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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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RSVP to Attend Reunion 2023!
We're celebrating milestone reunions this fall! Come spend a wonderful evening mixing, mingling, and reminiscing with your St. John's Law classmates and Dean Michael A. Simons:
Thursday, 10/26 | New York Athletic Club | Register to Attend
• 40th Reunion: Classes of 1982 and 1983
• 35th Reunion: Classes of 1987 and 1988
• 30th Reunion: Classes of 1992 and 1993
• 25th Reunion: Classes of 1997 and 1998
• 20th Reunion: Classes of 2002 and 2003
Thursday, 11/2 | Connolly's Pub and Restaurant | Register to Attend
• 15th Reunion: Classes of 2007 and 2008
• 10th Reunion: Classes of 2012 and 2013
• 5th Reunion: Classes of 2017 and 2018
We can't wait to see you there!
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Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.
We're so grateful for our St. John’s Law alumni, who support alma mater and our students generously. Here’s just a sampling of recent Law School events that brought alumni back to campus to share their time, talents, and practical insights with our students:
- 9/8 Student-Alumni Career Conference
- 9/12 Labor Relations and Employment Law Society: Interview Success Panel
- 9/19 Student Leader Alumni Reception
- 9/27 ABI Law Review Alumni Reception
- 9/30 LALSA Fall Fiesta
- 10/2 Fall Alumni Golf Outing
- 10/9 Women’s Law Society Mentor/Mentee Game Night
If you would like to participate in student events at St. John’s Law, please contact Brian Woods at Brian.Woods@stjohns.edu or 718-990-5792.
Get Your CLE Here!
Need CLE credits? We’ve got you covered with our in-person Fall CLE Weekend on 11/4 and 11/5 at St. John’s Law. Experienced and newly admitted attorneys can earn up to 16 credits. You’ll start the weekend in plenary sessions and then gain targeted knowledge and skills in one of these two-day programs:
- Real Estate Law: From Contracting Through Closing/Unearthing the Landmines Buried in a New York Residential Real Estate Contract
- Negligence: The Basics and Beyond
In The Spotlight
The Mattone Institute's latest Real Estate Alumni Spotlight introduces you to Nina P. Williams '06, Founder and Partner, Wilson Williams LLP, Denver, CO. She shares, "I love helping people solve problems. Yes, still to this day! I’m motivated by service. Plus, it’s fun to be able to find a solution, decipher the puzzle, and get the client to some sort of 'yes,' if possible." Read the full Spotlight online.
Kudos!
Please join us in congratulating Christa Alexander '23 on being named an Innocence Project Foderero Post-Conviction Litigation Fellow. This year’s fellows were selected from a highly competitive field of over 100 applicants. Christa participated in the Law School’s Defense and Advocacy Clinic, served as president of our SJU Defenders student group, and was a Summer Public Interest Fellow at the Legal Aid Society.
Tell Us All About It
You’re out there in the whole wide world, getting things done, and reaching milestones. We want to hear from you! We publish Class Notes and announce Births & Marriages twice a year (around 12/1 and 6/1) at stjohnslawseeinfra.com. It’s quick and easy to share your news with us. Just complete and submit our online Alumni News Submission Form. Thank you!
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Out In Print +
Professor Robin Boyle has published her second book, Teaching Contract Drafting (Edward Elgar). A comprehensive guide covering every stage of organizing and teaching a course in contract drafting, the book covers the core concepts of contract building blocks and includes experiential learning suggestions.
Professor Cheryl L. Wade’s coauthored commentary on feminism and limited liability and her coauthored chapter on "The Importance of Incorporating Feminist Perspectives in Corporate Law," appear in Feminist Judgments: Corporate Law Rewritten (Cambridge University Press). Professor Wade was a presenter and facilitator at the Academic Forum on the Intersection of Race and Business Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. She was also a panelist at two conferences: Financial Regulators Under Siege, at Loyola University School of Law’s Center for Business Law, and Law, Community, and Social Justice at the University of Houston Law Center.
Fieldwork
Professors Elissa Germaine and Christine Lazaro, who direct our in-house Securities Arbitration Clinic, participated in the Practising Law Institute’s Securities Arbitration 2023. Professor Germaine moderated a panel on Ethical Considerations for Advocates and Neutrals in the FINRA Arbitration Forum and contributed to written materials supporting the panel. Professor Lazaro participated in the panel on Recent and Upcoming Developments in FINRA Arbitration and Mediation.
Professor G. Ray Warner chaired the INSOL Tokyo Academic Colloquium. INSOL is the leading global insolvency organization and Professor Warner also chairs its Academic Steering Committee. Themed "Harmony and Dissonance in Global Insolvency," the Colloquium included more than two dozen papers and presentations from leading insolvency academics.
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Remembering Hon. Patricia P. Satterfield '77, '05HON
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The St. John’s Law community mourns the loss of Hon. Patricia Satterfield, who helped to establish the Law School’s Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights in 1999 to explore issues affecting the lives of underrepresented people, increase the racial and socioeconomic diversity of the legal profession, and educate law students to be leaders on issues of racial, economic, and social justice.
The ongoing work of the Ron Brown Center reflects Justice Satterfield’s lifelong commitment to serving the greater good and uplifting others. It was a commitment forged growing up in segregated Middlesex County, VA. After graduating from St. John’s, Justice Satterfield held a succession of positions in New York’s Unified Court System before making history as the first Black woman to be elected Justice of the Civil Court, City of New York. In later years, she presided as an Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, 11th Judicial District, and as Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County.
Despite the demands of public service, Justice Satterfield always made time to give back to the Law School by supporting our clinical legal program, as a member of our Alumni Association Board of Directors, and as a mentor to our students and alumni.
St. John’s Law is a better institution because Justice Satterfield called it alma mater and shared her time and talents with us, our students, and the profession we serve. We are deeply grateful to her.
After leading such a full and inspiring life, may she now rest in peace.
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