J.D. Viewbook 2013-2014

Juris Doctor Degree Program 2013-2014 Viewbook

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Hofstra Law’s mission is to prepare, challenge and inspire students to make an impact in the world.

Hofstra Law Quick Facts A student body of approximately 850 representing 30 states and 10 foreign countries.

Fall 2013 Entering Class Profile (As of August 5) Number of applications received.......................... 2,736 Entering class size.....................................................215

Located on the magnificent 240-acre Hofstra University campus in Hempstead on Long Island, 40 minutes east of Manhattan.

Median LSAT score...................................................154 75th percentile........................................................... 157 25th percentile........................................................... 151 Median GPA..............................................................3.14

Offers J.D./M.B.A. and J.D./ M.P.H. joint degree programs.

75th percentile......................................................... 3.48 25th percentile......................................................... 2.82

Offers LL.M. degree programs in American Legal Studies and Family Law.

Average age................................................................. 24 Percentage of female students................................. 45% Percentage of minority students..............................31%

Within nine months of graduation, 80.1 percent* of the Class of 2012 reported to Hofstra Law that they were employed. This figure reflects

Percentage of out-of-state students........................ 30% States represented.......................................................18 Foreign countries represented......................................5

various employment positions, including

Universities and colleges represented...................... 101

some temporary positions, part-time positions, self-employment, positions that do not require a J.D. and positions

Important Dates

funded by Hofstra Law. It does not include those students who chose to pursue a

Early decision deadline................... November 15, 2013

postgraduate degree. For more detailed

Priority application deadline....................April 15, 2014

information regarding Hofstra Law’s

Institutional financial aid deadline............April 1, 2014

employment statistics, please visit the

Hofstra Law website at law.hofstra.edu/ Employment. The economy, including

Tuition........................................................ $49,154

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* The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) defines a law school’s employment rate as the number of graduates employed divided by the number of graduates whose employment status is known. For NALP purposes, Hofstra Law’s employment rate of 80.1 percent is calculated by dividing the number of employed graduates, 282, by the number of graduates whose employment status was known, 352. The total number of graduates in the Class of 2012 was 363. Employment statistics in a uniform chart provided by the American Bar Association can be found at the Hofstra Law website at law.hofstra.edu/Employment. Other organizations and publications, such as U.S. News & World Report, the Princeton Review and Barron’s, each define a law school’s employment rate and percentage differently.

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Hofstra Law is the ideal location for me — a short ride in one

direction provides me with the opportunities and the hustle and bustle of New York City, while a short ride in the other direction

offers me the beaches and tranquility of Long Island. You get the best of both. — Steven DeSena 2L

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Contents Dean’s Message................ 3

The Curriculum............................. 10

The Hofstra Law Experience......................... 4

Experiential Learning....................14

First Year, Second Year, Third Year....................................... 4

Study Abroad................................ 22

Student Organizations..................20

Professional Success and Leadership Development Program...........................30 Alumni Stories................ 33

Degrees and Programs.................... 6

Faculty............................. 24

Life on Campus and Beyond...................... 39

Fellowships..................................... 6

Career Services............... 28

Contact Information

Choosing a Community Dear Prospective Student, Thank you for your interest in the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

A career in the law is a career of ongoing and challenging service. Not only to your clients do you always owe your most diligent representation, but also to the Constitution.

No other private profession requires for its admission an oath to support both the U.S. Constitution and the constitution of your state of admission. This oath makes you a “All of us are here public servant, duty-bound to protect the to welcome you, rule of law and the great constitutional valsupport you and ues of human dignity, fairness and justice help you create for all. And it has been lawyers’ commitment to these principles that helped found opportunities for your this country and make it flourish.

future. We want you

But this commitment is not for the intelto make a difference.” lectually incurious or the faint of heart.

Becoming a good lawyer requires hard work and real integrity. Through these efforts, you will be given the extraordinary opportunity to make a difference, big or small, in the life of your client and in the life of the country. And this holds true whether your client is a large corporation or an impoverished individual.

At Hofstra Law, you will learn the law and how to use it to solve your clients’ problems. On a broader level, you will learn what it means to be a lawyer. Your degree from Hofstra Law can lead to a broad range of career possibilities, both expected and unexpected. Hofstra Law-educated lawyers have built successful careers as partners in multinational law firms in New York City and law firms of all sizes throughout the nation. Others have held public office in local, state and federal governments or have spent their careers working on behalf of individuals through direct advocacy or policy-reform initiatives at nonprofit organizations. Still others have put their degrees and experience to work outside the practice of law — for example, as a university president, as the head of a professional baseball team and as successful entrepreneurs.

You can judge our commitment to your learning by reviewing our diverse academic offerings and wide array of experiential learning opportunities — clinics, practicums, externships, moot court programs and pro bono programs.

When you come to Hofstra Law you will join a unique community of faculty, administrators and alumni dedicated to your success. All of us are here to welcome you, support you and help you create opportunities for your future. We want you to make a difference. Come and visit us. You will see what I mean.

Eric Lane Dean and Eric J. Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Public Service

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The Hofstra Law Experience First Year While first-year students may need to adapt to a new curriculum and way of thinking, the dedicated faculty and welcoming student body at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law help students adjust and introduce them to the law. In the classroom, the curriculum grounds 1Ls in legal theory and develops the skills necessary to succeed as an attorney.

A survey of tri-state law firms conducted by Hanover Research Council revealed that compared with graduates from other law schools, Hofstra Law graduates received an overall higher rating in a majority of competencies, including business knowledge, communication skills, advocacy skills and general workplace skills.

The Academic Success Program guides 1Ls in adjusting to the new style of learning and writing demanded by the study of law. Its Skills Workshops help firstyears master the fundamental techniques and habits essential for law school achievement. Individual skills development, academic counseling and legal writing assistance are also available.

Besides learning the foundational substantive law in several areas, 1Ls are also taught the mechanics of legal writing and research. Also, they are provided multiple opportunities to apply substantive law within the context of simulated legal problems to further enhance the core skills of analytical reasoning and problem-solving.

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Beyond the classroom, learning is enhanced as 1Ls get involved with organizations designed to help them explore different areas of the law, meet likeminded classmates and build their resumes. Hofstra Law’s student organizations have a tradition of making a difference in the lives of the people they serve as counselors to those in need, conveners of thought leadership, contributors of ideas, mentors to young people and friends to the business community.

First-years can also take advantage of providing pro bono legal services under the supervision of faculty members and practicing attorneys through several student-organized pro bono projects.

Downtime on campus could include anything from a bracing workout — in the pool, on the track or in the weight room — to a shared meal among students and faculty in one of the many cafes and dining rooms on campus. Off-campus destinations might include a tour of the North Fork wineries, a fishing trip in Montauk or a cultural event in Manhattan.

Second Year Many returning 2Ls bring with them legal experience gained in a summer position working for public-service and nonprofit organizations. Others return informed by their studies abroad through one of Hofstra Law’s global learning opportunities.

However the summer is spent, the hope is that 2Ls return to campus refreshed, energized and ready to succeed in a busy second year of law school.

For those students who are selected for one of Hofstra Law’s law journals, there is the work of putting together the year’s first issues. Other students begin to think about Moot Court and their obligation to carry on Hofstra Law’s tradition of success in regional, national and international competitions. Many plunge back into student-run activities, whether fundraising in support of summer internships or helping meet the needs of society’s underserved communities through pro bono work.

With career goals now in sharper focus, the Externship Program and the Professional Success and Leadership Development Program become even more of a priority. Many 2Ls apply for field placements, where they have the opportunity to develop

their foundational lawyering skills and build professional relationships under the close supervision of practicing attorneys. All 2Ls begin to consider their future and take advantage of academic and career advising by faculty and the professional counselors in the Office of Career Services. Second-years also capitalize on the many opportunities to meet with, and learn from, members of Hofstra Law’s alumni network.

Third Year For many 3Ls, this capstone year brings with it seniorlevel responsibility for student government, journals and other student organizations. Moot Court members typically transform from competitors to coaches, while others take leadership roles in organizing and developing pro bono projects.

Skills courses, clinics, practicums and specialized externship programs, such as the Hofstra Law in D.C. program, that offer advanced, in-depth practical experience in a subject of interest — whether it be international law, alternative dispute resolution or civil liberties — are another rewarding part of the third year, as is the time spent with the professors who teach them.

Third-years also carry an obligation to inspire the next generation of Hofstra Law attorneys as they themselves were supported and inspired. As 3Ls move on to their chosen careers, they do not leave the Hofstra Law community. Rather, they transition into active, connected alumni, many of whom live in the New York metropolitan area but can also be found in 49 states and 27 foreign countries.

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While 3Ls do not sit for the bar exam until after successfully completing the J.D. program, they are expected to marshal the resources that will support them during the upcoming study period. These include a bar overview course and counseling provided by faculty and administrators, as well as Hofstra Lawsponsored workshops and seminars on the skills and methodology necessary for success on the exam.

Hofstra Law learn to see the connections among theory, legal doctrine

and the practical skills of lawyering.

— Alafair Burke, Professor of Law

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Degrees and Programs Juris Doctor Program

Master of Laws Program

The J.D. program is designed to be completed in three years. The degree requires the completion of 87 credits. The first two or three semesters focus on building a solid foundation in legal theory and strong analytic and writing skills.

There are more than 200 upper-level courses that allow students to pursue a broad range of interests and specializations, equipping them to succeed professionally in any number of fields and positions.

The LL.M. program offers two courses of study for law school graduates who are interested in advanced study in one of two specific areas of law:

J.D./M.B.A. Program The J.D./M.B.A. program is administered jointly through Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law and Frank G. Zarb School of Business. The program awards dual degrees in four full-time years. Candidates must gain admission to the Law School and the Business School to be accepted into the program.

J.D./M.P.H. Program The J.D./M.P.H. program is administered jointly through Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law and School of Health Sciences and Human Services. The program awards dual degrees in four full-time years. Candidates must gain admission to both schools to be accepted into the program.

American Legal Studies The concentration in American Legal Studies is designed for international law graduates who seek training in U.S. law and practice. This degree is particularly valuable to those who plan to work at American or international law firms with U.S. clients, at multinational corporations or in government service. This degree is also beneficial for international law graduates who are interested in applying to take the New York State Bar Examination.

Family Law The Family Law LL.M. program builds on Hofstra Law’s national reputation for the study of family law and youth advocacy.

The curriculum is driven by the reality that family courts incorporate a wide variety of dispute resolution procedures and are populated by professionals from multiple disciplines. Students have the opportunity to pursue a specialized program in advanced family law, combining research, skills development, policy analysis and traditional classroom instruction.

Fellowships The competition for a Hofstra Law fellowship is intense and attracts promising students from around the country. Fellowships are limited in number and, while there are differences in each category, typically include a significant tuition scholarship, summer externships and stipends, and opportunities to interact with leading scholars and practitioners in their respective fields.

• Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship

• Health Law and Policy Fellowship

• William R. Ginsberg Memorial Fellowship in Environmental Law

• Law, Government and Politics Fellowship

• Dwight L. Greene Memorial Scholarship for Minority Rights Advocacy

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• Legal Ethics Fellowship • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Fellowship

The Student Experience

Amanda Senske 2L Key Stats Before Hofstra Law: B.S., Psychology, Suffolk University Areas of Focus: Intellectual Property and Labor & Employment Law Summer Internship: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Favorite Course: Civil Procedure

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manda Senske chose the Maurice A. Deane School of Law for its proximity to New York. “I live in the city and commute to Hofstra every day,” she says. “I don’t mind the commute since it means I get to stay in Manhattan.” While proximity to the city first attracted Amanda, the relationships she’s developed here have made her law school experience special.

During her first year Amanda discovered one of Hofstra Law’s “best-kept secrets” — the people. The collegial environment makes it easier for students to adjust to the rigors of law school. “Mostly everyone at Hofstra Law is willing to help you,” she says. “I made friends with upper-level students who quickly became mentors to me.”

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Hofstra Law’s collegial environment makes it easier for students to adjust to the rigors of law school. Mostly everyone is willing to help you. I made friends with upper-level students who quickly became mentors to me.

Now, with a full-year of law school under her belt and a strong network of friends, Amanda can take full advantage of New York’s social and professional opportunities. This past summer, she worked as a judicial intern at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. “A lot of my friends also worked in the city,” she says. “It was great that we could meet up for drinks or dinner.”

Amanda’s advice for incoming students: “As awkward as it feels during the first week, talk to random people. I made my best friends that way.”

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The Student Experience

James Meehan 2L Key Stats Before Hofstra Law: B.A., Political Science, Baruch College Summer Internship: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Favorite Course: Civil Procedure

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s a former college athlete, James Meehan understands the importance of teamwork. At Hofstra Law, James developed his own team of classmates, faculty and administrators who helped him navigate the first year of law school.

“While I got a little bit of a feel for this during the summer events Hofstra Law hosted, what I was most surprised to find was how willing everyone was to help out,” James says. “The upperclassmen were very helpful early on, and it made getting acclimated to the busy law school life much easier.”

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The upperclassmen were very helpful early on, and it made

getting acclimated to the busy law school life much easier.

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In the classroom, James has found the courses to be both enlightening and challenging. “Civil Procedure has been my most rewarding class thus far,” he says. “It required a substantial amount of work, but I’ve already learned how important it is in my legal work.” As an intern with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York this past summer, he had the opportunity to put these new skills into practice.

With one year of law school completed and a network of support in place, James offers prospective students this piece of advice: “You have to go to a place where you will be comfortable for the next three years. You are going to be spending a lot of time on campus, so you want to make sure you are in a positive environment.”

The Student Experience

Brittany Johnson 3L Key Stats Before Hofstra Law: B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas of Focus: ERISA and Trusts & Estates Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Colleran, O’Hara & Mills, L.L.P., Garden City, N.Y. Favorite Course: Wills, Trusts and Estates

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s a first-year law student Brittany Johnson was shown the ropes by a gracious third-year student. “She really helped me in preparing for exams, encouraged me to speak with professors and go to academic success events,” Brittany says. “I was really appreciative of my mentor.”

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Now in her third year of law school, Brittany is the one showing first-years the ropes. She is very involved in the Hofstra Law community as a member of the Moot Court Board, Hofstra Law Women and the Environmental Law Society, and the president of the Black Law Student Association. One of the BLSA’s biggest programs is its mentoring program, in which second- and third-years give 1Ls advice on navigating the first year of law school, including study tips and exam help.

“The student body at Hofstra Law is one of the greatest qualities of the Law School,” Brittany says. “Everyone is really welcoming and they want you to do well.”

This past summer Brittany was a summer associate at a firm on Long Island, a position she learned about through a friend on the Moot Court Board who graduated in May.

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The Curriculum

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he curriculum at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law is at the forefront of the changing realities of legal practice. For example, Hofstra Law is one of only a few U.S. law schools to require Transnational Law as a first-year course, which allows students to put their studies into a global context. With more than 200 upperlevel course offerings, students can explore any area of law, and they can craft an individualized course of study from Hofstra Law’s areaspecific concentrations.

Required First-Year Courses (Full-Time) Fall Semester • Civil Procedure I • Contracts I • Criminal Law • L egal Analysis, Writing & Research I • Torts Spring Semester • Civil Procedure II • Contracts II • Introduction to Administrative Law • L egal Analysis, Writing & Research II • Property • Transnational Law

Concentrations Hofstra Law students can focus their studies on a specific area because of personal interest or to enhance their career opportunities. A concentration must be declared with the Office of Academic Records by the start of the last year of study. Concentration requirements include specified core courses, elective courses, simulation or skills courses, a substantial piece of writing, and a culminating experience or capstone/ clinical course. Students who choose the Business Law Honors, Health Law, Intellectual Property Law Honors, and International Law Honors concentrations must also meet a minimum GPA requirement.

Course Offerings Hofstra Law offers a wide and diverse range of courses. The courses listed below are arranged by general topics. Many courses apply to two or more areas of law. Not every course is offered each semester.

Advocacy/Litigation/ Alternative Dispute Resolution • Administrative Law • Advanced Appellate Advocacy • Advanced Appellate Skills • Advanced Civil Litigation • Advanced Competition Skills • Advanced Legal Research • Advanced Mediation Seminar • Advanced Trial Practice: Civil

• Conflict of Laws • Criminal Justice Clinic • Developing a Theory of the Case • Discovery Skills I: Written Discovery • Discovery Skills II: Depositions • Domestic Commercial Arbitration • Domestic Violence Seminar with Skills • E-Discovery Practice • Evidence • Expert Witness • Externship Program, Civil Law • Externship Program, Criminal Law • Externship Program, Judicial Law • Externship Program, Matrimonial Law

• Advanced Trial Practice: Criminal

• Fact Investigation

Concentration Areas

• Advanced Trial Practice: The Jury

• Hofstra Law in D.C. Externship Program

• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

• Advanced Trial Techniques: Use of Expert Witnesses

• Immigration Clinic Practicum

• Business Law Honors

• Alternatives to Litigation

• Criminal Law and Procedure

• Applied Evidence: Evidentiary Oral Argument in Trial Courts

• Insurance Litigation and Corporate Practice Externship

• Energy and Environmental Law • Family Law • Health Law • Intellectual Property Law Honors • International Law Honors

• Asylum Clinic • Civil Procedure I • Civil Procedure II

• Federal Courts

• Intensive Trial Techniques Program • International Commercial Arbitration

• Clinic Practicum

• Introduction to Administrative Law

• Clinical Prosecution Practicum

• Juvenile Justice Clinic Practicum

• Collaborative Law Seminar

• Law Reform Advocacy Clinic

• Complex Insurance Litigation

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• Computer Technology in Legal Practice

• Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I

• Corporate Government Seminar

• Legal Analysis, Writing and Research II

• Derivatives Law

• Litigation and Drafting Skills • Matrimonial Skills • Mediation Clinic • Mediation Principles and Practice • Modern Divorce Advocacy • Motion to Suppress • Negotiation Seminar: Theory, Research and Practice • Negotiation Skills • Patent Litigation • Patent Prosecution Externship • Practical LGBT Lawyering • Practice-Ready Research Skills • Pretrial Skills • Real Time Lawyering: The Temporary Restraining Order • Remedies • Scientific Evidence • Selected Problems in New York Civil Practice • Trial Techniques — Comprehensive Litigation Skills • Youth Advocacy Clinic Commercial and Corporate Law • Accounting for Lawyers • Advanced Bankruptcy • Antitrust • Banking Law Seminar • Bankruptcy

• Domestic Commercial Arbitration • ERISA and Pension Rights Seminar • Export Laws and Export Controls • Global Compliance in the Digital Age • Insurance Law • Insurance Litigation and Corporate Practice Externship • International Business Transactions • International Commercial Arbitration • International Sales Law • Mergers and Acquisitions • Nonprofit Corporations • Privacy in the Digital Age • Private Equity: Fund Formation and Transactional Issues • Real Time Lawyering: Negotiating the Complex Deal • Secured Transactions • Securities Arbitration Clinic • Securities Regulation • Sustainability and Business Law • Telecommunications Law and Policy • Transactional Lawyering: Translating Deals into Contracts Constitutional Law • Administrative Law • Antidiscrimination Law • Conflicts of Law

• Business Drafting Seminar

• Constitutional Issues in Health Law

• Business of Lawyering

• Constitutional Law I

• Business Organizations

• Constitutional Law II

• Commercial Transactions Survey

• Constitutional Theory

• Community and Economic Development Clinic • Consumer Transactions • Contracts I • Contracts II • Controversies in Corporate Law • Corporate Finance

• Current Problems in Constitutional Law • Death Penalty • Federal Courts • Federalism Seminar • First Amendment: Speech, Association and the Religion Clauses

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• Legal Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation

Hofstra Law professors have a constant willingness to

help both academically and

personally. — John Gionis 3L

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Curriculum Continued • Foreign Affairs and the Constitution

• Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication

• Immigration Law

• Death Penalty

• Introduction to Administrative Law

• DNA Unraveled: Demystifying Forensic DNA Evidence

• Introduction to the American Legal System • Legal Issues in Public Education • Mass Media and the First Amendment • National Security and the Law • Privacy in the Digital Age

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• Domestic Violence Seminar • Expert Witness — Homicide • Externship Program, Criminal Law • Federal Criminal Law • Immigration Enforcement at the Border

The courses at Hofstra Law, taught by leading scholars and practitioners, enable students to sample a variety of fields while at the same time developing expertise in their chosen areas of interest.

— Ronald J. Colombo, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law

Environmental and Natural Resources Law

• Family Law Policy Seminar

• Administrative Law • Animal Law

• International Family Law

• Disaster Recovery Clinic

• Introduction to Child and Family Advocacy

• Ecuador Field Study: Special Issues in International Environmental Law

• Juvenile Justice Clinic Practicum

• Energy Law and Policy

• Legal Decision Making for Children and Incompetent Adults

• Energy, the Environment and the Global Economy

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• Voting Rights and Election Law Criminal Law • Advanced Trial Advocacy — Criminal • Advanced Trial Practice: The Jury • Clinical Prosecution Practicum • Comparative Criminal Law • Criminal Justice Clinic • Criminal Law • Criminal Law in the Workplace • Criminal Procedure I: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments

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• International Criminal Law

• Matrimonial Skills • Mediation Clinic

• Environmental Law in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions

• Modern Divorce Advocacy

• Global Climate Change and U.S. Law

• Youth Advocacy Clinic

• Historic Preservation and the Environmental Impact Review Process

• Sexuality and the Law • Youth Court Externship

• International Environmental Law

Governmental Law and the Legislative Process

• Introduction to Administrative Law

• Administrative Law

• Land Use Regulation • Law of the Sea • Property • Sustainability and Business Law

• Admiralty Law • Antitrust • Asylum Clinic • Environmental Law • Federal Tax Policy Seminar

Estate Planning

• Federalism Seminar

• Elder Law

• Hofstra Law in D.C. Externship Program

• Federal Estate and Gift Tax • Immigration Law

• Juvenile Justice Seminar

• Environmental Law

• Estate Planning

• Religion and the Constitution

• Family Law With Skills

• Wills, Trusts and Estates

• Immigration Enforcement at the Border • Immigration Clinic Practicum

Family Law

• Juvenile Justice Clinic Practicum

• Immigration Law

• Advanced Topics in Family Law

• Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System

• Introduction to Administrative Law

• Child Abuse and Neglect

• Introduction to Statutory and Regulatory Interpretation

• On the Waterfront: Organized Crime and the Response of Government

• Children and the Law: Legal Relationships among Children, Families and the State

• Land Use Regulation • Legal Issues in Public Education

• Prosecutor’s Role

• Collaborative Law Seminar

• Race, Gender and Crime

• Domestic Violence Seminar

• Sentencing Reform Seminar

• Externship, Matrimonial Law

• Wrongful Convictions

• Family Court Review Seminar

• Selected Problems in Immigration Law

• Family Law LL.M.: Thesis I & II

• Seminar on Law and Policymaking in Washington, D.C.

• Youth Court Externship

• Legislative Process • Researching Administrative Law • Securities Regulation

• Special Education Law

• Patent Law

• State and Local Government Law

• Patent Prosecution Externship

• Telecommunications Law and Policy • Voting Rights and Election Law Health Law • Bioethics and the Law • Biotechnology: Law, Business, and Regulation • Constitutional Issues in Health Law • Elder Law • Health Law • Law and Medicine: Cooperative Professionalism • Law and Psychiatry • Law of Medical Product Discovery, Development and Commercialization • Law’s Response to Reproductive Technology • Legal Decision Making for Children and Incompetent Adults • Managed Care and the Evolution of the Doctor-Patient Relationship

• Patent Litigation

• Privacy in the Digital Age

• Collective Bargaining • Criminal Law in the Workplace

• Sports Law

• Employment Discrimination

• Trademarks

• Employment Law

International Law

• ERISA and Pension Rights Seminar

• Advanced Immigration Law and Citizenship • Ecuador Field Study: Special Issues in International Environmental Law • Energy, the Environment, and the Global Economy

• Labor Law • On the Waterfront: Organized Crime and the Response of Government • Sex-Based Discrimination • Sports Law

• Global Climate Change and U.S. Law

Legal History and Social Science

• Global Compliance in the Digital Age • Immigration Clinic Practicum

• Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in Gender, Law and Public Policy

• U.S. Legal Research and Writing for International Students

• Immigration Law

• Jurisprudence

• International Business Transactions

• Law and Literature

• International Commercial Arbitration

• Legal History

• International Criminal Law

• Race and the Law

• Foreign Affairs and the Constitution

• Special Education Law

• International Family Law • International Human Rights Law Seminar

• Law and the Popular Culture • Practical LGBT Lawyering • Sexuality and the Law • Spanish for Lawyers Legal Writing and Research • Advanced Advocacy Skills

• Advanced Patent Law

• International Institutions

• Antitrust

• International Law

• Advanced Competition Skills

• Art Law Seminar

• International Sales Law

• Advanced Legal Research

• International Transactions: Commercial Paper in a Paperless Age

• Business Drafting Seminar

• Computer Technology in Legal Practice • Copyright • Entertainment Law • Global Compliance in the Digital Age • Intellectual Property Survey • Law in Cyberspace

• Researching Administrative Law • Transactional Lawyering: Translating Deals into Contracts

• Medicare and Medicaid Law

• Comparative Cyberlaw

• Practice-Ready Research Skills

• Strikes, Boycotts, Picketing and Injunctions

• International Environmental Law

Intellectual Property Law

Labor and Employment Law

• Law of International Trade • Law of the Sea • Transnational Law • Use of Force in International Law: From Peacekeeping to Terrorism

• Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I

Professional Responsibility and Ethics • The Business of Lawyering • Computer Technology in Legal Practice • Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice • Ethics and Economics of Law Practice • Jurisprudence

• Property • Real Estate Negotiation Techniques • Real Estate Transactions Taxation • Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice • Federal Income Taxation of Corporations • Federal Income Taxation of Individuals • Federal Tax Policy Seminar • Federal Tax Procedure Torts

• Lawyers’ Ethics

• Advanced Tort Practice & Problems

• Legal Ethics and Malpractice • Special Problems in the Law of Lawyering Real Estate and Property Law • Commercial Leasing • Condemnation for Redevelopment • Cooperatives, Condominiums and Homeowner Associations

• Legal Methods

• Eminent Domain

• Litigation and Drafting Skills

• Environmental Law in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions

• Perspectives on Legal Analysis and Writing

• Land Use Regulation

• Lawyer Malpractice

• Legal Analysis, Writing and Research II

• Moot Court Seminar

• Historic Preservation and the Environmental Impact Review Process

• Complex Insurance Litigation • Insurance Law • Insurance Litigation and Corporate Practice Externship • Lawyer Malpractice • Legal Ethics and Malpractice • Medical Malpractice • Products Liability • Remedies • Torts

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Experiential Learning

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’ve had a number of Hofstra graduates appear before me as a judge, and the one consistent thing about our graduates is they are wellversed in the law,” says Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels ’88 of the Appellate Division, First Department, of the New York State Supreme Court. “They understand procedure. You don’t ever see a Hofstra Law graduate walk into a courtroom and not know where to stand, not know what the protocol is. They know. They have been tremendously well-prepared.”

“Being a part of the Youth Advocacy Clinic was by far the best experience I had as a Hofstra Law student.

It gave me the opportunity to represent real clients, specifically children, in family court proceedings involving abuse and neglect. I developed strong writing skills and learned how to conduct myself when addressing the court. It is an experience I will never forget.”

— Danielle Visvader ’05 Associate, Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Einiger, LLP

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Clinical Program The Maurice A. Deane School of Law enjoys a rich tradition as a pioneer in fully integrating clinical education into a traditional law school curriculum. By the late 1970s, Hofstra Law had one of the largest clinical programs in the nation. Over the years, the Clinical Program has become a well-known presence in legal circles in the metropolitan area. The program has stayed true to its original mission: to teach students lawyering skills and analytic methods through representing clients in need.

Participation in one of the Clinical Program’s 11 clinics and clinical practicums is an important opportunity in which students can practice law before obtaining the J.D. Students represent individuals facing real legal challenges, advocating in court, counseling clients, conducting fact investigations and mediating disputes. They must think and act like a lawyer. The experience is both deeply challenging and immensely rewarding, and often serves as the highlight of students’ legal education.

Most clinics are one-semester courses. Each clinic holds a weekly two-hour classroom seminar. The seminars develop such crucial lawyering skills as interviewing, counseling, negotiation, mediation, fact investigation and trial techniques, and include discussions about substance and procedure.

All second-year and third-year students are eligible to apply to participate in one of Hofstra Law’s clinics and clinical practicums: • Asylum Clinic

• Criminal Justice Clinic

• Clinical Prosecution Practicum

• Disaster Recovery Clinic

• Community and Economic Development Clinic

• Immigration Clinic Practicum • Juvenile Justice Clinic Practicum

• Law Reform Advocacy Clinic • Mediation Clinic • Securities Arbitration Clinic • Youth Advocacy Clinic

Externship Program The Externship Program at Hofstra Law offers students the opportunity to earn academic credit while gaining hands-on experience in diverse legal fields under the supervision of experienced practitioners. Externship students work directly with judges, legal services providers, governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, law firms and in-house law departments.

Besides the hours they work at their field placements, students attend a weekly seminar taught by a Hofstra Law faculty member, providing them with the opportunity to consider issues relating to supervision, professional responsibility and the lawyering role, and to gain further exposure to the substantive law and the legal skills relevant to the field.

In addition to a wide range of civil, criminal and judicial placements, Hofstra Law offers specialized field placement programs in which students can gain expertise in the following areas: insurance litigation, LGBT lawyering, matrimonial practice, patent practice and juvenile justice.

Global Legal Practice Externship Program The Global Legal Practice program allows students to work in international field placements for academic credit during the summer.

Students work in partnership with Global Experiences Inc. to identify a placement that meets their individual professional goals and Hofstra Law’s academic requirements. Placements are available in Barcelona, Dublin, Florence, London, Paris and Sydney.

Hofstra Law in D.C. Externship Program (HLDC) Hofstra Law in D.C. provides students with an unparalleled opportunity by allowing them to have a total immersion, handson experience working in a legal setting in the nation’s capital.

Through HLDC, students work full time as unpaid legal externs at an approved congressional committee, federal government agency, nonprofit organization or public interest group. Besides their work in the field, HLDC students attend a companion seminar on law and policy-making, taught by HLDC Director Scott J. Glick ’81.

Recent Externships* • A merican Bar Association Center on Children and the Law • Chanel, Inc. • C yrus R. Vance Center for International Justice • District Attorney’s Offices in New York State • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) • Internal Revenue Service • Legal Aid Society • L ong Island Power Authority (LIPA) • Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence • Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc. • National Labor Relations Board • New York City Commission to Combat Police Corruption • New York City Law Department • New York State Attorney General • New York State Division of Human Rights • New York State Supreme Court • North Shore-LIJ Health System • Office of U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel • Sony Music Entertainment • U.S. Attorney’s Office • U.S. Department of Justice • U.S. District Court: Eastern and Southern Districts of New York • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

* For a more extensive list, visit law.hofstra.edu/Externships.

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Experiential Learning Continued Pro Bono Hofstra Law offers students opportunities to provide pro bono services in the community with nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies and private law firms or practitioners.

In addition, we have a number of student-directed pro bono projects: • The Courtroom Advocates Project trains and mentors students to advocate for domestic violence victims when victims first enter family court seeking orders of protection.

The members of the Class of 2013 contributed more than 17,000 hours of public service during their three years at Hofstra Law.

• L aw Brigades provides students with the opportunity to engage in human rights work in developing countries.

• The Legal Emergency Aid Project provides students with the opportunity to offer legal assistance in communities recovering from a natural disaster or a similar calamity.

• Students working in the Unemployment Action Center represent claimants seeking unemployment insurance benefits in administrative hearings.

• Working under the supervision of attorneys, students in the Veterans Legal Assistance Project help veterans initiate benefit claims and provide veterans with access to free legal services.

• Students are trained through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program to help prepare tax returns for low-income individuals.

Students who are interested in developing new projects can seek support from Senior Associate Dean for Experiential Education Jennifer A. Gundlach and Director of Pro Bono, Externship and Fellowship Programs Franca Sachs.

Public Service Certificate Program Students who devote considerable time to pro bono work during their three years at Hofstra Law are recognized for their efforts by the Law School.

New York State Pro Bono Bar Admission Requirements On September 14, 2012, the New York State Court of Appeals adopted a new rule requiring applicants seeking admission to the New York State Bar after January 1, 2015, to perform 50 hours of pro bono services.

Advocacy Programs Hofstra Law offers students the opportunity to participate in our extensive student advocacy competition program. The program includes participation in interscholastic competitions as well as in intramural competitions. The Law School fields teams in the United States and abroad in trial, moot court, arbitration, mediation and transactional competitions. These competitions are diverse in subject matter, ranging from constitutional law, securities law, and labor and employment law to sophisticated corporation-transactional and international-arbitration issues.

Hofstra Law also boasts a robust student-run competition program. Each law student has the opportunity to be part of the Moot Court Board, the Hofstra Trial Advocacy Association and the Dispute Resolution Society. These advocacy organizations hold competitions each semester and invite the entire Law School community to participate. The intramural competition program provides a perfect training ground for those students who are interested in interscholastic competition.

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Hofstra Law is committed to engaging our students in a diverse

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range of experiential learning opportunities in our community

and across the globe, including clinical and externship programs, pro bono projects, simulation skills courses, law reform projects

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and advocacy competitions. We encourage students to follow

their passion by connecting them with our current programs and by providing support for those wishing to launch new projects.

— Jennifer A. Gundlach, Senior Associate Dean for

Experiential Education and Clinical Professor of Law

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There is a huge difference between discussing how a major case changed the law in the classroom and seeing a major

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case actually change an agency’s policy. Participating in policy discussion during my externship opened my eyes to how each case can change the way we practice the law.

— Sean Hughes 2L

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Experiential Learning Continued Centers and Institutes Centers and institutes allow the faculty and administration to focus attention on legal issues of special importance to the Hofstra Law community, the legal profession and society in general. These centers of excellence foster research, education and action on critical issues; attract thought leaders to the campus each year for research, debate and the exchange of knowledge; and immerse students in collaborative research — in some cases internationally — that impacts scholarship and helps translate legal theory into practice.

• Center for Applied Legal Reasoning • Center for Children, Families and the Law • Center for Legal Advocacy • Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy • Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation • Institute for the Study of Gender, Law and Public Policy • Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics • Perry Weitz Institute for the Study of Mass Torts • Research Laboratory for Law, Logic and Technology

Journals Students can gain membership in Hofstra Law’s publications through outstanding academic performance, a writing competition or submission of an article chosen by the editors. Student editors and staff are responsible for soliciting articles from legal scholars, considering unsolicited manuscripts for publication, editing published works and publishing articles that expand the frontiers of legal scholarship. Three publications are student-run journals and are important sources of scholarship that are cited widely in other publications and in judicial opinions. The ACTEC Law Journal and the Family Court Review are peer-reviewed and published under the auspices of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, respectively.

•H ofstra Law Review ofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal • H

• J ournal of International Business and Law (JIBL) • A CTEC Law Journal (the journal of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel) • F amily Court Review (the journal of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts)

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Student Organizations

A “Student involvement is critical here, and whether it is through the Student Bar Association, the more than 40 student organizations or the many Law Schoolsponsored social and professional events, it will begin to build your professional network.”

t the Maurice A. Deane School of Law, learning is not limited to the classroom or library. The Office of Student Affairs supports a broad range of student-run organizations and activities designed to provide every student with the opportunity to pursue personal interests, interact with classmates and law students at other schools and meet with faculty, alumni and practicing attorneys.

These activities provide the experience necessary to hone the skills working attorneys need. Many Hofstra Law students are active in one or more of the following organizations: Professional Interest Organizations

Advocacy Organizations

• Criminal Law Society

• Courtroom Advocates Project

• Dispute Resolution Society

• Delta Theta Phi

• Law Brigades

• Hofstra Trial Advocacy Association

• Environmental Law Society

• Legal Emergency Aid Project

• Health Law Society

• Public Justice Foundation

• Moot Court Association

•H ofstra Art Law & Culture Society

• Unemployment Action Center

Identity and Affinity Organizations

• Hofstra Elder Law Society

• Veterans Law Student Association

— Ashley Sauerhof ’13

President Student Bar Association

Service Organizations

Student Bar Association

• A sian-Pacific American Law Students Association • Black Law Students Association • Colombian Law Students Organization • Hofstra Law First Generation Law Students

• Hofstra Intellectual Property Law Association • Hofstra Law Business Law Society

Social and Recreational Organization

• Immigration Law Society

• Hofstra Law Wine & Food Club

• International Law Society • Labor & Employment Law Society • Phi Alpha Delta

Social/Political Change Organizations

• Sports and Entertainment Law Society

• Federalist Society

• Hofstra Law Gentlemen • Hofstra Law Women

• Tax Law Society

• Human Rights Law Society

• L atino/a American Law Students Association • Older & Wiser Law Students • OUTLaw • Russian American Law Students Association • South Asian Law Students Association

• Hofstra Law Democrats

Religious Organizations • Christian Legal Society • Jewish Law Students Association • Muslim Law Students Association

Students and student organizations stay in touch and promote meetings and events using platforms like Facebook. As prospective students are admitted, they are invited to join a Facebook group page that remains in place for each class during their three years at the Law School and as they join the Hofstra Law alumni community.

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Selected Guest Speakers Fall 2010-Spring 2013 Michael A. Cardozo Corporation Counsel, City of New York

Speaker visit by Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. Partner and Co-Chair, Appellate and Constitutional Law Group, Media and Entertainment Group, Crisis Management Group, and Transnational Litigation and Foreign Judgments Group, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Hon. Denny Chin Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Thomas R. Graham Member, World Trade Organization Appellate Body Hon. Gordon Gray U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Eva J. Klain Director, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law Hon. Luc Lavrysen Judge, Constitutional Court of Belgium, and Professor of Law, Ghent University Hon. Gerard E. Lynch Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Richard W. Pound Former Vice President, International Olympic Committee, and Founding Chairman, World Anti-Doping Agency Hon. Edwina G. RichardsonMendelson Administrative Judge, Family Court of the City of New York Hon. Sang-Hyun Song President and Judge, International Criminal Court Seth Freed Wessler Author and Principal Investigator, Shattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System

JIBL members and SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, 2009 conference keynote speaker

Note: Title reflects position held at the time of the speaker’s visit.

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Pisa

Cuba

Curaçao

Curaçao

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The setting of Havana, juxtaposed with the material learned in class, helped highlight the impact and importance of export law.

— Gary Badrajan ’13

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Summer and Semester Study Abroad

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he Maurice A. Deane School of Law offers several exciting American Bar Association-approved study abroad programs. Each program includes courses that focus on international or comparative law, and encourages extensive interaction with local students, faculty and members of the legal community. Faculty for Hofstra Law’s study abroad programs have included U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other distinguished jurists and law professors. Students who participate in these programs can gain a rich understanding of foreign legal institutions and a greater appreciation for lawyering in a global environment.

International and Comparative Law Summer and Winter Programs

International Student Exchange

The Office of Global Initiatives was created to nurture and cultivate globalization as an institutional value and educational priority at Hofstra Law.

Co-sponsored by Hofstra Law, the University of Baltimore School of Law and Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Law and hosted by the University of the Netherlands Kingdom.

As a founding member of the EuropeanAmerican Consortium for Legal Education (EACLE), Hofstra Law offers opportunities for foreign law students to study at Hofstra Law and for our students to study at foreign law schools. Students may apply for a semester exchange at the following law school partners in the spring of their second year or the fall of their third year:

Summer Program in Pisa, Italy

EACLE Exchange Partners

study abroad, student

•E rasmus University Rotterdam School of Law, The Netherlands

exchange and the American Legal Studies LL.M.

•G hent University Faculty of Law, Belgium

The office is responsible for

•U niversity of Helsinki Faculty of Law, Finland

centers abroad, new models

•U niversity of Parma Faculty of Law, Italy

exchange relationships,

Winter Program in Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean

Co-sponsored by Hofstra Law and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy’s premier research university.

Field Study Programs Cuba Field Study: Export Laws and Export Controls Ecuador Field Study: Special Issues in International Environmental Law Immigration Law and Border Enforcement Program (El Paso, Texas)

Other Exchange Partners •C ity University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong •E ast China University of Political Science and Law, China

This office oversees all current international programs at Hofstra Law, including

the creation of international for faculty and student affiliations with international organizations, development of international rule of law programs and cultivation of international internship opportunities.

•U niversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany

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Faculty

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he full-time faculty of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law consists of 46 nationally and internationally recognized scholars and practitioners who represent diverse fields. Faculty members have clerked for U.S. Supreme Court justices, chaired major American Bar Association and law reform committees, received awards for scholarship and leadership in legal education and community leadership, and are recognized leaders in clinical and skills training.

Their publications reflect a wide range of interests and expertise, ongoing participation in important scholarly debates and significant contributions to the study and teaching of law. The faculty’s opendoor policy creates an accessible and collegial environment and reflects professors’ engagement with their students.

Professor Barbara S. Barron was named the 2012 Hon. Prentice H. Marshall Faculty Award recipient by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). The award recognizes her outstanding work developing innovative teaching methods for NITA.

Full-Time Faculty Eric Lane Dean and Eric J. Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Public Service B.A., Brown University M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook J.D., Fordham University LL.M., New York University Subjects: Constitutional Law I & II; Introduction to Administrative Law; Introduction to Statutory and Regulatory Interpretation; Law and Literature; Legislative Process; Voting Rights and Election Law

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Miriam R. Albert Professor of Skills and Faculty Advisor for the J.D./M.B.A. Program B.A., Tufts University J.D., M.B.A., Emory University LL.M., New York University Subjects: Business Drafting Seminar; Business Organizations; Business Planning; Contracts I & II

Yishai Boyarin Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Attorney-in-Charge of the Mediation Clinic B.A., J.D., University of California, Berkeley LL.M., Hofstra University Subjects: Alternatives to Litigation; Mediation Clinic; Modern Divorce Advocacy

Barbara S. Barron Professor of Skills, Director of the Trial Techniques Program, Director of Student Advocacy Programs and Faculty Advisor to the Moot Court Board B.A., State University of New York at Albany M.A., Columbia University J.D., Hofstra University Subjects: Applied Evidence; Domestic Violence Seminar; Externship Program, Criminal Law; Real-Time Lawyering

Alafair S. Burke Professor of Law B.A., Reed College J.D., Stanford University Subjects: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure I & II; Federal Criminal Law Robert A. Baruch Bush Harry H. Rains Distinguished Professor of Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Settlement Law B.A., Harvard University J.D., Stanford University Subjects: Advanced Mediation Seminar; Alternatives to Litigation; Mediation Seminar; Torts

Professor Joanna L. Grossman is a regular columnist for Justia’s legal blog, Verdict, where she writes on family law, sex-based discrimination and women’s rights.

Juliana Campagna Associate Professor of Legal Writing and Assistant Faculty Director of International Programs B.A., Mundelein College M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law LL.M., John Marshall Law School Subjects: Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II; Legal Methods; U.S. Legal Research and Writing for International Students Robin Charlow Professor of Law A.B., Vassar College J.D., Cornell University Subjects: Constitutional Law I & II; Criminal Law; Religion and the Constitution J. Scott Colesanti Associate Professor of Legal Writing B.A., Adelphi University J.D., Fordham University LL.M., New York University Subjects: Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II; Regulation of International Markets; Securities Regulation Ronald J. Colombo Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law B.S., Cornell University J.D., New York University Subjects: Business Organizations; Contracts I & II; Controversies in Corporate Law; Introduction to Administrative Law; Securities Regulation

J. Herbie DiFonzo Professor of Law B.S., St. Joseph’s College J.D., M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia Subjects: Adoption & Family Formation; Civil Procedure I & II; Family Law LL.M.: Thesis I & II; Family Law With Skills; Juvenile Justice Seminar; Modern Divorce Advocacy Janet L. Dolgin Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care Law, Director of the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy and Codirector of the Hofstra University Bioethics Center; Professor, Department of Science Education, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine B.A., Barnard College M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University J.D., Yale University Subjects: Bioethics and the Law; Health Law; Law and Medicine: Cooperative Professionalism; Law’s Response to Reproductive Technology; Legal Decision Making for Children and Incompetent Adults Akilah N. Folami Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Intellectual Life B.A., Spelman College J.D., Columbia University Subjects: Mass Media and the First Amendment; Property; Telecommunications Law and Policy; Wills, Trusts and Estates Susan Fortney Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics, Director of the Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics and John DeWitt Gregory Research Scholar B.A., Trinity University J.D., Antioch School of Law L.L.M., J.S.D., Columbia University Subjects: Ethics and Economics of Law Practice; Lawyer Malpractice; Lawyers’ Ethics

Eric M. Freedman Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law B.A., J.D., Yale University M.A., Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) Subjects: Constitutional Law I & II; Death Penalty; Discovery Skills I & II; Pretrial Skills Monroe H. Freedman Professor of Law A.B., LL.B., LL.M., Harvard University Subject: Lawyers’ Ethics Leon Friedman Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law A.B., LL.B., Harvard University Subjects: Constitutional Law I & II; Copyright; Current Problems in Constitutional Law; Entertainment Law

Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh co-edited the book The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change: U.S. and International Aspects (American Bar Association 2012). The book examines how laws are being modified, finessed or imagined to deal with the impacts of climate change, both in the U.S. and around the globe.

Linda Galler Professor of Law B.A., Wellesley College J.D., Boston University LL.M., New York University Subjects: Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice; Federal Income Taxation of Corporations; Federal Income Taxation of Individuals; International Taxation Seminar

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In addition to writing multiple textbooks, Professor Richard K. Neumann, Jr., is an editorial advisor to Aspen Publishers, one of the largest publishers of law school textbooks. He is also a co-author of the first edition of the American Bar Association Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs.

Mitchell Gans Rivkin Radler Distinguished Professor of Law B.B.A., J.D., Hofstra University Subjects: Federal Estate and Gift Tax; Federal Income Taxation of Corporations; Federal Income Taxation of Individuals; Wills, Trusts and Estates

Grant M. Hayden Professor of Law B.A., M.A., University of Kansas J.D., Stanford University Subjects: Disability Law; Employment Discrimination; Labor Law; Voting Rights and Election Law James E. Hickey, Jr. Professor of Law B.S., University of Florida J.D., University of Georgia Ph.D., University of Cambridge (Jesus College) Subjects: Energy Law and Policy; Energy, the Environment and the Global Economy; International Human Rights Seminar; International Institutions; International Law; Law of the Sea; Transnational Law; Use of Force in International Law

Elizabeth M. Glazer Professor of Law B.A., M.A., University of Pennsylvania J.D., University of Chicago Subjects: Anti-Discrimination; Business Drafting; First Amendment; Jurisprudence; Law and Sexuality; Property; Transactional Lawyering

Susan H. Joffe Professor of Legal Writing B.A., Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY) M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook J.D., Hofstra University Subjects: Contracts; Employment Law; Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II

Daniel J.H. Greenwood Professor of Law A.B., Harvard University J.D., Yale University Subjects: Business Organizations; Corporate Finance; Torts

Lawrence W. Kessler Richard J. Cardali Distinguished Professor of Trial Advocacy B.A., J.D., Columbia University Subjects: Criminal Procedure; Evidence; Pretrial Skills; Torts; Trial Techniques

Joanna L. Grossman Sidney and Walter Siben Distinguished Professor of Family Law B.A., Amherst College J.D., Stanford University Subjects: Family Law; Family Law LL.M.: Thesis I & II; Gender Policy Seminar; Sex-Based Discrimination; Wills, Trusts and Estates

Stefan Krieger Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Applied Legal Reasoning and Director Emeritus of Clinical Programs B.A., University of Chicago J.D., University of Illinois Subjects: Evidence; Fact Investigation; Special Problems Seminar in Fair Housing Litigation

Jennifer A. Gundlach Senior Associate Dean for Experiential Education and Clinical Professor of Law A.B., Kenyon College J.D., American University Washington College of Law Subjects: Civil Procedure; Discovery Skills I & II; Lawyers’ Ethics; Pretrial Skills

Julian Ku Professor of Law, Faculty Director of International Programs and John DeWitt Gregory Research Scholar B.A., J.D., Yale University Subjects: Business Organizations; Constitutional Law I & II; Foreign Affairs and the Constitution; International Business Transactions;

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Law and International Economic Development; Law of International Trade; Transnational Law Katrina Fischer Kuh Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Intellectual Life B.A., J.D., Yale University Subjects: Environmental Law; Global Climate Change and U.S. Law; International Environmental Law; Torts Theo Liebmann Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Programs and Attorney-inCharge of the Youth Advocacy Clinic B.A., Yale University J.D., Georgetown University Subjects: Civil Procedure I; Introduction to Child and Family Advocacy; Legal Decision Making for Children and Incompetent Adults; Youth Advocacy Clinic Irina D. Manta Associate Professor of Law B.A., J.D., Yale University Subjects: Intellectual Property Survey; Intellectual Property Colloquium; Property Law Serge Martinez Clinical Professor of Law and Attorneyin-Charge of the Community and Economic Development Clinic B.A., Brigham Young University J.D., Yale University Subjects: Community and Economic Development Clinic; Housing and Economic Development; Practical LGBT Lawyering

In May 2013, Professor Ashira Ostrow won Hofstra University’s 2012-2013 Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication for her article “Land Law Federalism,” 61 Emory Law Journal 1397 (2012).

Kevin McElroy Assistant Professor of Legal Writing B.A., State University of New York at Albany J.D., St. John’s University Subjects: Legal Analysis, Writing & Research; Legal Methods; Pretrial Skills; Selected Problems in New York Civil Practice

Professor Alan N. Resnick was a speaker at the 2012 National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in California. He presented to an audience of 2,000 judges, academics and practitioners on the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Stern v. Marshall on the bankruptcy system.

Richard K. Neumann, Jr. Professor of Law B.A., Pomona College Dipl., University of Stockholm J.D., American University LL.M., Temple University Subjects: Contracts I & II; International Business Transactions; Transactional Lawyering Elizabeth Nevins-Saunders Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Attorney-in-Charge of the Criminal Justice Clinic B.A., Amherst College J.D., Harvard University Subject: Criminal Justice Clinic Ashira Ostrow Associate Professor of Law B.A., University of Pennsylvania J.D., Columbia University Subjects: Cooperatives, Condominiums and Homeowner Associations; Land Use Regulation; Property; Real Estate Transactions; State and Local Government Law

Alan N. Resnick Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professor of Bankruptcy Law B.S., Rider College J.D., Georgetown University LL.M., Harvard University Subjects: Advanced Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy; Debtor Rehabilitation Seminar James Sample Associate Professor of Law B.A., Boston College J.D., Columbia University Subjects: Administrative Law; Civil Procedure I & II; Federal Courts Andrew Schepard Max Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law B.A., City College of New York M.A., Columbia University J.D., Harvard University Subjects: Alternatives to Litigation; Civil Procedure I; Discovery and Depositions; Family Court Review Seminar; Family Law; Family Law Policy Seminar; Pretrial Skills Courtney Selby Associate Dean for Information Services, Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law B.A., J.D., University of Tulsa M.L.I.S., University of Oklahoma Norman I. Silber Professor of Law B.A., Washington University M.A., Ph.D., Yale University J.D., Columbia University Subjects: Commercial Transactions Survey; Consumer Transactions; Legal History; Nonprofit Organizations Barbara Stark Professor of Law B.A., Cornell University J.D., New York University LL.M., Columbia University Subjects: Family Law; International Family Law; International Law; Transnational Law

In February 2013, Professor James Sample testified at New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s hearing on disclosure rules for nonprofits engaging in electioneering.

Amy R. Stein Professor of Legal Writing, Assistant Dean for Adjunct Instruction and Coordinator of the Legal Writing Program B.A., Tufts University J.D., Fordham University Subjects: Civil Procedure I; Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II; Pretrial Skills Vern R. Walker Professor of Law and Director of the Research Laboratory for Law, Logic and Technology B.A., University of Detroit M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame J.D., Yale University Subjects: Administrative Law; European Union Law; Introduction to Administrative Law; Scientific Evidence; Torts Lauris Wren Clinical Professor of Law and Attorneyin-Charge of the Asylum Clinic B.A., Williams College J.D., Columbia University Subjects: Asylum Clinic; Immigration Law; Practical LGBT Lawyering

In April 2013, Professor Andrew Schepard co-organized the New York State Leadership Summit on School-Justice Partnerships: Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court.

The summit was held at Hofstra Law and brought together leaders from the New York justice and school systems to discuss meaningful changes to the juvenile justice system.

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Career Services

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he Office of Career Services (OCS) supports students and alumni in developing and implementing successful career and professional development strategies. OCS provides students and alumni with information and coaching to help them make informed career decisions and develop as professionals.

Knowledgeable and resourceful OCS counselors assist students and alumni through an array of services, including individual career coaching focused on job acquisition strategies, personal branding and marketing, resume and cover letter preparation, interview training and overall professional development.

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opportunity to experience the different

Selected Summer Associate, Summer Internship and Postgraduate Placements, Classes of 2010-2013

thought processes that go into deciding

NLJ 350 Law Firms

issues. Interacting directly with the judge

Alston & Bird LLP

and his team has enabled me to think about

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

various topics of law in a different light than

Bryan Cave LLP

I would in a school setting or in reading a

Cullen and Dykman LLP

casebook. — Dina Quondamatteo 2L

Dechert LLP

My judicial internship afforded me the

Baker Botts L.L.P. Brown Rudnick LLP Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Dentons

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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

OCS maintains a close relationship with Maurice A. Deane School of Law alumni and the legal community at large, which gives students a deep understanding of issues relevant to leaders in the legal field. These strong ties allow OCS to provide current and compelling guidance and programming that afford students an advantage in a competitive legal job market.

Hofstra Law’s professional development programming highlights numerous critical elements of professional growth that are not typically part of a traditional law school curriculum, such as interview and communication skills; business etiquette; business

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development and marketing; building professional networks; client relations and retention; time management; and other matters related to a professional persona.

In addition, OCS organizes a comprehensive on-campus interview program, which includes law firms, government agencies and public-sector employers, and also supports an extensive online employer database. With this assistance, Hofstra Law students frequently obtain positions with private law firms, government agencies, public interest organizations, corporations, and federal and state judges.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP Harris Beach PLLC Holland & Hart LLP Holland & Knight LLP Jackson Lewis LLP Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Kenyon & Kenyon LLP King & Spalding LLP Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Nixon Peabody LLP O’Melveny & Myers LLP Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Proskauer Rose LLP

Public Interest Organizations

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

Catholic Charities Immigrant Services

Ropes & Gray LLP

Center for Court Innovation

Seyfarth & Shaw LLP

The Humane League

Shearman & Sterling LLP

InMotion

White & Case LLP

Lambda Legal

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Lawyers For Children

Additional Law Firms

Legal Aid Society of Nassau County

Paul Hastings LLP

Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Einiger, LLP

The Legal Aid Society

Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services

Bickel & Brewer

Mid-Bronx Senior Citizens Council

Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos, LLP

New York County Defender Services

Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP

Pro Bono Partnership

Duval & Stachenfeld LLP

Suffolk County Legal Aid

Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund

Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP London Fischer LLP McGivney & Kluger, P.C. Mendes & Mount LLP Milberg LLP Moses & Singer LLP

Government Employers District Attorney’s Office: Bronx, Kings, Nassau, Queens, New York and Suffolk Counties Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney

Project Sentinel

Postgraduate Judicial Clerkships Indiana Court of Appeals New Jersey Superior Court New York City Civil Court Ocean County (New Jersey) Family Court Superior Court of Delaware U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York

Nassau County Attorney’s Office

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Staff Attorney’s Office

New York City Administration for Children’s Services

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Staff Attorney’s Office

New York City Law Department

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Staff Attorney’s Office

New York State Attorney General’s Office Social Security Administration U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy JAG Corps U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U. S. District Court, District of Maine U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York U.S. Immigration Court, San Antonio, Texas

Postgraduate Fellowships New York State Senate Fellowship Presidential Management Fellowship

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OCS Services • Job Listings: Full-time, part-time, summer and postgraduate jobs are posted online.

• Mock Interviews: Student interviews are recorded and critiqued, to provide both practice and feedback.

• Resume Collection: Student resumes are placed in the hands of employers who seek summer and postgraduate hires.

• On-campus Interviews: Employers visit the campus to interview students who are looking for both summer and postgraduate positions.

• Document Preparation and Review: OCS counselors assist students with the development and refinement of their resume and cover letter to ensure that students are effectively marketing themselves to prospective employers.

Employment Statistics for the Class of 2012* Within nine months of graduation, 80.1 percent* of the Class of 2012 reported to Hofstra Law that they were employed. This figure reflects various employment positions, including some temporary positions, part-time positions, self-employment, positions that do not require a J.D. and positions funded by Hofstra Law. It does not include those students who chose to pursue a postgraduate degree. For more detailed information regarding Hofstra Law’s employment statistics, please visit the Hofstra Law website at law.hofstra.edu/ Employment. The economy, including the legal economy, is constantly changing, and employment for past classes is not an accurate predictor of employment for future classes.

In addition, a law degree from Hofstra Law or any other law school is not a guarantee of employment in the legal field.

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his innovative program is designed to support students’ growth as professionals through the development of their unique skills, abilities and leadership styles. Students also learn how to communicate these distinct characteristics and differentiators to compete and convey their relevance in an increasingly competitive, entrepreneurial and technologically sophisticated global legal marketplace.

The Professional Success and Leadership Development Program offers highly interactive seminars, panels, workshops, individual coaching, mentoring and events. The program’s signature event is the annual Success Strategies Boot Camp, which has featured: • a panel of prominent and influential industry leaders discussing the future of legal practice; • plenaries on lawyer competencies, communication skills and styles, emotional intelligence and building professional networks; and • workshops on business-writing skills, interviewing skills and developing professional relationships.

The Professional Success and Leadership Development Program also features a Student Advisory Council, which offers a forum for students to help shape and co-create initiatives for the program. The students on the council work in a series of committees to advance some of the overall professional development initiatives at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law. * The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) defines a law school’s employment rate as the number of graduates employed divided by the number of graduates whose employment status is known. For NALP purposes, Hofstra Law’s employment rate of 80.1 percent is calculated by dividing the number of employed graduates, 282, by the number of graduates whose employment status was known, 352. The total number of graduates in the Class of 2012 was 363. Employment statistics in a uniform chart provided by the American Bar Association can be found at the Hofstra Law website at law.hofstra.edu/Employment. Other organizations and publications, such as U.S. News & World Report, the Princeton Review and Barron’s, each define a law school’s employment rate and percentage differently.

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Learning the law is but one step to becoming a great lawyer. The ability to effectively communicate, whether with your colleagues, clients or adversaries, and to develop a strong and supportive network is critical to your professional success.

Through the program, Hofstra Law students are prepared to meaningfully contribute and add value immediately upon entering the workforce. — Christopher J. Caruso, Associate Dean for Career Services

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Collaboration That Counts Dear Prospective Student, As an alum, as chair of the Dean’s Advisory Board and as a senior partner with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, I can say from experience that the Maurice A. Deane School of Law is an extraordinary institution that provides its students with a legal education that is second to none.

I was privileged to attend the Law School from 1974 to 1977, when it had just been established. Not a day has gone by without my giving thanks for the education I received at Hofstra Law. The lessons received from and inspiration provided by the brilliant, dedicated and innovative scholar-professors of my era are evergreen and continue to resonate in my work and my career. I owe an enormous debt to the Law School — the value of my education has appreciated and continues to appreciate every day, week, month and year.

The attributes that attracted me to Hofstra Law — an accomplished and accessible faculty and an opportunity for meaningful legal experience — remain central to the Hofstra Law program today. In addition to the benefits derived from regular interaction with faculty both in and out of the classroom, the Law School’s robust clinical programs provide valuable, realworld exposure to legal practice. The clinics allow students to develop critical skills while making a difference for people who face legal challenges, whether it is advocating in court, counseling clients or mediating disputes. Our exemplary and accomplished faculty and vibrant clinical programs are just two of the many components that make Hofstra Law remarkable.

Under the leadership and drive of Dean Eric Lane, Hofstra Law continues to embrace innovation and academic excellence for the benefit of each and every student. I hope that you will have the opportunity to study in such a compelling environment. I encourage you to learn more about Hofstra Law. Sincerely,

Brad Eric Scheler ’77 Chair, Dean’s Advisory Board Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

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Thousands of Hofstra Law alumni stay connected through a private LinkedIn group. It allows them to find one another by practice area or geographic region, view jobs posted by peers and the Law School, expand their network and solicit advice from other alums. Hofstra Law has also set up subgroups for the Office of Career Services to disseminate information to recent graduates, and for alumni of journals and other student organizations.

Alumni Stories

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he alumni community of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law consists of more than 10,600 members in 49 states and 27 countries around the world. More than 65 alumni are judges nationwide, and countless more practice law, lead organizations and communities, and put their law degrees to work in other ways. What’s more, alumni are involved in the Hofstra Law community and regularly mentor students, whether through formal externships or informal relationships, to provide valuable career and personal guidance.

Selected Distinguished Alumni Steve W. Ackerman ’83 Vice President and Counsel, The Walt Disney Company

Maurice A. Deane ’81 President, Bama Equities, Inc.

Hon. Thomas F. McKevitt ’96 New York State Assemblyman

Christopher Antone ’81 Managing Partner, Labor Department, Jackson Lewis LLP, Dallas Office

Susan Epstein-Merritt ’79 Senior Program Officer, Robin Hood Foundation

Michael C. Miller ’97 Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Monster Worldwide, Inc.

Susan F. Axelrod ’89 Executive Vice President, Regulatory Operations, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA)

Hon. John J. Farley III ’73 Retired Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Carlos A. García-Pérez ’88 Director, Office of Cuba Broadcasting

Hon. Maryanne Trump Barry ’74 Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Joanne Goldstein ’74 Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, State of Massachusetts

Ross J. Born ’78 Co-CEO, Just Born, Inc.

Marissa L. Goodman ’00 General Counsel, PRADA USA Corp

Loren H. Brown ’92 Partner and Co-Chair of Product Liability and Mass Tort Practice, DLA Piper

Robert O. Muller ’74 Founder, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient) Larren M. Nashelsky ’91 Chair, Morrison & Foerster LLP Hon. David A. Paterson ’83 Former Governor, State of New York

Marc L. Hamroff ’83 Managing Partner, Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Samuel Ramos ’91 Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs

Kimberly R. Cline ’87 President, Long Island University

Hon. Neal Hendel ’76 Justice, Israeli Supreme Court

Steven R. Schlesinger ’76 Managing Partner, Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

Neil Cole ’82 Chairman, President and CEO, Iconix Brands Group, Inc.

Katherine N. Lapp ’81 Executive Vice President, Harvard University

Joel G. Segal ’89 Professional Football Agent and President of Lagardere Unlimited Football

Gordon Crane ’78 President and CEO, Apple & Eve, LLC George Davis ’90 Partner and Co-Chair, Global Restructuring Practice, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP

Catherine Leahy Scott ’85 New York State Inspector General Edward P. Mangano ’87 Nassau County Executive

Tamara Steckler ’87 Attorney-in-Charge, Juvenile Rights Practice, Legal Aid Society

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Recent Alumni Perspective

Michelle Marcellus ’12 Key Stats Journal: Associate Editor, Hofstra Law Review Fellowship: New York City Bar Diversity Fellowship Summer Internship: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP After Hofstra Law: Associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

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s a 1L, Michelle Marcellus was a bit surprised to be invited to the Maurice A. Deane School of Law’s annual “In Honor of Justice” alumni reception. Yet there she was in a room packed with some of the Law School’s most esteemed graduates. She recalls the state Supreme Court justice who recognized her from another alumni event.

“That’s amazing,” says Marcellus, “but what’s even more amazing is that she took the time to get to know me and gave me some great advice.”

That was Marcellus’ consistent experience at Hofstra Law. The first person in her family to go to law school, she came without a single connection to the legal profession. But once she arrived on campus, alumni at some of the city’s biggest firms reached out to her, taking her to lunch in the city and answering questions over email.

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“At Hofstra Law, the alumni go above and beyond what’s expected of them,” says Marcellus, whose alumni mentor was Samuel Ramos ’91, managing director and associate general counsel at Goldman Sachs.

He gave Marcellus important real-life perspective on her studies. “You can teach anyone the law,” she says, but until you hear from an attorney what they actually do on a daily basis, it’s just theory. You need that connection.”

Recent Alumni Perspective

Jonathan Nasca ’13 Key Stats Fellowship: William R. Ginsberg Memorial Fellowship in Environmental Law Summer Internships: Region III Office of the Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Latham & Watkins LLP After Hofstra Law: Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP

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onathan Nasca embraced his first year at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law with a vengeance and reaped the rewards. “I was fully aware of the work and time commitments, which helped me do well,” he says.

That might be an understatement for Nasca, who entered his 2L and 3L years ranked No. 1 in his class and received the Maurice A. Deane Award at graduation for the highest cumulative grade-point average in the Class of 2013.

Although Nasca’s achievements reflect his personal drive and passion, he also credits Hofstra Law’s faculty and administrators for helping him along the way. Noting their roles in making recruiting introductions and holding Q&A sessions beyond office hours, he says, “I was constantly surprised by how much they gave. They were adamant about us doing well.”

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Because Nasca developed close relationships with professors during his first year, he was exposed to unique opportunities as a 1L, such as working as a research assistant to Professor Katrina Kuh, an expert in environmental law. Nasca’s participation in Hofstra Law’s Environmental Law Society provided another outlet for practical experience, as did an externship in the spring of his 2L year with the Long Island Power Authority.

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Recent Alumni Perspective

Ahmed Almudallal ’12 Key Stats Summer Internships: Queens County District Attorney’s Office, New York County District Attorney’s Office Graduation Award: Pro Bono Leadership Award for his work in raising nearly $75,000 for summer fellowships as Public Justice Foundation president After Hofstra Law: Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney’s Office

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After college, he found a job as a legal assistant at a major Washington, D.C., law firm.

“People thought I was crazy,” he says. “Most of the attorneys I spoke to said the legal assistants after a year decide the legal field is not what they want to do. I ended up loving the long hours and the intricacies of the law.”

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“I’m a huge Law & Order: SVU fan,” says Almudallal. The popular legal drama didn’t influence his decision to go to law school — that he attributes to his lawyer aunt and a mock trial in his 10th-grade government class — but it does hint at his passion for criminal law, which was rekindled as a firstyear student at Hofstra Law. He feels his science background was an asset in his journey to the criminal courtroom, providing the research skills necessary to delve deeply into cases: “With DNA and bullet testing, fingerprint analysis and other science involved in cases these days, I have an advantage in understanding the evidence and expert testimony.”

Alumni Achievements

Hon. Sallie ManzanetDaniels ’88 Judge, Appellate Division, First Department, New York State Supreme Court

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ustice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels feels that her Hofstra Law education has prepared her for her career on the bench: “As a trial judge, the volume of cases is so overwhelming that you’re not able to really dig into the cases you have with the depth that sometimes you’d like to.” However, when she is called upon to examine an area of law in which she isn’t well-versed, “I do so without trepidation because I know I have been equipped with the most solid of foundations in the law and that there is no legal problem I cannot analyze and break down into its basic components and figure out,” she says.

“Hofstra taught that very simply.”

And now as an appellate court justice, the fundamental skills that Manzanet-Daniels learned at Hofstra Law allow her, she says, to analyze the law “from its very root.”

Besides a firm foundation in the law, Hofstra Law offers access to some of the leading minds in law — and not just during class. “I had Monroe Freedman for Contracts; he is also a renowned expert in the field of ethics,” she says. “To this day, Professor Freedman continues to send me any new articles he writes, so that, even over the 20 years or so, he stays in contact with his students. I think it’s a tremendous credit to him and to the institution that it engenders that kind of connection to its student body and alumni.”

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Alumni Achievements

Randy Levine ’80 President, New York Yankees

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andy Levine knows that every major change is made up of many small changes. It’s a lesson he learned at Hofstra Law, where he studied labor and employment law, and it’s been reinforced throughout his career, including his time at the U.S. Department of Justice and as New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s labor commissioner during the last recession.

“I was trained as a labor relations lawyer and as a litigator,” Levine explains. “The city was having significant fiscal issues: 60 percent of the city’s budget was personnel costs — the cost of paying employee benefits.” Levine brought innovative methods he’d used in the private sector to negotiating with the city’s labor unions and worked out groundbreaking agreements that dramatically reduced costs while creating programs that were popular with employees.

Those experiences also served Levine well during the Major League Baseball players’ strike in 1995. At the time, he was chief counsel to the Yankees, as well as the late George Steinbrenner’s personal attorney, and he was called upon to represent the owners at the negotiating table.

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“I developed a relationship with the head of the players association, Don Fehr. We were able to hammer out an agreement which changed the way baseball went forward.

It created a partnership between the owners and players and improved the competitive balance. Today, baseball is enjoying its greatest popularity, and its revenues are the highest they’ve ever been. So I’m very proud that I played a small part in bringing the game to where it is today.”

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ew, if any, law schools can match the combination of Hofstra University’s green, 240-acre campus and its easy access to New York City, the hub of the world’s legal profession.

Students living on campus in graduate housing enjoy a setting that is home to a nationally recognized arboretum, yet is less than an hour by train from Manhattan.

The campus provides all the amenities of a leading university and several that are unique to Hofstra, such as a bird sanctuary. The campus abuts Long Island’s “downtown” of Mitchel Field, home to the New York Islanders, Museum Row, hotels, and business- and law-office centers. This area is flanked by Roosevelt Field, one of the country’s largest upscale shopping malls, and Eisenhower Park, a 930-acre public space that boasts a golf course that hosted the P.G.A. Championship, one of the finest swimming facilities in the U.S. and a full range of athletic and family activities.

Farther afield on Long Island are the famed public beaches of the South Shore at Jones Beach and Robert Moses State Park — minutes by car or bus from campus. To the north are harbor villages and parks that make up Long Island’s Gold Coast, made famous in The Great Gatsby. To the east are the wineries of the North Fork and the famous Hamptons and Montauk resorts of the South Fork.

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Manhattan offers some of the greatest culture in the world, whether it be visiting renowned museums, taking in Broadway shows, strolling fine boutiques on Madison Avenue, exploring Central Park or sampling the many different cuisines from the finest restaurants and hidden deli treasures. All of this is just a 40-minute train ride from Hofstra’s campus.

Housing The Graduate Residence Hall is home to Hofstra’s law, medical and graduate students. The fivestory building offers suite-style apartment living: four-, three- and two-bedroom suites with single and double bedrooms, a common lounge area, a kitchenette and bathrooms. Colonial Square residence hall also offers suite-style living for law and graduate students in two of its houses. About 25 students live in a house with “super” single rooms or double bedrooms, a private bathroom and a common lounge area; a kitchen area is available on the main floor.

Hofstra Law uses Twitter to share timely announcements and important reminders with students, who can read the messages online, on TVs throughout the Law School building or on their mobile phone.

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