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Let’s Give a Warm Welcome!
Please join us in welcoming Vernadette Horne as the Law School's Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dean Horne joins us from Hofstra Law School, where she was the Senior Director of Career Services and Diversity Initiatives. She has also worked at Brooklyn Law School and practiced as a litigator, with a focus on asbestos matters. Prior to earning her J.D. at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Dean Horne worked as an information consultant and project manager.
Commencement 2021 Goes Live (and Virtual)
This Sunday, we'll celebrate Commencement 2021 as our J.D. and LL.M. graduates become the newest members of the St. John's Law alumni family during three in-person ceremonies at Carnesecca Arena and one virtual ceremony. All four events will be livestreamed and you can watch them here.
In Memoriam
Our beloved alumna, colleague, and friend Erica B. Fine '82 has passed away. This story shares some of the many ways she touched our lives and hearts. May her memory be a blessing.
The St. John's Law community mourns the loss of Professor Robert E. Parella '11HON, an esteemed colleague and teacher, who passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. You can read our remembrance here. May he rest in peace.
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Hit the Links and Change a Life
Grab your clubs for the Hon. Theodore T. Jones, Jr. '72, '07HON Memorial Golf Outing. This year, there are two great ways to play and support the Honorable Theodore T. Jones, Jr. '72 Memorial Scholarship, which benefits St. John's Law students of color who are interested in public service. Join us for the live event on 6/21, or play your own course any time between 6/14 and 6/20 and report your score to us. Learn more, and register for the golf outing, at our online event page.
Summertime Learning
Grab a cool drink, kick back, and join us online for our 2021 Summer CLE Series. For starters, we're presenting Real Estate Joint Venture Agreements (6/9) in conjunction with our Mattone Family Institute for Real Estate Law. You can register online. Next up is My Lender Said That I Don't Need a Survey (6/30). Register to attend here. Questions? Please email Claire C. McKeever '80SVC, 93L, Assistant Dean for Alumni Relations and CLE, at mckeevec@stjohns.edu.
Now in Print and Online
By now, all alumni should have received the Spring 2021 edition of St. John's Law magazine, sharing stories of resilience, reckoning, and reinvention in a year like none other. Didn't get it? No worries. You can also read the entire issue online.
Share Your News
The Spring 2021 edition of Class Notes is now online at stjohnslawseeinfra.com. Next time, let's hear from you! The deadline for the Summer 2021 edition of Class Notes is 8/15. Whether you want to spotlight a new job, a promotion, an honor, or an important activity, you can submit your news to mckeevec@stjohns.edu.
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Professor Adrián E. Alvarez focuses his scholarship on disability and its intersection with immigration and family law, especially with regard to unaccompanied immigrant children. One of his latest articles on the subject, "Enabling the Best Interests Factors," appears in the Arizona State Law Journal Online.
Professor Catherine Baylin Duryea successfully defended her dissertation, “Practicing Human Rights in the Arab World: International Law in 20th Century Advocacy,” fulfilling the requirements for her Ph.D. from Stanford University. An article based on two chapters of her dissertation is forthcoming in the Berkeley Journal of International Law. Professor Duryea’s ongoing research into the Emergency Court of Appeals, a specialized WW2-era price court, was featured on a recent episode of the Tech Refactored podcast.
The Verge has a great interview with Professor Kate Klonick, in which she offers her take on the Facebook Oversight Board's decision upholding Donald Trump's ban from the popular social media platform.
Professor Rosemary C. Salomone moderated a recent panel discussion on education as part of the Language and Migration: Experience and Memory symposium hosted by Princeton University with the Study Group on Language and the United Nations. She also was a guest speaker for an international seminar series on Language Policy and Practices in the Global North and South. You can read more about Professor Salomone's recent scholarly activities—and about the activities and achievements of other St. John's Law faculty members—at our Faculty Scholarship Blog.
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Author(ity)
Big congrats go out to Sean Boren '22, whose paper, "Going for Gold and Protecting It Too: Intellectual Property and the Olympic Games," was selected for publication in the New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (EASL) Section's EASL Journal as a Law Student Initiative winner.
And hats off to Ron Eniclerico '21, whose paper, "Crises and Compulsory Licenses: Crafting a More Equitable Work-for-Hire Regime for Comic Book Creators," earned him runner-up honors in this year's New York Intellectual Property Law Association Honorable William C. Conner Writing Competition.
For a thoughtful analysis of a timely issue, read this Securities Arbitration Alert article by Ruben Huertero '21 examining how courts have been interpreting the Federal Arbitration Act and its carveout for employment contracts for "any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce."
Students Explore Federal Practice Hands On
Together with the Federal Bar Association and its EDNY chapter, St. John's Law offers programs and other opportunities for students to learn about federal practice. Connor Winship '22 is just one of many students who are benefitting from this key collaboration. Read all about it.
A Working Partnership
Finals are over, summer is right around the corner, and St. John's Law students are eager to learn the law hands on. But the pandemic continues to upend summer work plans. That's where our Student Opportunity Fund comes in, providing stipends for summer employment, including:
• Research positions at the Law School
• Clinical work representing underserved and marginalized New Yorkers
• Public interest fellowships
Please help put our students to work. It's quick and easy to make your gift of any amount to the Fund today.
Thank you for partnering with us!
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