lawrence Solan, respectively. Please join the Law School for cocktails and conversation. Learn more.
Theory-Practice Seminar
October 2, 2008
"Preventing a Disaster: Guidelines for Dealing with Epidemics" will seek to answer some of the difficult legal and policy questions raised by the possibility of a pandemic that could overwhelm the health care system and its resources. The course contains two CLE credits in the State of New York for Ethics and Professionalism. Learn more.
Students
Ilene Stein ’08 Wins Borchard Fellowship
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June 2008 -- Ilene Stein ’08 has won a fellowship from the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging which will provide an award of $39,000 for one year to work with the Medicare Rights Center (MRC), an organization dedicated to helping older adults and people with disabilities access affordable health care.
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Anna Burns ’08 Wins Burton Award for Legal Writing
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May 6, 2008 -- Anna Burns ’08 is one of 15 law students to win the 2008 Burton Award for Legal Writing, presented in association with The Library of Congress. Her winning note, “Beard v. Banks: Restricted Reading, Rehabilitation, and Prisoners' First Amendment Rights,” was published in the summer 2007 issue of the Journal of Law & Policy.
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Article by Phillip Sutter ’07 on Responding to Unlawful Acts during War to be Published
May 2008 -- “The Continuing Role for Belligerent Reprisals,” an article by Philip Sutter ’07, will be published this spring in the Journal of Conflict and Security Law, a professor-run journal based in the United Kingdom. The article takes a new look at the doctrine of belligerent reprisals, a “final enforcement mechanism” used to prevent violations of the Geneva Conventions during wartime.
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David Schnakenberg ’08 Awarded Menapace Fellowship
April 10, 2008 – David Schnakenberg ’08 has been awarded the Ralph C. Menapace Fellowship, a two-year fellowship in urban land use law sponsored by the Municipal Art Society that will allow him to acquire experience in the legislative process, litigation, and advocacy. Schnakenberg, who graduates this June, will work for two years in the Municipal Art Society’s Urban Center within the historic Villard Houses in midtown Manhattan. He is the second Brooklyn Law School student to be awarded this fellowship; the first was Katie Kendall ’04.
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Past Events
2008 Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition
April 3-5, 2008
Brooklyn Law School hosted the Twenty-Third Annual Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition on April 3-5, 2008. The competition honors the late Jerome Prince, renowned evidence scholar, teacher, and author of Prince on Evidence, who served as Dean of Brooklyn Law School from 1953-1971. Thirty-eight teams from around the country competed.
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Sparer Symposium Focuses on Decentralization of Rights
March 28, 2008
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Brooklyn Law School's Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Program hosted its annual symposium on March 28. Titled, "Decentralizing Rights: State-Level Strategies to Promote Justice and Equality," the event featured five panels of speakers who debated the tactic of pursuing rights protections in state as opposed to federal court. Read more.
Symposium: The “Partial-Birth Abortion” Ban
March 7, 2008
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Brooklyn Law School held a symposium on March 7, 2008 to assess the likely effects of Gonzales v. Carhart, the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case upholding the validity of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act against constitutional challenge. "The 'Partial-Birth Abortion' Ban: Health Care in the Shadow of Criminal Liability" was co-sponsored by the Center for Health, Science and Public Policy and the Journal of Law and Policy. Read more.
Symposium: The “Going Private” of U.S. Capital Markets
February 29, 2008
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As U.S. capital markets increasingly “go private,” the securities industry is changing dramatically. The symposium will address various aspects of this phenomenon and it will also explore the implications of this “going private” activity for market and financial regulators and for Congress, as well as the consequences of this activity for the U.S. political system.
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Panel Discussion: Justice Through Accountability
February 13, 2008
From the Nuremberg Tribunals to the creation of the International Criminal Court,
the field of international justice has experienced an extraordinary evolution within
the past 50 years. Come join us for a panel discussion with three expert
practitioners and consultants who will share their views on prospects for justice
through accountability drawing from their experiences working with several of these
accountability mechanisms.
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IBL Breakfast Features UNCITRAL Official
January 31, 2008
Brooklyn Law School continued its Breakfast Roundtable series with Jernej Sekolec, Secretary of UNCITRAL, on Jan. 31, 2008 at the Harvard Club. Sekolec’s talk, which was hosted by the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law, addressed the emerging law of international commerce. Read more.
Book Talk: David Andelman Speaks About A Shattered Peace
January 31, 2008
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David Andelman, the executive editor of Forbes.com, spoke about his new book, A Shattered Peace, at an event sponsored by the International Law Society in the Subotnick Center on Jan. 31, 2008.
A Shattered Peace (Wiley, John & Sons, Inc.) investigates how many of today’s most critical international issues originated at the Versailles Treaty in 1919. Andelman traces the conflicts in Iraq, Kosovo, and Middle East back to this pivotal conference, suggesting that historical leaders lacked sufficient understanding about the complexities involved in creating a nation.
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Brooklyn Law School CLPE Annual Seminar
Criminal Law, Procedure & Evidence
The New York Court of Appeals, et al. 2006-2007
December 1, 2007
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At the annual Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence Seminar at Brooklyn Law School on December 1, 2007, noted legal experts will address recent trends and developments in substantive and procedural criminal law and evidence in New York.
This program offers (4) CLE credits in the area of General Practice and (2) CLE credits in Ethics and Professionalism. These credits are non-transitional.
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Other News
Blog Launched for Students Working Abroad in Summer ’08
May 9, 2008 -- Brooklyn Law School is proud of its many students who will be working this summer in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and South America at law firms, and private and public interest organizations. The students have launched a blog to share their experiences, the Brooklyn Law School Students International Blog, which can be accessed at http://blsx.brooklaw.edu/studentblog/.
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BLS Softball Teams Compete in Virginia
April 24, 2008 - Brooklyn Law School sent two teams to Charlottesville, Va. to participate in the 25th Annual Virginia Law School Softball Invitational, which took place April 4 - 6. Over 100 teams battled over the weekend to become the top law school softball squad in the country. Donned in retro Brooklyn Dodgers hats and jerseys, both a men's team and a co-ed team competed for BLS in the tournament.
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Lydia Tomitova '09 Edits Book on International Debt Crisis
April 4, 2008 - Lydia Tomitova '09 has co-edited and contributed to a new book, Dealing Fairly with Developing Country Debt (Blackwell). The book is the product of a Ford Foundation Grant awarded in 2005 to support research into the ethical dilemma posed by the current debt crisis in developing countries.
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Moot Court Teams Setting Records
April 2, 2008 - With time still remaining in the 2007-08 moot court season, 14 Brooklyn Law School teams have already brought home competition prizes. Also, this year for the first time, BLS Teams competed internationally in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria and in the University of Puerto Rico National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Class of 2008 Public Service Awards Presented
April 1, 2008 – At the Fifth Annual Brooklyn Law School Public Service Awards Ceremony held on March 31, dozens of students were honored for their pro bono work in volunteer, government, and non-profit settings. In addition, Brian Barbour ’08 and Josie Beets ’08 were presented with special Faculty Public Service Awards their extraordinary contributions to public service.
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Students Clerking in Record Numbers
March 28, 2008 - Each spring, Brooklyn Law School holds a training program for graduating students who will be serving as law clerks to federal and state judges. This year, the program was held on March 26, 2008 in Feil Hall. Three federal judges from the Eastern District of New York conducted the program: U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold, and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth S. Stong. Following the program, the judges gathered with students and faculty for a reception.
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BLS Ranks First in Unemployment Assistance Cases Taken
March 26, 2008 – Brooklyn Law School’s chapter of the Unemployment Action Center has emerged as the most active chapter in an organization devoted to providing free legal representation to unemployed New Yorkers who have been denied insurance and other benefits.
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SBA Sponsors Fourth Annual Barrister's Ball
Mar. 10, 2008 - The Student Bar Association's fourth annual Barrister's Ball was held at Brooklyn's Steiner Studios Stage 6 on Feb. 23. The studio literally rolled out the red carpet for a crowd of over 550 students and their guests, faculty members and administrators.
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Second Annual Spelling Bee Held in Memory of Professor Sara Robbins
Mar. 3, 2008 – The Brooklyn Law School Student Bar Association held its Second Annual Spelling Bee in memory of BLS Professor and former librarian Sara Robbins on Jan. 30. Over 35 contestants, including students and faculty members, competed to win the top prize, dinner for two at the Michelin-rated Saul Restaurant on Smith Street in Brooklyn.
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New Faculty Members Join Brooklyn Law School
Feb. 27, 2008 – Brooklyn Law School is proud to announce the hiring of seven new faculty members who will begin teaching during the 2008-09 academic year. They are a mix of young scholars and accomplished teachers, and several are joining the Law School after years in practice. They will be teaching in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law, intellectual property, contracts, commercial law, tax, civil procedure, and criminal law. Read more.
Corporate & Securities Law Association Co-Sponsors Career Opportunities Panel
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Feb. 13, 2008 – The Corporate & Securities Law Association and the Brooklyn Law School Career Center on Jan. 31 organized a panel discussion at which practitioners from various fields advised students on how to break into legal and non-legal professions on Wall Street. The overall theme of the discussion was the myriad of professional opportunities open to law school graduates and the various paths that can lead to successful careers.
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BLSA Kicks Off Black History Month with Opening Ceremony
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Feb. 8, 2008 – Brooklyn Law School’s Black Law Students Association marked the beginning of Black History Month on Feb. 1 with an Opening Ceremony celebration at the Forchelli Conference Center. Throughout the month, BLSA will host a series of programs designed to commemorate Black History Month, celebrate diversity, and reflect on the struggles and achievements of African-American legal professionals.
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Ashley Kelly ’09 Awarded NYSBA Scholarship
Feb. 7, 2008 – Ashley Kelly ’09 has won a Phil Cowen Memorial/BMI Scholarship from the New York State Bar Association Entertainment Arts and Sports Law section for her paper, “Bargaining Power on Broadway: Why Congress Should Pass the Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act in the Era of Hollywood on Broadway.” Kelly will receive a $2,500 prize, and her paper will be published in the spring issue of the NYSBA’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal.
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Kyu-ah Kang ’09 Wins Fellowship from New York State Bar Association
Feb. 1, 2008 – Kyu-ah Kang ’09 has won a Minority Fellowship in Environmental Law from the New York State Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. The fellowship is designed to encourage disadvantaged or traditionally under-represented law students to study and pursue careers in environmental law.
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Equal Justice Works Fellowships Awarded to Edward De Barbieri ’08 and
Nicole Prenoveau ’08
Jan. 31, 2008 -- Edward De Barbieri ’08 and Nicole Prenoveau ’08 have been awarded Equal Justice Works Fellowships for innovative projects of their own design. The prestigious postgraduate legal fellowships place new lawyers in two-year assignments at nonprofit public interest organizations where they implement projects that address pressing community needs.
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David M. Barron ’03 Takes Lethal Injection Case to Supreme Court
Jan. 8, 2008 – David M. Barron ’03 appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 7 when the Court took up the issue of how Kentucky carries out executions by lethal injection. Barron is an assistant public advocate in the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy’s Capital Post Conviction Unit. Donald Verrilli, a partner at Jenner & Block in Washington, D.C. and an experienced Supreme Court litigator, argued the case.
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BLS Honors Two Professors with Faculty Chairs
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Dean Joan G. Wexler has announced the naming of Brooklyn Law School Professors Aaron Twerski and Anita Bernstein to faculty chairs.
A new faculty chair, the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law, was awarded to Professor Aaron Twerski, a preeminent authority in the areas of products liability and tort law. In August 2007, the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section presented him with the 2007 Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award in recognition of his commitment to the advancement of justice, scholarship and the legal profession in the fields of tort and insurance law.
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Professor Dean Editorializes About Tax ‘Barter System’
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If the United States wants improved access to extraterritorial tax information, it should push to change the internationally agreed-upon “barter system” currently in use, argues Brooklyn Law School Professor Steven A. Dean in a recent opinion piece published by The National Law Journal.
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Media Taps Professor David Reiss’ Expertise
on Subprime Market Woes
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Many journalists are turning to Professor David Reiss to answer difficult questions about the crisis in the subprime lending market that began in the summer of 2007.
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Professor Fullerton Participates in Holocaust Seminar
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Professor Maryellen Fullerton recently participated in the 2007 Silberman Seminar for Law Faculty, titled "The Impact and Legacy of the Holocaust on the Law," which was organized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
Professor Fullerton was one of 18 participants who were competitively selected from a national pool of applicants. Sessions were led by scholars and experts in international law and European history from around the world. Lecture and discussion topics ranged from the co-opting
and corrupting of the German legal system during the Holocaust to transitional justice and hate
speech prohibitions today. Read more.
Dean’s Roundtable Luncheons Bring Prominent Alumni to BLS
Jan. 25, 2008 – This semester, Dean Joan G. Wexler will welcome five outstanding Brooklyn Law School alumni to the School through the Dean’s Roundtable Luncheon series, a unique program that brings highly successful graduates back to the Law School to meet with students in an intimate setting.
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Three BLS Professors Ranked in Latest Leiter Report
Dec. 3, 2007 – Three professors at Brooklyn Law School ranked in Brian Leiter’s recent survey of “Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty.” The survey, published on his Law School Rankings Web site, a highly respected and comprehensive ranking of law school performance, counted citations in law review articles from 2000 to 2007 that reference scholars in 18 different fields. In each category, 10 or 20 professors are ranked.
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Brooklyn Law School’s International Business Law Center Named for
Dennis J. Block
Dean Joan G. Wexler has announced that Brooklyn Law School’s Center for the Study of International Business Law has been named for Dennis J. Block, a prominent attorney.
“Dennis Block is one of the nation’s preeminent corporate counselors with one of the most successful and respected corporate transactional practices in the world,” Dean Wexler said. “He is a leader of the corporate bar, a prolific author, a fine teacher, and a steadfast friend of the Law School. We are honored that the Center, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, will bear his name. His support underscores the Center’s important work of studying and shaping international business law and policy, and encourages the talented students, practitioners, and scholars associated with it.”
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