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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 Ryan Last
Susan J. Abraham
Media References
and Appearances
I Am Baffled and at a Loss, City Lab (December 2014).
Media References
and Appearances
2014 Tax Fairness Survey, Wallet Hub ( June 2014).
Americans Want Fair Taxes—Even If It is
Bad for the Economy, Deseret News National ( June 2014).
Awards and Recognition
Honored with a Lawyers Who Lead by Example Award, presented by
the New York Law Journal—the only law professor to be honored (September 2014).
Presentations
Presented a series of speeches, CLE programs, and training sessions
on immigration law, including for the Annual Immigration Institute
of the Practising Law Institute, Suffolk Family Court, Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association, City Council staff, Asylum for Children of Catholic Charities, justice AmeriCorps,
and at the law firms BakerHostetler, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Fragomen, Del
Rey, Bernsen and Loewy LLP, and Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP (Fall 2014).
Publications
We Must Honor
the Rule of Law for Desperate Children at
the U.S. Border, The Huffington Post ( July 2014).
Presentations
Participated as a panelist at the Fifth Annual Town Hall Meeting at the New York City Bar on issues concerning the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, New York ( January 2015).
Publications
The Government
Strikes Back—New
IRS Notice Strengthens Anti-Inversion Rules, 28 Journal of Taxation and Regulations
of Financial Institutions No. 3 Page 19 (Civic Research Institute) ( January/ February 2015).
Media References
and Appearances
Video interview by Mimesis Productions, Lee Pacchia ’06’s production
Presentations
Presented paper, “Social Intrapraneurs and the Theory of the Firm,”
at the Law and Society Association’s Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota ( June 2014).
Publications
Corporate Perception
or Corporate Reality, Business Law Prof Blog (September 2014).
Preparing for Impact, Huffington Post ( July 2014).
I Am So Happy...But Is There Room for Happiness
Presentations
Engaged in a one-on-one 90-minute public dialogue at Tufts University on the
company: IRS Funding Gap Strains Government Coffers (March 2015).
Video interview by Mimesis Productions: Corporate Inversions Could Mean Big Tax Bills for Shareholders (November 2014).
Awards and Recognition
Received the Haywood Burns-Shanara Gilbert Award at the Northeastern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (November 2014).
Appointments
Appointed to the Association of American Law Schools’ Minority Section Executive Committee (December 2014).
Appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (October 2014).
Elected to the Executive Committee of the Board of the New York Civil Liberties Union (September 2014).
Presentations
Participated on a panel, “Getting the Most Out
of Law School: Student and Administration Integration,” at the American Bar Association Student Division
Leadership Summit, Washington, D.C. (October 2014).
in Corporate Law?, Business Law Prof Blog ( June 2014).
Media References
and Appearances Received widespread press coverage, in connection with the Safe Passage Project, in the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, the New York Law Journal, The New York Times,
The Nation, the New York Daily News, Lawdragon Campus, JD Supra, and Reuters. Also appeared on major news outlets, including PBS, CBS New York, Univision, CUNY Television, NBC News, and PRI (Fall 2014)
Testimonies and
Legal Consultations
Met with staff of the New York State Assembly on the needs of migrant youth (December
2014). Selected by the Department of Justice
to participate in the training of the first class of Justice Americorps fellows in Washington, D.C. (December 2014). Addressed a White House briefing in Washington, D.C., to discuss how to face the legal needs of unaccompanied alien children (August 2014).
Deborah N. Archer
Richard C.E. Beck
Lenni B. Benson
Alan I. Appel ’76
Tamara C. Belinfanti
Robert Blecker
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