Archives for: November 2010
Eric M. Freedman Comments on Suffolk County Plan to Curtail Gang Activity
November 30th, 2010Suffolk Plan to Keep Gangs Out May Raise Legal Issues
By Kathleen Kerr
Newsday
November 26, 2010
Excerpt:
But Hofstra constitutional law professor Eric Freedman takes issue with using clothing or tattoos as criteria.
"You can neither have gui… more »
Ashira Ostrow Wins AALS Scholarly Papers Competition
November 30th, 2010Ashira Ostrow has won the annual Association of American Law School’s Scholarly Papers Competition. As this year’s winner, Ostrow will present her paper at the AALS annual meeting in San Francisco this January. The competition is open nationally to law p… more »
James Sample to be Panelist at the Annual Wisconsin Supreme Court Conference
November 30th, 2010Professor James Sample will be debating as part of the plenary session of the Annual Wisconsin Supreme Court Conference this Friday, December 3rd, at Marquette Law School. Other panelists of the plenary session include former Federal Election Commissione… more »
Norman Silber Presents Papers at Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action
November 29th, 2010Professor Norman Silber presented two papers at the meeting of ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action), held Nov. 18, 2010 in Alexandria, VA. His paper entitled “The Problematic Presumption of Nonprofit Board Conf… more »
Judd F. Sneirson Makes SSRN Top Ten List
November 29th, 2010Visiting Associate Professor Judd F. Sneirson's paper, "Beyond Profit: Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility and Greenwashing After the BP Oil Disaster," was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten Downloaded list for CGN: Corporate Social Responsibility/… more »
Monroe Freedman Article to be Published in Chinese
November 29th, 2010Professor Monroe Freedman has granted permission to publish his article, "Our Constitutionalized Adversary System," 1 Chapman L. Rev. 57 (1998), in Chinese. more »
Campus Events & Activities to Note: The Remainder of 2010
November 29th, 2010Tuesday, November 30th
Night Owl Breakfast
6:15PM—9:00PM, Atrium
Faculty serving “breakfast” to students studying for finals—a Hofstra Law tradition!
Sunday, December 5th
Hofstra Law School Holiday Party
11:00AM-2:00PM, Swan Club, Rosly… more »
Campus Events & Activities to Note: Week of November 22, 2010
November 22nd, 2010Monday, November 22
Faculty Meeting (Regular Faculty)
12:10-2:00PM, Faculty Lounge
Wednesday, November 24
Debating Health Care Reform: Class, Status, and the Body Politic with Professor Janet L. Dolgin
12:10-1:00PM, Faculty Lounge
Peek at the F… more »
Professor Alan Resnick to Speak at 33rd Annual North Carolina Bankruptcy Institute
November 22nd, 2010Professor Alan N. Resnick will be delivering the Keynote Address at the 33rd Annual North Carolina Bankruptcy Institute sponsored by the North Carolina Bar Association to be held in Wilmington, North Carolina, on November 19th. Professor Resnick will be… more »
J. Herbie DiFonzo Speaks About Surrogacy Laws in NYLJ Article
November 18th, 2010Genetic Mother Loses Her Bid to be Named on Birth Certificate
By Andrew Keshner
The New York Law Journal
November 17, 2010
Excerpt:
"The Court is cognizant of the difficult position of the plaintiffs and is sympathetic to their arguments. Howeve… more »
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