Photos, program and more for the ceremony: https://www.albanylaw.edu/about/news/2021/Pages/Commencement-Ceremonies-Celebrate-Classes-of-2020-and-2021.aspx

Meet our newest staff member Fermin Mendez who will be joining The Justice Center this fall and focusing on the Community and Economic Development Clinic.

From Detroit, he earned his JD from the University of Michigan where he has been working since 2015.

We talk about challenges facing small businesses in 2021 and his wrestling career on and off the mat.

More about Fermin Mendez: https://www.law.umich.edu/FacultyBio/Pages/FacultyBio.aspx?FacID=fmmendez

More about the Community Economic Development Clinic: https://www.albanylaw.edu/centers/the-justice-center/our-clinics/in-house-clinics/community-development-clinic

Join us for another entry in the Meet the Students Series! This time we sit down with Nora Baker '22.

We talk about her experience in the Domestic Violence Prosecution Hybrid Clinic and her win in the 2020 Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Competition!

Check out the photos of the Moot Court Competition: https://www.flickr.com/photos/albanylaw/albums/72157716967557043

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

Albany Law School’s Online Graduate Programs and Global Cybersecurity Solutions hosts a panel discussion and Q&A session with guests from the Albany Division of the FBI. Moderated by Deborah A. Snyder, New York State’s Chief Information Security Officer (Retired). Panelists include: Philip Hale, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, National Security Branch; Samantha Baltzersen, Supervisory Special Agent, Cyber Task Force; and Roderick Link, Computer Scientist, Cyber Task Force.

More about the Online Graduate Programs: https://graduate.albanylaw.edu/online-graduate-programs

Join us to meet our Commencement Speaker for the Class of 2021 - Rob Capers '96. 

He is currently the Chief United States Probation Officer for the Eastern District of New York, but served over 13 years in the US Attorneys’ Offices previously.

While in the attorneys’ office he once held the position of Chief of the Narcotics Section/International Narcotics Strike Force.

We talk about it all on this episode of the podcast leading into Commencement tomorrow!

More about Commencement: https://www.albanylaw.edu/students/commencement

Join us to talk about our upcoming Commencement Ceremonies.

In this episode, questions are answered by:

Andrea Irizarry - Associate Director of Academic and Student Programs

Alicia Ouellette - President and Dean

Rosemary Queenan - Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Commencement Details: https://www.albanylaw.edu/students/commencement

Join us for the latest installment in the Albany Law School’s Online Graduate Programs "HR in Practice" series.

Zachery M. Jones, Vice President Labor Relations at United Airlines, discusses labor relations and collective bargaining under the Railway Labor Act in addition to United’s partnership strategy to working with union leadership.

More about the Online Graduate Programs at Albany Law School: https://graduate.albanylaw.edu/online-graduate-programs

Join us to meet our Commencement Speaker for the Class of 2020 - Jim Sandman. He has had a storied history in the legal community and serves on the Albany Law School Board of Trustees in honor of his dad, Edgar Sandman '46.

More about Commencement: https://www.albanylaw.edu/students/commencement

More about the Sandman Fellowship: https://www.albanylaw.edu/centers/government-law-center/students/sandman-fellowship

We were lucky enough to track down one of our upcoming graduates for this week's podcast as Jessica Haller '21 talks about Health Law and her work in the Justice Center here at Albany Law School!

More about Commencement: https://www.albanylaw.edu/students/commencement

More about the Health Law Society: https://www.albanylaw.edu/students/organizations

More about the Justice Center: https://www.albanylaw.edu/centers/the-justice-center

SHRM (the Society of Human Resources Management), defines talent management as the strategies, “designed to attract, develop, retain and use employees with the necessary skills and aptitude to meet a business’s current and future needs.” SHRM notes that talent management is a top priority at organizations, but success and quality of strategies can vary.

This webinar is part of the “HR in Practice” series where experts and HR professionals examine key issues impacting the field of talent management today. The aim is to explore some of the key strategies and best practices in the acquisition, development, and retention of employees, and particularly in the context of the new and unique challenges created by COVID-19.

Key Takeaways:

What are some of the best current practices in talent acquisition?

How have the challenges of the pandemic evolved approaches to talent development?

Have strategies for the retention of key staff evolved and what are some of the best and next practices?

Panelists:

Sharyn Jones - Head of Talent Management, Mass Mutual

Vivian Menzies - Global Human Resources Director at Microsoft

Rose Miller - HR Consultant/President of Pinnacle Human Resources, LLC/Times Union Columnist

Michael O’Neill - CHRO of MLB Players Association

Chris Wessell - Partner at PeopleWise LLC

More about the Online Graduate Programs: https://graduate.albanylaw.edu/online-graduate-programs