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news outlets, including CNN, Univision, Al Jazeera, CBS, ABC, and WNYC. ( January–July 2014). Featured in videos produced by alumnus Lee Pacchia ’06 and his production company, Mimesis Productions (March, August 2014).
Testimonies and Legal consultation
Invited to address a
White House Briefing
on expanding legal representation for child migrants. The meeting
was hosted by the President’s policy advisors, and the Vice President addressed the invitees and encouraged foundations, corporations, and law firms to work with nonprofit providers to help find legal representation so that the recently arriving children’s claims could be addressed as soon as possible. Spoke about how a law school can build a model of
pro bono training and mentorship and expand resources for immigrant children (August 2014).
Invited to attend a special interagency working group meeting of the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security
held in Washington,
D.C. The focus of the meeting was the increase in the apprehensions of unaccompanied minor children. Earlier that day, she met with the staff of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as well as the head and staff of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Access, about how to use the Safe Passage Project
as a potential model for law schools seeking to expand access to legal representation for children facing removal (December 2013).
Productions (February-July 2014).
Participated in a live Google Plus Hangout to promote a CNN series, “Death Row Stories” (March 2014).
Alternative and Affordable Legal Education: Head for the Hills, Law.com (April 2014).
FCC Passes on Seeking Supreme Court Review for Net Neutrality Rules, Law. com (February 2014).
Legal Skills Award in recognition of her work with students to reduce extreme fear of public speaking and increase performance in classrooms, oral arguments, and client-centered legal
skills activities, Ninth Annual Global Skills Legal Conference, Verona, Italy (May 2014).
For the second consecutive year, awarded a sponsorship grant by the New York State Bar Association to fund
her five-part workshop
to mentor 1L students suffering from extreme public speaking anxiety in advance of the Legal Practice Oral Argument Program ( January 2014).
Appointments
Served as a member
of the Board of the Committee on Balance in Legal Education for the Association of American Law Schools (2013-14).
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. Presented “Identifying and Enhancing Global Reading Comprehension Skills in the Twitter Generation
of Law Students and Lawyers,” Verona, Italy (May 2014).
Presented “Incorporating Civil Discovery Strategy and Theory Into an Upper-Level Memo and Brief-Writing Course:
A Teaching Module” at the Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference at Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida. Also presented
Scholarly Presentations
Spoke at a debate with Adjunct John S. Baker Jr. sponsored by the Federalist Society for Law and
Public Policy Studies on the topic of whether the Constitution should be ratified if the constitutional convention were held today (March 2014).
Publications
Punishment Needs to Be Punishment, The New York Times (April 2014).
Excerpts from The Death of Punishment (Palgrave Macmillan Trade, November 2013) published in The National Post
( January 2014).
Media References and Appearances
Received widespread press coverage, in connection with the death penalty and his book, The Death
of Punishment, in the Washington Post, New York Law Journal, Dallas Morning News, Kansas City Star,
The Atlantic, RIA Novosti, Hannibal Courier-Post, Wicked Local Rockport, Donaldsonville Chief, and Sydney Morning Herald, among others. Was interviewed on NPR, CNN, Russian Radio, Radio West, and several BBC shows. Featured
in videos produced by alumnus Lee Pacchia ’06 and his production company, Mimesis
Projects
The Center for International Law, under his direction, sponsored
a two-day academic conference in cooperation with two leading Italian law schools: the Università di Siena and the Università di Napoli Orientale at the latter’s campus in Procida. The colloquium’s topic was “Immigration and
the Right to Nationality” (“Immigrazione e Diritto alla Cittadinanza”). At this academic conference, he presented a historical enquiry titled, “Give me your tired, your poor... better still send me your entrepreneurs: English immigration policy in the late 17th century” ( July 2014).
Publications
Sixth edition of Secured Transactions: Examples and Explanations (Wolters Kluwer, 2014).
Publications
Negotiated Rates for Broadband Telecom Capacity After Verizon, Law.com (May 2014).
Awards and Recognition
Received a 2014 Global
Scholarly Presentations
Gave a presentation on NYLS’s use of ARCHIVE-IT at the member meeting for the Legal Information Preservation Alliance, New York Law School ( January 2014).
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