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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
Amicus brief, the her forthcoming article, MSNBC ( January 2014), Deborah N. archer

Honorable Congressman “Local Rulemaking as
in The New York
John Lewis, in Support
a Form of Resistance: Times ( January 2014,
of Respondents and When Federal Appellate December 2013, June

Intervenor-Respondents, Local Rules Challenge 2013), and at the NYLS
Shelby County v. Holder, National Prerogatives” Sports Law Symposium,
Supreme Court of the
(April 2013).
Hunter College Pre-Law
United States ( January Program Beneit, and
2013) (with T. Belinfanti, Scholarly Presentations
New York University

A. Francois, E. Wood, Organizer and co- School of Law Milbank
appointments
awards and Recognition
and New York Law moderator (with Professor Tweed Forum, New York
School’s Racial Justice (February-April 2013).
Elected as a Council Invited by the American Heidi K. Brown) of
Director of the American Constitution Society to Project).
keynote panel, “Reading
Comprehension in the
Bar Association Section of attend a convention on Melynda H. Barnhart
Taxation (January 2014).
voting rights. Only 25 Media References
Age of Twitter: Teaching
scholars from around the and appearances Law Students to Read for

Scholarly Presentations
country were invited to Analyst: Fisher-UT Meaning and Materiality,”
Panel moderator, “Joint participate. (December decision a Victory for for the Association of
Equal Opportunity, American Law Schools’
Current Developments: 2013).
FAUST, FLF, Transfer Diversity, The Voice of Section on Legal Writing,
Scholarly Presentations
Russia ( June 2013).
Reasoning, and Research
Pricing and USAFTT,”
at the 2014 Midyear Organized and spoke at Reaction and Analysis of at the AALS Annual
Meeting of the Section of “Remembering the Dream, Supreme Court Decision Meeting, New York
( January 2014).
Taxation of the American Renewing the Dream,” a on Voting Rights, The Scholarly Presentations
Bar Association, Phoenix, symposium celebrating the New York Times ( June Presenter, “Expanding
Arizona ( January 2014).
50th anniversary of Dr. Roundtable panelist
2013).
Lawyering Skills: Out of on the global future of
Speaker, “Foreign Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I the Courtroom and Into
Have a Dream” speech and Road to City Hall with the Studio,” at the 2013 same-sex marriage at the
Investment in Real Errol Louis at the NY1 92nd Annual Meeting
Property Tax Act the March on Washington, studios discussing Shelby Association of American of the American Branch
New York Law School Law Schools’ Clinical
(FIRPTA): Tax Issues and (September 2013).
County v. Holder and
of the International Law
Planning Tips,” presented the NYLS Racial Justice Conference, San Juan, Association, hosted at
by the American Law Puerto Rico (May 2013).
Fordham University
Publications
Project’s work on an
Institute Continuing amicus brief on behalf of School of Law, New York
Legal Education Group, Separate and Unequal: Congressman John Lewis. Projects
(October 2013).
he Supreme Court, Designed a course in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (February 2013).
(October 2013).
Airmative Action and Sports Contracts for the
Ballot initiatives, The master’s degree program Richard C.e. Beck
Speaker, Bloomberg BNA’s Huffington Post in sports business at the Jodi S. Balsam
19th Annual Canada-
(October 2013).
New York University
U.S. Cross-Border Tax School for Continuing
Update, a comprehensive Diversity Lives to See
tax update with live group Another Day, The and Professional Studies.
Huffington Post Taught the 3-credit course
instruction featuring in NYU’s summer session
plenary and workshop ( June 2013).
and trained faculty to
sessions on current U.S. Why Section 5 of the teach it in future terms,
and Canadian tax issues, Voting Rights Act Still
Toronto, Canada (October New York (August 2013).
Matters, American Media References
2013).
Constitution Media References
awards and Recognition
and appearances
Society Blog (February
Presenter on the Foreign and appearances Selected by the Legal Ask the Experts: If
Account Tax Compliance 2013).
Frequent commentator Writing Institute and
I Could Make One

Act (FATCA) at Habib on litigation afecting the the Association of Legal Change to the Tax Code,
American Bank’s Executive NFL, including former Writing Directors to I Would., Card Hub
Seminar 2013, New York players’ concussion
receive a 2013 LexisNexis ( July 2013).
(September 2013).
litigation, appearing on
Scholarship Grant for

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