2008FacultyNews Roy D. Simon, Jr., the Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics, was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the New York State Senate, 9th Senate District. He is the lead author on the newly published fourth edition of Lawyers and the Legal Profession published by Lexis/Nexis (formerly Matthew Bender). The book is a textbook for students taking courses in professional responsibility or legal ethics. Professor Simon has also published the 2009 edition of Regulation of Lawyers: Statutes and Standards, a statutory supplement for students taking professional responsibility or legal ethics. This is the 20th edition of this title, which Professor Simon and co-author Professor Stephen Gillers of NYU School of Law have published annually since 1989.
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Alan Singer, professor of curriculum and teaching, and Michael Pezone, adjunct instructor of curriculum and teaching, conducted the Third Annual Lower Manhattan Slavery Walking Tour on May 23. The professors were joined by students from the advanced placement government class at the Law, Government, and Community Service Magnet High School in Cambria Heights, Queens, as well as hundreds of high school and middle school students from all over the New York metropolitan area. The Slavery Walking Tour began at the red sculpture at One Police Plaza, with stops at a Colonial era African American burial ground; an 18th-century Wall Street “Slave Market”; a bank that fi nanced the transatlantic slave trade; a restaurant where slave traders known as “blackbirders” planned their voyages; locations where enslaved Africans fought for freedom in 1712 and 1741; and New York City Hall, where the city’s leadership sided with the South and slavery during the Civil War. Arthur Solari, senior dance accompanist, served as music director, percussionist and performer for a highly acclaimed new production of Martha Clarke’s Garden of Earthly Delights from November 8, 2008, to March 1, 2009, at New York’s Minetta Lane Theater in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. Patricia Spencer, adjunct professor of music, is flutist with the Da Capo Chamber Players, performing an annual New York concert series plus international tours. She appeared recently with the Avalon String Quartet as guest artist in Mario Davidovsky’s stunning Quartetto and other works. Her performance of Pierre Boulez’s Sonatine, with Linda Hall, for the Look & Listen Festival, was called “sensational” by Musicweb. Recent New York Times reviews have cited her “passionate, warm-blooded performance” of the Berio Sequenza (June 2008) and noted that she “negotiated swirling figures and multiphonics deftly” in Tania León’s Alma (September 2008). She received a standing ovation for her performance of Joan Tower’s Flute Concerto for the National Flute Association Convention in Nashville and much acclaim for her premiere of Shulamit Ran’s flute concerto, Voices. Dozens of exciting pieces have been written for her, including Thea Musgrave’s Narcissus and Judith Shatin’s Kairos (both on Neuma Records). Barbara Stark, professor of law, presented “Theories of Poverty” at Notre Dame Law School on March 15. She presented “Across the Universe” at Osgoode Hall Law School on May 7. Professor Stark was appointed the John T. Copenhaver Chair of Law at West Virginia College of Law for the fall 2008 semester.
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Amy R. Stein, professor of law, contributed to a podcast titled “Being a Good Citizen of a Law Firm” to the Suffolk University Law School Series, “Transitioning From One-L to Summer Legal Work,” available on iTunes University. Professor Stein and Astrid Gloade, adjunct professor of law, presented “Working Together: How the Collaborative Efforts of Academic Support Professionals and Other Faculty Members Enhance Law Student Education,” at the A.A.L.S. Annual Meeting on January 4. Professor Stein served as a brief judge for the Annual Moot Court Competition sponsored by the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy at Capital University School of Law and for the Scribes “Best of the Best Competition.”
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