Elizabeth Loewy, Head of the Elder Abuse Unit
Manhattan District Attorney's Office

Judge Abdul Koroma, International Court of Justice

Dean Makau Wa Mutua, Buffalo Law School

Dr. Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya

Adama Dieng, Registrar of the International Criminal Court for Rwanda and Assistant UN Secretary General

Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

"Moving Beyond Carnegie"
Judith Wegner
University of North Carolina School of Law

"Bringing Ideas for Setting and Assessing Learning Objectives Back to Your Institutions"
Mary Lynch, Albany Law School
Nancy Cook, University of Minnesota
Law School

Welcome - Interim Dean and President Connie Mayer
"Update on Reform in Legal Education"
David Thomson, University of Denver
Sturm School of Law

Keynote Speaker : Jennifer Raab, President of Hunter College

Albany Law School will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the graduation of Justice Robert Jackson (Class of 1912) with a panel featuring Judge Victoria Graffeo ('77), Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals;Paul Grondahl, Albany author and Times Union reporter;and John Barrett, St. John's University School of Law.

Internationally renown Drs. Aresh and Kamiar Alaei, arrested while treating HIV/AIDS in their native Iran, will speak about their experience and the lessons for lawyers. Professors Gathii, Lynch and Ouellette of Albany Law School will provide commentary.

Conference presented by the Tenant Foreclosure Protection Clinic discussing the rights of Tenants and the legal remedies available to them.

An event to discuss key legal issues facing Homeless Veterans. Topics covered will include benefits claims with the VA, discharge reviews, and assisting Veterans who have received minor criminal convictions.

This is the first of two panels. This panel will focus on the legal aspects of cyberbullying, including issues of free speech and potential suits arising from cyberbullying.

This is the second of two panels. this panel will focus on how cyberbullying affects educators in the classroom as well as what they are doing to protect students.

Albany Governmemnt Law review presents a legal symposium featuring a discussion by public officials, practitioners and scholars on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal, Defense of marriage Act status, family and workplace rights, and New York's same-sex marriage law.

The Albany Law Review assembled a panel of professors, labor attorneys and union representatives that discussed contemporary challenges facing workers, including efforts to roll back public sector bargaining rights, the criminalization of unauthorized workers and the prevalence of wage and hour violations.

Keiki Cabanos will be the Featured Speaker at the Alumni Meeting that begins at 4PM in the Board Room.

Includes the Alumni Panel and the Swearing-In Ceremony of the First Year Class by Judge Randolph Treece

From Saratoga Performing Arts Center

A panel of experts from government, law and academia will cover the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, including its impact on public authorities board members and municipal officials.

Hon. Richard Sippel will moderate a panel Discussion on the topic of Communicating Across Borders.

Hon. Richard Sippel, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Federal Communications Commission will deliver the Justice Jackson Lecture entitled Information With(out) Borders : The Intersection of Law and Technology.

Attorneys, government officials and academics will gather to discuss a variety of topics, including performance enhancing drug use, labor negotiation and collective bargaining, stadium development, intellectual property rights, player representation, and contract negotiations.

If You Build It, They Will Come : A Discussion on Stadium Construction

The Legal State of Our National Pastime : An Interactive Panel Discussion

Professor Clayton Gillette, the Max E. Greenberg Professor of Contract Law at New York University School of Law, will discuss the causes of the fiscal problems facing municipalities and the remedies that might be available to them.

Gregory Butler (Class of '88), Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of Northeast Utilities System, will be part of a Luncheon Discussion on renewable energy issues with support from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Hon. Patricia M. Wald presents the Keynote Address for a celebration of the first woman admitted to practice law in New York State.

Panel Discussion featuring Hon. Margaret Marshall, Former Chief Judge, Massachussetts State Judicial Court ; Hon. Marsha Ternus, Former Chief Judge, Iowa Supreme Court ; Chief Judge Jean Toal, South Carolina Supreme Court. This video is password protected.

Charles P. Rose, General Counsel, U.S. Deptartment of Education

Experts in law and medicine discuss Assisted Reproductive Technology, focusing on legislative and regulatory efforts, the impact of new technology and how the law affects assisted reproduction.

Government officials, law professors and attorneys will discuss the legal ramifications of the BP oil spill, including whether current regulatory framework is sufficient and what course of action the federal government could take to prevent similar environmental disasters in the future.

Government officials, law professors and attorneys will discuss the legal ramifications of the BP oil spill, including whether current regulatory framework is sufficient and what course of action the federal government could take to prevent similar environmental disasters in the future.

Tax commissioners, advocates, academics and practitioners explore the current tensions between revenue collection and taxpayer advocacy.

Tax commissioners, advocates, academics and practitioners explore the current tensions between revenue collection and taxpayer advocacy.

Watch the 250 members of the Class of 2013, Albany Law School's 160th class, take the oath "to act with civility and dignity and to uphold the standards set forth by the legal community and Albany Law School."

Victoria A. Graffeo, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, administers the oath.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The Panel:
Ira M. Millstein, Senior Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
David Kidera, Interim Executive Director of the (new) Independent Authorities Budget Office
Scott Fein, Partner, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP

Ross Garber delivers the lecture "The Integrity of Public Service: The Impact of Recent Public Corruption Cases."

How can you control the quality of your life when you are unable to communicate what you want?

A collaborative effort of Albany Law School ~ Albany Medical Center ~ St. Peter's Health Care Services ~ The Center for Donation and Transplant ~ The Community Hospice.

Panelists:
Jude Klein, Center for Donation and Transplant
Dr. Lesley Danskin, The Community Hospice
Prof. Shelia Otto, Albany Medical College
Michael Telfer, Health Law Clinic, Albany Law School
Joseph Mucia, Health Law Clinic, Albany Law School
Prof. Joe Connors, Health Law Clinic, Albany Law School

"Jurisprudence in the Global Era" includes a series of panel discussions on that explore the impact of international law on the U.S. legal system, as well as the implications of applying international law to a country's judicial landscape.

Speakers:
James Thuo Gathii
Bryan S. Gowdy
Eric S. Montalvo
David H. Moore
Eli M. Rosenbaum,
Mark S. Zaid, Esq.

Law professor David M. Crane, who was the founding chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, an international war crimes tribunal, from 2002 to 2005, delivers the keynote speech.

Featuring keynote speaker Annette Gordon-Reed, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W. W. Norton, 2008).

Award recipients are Barbara Cottrell '84 and Dale Skivington '79.

State Constitutional Commentary Symposium,
Hosted by the Albany Law Review

"Wrongful Convictions: Understanding and Addressing Criminal Injustice"

Moderator:
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York

Panelists:
James R. Acker
Hon. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.
Amy Bach
Saul M. Kassin
Stephen Saloom