Albany Law School Podcast

Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 33 presented its annual symposium on April 4, 2023 focusing on Reproductive Data Privacy Post-Dobbs.

More about the Journal: https://www.albanylawscitech.org/

The discussion was moderated by The Honorable Leslie E. Stein ’81 - Director of the Government Law Center, Albany Law School - and featured panelists:

• Tricia Asaro - Director, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood and member of Greenberg Traurig’s Dobbs Client Task Force and Dobbs Pro Bono Committee
• Antony Haynes - Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives; Director of Cybersecurity and Privacy Law; Associate Professor of Law at Albany Law School
• Allie Bohm - Policy Counsel at the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)

New York State has itself in a bit of a predicament over its Chief Judge. Vincent M. Bonventre - Albany Law's Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law - is here to help us understand the latest.

​The Center for Judicial Process: http://www.judicialprocessblog.com/

Patricia Whelan '23: https://soundcloud.com/user-952955809-873766748/patricia-whelan-23-what-doesnt-she-do

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion welcomed Joshua Dodds to campus for an engaging keynote presentation followed by a Q&A session.

This event was the culmination of workshops and trainings across campus this year including one on microaggressions in November and faculty and staff workshops in January.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Albany Law School: https://www.albanylaw.edu/student-experience-support/diversity-equity-and-inclusion

More about Josh Dodds: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-dodds-m-ed-70566951/

Join the Government Law Center and the Institute for Aging and Disability Law for the 2023 Disability Law Series: Civil Rights and Individuals with Developmental Disabilities.

The series consists of five 2-hour forums exploring critical issues related to the civil rights of people with developmental disabilities.

Panelists discussed the civil rights challenges of guardianship, as well as strategies to address such challenges and protect the civil rights of people with developmental disabilities.

Speakers included:

Rose Mary Bailly (Government Law Center, Albany Law School)

Julie Friedman (Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Third Judicial Department)

Lisa K. Friedman (Law Office of Lisa K. Friedman)

Kathryn E. Jerian ’07 (The Arc New York)

Christopher Lyons (AIM Services, Inc.)

The discussion was moderated by Lawrence R. Faulkner (The Arc Westchester)

This tradition celebrates women in the law in honor of the law school’s first female graduate, Kate Stoneman, Class of 1898. Albany Law School's prestigious Stoneman Awards are presented to individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to seeking change and expanding opportunities for women within the legal profession.

MIRIAM M. NETTER '72 KATE STONEMAN KEYNOTER

The Honorable Teneka E. Frost ’02

Judge Frost served as a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, co-chair of the Equal Justice in the Courts Initiative for the Fourth Judicial district, and as the Chief Administrative Law Judge and Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings at the NY Department of State. Last year, she was named to Albany Law School's National Alumni Association. In 2018, she was appointed as a city court judge by Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy.

In 2021, she began the United Against Crime Community Action Network (U-CAN), a program where first-time offenders 18-25 years old with no criminal record can learn from mentors and work on self-improvement in a year-long program. In 2005, she was selected for a post-graduate fellowship in government law and policy at Albany Law School’s Government Law Center, during which she served as an elected member of the Board of Education for the City School District of Albany.

THE HONORABLE PATRICIA D. MARKS ’74

Judge Marks was the first female full-time Assistant District Attorney in the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office in 1976 and became the first female County Judge elected in Monroe County in 1984. She served as a County Court Judge for 25 years and retired in 2011. Since her retirement, she has remained active in a number of areas throughout the law, including as Interim CEO/Executive Director of Veterans Outreach Center, a not-for-profit organization that provides advocacy, direct service, and community collaboration for veterans and their families; as a Hearing Officer with the NYS Local and Retirement System and the Title IX office at the University of Rochester. She also provides pro bono services to various family law clinics in Western New York.

Marks also presided over the Judicial Diversion Program and Veterans Court, which she created, and played a key role in establishing the Monroe County Mental Health Court. She is the author of 27 published legal decisions and several New York State Bar Journal articles.

Marks began her legal career as a legal assistant with the Monroe County Department of Social Services.

SECRETARY ALEJANDRA N. PAULINO ’02

Secretary Paulino is the first Latina to serve as the Secretary of the New York Senate and is an expert in New York State election law.

She was elected by members of the State Senate in 2019 and serves as chief administrative officer to the Senate and its 16 departments. She has increased access to resources and worked to improve working conditions at the New York State Senate. She has updated the Senate’s sexual harassment policies and has added cultural competency to the training for all Senate employees.

She has spent her career in several different government offices and adjacent groups, starting as a Senate fellow and has since served in the Majority Counsel’s Office as Crime, Crime Victims, and Correction Committee Counsel and Team Counsel for Public Protection. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Capital District Black and Hispanic Bar Association’s Trail Blazer Award.

The Government Law Center at Albany Law School preseted the second program of the 2023 Warren M. Anderson Legislative Series on March 22.

Panelists discussed state-level approaches to developing environmentally sustainable affordable housing. In particular, the panel will explore legal and policy incentives and regulations that impact the development of environmentally sustainable affordable housing. The discussion will describe existing projects and the potential for future projects.

Panelists

Rory M. Christian - Chair and CEO, New York State Public Service Commission

Board Member, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Casius Pealer - Associate Dean and Director of Advancement, Director of Sustainable Real Estate Development, and Shane Professor of Practice, Tulane University School of Architecture

Amar Shah - Manager, Carbon-Free Buildings, Rocky Mountain Institute

Moderator

Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne - Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law, Associate Dean for Faculty and Intellectual Life, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

19th President and Dean of Albany Law School, effective July 1, 2023

Sponsors

In the memory of Sharon P. O'Connor, Esq. '79

Greenburg Traurig

CSEA

Tom Hemstock is just one of the hard-working librarians in the Shaffer Law Library here at Albany Law School.

Plus, he works the Online Graduate Programs too helping students with legal research.

Meet him on the podcast this week!

Library: https://www.albanylaw.edu/student-experience-support/schaffer-law-library

Online Graduate Programs: https://www.albanylaw.edu/graduate

The Government Law Center at Albany Law School hosted Consent of Adults  in Adoption and Marriage Decisions on March 9, 2023.  

Panelists discussed consent and civil rights of adults with  developmental disabilities in adoption and marriage decisions.  

Panelists: 

Natalie M. Chin (Disability and Aging Justice Clinic, City University of  New York) 

Sheila E. Shea ’86 (Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Third Judicial  Department)

 Edward Wilcenski ’95 (Wilcenski & Pleat, PLLC).   

The discussion was moderated by Simeon Goldman (Disability Rights New  York).  

The program was part of the 2023 Disability Law Series: Civil Rights and  Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. The program was  co-sponsored by the Institute for Aging and Disability Law and the  Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Albany Law School.

Cassie Carudo is nearing the end of her law school journey, and she took some time to reflect on it and share her insights about what being a law school student is all about on the podcast this week!

Albany Law School Student Ambassadors: https://www.albanylaw.edu/applications-admissions/student-ambassadors

Albany Law School Government Law Review: https://www.albanygovernmentlawreview.org/

The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York and the Monroe County Bar Association hosted Embracing Equity in the Courtroom on March 10, 2023 at Albany Law School.

The event honored International Women’s Day and brought awareness to the role gender plays in the courtroom and celebrated trailblazing women on the bench.

Presenters:

Professor Melissa Breger (Albany Law)

Professor Gwen D’Arcangelis (Skidmore College)

Hon. Christine Clark (Appellate Division, Third Department)

Hon. Teneka Frost (Schenectady City Court)

Hon. Sherri Brooks-Morton (Albany County Family Court)

Hon. Christina Ryba (Supreme Court, Third Judicial District)

Hon. Grace Hanlon (Supreme Court, Eighth Judicial District)

Hon. Phyllis Frye (Houston Municipal Courts, TX)

Hon. Victoria Kolakowski (Alameda County Superior Court, CA)

Hon. Andi Mudryk (Alameda County Superior Court, CA)

The discussion was moderated by Norina Melita, Esq. (Montgomery County Supreme Court).