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2015 Gala Program, New York Law School

Gala Programs

Honoring

Joe Plumeri Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Data Corporation

Norman Radow ’81 Founder and CEO, The RADCO Companies

The Law Book: From Hammurabi To The International Criminal Court, 250 Milestones In The History Of Law (Sterling), Michael Roffer

Books

The Law Book explores 250 of the most significant legal issues, cases, trials, and events that have profoundly changed our world. Although the heaviest emphasis is on American law it also touches on more than a dozen countries and the European Union, laws relating to Antarctica and Outer Space, and principles of international law. Among the topics it explores are the earliest legal codes, the role of juries, slavery and emancipation, civil rights, Native Americans, copyright, the press and free speech, immigration, censorship and obscenity, the environment, war and international relations, war crimes and trials, the insanity defense, taxation, prohibition, …

Construction And Development Financing V1 & V2, Marshall E. Tracht, Alvin L. Arnold

Books

Providing innovative strategies for financing land acquisitions, construction, and development, Construction and Development Financing covers every aspect of negotiating ADC financing. Allowing fast, easy and on-point research, this book covers:

• The consequences of default

• Environmental assessments

• ADA compliance

• New money sources

• Lender liability

• Stalled nonresidential construction

• New FHA rules for condominiums

• Mitigating construction fraud

• A new program of tax credits

Section titles discuss:

• Land loans

• Land development loans

• Construction loans: application, underwriting approval, and commitment

• Enforcement and workouts

• Other financing transactions

• Public policy

• Much …

Book Launch: The Law Book: From Hammurabi To The International Criminal Court, 250 Milestones In The History Of Law, New York Law School

Faculty Book Events

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Perspectives - William Morrish, Professor Of Urban Ecologies At Parsons The New School For Design, James Hagy

Rooftops Project

How can arts organizations with an aspiration to build their own facilities connect project design both with the broader community and with financial sustainability? The Rooftops Project’s Zulaihat Nauzo and Professor James Hagy talk with William Morrish, Professor of Urban Ecologies at Parsons The New School for Design.

New York Law School Magazine, Vol. 34, No. 1, New York Law School

New York Law School Magazine

Features:

New York Law School Kicks off its 125th Anniversary Celebration

NYLS and the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School Join Forces

NYLS Ties Run Deep in Brooklyn

The Center for New York City Law Celebrates 20 Years

In memoriam: Kathleen Grimm ’80

Cynthia Senko Rosicki ’86 Launches London Fellowship in Law and Dramatic Arts

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Strategic Plan Progress And Outcomes (2015), New York Law School

Strategic Plan and Initiatives

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Profiles - Ucan’S New Campus Construction Project, Chicago, Illinois, James Hagy, Sahar Nikanjam

Rooftops Project

Funding and constructing a new $41 million facility may be a once-in-a-generation, if ever, event, for many social service not-for-profits. Choosing a site that invests directly in the neighborhood and the people served can have ripple effects far beyond the central purpose of the delivery of services the buildings are designed to support. The Rooftops Project’s Sahar Nikanjam and Professor James Hagy walked the site of UCAN’s new campus construction under way in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago.

The International Review | 2015 Spring/Summer, Michael Rhee

The International Review Newsletter

Is there a right to healthy and nutritious food?

Circumcision: A rite of passage or bodily harm?

How do nations and international law address fracking?

Insulting religions: Allowed or prohibited under international law?

Quotas for women on corporate boards?

2015 Commencement Program, New York Law School

Commencement Programs

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Patent Law Lunch: With Errol Taylor ’87, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

New York Law School, Room W302

Errol Taylor will discuss how recent developments and changes in the law impact pharmaceutical patent protection.

Masterclass: Post-Data Breach Litigation With John Scordo ’88, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Thursday, April 23, 2015

12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

New York Law School Room W402

Tech Talks: Net Neutrality With Professor Thomas Hazlett, Bruce Regal, And Michael Santorelli, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

DATE: Wednesday, April 15

TIME: 12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

LOCATION: New York Law School, Room W420

Profile - Human Rights Watch, James Hagy, Mehgan Gallagher

Rooftops Project

Rooftops Project Profile - Human Rights Watch - Every day, not-for-profit organizations face “stay or move” choices when they approach the end of their leases. Making predictions about space, and making space work, can be challenging. How did one such organization assess its choices as a tenant in one of the most iconic buildings in Manhattan? The Rooftops Project’s Mehgan Gallagher speaks with David Bragg at Human Rights Watch.

Perspectives - Cannon Design’S Open Hand Studio, James Hagy, Sahar Nikanjam

Rooftops Project

Not only can architects create great space, they can also inspire better connections between the built environment and the social sector. John Syvertsen, Chris Lambert, and Ashley Marsh talk with Sahar Nikanjam and Professor James Hagy of The Rooftops Project about their work with not-for-profit organizations through architectural firm Cannon Design’s Open Hand Studio initiative.

Profiles - The Rubin Museum Of Art, James Hagy, Payal Thakkar

Rooftops Project

For over two centuries, New York City’s arts and culture have been enhanced by visionary founders of museums designed to house collections the founders themselves treasured. That tradition continues with the installation of a remarkable collection in the equally remarkable transformation of a former clothing store. The Rooftops Project’s Payal Thakkar and Professor James Hagy visit with Patrick Sears, Executive Director of The Rubin Museum of Art in New York City.

Professor Gerald Korngold On Conservation Easements, James Hagy, Katherine Disalvo, Naveed Fazal

Rooftops Project

The Rooftops Project’s Katherine DiSalvo and Naveed Fazal talk with New York Law School Professor and conservation easement scholar, Gerald Korngold.

An Address By U.S. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Ny), New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Monday, March 30, 2015

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Location: New York Law School 185 West Broadway Faculty Commons, Second Floor

Tech Talk: Ip Licensing And Drafting With Adjunct Professors Karen Artz Ash, Jay Kogan, And Lawrence Sapadin, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Friday, March 20, 2015

Time: 12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Location: New York Law School 185 West Broadway, Room W420

Tech Talks: Privacy, Surveillance, And New Technology, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

The American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, and the Institute for Information Law and Policy are pleased to bring the NYLS community together for a discussion of personal privacy in an age of invasive technology. Professor Nadine Strossen will discuss constitutional law issues pertaining to the NSA’s warrantless surveillance programs, and what these programs mean for us, our communities, and the future of government power. Professor Ari Waldman will discuss how digital technology, including cell phones, GPS, and the Internet, are giving law enforcement surveillance power over our daily lives, how the judiciary should respond, and any obstacles in the …

Social And Mobile And Law, Oh My! With Joe Rosenbaum ’77, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. New York Law School Room W220

Patent Law Lunch: Daniel Nazer Of The Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Friday, March 6, 2015

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

New York Law School, Room W420

Ip Lunch: Entertainment And Video Game Law With Jim Charne ’79, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Date: Thursday, March 5, 2015

Time: 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Location: New York Law School 185 West Broadway Boardroom

Patent Law Lunch: The Honorable Faith S. Hochberg, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Thursday, February 19

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

New York Law School, Room W402

Ip In The Federal Courts: Jason D. Jones Discusses Kienitz, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

DATE: Wednesday, February 18, 2015

TIME: 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

LOCATION: New York Law School 185 West Broadway, Room W220

An Introduction To Contemporary International Law: A Policy-Oriented Perspective 3rd Ed., Lung-Chu Chen

Books

Dr. Lung-chu Chen is an internationally recognized scholar and Professor of Law at New York Law School, specializing in international law, human rights, and the United Nations.

This book introduces the reader to all major aspects of contemporary international law. It applies a policy-oriented perspective, a highly acclaimed approach developed by a group known as the New Haven School that views international law not as a fixed set of rules but as an ongoing process of decision making through which the members of the world community identify, clarify, and secure their common interests. Unlike conventional works in international law, this …

Tech Talks: Riley And The Fourth Amendment, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Monday, January 26, 2015

Time: 12:50 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

Location: New York Law School 185 West Broadway, Room W400

Riley v. California is perhaps the Supreme Court’s most important Fourth Amendment case in years. In that case, a majority of the Court held that the police need a warrant to search digital information on a cellphone seized from an individual who has been arrested. Given the amount of information we store on our smartphones—every e-mail we’ve ever written, all the text messages we have ever sent, our web-browsing habits—this decision seems like an important step forward for protecting individual …

Patent Law Lunch: Practice Before The U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, New York Law School

Institute for Information Law and Policy at NYLS (Event Posters)

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Please join the Institute for Information Law and Policy for our inaugural, monthly Patent Law Lunch. Mindy Bickel, Ph.D., will be speaking about practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), including opportunities for recent graduates and current students, such as through New York Law School’s PTO Clinic. Dr. Bickel began her career at the PTO in 1989 as a patent examiner in the biotechnology area, eventually becoming Chief of Staff to the Commissioner of Patents. She has received numerous awards, including the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for examination and supervisory accomplishments; a Silver …

Impact: Collected Essays On The Threat Of Economic Inequality., New York Law School. Impact For Public Interest Law And The Racial Justice Project.

Racial Justice Project

On April 17, 2015, the Impact Center for Public Interest Law at New York Law School hosted a symposium entitled "Tackling Economic Inequality" to bring together policymakers, advocates, academics, and community members to explore some of the causes and solutions to this growing problem. The essays collected in this volume, written by leading social justice advocates, are published to stimulate continued conversation on this critically important issue.

Profiles - Chicago Literacenter, James Hagy

Rooftops Project

Business news is often filled with stories about incubator spaces and entrepreneurial hubs in which start-up companies can hang out, network, and grow. What might result when these concepts are adapted to bring together diverse not-for-profit organizations focused on similar missions? Professor James Hagy visits Stacy Ratner, Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Chicago Literacy Alliance, and Transwestern’s Larry Serota at the grand opening of Literacenter in downtown Chicago.