Being a first-generation law student may at times feel overwhelming as you navigate your career, and at times it may feel as though everyone else knows what they are doing but you (that’s not true)! This is an opportunity to hear from alumni who are also first-generation college and law students and to learn how they successfully navigated the interview process.

Recorded: June 9, 2022

What are employers really looking for during the interview process? Representatives from Phillips Lytle LLP will be on hand to discuss the reality and the myths when it comes to interviewing.  

Recorded: June 8, 2022

Panelists will be tackling pressing questions law students are often afraid to ask, including what it means to show up authentically to an interview and the challenges of implicit bias and discrimination in the legal field. Panelists include recent graduates and well-established attorneys each from a different background with varying career paths.

Recorded June 7, 2022

Hear from alumni about working in the private sector and learn the differences between “BigLaw” and small to medium size law firms. Come and learn what it is like to work in a bigger city, versus a smaller community. Begin to explore the options available to you now!

Recorded: Monday, June 6, 2022

On the final podcast of the academic year, we are taking a look back and forward with President and Dean Alicia Ouellette '94.

President and Dean Alicia Ouellette to Complete Final Year of Contract, Step Down - https://www.albanylaw.edu/about/news/president-and-dean-alicia-ouellette-complete-final-year-contract-step-down

171st Commencement - https://www.albanylaw.edu/commencement

Women's Leadership Initiative - https://www.albanylaw.edu/student-experience-support/womens-leadership-initiative

Alumni and Albany Law School - https://alumni.albanylaw.edu/s/977/21/home.aspx

Anthony V. Cardona '70 Moot Court Program - https://www.albanylaw.edu/programs-centers/anthony-v-cardona-70-moot-court-program

Career and Professional Development Center - https://www.albanylaw.edu/about/career-and-professional-development-center

Faculty - https://www.albanylaw.edu/faculty

Student Organizations - https://www.albanylaw.edu/student-organizations

Albany Law School celebrated the tremendous life of Peter M. Pryor ’54 and officially announced a scholarship that will perpetuate his legacy with future lawyers of color on May 25, 2022.

Pryor, a prominent civil rights attorney and public affairs leader in the Capital Region, died on January 17, 2022—Martin Luther King Jr. Day—at age 95.

On May 25, 2022, Pryor’s son Marcus and his family, friends (including Hon. Randolph F. Treece '76), members of the law school community, and public officials Rep. Paul Tonko and Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan ’94 spoke in the law school courtyard to officially launch the Peter M. Pryor ’54 Scholarship. 

The scholarship will be awarded to Black, Indigenous, or people of color who are pursing law.

Give to the scholarship: https://alumni.albanylaw.edu/s/977/21/interior.aspx?sid=977&gid=1&pgid=2106

A Vice President at Goldman Sachs for over 19 years, Jordan Fruchter made a big impact when he returned to school here at Albany Law with his H.A.R.M. calculator.

(We are pretty sure he has told his chickens about it, but we can’t confirm or deny that!)

Jordan Fruchter on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jf758989/

The Justice Center at Albany Law School - https://www.albanylaw.edu/the-justice-center

The Community Economic Development Clinic - https://www.albanylaw.edu/the-justice-center/community-economic-development-clinic

Clinic Student’s Prize-Winning Tech Tool Puts the Power in Tenants’ Hands - https://www.albanylaw.edu/the-justice-center/news/clinic-students-prize-winning-tech-tool-puts-the-power-tenants-hands

Digitizing the Warranty of Habitability - UC Irvine Law Review, Forthcoming - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4063939

Recorded May 17, 2022

The Warren M. Anderson Seminar Series session focused on a growing wave of state laws designed to target constitutional rights while limiting judicial review. 

Last December, the United States Supreme Court left in place Texas S.B.8, an anti-abortion statute. The legal mechanism S.B.8 used to avoid early judicial review may be applied to a wide range of individual rights and areas subject to federal preemption. 

Copycat laws targeting gun rights, LGBTQ status, and other issues are starting to proliferate around the nation. 

Moderator

Vin Bonventre - Professor, Albany Law School

Panelists

Richard Briffault - Professor, Columbia Law School

David Noll - Associate Dean, Rutgers Law School

Just Harrison, Esq. - New York Civil Liberties Union

Series Sponsors 

A contribution made in the memory of Sharon P. O'Conor, Esq. Albany Law School Class of 1979

Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna LLP - Attorneys at Law

Gabrielle Popielarski ‘23 and Kelsey A. Shaffer ‘23 walk us through their time in the Health Law Clinic within the Justice Center here at Albany Law School.

They also share with us the Albany Law School Health Law Society, Moot Court, being a law student in the time of COVID, and their summer plans!

Student organizations at Albany Law School: https://www.albanylaw.edu/student-organizations

More about The Justice Center at Albany Law School: https://www.albanylaw.edu/the-justice-center

More about the Health Law Clinic: https://www.albanylaw.edu/the-justice-center/health-law-clinic

Jenna DiBenedetto ‘22 is a Legal Intern in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Chair of a Moot Court Program, a Student Ambassador and a grateful daughter and sister. Listen to her on this week’s podcast!

More about Anthony V. Cardona '70 Moot Court Program at Albany Law School: https://www.albanylaw.edu/programs-centers/anthony-v-cardona-70-moot-court-program

More about the Domenick L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition: https://www.albanylaw.edu/programs-centers/domenick-l-gabrielli-appellate-advocacy-moot-court-competition

More about Field Placements: https://www.albanylaw.edu/the-justice-center/field-placements

Student Ambassadors: https://www.albanylaw.edu/applications-admissions/student-ambassadors

Jenna’s First Podcast Appearance: https://soundcloud.com/user-952955809-873766748/mts-jenna-dibenedetto-on-working-for-the-da-moot-court-and-good-food