A very special thank you to Harris Bresowsky for help producing this episode of the podcast.

On this special episode of the podcast, the American Constitution Society, Women's Law Caucus, and the Government Law Society bring us "A Voting Rights Discussion: Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Right to Vote and the Ongoing Challenges."

The presentation was recorded on Oct. 22, 2020.

Guest Speakers: 

Hon. Leslie E. Stein '81, Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Hon. Christina L. Ryba '01, Justice, Supreme Court of New York

Prof. Mary A. Lynch, Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy; Director, Domestic Violence Prosecution Hybrid Clinic

Prof. Ava Ayers, Director, Government Law Center; Assistant Professor

Moderator:

Prof. Ciji Dodds, Assistant Professor of Law

In “Delay & Irreparable Harm: A Study of Exhaustion Through the Lens of the IDEA,” Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professor Rosemary Queenan examines the lack of clarity in the courts as to the interpretation of the exhaustion doctrine and the potential for irreparable harm caused by the often lengthy administrative processes. She notes that courts have long grappled with requests to bypass the exhaustion requirement in various legal contexts, often navigating the tension between the benefits of exhaustion and the harm caused by the procedural delay.  

The paper is forthcoming in the North Carolina Law Review.

As a way to highlight the ways in which adherence to the doctrine can result in irreparable harm, and explore a potential framework for addressing those cases, Queenan focuses on the exhaustion requirement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal statute that provides children with disabilities the right to a free and appropriate education, as it illustrates the need for a path to immediate judicial relief in certain cases to prevent the threat of irreparable educational harm.  

On this episode of the Albany Law School Podcast, she talks about her paper and the framework she proposes to address the exhaustion requirement under IDEA, which can also serve as a model for courts in interpreting exhaustion requirements in other legal contexts where immediate or emergency relief is needed based on irreparable harm that could result from administrative delay.   

More about Dean Queenan: https://www.albanylaw.edu/faculty/directory/profiles?ind=Queenan,+Rosemary

Dean Queenan's SSRN Profile: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1252275

Chat Replay: drive.google.com/file/d/1xo_awxk_3Wy5Sot69IhCR-g9aGicDMGq/view?usp=sharing

This presentation was the 6th Annual Katheryn D. Katz ’70 Memorial Lecture Series.

Recorded - Monday, October 19, 2020

Keynote Speaker: Kimberly M. Mutcherson - Co-Dean & Professor of Law Rutgers Law School

Kimberly M. Mutcherson is an award-winning professor whose scholarship focuses on reproductive justice, bioethics, and family and health law. She has presented her scholarship nationally and internationally and publishes extensively on assisted reproduction, families, and the law. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics and the Columbia Law School Center for Gender and Sexuality Law. She received her law degree from Columbia Law School.

The Katheryn D. Katz ’70 Lecture Series was established in 2014 to focus on the family law topics that Professor Katz made central to her teaching, including domestic violence, gender and the law, children and the law, reproductive rights, and inequality.

On this special edition of the podcast, we are dropping in on a presentation from the Career and Professional Development Center, "The Road to the Department of Justice."

The trio of alumni that joined us were:

More from the Career and Professional Development Center: https://www.albanylaw.edu/careers

Today, we are speaking with Mishka Woodley '16 who is an Associate at Farrell Fritz, but is also very active in New York State Bar Association continuing legal education programming.

We talk about the upcoming CLEs she is helping with, Batson vs. Kentucky, how Albany Law School set her up for success, the ACBA Diversity Internship Program and, of course, the lightning round.

Diversity And Eliminating Racial And Systemic Bias In The Courtroom (Webinar): https://nysba.org/events/diversity-and-eliminating-racial-and-systemic-bias-in-the-courtroom-webinar/

Health Law Section Fall Meeting Part 1: Ethical Issues And Legal Reform In The New COVID-19 Healthcare Environment (Webinar): https://nysba.org/events/health-law-section-fall-meeting-part-1-ethical-issues-and-legal-reform-in-the-new-covid-19-healthcare-environment-webinar/

On this "Meet the Students" edition of the podcast, we are speaking with 3L AbiDemi Donovan who is the Student Trustee on the law school's Board of Trustees.

She is also an Executive Editor of Albany Law Review.

She also encourages any students with questions or concerns to speak with her during her virtual office hours on Thursday afternoons and she can be reached at [email protected].

Talk to Abi during office hours: https://albanylaw.zoom.us/j/98239891741?pwd=blo4VFgyWXlNdnZHUkh0c3BYZnZtZz09

More about the Board of Trustees: https://www.albanylaw.edu/about/board-of-trustees

NOTE: First Mondays is a special discussion program about current business and political events through a legal lens. This program is an opportunity to meet Albany Law School faculty and to participate in a stimulating discussion on world events.

As America prepares for the 2020 Election, we present a First Mondays program around voting rights. We will discuss the history of the struggle for voting rights including the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with our special guest, Professor Gilda R. Daniels.

Professor Daniels is a voting rights expert and former Deputy Chief in the U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, where she served in both the Clinton and Bush administrations. She is currently a professor of law at the University of Baltimore Law School and the Director of Litigation for Advancement Project’s National Office, a multi-racial civil rights organization.

She is also the author of UNCOUNTED: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America, her first book. Published in January by New York University Press, it has already been called “required reading” by Ms. Magazine. 

Hosts

Prof. Patricia Reyhan - Distinguished Professor of Law

Prof. Ted De Barbieri - Associate Professor of Law; Director, Community Economic Development Clinic

Special Guest

Prof. Gilda R. Daniels - Associate Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law; Author: UNCOUNTED: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America

In case you missed it, make sure to listen to Thursday's town hall meeting with Drs. Michelle Parent and Wendy Parker from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, hosted by President and Dean Alicia Ouellette, as they talked about COVID-19, contagion, testing on campus, how contact tracing works, and more.

More questions or concerns? Contact the experts: [email protected]

Want to schedule a rapid test? Make an appointment here: acphscovidtesting.timetap.com.

As a reminder, don’t forget to:

We’re in this together. Even if you're fully remote, you're part of the effort! While the policies above may not apply, you can still stay informed, stay connected, and help colleagues and classmates remember their shared responsibility.

For more resources, visit the Return to Campus website and watch our Albany Law Cares videos, which are running on the monitors throughout campus.

On this special edition of the podcast we join a panel discussion, recorded on Sept. 22, presented by the  Women’s Leadership Initiative at Albany Law School, and moderated by President and Dean Alicia Ouellette ’94, with three remarkable Albany Law School alumnae who share insight into their storied career paths: 

Hon. Joanne M. Winslow ’86 - Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins ’88 - Founder and Executive Director, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation(WCAPS)

Maria Melendez ’92 - Chief Diversity Officer, Sidley Austin LLP

More about the Women's Leadership Initiative: https://www.albanylaw.edu/careers/womens-leadership-initiative#:~:text=The%20Women%22s%20Leadership%20Initiative%20at,members%20of%20the%20broader%20community

More about the panelists: https://alumni.albanylaw.edu/s/977/18/interior.aspx?sid=977&gid=1&pgid=2758&content_id=3634

Join President and Dean Alicia Ouellette ’94 as she updates the community on the state of Albany Law School and highlights the tremendous accomplishments of our faculty, students, and alumni.