CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF

LAW AT QUEENS COLLEGE

65-21 MAIN STREET

FLUSHING, NEW YORK11367

Telephone: (718) 340-4200

URL: http://www.law.cuny.edu

ABA Approved Since 1985

Opened in 1983, the City University of New York School of Law at Queens College (CUNY School of Law) is the only law school which, from its inception, has defined its mission as training law students for public service. 9 Law in the Service of Human Needs 9 is the Law Schoolâ??s motto and, accordingly, its goal is to teach students to be lawyers who will use their skills to serve the public interest. To this end, the Law School has developed a unique and comprehensive curriculum that integrates lawyering skills with legal doctrine at every level, making it a national leader in progressive legal education. It has a distinguished and diverse faculty of both scholars and educators, many of whom have extensive backgrounds as public interest practitioners. 59% percent of its faculty are women and 42% percent are members of minority groups.

Cognizant of the professionâ??s criticism that legal education fails to prepare law graduates for effective law practice, the curriculum of the CUNY School of Law is rich in classroom courses and clinical programs which emphasize practice as well as doctrine and theory. Unlike most law schools where lawyering, writing and clinical courses are grafted onto, and are secondary to, the traditional curriculum, these courses are an integral part of the Schoolâ??s curriculum. In the first year, students learn legal reasoning, professional responsibility, legal writing and other lawyering skills in a year-long Lawyering Seminar where clinical methodology is integrated with doctrinal material. In the second year, students are required to take a one-semester Lawyering Seminar in an area of public interest law.

In the third year, students must select either a concentration in equality or health law, or a live-client clinical program. For the past thirteen years, leading legal educators have placed the Schoolâ??s clinical program among the top ten in the country. Serving as an umbrella to several different clinics, the Schoolâ??s 9 in-house law firm, 9 Main Street Legal Services, Inc., houses an Immigrant and Refugee Rights Clinic, a Defender Clinic, an Elder Law Clinic, a Battered Womenâ??s Rights Clinic, an International Womenâ??s Human Rights Clinic, and a Mediation Clinic. Concentrations (internship placement under supervision) are given in Health Law and Equality.

CUNYâ??s student body of 427 is impressively diverse. A majority of the students are women and approximately forty percent are minority group members, a number of whom are first generation immigrants. The median age of all students is now 27; many students come to the School after successful prior careers or with advanced degrees. Roughly fifty percent of the students are New York State residents with the remaining forty percent coming from at least 29 other states and representing 57 countries. About twelve percent are graduates of the CUNY system and over 180 colleges and universities are represented among its graduates. Recognizing that many of its students are parents, the Law School has one of the few on-site child-care centers for children of law students in the country.

CUNY is successful in its mission to train law students to be socially conscious and caring attorneys with a commitment to public service and public interest law. Of its class of 2007 graduates, fifty-nine percent went to work as attorneys in the public sector. Many CUNY law students come from communities that are currently underserved by the legal profession and, upon graduation, many return to practice law with or within those communities.

Employers of CUNY law graduates include public interest organizations such as the Legal Aid Society of New York City, American Civil Liberties Union, Coalition for an International Criminal Court, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Sanctuary for Families, District Council 37, In Motion, Center for Disability Rights, Southeast Asian Resource Center, Defenders Association of Philadelphia, Prisoners Legal Services, South Brooklyn Legal Services, Connecticut Legal Services, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York Immigration Coalition, Chicago Legal Assistance, and the Dade County Public Defenders Office. Many CUNY graduates work in government institutions such as the New York City Law Department, the District Attorneysâ?? offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx; the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Florida; the Office of the New York State Attorney General; the United States Environmental Protection Agency; the New York State Legislature; National Labor Relations Board; the UnitedStates Congress, and the New York State Legislature. In addition, many graduates serve as judicial clerks in federal and state, trial and appellate courts.

The Law Schoolâ??s Community Legal Resource Network (CLRN) is now in its successful ninth year of supporting and resourcing law graduates who work in underserved areas in solo or small-firm practices. Its Immigrant Initiatives program educates new immigrants about their rights and responsibilities and assists them in the process of becoming U.S. citizens. Located in the Law School, CLRN networks graduates in 9 practice groups 9 like Family Law, Immigration, Labor and Employment, and General Practice, utilizing technology and facilitating meetings to create a 9 virtual law firm 9 with all the advantages its numbers provide, while permitting individual members autonomy and the ability to be located in the communities of their choice. The CLRN Director, Immigration Specialist, Technology Specialist, and Research Coordinator help CLRN members with basic business issues-billing, record keeping, technology, bookkeeping and taxes-and, at the same time, with facilitating their participation in larger justice initiatives. CLRNâ??s aim, accomplished through a wide variety of services including assistance in legal research, continuing legal education tailored to membersâ?? needs, and a sophisticated mentoring program, is to make its members financially, professionally and personally successful, and help them achieve their individual justice missions.

The Worker Education Labor Program (WELP) is a curricular and internship effort that helps train students for representation of workers in union and non-union settings. WELP seeks to respond, to train and empower people who want to be engaged with workers-unionized and non-unionized, public sector, and within the global economy. Designed by faculty members with practical and theoretical expertise, WELP draws upon leading labor-employment law practitioners in the metropolitan area, and labor scholars and historians in the larger University. A key aspect of the program is outreach work to the labor community, a prime example of which was WELPâ??s co-sponsorship, with the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), the New York City Labor Council, and others, of a day-long, first-ever conference on health issues of immigrant workers held in April, 2002.

In addition to basic National Labor Relations Board and Employment Discrimination courses, the curriculum examines the changing nature of the employment relationship and the interlocking regulations designed to assure minimal health and safety protocols at the worksite. WELPhas developed new, worker-centered courses like Rights of Low Wage Workers, Workplace Health and Safety, and fourth-semester lawyering seminars in Arbitration and in Title VII litigation. Internships and externships are provided to prepare graduates for practice in a broad range of labor-related employment settings. In addition, as part of commitment to training lawyers for community-based practices, the curriculum includes issues that frequently concern clients in these practices: wage and hours law, unemployment compensation, pension and ERISA rights, OSHA, plant-closing legislation, and workersâ?? compensation.

The Economic Justice Project (EJP) of the Law Schoolâ??s Clinic won the New York State Bar Association Law Student Group Award in 2002 for its assistance to students at the City University of New York whose educations have been jeopardized by the application of workfare rules.

Dean: Michelle J. Anderson (718) 340-4202

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Natalie Gomez-Velez (718) 340-4340

Associate Dean for Administration and Finance: Gregory Kosler (718) 340-4264

Associate Dean for Special Projects: Mary Lu Bilek (718) 340-4519

Assist. Dean for Enrollment Management & Dir. of Admissions:

Yvonne Cherena-Pacheco (718) 340-4210

Interim Assistant Dean of Student Affairs: Angela Burton (718) 340-4207

Director of the Law Library: Julie Lim (718) 340-4259

Director of Career Planning: Sam M. Sue (718) 340-4233

Director of Clinical Programs: Sameer M. Ashar (718) 340-4180

Director of Financial Aid: Angela Joseph (718) 340-4284

Special Assistant to the Dean: M. Helena Quon (718) 340-4287

FULL TIME FACULTY

MICHELLE J. ANDERSON, (Law Professor), born Valdosta, Georgia, January 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, California; 1995, District Court 4th Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1989); Yale Law School (J.D., 1994); GeorgetownUniversity (LL.M., 1997). COURSES: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Feminist Jurisprudence, Children and the Law. Email: anderson @ mail.law.cuny.edu

SAMEER M. ASHAR, (Law Professor), born White Plains,New York, November 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, California; 2000, New York. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1991); Harvard (J.D., 1996). COURSES: Clinical, Immigration, Labor, Public Interest. Email: ashar @ mail.law.cuny.edu

PAULA ELLEN BERG, (Law Professor), born Minneapolis,Minnesota, February 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: Hampshire College (B.A., 1977); Rutgers University (J.D., 1982). COURSES: Health Law, Torts, AIDS & the Law. Email: berg @ mail.law.cuny.edu

MARY LU BILEK, (Law Professor), born Chicago, Illinois, November 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New York. Education: St. Maryâ??s College (B.A., 1977); HarvardLaw School (J.D., 1980). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility, Contracts, Professional Skills. Email: bilek @ mail.law.cuny.edu

BERYL S. BLAUSTONE, (Law Professor), born Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, District of Columbia. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1972); Antioch LawSchool (J.D., 1975). COURSES: Evidence, Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation Clinic. Email: blaustone @ mail.law.cuny.edu

CAITLIN BORGMANN, (Law Professor), born Oak Park, Illinois, April 26, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New York; 1994, Colorado. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1987); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1991). COURSES: Family Law, Business Associations, Lawyering, Reproductive Rights. Email: borgmann @ mail.law.cuny.edu

REBECCA BRATSPIES, (Law Professor), born Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., Biology, 1987); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1992). COURSES: Environmental Law, International Law, Administrative Law, Property. Email: bratspies @ mail.law.cuny.edu

SUSAN BRYANT, (Law Professor), born Washington, June 24, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; 1975, District of Columbia; 1977, New York. Education: Xavier College (B.A., 1970); Georgetown (J.D., 1973; LL.M., 1980). COURSES: Evidence, Family, Clinical. Email: bryant @ mail.law.cuny.edu

ANGELA OLIVIA BURTON, (Law Professor), born Huntington, New York, September 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1992, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1981); Rutgers-Newark School of Law; New York UniversitySchool of Law (J.D., 1991). COURSES: Family Law, Childrenâ??s Rights, Lawyering, Clinical, Legal Writing. Email: burton @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JANET M. CALVO, (Law Professor), born 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, New York. Education: New York University School of Law (J.D., 1973). COURSES: Health Law, Lawyering, Civil Clinic, Civil Procedure, Immigration & Nationality Law. Email: calvo @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JOHN CICERO, (Law Professor), born 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, NewYork. Education: NewEngland School of Law (J.D., 1975); New YorkUniversity School of Law (LL.M., 1977). COURSES: Evidence, Labor Law, Lawyering, Pre-Trial Litigation. Email: cicero @ mail.law.cuny.edu

RHONDA COPELON, (Law Professor), born New Haven, Connecticut, September 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, New York. Education: Bryn Mawr (B.A., 1966); Institut dâ??etudes Politiques (C.E.P., 1965); Yale (LL.B., 1970). COURSES: International Womenâ??s Human Rights Law Clinic, International Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Gender & Law. Email: copelon @ mail.law.cuny.edu

DOUGLAS COX, (Law Professor), born 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, NewYork. Education: University of Arizona (B.A.); Queens College (M.L.S.); Universityof Texas (J.D.). COURSES: Legal Research. Email: douglas.cox @ mail.law.cuny.edu

FRANK E. DEALE, (Law Professor), born Tallahassee, Florida, April 1, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania. Education: Antioch College (B.A., 1976); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1979). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Civil Rights. Email: deale @ mail.law.cuny.edu

PAMELA EDWARDS, (Law Professor), born New York, NewYork, December 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1992, New York. Education: New York University (B.S., 1980; M.B.A., 1983; J.D., 1991). COURSES: Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporations, Negotiable Instruments, Secured Transactions, Race and the Law. Email: edwardsp @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JOHN M. FAGARO, (Law Professor), born 1951; Education: Harvard University (B.A. and M.A.T., 1972); New York University (Ph.D. Candidate, Higher Education, 1975-1978); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1978). COURSES: Contracts, Family Law, Education Law, Civil Procedure. Email: farago @ mail.law.cuny.edu

RAQUEL J. GABRIEL, (Law Professor), born 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey. Education: American University (B.A., 1990); Rutgers University (M.L.S., 1998); Howard UniversitySchool of Law (J.D., 1994). COURSES: Legal Research. Email: gabriel @ mail.law.cuny.edu

KRISTIN BOOTH GLEN, (Law Professor), born New York, August 16, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, New York. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1963); Columbia University Schoolof Law (LL.B., 1966). COURSES: Family Law, Elder Law, Evidence, Bioethics, Feminist Jurisprudence. Email: glen @ mail.law.cuny.edu

ASTRID B. GLOADE, (Law Professor), born Antigua; admitted to bar, 1992, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1988); Columbia LawSchool (J.D., 1991). COURSES: Academic Skills. Email: astrid.gloade @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JULIE GOLDSCHEID, (Law Professor), born Brooklyn, New York, January 29, 1958; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey; 1992, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1978); Hunter College School of Social Work (M.S.W., 1981); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1991). COURSES: Gender and Law, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Lawyering, Sex and Law, Equality Concentration. Email: goldscheid @ mail.law.cuny.edu

NATALIE GOMEZ-VELEZ, (Law Professor), born Brooklyn, NewYork; admitted to bar, 1990, New York. Education: Hunter College (B.A., 1984); New York University Schoolof Law (J.D., 1989). COURSES: Administrative Law, Lawyering, Legal Education, State and Local Government. Email: gomez-velez @ mail.law.cuny.edu

VICTOR M. GOODE, (Law Professor), born Monroe, Louisiana, November 7, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1970); Rutgers University, Newark (J.D., 1973). COURSES: Civil Rights, Trial Practice, Clinic, Ethics. Email: goode @ mail.law.cuny.edu

SIDNEY L. HARRING, (Law Professor), born 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Wisconsin; 1990, New York. Education: Macalester College (B.A., 1968); University of Wisconsin (M.S., 1970; J.D., 1972; Ph.D., 1976). COURSES: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal History, Legal Profession, Native American Rights. Email: harring @ mail.law.cuny.edu

K. BABE HOWELL, (Law Professor), born California; admitted to bar, 1994, New York. Education: Harvard (B.A., 1986); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1993). COURSES: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Trial Advocacy, Lawyering. Email: babe.howell @ mail.law.cuny.edu

RAMZI KASSEM, (Law Professor), Education: Columbia College (B.A.); Columbia LawSchool (J.D.). COURSES: Clinic, Civil Liberties and National Security, International Human Rights, Humanitarian Law. Email: ramzi.kassem @ mail.law.cuny.edu

DINESH KHOSLA, (Law Professor), born India, March 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1972, India. Education: DelhiUniversity (B.Com., 1969; LL.B., 1972); Yale (LL.M., 1977; J.S.D., 1981). COURSES: International Law, Law in a Market Economy, International Trade, Civil Disobedience.

JUDITH P. KIMERLING, (Law Professor), born 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1978); Yale Law School (J.D., 1982); Visiting Scholar-YaleLaw School 1995-1996.. COURSES: Environmental Law. Email: kimerling @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JEFFREY L. KIRCHMEIER, (Law Professor), born Columbus, Ohio, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio; 1991, District of Columbia; 1992, Arizona; 2009, NewYork. Education: Case Western ReserveUniversity LawSchool (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1989). COURSES: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Lawyering, Capital Punishment, Habeas Corpus. Email: kirchmeier @ mail.law.cuny.edu

GREGORY E. KOSTER, (Law Professor), born Glen Cove, New York, August 1, 1947; admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1969); Columbia University (M.L.S., 1970; M.I.A., 1974); Pace University (J.D., 1981). COURSES: Legal Research. Email: koster @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JULIE GRAVES KRISHNASWAMI, (Law Professor), born Lincoln, Nebraska; admitted to bar, 2004, NewJersey; 2005, New York. Education: Reed College (B.A., 1999); City University of New York (J.D., 2004); Pratt Institute (M.L.I.S., 2009). COURSES: Legal Research I & II. Email: julie.krishnaswami @ mail.law.cuny.edu

DONNA H. LEE, (Law Professor), born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey; 1992, New York. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1986); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1991). COURSES: Clinic, Family Law, Prisonerâ??s Rights. Email: lee @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JULIE LIM, (Law Professor), Education: Queens College (B.A.); University of Washington (M.L.S.); Seattle University School of Law (J.D.). COURSES: Legal Research. Email: lim @ mail.law.cuny.edu

STEPHEN JAMES LOFFREDO, (Law Professor), born Bronx, New York, January 30, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Education: Yale College (B.A., 1977); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1981). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Poverty Law, Health Law, Administrative Law, Immigration, Clinical Law. Email: loffredo @ mail.law.cuny.edu

SHIRLEY LUNG, (Law Professor), Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1981); New York University Schoolof Law (J.D., 1985). COURSES: Torts, Academic Support, Lawyering, Rights of Low-wage Workers. Email: lung @ mail.law.cuny.edu

NANCY MACOMBER, (Law Professor), born Auburn, Maine, July 26, 1947; Education: BarnardCollege (B.A., 1969); Columbia University School of Library Service (M.S., 1973); New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (M.A., Sociology, 1981). Email: nancy.macomber @ mail.law.cuny.edu

ANDREA LORETTA MCARDLE, (Law Professor), born Bronxville, New York, June 7, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1975); New York University (J.D., 1978); Columbia School of Law (LL.M., 1988); Columbia University (M.A., 1995). COURSES: Writing from a Judicial Perspective, Lawyering Seminar, Law Review Seminar. Email: mcardle @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JENNY RIVERA, (Law Professor), born New York, N.Y., December 8, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, NewYork. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1982); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1985); Columbia University Schoolof Law (LL.M., 1993). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Lawyering, Property, Wills and Trusts, Administrative Law. Email: rivera @ mail.law.cuny.edu

RUTHANN ROBSON, (Law Professor), born 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Florida. Education: Stetson University School of Law (J.D., 1979); Universityof California at Berkeley (LL.M., 1990). COURSES: Constitutional Structures, Criminal Procedure, Feminist Jurisprudence, Law & Sexuality, Law & Family Relations, Public Institutions. Email: robson @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JOSEPH A. ROSENBERG, (Law Professor), born New York, March 14, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, New York. Education: Northwestern University (B.S.Ed., 1980); City Universityof New York (J.D., 1986). COURSES: Clinic, Elder Law, Wills, Trusts and Estates. Email: rosenberg @ mail.law.cuny.edu

MERRICK T. ROSSEIN, (Law Professor), born 1945; admitted to bar, 1976, New York. Education: Alfred University (B.A., 1967); New York University (M.P.A., 1972); Antioch LawSchool (J.D., 1975). COURSES: Employment Law and Legislation, Employment Discrimination, Civil Rights, Trial Practice, Constitutional Law. Email: rossein @ mail.law.cuny.edu

JONATHAN KENT SAXON, (Law Professor), born New York, NewYork, March 29, 1961; admitted to bar, 1994, New York. Education: University of Bridgeport (B.S., 1984); Pratt Institute (M.S.L.S., 1993); Brooklyn LawSchool (J.D., 1993). COURSES: Legal Research. Email: saxon @ mail.law.cuny.edu

BETTIE H. SCOTT, (Law Professor), born Raleigh, NorthCarolina, March 26, 1938; Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1959); University of Hawaii (M.L.S., 1975); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1981). COURSES: Legal Research. Email: scott @ mail.law.cuny.edu

NICOLE L. SMITH, (Law Professor), born Plainfield, NewJersey; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 2001); Georgetown UniversityLaw Center (J.D., 2004). COURSES: Criminal Defense Clinic.

RICHARD F. STORROW, (Law Professor), born Lexington, Kentucky, May 7, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Minnesota. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1987); Columbia University (M.A., 1989; J.D., 1993). COURSES: Property, Family Law, Real Estate Transactions, Trusts and Estates, Lawyering. Email: richard.storrow @ mail.law.cuny.edu

SARAH VALENTINE, (Law Professor), born DeLand, Florida, March 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1991, New York. Education: Florida StateUniversity (B.S., 1991; MLIS, 1985; J.D., 1989). COURSES: Legal Research.

DEBORAH ZALESNE, (Law Professor), born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 27, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Colorado. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1988); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 1992); TempleUniversity School of Law (LL.M., 1997). COURSES: Contracts, Sales, UCC/Survey, Business Association. Email: zalesne @ mail.law.cuny.edu

STEVEN MARK ZEIDMAN, (Law Professor), born New York, N.Y., October 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, NewYork. Education: State University of NewYork at Albany; Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1981). COURSES: Clinical Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Professional Responsibility. Email: zeidman @ mail.law.cuny.edu