Women’s History Month Event, Wednesday, March 7th (5pm – 7:30pm)

Please join us for this FREE event in honor of Women’s History Month that is being cosponsored by the Capital District Women’s Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Gender Fairness Committee of the Third Judicial District, Albany Law School,  The Legal Project, and the Albany County Bar Association. 

Albany Law shines the light on Domestic Violence

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and once again  Albany Law School will join the “Purple Lights“ campaign.
In 2010, Albany Law School was one of more than 270 colleges, businesses, non-profits and individuals who reported their participation, representing 52 NYS counties, more than double the participation of the previous year. The NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV) coordinates the campaign.

Albany Law School students, faculty, staff, community friends  and neighbors will host a candle vigil in front of the law school in memory of victims, survivors and child victims of domestic violence.  A more detailed list of events will be posted shortly.  To promote National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Domestic Violence Clinic, the Women’s Law Caucus and our Taskforce to Reduce Domestic & Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking will worked together to make this a success.  

Throughout the year, students, staff and faculty has been working with local courts, government and nonprofit agencies, task forces and coalitions on new initiatives related to domestic violence. This semester alone, our students worked in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady courts assisting in the prosecution of domestic violence crimes through our Albany Law Clinic & Justice Center. 

Please stop by our information table in the West Foyer, join us for the singing of songs during our end of month Candle Light Vigil, participate in our purple hands project,  taking a moment of silence as you view our purple lights.  Finally, we are requesting that you choose one day during the month of October to wear a piece of purple clothing in remembrance of all victims.

Save the Date: Albany Government Law Review LGBT SYMPOSIUM on October 13, 2011

Jeh Johnson, the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense, will deliver the keynote address at LGBT Rights: Toward a More Perfect Union, a symposium sponsored by Albany Government Law Review on Thursday, October 13, 2011.  Mr. Johnson will address the implementation of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal in the armed services at the daylong event at Albany Law School.  Mr. Johnson, the co-chair of the 2010 working group that studied the impact of repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” oversees all legal matters for the largest government agency in the world. 

The first panel, focusing on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), features litigators at the forefront of today’s legal news.  Panelists Maura Healey, Chief of the Civil Rights Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, and Roberta Kaplan, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, will argue the constitutionality of DOMA in pending court cases against the U.S. House of Representatives in the First Circuit and in the Southern District of New York, respectively.  Brian Raum, Director of Marriage Litigation Center for the Alliance Defense Fund, will also participate on the panel.

The second panel, on family and workplace rights, features “LGBT Liaison” Matt Nosanchuk, Senior Counselor in the U.S. Department of Justice; Michele Kahn, Partner at Kahn & Goldberg; William Singer, Partner at Singer & Fedun; and Carol Buell, Partner at Weiss, Buell & Bell.

Finally, Asssemblymember Daniel J. O’Donnell and Senator James S. Alesi will be joined by Katherine Grainger, Assistant Counsel to Governor Andrew Cuomo, for an oral history of the same-sex marriage law in New York State.  For more information about “LGBT Rights: Toward a More Perfect Union,” please visit: www.albanylaw.edu/lgbt

The schedule of events for LGBT Rights: Toward a More Perfect Union on October 13, includes:

Implementing the Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”—1:30 p.m.

·   Keynote speaker: Jeh Johnson, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense

 

Discussion on the Defense of Marriage Act—2:45 p.m.

·   Roberta Kaplan, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 

·   Brian Raum, Director of Marriage Litigation Center, Alliance Defense Fund 

·   Maura Healey, Chief, Civil Rights Division, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General

 

Family & Workplace Rights—4 p.m.

Moderated by Melissa Breger, Professor of Law, Albany Law School

·   Carol Buell, Partner, Weiss, Buell & Bell

·   Michele Kahn, Partner, Kahn & Goldberg, LLP

·   Matt Nosanchuk, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General,

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division

·   William Singer, Partner, Singer & Fedun LLC 

 

An Oral History of New York’s Legalization of Same-sex Marriage- 5:30p.m.

Moderated by Stephen Clark, Professor of Law, Albany Law School

·        Hon. Jim Alesi, New York State Senator

·        Hon. Daniel O’Donnell, New York State Assemblymember

·        Katherine Grainger, Assistant Counsel, Office of Counsel to the Governor

Professor Davis Named Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Associate Dean and Professor Helane Davis will serve as Albany Law School’s interim associate dean for academic affairs for the next academic year, effective July 1, 2011. As previously announced, current Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Connie Mayer will be serving as interim president and dean during the same period. 

Associate Dean Davis is also the director of the Schaffer Law Library. While she is acting as interim associate dean for academic affairs, Robert Emery, the associate director of the Schaffer Law Library, will serve as acting director.

Before joining the Albany Law faculty in 2010, Associate Dean Davis was assistant professor and director of the law library at the University of Kentucky. Prior, she worked for Seattle University’s law library from 2002 to 2005, as well as at Howard University’s law library from 1999 to 2002. 

Associate Dean Davis started her career as a Westlaw Reference Attorney at West Publishing (now Thomson Reuters Legal) in Minnesota, and worked for West in a variety of roles from 1986 to 1996 before relocating to Gainesville, Fla., and beginning a second career in librarianship. She earned her B.A. at Northwestern University, her J.D. at the University of Iowa and her M.L.I.S. at the University of Washington.

Albany Law presents “Diversity Matters: Faculty Roundtable” March 29th, 5pm

Support LGBT Youth Vigil and Rally at 6:30pm on Wednesday, October 20th

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month is October



 

 

Message from the President of the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, Click Here.   

Domestic violence isn’t just a women’s issue. It impacts everyone – men, children, families and whole communities. In fact, more than seven out of ten Americans know someone who is or has been a victim of domestic violence, yet it somehow remains a taboo subject.    Albany Law School has joined the national movement (including the Capital District’s “Shine the Light” Campaign) to raise awareness of relationship violence and to offer support for survivors by encouraging everyone – men, women and children – to talk openly about domestic violence. 

Review the flyer above listing many of the programs we will host on our campus, the event on October 18th is open to the public, please join us for a “Remember Me” Candle Light Vigil followed by a reception at 7:15pm in the front of our school.    Additionally, there are many support services in place, click Here to learn more about the many local community partners available to support you during this difficult time.   Monies raised from the sale of purple pins and candles will be donated to The Legal Project.  

OUTlaw Spring 2010 Events: “Queer in America” and “A Drag of a Night”

During the Spring 2010 semester, our OUTlaw student organization (which provides support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, staff and faculty) planned many informational and social events.   One of which was held on Tuesday, April 13th, event was entitled: “Queer in America”, held in the East Foyer of Albany Law School.  The event was more of a conversation, rather than a symposium, where members of Albany Law School’s administration and faculty discussed their views on various issues affecting the LBGTQ community.  Click Here for a list of presenters. 

Health Law Week is November 7-12, 2009

Albany Law School’s Health Law Society and the Office of Student Affairs has received a grant for the maximum amount from the American Bar Association Law Student Division.   Health Law week is co-sponsored by the Health Law Society and Office of Student Affairs.  

Cultural Competency Training (4 hour session)

Albany Law School, the Medical Society of New York, and the NYS Office of Mental Health will co- sponsor a FREE “Cultural Competence Training”  on Saturday, November 7, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. at Albany Law School, in the East Wing Classroom (Building 1928).  We invite you to participate in this interactive training that is designed to encourage an open dialogue related to culture, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs and practices and the implications for working effectively in cross cultural situations. 

The Office of Student Affairs and Diversity Office will co-sponsor a coffee break during this training.   

We encourage faculty, staff and students interested in gaining information on cultural and lingistic competence in the context of health care to attend this program.    See below link for the Registration Form.  We still have seats available, register TODAY!

Cultural Competency Flyer HERE          Registration Form HERE

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”  Anais Nin