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Professor Karmel Addresses Tennessee Law Grads
May 19, 2009 – Brooklyn Law School’s Centennial Professor of Law Roberta S. Karmel was the keynote speaker at the University of Tennessee Law School’s hooding ceremony on May 8, 2009 in Knoxville.
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Murumba Honored by Human Rights Watch
Feb. 10, 2009 – Professor Samuel Murumba was honored by the Human Rights Watch board of directors on Feb. 5 at a dinner held to highlight his service to the organization. Two other HRW members – Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York; and David Brown, a HRW board member – were honored as well.
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Professor Bambauer's new paper is discussed in two online news sources
January 21, 2009 - Professor Derek Bambauer's new paper, "Filtering in Oz: Australia’s Foray into Internet Censorship," is discussed in two online news sources that cover issues in IT and digital entertainment law – The Escapist and The Register
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Professor Berger Awarded Wigmore Award
Jan. 12, 2009 – The Evidence Section of the American Association of Law Schools presented Margaret Berger, Trustee Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, with the Wigmore Lifetime Achievement Award at the Association’s annual meeting, held January 6 - 10, 2009, in San Diego, Calif. The Wigmore Award recognizes the work of scholars in the field of evidence. Last year, Professor Berger introduced a recipient of the inaugural award, U.S. District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York.
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Professor Susan Herman Elected President of ACLU
Oct. 20, 2008 – Brooklyn Law School Centennial Professor of Law Susan Herman was elected president of the American Civil Liberties Union on October 18. Herman, a well-regarded expert on the Supreme Court and constitutional law, has served on the ACLU’s national board for 20 years and on the executive committee for the last 16, and has acted as the board’s general counsel for the last 10. Read more.
Events
Sparer Public Interest Law Symposium
March 27, 2009
Historically, all levels of government have taken an active role in housing and economic development. As the federal government undergoes a change in administrations during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, this conference, "Getting It Right: Government's Role in Housing and Economic Development", will take a fresh look at two of the key roles that government plays in this arena. Read more
Abraham L. Pomerantz Lecture
Due Diligence: Failures and Remedies
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Due diligence failures underlie many frauds, as well as the subprime mortgage crisis. This lecture will address why due diligence failures are common and why reputational concerns may provide suboptimal due diligence incentives, and will suggest legal standards for minimum due diligence. Read more.
Students
Cohen ’09 Awarded Equal Justice Works Fellowship
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February 23, 2009 -- Seth Cohen ’09 has been awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship to work with New York Lawyers in the Public Interest (NYLPI) for the next two years on a project he designed addressing the inequitable distribution of health care resources. Funded by Patterson Belknap and Johnson and Johnson, the project will provide legal services in an effort to improve health outcomes for Central and East Brooklyn residents. Read more
Susannah Ashton ’09 Places Second in National Employment Law Writing Contest
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May 15, 2009 - Susannah Ashton ’09 has won second place in the annual Louis Jackson Memorial Student Writing Competition in Labor and Employment Law, a national contest of the Chicago-Kent Law School and Jackson Lewis, a prominent employment and labor law firm.
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Brooklyn Law School Class of 2009 Gift
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May 2009 - This spring, the members of the class of 2009 are joining together for a fundraising campaign to benefit Brooklyn Law School.
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Past Events
Professional Ethics Program
February 5, 2009
Lawyers have dual obligations. They must be the strongest advocates for their clients and also representatives of the profession and officers of the court. In advocating, lawyers are given license to say things that are truthful, but that they do not believe. BLS Professors Gerald Shargel and Lawrence Solan will discuss "How Insincere May Lawyers Be?" at The Harvard Club of New York City. RSVP
"Big Bird’s Lawyer: Lessons from Practicing Law on the Street."
December 15, 2008
Who is the only Muppet to have crossed over between Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, and does this have anything to do with the practice of law? Answer: Kermit, and yes. Daniel Victor, international executive vice president at Sesame Workshop, spoke at BLS’s Media & Society Lecture on “Big Bird’s Lawyer: Lessons from Practicing Law on the Street.” Read more.
Symposium: The Products Liability Restatement:
Was It a Success?
November 13-14, 2008
In November, Brooklyn Law School hosted a diverse group of scholars who addressed whether the Products Liability Restatement has accomplished its mission. Panelists at the symposium, titled “The Products Liability Restatement: Was It a Success?,” spent two days analyzing Restatement provisions and their effects on the law. Read more.
Theory-Practice Seminar: Preventing a Disaster
October 2, 2008
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The Brooklyn Law School Center for Health, Science and Public Policy sponsored the most recent installment of its theory-practice seminar series, “Preventing a Disaster: Guidelines for Dealing with Epidemics,” on October 2 to address the legal and policy issues that are likely to arise in an influenza pandemic. Learn more.
Other News
BLS Moot Court Teams Start Strong in Fall Competitions
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November 2008 – Brooklyn Law School’s moot court teams were off to a strong start in several important moot court matches this semester, and are on the way to regional and national competitions this spring.
The BLS New York City Bar National Team placed second in the regional rounds of the 59th Annual National Moot Court Competition and will advance to the national competition in February.
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Kiran Nasir Gore ’09 Wins First Place in IP Writing Competition
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November 6, 2008 -- Kiran Nasir Gore ’09 has won first place in the national Honorable William C. Conner Intellectual Property Writing Competition, sponsored by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Her note, “Trademark Battles in a Barbie Cyber World: Trademark Protection of Website Domain Names and the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act,” also placed in the top five in the 2008 Robert C. Watson Writing Competition, sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Read more.
Professor Victoria J. Szymczak Assumes Lead At Library
September 18, 2008 – Victoria Szymczak has been appointed Library Director and Assistant Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. With her unique combination of interests in international law and technology, she also teaches Advanced Legal Research and International and Foreign Law Research at the Law School, and she serves as the library liaison to the Journal of Law and Policy. Read more.
Professor David Reiss Predicted Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Debacle
July 11, 2008 – As the federal government considers a plan to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Brooklyn Law School Professor David Reiss is sounding a warning bell. The beleaguered mortgage finance companies’ plummeting stock prices, combined with the larger crises in the housing market, has regulators worried that they will default on their debt. Read more.
Ilene Stein ’08 Wins Borchard Fellowship
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
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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