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the following items represent a sampling of the recent activities of our adjunct faculty.
AdjUncT fAcULTY AcTIvITIES
Compiled by Melissa Pentangelo
Karen Artz Ash ’80
Media References and Appearances
Women Leaders in the Law 2014, New York Magazine (March 2014).
John S. Baker Jr.
Scholarly Presentations
Spoke at a debate with Professor Robert Blecker sponsored by the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies on the topic of whether the constitution should
be ratified if the constitutional convention were held today (March 2014).
Steven c. Bennett
Appointments
Joined Park & Jensen LLP as partner in Manhattan (March 2014).
Adele Bernhard
Awards and Recognition
The Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic, which she directs, won exoneration for Tyrone Hicks, a Bronx man who served 10 years in prison after a conviction for rape. The students discovered untested scrapings from beneath the victim’s fingernails contained DNA that did not belong to Hicks—proving he could not have committed the crime. The news was featured in the New York Post (May 2014).
Media References and Appearances
Local Case Challenges Shaken- Baby Syndrome, Democrat & Chronicle (April 2014).
Hearing Scrutinizes Shaken Baby Science, Democrat & Chronicle (April 2014).
DNA Test Supports Motion for New Trial, Panel Says, New York Law Journal (March 2014).
The People v. Hicks, 2592/98, New York Law Journal (March 2014).
Berwin cohen ’99
Projects
Filed an amicus brief in the Wells Fargo Internal Revenue Code case then before the U.S. Supreme Court (March 2014).
Heather cucolo ’03
Scholarly Presentations
Panel chair, “‘Something’s Happening/And You Don’t
Know What It Is’: Why the Marginalization of Lawyers and the Law in AP-LS is Bad for AP-LS, Psychology, and the Law,” at the American Psychology-Law Society annual meeting in New Orleans (March 2014).
Presented a paper, “Why Shaming Sex Offenders is Counterproductive and Antitherapeutic,” at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy
of Criminal Justice Sciences in Philadelphia (February 2014) (with M. Perlin).
Media References and Appearances
Research Review II: Sexual Predator Controversies, Forensic Psychologist (February 2014).
Cucolo & Perlin on Adequacy
of Counsel in Sexually Violent Predator Proceedings, CrimProf Blog (February 2014).
Karolina A. Dehnhard ’09
Media References and Appearances
B.I.G. Livingston to Hold Meeting on “A Smart Woman Knows How to protect Her Ass(ets),” The Alternative Press (April 2014).
Joanne Doroshow
Scholarly Presentations
Facilitated a talkback discussion following a performance of “Lady from Limerick” at the Theater for the New City in the East Village (April 2014).
Publications
The FDA’s New Proposed Generic Drug Rule, ACS Blog (February 2014).
Media References and Appearances
Crisis Handler Kenneth Feinberg Hired to Guide GM Through Maze of Lawsuits, Detroit Free Press (April 2014).
citations
Supreme Court of Florida decision,
Estate of Michelle Evette McCall v. United States (March 2014).
Lucas A. Ferrara
Scholarly Presentations
Guest commentary, “Ending a Discriminatory Property-Tax Structure,” National Institute for Latino Policy (April 2014).
Media References and Appearances
Fees Charged by Brokers, Condos and Co-ops, The New York Times (May 2014).
End Property-Tax Discrimination, NY Real Estate Law Blog (April 2014).
On Leasing to a Consulate or Diplomat, NY Real Estate Law Blog (April 2014).
Tenant is Late on Rent and Unreachable..., NY Real Estate Law Blog (April 2014).
David L. Ferstendig
Publications
Should Counsel for a Non-Party Deponent be a “Potted Plant”?, 2014 N.Y.U. Journal of Legislation & Public Policy Quorum 52–62 ( June, 2014) (with O. Chase).
LexisNexis Answer Guide: New York Civil Litigation. 2014 ed. (LexisNexis).
Weinstein, Korn & Miller New York Civil Practice: CPLR. 2d ed. (editor and release contributor) (LexisNexis, 2004) (Quarterly Releases).
Weinstein, Korn & Miller CPLR Manual. 3rd ed. (editor and release contributor) (LexisNexis, 2010) (quarterly releases).
Robert J. Firestone ’90
Publications
The Resident Income Tax Credit: Did Maryland Misapply the Commerce Clause? 72 State Tax Notes 523–529 ( June 2, 2014).
Michael Kliegman
Publications
Half-Baked: Attribute Carryovers in Slowly Liquidating Asset Reorganizations, 54 Tax Management Memorandum 399–407 (October 2013) (with R. D. Smith).
Tax-Free Exchanges of Debt Instruments: Defining Securities Under Code Sec. 354, 14(10) Corporate Business Taxation Monthly 35–40 ( July 2013).
Paul Bennett Marrow ’69
Publications
The “Circle of Assent” and the Mandatory Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clause: When the Unconscionable Contract Analysis Just Won’t Do, Dispute Resolution Journal (with C. Penn) (March 2014).
citations
Squeezing Subjectivity from the Doctrine of Unconscionability, Cleveland State Law Review (2005) was quoted by the Pacific Legal Foundation in an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court case Sonic-Calabasas v. Moreno (March 2014).
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