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U.S. Education Department’s General Counsel on Reform Charles Rose, general counsel for the U.S. Department of Education, delivered the keynote address for the Government Law Review’s symposium titled, “Classroom Politics: A Symposium on Education Reform” on Nov. 10, 2010. The event featured a panel discussion the following day, largely focused on charter schools and other current
“Judges should not be accountable to the people, but to the legal system…. Judicial intimidating will, over time, erode the justice system we know today.” only after women were allowed on juries. “My male colleagues treated them real poorly as jurors,” she said. “I was finally approached by a partner who said, ‘we got to have someone who can talk to those women.’ I never looked back.” Toal cited reasons why men kept women from practicing law, like, “they can’t keep a secret.” She noted that women were members of state bars but could not vote. Recently retired Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, the first woman to hold the seat in Massachusetts, was the final speaker of the day before a vibrant question and answer session. With a South African accent, she emphasized the importance of state courts, stating that “justice in America is delivered largely through the state courts.” After calling on students for some answers, she revealed that the federal courts handle 350,000 cases annually while the state courts handle 48 million. Professor Donna Young introduced Ternus, Professor Rosemary Queenan introduced Toal, and Professor Mary Lynch introduced Marshall.
reform components. Other speakers included Congressman Paul Tonko, who serves on the House Committee on Education and Labor, and Henry Levin, from Columbia University Teacher’s College, where he directs the non-partisan National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education.
Above: Charles Rose, U.S. Department of Education, in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom. Right: Congressman Paul Tonko.
Mortgage Foreclosure Working Group Examines Issues Albany Law School hosted state and federal judges, a general counsel of Fannie Mae, and others in February as part of the Mortgage Foreclosure Working Group of the New York State Federal Judicial Council. The group addressed current issues in mortgage foreclosure, including court procedures, loss mitigation programs and documentation issues. Pictured, from left are: Hon. Martin Glenn, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District; Professor Ray Brescia, Albany Law School; Hon. Roger McDonough, Acting Supreme Court Justice, Albany County Judicial Center; Hon. Cecelia
Morris, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District. Participants not pictured are: H. Malloy Evans III, associate general counsel, Fannie Mae; Kirsten Keefe, senior staff attorney, Empire Justice
Center; Jeffrey Powell, N.Y. State Attorney General; and William Schiller, Schiller & Knapp, LLP. The free program drew a large audience and offered CLE credits.
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