Archives for: May 2010
Professor Ronald J. Colombo in Newsday
May 27th, 2010On May 18, 2010, Professor Ron Colombo was quoted in the Newsday article: Suffolk to Mega winners: Pay property tax debt. Prof. Colombo discussed the difficulty that Suffolk County will face in attempting to “pierce the corporate veil” and hold the own… more »
Dean Nora V. Demleitner on Immigration Law Teachers Workshop Panel
May 26th, 2010At the Immigration Law Teachers Workshop 2010, hosted by DePaul (Chicago), Dean Nora V. Demleitner was a panelist for "Clinical Design from the Perspective of Law School Administration.". Her co-panelist was Dean Kevin Johnson from UC-Davis, with Prof Sa… more »
Professor James Sample's Article "Court Reform Enters the Post-Caperton Era" on SSRN
May 25th, 2010Professor James Sample's new article, "Court Reform Enters the Post-Caperton Era" is now on SSRN and appears in the forthcoming joint issue published by the Drake Law Review and the American Judicature Society. In recent days, the article has been menti… more »
Commissioner Dora B. Schriro Delivers Commencement Address at Hofstra Law School
May 20th, 2010Commissioner Dora B. Schriro of the New York City Department of Correction addressed graduates at Hofstra Law School’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 16, 2010.
Commissioner Schriro was appointed to direct New York City’s 13,500 inmate jail syst… more »
Professor Frank Gulino’s Article on “Providing Effective Feedback to Legal Writing Students” Cited Recently By Two Writing Scholars
May 19th, 2010Professor Frank Gulino’s article, “Providing Effective Feedback
To Legal Writing Students: Practicing What We Preach,” 22 THE SECOND DRAFT 5 (No. 1 Fall 2007), was cited by Judge Gerald Lebovits in his October 2009 feature, The Legal Writer, published… more »
Professor Frank Gulino in New York State Bar Association Journal
May 19th, 2010Professor Frank Gulino’s article, “After Godfrey v. Spano: Is New
York’s High Court Ready to Recognize Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages?”, was just published in the New York State Bar Association Journal’s May 2010 issue. The formal citation is 82 N.Y.… more »
Hofstra Law Hosts Empire State Legal Writing Conference
May 17th, 2010On May 13, 2010, the Law School hosted an ALWD Scholars’ Forum in connection with the Empire State Legal Writing Conference, also held at the Law School. The forum was funded through a generous grant from the Association of Legal Writing Directors (“AL… more »
Professor Ron Colombo on the SEC's Probes into Major Investment Banking Firms
May 17th, 2010In the Law360 article, “Wall Street Probes Will Need Smoking Gun,” (May 13, 2010), Prof. Ron Colombo was quoted with regard to his theory of what’s driving the SEC’s probes into the major investment banking firms: “If you have each and every one of the… more »
Professor Daniel Greenwood Responds to Ronald Dworkin in Dissent Magazine
May 17th, 2010Towards a New Corporate ConstitutionalismDaniel JH GreenwoodDissent MagazineMay 10, 2010EXCERPT:Ronald Dworkin begins his critique of Citizens United, the Supreme Court case that declares that corporations have a First Amendment right to sp… more »
Professor Andrew Schepard Speaks at Matrimonial and Family Court Symposium
May 11th, 2010Professor Andrew Schepard was a featured speaker at On the Road to Best Practices in Matrimonial and Family Court Matters: When Children Reject a Parent: Strategies for Professionals on Friday, May 7th. This Symposium was co-sponsored by Children Come F… more »
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