Professor Rose Cuison Villazor will be presenting a draft of her paper, “Racially Inadmissible Spouses,” at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law’s faculty workshop on February 25, 2010. Her paper argues that the federal immigration law's racial exclusion of Japanese during World War II functioned like an antimiscegenation law outside of the U.S. borders. Specifically, the paper contends that immigration law regulated interracial marriages by restricting the ability of interracial couples to marry and enjoy the rights and privileges of marriage.

Professor Ashira Ostrow has been invited to speak at the second annual symposium of the Washington and Lee University School of Law’s Journal of Energy, Climate, and Environment (JECE) and the Environmental Law Society (ELS) entitled: The Intersection of Renewable Energy Development and Geoengineering. In this symposium, leading scholars will grapple with the complexities of attempts to use technological innovation and transfer to address climate change.

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman was profiled in the following New York Times article for his accomplishments during his first year as Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.

Top Judge Sets Liberal Course for New York
by William Glaberson
February 17, 2010

Chief Judge Lippman will be delivering the Howard and Iris Kaplan Memorial Lecture on Monday, March 8, at Hofstra Law School. His speech is entitled, "A Judicial Perspective: How New York State Reduced Crime and Incarceration." Register.

Professor Monroe H. Freedman spoke at a U.S. Department of Justice National Symposium on Indigent Defense in Washington, D.C. on February 19. His topic was Ethical Obligations of Lawyers Representing Indigent Defendants. He continues to teach Lawyers’ Ethics as a Visiting Professor at Georgetown Law Center.

Professor Rose Cuison Villazor presented her paper, “Sanctuary Policies & Immigration Federalism: A Dialectic Analysis,” at the Wayne State Law School’s symposium on comprehensive immigration reform. The paper, which Professor Villazor co-wrote with Professor Pratheepan Gulasekaram of Santa Clara Law School, built on arguments that they presented in a New York Times blog regarding San Francisco’s sanctuary ordinance.

On February 17, Professor Julian Ku presented a talk entitled The War on Terrorism, the Constitution, and the Law of Armed Conflict at an event sponsored by the Justice Action Center of New York Law School.

On Friday, March 5, 2010, Professor Daniel J.H. Greenwood and Professor Larry Ribstein will discuss "Do Corporations Have Constitutional Rights?" The event is being held at Stanford Law School and his sponsored by The Stanford Constitutional Law Center.

Hofstra Law student Mark Cantora '10 was a semi finalist in foreclosure.com's writing competition. Mark's essay is entitled, "Strip It Down: A Bankruptcy Solution to the Foreclosure Crisis."

Professor Amy R. Stein recently served as a Brief Judge in the National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare and Adoption Law.

Professor Ashira Ostrow’s paper, "Cooperative Federalism and Wind: A New Framework for Achieving Sustainability," was recently listed as the number one downloaded paper on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Property, Land Use & Real Estate Law and for Administrative Law.

On February 10, 2010, Professor Ashira Ostrow presented a talk entitled “Land Use Lessons from RLUIPA”, at the Ninth Annual Nelson Symposium on Local Government Law at the University of Florida.

On February 12, 2010, Professor Julian Ku presented remarks at a panel on the Obama Administration and the United Nations at the University of Virginia Law School. The panel was part of a symposium organized by the John Bassett Moore Society entitled “The Obama Impact: Has the New Administration Changed U.S. Involvement with International Law and Policy.”

During the month of January, Professor Eric Lane's published paper, "Too Big a Canon in the President’s Arsenal: Another Look at United States V. Nixon," was featured on SSRN's top ten download list for Constitutional Law subject matter journals.

Coached by a core group of Hofstra Law students, the Hempstead High School Mock Trial Team won their first round in the New York State Mock Trial Tournament on Tuesday, February 9th.

Round two of the competition is scheduled for Wednesday, February 24th. In the meantime, Hofstra Law students will continue to conduct practices and help the team hone their trial procedures, analytical thinking, and public speaking skills. This year the legal focus of the competition is both complicated and timely: A criminal case involving two business associates accused of securities fraud.

Over the past two years, the mock trial program has fostered personal bonds between the high school students and their mentors. Hofstra Law students enjoy coaching and mentoring team members, which in turn piques their interest in careers in the law.

The team is the brain child of three Hofstra Law graduates: Franca Sachs, Executive Director of the Family Law Programs at Hofstra Law, Hempstead High School teacher and team coach Hillary Light, and an alumni donor. Professors Andrew Schepard and Theo Liebmann have dedicated many hours to directly working with the team and also with the law students to develop a coaching plan.

On Monday, February 8, 2010, Professor I. Bennett Capers presented his paper “Real Rape Too” at Willamette School of Law in Salem, Oregon. The presentation was part of a faculty workshop.

The Hofstra Law Review has been ranked 65th out of more than 1,000 Law Journals, a five place increase from the previous year. Rankings are based on number of citations and determined by Washington and Lee University School of Law.

Professor Julian Ku’s recently published paper, “The Wrongheaded and Dangerous Campaign to Criminalize Good-Faith Legal Advice,” 42 Case Western Res. Int’l L. J. 449 (2009), has made the top ten list for downloads for both the National Security Law and Foreign Relations and Legal Ethics subject matter journals.

In tribute to its 116 alumni members of the judiciary, Hofstra Law School hosted an "In Honor of Justice" dinner at the Hilton New York Hotel on Thursday, January 28, 2010.

Held in conjunction with the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, this event helped to support the 2010 Public Justice Foundation Fellowships. This year's 2010 Public Justice Foundation Honoree was Neil Hernandez (Class of '95).

Among the alumni members of the judiciary are four justices currently serving on the New York State Appellate Division level. These special guests included: The Honorable Leonard B. Austin ('77), The Honorable Joseph Covello ('79), The Honorable Sallie Manzanet-Daniels ('88), and The Honorable Sandra L. Sgroi ('78).

Hofstra Law Dean Nora V. Demleitner with alumni members of the judiciary at the “In Honor of Justice” Dinner on Thursday, January 28, 2010. Pictured (from L to R) are: Leonard B. Austin (’77), Denise H. Sher (’78), Frank N. Schellace (’78), Hope Schwartz-Zimmerman (’86), Stella Schindler (’76), Scott Ugell (’85), William B. Rebolini (’83), Juan Merchan (’94), Dean Demleitner, Susan T. Kluewer (’74), Jeffrey Lebowitz (’76), Marguerite Gray (’82), Sandra L. Sgroi (’78), Sallie Manzanet-Daniels (’88), Joseph Covello (’79) Robert G. Bogel (’82), and Jonathan Kaiman (’88). Photo credit: Glenn Tarquinio.

On Tuesday, February 9, 2010, Professor Eric Lane will be participating in a panel discussion about "Charting New York City's Future." Professor Lane was the Executive Director/Counsel for the 1989 Charter Commission. The event is presented by Citizens Union Foundation and is being held at Baruch College.

Professor Scott Fruehwald has created a website entitled “Neurojurisprudence” at sfruehwald.com. Neurojurisprudence is the study of legal philosophy using techniques of evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and related fields. The website contains short articles, bibliographies, and links to other information on neurojurisprudence and law & behavioral biology.

On Friday, January 29, Professor Julian Ku appeared on News 12's program, Long Island Talks, to discuss the legal implications of the plan to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court in Manhattan.

Professor Eric M. Freedman was featured in the following Legal History Blog post highlighting his forthcoming scholarly work entitled, “Habeas Corpus in Three Dimensions." The post contains an outline of Professor Freedman's three dimensions.

AALS Legal History Panel on Habeas Corpus: a report
by Mary L. Dudziak
February 1, 2010

EXCERPT:

Professor Freedman began by recounting four New England cases of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in which wrongfully imprisoned plaintiffs were released by courts although their filings had not sought writs of habeas corpus. Presenting parallel cases of prisoners who were released through that writ, he argued that for many scholarly purposes to restrict research to writs explicitly labeled “habeas” is too narrow. He suggested that there is often little point in pursuing distinctions among writs in this context both because of the informality of colonial legal practice, and because the question was one on which nothing particularly turned when the issue was a potentially wrongful imprisonment – an issue which led the courts to cut through whatever technicalities they might otherwise have been inclined to enforce.

Hofstra Law alum and President of the New York Yankees, Randy Levine will be the keynote speaker at the Sports Industry Networking and Career (SINC) Conference. Joel Segal, NFL sports agent and Hofstra Law alum, will also be a keynote speaker. The Conference will be held at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on March 5-6, 2010.

Associate Professor of Law I. Bennett Capers participated as a commentator at the Young Scholars Roundtable, a two-day gathering of young criminal law and criminal procedure scholars, hosted by Vanderbilt Law School. The Roundtable included scholars from several law schools, including Michigan, U.Va., Wash. U., and Berkeley.

During the Northeast Regional Black Law Student Association Convention, the following Hofstra Law students were named to Regional BLSA E-board Officer Positions for the 2010-2011 school year.

Ashley Elem- Secretary
Mikos Theodule- Attorney General
Isis Davidson- Director of Programming
Madelyne Mostiller- Director of Community Service
Ruby Stowe as Director of Undergraduate Relations

Also at the Convention, Hofstra Law students competed in the Frederick Douglas Moot Court and Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial.

The Northeast Region of BLSA, comprised of all the law schools in New York State, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts and the New England areas, was named Region of the Year by the national organization.

Professor James Sample was quotes in the following New York Times article.

Hanging a ‘For Sale’ Sign Over the Judiciary
by Dorothy Samuels
January 29, 2010

EXCERPT:

Thoughtful candidates known to look at the law on a case-by-case basis will be at a distinct disadvantage, forecasts Professor James Sample, a judicial elections expert at Hofstra Law School. The accelerated money war, he warns, will inevitably polarize the bench “because more moderate candidates are unlikely to be considered a bankable vote by any special interest group investing heavily in judicial campaigns.”