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Prof. James Sample Discusses SCOTUS Case Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar on...
Professor James Sample appeared on Bloomberg Radio’s Bloomberg Law to the upcoming Supreme Court argument in Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar — addressing the First Amendment viability of the...
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Prof. Eric Freedman Comments in New York Times Story on Boston Marathon...
Boston Is Eager to Begin Marathon Bombing Trial, and to End It By Katharine Q. Seelye The New York Times Jan. 1, 2015 Excerpt: Even if the jury imposes the death penalty, the appeals process can go on...
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Prof. Leon Friedman Blogs at The Huffington Post on Encounters With Mario Cuomo
On Jan. 4, 2015, Leon Friedman, the Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law, authored an article for The Huffington Post Blog titled “Suing Mario Cuomo.” Excerpt: The death of...
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Alumna Patti Alleva ’79 Named Among Nation’s Best Law Teachers
Patti Alleva, B.A. ’76, J.D. ’79, is among the nation’s best law professors, according to a new Harvard University Press publication called What the Best Law Teachers Do. Alleva, who teaches at the...
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Hofstra Law’s Gitenstein Institute Receives Grant to Support Legal HELPline...
Hofstra Law’s Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy recently received a grant for $12,900 from The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc. to support the institute’s new HELPline. “We are...
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Prof. Susan Fortney Elected Secretary of AALS Professional Responsibility...
Susan Fortney, the Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics, has been elected as the secretary of the AALS Professional Responsibility Section.
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Scholarship by Prof. James Sample Featured in Vanderbilt Law Review...
Vanderbilt Law Review Roundtable considers Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar, which is to be argued before the Supreme Court during the week of Jan. 19, 2015. The Roundtable features multiple citations...
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Prof. Irina Manta Is Invited Speaker at Junior Intellectual Property Scholars...
Professor Irina D. Manta was an invited speaker at the Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Workshop at the Florida State University College of Law. She presented her forthcoming co-authored article...
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Prof. Miriam Albert Elected to Executive Committee of AALS Teaching Methods...
Professor Miriam R. Albert was elected to the executive committee of the AALS Teaching Methods Section.
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Prof. Julian Ku to Discuss War Powers Under the Constitution at New York City...
On Jan. 26, 2014, Julian Ku, the Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, will be a panelist for “A President at War: A Discussion Exploring the War Powers of the Executive...
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Hofstra Law and Frankfurt Kurnit Launch Online Ethics Publication New York...
Hofstra Law and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC have launched the New York Legal Ethics Reporter (NYLER), an online publication dedicated to providing timely and interesting articles on legal...
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Prof. Eric M. Freedman Proposes Fix for Gap in SCOTUS Capital Case Voting...
Eric M. Freedman, the Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Rights, has published a preliminary draft of his article “Idea: No Execution If Four Justices Object,” forthcoming in the...
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Prof. Susan Fortney Reviews Article on Reasonable Accommodations for Lawyers...
Susan Fortney, the Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics, published a review of the article “Reasonable Accommodation as Professional Responsibility, Reasonable Accommodation as...
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Mock Trial Team Wins Regional Round of Prestigious Trial Competition
A trial team of Hofstra Law students Aaron Spurlock 3L, Helene Weiss 2L and Kyle Schiedo 2L won the Texas Young Lawyers National Mock Trial Competition for Region 2. They went undefeated, besting 20...
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Prof. Eric M. Freedman Comments in US News Story on Florida’s Decision Not to...
Florida Won’t Follow Ohio and Oklahoma in Halting Executions By Tierney Sneed U.S. News & World Report Feb. 2, 2015 Excerpt: Florida’s Department of Corrections says it has no plans to delay an...
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Alumnus Wesley Rudes ’94 Named Executive Director at Cushman & Wakefield
Hofstra Law alumnus Wesley Rudes ’94 has joined commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield as executive director. He has 20 years of commercial real estate experience and most recently served...
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Alumnus Kenny Meiselas ’81, Lawyer for Diddy & Lady Gaga, Interviewed by...
Hofstra Law alumnus Kenny Meiselas ’81, a partner at Grubman Shire & Meiselas, was recently interviewed by Billboard to discuss his career as a music attorney. Meiselas, who represents major...
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Prof. Herbie DiFonzo’s Book Intimate Associations Reviewed in Family Court...
Intimate Associations: The Law and Culture of American Families, by Professor J. Herbie DiFonzo and Ruth C. Stern, is reviewed by Marsha Kline Pruett in 53 Family Court Review 162 (2015).
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Prof. Scott Colesanti’s Article on Bitcoin Published in Syracuse Law Review
Professor J. Scott Colesanti’s article on bitcoin, titled “Trotting Out the White Horse: How the S.E.C. Can Handle Bitcoin’s Threat to American Investors,” was published in volume 65 of the Syracuse...
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Prof. Scott Colesanti to Speak at Review of Banking & Financial Law Symposium
Professor J. Scott Colesanti will be speaking on the first panel at “Innovation Today: The Legal Challenges of Funding Startups,” the 2015 Review of Banking & Financial Law Symposium. The Boston...
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