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the following items represent a sampling of the recent activities of our full-time faculty.
fULL-TImE fAcULTY AcTIvITIES
Compiled by Melissa Pentangelo
Alan I. Appel ’76
Scholarly Presentations
Participated in the
New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies Summer Institute in Taxation. Discussed outbound and inbound investments as well as financing strategies
and other structures that govern foreign investments in U.S. real estate, New York ( July 2014).
Spoke at a webinar on Tax Planning for Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate, sponsored by Strafford Publications, providing accounting and tax professionals and counsel with a review of tax considerations for foreign investors in U.S. real estate ( July 2014).
Publications
Preventing End Runs Around the Dividend Withholding Regime: Treasury’s Revised Regulations Under Section 871(m) and
the New Delta Test, 27 Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions 21–26 (March/April 2014) (with G.J. Galvin).
Media References and Appearances Interviewed by Mimesis
Productions, Lee
Pacchia ’06’s production company, regarding recent comments made by IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on the future
of the agency’s voluntary disclosure program for foreign accounts ( June, July 2014).
Scholarly Presentations
Keynote Speaker at White & Case’s Black History Month Celebration on the topic of the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, New York (February 2014).
Panel moderator, “What’s Next For Reproductive Rights: An Insider’s
Look at Roe v. Wade in 2014,” hosted by Donna Lieberman, the Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, New York ( January 2014).
Publications
There is No Santa Claus: The Challenge of Teaching the Next Generation of Civil Rights Lawyers in
a “Post-Racial” Society, Columbia Journal of Race and Law (February 2014).
Collective or Individual Benefits?: Measuring the Educational Benefits of Race-Conscious Admissions Programs,
Howard Law Journal ( June 2014).
Awards and Recognition
Named to the Outreach Committee of the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research (February 2014).
Named to the Executive Committee of the AALS’s Section on Law and Sports (February 2014).
Scholarly Presentations
Represented NYLS
and the Legal Practice Program at the Ninth Annual Global Legal Skills Conference at the Collegio di Giurisprudenza at the Universita degli Studi
di Verona, Verona, Italy. Presented “Identifying and Enhancing Global Reading Comprehension Skills in the Twitter Generation
of Law Students and Lawyers” (May 2014).
Presented “Negotiating Tactics in Sports Law,” at the 2014 NYLS Sports Law Symposium, New York Law School (February 2014).
Media References and Appearances
Sunday Mirror: Heading to Court, Bloomberg BNA (April 2014).
Scholarly Presentations
Presented, with Stacy- Ann Elvy, a Master Class, “Rwanda and New Governance,” at Oxford University for the third annual “Advancing Good Governance
in International Development” seminar, sponsored by Camfed (Campaign for Female Education), Oxford, and Linklaters, Oxford, England ( June 2014).
Moderator, “Insider Trading 2.0: A New Initiative to Crack Down on Predatory Practices,” hosted by the Center for Business and Financial Law and the Center for New York City Law, New York Law School (March 2014).
Presented “Shareholder Cultivation and New Governance,” for the Section on Socio- Economics’ panel titled “Corporate Theory
and Regulation in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis,” at the Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Meeting, New York. She also participated in the Association’s reception for Teacher of the Year awardees and faculty emeriti ( January 2014).
Publications
Insider Trading 2.0 – Keeping Up With the Super Computer Arms Race, Business Law Prof Blog (March 2014).
“Everything Must Stay
in Place”—President Business, The Lego Movie, Business Law Prof Blog (March 2014).
Scholarly Presentations
Moderated an event
titled “Preparing
for Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Coalitions and Working with Law Schools,” presented by New York Law School and the
New York Immigration Coalition ( January 2014).
Projects
Organized a Safe Passage Project in CLE program on “Best Practices Before the Asylum Office” (February 2014).
Media References and Appearances
Received widespread press coverage, in connection with the Safe Passage Project, in the New
York Law Journal, The New York Times, Voice of America News, New York Daily News, and Salon. Also appeared on many major
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Jodi S. Balsam
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Lenni B. Benson
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