Albany Law School celebrates its 166th Commencement.

For Albany Law School’s Class of 2017, it was a day of inspiration and celebration.
166th Commencement: Photos | Video  (clickable)
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Before crossing the stage Friday, May 19 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., approximately 110 graduates heard from keynote speaker David McCraw ’92, vice president and deputy general counsel for the New York Times.

“Being a graduate of Albany Law School means … being the kind of lawyer people count on,” said McCraw, who serves as the Times’ top newsroom lawyer and is among the nation’s most prolific litigators of freedom-of-information cases. “I have always prided myself on being that kind of lawyer, an Albany lawyer—a lawyer who shows up, who keeps trying, who wakes up the next morning trying to figure out why whatever he did yesterday didn’t work and what he can do today to make it a happen. That was something I learned at Albany Law School.”

Albany Law School: Diversity and Inclusion Newsletter, Issue 1

Published by members of the Law School’s Faculty Diversity Committee.
Website: http://www.albanylaw.edu/diversity 

Roundup: Albany Law School in the News, First week of April 2017

The big news this week was Justice Sotomayor’s visit to campus.

• Monday night’s event was covered by the Times Union, Daily Gazette, CBS 6, News 10 ABC, NewsChannel 13, Spectrum News, and The Associated Press. The Daily Gazette also published a photo gallery.
• The AP’s story was syndicated to news outlets nationwide: ABC News, Washington Post, New York Times, New York Law Journal, U.S. News, CBS New York, and many others.
• U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer tweeted: “Excited that @AlbanyLaw students get to hear from this brilliant legal mind & #SCOTUS justice tonight!”
• Associate Dean Queenan was featured in UAlbany’s article “Five Questions with Rosemary Queenan.”

President & Dean Ouellette’s op-ed “Funding legal services for the poor benefits all of society” was published by the Times Union. (Paywall – see text below.)   

Professor Bonventre spoke with KJZZ radio in Phoenix about the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Neil Gorsuch. (Airing today, Friday, sometime between noon-2 p.m.)

Professors Bonventre and Gottlieb discussed the Supreme Court and Judge Gorsuch on WAMC’s “Vox Pop.”  

Dominican Bar Association Women’s Committee: “A Conversation with Latinas in Government” May 3rd @ 6pm, NYC Office of Chadbourne & Parke, LLP

 

Dominican Bar Association Women’s Committee: A Conversation with Latinas in Government
Wednesday, May 3;
Time: 6pm – 8:30pm
Location: Law Offices of Chadbourne & Parke LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Please join The Dominican Bar Association Women’s Committee: Las Mariposas for the next Let’s Chat series event: A Conversation with Latinas in Government.   Speakers include: Laura Acosta, Deputy Chief of Staff at New York City Public Advocate; Vilda Vera Mayuga, Chairperson, New York State Industrial Board of Appeals; Lilliam A. Perez, Senior Advisor/Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman; and Julisaa Reynoso, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Former United States Ambassador to Uruguay.

You can RSVP here.

 

Save the Date: The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law, May 8th @ NYCBA

 Save the Date: The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law
Monday, May 8;  6:00-8:30pm; NYC Bar Association
$100 Members | $50 Government/Nonprofit Members | $175 Non Members | $125 Government/Nonprofit Non Members

Please join us as Patricia Bell-Scott, Author and Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies and Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia delivers the Annual Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law.

Welcome by: John S. Kiernan, President, New York City Bar

Introduction by: Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States

All requests for cancellations & refunds must be received no later than May 1, 2017. Registration is necessary. For more information please contact ginsburglecture@nycbar.org.

For more information, please click here: http://bit.ly/2mZaaBi

 

The Theodore T. Jones, JR Undergraduate Intercultural Moot Court Competition, Saturday, April 8 (Albany Law School)

Featured Story: http://www.albany.edu/news/78067.php

Sponsored by the University at Albany and Albany Law School Venture Fund  

In memory of the Honorable Theodore T. Jones, Jr.  Associate Justice, N.Y. Court of Appeals

Theodore Theopolis Jones, Jr. was the fourth African American appointed to serve on New York State’s highest court. He was nominated to the Court of Appeals by the then-newly elected Governor Eliot Spitzer in January 2007 and confirmed by the State Senate in February 2007. Sadly, Judge Jones’s time on the Court was cut short when he passed away unexpectedly on November 6, 2012 at the age of 68.   Learn more about Judge Jones:  http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/history-legal-bench-court-appeals.html?http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-court-appeals/jones-theodore.html

Theodore T. Jones, Jr. Undergraduate Intercultural Moot Court Competition:

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Held on Saturday, April 8, 2017
No registration fee
(21 undergraduate students from the University at Albany will be competing)  

Albany Law School,  80 New Scotland Ave.
Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom (Room 421), Time: 9am – 3pm

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• 21 U Albany students will compete for gift certificates!
• The competition is based on oral argument
• Register on a first-come basis
• Sign up solo or as a team of two
• Work with law students, professors, lawyers and judges during the competition
• The competition is open to all students who are enrolled in undergraduate programs

  Questions, you may contact: Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Rosemary Queenan at rquee@albanylaw.edu 

PAID ($6,000 stipend) 1L & 2L NYC Summer Legal internship with Host Employer: Salesforce. Apply by: Monday, March 27th

Dear 1L and 2L Albany Law School students:  

Kenneth G. Standard Diversity Internship Program (Summer 2017) – Paid Job
($6,000 Stipend)  — This in-house counsel internship job is in New York City!

Host Employer: Salesforce.com (NY, NY) ***The application deadline has been extended to Monday, 3/27/17.***

• Position: Summer 2017 Legal Internship (Paid)
• Eligible Students: Students must be in the Class of 2019 or the Class of 2018 from under-represented groups attending a participating law school and capable of fulfilling the requested work hours and responsibilities.
• This internship posted can be found in ALBANYLAW LINK under “Jobs.” The JOB ID # is 21176.

NOTE: This posting has been extended twice – all past applicants from Albany Law School are still under consideration (per email from ALS alum David Rothenberg, Esq. on 3/22/17).

 

Thursday, April 20th Event: Legal Issues Facing LGBT Military Personnel and Veterans, 5:30 pm at Albany Law School

Roundup: Albany Law School in the News and Faculty Achievements

Albany Law’s affiliation with UAlbany was featured in the Business Review’s front-page story “Capital Region U: Why colleges work together.” (See text below.) The article included a quote from 3+3 student Daniel Lei, ’18. President & Dean Ouellette was quoted in the print version.

The Association of American Law Schools tweeted and posted on Facebook about Megyn Kelly’s book tour visit to campus last week.

Law Student and Alumni Profiles:

• For David Crossman, 2-Week Drive from Alaska Turns into 3-Year Law School Journey
• Zaid ’92 Leads Lawsuit against Trump and D.C. Hotel 

Diversity Opportunities Announcement!

The following diversity 2017 summer internship opportunities are posted online
through your ALBANYLAW LINK account under “JOBS (Non-OCR).”

Job Title/Event	JOB ID #	Employer/Organization	Due Date
SALESFORCE.COM (NY, NY) (Legal Department) SU ‘17 Diversity Internship (1Ls & 2Ls; paid)	21176	Kenneth G. Standard Diversity Internship Program New York State Bar Association	3/20/17
CONSOLIDATED EDISON (NY, NY) SU ‘17 Diversity Internship (2Ls; paid)	21476	Kenneth G. Standard Diversity Internship Program New York State Bar Association	3/20/17

Upcoming Diversity Programs, Career Fairs & Events:

• AFL-CIO’s Lawyers Coordinating Committee Minority Outreach Program | Washington, DC American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Review Information in ALBANYLAW LINK, Job ID #: 21175
• 2017 HNBA/Microsoft Intellectual Property Law Institute (IPLI) | Washington, DC Hispanic National Bar Association, June 4-9, 2017

• 29th Annual Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair | Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA The National LGBT Bar Association August 2-4, 2017

Awards and Writing Competitions:

The National LGBT Bar Association is accepting submissions for the following awards & competitions. DUE DATE: Friday, April 21, 2017 at 5:00pm EST.

• The Student Leadership Award

• The Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition
• The International Association of LGBT Judges Writing Competition