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Welcome to See infra, our e-newsletter delivering a sampling of news from St. John's Law.
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Marking a Milestone
On Sunday, 5/22, the J.D. and LL.M. Class of 2022 processed down the aisle in tams and gowns and, as family and friends cheered from packed stands, crossed the Commencement stage one by one, donned ceremonial hoods, and descended the stairs as the newest St. John’s Law graduates. Read all about this milestone and view the photo gallery.
Celebrating Our APIDA Community . . .
May was Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month and we celebrated by sharing reflections from students, alumni, and faculty in the Law School's APIDA community across our social channels. You'll find an archive of all the posts at seeinfraonline.com.
. . . and Pride Month
Throughout June, we're hosting a social media campaign to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, featuring messages of community and solidarity from our alumni, students, faculty, and staff. Follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook using #StJohnsLawPride.
Spotlighting NYC Real Estate and Housing
Watch your mailboxes for the Spring 2022 issue of St. John's Law magazine, which features alumni who work in the real estate industry and on housing matters in New York City. Prefer to read all that great content online? No worries. You'll find the latest edition of the magazine, and back issues, on the Law School's website.
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Attend the Spring Reception
The St. John's Law Alumni of Color Chapter and First 10 Chapter invite you to their Spring Reception on Thursday, 6/16 from 5 to 7 p.m. Join us on the outdoor terrace at Midtown Manhattan’s Pershing Square for appetizers and drinks. You'll also enjoy live music provided by the Grand Central Partnership's Thursday Happy Hour Music on the Plaza. RSVP to attend.
Earn CLE Credits
Looking to pick up some summertime CLE credits? Our virtual CLE series continues with two upcoming offerings: Purchase and Sale of a Private Business (6/29) and Affordable Housing in New York 101 (7/13). Don't miss out. You can register for the June program and register for the July program online today!
Mentor a Student
Mentor Connect, the Law School's robust online mentoring platform brings students seeking career guidance together with alumni who are excited to give it. Mentees and mentors connect across aligned professional interests and aspirations and common involvement in St. John's Law journals, co-curricular activities, academic centers, shared identity groups, and student organizations, among other connecting points. To learn more about this wonderful opportunity for alumni to give back and make a difference, view the Mentor Connect guide. Ready to become a mentor? Register today.
Tell Us All About It
We’ve moved Class Notes, Births, Marriages, and In Memoriam from our print magazine to our online news portal, stjohnslawseeinfra.com. To share your updates, please email them to Brian Woods at brian.woods@stjohns.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Scholarly Activities
Professor Robin Boyle has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of the editorial board of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing, an online journal sponsored and distributed free of charge by Thomson Reuters as a service to the legal research and writing (LRW) community. She served previously as the journal's Assistant Editor-in-Chief and as an editorial team member.
Professors Gina Calabrese and Jeff Sovern spoke at a recent conference, Teaching Consumer Law in the New Normal, hosted by the University of Houston Law Center's Center for Consumer Law and the UC Berkeley School of Law's Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice. Professor Calabrese's talk was titled Online Dispute for Consumer Credit Cases, while Professor Sovern spoke about Using Learning Science to Teach Consumer Law.
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Professor Mark Movsesian asks, "Has America Given Up on Free Speech?" The post excerpts and builds on an essay he wrote for Law & Liberty reviewing Jacob Mchangama's new book, Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media.
Professor Eva Subotnik's book chapter, "Dead-Hand Guidance: A Preferable Testamentary Approach for Artists," has been published in Posthumous Art, Law and the Art Market: The Afterlife of Art (Routledge, 2022). Also, Professor Subotnik and Willamette University College of Law Professor Andrew Gilden presented their forthcoming article, "Copyright’s Capacity Gap," an interdisciplinary paper on legal issues growing out of the Britney Spears conservatorship, at the Critical Trusts & Estates Conference 2022 and at the Mid-Career Intellectual Property Scholars Workshop.
Impact Work
Professor Elaine Chiu was instrumental in producing the Asian American Bar Association of New York's (AABANY) report on anti-Asian violence in New York City that's spotlighted in this CNN story. The report has been covered by other media outlets as well, including Gothamist, CBS News, and the New York Law Journal (registration wall).
Professor Christine Lazaro, director of the Law School's in-house Securities Arbitration Clinic, has been appointed to the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee. Established under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the committee advises the Commission on regulatory priorities and various initiatives to help protect investors and promote the integrity of the U.S. securities markets. Read the press release.
Media Mention
After Elon Musk announced his plans to buy Twitter, the New Yorker asked several experts in the field for their take on Twitter and how it should change. One of them was St. John's Law Professor Kate Klonick. You can read what she shared here.
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In the Field
This semester, the 3L students in the Law School's Securities Arbitration Clinic provided comments on two FINRA regulatory notices. The first notice, responding to FINRA's Reg Notice 22-08 on Complex Products and Options, was drafted by Brendan Beirne, Abaigeal Franson, Megan Hardy, Matthew Kipnis, Gabriela Morales, and Nicholas Servider. The second notice, responding to FINRA's Reg Notice 22-09 on Accelerated Arbitration Proceedings for Seriously Ill or Elderly Parties, was produced by Skye Boutte, Chelsea Karen, Brenna O'Connor, and Sebastian Vollkommer.
In Their Own Words
Congratulations to Raul J. Muniz '22, whose paper, "The Monetization of Athlete Biometric Data in Less Centrally Regulated Professional Sports—A New Revenue Stream or a Data Privacy Nightmare?" earned second place in the 2022 Sports Lawyers Association Writing Competition.
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Please email Lori Herz, See infra's Managing Editor and Lead Writer, at herzl@stjohns.edu.
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