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Prof. James Sample Comments in New York Law Journal Story on Judicial...
Some Democrats Urge Changes to Judicial Screening Processes By Andrew Denney New York Law Journal Jan. 24, 2017 Excerpt: The ability to promise judicial candidates uncontested elections to powerful...
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Prof. Barbara Barron Teaches Investigative Techniques Course for Securities...
Professor Barbara S. Barron taught an investigative techniques course for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., from Jan. 24-26 2017. The course is part of the SEC’s...
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BLSA Mock Trial Team Finishes 2nd in Northeast Regional of Frederick Douglass...
Hofstra’s Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) team of Annette Bevans 3L and Brianni Lyons 2L finished as the second-place finalist in the Northeast Regional of the National Black Law Students...
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Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal Hosts Roundtable on ‘Post-Cheeks Wage...
The Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal hosted a roundtable discussion, “Post-Cheeks Wage & Hour Settlements,” on Jan. 25, 2017, at the Harvard Club in New York City. The roundtable...
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Prof. Ronald Colombo Comments in Law360 Story on Possible Impact of Supreme...
Gorsuch Could Tip Scales Against SEC’s Admin Court By Carmen Germaine Law360 Feb. 2, 2017 Excerpt: Colombo said that, even if Judge Gorsuch or Republican lawmakers succeeded in pulling back Chevron...
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Prof. Norman Silber Participates in ‘Courthouse Conversation’ With US Circuit...
Professor Norman I. Silber participated on Feb. 2, 2017, in a “Courthouse Conversation” with Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The conversation, titled “An...
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Prof. James Sample Discusses Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch on PIX News...
Professor James Sample appeared on the WPIX-TV program PIX News Closeup, a Sunday-morning public affairs and interview program hosted by Marvin Scott. The show focuses on domestic and international...
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Prof. Eric M. Freedman Quoted in Vice Story on Death Row Inmates Deserted by...
When Your Lawyer Abandons You on Death Row By Casey Tolan Vice.com Feb. 6, 2017 Excerpt: And it’s not just a Texas issue, although the state seems to have a disproportionate number of cases that...
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Prof. Eric M. Freedman Discusses Circuit Court Hearing on President’s Travel...
Eric M. Freedman, the Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Rights, appeared on Fox 5 New York’s News at 6 program to discuss with anchor Ernie Anastos the latest legal developments...
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State Advisory Council Co-Chaired by Prof. Theo Liebmann Publishes Advisory...
The Advisory Council on Immigration Issues in Family Court, a statewide program initiated by the New York State Office of Court Administration and co-chaired by Professor Theo Liebmann, director of...
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Prof. Michael Haber Publishes Article on ‘Anti-Authoritarian’ Activism in...
Professor Michael Haber has published an article that takes a close look at the Occupy Wall Street movement, “CED After #OWS: From Community Economic Development to Anti-Authoritarian Community...
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New Deportation Defense Clinic Announced
A new legal clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law will represent Long Island immigrants facing deportation and spearhead education and advocacy programs for immigrant rights, President Stuart...
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File Your Taxes for Free! Tax Law Society to Host Volunteer Income Tax...
The Tax Law Society at Hofstra Law is hosting a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) clinic. VITA files tax returns for qualifying taxpayers who made $54,000 or less in 2016. Last year, Tax Law...
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Hofstra Law Team Wins Regional Transactional LawMeet, Advances to National...
The Hofstra Law team of third-year students Melanie Campbell and Ashtyn Hemendinger won the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meet of the eighth annual Transactional LawMeet Competition. They advance to the...
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Prof. Barbara Barron Teaches Egyptian Prosecutors for ABA Rule of Law Initiative
At the behest of ABA Rule of Law Initiative’s program to strengthen the capacity of Egyptian public prosecutors, Professor Barbara Barron co-taught a course in Cairo from Feb. 14-21. The course was...
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Prof. Alafair Burke Writes for ABA Journal Story on Lawyer-Authors’ Top 10...
Professor Alafair S. Burke contributed to a feature story that originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of ABA Journal with the headline “10 Lawyer-Authors Choose the Top Ten Law Novels in the...
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Work by Criminal Law Clinic Helps to Change Court Policies to Protect...
In response to work by Professor Elizabeth “Betsey” Nevins and students in the Hofstra Law Criminal Justice Clinic, Hon. Norman St. George ’88, the supervising judge of the District Court of Nassau...
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Prof. Norman Silber Gives Guest Lecture to Columbia Law School Corporations...
On March 3, Professor Norman I. Silber delivered a guest lecture to the Corporations and Constitutions seminar at Columbia Law School at the invitation of Professors Richard Brooks and Geeyoung Min....
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Prof. Ronald Colombo in Top 10 Precent of Authors on SSRN for February 2017
Fueled by the downloads of his most recent article on insider trading, “Tipping the Scales Against Insider Trading: Adopting a Presumption of Personal Benefit to Clarify Dirks,” 45 Hofstra L. Rev. 117...
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Prof. Katrina Kuh to Chair NYS Bar Association Task Force on Environmental...
Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh will chair the New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Task Force on Environmental Aspects of the New York State Constitution. The group will prepare a...
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