Syracuse University College of Law
CATALOG 2006-2007
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of the Education Amendments of 1972, does not discriminate on the basis
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pursuing excellence in learning,
professionalism, and service
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contents
The Program
The People
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Dean’s Message
46
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Tradition and Vision
60 Administrative Deans
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Excellence in Learning
> The First Year
> First-Year Course Descriptions
> The Second and Third Years
> Degree Requirements
> Program Options
> Academic Support
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Faculty
Professors Emeriti
64
Professor of Practice
64
Courtesy Appointments
66
The Office of Student Life
68
Law Student Senate and
Student Organizations
Curriculum Outline
70
Law Student Publications
12
Upper-Level Course Descriptions
72
Career Services
32
Innovation and Specialization
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34
Interdisciplinary
Learning Opportunities
Employment Information
Type of Practice, Starting Salaries
76
Selected Employers
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Centers and Institute
> Center for Indigenous Law, Governance
and Citizenship
> Disability Law and Policy
> Family Law and Social Policy
> Global Law and Practice
> Institute for National Security and
Counterterrorism;
> Law and Business Enterprise
> Technology Commercialization Law
Office of Clinical Legal Education
> Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic
> Community Development Law Clinic
> Criminal Law Clinic
> Externship Programs
> Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
> Public Interest Law Firm
> Securities Arbitration Clinic
Advocacy Skills
Trial Advocacy, Moot Court, International
Moot Court Competitions
42
Other Opportunities for Specialization and
Interdisciplinary Study
43
Joint Degree Programs
45
Other Joint Degree Opportunities
Interdisciplinary Study
The Place
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The College of Law, The University,
The City
College of Law Complex, Barclay Law Library,
The University, The Syracuse Community,
Housing and Meals, Health Services
90 Visiting Syracuse
Directions, Campus Map
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Admission
Admission Criteria and Requirements,
Decision and Notification
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Financing Your Legal Education
100 Excellence in Professionalism
and Service
102 Tuition, Fees, and Related Expenses
104 Academic Calendar
Forms and Instructions
105 Admission Application Instructions
107 Admission Application
113 Recommendation Forms
121 Financial Aid Instructions
122 Financial Aid Application
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Why study law? Each law student undertakes an exciting and rigorous
journey. This journey expands analytical skills, knowledge in a professional
discipline that informs all aspects of society—locally, nationally, and globally.
Law graduates are distinctly capable of engaging the issues most critical to
dean’s
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any community. More than ever in our history, every area of endeavor has
some legal overlay—the law informs every issue. The law and the policies it
drives interconnect with the environment, technology, media, foreign policy,
architecture, the family, human rights, and medicine. In fact, the list is as
long as your imagination takes you. These limitless connections make a legal
education so compelling and so important. The agenda you create, the path
you take, the intellectual interests you bring with you, and those you generate
throughout your life, will be profoundly enhanced by an outstanding legal
education.
Legal education prepares you for meeting the challenge of an increasingly complex world.
A law degree has value whether you choose to practice law or to join the foreign service; whether
Hannah R. Arterian
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you start your own company or serve as counsel to a college or university; whether you work
in the technology industry or in a hospital; whether you write a novel or edit a newspaper;
and whether you serve as a public defender or work in the justice department. You name the
career and law applies.
Syracuse University College of Law provides every opportunity you need to create your future.
This publication gives you a preview of what you can anticipate as a law student here. Read about
our outstanding faculty, our wonderful facility and law library, the wide variety of courses,
and the excellent programs, clinics, and joint degree opportunities designed to provide you with
the skills you need to make full use of your education. We start with a firm grounding in courses
you need to build on, and then you choose your direction, with the advice and assistance of
faculty and staff who really care. All of this occurs on the campus of a great University with
all it has to offer, at a law school with a long history and an eye on the future.
No introduction can give you more than a taste of our community and what we have to offer.
I hope you will look carefully at this catalog, and that you will think seriously about pursuing
your legal education here at Syracuse. I encourage you to contact us with questions and to
keep an eye on our web site (www.law.syr.edu), because new things happen all the time,
and I hope they will interest you.
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tradition and vision
No two law schools are identical.
Law schools differ by philosophy,
faculty scholarship, student body
composition, and programs offered.
At Syracuse University College of
Law we understand that the pursuit
of excellence is a challenge that
has to be met every day. That is
why we promote a rigorous,
dynamic, and interdisciplinary
approach to the study of law.
The College of Law celebrated its
centennial in 1995-96 and is proud
of its first 100 years of history. The
college introduced interdisciplinary
study in the 1930s, expanded the
options it offers, and now, more
than most law schools, encourages
students to enrich their studies
by pursuing interdisciplinary joint
degree programs.
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Initially, the college’s mission was to train
study in response to the changing needs of the
lawyers for practice in upstate New York. In
community. The college’s faculty is composed
the 1950s, however, the college moved from
of an unusually talented group of lawyers and
a regional curricular viewpoint to one that
educators who share a single goal: to prepare
embraces a national perspective of the law.
students for the diverse opportunities available
The college’s interest in international law had
to them as trained professionals. They have
its inception in the early 1960s, when American
extensive scholarship, prior law practice,
businesses needed lawyers to represent them
and years of teaching experience. Students
in international transactions. The college’s
find their instructors accessible, candid, and
30-plus years of experience with international
dedicated to the teaching mission.
legal education has developed into a well-
At the heart of the College of Law community
regarded program in which students can
is a talented and diverse student body that
pursue a concentration of study, international
is actively involved in the process of learning
work experience, or writing for the respected
and practicing the law. Syracuse law students
Syracuse Journal of International Law and
represent more than 300 colleges and univer-
Commerce. Students may also pursue a joint
sities across the country. While many students
degree in a field related to international law,
choose to begin law study at Syracuse soon
such as international relations.
after completing their undergraduate work,
In 1971, the college introduced its first
some are nontraditional students, leaving
full-scale clinical legal education program to
careers as health care providers, engineers,
provide students with both civil and criminal
business managers, teachers, and law enforce-
practice experience in a setting other than
ment professionals to pursue the study of law.
the classroom. Since the 1970s, that program
Today, the college is committed to providing
has been expanded to allow students to
innovative approaches to law study while
represent real clients in a variety of legal
retaining the strongest elements of a
contexts. Today, the college operates five
traditional legal education. Through research,
distinct in-house clinics.
coursework, joint degree programs, and
Throughout its history, the college has
interdisciplinary centers and institutes,
listened to the concerns of its students and the
students and faculty engage the broader
profession and has adapted its program of
community in a collaborative process of
discovery and learning.
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Pursuing excellence in learning
at Syracuse means taking full
advantage of our unique position at
one of America’s leading research
excellence in learning
universities. Syracuse University
is a member of the prestigious
Association of American Universities
(the AAU). The AAU is composed of
sixty leading research universities in
the United States. Within this group
of outstanding institutions, there are
only 17 private universities with law
schools.
At Syracuse University College of
Law, students benefit in many ways
from our unique university setting.
They benefit from the reputational
value and the educational value of
an elite institution. Our university
setting also benefits students in
terms of our many joint degree
programs, opportunities for
interdisciplinary study, programs
abroad, and our various centers,
institutes, and certificate programs.
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As part of a leading research university, our
curriculum combines a respect for tradition
with a curiosity for innovation to create an
exciting and dynamic learning environment.
Our first-year curriculum provides the broad
view and foundation necessary to begin the
study of law. A strong foundation for legal
education emphasizes the development of
substantive legal knowledge along with analytical and communicative ability. Ultimately,
the most crucial legal skills involve analyzing
the law and effectively communicating that
analysis to courts, other attorneys, and clients.
The college believes the best legal education
provides heavy concentration in legal research,
analysis, writing, and oral argument
Fall
Credits
Contracts
5
Civil Procedure
4
Legal Communication and Research I:
Legal Analysis and Writing
2
Torts
5
Total
16
Spring
Criminal Law
3
Constitutional Law I
3
Legal Communication and Research II:
Legal Research and Rhetoric
2
Legislation and Policy
3
Property
5
Total
16
The First Year
Syracuse University College of Law is proud
of the personal attention students receive
beginning in their first year. The faculty
considers interaction between student and
teacher to be essential to a strong legal
education. Students find their instructors
committed to excellence in teaching and legal
scholarship. During the first year of study,
students learn the basics of public and private
law. Because the first year provides necessary
grounding in fundamental legal concepts, the
following courses are required for all first-year
students: civil procedure, constitutional law,
contracts, criminal law, legal communication
and research, property, and torts. In addition,
a first-year legislation and policy course was
introduced as an elective to all students in
their spring semester. Except for legal communication and research, all courses taken in the
first year are one-semester courses. Students
may not enroll in or audit elective courses,
seminars, or other offerings for academic
credit during their first year.
First-Year Course Descriptions
Civil Procedure (4 credits)
Procedural processes that guide the adjudication of civil actions in American courts;
allocation of judicial power between federal
and state courts, focusing on the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure; fundamental policies
underlying particular procedural rules.
Constitutional Law I (3 credits)
Problems arising under the U.S. Constitution;
state and federal regulatory authority; judicial
review; federal taxing and spending powers;
separation of powers; due process and equal
protection; and First Amendment issues,
including freedoms of speech, of the press,
and of religion.
Contracts (5 credits)
Legal protection afforded promissory
agreements; contract interpretation; contract
formation, including offer and acceptance,
mutual assent, and consideration; parties
affected by contracts and remedies for breach
of contract.
Criminal Law (3 credits)
Elements of various crimes and problems
of statutory construction and interpretation;
substantive defenses, emphasizing the defense
of insanity; as well as attempts and the specific
crimes of conspiracy, theft, and homicide.
Legal Communication
and Research I (2 credits)
Fall semester: Introduction to basic lawyering
skills, including legal analysis, citation, and
court hierarchy. Application of these skills
to complex factual situations in a mock law
firm setting.
Legal Communication
and Research II (2 credits)
Spring semester: Skills introduced this
semester include legal research, oral
argument, and the written presentation of
legal arguments in persuasive form.
Legislation and Policy (3 credits)
Introduction to the institutions and processes
of public law making, including an examination
of statutory interpretation and legislative and
administrative process, as applied to a particular substantive area of law such as civil rights,
federal Indian law, disability, employment
discrimination, family, health, environmental,
and labor law.
Property (5 credits)
Problems concerning the possession of
land and chattels; methods of acquiring
title to personal property; possessory
and concurrent estates; landlord and
tenant problems; historical introduction
to real estate, including future interests,
real covenants, and easements.
Torts (5 credits)
Imposition of liability for personal wrongs as
viewed by traditional tort law and current
alternatives; historical development and policy
basis of liability for various types of injuryproducing conduct, including intentional torts,
negligence, and strict liability.
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The Second and Third Years
Three-Year Program
Joint Degree Programs
A variety of opportunities in the second and
third years allows students to learn more in
areas that provide a strong grounding for
issues likely to be encountered in the practice
of law in the next century.
Following the first year, students have
only four prescribed course requirements to
fulfill: Constitutional Law II, taken in the fall
semester of the second year; Professional
Responsibility, taken sometime during the
second year; a third-semester research and
writing course; and a writing requirement,
usually completed in the third year.
The remaining coursework toward the
degree is completed through elective
coursework, clinical experiences for credit,
co-curricular activities for credit, and/or
graduate-level coursework approved for credit
toward the Juris Doctor degree. Law students
may take as many as six credits in graduate
coursework from other Syracuse University
colleges with prior approval.
Most students enroll in the six-semester
program spanning three academic years. They
must take at least 12 credits but not more than
19 credits each semester.
Interdisciplinary study is an integral part of
academic life in the College of Law. Students
who desire a greater degree of specialization
may select from a number of joint degree
opportunities. Joint degree programs are
structured so students can earn both degrees
in substantially less time than required to
earn each degree separately. Refer to
page 45 for additional information about
joint degree opportunities.
Degree Requirements
Syracuse University College of Law awards
the Juris Doctor degree to students who
successfully complete a minimum of 87 credits
of prescribed and elective coursework taken
during a period in residence equivalent to six
full-time academic semesters. Each student
must earn a cumulative grade point average
and a final-year grade point average of 2.2
on a 4.0 scale to satisfactorily complete the
course of study.
The Handbook of Academic Rules contains
the complete academic rules and regulations
of the College of Law. All degree requirements
and other rules and regulations, including
those summarized in this publication, are
subject to continuing review and may change
at any time. Copies of the current handbook
are available in the Office of Student
Administration.
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Four-Year Program
Each year, the college admits a limited number
of students to study part time in an eightsemester program spanning four academic
years including intervening summer sessions.
Part-time students must carry at least 8 but
not more than 11 credits each semester.
Although the College of Law recognizes that
in certain instances it must modify its regular
program for some nontraditional students,
personalized course schedules are generally
not possible, especially in the first year. The
college does not operate an evening division.
Accelerated Program
An accelerated program allows students to
complete the J.D. degree requirements in twoand-one-half calendar years. Students must
complete six semesters in full-time residence,
including two-and-one-half academic years
and two half-semester summer sessions.
Combination Program
A limited number of undergraduate students
with outstanding academic promise are admitted to the combination program. Through
the combination program, the final year of
baccalaureate work is satisfied during the
first year of law study. Candidates for this
program must have only elective coursework
remaining in their baccalaureate program and
present evidence that their undergraduate
college or university agrees to accept credit in
the first year of law study in lieu of the final
year of undergraduate study. Students
applying through the combination program
must apply for admission in the same manner
as first-year applicants.
Academic Support
The College of Law recognizes that the transition to legal study presents special challenges
for many students. The associate dean for
student services is available for consultation
on matters of academic or personal concern to
students. During the first half of the fall
semester, the Structured Study Group
Program provides a weekly opportunity for
all first-year students to learn effective legal
study skills using torts material as the basis
for learning and discussion. Tutoring is also
provided for law students who encounter particular difficulty with first-year coursework.
The Office of Student Services also helps to
provide special accommodations for students
for whom English is a second language and for
students with disabilities or special needs.
curriculum
outline
Advocacy and Litigation
Commercial Law
Advanced Trial Practice
Alternative Dispute Resolutions
Alternative Dispute Resolutions Seminar
Appellate Advocacy Skills
Clinical Program Courses
Conflict of Laws
Conflict Resolution
Constitutional Criminal Procedure–Adjudication
Constitutional Criminal Procedure–Investigation
Criminal Law Clinic
Domestic Violence
Evidence
Externship Placement
Externship Seminar
Federal Courts
Judicial, Advocacy, and Public Interest
Externship Courses
Lawyer as Negotiator
Lawyers and Clients
Lawyering Skills
Medical Malpractice
New York Civil Practice
Problems in Case Analysis and
Appellate Advocacy Seminar
Trial Practice
Accounting for Lawyers
Agency/Partnership
Business, Finance, and Economics
Commercial Real Estate Practice
Commercial Transactions
Consumer Protection
Corporations
Federal Income Taxation II
International Business Transactions
International Trade Law
Secured Transactions
Business Transactions
Agency/Partnerships
Bankruptcy Law: Business
Bankruptcy Law: Individual, State,
Creditors’ Remedies
Business, Finance, and Economics
Community Development Law Clinic
Federal Government Contracts
International Business Transactions
Mergers and Acquisitions
Principles of Business Valuations
Real Estate Transactions I
Secured Transactions
Securities Regulations
Constitutional Law
and Civil Rights
Advanced Constitutional Law
Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic
Civil Rights
Constitutional Criminal Procedure–Adjudication
Constitutional Criminal Procedure–Investigation
Constitutional Law II
Disability Law
Disability Law and Policy
Education Law Seminar
Employment Discrimination
Environmental Law:
Constitutional Issues Seminar
Federal Courts
Indigenous Peoples Under American Law
International Criminal Law
Jurisprudence of Human Rights
Mass Communications
Medicine and Law: The Removal
of Life Support Systems Seminar
National Security Law
National Security and Counterterrorism
Research Center
Public Interest Law Firm Clinic
Race and Law
Refugee and Asylum Law
Religion and the State
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Sovereignty, Colonialism, and
the Indigenous Nations
Women in the Criminal Justice System
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Corporate Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Accounting for Lawyers
Administrative Law
Agency/Partnership
Antitrust
Bankruptcy Law
Business, Finance, and Economics
Business Planning Seminar
Commercial Transactions
Copyright–Literary and Artistic Works
Corporations
Deferred Compensation
Disability Law
Disability Law and Policy
Employment Discrimination
Entertainment Law
Entertainment Law and Practice
Environmental Law
Federal Income Taxation II
General Counsel
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property
International Business Transactions
International Environmental Law
International Trade Law
Law and Market Economy
Mergers and Acquisitions Seminar
Negotiating and Drafting International
Transactions Documents
Patents and Trade Secrets
Perspectives on Terrorism
Principles of Business Valuations
Products Liability
Real Estate Transactions
Secured Transactions
Securities Arbitration/Consumer Law Clinic
Securities Regulation
Taxation of Passthrough Business Entities
Unfair Competition
Administration of Criminal Justice Seminar
Advanced Criminal Procedure
Capital Punishment Seminar
Comparative Criminal Justice
Constitutional Criminal Procedure–Adjudication
Constitutional Criminal Procedure–Investigation
Criminal Defense Clinic
International Criminal Law
Jurisprudence of Criminal Justice
Women in the Criminal Justice System
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Environmental Law
Air and Water Pollution Control
Environmental Crimes Seminar
Environmental Law
Environmental Law:
Constitutional Issues Seminar
International Environmental Law
Natural Resources Law
Family Relations
Adoption Law
Adoption Law Seminar
Advanced Family Issues
Bioethics and the Law
Children and the Law
Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic
Decedents’ Estates and Trusts
Disability Law
Disability Law and Policy
Domestic Violence
Education Law Seminar
Elder Law
Estate and Gift Taxation
Estate Planning
Family Law
Health Law
Genetics and the Law
Lawyering Skills: Planning for the
Non-Traditional Family
Lawyering Skills: Family Law
Mediation in Family Law
Poverty Law
Family Law and Social Policy Center Service
Learning Program
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Women and the Law
Government Regulation and
Administrative Procedures
Administrative Law
Antitrust
Bankruptcy Law: Business
Bankruptcy Law: Individual,
State, Creditors’ Remedies
Consumer Protection
Disability Law
Disability Law and Policy
Education Law Seminar
Employment Discrimination
Environmental Law
Environmental Law Seminar
Government Regulations of Banks and Banking
Immigration Law
Indigenous Peoples Under American Law
Intellectual Property
Labor Law
Land-Use Control
Mass Communications
National Security Law
Natural Resources Law
New York Civil Practice
Patent Prosecution
Patents and Trade Secrets
Regulation of Electronic Mass Communications
Regulatory Law and Policy
Sovereignty, Colonialism, and
the Indigenous Nations
Tax Practice and Procedures
Unfair Competition
International Law
Law and Society
Chinese Law
Comparative Law
Comparative Criminal Justice
Conflict of Laws
Counter-Terrorism and the Law
European Economic Community
Immigration Law
International Business Transactions
International Criminal Law
International Environmental Law
International Human Rights
International Law
International Trade Law
National Security Law
National Security and Counterterrorism
Research Center
Negotiating and Drafting International
Transactions Documents
Refugee and Asylum Law
Religion and the State
Taxation of International Transactions
Anglo American Legal Tradition
Bioethics
Civil Rights
Contemporary Legal Theories
Disability Law
Disability Law and Policy
Genetics and the Law
Health Law
Indigenous Peoples Under American Law
Law and Complementary
and Alternative Medicine
Law and Market Economy
Law and Society Seminar
Law and Social Sciences Seminar
Law, Economics, and the State
National Security Law
Poverty Law
Products Liability
Race and Law
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Women in the Criminal Justice System
Labor Law
Law, Technology, and Management
Disability Law
Elder Law
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law
Labor Law
Computer Law
Copyright–Literary and Artistic Works
Federal Income Taxation II
Intellectual Property
International and Foreign
Intellectual Property Law
Internet Law
Law and Market Economy
Mass Communications
Patent Prosecution
Patents and Trade Secrets
Products Liability
Technology Transactions Law
Technology Commercialization Research
Center
Unfair Competition
Legal History and
Professional Ethics
Anglo American Legal Tradition
Contemporary Legal Theories
Law and Literature
Legal History: American Law
Legal History: Modern Public Law
Professional Responsibility
Real and Personal Property
Community Development Law Clinic
Decedents’ Estates and Trusts
Deferred Compensation
Estate and Gift Taxation
Estate Planning Seminar
Federal Income Taxation I
Information Law and Policy
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property
Land-Use Control
Patents and Trade Secrets
Real Estate Transactions
Unfair Competition
Taxation
Accounting for Lawyers
Deferred Compensation
Estate and Gift Taxation
Federal Income Taxation I: Individuals
Federal Income Taxation II: Corporate
Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Real Estate Transactions
State and Local Tax
Tax Accounting
Tax Practice and Procedures
Taxation of Foreign Transactions
Taxation of Passthrough Business Entities
Taxation of Tax-Exempt Organizations
Seminar
Please note that this is a general overview of courses offered.
All courses may not be listed, including new and revised courses.
This listing is subject to review and modification.
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Accounting for Lawyers
Principles of financial accounting applied to
business entities: proprietorships, partnerships,
and corporations; accounting for and tax
implications of business organizations; and
problems with estates and trusts. Not open
to students who have more than one year of
accounting. Irregular course offering.
Administration of Criminal Justice Seminar
Jurisdictional and procedural rules in context
of complex litigation. Relationship between
procedural rules and the development of
substantive law.
upper-level course
descriptions
Administrative Law
Nature and function of the administrative process; procedural constraints on administrative
investigation, adjudication, and rule making;
and judicial review of agency action.
Adoption Law
Legal theories involved in adoption law, the
attorney’s role in adoption practice, and the
various legal documents involved.
Adoption Law Seminar
Focuses on both traditional and non-traditional
domestic adoption. This course enables the
student to understand the legal theories
involved in adoption law, the role of the
attorney in adoption practice, and the various
legal documents involved. Emphasis on legal
research and writing. Irregular course offering.
Advanced Constitutional Law
Selected topics concerning the First
Amendment. Irregular course offering.
Advanced Constitutional Law: First
Amendment
The course surveys the development of the
First Amendment in the 20th century.
Roughly a third of the course is devoted to the
religion clauses, which prohibit establishment
and guarantee free exercise. The remainder
considers the free speech clause, with some
notice of press and assembly issues as well.
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Advanced Criminal Procedure
This course is a two-semester applied learning
course which will focus on pre-trial procedure:
accusatory instruments, preliminary hearings,
grand jury, discovery motions (covering
suppression of evidence, dismissal for
insufficiency, speedy trial, double jeopardy,
etc.), plea bargaining and guilty pleas, and
interlocutory appeals and sentencing. The
course materials will consist of pertinent
statutory materials and case files which will
be the source of problems and simulations.
Students will be required to draft documents,
pleadings, motion papers, and memoranda for
assigned cases. The course will focus on New
York criminal law.
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Research expands upon the
foundation of research skills acquired in the
first year. The course addresses effective
research methods and strategies, examines
the structural and theoretical underpinnings of
traditional and automated research systems,
and explores specialized areas of research
(such as legislative history, administrative
law, and non-legal resources). Students will
have ample opportunities to refine research
techniques through hands-on practice sessions
in the law library.
Advanced Topics in Property Law Seminar
This seminar will examine current important
issues in property law and theory, topics to
which students may have been introduced
during their first year but that warrant
investigation in further detail. The course will
first review different notions of what property actually is, using historical and modern
analyses both from political theory and from
law. We will then consider the extent to which
property concepts can be usefully employed to
resolve an array of current social issues, such
as the enforcement of surrogacy (parenting)
contracts, the sale or other control of body
parts, the fate of human embryos, eminent
domain and takings, an individual’s control
of personal information, employment rights,
and environmental rights. Students will be
exposed to and discuss the relevant law, where
it exists, but will also pursue in more depth
the conceptual and policy-based arguments
that shape and underlie the public debates
currently under way.
Advanced Trial Practice
Advanced training in direct and cross-examination, witness interviewing and preparation,
negotiation techniques, voir dire and jury
preparation, final arguments, discovery,
pretrial and trial motions, pretrial conferences,
jury trial techniques, and post trial procedure.
Agency/Partnership
The primary focus of the course will be on the
many facets of agency and fiduciary law. Basic
principles of fiduciary obligations, agency
relationships, transacting business through
agents, vicarious tort liability and long-term
commercial relationships may be covered
as well as basic partnership relationships.
Irregular course offering.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
An introduction to the spectrum of processes
other than courtroom litigation that
are available for resolving disputes. This
includes such “pure” processes as negotiation,
mediation, and arbitration and such “hybrid”
processes as the mini-trial and the summary
jury trial.
Anglo American Legal Tradition
This is a legal history course that provides
an overview of our Western legal heritage,
beginning with Roman law and extending into
the 20th century. Its principal focus will be
on the development of English law and legal
institutions, but it is not specifically an English
legal history course. Rather, it is to provide
students with a survey of the English roots of
our own legal order and to demonstrate how
the American legal system has developed from
and blended with those English origins.
Antitrust
A survey of federal antitrust law and policy.
This course will include horizontal restraints,
monopolization, attempts to monopolize,
vertical restraints and mergers.
Appellate Advocacy Skills
Development of skills used in the appellate
process, including postjudgment practice,
creation of the record, finding error, brief writing, and oral argument structure, emphasizing
written skills. Required for second-year students seeking Moot Court Board membership.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Law
Seminar
This seminar examines the ethical, legal,
scientific, sociological, and political issues
involved in the use of assisted reproductive
technologies (ART) to treat infertility and
create children. Each week there will be a two
hour class requiring preparation of readings on
topics such as infertility, assisted insemination,
in vitro fertilization, collaborative reproduction
(formerly called surrogacy), reimplantation
genetic diagnosis (PGD), “designer babies,”
cryopreserved (frozen) embryos and gametes,
posthumous reproduction, multiple gestations,
cloning and genetic enhancement, and ART
mistakes. In addition to seminar preparation
and attendance, students will select a topic
on assisted reproductive, research and write a
seminar paper under the professor’s guidance,
and present their research and arguments to
the class. Irregular course offering.
Bankruptcy Law: Business
This course will focus on business bankruptcy
law under Chapters 7 and 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code. The course will explore the rights of
debtors and creditors in a liquidation
proceeding under Chapter 7 and the power
to restructure claims under Chapter 11 of
the Bankruptcy Code to preserve a viable
business entity.
Bankruptcy Law: Individual,
State, Creditors’ Remedies
This course will cover state law remedies (how
to collect a debt and how to defend a debtor)
and representing debtors in individual liquidation and restructuring proceedings under
Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 7 and 13).
Bioethics
This is an interdisciplinary analysis of problems
that arise at the intersection of the medical
and legal professions. Topics include the
history of the American medical profession,
ethical theory, procreative autonomy, distribution and allocation of medical services, death
and dying, organ transplants, and the values
and interests that inform the decision-making
process on these matters. In alternating years,
this course will be co-taught by professors
from the medical school and law school and
additional topics of study may include assisted
reproductive technologies, genetic discrimination and enhancement, and cloning.
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Business, Finance, and Economics
This course will cover basic accounting,
economics, finance, very rudimentary taxation
concepts, securities and investments, and
other topics, such as life and hazard insurance.
Capital Punishment Seminar
Review of Eighth Amendment and capital
punishment decisions of the U.S. Supreme
Court, both recently and since Gregg v. Georgia,
with critical and philosophical analysis of the
foundations for those decisions. Examination
of the views of particular justices. A paper
satisfying the writing requirement will be
required.
Children and the Law
Parent-child, child-state relationships.
Education, health, welfare, child abuse,
juvenile delinquency, and representation of
children will be covered in this course.
Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic
The Children’s Rights and Family Law
Clinic addresses the unmet legal needs of
children and their families by representing
them in federal and state courts and before
administrative agencies with respect to
special education, school disciplinary and
suspension hearings, emancipation, child
custody and support, adoption, guardianship
and divorce matters. They also assist clients in
the Family Advocacy Program, a collaborative
project with SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Additionally, students have the opportunity to
engage in non-litigation legal advocacy and
educational outreach.
Chinese Law
Focus on the development of the Chinese legal
system since the founding of the People’s
Republic of China in 1949, with due attention
to social, political, and economic factors.
Close examination of areas of substantive and
procedural law, such as constitutional law,
professional responsibility, criminal law and
procedure, and labor law.
Chinese Law Seminar
Overview of a legal system of another major
power distinctive from the U.S. in terms of
historical development, economic structure,
and political organization; development of the
Chinese legal system since the founding of
the People’s Republic in 1949; social, political,
and economic factors. Procedure, contracts,
labor law, and foreign economic relationships.
Irregular course offering.
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Civil Rights
Focusing on race, gender, class, and sexual
preference, this course examines the social,
political, and legal structures that determine
what civil rights are and who has them.
Significant attention will be paid to the role
of U.S. Supreme Court opinions and federal
legislation.
Commercial Real Estate Practice
This applied learning course will build on the
fundamentals of the Real Estate Transactions
I course and will focus on the development of
a regional shopping mall which will provide a
framework for the course outline. The course
will not only provide ways to convey many of
the concepts found in this type of real estate,
but will also provide the basis to explore the
relationship between the real estate concepts
and the business framework of which they
become a part. Case law will be utilized to
supplement certain interpretations of Real
Property Law. Real Estate Transactions I is a
prerequisite for this course.
Commercial Transactions
Commercial practices under the Uniform
Commercial Code, particularly sales,
commercial paper and bank collections,
letters of credit, bulk transfers, and secured
transactions; business background, planning,
and counseling.
Communications Law
Examination of the market structure and
regulation of the communications industry as
well as the relationship between the
communications industry and the several
branches of government. Topics include the
authority of state and federal government to
license spectrum and to regulate broadcast
communications and cable, satellite, landline
and wireless services. Other topics may
include broadcast fairness, political broadcasting and regulation of the Internet and
emerging technologies.
Community Development Law Clinic
The Community Development Law Clinic
provides representation for not-for-profit
organizations involved in improving lowincome communities. Students enrolled in
this clinic practice transactional law for clients
engaged in activities such as the development
of affordable housing; creation of business
and job development programs; creation
and development of community centers,
after-school programs, day care centers;
neighborhood advocacy organizations;
disability advocacy organizations; and
community development corporations
Students may also represent individual clients
in real estate closings and the development
of start-up businesses.
Comparative Law
Comparative approach to the law, stressing
purposes and methods of comparative study;
classification of legal systems, a historical
introduction to civil law; and selected topics
in civil law.
Computer Law
Intellectual property protection relative to
computer technology, including software and
“methods of doing business” patents, copyrights, and trade secrets; anti-trust concerns
in the computer industry; contract formation
and enforcement in the computer industry;
and international concerns with computer
technology.
Concept of a Lawyer
Lawyers are men and women of action. They
are also individuals with power. This course
explores a basic question that every practitioner faces throughout his or her professional
career and that bears directly on the exercise
of that power, what does it mean to be a
lawyer? Students will examine a variety of
conceptions of “the lawyer,” including
“neutral partisan,” “moral activist,” “public
servant,” and “businessman/businesswoman.”
Students will also consider the orientations
toward lawyering as “an ethics of care” and
“for the situation.”
Conflict of Laws
Legal rules applicable to disputes with
contacts to more than one state or country;
the historical development of such rules; and
their application in contract, tort, property,
and other cases.
Constitutional Criminal Procedure—
Adjudication
Constitutional and statutory requirements
for adjudicative procedures in criminal cases.
Topics include accusatory instruments, bail,
discovery, guilty pleas, double jeopardy,
speedy trial, fair trial, jury trial, assistance of
counsel, and confrontation.
Constitutional Criminal Procedure—
Investigation
Constitutional and statutory requirements
for investigative procedures in criminal cases.
Topics include searches, seizures, lineups,
confessions, and electronic surveillances.
Constitutional Law II
A continuation of Constitutional Law I for
second-year law students. Must be taken fall
semester of second year.
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Consumer Protection
An introduction to the law of unfair and
deceptive advertising practices, credit
reporting and truth in lending, warranties,
debt collection, and enforcement. Students
will draft consumer complaints and discovery
documents. Irregular course offering.
Contemporary American Legal Thought
This course will explore a variety of
contemporary schools of legal thought, with
an emphasis on their understanding of nature
of law and, where applicable, the appropriate
objectives of law and law reform. The course
will begin with an overview of the historical
roots of today’s thinking, exploring Langdell’s
orthodoxy, Oliver Wendell Holmes’ reaction
thereto, and the highly influential legal
realists. The course will then turn to its more
central focus: the legal process school and the
contemporary progeny of legal realism (e.g.,
law and economics, critical legal studies, law
and feminism). The course will also expose
students to a powerful new alternatives to
these popular schools of thought, namely the
cultural study of law.
Contemporary Legal Theories
Selected articles by thought-provoking
contemporary legal theorists who challenge
accepted models of legal reasoning and
practice. By examining the role of law in society
and the power dynamics that our legal system
replicates, these writers offer new frontiers
of legal thought and transformative visions.
Readings will vary, but topics may include
critical race theory, feminist legal theory,
critical legal studies, and law and literature.
Irregular course offering.
Contemporary Issues in Atrocity Law
International criminal law is a new discipline
within the legal profession. Over the past
12 years, the discipline has developed at an
exponential rate. Cutting-edge rulings and
decisions are setting the cornerstones in
international criminal law for years to come.
It is a rare opportunity for teachers, students,
practitioners, and policy makers to be present
at the beginnings of a new area of the law.
Rarer still is the opportunity for students to be
able to take a seminar from one of the senior
international practitioners in the field, using
his work as the basis for this seminar. Drawing
upon unique experiences in West Africa, a
great deal of the new ideas and fresh thinking
began with his work as the chief prosecutor of
the international war crimes tribunal in Sierra
Leone, called the Special Court for Sierra
Leone. The seminar will use, as a case study,
the entire creative process in West Africa of
establishing the Office of the Prosecutor of
the Special Court for Sierra Leone, including
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planning, preparation, and executing the many
tasks necessary to prosecute war criminals in a
forgotten and tragic land. Using real-world and
contemporary cases, vignettes, and scenarios,
this two-credit seminar will give students a
rare opportunity to study and do research
with the practitioner who created the entire
prosecutorial plan to prosecute those who bore
the greatest responsibility for war crimes and
crimes against humanity that resulted in the
murder, rape, maiming, and mutilation of more
than 1.2 million human beings.
Copyright—Literary and Artistic Works
Advanced copyright course. In-depth
exploration of a number of copyright law areas
in music, fine arts, and film, and issues on the
boundaries of copyright law. Includes fair use,
work for hire in both industry and academia,
compensation for ideas, moral rights, right of
publicity, the impact of new technologies on
research, data bases and fact-based works,
infringement on unpublished works, and
international copyright protection.
Copyright Protection of New Technologies
Special adaptation of copyright law to
computer programs, operating systems and
microcode, screen displays, and electronic
databases. Irregular course offering.
Corporate Finance Seminar
This seminar will study the basis for financial
decisions of corporations and the shareholders,
including an introduction to basic techniques
of investment decisions, valuation and financial
structure. We will concentrate on valuing the
firm and its securities and senior securities
(bonds, debentures, and notes). Interest
and time permitting, we will explore capital
structure and leverage and possibly do some
work in mergers and acquisitions. Preor co-requisite: Corporations.
Corporations
This is a business organizations course
covering both unincorporated businesses
and corporations. The first half of the course
pertains to small business forms: partnerships,
LLCs, and close corporations. The balance
covers public corporations, including regulation
under securities laws. Students who have taken
Business Associations or Public Corporations
are not eligible to register for this course.
Counterterrorism and the Law
This unique, interdisciplinary course provides
insight into the dynamics of terrorism and
counterterrorism. Specializations are offered
in four areas: law, politics, history, and communications. Law and other graduate students
may register in any of the four departments,
with the permission of the instructor. Although
some class sessions will include disciplinespecific discussions in small groups,
participants will also converge in a large
classroom for presentations, discussions, and
examinations of fundamental problems
associated with terrorism.
Criminal Defense Law Clinic
The Criminal Defense Law Clinic provides
representation to clients charged with
misdemeanors and violations in Syracuse
City Court. Students enrolled in this clinic
are engaged in extensive fact investigation,
interviewing, client counseling and plea
negotiations. They also conduct hearings
and trials and may have the opportunity to
represent clients on civil matters related to
their criminal cases, such as school
disciplinary hearings and benefits issues.
Decedents’ Estates and Trusts
Law governing interstate succession; execution
and revocation of wills; inter vivos will
substitutes; the creation, nature, and revocation of trusts; and fiduciary administration.
Deferred Compensation
Tax and other consequences of various plans
of deferred compensation for executives and
other employees.
Disability Law
This class deals with federal laws prohibiting
discrimination against people with disabilities,
with particular emphasis on the American
Disabilities Act of 1990. The goal of the course
is to provide a legal, conceptual, and practical
understanding of people with disabilities,
forms of discrimination that occur on the basis
of disability, and the protections against such
discrimination that currently exist.
Disability Law and Policy — Advanced
This is a one-semester applied learning course.
The goal of this course is to expose students
to disability law and policy as applied to real
situations. Each student will work on a project
that has originated from a request from a “real
client” or client organizations, such as the
National Council on Disability, the World Bank,
Mental Disability Rights International, or other
organizations that work with and for people
with disabilities.
Disability Rights Advocacy Law Clinic
The Disability Rights Advocacy Law Clinic
is dedicated to providing representation to
individuals with disabilities as well as groups
representing the disabled community who
are unable to secure representation elsewhere.
Students enrolled in this clinic practice in
federal and state courts and before
administrative agencies in a broad range of
disability discrimination matters. They also
handle social security benefits cases, special
education cases, and accessibility issues
under federal and state law.
Domestic Violence
This applied learning course will analyze case
law as well as other text and articles applicable
to domestic violence cases. One of the
objectives of this course will be to expose,
through class discussions, some of the
misconceptions regarding domestic violence
and its victims. Students will have the opportunity to participate in simulated exercises
designed to develop interviewing and
information-gathering techniques necessary
for the thorough representation of the
domestic violence victim in court. Visits to the
class by guest speakers are also planned. The
course will delve into all of the possible issues
that need to be addressed in representing the
domestic violence victim.
Education Law Seminar
This seminar will introduce students to the
issues surrounding the provision of public
and private education and to enable students
to develop understandings of educational
delivery systems that will help them to address
education-related issues in their legal practice.
Topics will include federal and state roles in
public education, use of public funds for private/parochial education, public school choice
and school vouchers, special education, gender
equality in education, affirmative action and
diversity in higher education, and public school
desegregation. Irregular course offering.
Elder Law
This course will address ethical issues related
to the competency assessment of elder clients.
Income maintenance, including Social
Security, Supplemental Security Income, and
other public and private pensions, as well as
Medicare and Medicaid, will be considered.
Guardianship, long-term care, and estate
planning will be considered as well. Additional
topics may include employment discrimination,
housing, health care decision making, and
elder abuse.
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Eminent Domain Seminar
The seminar provides an opportunity to discuss
important issues related to the relationship
between government’s power to regulate
private land and other property for the public
health, safety, and welfare on the one hand,
and the right of owners to be secure in their
property on the other. We will survey the tests
the Supreme Court has developed in determining when government action that affects the
use or value of property amounts to a “taking”.
As the semester progresses, students will
look closely at the types of takings that have
evolved because of the Supreme Court’s
decisions in this area, paying particular
attention to the elements required to establish
a taking, government action that does or does
not constitute a taking, and remedies available
once a taking is proven. Finally, special emphasis is given to more practical issues, including
the appraisal process and condemnation
procedures. Topics will cover both federal and
typical state policies and procedures.
Employment Discrimination
Discrimination in employment on the basis of
race, sex, age, and disability; consideration of
constitutional, statutory, and other remedies;
and safety and health in the workplace.
Employment Law
This course will cover a wide variety of
topics in the employment relationship. It is
a complex area covered by both federal and
state statutes as well as common law. Topics
that will be covered include establishing the
employment relationship, terms and conditions
of employment, health insurance and other
fringe benefits, the work environment, and
terminating the employment relationship.
English Legal History
This course surveys the development of the
public and common law of England from its
origins in Roman law and the Anglo-Saxon
society of the first millennium, through the
creation of feudal society, to the modern era,
concluding some time around or in the 19th
century. We survey the growth of the common
law courts (as well as others), legal education
and treatise writers, and the evolution of
selected phases of the common law. We pay
special attention to the revolutionary 17th
century and the impact of the Protestant
Reformation.
Entertainment Law
Will simulate actual entertainment law
practice and will emphasize the process by
which contracts are developed and entered
into so as to make use of copyrighted
properties. The student will be required to
draw upon and further develop multiple
legal skills, particularly substantive analysis,
drafting, analysis of and otherwise dealing
with “paper” from the other side, practical
research, formulation of advice, and
participation in various kinds of oral
discussions. Irregular course offering.
Environmental Crimes Seminar
Survey of federal environmental crimes
and defenses, investigatory practices and
evidentiary restrictions, compliance protocols,
sentencing guidelines, issue of professional
responsibility and attorney exposure to liability,
and an analysis of regulatory objections and
the feasibility of attainment through criminal
enforcement. Irregular course offering.
Environmental Law
Pollution control and toxic substance regulation; the ends and means of environmental
protection; the institutional responsibilities of
legislatures, agencies, and courts.
Environmental Law Seminar: Constitutional
Issues
Selected problems in environmental law.
Environmental Law Seminar: Climate Change
Science, Perception and Policy
Climate change (global warming) is rapidly
becoming one of the most pressing issues
of the 21st century. This course introduces
students to the challenges posed by climate
change through a unique multidisciplinary
exploration of the scientific, economic,
policy, communicative, and even philosophical
dimensions of the issue. The course will cover
such topics as the current state of scientific
knowledge about climate change, the role of
the media in shaping public opinion on the
issue, competing discourses of climate change,
risk and uncertainty in decision-making, costs
and benefits of different types of policies, the
Kyoto protocol and other policy initiatives,
actions being taken to address the issue, and
the ethical dimensions of the choices facing
humanity. Faculty from SU and ESF in law,
economics/public administration, earth science,
and environmental studies will co-teach this
course and bring to students a unique dialog
that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Moreover, emphasis will be placed on drawing
out the general lessons obtained from a
multidisciplinary approach to climate change:
many of the insights will be applicable to other
complex, highly technical environmental problems. This course is intended to bring together
students from a diverse range of backgrounds
and does not have specific prerequisites.
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Environmental Law Seminar: Citizens’ Suits
Environmental law statutes frequently rely
upon private enforcement by the beneficiaries
of environmental regulations. This seminar
examines the law governing private enforcement of environmental law, probably including
attorneys’ fees, justifiability, coordination with
government enforcement, and notice requirements. It will require a short paper before the
end of the semester and, for those fulfilling the
substantial writing requirement and earning
three credits, a longer paper due at the end of
the year.
Estate and Gift Taxation
Taxation of transfers during life and at death.
Planning and alternative modes of disposition.
Estate Planning Seminar
This seminar will explore estate planning
from two perspectives. First, it will deal with
the substantive aspects of estate and gift tax
and property law (including joint interests,
life insurance, and retirement plan proceeds)
which must be considered in developing an
estate plan. Wills, trusts, and other planning
techniques will be considered in detail. Second,
the practical aspects of dealing with estate
planning clients will be considered in depth,
including how to explain difficult technical
matters to the client, how to present documents to clients in an understandable format,
and issues of ethics and professionalism.
Short drafting and writing exercises as well as
a substantial paper, consisting of a package
of client memoranda and documents, will be
required.
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European Economic Community
Movement toward European integration and
the status of the legal order of the European
communities in relation to national and international law; specific community rules dealing
with trade regulation, international commerce,
agriculture, and social policy. Irregular course
offering.
Evidence
Procedural and substantive rules of evidence,
judicial notice, presumptions and burdens of
proof, rules governing the receipt of oral and
documentary evidence, impeachment, direct
and cross-examination, competency, hearsay,
privileges, and the best evidence rules.
Externship Placement
Students enrolled in the Externship Placement
work in government offices, judges’ chambers
and public interest organizations throughout
upstate New York. Externs engage in
challenging assignments, including drafting
decisions, memos, pleadings or other legal
documents, researching memoranda,
interviewing and preparing witnesses, participating as co-counsel at trials and observing
trials, appellate arguments or in-chamber
proceedings.
Externship Seminar
As part of their externship experience,
students participate in the externship seminar,
which allows them to reflect on their legal
experiences at their Externship Placements.
The seminar consists of classroom discussion,
writing assignments, journals, and individual
meetings with the faculty supervisor.
Family Issues — Advanced
This is an advanced family law course which
will provide applied learning opportunities for
students. Students will study topics in greater
depth and with more skills training than is possible in the survey Family Law course. Typically,
the course would include interdisciplinary,
international, and ethical issues. Topics will
include the use of experts in child custody
evaluations, domestic violence, international
adoptions, the evaluation of professional
practice goodwill and licenses for equitable
distribution, and problems interviewing
children and using children as witnesses. This
course will meet the writing requirement.
Family Law
State regulation of family relations; family
autonomy; marital and non-marital contracts;
adoption. Issues in divorce, separation agreements, spousal and child support, property
division, and child custody.
Family Law and Social Policy Center Service
Learning Program
The primary focus of this course is to provide
students with the opportunity to work with
actual family law problems, especially those
involving low-income persons, and to provide
needed services to the community. Students
will study substantive materials related to
family law and the intersection of family and
poverty law in the context of developing
training and other materials; assisting pro
bono or nonprofit legal service providers; and
assisting other nonprofit organizations related
to family law.
Federal Courts
Essential functions of federal courts; and
relationships between federal courts and the
other branches of the federal government, the
states, and the individual.
Federal Government Contracts
Overview of government contracts. Course will
cover pre-contract activity leading to contract
award, contract types, and the contractual
document with specific emphasis on the Federal
Acquisition Regulations.
Federal Income Taxation I: Individuals
Law and policy regarding the taxation of
income of the individual taxpayer, including
characteristics of income, personal and business
deductions, principles of income splitting and
tax accounting, dispositions of property, and
capital gains.
Federal Income Taxation II: Corporate
Income tax problems of the corporation and its
shareholders, emphasizing corporate organization, distributions, redemptions, liquidations,
reorganizations, collapsible corporations, and
S corporations. Prerequisite is Federal Income
Taxation I.
Forensic Evidence
This course will survey the legal and
scientific issues arising in forensic settings,
such as fingerprint identification, handwriting
identification, bite mark identifications, voice
identifications, weapons identifications, DNA
testing, alcohol and drug testing, and polygraph
testing.
Foundations in New York Law
Focuses on the areas of New York law that are
most frequently tested on the bar examination and provides practice opportunities to
strengthen essay writing skills.
General Counsel
This applied learning course is designed to
expose students to a number of areas of
practice that are common for house counsel.
Students will work individually and in teams
and undertake simulations in litigation management, agreement negotiation and drafting,
employment problems, and intellectual property
practice. Students will learn how lawyers handle
complex problems in such diverse areas and
may conduct research, draft agreements and
file memoranda, conduct interviews, and
negotiate to resolve the issues found in the
practical exercises that will be the backbone of
the course. This course will meet the College of
Law writing requirement.
Genetics and the Law
This new writing course examines the ways
advances in genetics have affected law, ethics,
and policy. No previous scientific expertise is
required, but students must have a willingness
to learn the basics of the science to understand
the course materials. Readings cover eugenics,
genetics research and its commercialization,
genetics testing and reproduction, genetic
screenings of newborns and children, genetic
counseling and access to genetic services,
gene therapy and pharmacogenetics, genetic
enhancement, parentage and family law,
forensics, behavioral genetics, privacy and
confidentiality, and employment discrimination.
In addition to doing the course readings and
participating in the seminar discussions, each
student will be expected to write a minimum 25page paper that meets the writing requirement.
Government Regulations of Banks and
Banking
Federal and state laws and regulations
affecting banks and banking in the United
States. Irregular course offering.
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Health Law
Law as it affects the professionals and institutions that deliver health care in the United
States. Will primarily address four major
concerns: quality of health care, cost of health
care, equitable access to health care, and
respect for the patient.
Immigration Law
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,
exclusion and deportation, and nonimmigrant
status.
Indigenous Peoples Under American Law
This course is designed to introduce students
to the law of the United States controlling
and regulating the Indigenous peoples and
nations located within its borders. Topics to be
addressed include Euro-American colonization,
the sources of American power over Indian
affairs, the scope of tribal governmental
powers recognized by American law, the
powers of states within Indian country, the
trust responsibility, gaming and economic
development, and decolonization.
Insurance Law
General principles of law that apply to casualty,
life, and liability insurance, including modern
developments like no-fault. Irregular course
offering.
Insurance and Society Seminar
This course will explore the manner in which
insurance affects society. Issues such as tort
reform, reinsurance, racial redlining, and the
current crisis over Katrina will be discussed.
The basic Insurance Law class is a prerequisite.
Meets the College of Law writing requirement.
Irregular course offering.
Intellectual Property
Survey of the foundations of copyright, patent,
unfair competition, and trade law. For students
who wish to concentrate in intellectual property or who want a basic course as preparation
for business planning or litigation practice.
Co-requisite for Copyright—Literary and
Artistic Works and for Copyright Protection of
New Technologies. Patents course and Unfair
Competition may be taken as co-requisites.
International Business Transactions
International law problems of doing business
abroad and advising foreign clients on domestic operations; sales of goods, techniques of
private contract financing, dispute resolution,
and restrictions on freedom of contract in the
international context.
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International Criminal Law
This course will focus on topics involving
prosecutorial tribunals, extraterritorial jurisdiction, extradition and abduction, cooperative
investigation and enforcement, war crimes and
gross human rights violations, terrorism and
piracy, drug trafficking and money laundering,
defenses, and new trends in international
criminal law. Irregular course offering.
International Environmental Law
Study of international laws safeguarding people and natural resources from environmental
degradation; consideration of the structure
and function of the international organizations,
the effect of international environmental law
on domestic rights and liabilities, environment
and trade. Irregular course offering.
International, Foreign, and Comparative Law
Research Topics
The purpose of this course is to offer students
a working knowledge of legal bibliography and
research methods, both in traditional print
sources and in electronic formats, for conducting research in the laws of foreign countries,
international law, and comparative law.
International Environmental Law Seminar
This seminar is a study of the general concepts
of international environmental law, problems of
enforcement, and problems in treaty-making.
The course addresses endangered species,
ozone depletion, climate change, marine mammal protection, and free trade’s relationship to
environmental protection.
International Human Rights
Provides an apparatus for analyzing the major
social, legal, and political changes occurring
everywhere from St. Petersburg to Soweto
and from Managua to Manila, for critiquing
governmental policies that precipitate and
respond to them, for understanding the
conceptual underpinnings of the human rights
system, and for acquiring the tools to conduct
legal and political advocacy of human rights.
A major research paper and oral presentation
are required.
International Intellectual Property Law
The purpose of this course is to place intellectual property rights in global perspective,
giving students a clear understanding of procedures and potential pitfalls. While emphasis
will be on current mechanisms for obtaining
and maintaining copyright, patent, and trademark protection abroad, major evolutionary
steps in both foreign laws and international
relations will also be presented. Key provisions
of pertinent law will be explained. Significant
U. S. case law construing U.S. obligations under
these conventions will be scrutinized. Irregular
course offering.
International Law
Provides an introduction to public international
law, the system of norms, rules, institutions,
and procedures that regulate the interaction
between states and between states and
individuals, including the UN Charter. Besides
studying the basic building blocks of the
system and the forces that are leading either
to its breakdown or its transformation (or
both), students engage in a seven-week
simulation in group negotiation, research,
and drafting of multilateral treaties to resolve
some contemporary transnational problems.
Use of the World Wide Web is integrated into
the course.
International Trade Law
Intergovernmental trade regulation through
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/
World Trade Organization and regulation of
unfair trade practices under U.S. law.
Internet Law
A survey of legal issues relating to computers
and computer networks, including electronic
commerce, the protection and enforcement of
proprietary rights in software and electronic
works, privacy and security, and content regulation. This course also explores the evidentiary
use of computer records and other emerging
issues in computer law.
Jurisprudence of Criminal Justice
Selected topics in criminal justice, such as
sentencing, capital punishment, search and
seizure, role of police, plea bargaining, and
modes of determining guilt or innocence in
light of jurisprudential reflection on goals of
criminal justice.
Jurisprudence of Human Rights
Conflicting views of the legal decision-making
process and the role of rights in that process,
impact of judicial decisions, views of social scientists, and human rights in the international
sphere.
Labor Law
Organization and representation of employees;
union collective action; and collective
bargaining, including the administration and
enforcement of collective agreements.
Land-Use Control
This course involves an examination of basic
land use and zoning laws. Attention is paid
to a variety of zoning and regulatory tools as
well as to local laws addressing environmental
concerns. This includes basic zoning, density
controls, variances, exceptions, special uses,
exactions, inclusionary and exclusionary
zoning, and the takings issue. Focus will be on
the importance of private property rights and
the protection of those rights in the context of
public controls and regulations. The course will
examine the way in which public and private
claims to land are resolved through a mix of
market and non-market mechanisms. Irregular
course offering.
Law and Literature
The focus of this course/seminar will be the
law, the legal process, and concepts of justice
as they are treated in a number of works of
fiction as well as by lawyers in judicial opinions
and other writings. The fictional readings will
be short stories (Tolstoy, Faulkner, Glaspell,
Hawthorne, Cather, de Maupassant, Vonnegut,
etc.) and two novellas. In-depth consideration
of the materials should demonstrate to the
student the wide gamut of emotions, human
relationships, and ambiguities with which case
law frequently does not adequately deal. The
materials raise issues of morality, natural law,
divine law, mercy, the limits of advocacy, and
ethics, all of which must deeply concern any
lawyer who strives to fulfill the true object of
his or her profession.
Law and Market Economy
A basic introduction to understanding the
form and structure of legal argument in a
market context. The course will explore the
basic terms and methods of economics that
are relevant to understanding the ideas of
competition, exchange, and transfer in a
market context. Discussion of the relationship
between law and markets will focus on the
formulation of public policy. Students will
study the practical implications, for law and
legal institutions, of economic assumptions
and conceptions. The course will explore the
relationship between efficiency, externalities,
the tragedy of the commons, the Coase
theorem, transaction costs, public choice,
game theory, cost/benefit analysis, and path
dependency, among others, to create patterns
of argument capable of strategically advancing
particular substantive objectives.
Law and Principles of Business Valuation
Seminar
Business Valuation covers valuation methodology and practices pertinent to income,
estate and gift tax purposes, ESOPs, buy/sell
agreements, etc. The income method, market
method, asset-based method, and other
methods of assessment will be studied.
Students will learn fundamentals of financial
analysis and evidentiary rules relating to
business valuation. Irregular course offering.
Law and Society Seminar
The manner in which legal systems evolve
and how they reflect the social structure,
culture, and concepts of justice of the society;
limits and prospects of effective legal action
in effectuating social policy in contemporary
American society. Irregular course offering.
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Law and Social Sciences Seminar
Legal study is increasingly interdisciplinary,
making use of various other fields to challenge,
inform, and assist legal theory and doctrine.
This seminar will cover a number of social sciences—e.g. psychology, economics, sociology,
political science, anthropology—to examine
the connections between law and other
disciplines. Topics to which these social science
approaches will be applied may include capital
punishment, juries, race, gender, paternalism,
media violence, obscenity, expert witnesses,
judicial decision-making, and others based on
students’ interest. A thorough research paper
designed to meet the College of Law writing
criteria will be required.
Law, Economics, and the State
This course builds on ideas related to the
course in Law and Market Economy, which is
recommended but not required as a prerequisite. In this course, we will study the relationship between the state, the individual, and the
community as relates to alternative forms of
social organization. The course will touch on
distinctions between the public, private, and
not-for-profit sectors of the economy. It will
explore the role of government and public
administration in a market economy. Examples
of ideas that may be discussed are: privatization, school and housing voucher programs,
tax exemptions for not-for-profit enterprises,
public/private partnerships for urban development and sports facilities, takings law, welfare
reform, workfare, managed trade, industrial
policy, and health care management, among
others. Writing projects are required.
Law, Economics, and the State Seminar
This seminar focuses on the role of self-binding rules in today’s ever more interdependent
societies. Like Ulysses tied to the mast,
modern societies require the transfer of
certain powers to controlling legal precepts
(constitutions, international treaties) or
institutions (national government institutions
who share power, independent central banks,
international organizations) that allow them to
attenuate and possibly overcome the problem
of opportunistic behavior. Democratic constitutions, independent central banks, trade
agreements, and international conventions
attempt to realize “good governance” goals
by restricting the decision-makers’ ability to
act freely and heavily discount the future in
favor of short-term electoral or economic gain.
While keeping such behavior in check, these
self-binding mechanisms also provide cover
for political leaders to undertake sound yet
unpopular initiatives that, in the long run, are
expected to greatly benefit society.
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The seminar will investigate different areas of
the law (constitutional law/institutional design,
economic law/monetary policy, and international trade law) where legislators and decision
makers have used such self-binding tools, and
ask whether self-binding mechanisms have
contributed to outcomes that are not only
economically efficient but also democratic.
Lawyer as Negotiator
A study of negotiation and the lawyer’s role
in the negotiating process, ethical problems
in negotiation, and negotiation skills taught
through simulated negotiations.
Lawyering Skills: Basic
Attorney-client relationship, including interviewing, counseling and negotiation; preparation of pleadings and other legal papers; and
local practice and discovery procedures.
Lawyering Skills: Family Law
This skills course will take students through a
complex family law case. Students will draft
pleadings, prepare interrogatories, prepare
experts for trial, etc. The skills emphasized
will be pretrial preparation and settlement
strategies rather than trial advocacy. Family
Law is a prerequisite.
Lawyering Skills: Planning for the
Non-Traditional Family
Drafting of legal instruments for individuals
and their loved ones who do not fit the
traditional nuclear family model. Topics would
include domestic partnership agreements,
real property partnership agreements, estate
planning instruments (e.g. wills, trusts, and
corporate formations), tax planning, and
second-parent adoptions.
Lawyers and Clients
Lawyers and Clients is a four-credit, onesemester applied learning course intended to
introduce third-year law students to a variety
of lawyering skills, including interviewing,
counseling, negotiation, fact investigation,
legal writing, financial and business concepts
for lawyers, and time records and billing.
The course relies heavily on simulations and
participatory exercises. Throughout the course,
the skills training will include the ethical and
professional dimensions of the lawyering
process. Irregular course offering.
Law of Armed Conflict
Mankind has attempted to regulate the horror
of war for centuries. This seminar will review
those attempts, focusing on the modern era.
Particular attention will be paid to recent
challenges related to the war on terror and
the ramifications for future enforcement of
these key principles. Any student interested in
practicing national security law or going into
international criminal justice must have a clear
understanding of the law of armed conflict.
This seminar will assist in that understanding.
The student will have the opportunity to be
involved in several practical exercises that will
reinforce their learning and write a paper on
various cutting-edge issues, of their choosing,
related to the law of armed conflict.
Legal Aspects of Future Wars
The paradigm shifts we see through history
affect our society, as well as our laws. These
laws, however, are apt to lag behind the
swift change in the social, political, and
cultural dynamic of today’s information age.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the
area of national security law, particularly
after the declaration of the war on terror in
September 2001. This seminar, a first for a
law school, will allow both the law student and
graduate student from the Maxwell School
of Citizenship, to consider the new threats
to our national security 5, 10, and 15 years
out and review how the appropriate laws will
need to be reviewed and to change. The field
of national security law needs to be more
preventative, proactive, and forward thinking,
rather than reactive. The new threats and
battlefields will be fought not on the desert
plains of the Middle East, but in cyberspace,
medical labs, nuclear reactors, corporate board
rooms, bank vaults, and in dark corners of
the world. The enemy may well be a soldier,
but more likely a terrorist with sophisticated
technology to attack asymmetrically and from
places we have yet to imagine. This seminar
will address these issues, looking for the next
challenges, and will explore the ways the law
can adjust to ensure we defend ourselves
under the rule of law.
Legal Communication and Research III
Taken either in the summer following the first
year or in either the fall or spring semester of
the second year. The Legal Communication
and Research program will offer a variety of
courses that build on the skills learned in the
first two semesters of the program. Course
offerings will vary, but will include courses
that focus more specifically on practice areas
(such as civil litigation, criminal litigation, and
transactional drafting), as well as courses that
focus on legal writing (such as theories and
strategies in persuasive writing and revising
and editing legal prose).
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Legal History: American Law
A history of American legal development and
institutions from 1600 to present. Emphasis
on the role of ideology, impact of the American
Revolution, efforts to reform legal institutions,
slavery and race, relationship between law and
capitalism, impact of the frontier, formalist
adjudication, legal realism, and legal
education.
Legal History: Modern Public Law
A survey of American constitutional history
from c. 1880 to the present. This course will
include the emergence of substantive due
process, the aggrandizement of presidential
power in war time, all aspects of the First
Amendment, various 20th-century schools
of legal thought, the impact of the equal
protection clause, and rights of privacy,
autonomy, and association. Irregular course
offering.
Litigation in Regional Human Rights Cases
Students in this course will take a critical look
at the international human rights litigation
before regional bodies such as the European
Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American
Commission and Court, and the African
Commission and Court. It will also analyze
universal mechanisms established by the
United States. Irregular course offering.
Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
The Low Income Taxpayer Law Clinic offers
legal assistance to lower-income taxpayers
who have controversies with the Internal
Revenue Service. Students enrolled in this
clinic handle income tax audits and examinations, administrative appeals, unfiled tax
returns, and issues related to the collection of
back taxes by the IRS. Students negotiate with
IRS agents, and when necessary, file petitions
in the U.S. Tax Court or complaints in the
Federal District Courts.
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Mass Communications
Selected topics examining law of the press,
such as, defamation, privacy, reporters’
privileges, freedom of information, and access
to judicial proceedings.
Mediation Assistance
This course is an applied learning seminar.
Students learn about mediation from actual
mediations and from exercises, simulations,
and readings that are required for the course.
Only students who have been accepted into the
Mediation Assistance Program and have completed 25 hours of training in the fall semester
will be eligible to sign up for the course. The
purpose of the Mediation Assistance Program
is to train students in mediation so they can
provide free mediation services to community
groups who do not otherwise have access to
such services. Irregular course offering.
Mediation and Family Law
This course is an intensive theoretical and
practical introduction to mediation in family
law. Focusing on the law and jurisprudence of
mediation, and the roles of attorneys in mediation, as both mediators and counselors, the syllabus also draws upon interdisciplinary insights
from the fields of anthropology, sociology,
linguistics, psychology, and conflict resolution.
It is intended to be a theoretical and analytical
class with a strong skills component, consisting
of three simulations.
Medical Malpractice
This is a survey course that considers the
elements involved in starting a medical
malpractice claim. The course will include the
defenses against and possible consequences of
bringing medical malpractice claims.
Mergers and Acquisitions
This course is for students with a strong
interest in capital markets, public corporations,
and modern corporate practice. Topics covered
include source of gains in business combinations, duties and risks of sellers, buyers’ risks
in acquisitions, and securities laws.
National Security Law
Obtaining information about the government;
restraints on publication; government surveillance; travel restrictions; war and emergency
powers; nuclear weapons issues; civil disobedience and draft issues.
National Security and Counterterrorism
Research Center
The National Security and Counterterrorism
Research Center serves as a working research
laboratory for law and other graduate
students interested in national security and
counter-terrorism issues. Students will work
in teams on research projects assigned by
the director. Other faculty within Syracuse
University and experts outside the University
may also participate in the development
and implementation of research projects.
Typically, the projects will involve assessments
of legal and law-related issues of concern to
federal, state, and local government officials in
responding to national security and terrorism
threats. Other projects may examine private
sector security concerns. Research projects
may be pursuant to contract arrangements
with sources external to Syracuse University,
while others may be developed from within the
College of Law or the University.
Native American Law
Legal principles governing the relationship
between Indian nations, states, and the federal
government on disputes concerning jurisdiction, land, and water. Irregular course offering.
Negotiating and Drafting International
Transactions Documents
In this two-semester applied learning course,
students consider issues related to ethics and
professionalism and will develop negotiating
and drafting skills. In the first semester, the
course will focus on an international sales
agreement. Students will consider problems
related to basic sales such as payment
guarantees and products liability in the context
of laws of different jurisdictions and trade
agreements. In the second semester of the
course, students will focus on a technological
transfer and issues related to investment. This
course will meet the College of Law writing
requirement.
New York Civil Practice
Civil practice law and rules and interpretive
cases and other aspects of civil litigation in
New York.
Not-for-Profit Organizations, Law, Taxation
and Policy
A study of the federal and state laws
(corporate, tax, administrative) governing and
regulating not-for-profit organizations, and
the policy considerations underlying those
laws. Among the many organizations to be
considered are charitable, educational, and
religious organizations; social clubs; civic and
business leagues; political parties; and
political action committees. The course will
also examine the application of those laws in
modern legal practice.
Patent Prosecution
This course is designed primarily for students
who plan to practice in the area of Patent Law
before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(PTO), which permits only registered patent
attorneys and agents to represent clients in
the prosecution of patent applications. The
course will cover the process of procuring a
patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office. The course will also enhance students’
understanding of the legal standards for
patentability (building upon the principles
explored in Patents and Trade Secrets), will
familiarize students with the PTO’s elaborate
rules of practice in patent cases, and will
provide students with practice applying these
standards and rules to facts and situations
encountered in basic patent prosecution practice. Patents and Trade Secrets is a prerequisite
to this course.
Patents and Trade Secrets
Traditional patent course focusing on protection of mechanical, chemical, and electrical
inventions with a trade secrets component.
Poverty Law
Surveys significant issues in poverty law and
policy. Looks at poverty, poverty programs,
and access to the civil justice system. Against
the background of historic change in law and
policy, students examine issues from differing
legal, political, and social philosophies.
Students examine the changing nature of
poverty law practice. Specific areas of study
include the nature of poverty, the history of
access to justice, the constitution in the welfare
state, and substantive topics such as access
to a subsistence income, shelter, health care,
nutrition, safety, and a prosperous future.
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Problems in Case Analysis and Appellate
Advocacy Seminar
Legal reasoning through practice in developing
written and oral arguments and reaching
solutions to legal questions taken from actual
cases. The emphasis will be on analysis and
reasoning, not on learning legal rules. Many
of the problems will be modeled on cases in
the New York Court of Appeals that resulted
in four-to-three decisions where there is no
“right answer.” A discussion of some of these
cases will inevitably entail arguments concerning social policy and legal philosophy.
Problems in Legal Writing
Students will explore legal analysis, legal
reasoning, and legal writing in a problemsolving context. Part I of the course will
focus on instruction and reinforcement of
basic skills. These include problem/issue
assessment; hierarchy and weight of authority;
research skills; logical reasoning; case and
statutory analysis; analogical, policy-based,
and principled reasoning; and deriving and
synthesizing rules of law. Part II of the course
will focus on legal writing and organizational
skills, including writing styles, audience, basic
macro- and micro-organization, “rule proofs,”
the importance of comprehensive and succinct
analysis, attribution, plagiarism, and professional responsibility. Part III of the course
will offer a progressive series of analysis and
writing exercises, each of which will culminate
in the submission of a graded paper. Irregular
course offering.
Professional Writing for Lawyers
This course offers second- and third-year law
students an opportunity to develop further
their written communication skills in the
context of drafting civil litigation documents.
Using civil litigation documents, students
will learn/review/practice basic principles
and strategies of effective writing, effective
legal writing, and effective legal research.
The course will emphasize the importance of
organization, checklists, samples bank, point
of view, audience, strategy, clarity, conciseness,
self-editing, and teamwork. Further, the
course will aim at helping students develop
confidence in writing and create a personal
writing style.
Products Liability
Legal tools for dealing with defective and
dangerous products, including common law
remedies for breach of warranty, negligence,
and strict liability in tort. Definition of
“defective product” and the measure of
damages to the injured person.
Professional Responsibility
Relationship of the lawyer to the profession,
community, client, and society. ABA Code of
Professional Responsibility, ABA Model Rules of
Professional Conduct, and American Lawyer’s
Code of Conduct.
Prosecuting Terrorists in Article III Courts
The course will examine the use of civilian
Article III courts to prosecute terrorist by
following the logical course of a prosecution
—legal basis, investigative techniques,
litigation, and sentencing issues. Major topics
include: principles of counter-terrorism
prosecutions, major legislative packages,
definitions of terrorism, numerous selected
criminal statutes, overview of the intelligence
community, overview of federal law enforcement agencies, use and protection national
security information, Fourth Amendment
framework, the Attorney General’s Guidelines,
U.S. agents acting abroad, electronic surveillance, interviews and interrogation, use of the
grand jury, material witnesses, the Classified
Information Procedures Act, physical security,
witness protection, relevant United States
Sentencing Commission Guidelines, litigation
strategies, and case studies.
Psychology and the Legal System
An important goal of the legal system is
to guide, constrain, and react to human
behavior. In doing so the law makes numerous
assumptions about people’s thoughts, beliefs,
attitudes, and conduct—assumptions that
may or may not be true. Psychology, as the
empirical study of human thoughts, beliefs,
attitudes, and conduct, is in an important
position to evaluate such assumptions. Over
the past several decades, increasing numbers
of social scientists have devoted substantial
attention to the systematic study of law and
legal institutions. At the same time, social
scientists themselves are testifying as experts
in increasing numbers, and encouraging
courts and policy-makers to use research
evidence in adjudicating court cases and in
setting public policy. This course will provide a
survey of research in psychology as it relates
to the legal and political process. Among the
topics covered may be jury decision-making,
the insanity defense, negotiation, race, trial
consulting, obscenity and pornography,
and capital punishment. Each topic will be
considered from both a theoretical and an
applied perspective.
Race and Law
This course explores the historical foundations
of selected current issues where race has legal
significance. It is not a comprehensive civil
rights course. Half of the course will consist of
a historical survey of the intersection of race
and law in what has become the United States,
from 1600 to 1954. The course will focus
primarily on the legal condition of African
Americans, first in the slave societies that
prevailed until 1865, then in the condition of
servitude that followed for another century.
The course will also briefly consider the legal
experience of Spanish-speaking peoples in
what was successively colonial Mexico and
then Texas and the rest of the southwestern
United States, will note problems faced by
Chinese and Japanese immigrants to the
United States, will look briefly at the racial
implications of American empire, and will
consider the constitutional status of the Native
American peoples. The emphasis in this part
of the course will be on a survey designed to
familiarize students with historical experiences
seldom taught, and never integrated, in high
school and college. The second half of the
course focuses on problems that arose after
1954. These include the incidence of the death
penalty; affirmative action; the desegregation,
integration, and resegregation of American
schools; voting rights; law-enforcement issues;
and others. The course will also concern,
almost exclusively, the legal opportunities
and challenges facing African Americans.
The focus of our work will be on answers to
these questions: Is Brown v. Board of Education
(1954) still the law of the land? To the extent
that it isn’t, what has supplanted it, and what
resemblance (if any) does that post-Brown
society bear to the nation surveyed in the first
half of the course? Irregular course offering.
Race, Sex, Memory, and the Law
Since the United States Supreme Court ruled
antimiscegenation law unconstitutional in
Loving v. Virginia (1967), commentators have
heralded the onset of the “biracial baby
boom.” This type of law and thought, productive as it may be, treats mixed race as a new
phenomenon, as if interracial intimacy had not
occurred before then. This seminar analyzes
juridical and historical dialogues of miscegenation that refer to this seemingly nonexistent
past, with a goal of questioning our collective
memory of discrete and impenetrable racial
lines. We will examine past and present legal
conflicts of miscegenation, including testamentary disputes, presidential sex, racial
passing, and the myth of Pocahontas. Our aim
is to interrogate anachronistic conceptions
of racial boundaries that incorrectly rely
upon present recollections of the past as seen
through the eyes of law, specifically the antimiscegenist regime that preceded Loving. We
will take an interdisciplinary approach to this
legal analysis by relying on fiction, film, and
theory, including Samuel Clemens’ Puddn’head
Wilson, Dion Bioucault’s The Octoroon, and John
Sayle’s Lone Star. Readings include, among
others, Charles Chesnutt, Vine Deloria Jr.,
Randall Kennedy, and Annette Gordon-Reed.
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Real Estate Transactions
Standard residential and commercial real
estate transactions, including consideration
of brokerage arrangements, contracts of sale,
methods of financing, methods of title protection, mortgage markets, construction loans,
and permanent financing.
Refugee and Asylum Law
The course lays out the historical, political, and
philosophical background to the development
of the concept of “refugee” in the 20th
century, followed by the legal framework,
illustrating how U.S. law complements—and
sometimes contradicts—the standards
developed in international law. The focus
then shifts to the procedural and evidentiary
requirements for making a claim for asylum
before the I.N.S. through a simulation in which
students interview a mock asylum applicant
and research and prepare a legal petition
on her behalf. The course concludes with a
reconsideration of the international refugee
regime and its most pressing problems, such as
the internally displaced.
Regulation of Electronic Mass
Communications
Regulation of radio, television, cable systems,
and new technologies; economic and First
Amendment implications of administrative
oversight. Irregular course offering.
Regulatory Law and Policy
An advanced exploration of regulatory decision
making, focusing on the reasons for and
methods used in implementing regulation;
how policy and politics impact on regulatory
decisions and relate to the legal authority of
agencies; case studies of regulatory programs,
their successes and failures. Course requirements include one or more research papers,
which will meet the College of Law writing
requirement. Administrative Law or Public
Administration and Law are prerequisites
for this course. This one-semester course is a
J.D./M.P.A. program requirement.
Religion and the State
Introduces the concept of the law/religion
interaction and the methodology of
comparative law. Will focus on general topic of
fundamentalism. Focus will also be selected
countries (including three democracies) that
represent major religions: Catholic Ireland,
Shiite Iran (bracketed by an introductory class
on Islam and a case study on Salman Rushdie),
Jewish Israel, and Hindu/Muslim India.
Irregular course offering.
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Rethinking American Law
This is a topical course focused on the study
of contemporary issues in American Indian
law. Several issues will be addressed in depth
that related to the indigenous nations and
peoples within New York State, including (i)
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) land claims and
their resolution; (ii) state efforts to require
Indian nations to collect state sales taxes; (iii)
Indian gaming and its proliferation within
the state; (iv) federal agency efforts to apply
general regulatory laws to Indian nations; and
(v) criminal jurisdiction and its enforcement on
Indian lands. Irregular course offering.
Secured Transactions
This course deals in depth with the creation
and perfection of security interests in personal
property, priority of claims, and remedies
upon debtor’s default under Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code. Additionally, some
consideration is given to related concepts
under the Federal Bankruptcy Code. Irregular
course offering.
Securities Arbitration/ Consumer Law Clinic
The Securities Arbitration/Consumer Law
Clinic represents small investors who have lost
some or all of their investments as a result of
improper conduct on the part of stock brokers,
investment advisors, securities firms, and
mutual funds, and who are required to use the
arbitration process for the resolution of their
disputes. Starting in fall 2006, students will
also have the opportunity to handle a variety
of consumer cases.
Securities Regulations
Securities Act of 1933: regulation of the distribution of securities, including the registration
process, exempt securities, exempt transactions, enforcement, and liabilities; Securities
Exchange Act of 1934: regulation of trading
in securities and related market activities,
including tender offers, proxy solicitations,
market manipulation, disclosure requirements,
insider trading, and express and implied civil
liabilities.
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Legal issues as they affect the lives of lesbians,
gays, and bisexuals in the United States.
Constitutional law, employment law, family
law, property law, criminal law, and estate
planning are the areas of primary focus.
Sovereignty, Colonialism, and the
Indigenous Nations
This course will explore issues relating to the
self-determination of Indigenous peoples and
the sovereignty of Indigenous nations located
within the Western Hemisphere generally and
the United States in particular. Topics to be
addressed fall into three main categories: (i)
the meaning of Indigenous sovereignty and
self-determination and the relationship of
these concepts to the survival of Indigenous
peoples and nations; (ii) the threats to
Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination, in particular the threat of colonialism;
and (iii) the means by which Indigenous nation
sovereignty can be developed and strengthened. By focusing on the legal, political, and
economic systems of Indigenous nations and
peoples, it is intended that students develop
a greater understanding of non-western legal
and political systems and possibly gain greater
insight into the strengths and weaknesses of
the American legal and political systems.
Sports Law
This course will examine various areas of the
law as they relate to sports (both professional
sports and intercollegiate sports), including
such areas as contract law, antitrust law, labor
law, law regulating player agents, gender
discrimination law, and personal injury law.
Tax Practice and Procedures
Study of procedural problems concerned with
the administration of the Internal Revenue
Code and the handling of tax disputes,
including litigation.
Taxation of International Transactions
Taxation of nonresident aliens and foreign
corporations on income earned in the United
States and of U.S. citizens, residents, and
corporations on income from foreign sources.
Taxation of Passthrough Business Entities
Taxation of partnerships and subchapter S
corporations.
Technology Transactions Law
The classroom component offered in coordination with the Technology Transfer Research
Center, which includes extensive readings on
law, technology and business topics; case study
problems; software simulations; and lectures
and discussions based upon assigned work.
Technology Commercialization Research
Center
Will operate in conjunction with CASE
Technology-Transfer Research Center. Interns
will work in the CTRC and attend a series
of classes devoted to technology transfer
subjects.
Theories and Strategies in Persuasive Writing
Using theoretical principles of human nature
identified in classical rhetoric, psychology,
and literary theory, Theories and Strategies in
Persuasive Writing will focus on why certain
writing strategies are persuasive and how
and when a legal writer might use a particular
writing strategy. Specifically, the course will
consider the function and use of literary
references in persuasive writing, the various
persuasive writing strategies based on classical
rhetoric theory, and persuasive writing strategies based on psychology theory. Irregular
course offering.
Transitional Justice Seminar
The study of the evolving legal and sociopolitical processes by which formerly repressive regimes transform themselves into rule
of law states. (Note: The phrase “Transitional
Justice” has become a common way to describe
this process, which includes the replacement
of old laws, officials and governmental institutions; prosecution of the former regime
leadership; truth and reconciliation
mechanisms; reparations for victims of human
rights and humanitarian law violations, etc.)
Students will write individual research papers
(which will satisfy the College of Law writing
requirement) and, as a group, the class will
draft a new constitution for a hypothetical
“transitional” country.
Trial Practice
Courtroom techniques and tactics drawing on
substantive and procedural law and evidence
courses. Students prepare and conduct trial
exercises under direction of instructor.
Unfair Competition
Common law tort and legislative remedies for
civil wrongs arising from business conduct and
commercial dealings; common law trade libel
and product disparagement, mixed tort and
contract remedies.
Women and the Law
Historical perspective of the legal problems of
women in American society.
Women in the Criminal Justice System
This applied learning course will examine
women’s increased involvement throughout
the criminal justice system. The students will
analyze the role of gender in criminal law
doctrine, practice, and adjudication using an
interdisciplinary approach to these subjects.
In addition to the fall semester being devoted
primarily to substantive discussions, visits
by guest speakers, and initial development
of student papers, and the spring semester
being devoted to additional development of
the drafts, presentations, and field trips, the
course will also include a “community service”
dimension. Students will devote approximately
10 hours assisting battered women in the
Family Court in Syracuse. Irregular course
offering.
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innovation and
specialization
Innovation begins in a student’s
first year of study at Syracuse.
The legal communication and
research courses and first-year
Legislation and Policy elective
courses introduce students to
crucial legal skills and the legal
environment. Following the first
year, opportunities to specialize in
one or more areas of the law are
abundant at Syracuse. Students
are able to explore and expand
their career interests throughout
their three years of law study.
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Legal Communication
and Research
As part of an on-going plan to blend
substantive legal education with practical
skills training, the college has instituted an
innovative first-year Course called Legal
Communication and Research. Each student
is assigned to a small-group class directed
by a legal writing professor. In the Legal
Communication and Research Course,
students develop legal writing, research, and
problem-solving skills in connection with
hypothetical fact patterns based on actual
cases and controversies. This course introduces
students to the multifaceted role of the lawyer
early in their studies.
The low student-to-instructor ratio of the
class ensures close, personal attention to development of the most crucial lawyering skills.
In addition to intensive writing exercises, the
course exposes students to a range of practical
skills required in actual law practice.
Ever mindful of the effect of technological
advances on the practice of law, the College
of Law provides technology training as part of
the course. Instruction in computer-assisted
legal research methods begins in the second
semester of the first year with structured
training sessions for computer-assisted legal
research.
First-Year Legislation
and Policy Electives
All first-year students now have the option
of electing one course in the spring semester.
Students choose from several specialized
first-year electives that may include civil rights
law, consumer protection law, federal Indian
law, disability law, environmental law, employment discrimination, family law, health law,
labor law, voting rights and electoral process,
and securities law. In these courses, students
explore the institutions and processes of legislation, including an examination of statutory
interpretation and administrative processes,
as applied to the particular substantive area of
law. To facilitate innovative teaching strategies
and individualized learning opportunities, each
elective course is limited in enrollment to fewer
than 40 students.
Innovative Opportunities
Innovation continues into a student’s second
and third years at Syracuse. A variety of
opportunities allow students to learn more in
areas that provide strong grounding for issues
likely to be encountered in the practice of law
in the next century.
Syracuse Law has developed special
opportunities that provide outstanding
educational experiences. These include
training in advocacy skills, international law,
technology law, family law and social policy,
law and economics, disabilities law, national
security, the law of indigenous people, and a
wide array of interdisciplinary opportunities
and diverse in-house clinical and externship
experiences.
Upperclass students may select from a
variety of elective courses and seminars
listed on pages 9 to 11 and from the offerings
described on pages 12 to 31.
The Writing Center
The Writing Center offers individualized
writing assistance to students based on
the philosophy that “all written work needs
improving; every writer can improve.”
The Writing Center supports the writing
activities of College of Law students by
offering one-on-one conferences, as well as
small-group workshops and large-group
presentations.
The center offers a variety of activities
focusing on the writing process, including
document organization and presentation,
principles of composition, expository writing,
argumentation techniques, legal usage and
style, and presenting a completed product. The
Writing Center uses a variety of instructional
methods to accomplish its missions.
For students, the Writing Center is a resource
for improving their writing; for faculty, the
Writing Center is a resource to supplement
their classroom writing activities.
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interdisciplinary learning
opportunities
Syracuse University College of Law’s
mission is guided by the philosophy
that the best way to educate lawyers
to practice in today’s world is to
engage them in a process of
interdisciplinary learning while
teaching them to apply what they
learn in the classroom to real legal
issues, problems, and clients.
Beginning in the first year and
continuing throughout the
curriculum, students are exposed to
educational settings that integrate
opportunities to acquire a better
understanding of legal theory and
doctrine, develop professional skills,
and gain exposure to the values and
ethics of the legal profession. As a
result, Syracuse students are better
prepared for the practice of law.
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Centers and Institute
While law degrees do not include “majors,” by
participating in a center or institute, students
can specialize in certain areas and have
real-life experiences related to the type of
law they may choose to practice. Students can
gain hands-on experience by working closely
with faculty members and classmates in small
groups on simulated or actual legal problems.
Students may complete all requirements within
the three-year course of study for the J.D. and
receive certificates upon completion noting
their accomplishments.
Technology Commercialization
Law Program (TCL)
In a unique program designed to bridge theory
and practice for students planning careers in
intellectual property and technology management, the Technology Commercialization Law
(TCL) Program emphasizes interdisciplinary
and applied approaches to commercial
development of new technology.
In addition to law subjects, students are
immersed in a business curriculum that
includes business planning, finance, intellectual
property licensing, venture capital, and tax
issues.
They are trained to research electronic
databases and use computers and telecommunications systems as practice tools, and
work in cross-disciplinary teams on real-world
technology development arranged through
SU’s Technology Commercialization Research
Center with companies and research
organizations. Although a background in a
technical field is not required, the majority
of TCL students have science or engineering
degrees or have worked in technology-related
occupations before entering law school.
The TCL Program has recently been
awarded a highly prestigious grant from the
New York State Office of Science, Technology,
and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to provide
legal support services to university research
centers and early-stage technology companies
throughout New York State. TCL students will
be actively engaged in this project.
Center on Property, Citizenship, and Social
Entrepreneurism (PCSE)
When students study law in the Center on
PCSE, they explore issues related to modern
real estate transactions and finance; community development and housing; global property
law systems; and access to ownership for
inclusion of the elderly, the poor, and persons
with disabilities. The PCSE curriculum provides
students with the skills and knowledge that
are essential to understanding the critical
role of law in defining property, constituting
markets, and fostering institutions of citizenship and governance. PCSE engages students
in coursework, team projects, and research
opportunities in all areas of property law and
theory, including real, personal, intangible,
intellectual, and cultural property. PCSE also
addresses the special needs of business and of
corporate counsel. Property issues are among
the most hotly contested issues in the global
marketplace and PCSE offers students a front
row seat.
Our curriculum is based on a belief that the
modern lawyer must understand property and
its regulation as part of the broader economic
organization of society. This includes a need
to understand relevant political, business, and
financial factors. The curriculum prepares
students for a variety of opportunities in law
firms, government agencies, financial institutions, development organizations, business,
and for graduate studies. Students may earn
a Certificate in Advanced Property Studies, or
the Corporate Counsel Certificate by successfully completing the core PCSE requirements.
Both certificates are awarded by the College of
Law at graduation, upon successful completion
of all requirements. The core curriculum is
outlined on our web site at www.law.syr.edu/pcse.
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Global Law and Practice
Family Law and Social Policy Center
Technological developments, the end of the
Cold War, and increasing economic interdependence among nations have challenged
legal education to keep pace in the expanding
field of global studies. For more than 35 years,
Syracuse University College of Law has been
a leader in international legal studies. Out
of that tradition, the Center for Global Law
and Practice emerged, offering students a
broad variety of opportunities in and out of
the classroom.
Students who participate in the center
choose courses in the international area
from a varied menu. From their first year,
students may be exposed to the field of global
law by being selected for the International
Section of the Legal Communication and
Research course, from which participants are
selected for the First-Year International Moot
Court Competition. Students may join the
International Law Society, which sponsors a
number of extracurricular activities, or write
for the Syracuse Journal of International Law
and Commerce, one of the oldest student-edited
international law reviews in the United States.
Students who fulfill certain course requirements can earn the Certificate in Global Law
and Practice.
Selected students may become Global
Law and Practice research associates
or research assistants working on global pro
bono projects, such as the Sierra Leone project.
For academic credit, students in the project
draft legal memoranda on issues of international criminal law requested by the office of
the prosecutor of the U.N.-created War Crimes
Court in Sierra Leone.
Students may also apply classroom learning
by competing in the Jessup International
Law Competition, the Vienna Arbitration
Competition on International Sales of Goods,
or the tri-lingual Inter-American Human Rights
Competition. Students can also receive handson experiences through work on related cases
in our clinics and Syracuse’s summer abroad
program in London.
An added advantage for global law students
is the opportunity to take international
relations and other courses at the Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
consistently rated the premier graduate school
in public administration in the United States.
The Family Law and Social Policy Center
prepares law students for a career in family
law by engaging them in interdisciplinary
research, providing them with applied learning
experiences, and connecting them with the
community to provide services that benefit
families and children.
Students participating in the Family Law
and Social Policy Center Programs are eligible
to receive a certificate that recognizes their
concentration in either family law or estate
planning. Students interested in earning the
Family Law and Social Policy Certificate must
take Family Law and four elective courses from
the family law curriculum. Those who would
like to obtain the Estate Planning Certificate
must take 17 credits in estate planning coursework. It is possible for students to achieve
both certificates upon graduation, as many of
the course requirements overlap. The family
law curriculum includes a variety of courses
to choose from, including: Bioethics, Children
and the Law, Estate Planning, Mediation, and
Domestic Violence. Additionally, students have
the opportunity to take courses and perform
research in other graduate divisions that will
count toward the Family Law and Social Policy
Certificate requirements. Students often take
family policy-related classes at the highly
respected Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs or Syracuse University School of
Social Work.
Through its applied learning courses, such
as the Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic
and the Service-Learning Program, students
participate in hands-on learning opportunities
that combine in-depth classroom learning with
actual problem solving. These courses provide
opportunities to interact with professionals in
other fields as well as with practicing attorneys. In the Children’s Rights and Family Law
Clinic, students represent clients with legal
needs that would otherwise go unserved. The
Service-Learning Program enables students
to assist pro bono or nonprofit legal service
organizations in providing family law–related
services to the low-income community.
The Family Advocacy Program (FAP) is a
medical-legal collaboration co-sponsored by
the Family Law and Social Policy Center, the
Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic (CRC),
and Upstate Pediatrics and Adolescent Center
of University Hospital and Upstate Medical
University. Medical and legal professionals
work together to provide legal assistance to
address problems affecting a child’s health.
Students have the unique opportunity to represent FAP clients in the clinic program or assist
pro bono attorneys in providing legal services
to clients ineligible for FAP services.
From their first year, students are invited to
participate in center events, such as speakers,
conferences, and pro bono programs. Students
are also encouraged to become involved in
related activities such as the National Gabrielli
Family Law Moot Court Competition or the
Family Law Society.
The center includes a diverse faculty of
experts and practitioners in various areas of
family law such as bioethics, children’s rights,
disability law, and elder law. The center also
employs a full-time executive director
dedicated to organizing conferences and
speakers on various family law topics, coaching
the Family Law Moot Court Team, and assisting
students in planning for and obtaining center
certificates.
The center offers unique opportunities that
blend interdisciplinary theory and practice in
the field of family law in ways that are both
challenging and rewarding to law students.
These combined experiences allow students
to emerge from the program with the
professional skills and experiences necessary
to launch successful and satisfying careers in
family law.
For more information, visit the center’s
web site at www.law.syr.edu/family.
Center for Indigenous Law,
Governance, and Citizenship
Established in 2003, The Center for Indigenous
Law, Governance, and Citizenship at Syracuse
University focuses on programmatic activities
that include: conducting research relating
to citizenship, rights and responsibilities of
Indigenous peoples and the governance of
Indigenous nations in the United States and
Canada; providing technical assistance to
Indigenous nations seeking to reform their
governing institutions and administrative laws;
assisting federal, state, local and provincial
governments who seek to reform their Indian
affairs laws; and promoting a greater
understanding of the law, governance, and
history of the Haudenosaunee (“People of the
Longhouse”). The issues and activities of these
areas are inherently complex and multidisciplinary. They delve into such disciplines as law,
politics, administration, finance, anthropology,
and sociology, necessitating collaboration and
partnership with other schools on campus.
Institute for National Security
and Counterterrorism (INSCT)
The Institute for National Security and
Counterterrorism, a joint enterprise of the
College of Law and the Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, is dedicated to
the interdisciplinary study of important
questions of law and policy related to national
and international security and counterterrorism. In furtherance of this mission, INSCT
supports the development of new and existing
courses; sponsors conferences, workshops, and
lectures; and administers a student research
center.
Responding to the growing interest in
terrorism and other security threats, the
institute and its sponsoring schools have
developed an extensive security studies curriculum and offer students two certificates in
security and counterterrorism studies. A prime
example of this curriculum is the Perspectives
on Terrorism course, which is team taught by
faculty from the disciplines of law, history,
political science, communication, international
relations, and public administration. Disciplinespecific courses are also taught in almost
all Maxwell School departments and at the
College of Law, which offers such courses as
National Security Law, Counterterrorism and
the Law, Prosecuting Terrorists in Article III
Courts, and Legal Aspects of Future War.
Partnering with academic centers within
Syracuse University, nationally, and internationally, the institute also sponsors conferences
and lectures that are designed to further a
research agenda in security or terrorism and
bring together scholars, current and former
government officials, and media representatives. Topics have included information sharing
and homeland security, the global war on
terrorism, reorganization of the intelligence
community, terrorist financing, investigating
and prosecuting terrorists, and violent extremists and the political process. Such topics are
explored in more depth not only by faculty, but
also by students in the National Security and
Counterterrorism Research Center, where they
conduct faculty and practitioner-supervised
research and write reports for publication
or dissemination to government and private
entities. More information about the Institute
is available at insct.syr.edu.
Disability Law and Policy Program
The College of Law’s new Disability Law and
Policy Program is the first such certificate
program of its kind in the United States. It
offers law students the opportunity to gain
legal research and practice experience in
disability law and advocacy. The program
sponsors courses, clinics, externships, research
and advocacy opportunities, lectures, and
co-curricular activities. A certificate in
disability law and policy is available to those
law students who complete the program’s
academic requirements. The Disability Law
and Policy Program also sponsors the nation’s
first joint degree program in law and disability
studies, as well as a joint degree in law and
social work.
The Disability Law and Policy Program is part
of Syracuse University’s Center on Human
Policy, Law, and Disability Studies which,
itself, is the first such university-based
multidisciplinary center, coalescing disabilityrelated teaching, research, academic and
co-curricular programs, and national and
international advocacy projects by SU faculty
and students. The center promotes its mission
of inclusion and equality of children and adults
with disabilities in society by developing and
sponsoring academic programs and courses,
conferences and publications, research and
training programs, and public education and
advocacy efforts. The center is co-directed
by Professor Arlene Kanter of the College of
Law and Professor Steve Taylor of the School
of Education. For more information about the
Disability Law and Policy Program, see:
www.law.syr.edu/academics/centers/dlp/index.asp.
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Office of Clinical Legal Education
In-House Clinics
Community Development Law Clinic
Legal concepts learned in the classroom
come to life for students who participate in
the Syracuse University College of Law’s InHouse Clinics and Externship Program. Clinic
and externship students work with and as
lawyers in law offices, becoming immersed
in the actual practice of law through their
work on real cases affecting real clients. At
the same time, students reflect on their legal
experiences through classroom discussion,
writing assignments and one-on-one interactions with faculty members and supervising
attorneys. The practical experience that our
students receive through our In-House Clinics
and Externship Program helps them develop
professionally and fine-tune their lawyering
skills. Additionally, by participating in our
programs, students provide much-needed
legal services to our community, as many of
our clients are unable to afford private counsel.
Essentially, clinic and externship students have
the opportunity to become lawyers while still
in law school. As such, all students are strongly
encouraged to enroll in the In-House Clinics or
Externship Program, which are offered during
the summer and academic year.
The In-House Clinics comprise a small law firm
located in the College of Law’s MacNaughton
Hall. Students enrolled in the In-House Clinics
represent clients in our law office under the
supervision of College of Law faculty. They
work directly with clients, conducting interviews and counseling sessions, developing
case theories, preparing investigation plans,
conducting research, writing memoranda, and
appearing in city, state, and federal courts and
before administrative agencies. At the same
time, students participate in clinical seminars
that include training in ethical issues, substantive law, lawyering skills, and professionalism,
as well as ongoing discussions of clinic cases.
They are encouraged to examine the legal,
justice and social systems in which they work
to resolve their clients’ problems, and to
discuss the rewards and challenges of representing clients for the first time. Workspace,
computers, and staff support are provided in
the Office of Clinical Legal Education.
The Community Development Law Clinic is one
of the oldest community development law
clinics in the country. Founded in 1988, it
provides representation for not-for profit
organizations involved in improving lowincome communities. Students enrolled in this
clinic practice transactional law for clients
engaged in activities such as the development
of affordable housing; creation of business
and job development programs; creation and
development of community centers,
after-school programs, day care centers;
neighborhood advocacy organizations;
disability advocacy organizations; and
community development corporations.
Students may also represent individual clients
in real estate closings and the development
of start-up businesses. The work in this clinic
applies corporation law, tax law, business law,
contract law, poverty law, intellectual property
law, and real estate law.
Disability Rights Clinic
Criminal Defense Law Clinic
The Criminal Defense Law Clinic provides
representation to clients charged with
misdemeanors and violations in Syracuse City
Court. Students enrolled in this clinic engage
in extensive fact investigation, interviewing,
client counseling and plea negotiations. They
also conduct hearings and trials and may have
the opportunity to represent clients on civil
matters related to their criminal cases, such
as school disciplinary hearings and benefits
issues.
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The Disability Rights Clinic is dedicated to
providing representation to individuals with
disabilities as well as groups representing the
disabled community. This clinic represents
those who cannot afford private counsel.
Students enrolled in this clinic practice in
federal and state courts and before
administrative agencies in a broad range of
disability discrimination matters. They also
handle social security benefits cases, special
education cases and accessibility issues under
federal and state law.
“For me, the Criminal Defense Law Clinic acted as
a bridge between Law School and the real world.
My experience in the clinic encouraged me to seek
employment in the area of indigent criminal defense
because it helped me realize that I enjoyed being
in court and litigating various aspects of criminal
law, while working in the public interest arena at
the same time. One of the most important things
that participating in the clinic taught me was that
as an attorney, I would always need to be open to
learning new things, including how to interact with
different types of people or how to think about different ways of approaching a case or an argument.”
Melissa Kowalewski, L‘04
New Hampshire Public Defender
Nashua, NH
Children’s Rights and
Family Law Clinic
Securities Arbitration/
Consumer Law Clinic
The Children’s Rights and Family Law
Clinic addresses the unmet legal needs of
children and their families by representing
them in federal and state courts and before
administrative agencies. Students enrolled in
this clinic provide services in a variety of areas,
including special education, school disciplinary
and suspension hearings, emancipation, child
custody and support, adoption, guardianship,
and divorce matters. They also assist clients in
the Family Advocacy Program, a collaborative
project with SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Additionally, students have the opportunity to
engage in non-litigation legal advocacy and
educational outreach.
The Securities Arbitration/Consumer Law
Clinic assists small investors who have lost
some or all of their investments as a result
of improper conduct on the part of stock
brokers, investment advisors, securities
firms, and mutual funds. Students enrolled
in this clinic represent eligible investors
who are required to use the arbitration
process for the resolution of their disputes.
Starting in fall 2006, students will handle
a variety of consumer cases, potentially
including mortgage foreclosures, consumer
protection act violations, unfair and
deceptive trade practices, unfair debt
collection, and lemon laws.
Low-Income Taxpayer Law Clinic
“Participating in the Community Development Law
Clinic was one of the most valuable experiences
that I had while in Law School. It helped me to
test what I had learned in the classroom, practice
my legal skills and gain confidence and practical
knowledge that I could take with me to a job when
I graduated. It gave me the opportunity to learn
how to relate to and communicate with clients and
to understand the importance of using my legal
experience to help them accomplish their goals.”
The Low-Income Taxpayer Law Clinic offers
legal assistance to lower-income taxpayers
who have controversies or issues with the
Internal Revenue Service. Students enrolled
in this clinic handle income tax audits and
examinations, administrative appeals, unfiled
tax returns and issues related to the collection
of back taxes by the Internal Revenue Service.
Students seek to resolve these controversies
and issues through negotiations with Internal
Revenue Service agents and, when necessary,
file Petitions in the United States Tax Court
or Complaints in the Federal District Courts.
Since its inception, students enrolled in the
Law Income Taxpayer Clinic have helped their
clients recover more than $201,000.
Erica Levin, L‘05
United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development
Washington, DC
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Externship Program
Academic Year and Summer Externships in
Upstate New York
“Externs who are placed in our office will get
hands on experience in legal research, writing
briefs and troubleshooting problems that come
up in our cases. This not only benefits our
work, as they become an integral part of the
office, but it also gives them the opportunity to
experience what it is like to work in a District
Attorney’s office and decide if it is something
they want to pursue as a career path after
graduation.”
Jim Maxwell
Chief Assistant District Attorney
Syracuse, NY
Externship Supervisor
since 1990’s
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Students enrolled in the Externship Program
work in government offices, judges’ chambers,
and public interest organizations throughout
Upstate New York. At the same time, students
participate in the externship seminar, which
allows them to reflect on their legal experiences. Students participating in the Externship
Program will increase their understanding
of the range of skills necessary for effective
lawyering, improve their ability to perform
lawyering skills, gain self-confidence in their
lawyering abilities, and develop productive
relationships with supervisors, clients, support
staff, and peers.
The Externship Program maintains relationships with offices that offer multiple externship
positions to Syracuse University College of Law
students each year in Syracuse, Rochester,
Binghamton, Utica, Oswego, Auburn, Canandaigua,
and Ithaca. The following have traditionally
offered externship positions to our students,
and the list continues to grow each year:
Government Offices:
United States Attorney’s Office
Office of the United States Trustee
New York State Attorney General’s Office
New York State Attorney General’s OfficeCivil Recoveries Bureau
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation
District Attorney’s Office
Onondaga County Attorney’s Office
Corporation Counsel’s Office
Judges’ Chambers:
United States District Court
United States Bankruptcy Court
New York State Supreme Court—Civil and
Matrimonial Parts
Onondaga County Family Court
Oneida County Family Court
Auburn City Court
Fulton City Court
Oswego City Court
Public Interest Organizations
The Office of the Federal Public Defender
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York
Legal Services of Central New York
Legal Aid Society of Rochester
Prisoners’ Legal Services
At the beginning of each calendar year,
students engage in a competitive application
and interview process, which culminates in
offers from the various externship placements.
In addition to providing students with
opportunities to practice their interviewing
skills, this process also helps them meet and
network with members of the local legal
community, which will be important to their
future job search.
Externs engage in challenging assignments,
including drafting decisions, memos,
pleadings or other legal documents,
researching memoranda, interviewing and
preparing witnesses, participating as
co-counsel at trials and observing trials,
appellate arguments or in-chamber
proceedings. Since they are enrolled in the
program for an entire summer and/or
academic year, externship students become
an integral part of the law offices in which
they work and receive valuable guidance and
feedback from their supervisors, who
are seasoned professionals in their fields.
Summer Away Externships
The Summer Away Externship Program
offers students the opportunity to work at an
approved placement anywhere in the United
States or abroad during the summer. Typically,
students identify their own placements, in government offices, judges’ chambers, or public
interest organizations, which are then submitted
for approval by the Externship Office.
Advocacy Skills
Moot Court
International Moot Court Competitions
Developing skills to be a lawyer requires more
than briefing cases and interpreting statutes
and law treatises. It means involvement with
clients in real as well as simulated law problems and acquiring the knowledge necessary
to solve these problems. Being a good lawyer
requires superb advocacy skills.
The College of Law is recognized for its
award-winning advocacy programs. The
college was honored with the Emil Gumpert
Award for the best law school advocacy
program in the United States by the American
College of Trial Lawyers. The New York State
Bar Association cited Syracuse as the best trial
skills law school in New York State 11 times
in recent years by awarding the college its
coveted Tiffany Cup.
A strong moot court program is an important
part of legal education at Syracuse University
College of Law.
The student-run Moot Court Honor Society
selects problems for the many intraschool
competitions and invites students to compete
in briefing and oral argument.
The Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition,
held each fall, culminates in a championship moot court trial presided over by a
distinguished jurist and a jury of the area’s
leading trial attorneys. In the spring, the
appellate advocacy program culminates in
the Mackenzie Lewis Competition, in which
finalists argue an appellate problem before a
distinguished panel of nationally noted jurists
and lawyers.
Because of its extensive advocacy skills
program, Syracuse dominates national moot
court competitions. In the past 16 years, its
teams have won three national trial championships, 16 northeast regional first place awards,
and five best-advocate-in-the-nation awards.
Six times in the past seven years SU law
has been invited to the National Invitational
Tournament of Champions, featuring the
nation’s 16 best teams. Syracuse has won other
national awards in appellate, minority rights,
and international tax competitions during the
past two decades.
Syracuse law students participate annually
in a host of international moot court
competitions. Working closely with faculty
coaches, year after year the select group of
students continues to uphold the high
reputation of previous classes.
Students can choose to specialize in
international law as early as their first year
by being selected for a special section of the
Legal Communication and Research course.
Eight students from this class participate in
an interschool moot court competition in
Canada. The team took first place in 2003
and second place in 2005.
A team of second- and third-year Syracuse
law students competes annually at the Jessup
competition, an intercollegiate event held
under the aegis of the American Society of
International Law. Teams compete at regional
and international levels on a significant
international law problem. In 2000, 2004,
and 2006, the team won the “best memorial”
award for the Northeast Region and in 2006,
team members took home the “best oralist”
award.
Syracuse Law is one of a small number of
U.S. law schools invited to participate with
European and Australian law schools in an
international moot arbitration in Vienna,
Austria. The newest international team
competes in the trilingual (Spanish, English,
Portuguese) Inter-American Human Rights
Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C.
A member of the Syracuse team won “best
English oralist” in 2005.
Trial Advocacy
Trial practice courses are among the most
popular elective offerings for College of Law
students. In beginning and advanced courses,
experienced trial lawyers, judges, and college
faculty members teach elements of trial
process and techniques. Simulated trials take
place in the college’s practice courtrooms
throughout the semester.
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other
opportunities
for specialization
and
interdisciplinary
study
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Joint Degree Programs
Syracuse University College of Law students
who desire a greater degree of specialization
may select from a number of interdisciplinary
opportunities. In a joint degree program, a
student may pursue concurrently a J.D. and a
related master’s or doctoral degree. Formal
joint degree programs exist in public administration, business administration, or accounting,
communications, environmental law, education
(disability studies), and engineering. The
college will also assist students in tailoring
other joint degree programs to fit particular
career objectives. Joint degree programs are
structured so students can earn both degrees
in substantially less time than would be
required to earn each degree separately.
Students enrolled in a joint degree program
must complete their first year of study in the
College of Law. Students may apply to both
programs before coming to law school, but
most students elect to apply during their
second semester of law school; regardless,
students must apply and be admitted to
both programs separately. Admissions
requirements, including submission of
standardized test scores, will vary by program.
Consequently, applicants must check with
individual departments about their program’s
admissions requirements. Because a joint
degree program involves the reciprocal application of electives, students are not awarded
either degree until the requirements for both
degrees are completed. In certain programs,
this may necessitate a delay in taking the bar
examination.
J.D./Master of Business Administration and
J.D./Master of Science in Accounting
Business and industry must take public and
private law into account in all decisions. The
College of Law and the Martin J. Whitman
School of Management have responded by
creating joint degree programs in business
administration and accounting. Students may
obtain a J.D. and M.B.A. or M.S. in accounting in
four years instead of the five years necessary
when both programs are pursued separately.
These programs are particularly appropriate
for students with career objectives in corporate
law, tax law, or labor law.
At Syracuse, the M.B.A. curriculum is flexible
enough to accommodate the interests of the
law/management student. Students may pursue general management programs or specialize in such areas of concentration as finance,
human resource management, international
business, and marketing. J.D./M.B.A. students
generally complete program requirements in
four academic years. Program structure for
the J.D./M.S. in accounting varies substantially
depending on the student’s accounting
background and desire for certification.
J.D./Master of Science in Communications
Joint degrees in communications, offered
in cooperation with Syracuse University’s
renowned S.I. Newhouse School of Public
Communications, prepare students for careers
in communications law and media public
policy. Students may matriculate into one of
a number of programs, including specialized
sequences in advertising, media administration, newspaper, magazine, television/ radio,
and public relations. The duration of the joint
program in communications varies according
to the program chosen and the student’s prior
coursework.
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“I chose Syracuse Law for a number of
reasons, and I left with even more reasons
for why I appreciate Syracuse so much. Just
to name a few: my ability to concurrently
earn a joint Master of Public Administration
degree from the Maxwell School, Syracuse
Law’s national reputation for its successful
trial and appellate advocacy teams, and
the ‘Cuse athletic teams that tell the world
that our student-centered private university
focuses on the education of the whole
person. Specifically, Syracuse Law provided
me with a solid foundation from which
to build my legal career. Syracuse Law is
truly a national law school with graduates
at all levels of the practicing legal community, government, academia and business
throughout the United States and the world.
Aristotle Evia, L‘99
Gordon & Rees
San Francisco, CA
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J.D./Master of Science in Education with
a Certificate in Disability Studies
J.D./Master of Engineering
and Computer Science
The College of Law’s newest joint degree
program in law and education, with a
concentration in disability studies was
approved in January 2003 and offers students
the opportunity to earn a J.D. and M.S. in
education. Eligible joint degree students also
may earn a Certificate of Advanced Study
(CAS) in disability studies, which is a New
York State-approved concentration. Disability
studies applies legal, social, cultural, historical,
and philosophical perspectives to the study
of disability in society. This new joint degree,
with a concentration in disability studies, is
the first such degree in the nation. In 1996, SU
also became the first American university to
offer a graduate program in disability studies,
and the only one with a law school component.
Joint degree students enroll in selected courses
with the School of Education, which is ranked
among the best education graduate schools
in the country; its Special Education and
Cultural Foundations in Education Programs
are consistently ranked within the top 10
nationwide. Law students who graduate with
the J.D./M.S. in law and education/disability
studies are prepared to play leadership roles
in the field of disability law and policy in such
settings as federal and state government agencies, community service agencies, advocacy
organizations, school districts, and law firms
specializing in disability and/or education law.
Students may obtain the J.D. and M.S. in
three years instead of the four necessary to
earn both degrees independently.
This unique combination of programs has
been initiated by the College of Law and
the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and
Computer Science (ECS) to benefit students
who are interested in technology-oriented
practice. A J.D./M.S. from one of the many
graduate programs offered through ECS
significantly enhances the scope of a student’s
legal education in such areas as intellectual
property, technology, computers, health care,
and environmental law. The added dimension
that an M.S. in engineering and computer
science brings to a student’s legal education
increases marketability and broadens
career opportunities. With an appropriate
undergraduate background, a student may
obtain both degrees in three academic years
and a summer term. Those pursuing an
ECS graduate degree in an area other than
that of their undergraduate degree may be
expected to complete additional remedial
courses. Other requirements vary by program.
M.S. degrees in ECS are offered in aerospace
engineering, chemical engineering, civil
engineering, computer engineering, computer
science, electrical engineering, engineering
management, environmental engineering, environmental engineering science, hydrogeology,
manufacturing engineering, materials science,
mechanical engineering, neuroscience, solidstate science and technology, and systems and
information science.
J.D./Law and Environmental Studies
J.D./Master of Public Administration
Other Joint Degree Opportunities
Students may earn a joint J.D./M.S. or
J.D./Ph.D. in environmental science focusing
on the legal aspects of resource conservation
and environmental protection. Students
enrolled in this program concentrate in: environmental land-use planning, water resources,
environmental education/communications,
environmental assessment and impact analysis,
or policy administration. Students who are
more interested in an applied degree may
earn a joint J.D./M.S. of professional studies, a
30-credit program with no thesis requirement.
A background in science at the undergraduate
level is desired for the master’s degree or
Ph.D. Interested students may also earn a
Certificate of Graduate Study in Environmental
Decision Making, a 15-credit program
designed for graduate students enrolled in
law, management, public administration, or
information studies programs at Syracuse
University. Students take coursework at
the State University of New York College of
Environmental Science and Forestry, adjacent
to the Syracuse University campus. The
program exposes students to specialized
environmental study relevant to their primary
professional interests. The distinctive environmental orientation of this certificate program
will help students understand the complexities
of environmental decision making from their
individual professional perspectives.
A partnership of law and public administration
is essential to effective government. The public
administration program educates individuals
to work in government agencies and in organizations that conduct substantial business with
government agencies.
The highly respected Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse,
where students pursue the M.P.A., is the oldest
academic training program of its kind in
the United States. Since its establishment in
1924, the Maxwell School’s Master of Public
Administration Program and its outstanding
faculty have greatly influenced the growth and
development of public administration. More
than 6,000 Maxwell School alumni worldwide
work in federal, state, and local governments;
nonprofit agencies; private firms; and colleges
and universities.
Students may obtain the J.D. and M.P.A. in
three years instead of the four necessary to
earn both degrees independently.
The faculties of the College of Law and other
SU graduate departments have authorized
additional joint degree programs to accommodate student interests and career aspirations.
Students may pursue master’s or doctoral
degrees in conjunction with the J.D. in the
following areas:
> Economics
> English
> Fine arts
> History
> Information studies
> International relations
> Library science
> Philosophy
> Political science
> Resource managment
> Social work
Interdisciplinary Study
In addition to the formal joint degree
programs, an array of interdisciplinary study
opportunities exists for students during their
three years of study at the College of Law.
Interdisciplinary course credit may be awarded
for courses in such areas as philosophy, education, business, communications, international
relations, psychology, social work, and public
administration, to name a few.
Students who do not enroll in a joint degree
program may, upon petition, earn up to six
academic credits toward the J.D. degree by
successfully completing graduate-level
offerings in other Syracuse University colleges
or other accredited colleges or universities.
The Syracuse University graduate catalog
contains course descriptions for all graduatelevel courses at SU. A copy of the catalog may
be obtained from the Graduate Enrollment
Management Center, Suite 303 Bowne Hall,
Syracuse University, Syracuse NY 13244-1200;
315-443-4492.
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faculty
College of Law faculty are committed teachers,
distinguished scholars, and experienced
lawyers. Most practiced law before their
academic careers and some still practice in
their particular areas of interest. All faculty
members engage in scholarly research and
publication to remain current in and contribute
to the theory and practice of law. They are
strongly committed to blending legal theory
with skills training.
Furthering the college’s interdisciplinary
vision, a number of professors possess
other graduate degrees and teach courses
that combine law with such fields as public
affairs, management, health care, psychology,
economics, and sociology. The faculty,
wide-ranging in backgrounds as well as
scholarship interests, creates a multi-faceted
law school experience rich in opportunity.
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Administration
Hannah R. Arterian
Tomás A. Gonzalez
Dean
Assistant Dean for Student Life
Lisa Dolak
Mary E. Harblin
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director of Career Services
Robin Paul Malloy
Janice Herzog Donohue
Senior Associate Dean for the College
Robert Odawi Porter
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Assistant Dean for External Relations
and Administration
Jo Ann Larkin
Registrar
Ronald M. Denby
Assistant Dean for Information Technology
Anikka S. Laubenstein
Director of Admissions
Cheryl A. Ficarra
Associate Dean for Enrollment Management
and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas R. French
Associate Dean, Barclay Law Library
Lowell H. Lustig
Associate Dean for Advancement
Keith E. Sealing
Assistant Dean for Student Administration
and the Registrar
Gina M. Soliz
Director of Financial Aid
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Aviva Abramovsky
Aviva Abramovsky
Donna E. Arzt
Assistant Professor of Law
B.S., Cornell University
J.D., University of Pennsylvania
Dean’s Distinguished Research Scholar
Professor of Law
B.A., Brandeis University
J.D., Harvard University
LL.M., Columbia University
While at law school, Professor Abramovsky
was the managing editor of the Journal of
Constitutional Law, where she was published
in the field of ethics. She was then associated
with the New York law firm Anderson Kill
& Olick, where she was a member of the
insurance coverage group. Before joining the
College of Law, Professor Abramovsky taught
at the Florida State University. Her courses
include commercial transactions, professional
responsibility, and insurance law.
Donna E. Arzt
Rakesh K. Anand
Assistant Professor of Law
A.B., Stanford University
J.D., Yale Law School
Rakesh K. Anand
Professor Anand graduated from Stanford
University in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in
political science (with honors and distinction)
and from Yale Law School in 1994 with a Juris
Doctor. After graduating from law school, he
clerked for Justice Ahon Barak of the Supreme
Court of Israel and, from 1995-2001, he was
a litigation associate at Heller Ehrman White
& McAuliffe in San Francisco. Before coming
to Syracuse University, Professor Anand was
a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at
Chicago-Kent College of Law, during which
time he taught classes in legal ethics and
criminal law and received the 2003-2004
Faculty Member of the Year award. Professor
Anand’s scholarly interests focus on legal
ethics and the legal profession.
Before coming to Syracuse, Professor Arzt
practiced public interest law in Boston and
was an assistant attorney general for the state
of Massachusetts in civil rights and regulation
of charitable solicitation. She has published
numerous articles on human rights in the
Soviet Union and the Middle East and served
as a consultant to the Association for Civil
Rights in Israel, Human Rights Watch, and the
U.N. special rapporteur on population transfer.
She received the Michael J. Tryson Memorial
Award for the Excellence and Leadership
in the field of human rights law. Her book,
Refugees into Citizens: Palestinians and the End
of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, was published by
the Council on Foreign Relations in 1997. At
the College of Law, she serves as director of
the Center for Global Law and Practice and
the Sierra Leone Project.
Robert H.A. Ashford
Professor of Law
B.A., University of South Florida
J.D., Harvard University
Robert H.A. Ashford
Hannah R. Arterian
Dean and Professor of Law
B.S., Elmira College
J.D., University of Iowa
Professor Ashford was in private practice and
served as chief operating officer and general
counsel for a leading investment banking firm
in San Francisco. Before attending law school,
he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Stanford
University. He has written or co-written
articles on binary economics, implied liability,
presumptions, professional responsibility,
public utility regulation, securities regulation,
socio-economics, tax, and workers’
compensation.
Elizabeth A. August
Hannah R. Arterian
Dean Arterian received a bachelor’s degree
in English, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
from Elmira College and a J.D. degree (with
high distinction) from the University of Iowa.
She was notes and comment editor of the
Iowa Law Review and a member of the Order
of the Coif. Dean Arterian was associated with
the New York law firm of Dewey, Ballantine,
Bushby, Palmer & Wood, where she practiced
corporate tax law. Before coming to Syracuse,
she taught at Arizona State, the University
of Houston, and the University of Iowa law
schools. She served as associate dean at
Arizona State for 10 years. Dean Arterian has
written in the area of Title VII, particularly
the dilemma of the employment of women in
fetally toxic work environments.
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Legal Writing Professor
B.A., St. Lawrence University
J.D., Syracuse University
Elizabeth A. August
Before joining the law faculty, Professor
August practiced law in Syracuse, both as a
sole practitioner and with the firm of Bond,
Schoeneck & King LLP. A graduate of Syracuse
University College of Law, where she served as
lead articles editor of the Syracuse Law Review,
she has practiced in the areas of education,
business, and corporate law. Her clients have
included large corporations, as well as small
businesses and not-for-profit agencies.
William C. Banks
William C. Banks
Leslie Bender
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
for Teaching Excellence
Board of Advisors Professor of Law
Professor of Public Administration
Director, Institute for National Security and
Counterterrorism
B.A., University of Nebraska
M.S., J.D., University of Denver
Board of Advisors Professor of Law
B.A., Chatham College
J.D., University of Pittsburgh
LL.M., Harvard University
Professor Banks is recognized internationally
as an expert on constitutional and national
security law. Since 1987, when the Federation of
American Scientists asked him to provide a legal
perspective on the first use of nuclear weapons,
Banks has helped set the parameters for the
relatively new field of national security law.
Working with Steven Dycus, Arthur Berney
and Peter Raven-Hansen, Banks wrote the
definitive text in the field. National Security
Law was first published in 1990 and is now
in its third edition. Professor Banks lectures
extensively on these and other national
security and constitutional law-related
topics and on comparative legal systems
throughout the United States and Canada
as well as in South and Central America, the
Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Banks’
current research interests include domestic
and international terrorism, emergency
powers, covert war powers, problems of
official corruption, civil/military relations, and
appropriations powers.
Professor Banks served as special counsel
to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in
1994 and worked with the committee on the
confirmation hearings for Supreme Court
nominee Stephen G. Breyer.
Peter A. Bell
Professor of Law
B.A., Wesleyan University
J.D., Stanford University
Peter A. Bell
After graduation from law school, where he
was an editor of the Stanford Law Review,
Professor Bell served as a law clerk to a
U.S. district judge in Philadelphia, practiced
law for a leading Washington law firm, and
represented the impoverished throughout New
York State as an attorney with a statewide legal
services backup center. He writes extensively
on tort law and theory, health law and patients’
rights, and the interface between law and
science. He is past-president of the board of
directors of the Central New York chapter of
the New York Civil Liberties Union. During
the 1987-88 academic year, Professor Bell
was a Fulbright Professor of Law at Wuhan
University, People’s Republic of China. During
the 1995-96 academic year, he served as
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at
Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga,
Central Java, Indonesia. His latest book is
Accidental Justice: The Dilemmas of Tort Law (Yale
University Press).
Leslie Bender
Professor Bender graduated Phi Beta Kappa
from Chatham College and magna cum laude
from the University of Pittsburgh School of
Law. She served as a law clerk for Justice Sam
Harshbarger, Chief Justice of the West Virginia
Supreme Court, and as an assistant attorney
general, Antitrust Division, West Virginia
Attorney General’s Office. After five years of
practice, she returned to school and received
an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Professor
Bender taught at Ohio Northern University Law
School and Washington and Lee Law School.
She was a Research Fellow at the Five Colleges
Women’s Studies Research Center in
Massachusetts and a Visiting Scholar at the
University of Arizona Law School, where she
also taught. Professor Bender publishes articles
on tort law, feminist legal theory, bioethics,
civil rights, legal education, and constitutional
law. She is co-author, with Daan Braveman, of
Power, Privilege, and Law: A Civil Rights Reader.
Peter Blanck
University Professor
B.A., University of Rochester
Ph.D., Harvard University
J.D., Stanford University
Peter Blanck
Professor Blanck is University Professor at
Syracuse University, which is the highest
faculty rank, granted to only nine individuals
in the history of the University. He is chair of
the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse
University. In addition to his appointment at
Syracuse University College of Law, Professor
Blanck holds appointments at the College of
Arts and Sciences, the School of Education,
the College of Human Services and Health
Professions, and the Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs. Blanck has
written more than 125 articles and books on
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and
related laws, received grants to study disability
law and policy, represented clients before the
U.S. Supreme Court in ADA cases, and testified
before Congress. His work has received
national and international attention. He is a
board member of the National Organization on
Disability (N.O.D.), Disability Rights Advocates
(DRA), and the Disability Rights Legal Center
(DRLC). His recent writings include a treatise
and casebook on disability civil rights law and
policy. At Stanford Law School, Blanck was
president of the Stanford Law Review. Blanck is
a former member of the President’s Committee
on Employment of People with Disabilities,
former Senior Fellow of the Annenberg
Washington Program, former Fellow at
Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School,
and a Mary Switzer Scholar.
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Jeremy A. Blumenthal
Sanjay Chhablani
Assistant Professor of Law
A.B. / A.M. / Ph.D., Harvard University
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., University of Chicago
J.D., Yale Law School
Professor Blumenthal graduated cum laude
from the University of Pennsylvania Law
School, where he was editor-in-chief of
Jeremy A. Blumenthal the University of Pennsylvania Journal of
Constitutional Law and received several
writing prizes. Most recently, he was a Faculty
Fellow at Seton Hall Law School, teaching 1L
Property and Law and the Social Sciences.
Previously, he clerked for the Honorable
Maryanne Trump Barry of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit and was an
Associate for Latham & Watkins, LLP, in
the Newark, New Jersey, office. Professor
Blumenthal has published widely on topics
in law and psychology, including demeanor
evidence, the reasonable woman standard,
victim impact statements, and more generally
on the role of social science in assisting the
legal system. He has also published in the
areas of evidence and comparative law. His
most recent publications focus on the role of
emotions in the legal system; current research
projects address topics in capital punishment,
empirical work in law and psychology, and
topics in property theory.
Sonya G. Bonneau
Legal Writing Professor
B.A., Cornell University
J.D., University of California at Berkeley
Boalt Hall School of Law
Sonya G. Bonneau
Professor Bonneau graduated from Cornell
University, magna cum laude, and pursued
graduate studies at the Institute of Fine Arts,
New York University before attending law
school at Boalt Hall. She has practiced at
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP in New York City
and Hancock & Estabrook, LLP in Syracuse,
focusing on the areas of commercial litigation
and appellate practice. Professor Bonneau
also served as a law clerk to the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of New York.
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Sanjay Chhablani
Professor Chhablani began his legal career
as a litigation associate at a private law firm
where, in addition to litigating commercial
disputes, he represented death row inmates
on a pro bono basis. After receiving an
ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
Fellowship, Professor Chhablani joined the
Southern Center for Human Rights. During
the past several years, he has represented
indigent persons on death row in Alabama
and Georgia on direct appeal and in state
and federal post-conviction proceedings.
Professor Chhablani is a member of the
Illinois, Georgia, and Alabama State bars
and teaches courses in criminal law, criminal
procedure, capital punishment, and evidence.
Juscelino F. Colares
Assistant Professor of Law
LL.B., Universidade de Brasília
(UnB)/Universidade Federal do Ceará (Brazil)
Ph. D. / M.A., Political Economy,
University of Tennessee
J.D., Cornell Law School
Juscelino F. Colares
Professor Colares teaches International
Trade/WTO Law; International Business
Transactions; Law and Economics, and Civil
Procedure. Originally trained as a Brazilian
attorney, he began his legal career in private
practice in Brazil, where he represented
clients on export-related matters. He
began his graduate studies at Université de
Montpellier in France where he specialized in
international economic law. Subsequently,
as a Fulbright Scholar, he obtained a Ph.D.
from the University of Tennessee, writing a
dissertation on the political economy of the
U.S./Japan automobile trade. After five years
as a professor in Brazil, Professor Colares
returned to the United States to pursue a
J.D. degree at Cornell Law School, where he
served as lead articles editor of the Cornell
International Law Journal. Before graduation,
he published a comparative piece on law
and monetary policy in the United States
and Argentina. He later returned to practice
in Washington D.C., where he worked on a
variety of international trade disputes before
the U.S. Commerce Department, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, NAFTA, and
WTO dispute settlement bodies. He recently
published an article titled “The Evolving
Domestic and International Law Against
Foreign Corruption,” in the Washington
University of Saint Louis Global Studies Law
Review.
Christian C. Day
Christian C. Day
Samuel J.M. Donnelly
Bond, Schoeneck & King Distinguished
Professor
Professor of Law
A.B., Cornell University
J.D., New York University
Professor of Law
A.B., Fordham University
LL.B., Harvard University
LL.M., New York University
Professor Day came to Syracuse from the
faculty of the Wharton School, the University
of Pennsylvania. Following graduation from
New York University, where he was a law
review editor, he practiced real estate law and
litigation with a leading Philadelphia firm.
Professor Day is the associate director of the
Center on Property, Citizenship, and Social
Entrepreneurism. At Syracuse, he has been
involved in moot court, where he has coached
regional championship teams in appellate,
trial, and international law competitions.
Professor Day writes articles on corporate
finance, real estate finance, legal history, and
foreign affairs. He served as co-chair of the
MacNaughton Hall Building Committee.
Samuel J.M. Donnelly
Before he came to Syracuse, Professor
Donnelly was law secretary to a justice of
the New Jersey Supreme Court, a teaching
fellow at Harvard Law School, and a private
practitioner in New York City. He served
four terms as president and chairman of
the board of Legal Services of Central New
York. With Mary Ann Donnelly, his wife, he
co-wrote Bankruptcy, Arrangements, and
Reorganizations and Bankruptcy, Arrangements,
and Reorganizations: 1974 Rules Supplement. He
recently published A Personalist Jurisprudence,
the Next Step. A Person-Centered Philosophy
of Law for the Twenty-First Century (with
forward by Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr.). A
previous book was The Language and Uses of
Rights, A Biopsy of American Jurisprudence in the
Twentieth Century.
Lisa Dolak
David M. Driesen
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Law
B.S., Duquesne University
J.D., Syracuse University
Lisa Dolak
Professor Dolak practiced at a large, general
practice firm, where she handled intellectual
property litigation and prosecution. She is a
registered patent attorney and a summa cum
laude graduate of Syracuse University College
of Law. Before attending law school, Professor
Dolak worked for several years as a synthetic
organic chemist in pharmaceutical research
aimed at the development of new drugs. Her
research centers on issues at the intersections
of patent law and judicial procedure and
patent law and legal ethics. She has written
on declaratory judgment jurisdiction in
patent cases, the use of electronic evidence
to prove dates of invention, and ethics issues
for intellectual property practitioners. During
a recent sabbatical leave, she served as law
clerk to the Hon. Paul F. Michel, now Chief
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit. Professor Dolak teaches patent law,
patent prosecution, Internet law, and civil
procedure.
Angela S. Cooney Professor of Law
Visiting Professor, University of Michigan
Law School, Fall 2006
B.A. Music Oberlin Conservatory of Music
M.A. Music Yale School of Music
J.D. Yale Law School
David Driesen
Professor Driesen teaches environmental
law (domestic and international) and
constitutional law. His publications include
Environmental Law: A Conceptual and
Pragmatic Approach (Aspen 2007) (with
Robert Adler), The Economic Dynamics
of Environmental Law (MIT Press 2003),
Standing for Nothing: the Paradox of
Demanding Concrete Context for Formalist
Adjudication (Cornell L. Rev. 2004); What is
Free Trade?; The Real Issue Lurking Behind
the Trade and Environment Debate (Virginia
J. Int’l L. 2001); Is Emissions Trading an
Economic Incentive Program?; Replacing the
Command and Control/Economic Incentive
Dichotomy (Washington & Lee L. Rev. 1998);
and The Societal Cost of Environmental
Regulation: Beyond Administrative CostBenefit Analysis (Ecology Law Quarterly
1997). He came to Syracuse from the Natural
Resources Defense Council, a public interest
environmental organization.
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Richard A. Ellison
Richard A. Ellison
Elton Fukumoto
Professor of Law
B.B.A., City College of New York
LL.B., St. John’s University
Legal Writing Professor
B.A., Harvard University
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
J.D., University of Washington
Professor Ellison left the private practice of
law to become a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow
at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Law. He worked for a number of years as a
legal services attorney and joined the faculty
in 1970 to teach in the clinical education
programs. He has been active in alternative
dispute resolution and is experienced in divorce
mediation. In addition to teaching and writing
in the family law area, Professor Ellison
teaches constitutional law and health law.
Elton Fukumoto
Professor Fukumoto was a law clerk for Chief
Justice Richard P. Guy and Justice Bobbe J.
Bridge of the Washington State Supreme
Court. He is a graduate of the University
of Washington Law School, where he was
executive articles editor of the law review.
Before going to law school, Professor
Fukumoto was an assistant professor of
English at the University of Hawaii.
Ian Gallacher
Thomas R. French
Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Legal Communication and
Research
B.A., University of Leeds
M.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University
J.D., Washington College of Law, American
University
Associate Dean, Barclay Law Library
Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York at Oswego
M.L.S., State University of New York at Geneseo
M.A., University of Cincinnati
J.D., Northern Kentucky
Ian Gallacher
Thomas R. French
Martin L. Fried
While in law school, Professor French was
executive editor of the Northern Kentucky Law
Review. He has held positions in either court
or academic law libraries in Ohio, Kentucky,
Maine, and North Carolina. Before assuming
his present position at Syracuse, Professor
French was the associate director of the law
library at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. His special interests include
Canadian law, legal research, library
management, and Eritrean legal bibliography.
He has published in the areas of historic
preservation, Native American history, legal
research using the Internet, and Eritrean legal
bibliography. Professor French has served as a
consultant for the United States Information
Agency and the U.S. Agency for International
Development in Africa.
Professor Gallacher received a bachelor’s
degree in music, with honors, from the
University of Leeds, a master of fine arts
degree in orchestral conducting from
Carnegie-Mellon University; and a J.D., magna
cum laude, from the Washington College of
Law. After a two-year clerkship with U.S.
District Judge Frederic N. Smalkin, Professor
Gallacher practiced complex civil litigation
in Baltimore as an associate and later as a
partner at Goodell, DeVries, Leech, and Dann,
LLP. In 2002, he returned to the Washington
College of Law, first as an instructor and then
as associate director of legal rhetoric. He has
published a book, A Form and Style Manual
for Lawyers, and has written articles on class
action litigation, legal research, and legal
history.
Martin L. Fried
Gregory L. Germain
Crandall Melvin Professor of Wills and
Trusts
B.A., Antioch College
J.D., Columbia University
LL.M. (in Taxation), New York University
Associate Professor of Law
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
J.D., University of California, Hastings College
of Law
L.L.M., (Tax) University of Florida
Professor Fried was a Harlan Fiske Stone
Scholar at Columbia Law School. He was in
private practice in New York City and taught
at Washington University, the University of
Iowa, and the University of Cincinnati. He
wrote Taxation of Securities Transactions
and numerous articles on tax and trusts and
estates.
Professor Germain was a partner in a
leading San Francisco law firm, specializing
in bankruptcy litigation. While in practice,
Professor Germain taught debtor/creditor
law as an adjunct professor. After 15 years
of practice, he went back to school and
obtained an L.L.M. degree in tax law. He
recently served one term as a legal advisor to
a judge of the tax court. He specialized in tax,
bankruptcy, corporate, and commercial law.
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Gregory L. Germain
Richard I. Goldsmith
Richard I. Goldsmith
Paula C. Johnson
Professor of Law
A.B., University of Rochester
LL.B., New York University
Professor of Law
B.A., University of Maryland at College Park
J.D., Temple University
LL.M., Georgetown University
Professor Goldsmith spent his formative years
on the sidewalks (and in the schoolyards)
of New York City. At New York University, he
was a John Norton Pomeroy Scholar and a law
review member. Before coming to Syracuse,
he was in private practice, specializing in
corporate litigation. At Syracuse, he directed
the Environmental Law Clinic; organized
the Public Interest Law Firm; and currently
teaches administrative law, environmental
law, government regulation, and federal civil
procedure.
Paula C. Johnson
Theodore M. Hagelin
Theodore M. Hagelin
Board of Advisors Professor of Law
Director, New York State Science and
Technology Law Center
Director, Technology Commercialization
Law Program
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
J.D., Temple University
LL.M., Harvard University
While a student at Temple, Professor Hagelin
was editor in chief of the law review. After
graduation, he was in private practice with
a Philadelphia law firm and taught at the
University of Cincinnati. He specializes
in technology commercialization law and
intellectual property. Professor Hagelin is
the director of the Syracuse University New
Technology Center (SUNTEC). He also serves
as the director of the newly designated
NYSTAR Science and Technology Law Center.
Margaret M. Harding
Professor of Law
B.A., Boston University
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Margaret M. Harding
Professor Harding graduated with honors
from Georgetown University Law Center,
where she was articles and notes editor
of the American Criminal Law Review. After
graduation, she entered private practice with
a leading New York City law firm, specializing
in corporate and commercial litigation. She
teaches torts, alternative dispute resolution,
and courses in the business law area.
Professor Harding writes and publishes on
arbitration law.
Professor Johnson practiced criminal law
and housing law in Massachusetts before
becoming a teaching fellow at Georgetown
University’s Center for Applied Legal Studies.
She taught at Northern Illinois University
and the University of Baltimore before
coming to Syracuse. Professor Johnson was
a member of the ABA’s International Law
Section’s delegation to Ghana and Côte
d’Ivoire, investigating issues of democracy,
development, law, and legal education.
She serves on the boards of the Frank H.
Hiscock Legal Aid Society and the Center
for Community Alternatives in Syracuse.
Professor Johnson has written and spoken
extensively on matters of race, gender,
sexuality, and law in academic arenas, the
popular press, and community forums. Her
most recent publications include the book
Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in
Prison (NYU Press 2003) and “Ad-In/Ad-Out:
Deciding Victory and Defeat in Affirmative
Action Legal Contestations”, 66 Albany Law
Review 443 (2003). She is the immediate past
co-president of the Society of American Law
Teachers (SALT).
Hilary K. Josephs
Professor of Law
A.B., Radcliffe College
J.D., University of Hawaii
Ph.D., Harvard University
Hilary K. Josephs
Professor Josephs graduated from Radcliffe
College summa cum laude and Phi Beta
Kappa. She received a Ph.D. in East
Asian languages and civilizations with
a specialization in Chinese history and
literature. Before her law teaching career, she
clerked for the Supreme Court of Hawaii and
spent several years in private practice in New
York City as a corporate attorney. She has
published articles on labor law, international
law, foreign investment, conflict of laws, and
comparative law. Her publications include
the book Labor Law in China: Choice and
Responsibility (1990), and Labor Law in China
(rev. ed. 2003). She has lectured extensively
in China. She has served on the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors,
American Society of Comparative Law, and
as chair, Comparative Law Section, American
Association of Law Schools.
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Arlene S. Kanter
Arlene S. Kanter
Deborah Kenn
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
for Teaching Excellence
Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center on Disability Studies,
Law, and Human Policy
Director, Disability Law and Policy Program
B.A., Trinity College
J.D., New York University
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
Professor of Law
B.A., Eisenhower College
J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Professor Kanter is recognized internationally
as an expert in domestic, international, and
comparative disability law. She is co-director
of SU’s Center on Disability Studies, Law, and
Human Policy, which is the first universitybased multidisciplinary center dedicated to
disability rights-related research, advocacy,
policy, and public education. At the College of
Law, Professor Kanter directs the Disability
Law and Policy Program, which houses the
nation’s first joint degree program in law
and disability studies. Professor Kanter has
served as associate dean for academic affairs
(1997-2000), and the director of clinical
legal education (1989-2005), and in 1991, she
developed the Externship Program, which she
directed until 2006.
Professor Kanter has taught at Georgetown
University Law Center and Hebrew University
in Israel. Before joining the law faculty, she
represented clients with mental disabilities
before the United States Supreme Court,
Congress, and in federal and state courts.
Professor Kanter writes and lectures
extensively, and is the co-author of Cases and
Materials on International Human Rights and
Comparative Mental Disability Law (Carolina
Press, 2006). Professor Kanter holds a
courtesy appointment in the SU School of
Education, and in 2005, Professor Kanter
was awarded SU’s most prestigious teaching
award, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith
Professor for Teaching Excellence.
Gary T. Kelder
Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York at New Paltz
J.D., Boston University
LL.M., New York University
Gary T. Kelder
Professor Kelder came to Syracuse following
service on the law faculty at Cleveland State
University. He was a Criminal Law Education
and Research Fellow at New York University.
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Deborah Kenn
Professor Kenn practiced environmental law
and housing law before joining the faculty.
Her teaching and work in the Community
Development Law Clinic, of which she is
director, reflect her expertise in affordable
housing development, community economic
development, and public interest law. She
lectures and publishes on housing law,
alternative forms of property ownership, and
community development law.
Nina A. Kohn
Assistant Professor of Law
A.B., Princeton University
J.D., Harvard Law School
Nina A. Kohn
Professor Kohn earned her A.B. summa cum
laude from Princeton University and her
J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law
School. She clerked for the Honorable Fred
I. Parker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit. Following her clerkship, she
was awarded a fellowship by the Skadden
Fellowship Foundation to work as a staff
attorney with Legal Assistance of the
Finger Lakes, where she provided direct
representation to nursing home residents and
frail elders. Professor Kohn’s current research
focuses on elder law and elder right’s issues.
Her work can be seen in the Stanford Law
and Policy Review and in the Michigan Journal
of Gender and Law. Professor Kohn is also a
faculty affiliate with the Syracuse University
Gerontology Center.
M. Louise Lantzy
Laura G. Lape
M. Louise Lantzy
Kevin Noble Maillard
Professor of Law
B.S., Pennsylvania State College
M.L.S., Drexel University
J.D., Syracuse University
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., Duke University
M.A., University of Michigan
J.D., University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Professor Lantzy began her library career at
the T.F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library, which
serves the legal needs of the Philadelphia
Bar Association. She served as the director
of the Barclay Law Library for 10 years. Her
research interests focus on accreditation and
standards relating to law school libraries,
restructuring the academic law library for
the digital age, and staff organizational
structure in academic law libraries. In recent
years, Professor Lantzy presented programs
on reengineering academic libraries for the
digital age to the regional gathering of the
Association of American Law Librarians, the
New England Law Librarians, and the Canadian
Association of Law Librarians. Professor
Lantzy has also written The Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act: Annotated Guide to its
Literature and Resources, 1980-1991.
Professor Maillard’s research merges legal
history, trusts and estates, and family law,
with a specific focus on mixed race. He has
written and presented papers on interracial
will disputes and membership issues in
American Indian tribes. His current book
project questions the denial of mixed race in
America as evidenced in law, literature, and
culture. Before joining the faculty, he was an
associate at Hughes, Hubbard, and Reed in
New York, where he worked with the Native
American practice group. As a Ford Foundation
Fellow, he earned a Ph.D. in political theory from
the University of Michigan. At the University
of Pennsylvania Law School, he was symposium
editor for the Journal of Constitutional Law.
He is a member of the Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma (Mekusukey Band).
Laura G. Lape
Robin Paul Malloy
Associate Professor of Law
A.B., Smith College
M.A., J.D., University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
E.I. White Chair and Distinguished Professor
of Law
Senior Associate Dean for the College
Director, Center on Property, Citizenship,
and Social Entrepreneurism
Professor of Economics (by courtesy
appointment), Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs
B.S., Purdue University
J.D., University of Florida
LL.M., University of Illinois
Professor Lape graduated with highest
honors from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. She practiced as an associate in
the probate department at a leading Boston
law firm before beginning a teaching career.
She taught at Temple University and at UNC
at Chapel Hill before coming to Syracuse. She
writes on copyright law.
Lynn S. Levey
Legal Writing Professor
B.A., Clark University
M.A., Syracuse University
J.D., Syracuse University
Lynn S. Levey
Kevin Noble Maillard
Before joining the law faculty, Professor Levey
was the upstate director for the Center for
Court Innovation, a think tank that functions
as the New York State court system’s
independent research and development arm.
As director, Professor Levey worked closely
with judges, attorneys, and administrators
across the state to develop problem-solving
courts, including community, domestic
violence, drug, and mental health courts.
Before that she worked at the National
Center for State Courts in Williamsburg and
Arlington, Virginia, where she trained criminal
justice personnel on implementation issues
related to the Violence Against Women Act of
1994. She has taught at the College of William
and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and at
Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Robin Paul Malloy
Professor Malloy writes extensively on law and
market theory, and on real estate transactions
and development. He has published 10 books,
more than 25 articles, contributed to 10 other
books, and advised on BMW vs. Gore in the
Supreme Court. His case book, Real Estate
Transactions, is used in law schools across the
country, and his recent book, Law and Market
Economy (published by Cambridge University
Press), is being translated into Chinese and
Spanish. His latest book is Law in a Market
Context: An Introduction to Market Concepts in
Legal Reasoning (Cambridge University Press,
2004).
Professor Malloy spent three summers in
China advising on law and market economy,
several weeks in Finland working on similar
issues, and worked with The World Bank to
develop a series of student projects on land
and property issues for emerging economies.
He was the 1996-97 Sun Life Research Fellow
at Oxford University. Professor Malloy serves
as chair of the Real Estate Transactions
Section of the AALS and is a past chair of the
Law and Humanities section of the AALS.
Malloy is the series editor for Law, Property,
and Society from Ashgate Publishing. He is the
founder of a New Working Group on Property,
Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism
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Thomas J. Maroney
Thomas J. Maroney
Mary Helen McNeal
Professor of Law
B.A., LL.B., Syracuse University
Professor of Law
Director of Clinical Education
B.A., Georgetown University
J.D., University of Maryland
Professor Maroney has been a member of
the faculty since 1967. His areas of expertise
include Constitutional Law, Civil Rights,
Federal Criminal Law and Procedure,
Federal Court Jurisdiction, and Alternative
Dispute Resolution. He is a magna cum laude
graduate of both Syracuse University (1961)
and its College of Law (1963). He is a member
of the New York bar and is admitted to
practice before the federal trial and appellate
courts for New York and the U.S. Supreme
Court. Professor Maroney was associated
with the New York City law firm of White and
Case (1965-67), served as the Assistant State
Attorney General in Charge of the Syracuse
Regional Office (1979-81), and as the United
States Attorney for the Northern District of
New York (1994-99).
He has been a visiting professor at the
Cornell (1975) and Colorado (1969-1970) law
schools and a lecturer at the U.S. Naval War
College (1969, 1971). He is a labor arbitrator
for various appointing agencies and by direct
appointment of numerous parties. Professor
Maroney has been active in many community
organizations. He was chair and volunteer
attorney for the New York Civil Liberties
Union (1970-77). He is active in the United
States Coast Guard Auxiliary and is past
commander of Flotilla 2-1 of the Auxiliary.
Mary Helen McNeal
Suzette M. Meléndez
Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Children’s Rights and Family Law
Clinic
B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton
J.D., University of Connecticut
Suzette M. Meléndez
Janis McDonald
Associate Professor of Law
B.A., George Washington University
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law
LL.M., Yale Law School
Janis McDonald
Before joining the law faculty, Professor
McDonald litigated cases in federal and local
courts in the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Several of her
cases established new sexual harassment
and medical malpractice laws. She taught at
Ohio Northern University College of Law and
Yale Law School. She was a Ford Foundation
Fellow in Public and International Law and
wrote articles on civil rights litigation and
American legal history. Several federal courts
have cited her civil rights article. She served
as president of the National Conference of
Women’s Bar Associations. Her publishing
and teaching interests include employment
discrimination law, American legal history,
critical race theory, criminal law, legal ethics,
and women in the law. She is lead editor of
a new casebook, Employment Discrimination
Law: Problems, Cases and Critical Perspectives
(Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005).
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Professor McNeal specializes in clinical
teaching. Before joining the law faculty,
Professor McNeal was the clinic director
at the University of Montana School of
Law, where she also taught Public Interest
Lawyering. Her prior teaching experience
includes clinical teaching at the University
of Maryland School of Law and Boston
College Law School. She has been active in
the Association of American Law Schools
and served as chair of its clinical section in
2001-2002. She is also very active in equal
justice issues, having served as chair of the
Montana Supreme Court’s Equal Justice Task
Force and as a member of the Montana State
Bar’s Access to Justice Committee. Professor
McNeal’s scholarly writing focuses on ethical
issues in legal services practice, equal justice
issues, and clinical teaching.
Professor Meléndez recently joined the
faculty of the Office of Clinical Legal
Education to direct the Children’s Rights and
Family Law Clinic. Professor Meléndez came
to the College of Law as an adjunct professor
teaching a course on domestic violence in
the fall 2002 semester. Before coming to
Syracuse, Professor Meléndez supervised the
statewide Domestic Violence Representation
Project at Legal Services of New Jersey and
served as a staff attorney at Essex Newark
Legal Services in the area of family law. She
also has worked at the Legal Aid Society in
New York City, representing clients in the
areas of housing and public entitlements. In
addition to her litigation experience, she has
engaged in policy work on issues affecting her
clientele at various levels, including state and
county domestic violence working groups,
local and state bar associations, and judicial
committees.
Aliza M. Milner
Aliza M. Milner
Jill M. Paquette
Legal Writing Professor
B.S., Cornell University
J.D., George Washington University Law School
Legal Writing Professor
B.A., Fordham College
J.D., Harvard Law School
Before joining the College of Law, Professor
Milner served for seven years as an appellate
law clerk to Judges Andrew L. Sonner and
Patrick L. Woodward on the Court of Special
Appeals of Maryland, as well as to Judge
Alan M. Wilner on the Court of Appeals of
Maryland. Professor Milner also served as
Assistant Legal Counsel to Maryland Governor
Parris N. Glendenning and provided legal
assistance to individuals seeking protective
orders from abusive partners. She was a
Dean’s Fellow in the Legal Research and
Writing program at George Washington
University Law School and an articles editor
for the George Washington University Journal of
International Law and Economics.
While in law school, Professor Paquette
represented indigent clients in connection
with disability and public benefits claims for
the Legal Services Center in Jamaica Plain,
Massachusetts. She has served as law clerk
to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit and has most recently been in private
practice with leading firms in New York City
and Albany. She has practiced in the areas of
commercial litigation, employment law, and
civil rights litigation.
Jill M. Paquette
Robert J. Rabin
Professor of Law
A.B., Cornell University
LL.B., Harvard Law School
LL.M., New York University
Robert Odawi Porter
Robert Odawi Porter
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Professor of Law
Dean’s Research Scholar of Indigenous
Nations Law
Director, Center for Indigenous Law,
Governance and Citizenship
B.A., Syracuse University
J.D., Harvard University
Professor Porter is a citizen (Heron Clan) of
the Seneca Nation of Indians and was raised
on its Allegany Territory in upstate New York.
After practicing corporate transactional
law for two years in Washington, D.C., he
served his own nation, the Seneca Nation of
Indians, as its first attorney general for four
years. During this time, he also served as an
adjunct professor at the University of Buffalo
School of Law and as a visiting assistant
professor at the University of Tulsa College
of Law. In 1995, Professor Porter left his
position with the Seneca Nation to become an
associate professor of law at the University
of Kansas and adjunct professor at Haskell
Indian Nations University. At the University
of Kansas, he founded and directed the
Tribal Law and Government Center. In 2002,
he left Kansas to join the law faculty at
the University of Iowa. He joined the SU
community in 2003. Professor Porter has
served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri and
is a consulting expert or counsel to several
Indian nations and Indian organizations.
His many writings have appeared in such
publications as the Yale Human Rights &
Development Law Journal, the Harvard Journal
on Legislation, the Buffalo Law Review, and the
Arizona State Law Journal.
Robert J. Rabin
A former Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties
Fellow at New York University School of Law,
Professor Rabin practiced labor law as a labor
union counsel and as an associate with a New
York firm. He remains active in the field as a
labor arbitrator, mediator, and fact-finder. He
co-wrote a case book on labor law and a book
on the rights of employees. He is the editor
of the American Bar Association’s The Labor
Lawyer.
Sarah H. Ramsey
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
for Teaching Excellence
Board of Advisors Professor of Law
B.A., Duke University
M.A., J.D., University of North Carolina
LL.M., University of Michigan
Sarah H. Ramsey
Professor Ramsey has taught at Syracuse
since 1983. She was an associate dean from
1993-1997 and was a visiting professor at
Stanford Law School in 1990-91. In 2002
she was named a Laura J. and L. Douglas
Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence.
In 2005 she was named a Board of Advisors
Professor. She is the co-author of the popular
casebook, Children and the Law: Doctrine,
Policy, and Practice (2d ed. 2003) and of
Children and the Law in a Nutshell (2d ed.
2003). She has written numerous articles on
legal and policy issues relating to children,
families, and stepfamilies that have appeared
in both law and social science journals. She
teaches courses on children and the law,
family law, and advanced family law. She is a
member of the American Law Institute and
the Children and Law Committee of the New
York State Bar Association and was chair of
the Association of American Law Schools
Family and Juvenile Law section. Professor
Ramsey is the director of the Family Law and
Social Policy Center.
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LaVonda N. Reed-Huff
Jenny Roberts
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., University of Virginia
J.D., University of Southern California
Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Criminal Law Clinic
B.A., Yale University
J.D., New York University School of Law
Before joining the Syracuse University faculty,
Professor Reed-Huff was a member of the
faculty of the Brandeis School of Law at the
University of Louisville, where she taught for
LaVonda N. Reed-Huff
five years. While at the University of Louisville,
she taught courses in communications law,
property, and decedents’ estates and trusts.
She previously was a judicial clerk for the
Honorable Donald W. VanArtsdalen of the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania and was an attorney in private
practice with the international law firm of
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in the
firm’s Washington, D.C., and Atlanta offices.
While in practice, she represented businesses
and financial institutions in various aspects of
communications and corporate law. Professor
Reed-Huff’s scholarly interests include the
intersection of communications law and
policy and property law. She has published
articles and spoken on topics such as the
placement of satellite dishes, the economics
of broadcast ownership, minority ownership
of broadcast stations, and broadcast diversity.
Professor Reed-Huff is admitted to practice in
Maryland and the District of Columbia. She is
a member of the Federal Communications Bar
Association and the American Bar Association.
She serves on the executive committee of the
Section on Mass Communication Law of the
Association of American Law Schools, as well
as on a number of other committees.
Richard S. Risman
Legal Writing Professor
B.A., J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Richard S. Risman
Before coming to Syracuse, Professor
Risman served on the faculty of Albany Law
School. There he devoted nearly 10 years to
its Lawyering Skills Program. He was also
active in Albany’s Moot Court, Clinical Legal
Education, and Continuing Legal Education
programs and took part in a variety of other
law school, college, and community-based
legal education and skills training programs.
During this time, and for some years prior,
Professor Risman also practiced in the
areas of commercial law, civil rights, and
art law. He served as director of the College
of Law’s first-year legal skills program
between 1998 and 2001 and revised the
program’s curriculum. He now teaches Legal
Communication and Research and Problems
in Legal Writing, an upper-level course.
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Jenny Roberts
Before coming to Syracuse, Professor Roberts
was a Senior Research Fellow at New York
University School of Law’s Center for Research
in Crime & Justice. She was previously a
member of the NYU faculty, where she taught
for three years in the first-year Lawyering
Program. Professor Roberts worked as a trial
trainer and a staff attorney at the Criminal
Defense Division of the Legal Aid Society.
Just before joining Legal Aid, she was a law
clerk for Judge John S. Martin in the Southern
District of New York. Professor Roberts
graduated magna cum laude and Order of the
Coif from NYU School of Law in 1995, where
she was an Arthur Garfield Hays civil rights
and civil liberties fellow and a notes and
comments editor for the NYU Law Review.
Michael A. Schwartz
Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Public Interest Law Firm
B.A., Brandeis University
M.A., Northwestern University
J.D., New York University Law School
LL.M., Columbia University Law School
Ph.D., Syracuse University School of Education
Michael A. Schwartz
Once an actor with the National Theater
of the Deaf, Professor Schwartz began his
legal career as a law clerk to a Southern
District of New York judge. He then served,
in chronological order, as assistant district
attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s
Office; trial attorney in the Civil Rights
Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
in Washington; solo practitioner in the New
York City metro region; and assistant attorney
General in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New
York State Department of Law. A member of
the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
bars, Professor Schwartz directs the Disability
Rights Advocacy Law Clinic, where he
supervises students in disability litigation and
teaches disability law. He just successfully
defended his dissertation in education and
disability studies at Syracuse University.
Roderick Surratt
Roderick Surratt
Steven Wechsler
Professor of Law
B.A., Baylor University
J.D., University of Texas
Professor of Law
B.S., Cornell University
M.B.A., J.D., University of Michigan
After graduating from law school, where
he was an editor of the Texas Law Review,
Professor Surratt served as a law clerk to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
andtaught at the law schools of Southern
Methodist University and Florida State
University. Before coming to Syracuse, he
was in private practice with a leading firm
in Dallas. His pro bono activities have included
representation of plaintiffs in school
desegregation litigation in Texas and
presentation of testimony before committees
of the New York State Legislature. He
currently teaches in the areas of evidence,
sports law, products liability, and torts.
Professor Surratt also has served as associate
dean for academic affairs and has taught as a
visiting professor at Cornell University
Law School.
Professor Wechsler was an associate editor
of the Michigan Law Review. Before joining
the Syracuse law faculty, he was associated
with a major Denver law firm and taught at
the University of Colorado School of Law. His
recent research and publications deal with
various professional responsibility issues.
Professor Wechsler serves as Associate
Reporter to the New York State Bar
Association’s Committee on Standards of
Attorney Conduct.
Terry L. Turnipseed
Assistant Professor of Law
B.S., Mississippi State University
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J.D., Georgetown University
LL.M., Georgetown University
Terry L. Turnipseed
Professor Turnipseed is an experienced estate
planning and tax advisor. As an attorney with
Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., he
developed and implemented complex tax
planning strategies for more than $1 billion in
assets. Professor Turnipseed also represented
a number of large trust beneficiaries with
fiduciary issues. He has expertise in complex
domestic and international estate planning,
including substantial asset protection.
Prior to joining Covington & Burling, Professor
Turnipseed was an estate and gift tax
specialist with Deloitte & Touche’s national
office. He has an LL.M. in Tax, cum laude, and
a J.D. from Georgetown University and two
graduate degrees from MIT, where he was a
National Science Foundation Fellow. Professor
Turnipseed received a bachelor’s degree in
nuclear engineering, summa cum laude, from
Mississippi State University, where he was a
Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholar. Professor
Turnipseed has written in the areas of trust
fiduciary law, spousal property rights upon
death, and transfer taxation. He teaches
courses in eminent domain, estate and gift
taxation, estate planning, wills and trusts,
and property.
Steven Wechsler
William M. Wiecek
Chester Adgate Congdon Professor of
Public Law and Legislation
Professor of History
B.A., Catholic University of America
LL.B., Harvard University
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
William M. Wiecek
Professor Wiecek practiced law in
New Hampshire and taught legal and
constitutional history at the University of
Missouri-Columbia for 16 years before coming
to Syracuse. He has written nine books and
numerous articles on republicanism, slavery
and its abolition, 19th-century legal and
constitutional development, nuclear power,
and the United States Supreme Court. His
most recent publication, The Birth of the
Modern Constitution: The United States Supreme
Court, 1941-1953 (Cambridge University
Press), was published in 2006.
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Administrative Deans
Ronald M. Denby
Ronald M. Denby
Cheryl A. Ficarra
Assistant Dean for Information Technology
B.S., Syracuse University
C.A.S., Syracuse University
Associate Dean for Enrollment
Management and Chief Financial Officer
B.Mus., Ithaca College
M.S., Syracuse University
Assistant Dean Denby has more than 20
years experience in managing networks
and information systems. In his present
position he manages a department with
responsibility for information systems, web
design and administration; client-server
systems implementation and support,
network installation and maintenance;
database management; computer desktop
support; computer cluster support; audio
visual services; computer and technology
training; and research and developement
for the College of Law. Before his career in
computing, he spent 13 years in banking
with responsibilities that included managing
secondary market portfolios, mortgage
lending, branch management and auditing,
and loan servicing. He currently serves
as president of the board of directors for
Onondaga Community Living, a not-for-profit
agency that provides services to adults with
mental retardation and other
developmental disabilities within the
Syracuse area and nearby communities. He
is a 2007 candidate for a master of science
degree in telecommunications and network
management from Syracuse University’s
School of Information Studies.
Cheryl A. Ficarra
Tomás A. Gonzalez
Assistant Dean for Student Life
B.A., Ithaca College
M.A., Buffalo State College
J.D., Syracuse University
Tomás A. Gonzalez
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Associate Dean Ficarra has more than 20
years of experience in higher education
administration, including student
recruitment, admissions, enrollment
management, financial aid, career services,
administrative computing, budget planning,
and operations. She is a member of the
Council for the Advancement and Support
of Education and the National Association
for Women in Education. She has served on
committees for the Law School Admission
Council and as a member of the planning
committee for The Access Group Financial
Aid Conference. Most recently, she serves
as a member of the Program Planning
Committee for the Law Student Debt Summit
that is being co-sponsored by the National
Association of Law Placement and The Access
Group.
Assistant Dean Gonzalez oversees the newly
created Office of Student Life, which is
responsible for the overall quality of student
life, academic counseling, diversity initiatives,
leadership development, community service/
pro bono program, special needs
accommodations, bar preparation, and
academic support at the College of Law. His
expertise includes leadership and community
development, academic support programs,
diversity education, and student success/
recognition programs.
During his 16-year career in student affairs,
Assistant Dean Gonzalez has held positions
at Syracuse University, Alfred University,
Buffalo State College, SUNY Cortland, and the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
He joined SU’s Division of Student Affairs
in 2002 as assistant director for the Office
of Greek Life and Experiential Learning.
At SU, Gonzalez has been the recipient
of an Exemplary Achievement Award for
Faculty/Staff and an ALPHA Award given
by students to recognize staff representing
student-centered values and contributions to
student life.
His professional affiliations include the
American College Personnel Association; the
National Association of Student Personnel
Administrators; College Student Personnel
Association, New York; and the Association of
Student Judicial Affairs.
Janice Herzog
Donohue
Janice Herzog Donohue
Keith E. Sealing
Assistant Dean for External Relations and
Administration
Assistant Dean for Student Administration
and the Registrar
B.S., University of Northern Colorado
J.D., Temple University School of Law
Assistant Dean Herzog Donohue has
supported decanal affairs and the
administrative operations of the Office of the
Dean and offices of the faculty for more than
18 years. She is a member of the American
Management Association and served as a
member of the annual meeting planning
committee for the American Society of
Comparative Law. She was co-coordinator
of a three-day symposium on the Impact of
German Émigré Jurists on Modern Law in
Bonn, Germany, sponsored by the University
of Bonn and the German Research Council.
As an advocate for women’s issues, she was
invited by a member of the state legislature
to serve on a Women’s Advisory Council. She
is a past recipient of the Graduating Class
Award in recognition of her continued and
extraordinary dedication to students. She
was a presenter at the 2006 Council for
Advancement and Support of Education
(CASE) District II Annual Conference.
Assistant Dean Herzog Donohue works closely
with alumni in her role as liaison to the Board
of Advisors.
Keith E. Sealing
Assistant Dean Sealing graduated magna
cum laude from the Temple University School
of Law, where he was a member of the law
review. Before beginning his teaching career,
Assistant Dean Sealing was in private practice
with major national and international law
firms in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C.,
and Atlanta, where his practice emphasis
was international tax and trade. He has
previously taught at Emory University School
of Law, Georgia State University School of
Law, and the John Marshall Law School. He
has researched and published in the areas
of constitutional law and international law,
and his most recent scholarship includes
NAFTA’s Elimination of Agricultural Tariffs: Will
Globalization be Allowed to Destroy 7,000 Years
of Indigenous Culture?, (18 American U. Int’l
L.Rev. 101) and “State Sponsors of Terrorism”
is a Question not an Answer: the Terrorism
Amendment to the FSIA Makes Less Sense Now
Than It Did Before 9/11, (38 Tex. Int’l L.J. 121. )
Lowell H. Lustig
Associate Dean for Advancement
B.A., Hunter College of the City University
of New York
J.D., Capital University Law School
Lowell H. Lustig
Associate Dean Lustig has more than 25
year’s experience in the nonprofit sector,
including social services, health care, and
higher education. He served as the first
executive director of the American Sleep
Apnea Association and has an extensive
background in institutional advancement,
non-profit administration, and board
development. He has served in leadership
positions with such organizations as the
American Lung Association, B’nai B’rith
Foundation of the United States, Children’s
Hospital of Columbus, Ohio, and the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Before assuming his current position at the
College of Law, he directed the Campaign for
the Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life at
Syracuse University.
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Joseph A. Barrette
Joseph A. Barrette
Patricia Hassett
Professor of Law
B.S., Providence College
J.D., Catholic University
Professor of Law
B.A., Elmira College
LL.B., Syracuse University
LL.M., Harvard University
Before coming to Syracuse, Professor Barrette
served as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow
with the Onondaga Neighborhood Legal
Services Corporation and as a law clerk to the
Onondaga County Court. He was in private
practice, where he engaged in extensive
litigation in commercial law and criminal
defense and was supervising attorney and
acting director of the Syracuse University
Project for Prisoners’ Rights. Professor
Barrette was a Fulbright lecturer at Sind
Muslim Government Law College in Karachi,
Pakistan. He has also lectured extensively
on the law of Dharma and Buddhism and
regularly teaches mediation to first-year law
students as well as individuals and groups
in Central New York. Professor Barrette has
developed and teaches a Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (CAM) law course,
the first to be taught in a U.S. law school. He
has written a legal manual for practitioners
of CAM and an article that analyzes the legal
issues that affect physicians who practice
CAM. He is a member of the American College
of Legal Medicine. He is an adjunct faculty
member with the College of Human Services
and Health Professions.
Daan Braveman
Professor of Law
A.B., University of Rochester
J.D., University of Pennsylvania
Daan Braveman
Before joining the Syracuse faculty,
Professor Braveman was a law clerk for
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and an
attorney for the Greater Upstate Law
Project of Monroe County, New York, Legal
Assistance Corporation. He served as dean
of the College of Law from 1994 to 2002.
Professor Braveman is an American Law
Institute member and was the reporter to the
Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group. He
has published numerous articles on federal
jurisdiction and constitutional law. He is the
author of Protecting Constitutional Freedoms:
A Role for Federal Courts and co-author of the
casebooks Constitutional Law: Structure and
Rights in Our Federal System and Power, Privilege
and Law. Professor Braveman left the College
of Law to become the ninth president of
Nazareth College in Rochester, New York.
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Patricia Hassett
Formerly a prosecuting attorney and a
municipal government attorney, Professor
Hassett served with the Lord Chancellor’s
Advisory Committee on Legal Education
and Conduct in England, advising on the
education and professional conduct of
persons providing legal services. She has also
served as a consultant to the English Home
Office on a project to improve the quality of
bail decisions. Professor Hassett writes in
the field of artificial intelligence and the law
and has constructed a prototype of an expert
system that makes bail recommendations.
Peter E. Herzog
Crandall Melvin Professor of Law
A.B., Hobart College
LL.B., Syracuse University
LL.M., Columbia University
Peter E. Herzog
Professor Herzog was a New York assistant
attorney general and Columbia University
Project on International Procedure staff
member. He was associate director of the
Columbia University Project on European
Legal Institutions, consultant to the New
York Commission on Eminent Domain, and a
visiting professor at the universities of Paris
I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), Dijon, and Fribourg.
He writes and co-writes many books and
articles on comparative law, conflicts of
law, the European Communities, and torts.
Professor Herzog received the Chancellor’s
Citation for Academic Excellence in 1983.
Travis H.D. Lewin
Travis H.D. Lewin
Richard D. Schwartz
Professor of Law
B.A., LL.B., University of South Dakota
S.J.D., University of Michigan
Ernest I. White Research Professor of Law
and Professor of Sociology
B.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Professor Lewin was in private practice and
served as an assistant U.S. attorney before
entering law teaching. He served as a
consultant to the Michigan Department of
Mental Hygiene, the Syracuse Department
of Police, the U.S. Courts for the Northern
District of New York (as reporter to the
Speedy Trial Act Planning Group), and the
legislative commission on the proposed New
York Code of Evidence. He was interim dean
of the College of Law and visiting clinical
professor of law at the New York School of
Psychiatry. He co-wrote two books and writes
many articles on mental health, criminal law,
and administering criminal justice. In 1984,
he received the first Richard S. Jacobson
Award for Distinguished Trial Advocacy
Teaching by the Roscoe Pound American Trial
Lawyers Association. He has also received the
Chancellor’s Citation for Academic Excellence.
Professor Schwartz came to Syracuse after
almost 25 years as a distinguished teacher
and scholar in both law and sociology. He is
the author of many scholarly publications
in both fields, including the books Society
and the Legal Order, Unobtrusive Measures,
Criminal Law: Theory and Process, and the
Handbook of Regulation and Administrative
Law. He is recognized as a leading authority
on law and society. He taught on the law
and sociology faculties at Northwestern and
Yale universities and was dean and professor
of law at State University of New York at
Buffalo. Professor Schwartz was the founding
editor of the Law and Society Review.
Richard D. Schwartz
Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke
Professor of Law
B.A., Duke University
J.D., University of Michigan
Wilhelmina
Reuben-Cooke
Professor Reuben-Cooke came to Syracuse
from the Georgetown Law Center, where she
was an associate director of the Georgetown
Institute for Public Representation. A Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of Duke, she was a Woodrow
Wilson Fellow at Harvard University and
John Hay Whitney Fellow at Michigan. She
practiced law for a leading Washington law
firm and the Citizens Communications Center.
She earned commendations for her work and
publications in telecommunications law from
the Washington Association for Television and
Children, and Black Citizens for a Fair Media,
among other groups. Professor Reuben-Cooke
left the College of Law to become the Provost
at the University of the District of Columbia
College of Law in Washington, D.C.
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Professor of Practice
David M. Crane
Courtesy Appointments
David M. Crane
Keith J. Bybee
Professor of Practice
B.G.S., Ohio University
M.S., Ohio University
J.D., Syracuse University
Associate Professor of Political Science
Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional
Law and Politics
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public
Affairs Institute
Associate Professor of Law
(by courtesy appointment)
A.B., Princeton University
M.A., University of California, San Diego
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Professor Crane joined the faculty of
the College of Law in August 2005 as a
Distinguished Visiting Professor. Before joining
the faculty, he was an undersecretary general
at the United Nations and chief prosecutor
of the international war crimes tribunal in
West Africa, called the Special Court for
Sierra Leone. Appointed to that position by
the Secretary General, Kofi Annan, Professor
Crane’s mandate was to prosecute those who
bore the greatest responsibility for war crimes
and crimes against humanity stemming from
the decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone
in the 1990s. He is the first American since
Justice Robert Jackson at Nuremberg, in 1945,
to lead an international tribunal.
Professor Crane has a long history of
public service, having served in the federal
government of the United States as an officer
in the United States Army and as a member of
the Senior Executive Service for 30 years. He
has published and spoken widely on human
rights issues and holds numerous honors,
including being named a Paramount Chief by
the civil society organizations of Sierra Leone
in 2005.
Professor Crane teaches international
criminal law, international law, and national
security law. He is also a member of the
faculty of the Institute for National Security
and Counterterrorism, a joint venture between
the College of Law and the Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse.
He holds a bachelor of general studies
degree, summa cum laude, in history and a
master of arts degree in african studies from
Ohio University. Additionally, he holds a juris
doctor degree from Syracuse University.
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Keith J. Bybee
Before joining Syracuse University in 2002,
Professor Bybee was a faculty member in
the Department of Government at Harvard
University. Bybee holds the Michael O. Sawyer
Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics
in the Maxwell School, and he directs the
Sawyer Law and Politics Program (SLAPP).
He also directs the Institue for the Study
of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media
(IJPM), an institue jointly sponsored by the
College of Law, the Maxwell School, and the
Newhouse School of Public Communicaitons.
Bybee’s teaching interests include American
public law, legal theory, political philosophy,
American politics, the politics of race, and
LGBT politics. He is the author of Mistaken
Identity: The Supreme Court and the Politics
of Minority Representation (Princeton, 1998;
second printing, 2002), a book that focuses
on theories of political identity at stake in the
debate over race-conscious redistricting. He
is also editor of Bench Press: The Collision of
Courts, Politics, and the Media (forthcoming,
Stanford University Press), a collection of
essays on judicial independance written by
legal scholars, sitting judges, and working
journalists. He is currently at work on a booklength project examining the role of courtesy
and hypocrisy in the judicial process.
Patricia H. Longstaff
Associate Professor, Television, Radio, Film
J.D., M.S., University of Iowa
M.P.A., Harvard University
Patricia H. Longstaff
Professor Longstaff is an educator and analyst
specializing in the business and public
policy issues affecting the communications
industry in the United States and
internationally. She is also a research associate
at Harvard University’s Center for Information
Policy Research, where she works on issues of
global communications policy. Her most recent
work there involves the role of communications
in the resilience of local populations who
suffer a “surprise” such as a terrorist attack or
natural disaster. She is also a member of the
U.S. State Department Advisory Committee
on International Communications Policy, and
a member of the board of directors of the
International Telecommunications Society. Her
most recent book, The Communications Toolkit:
How to Build or Regulate Any Communications
Business, was published by MIT Press in 2002.
Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. L’68 of Delaware was the
keynote speaker at Syracuse University College of Law’s 2006
commencement, as well as at the 1994 commencement, when
his son Joseph III was among the J.D. recipients. Biden is the
top Democrat on both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
and the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime.
“I went to law school to become a lawyer, but my professors
at Syracuse taught me about a lot more than the mere
mechanics of the law.
“Despite the upheavals and uncertainties that characterized the sixties, I arrived at Syracuse with a strong sense of
purpose: I saw the law as an instrument for change, and I
believed much in the world needed changing. What I learned
from my Syracuse professors made that sense of purpose
more powerful still.
“They showed me that the personal values that led me to
the study of law in the first place match the principles that
underpin the Constitution: intolerance for the abuse of power,
a respect for personal integrity and individual autonomy,
and a sense of responsibility to family and community. They
taught me that it is our system of law that has enabled us to
apply those principles as a society. For an apprentice lawyer,
that was an empowering discovery, and it made me confident
I could serve the best in myself and in others through the
practice of law.
“I also discovered something else, no less important to
me, about my professors, about the College of Law, and
about Syracuse. If you earn their confidence, they repay you
with their loyalty—and it is impossible to overstate the value
of such support to students and to graduates of Syracuse.
“Those of us who graduated from Syracuse 30 years ago
could be no more certain of the outlines of our future than
today’s students are, but the Syracuse University College Law
endowed us with conviction that if we pursued the noble
aspirations of our profession, could build lives of meaning
and, in the process, improve our world. I believed that then
and I believe it now.
“That’s how it was when I was a student, and my older
son who is a recent graduate from the College of Law tells
me that’s how it remains at Syracuse today. I don’t think
much more could be said for any law school.”
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the office of
student life
The Office of Student Life is
dedicated to working with our
students to develop a shared
sense of pride and ownership
within the College of Law.
The office has a friendly,
open-door policy, and students
are encouraged to stop in, ask
questions, give suggestions,
and get involved.
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The Office of Student Life provides a broad
The Office of Student Life works with
range of student support services, including:
College of Law students, faculty, and
administrators, as well as with a variety
> academic and personal counseling
of University-based offices, in developing
programming to meet the needs of students.
> academic support
The office also informs students about
> tutoring
opportunities to explore an assortment of
> leadership/professionalism training
> community service/pro bono activities
University-wide student organizations and
activities, ranging from trips to the worldrenowned Finger Lakes wine country, to
law symposia with world renowned speakers.
> diversity initiatives
The Office of Student life is dedicated to
enhancing legal education with a commitment
> wellness programs
to student development and individual success
> accommodations for students with
disabilities
through quality co-curricular programming
and student services.
> support for student organizations and
moot court activities.
“Working as a litigation associate at a large law firm like Clifford Chance in New York
means being able to juggle many tasks from many senior attorneys all at the same
time. I could be working on a brief for a pro bono criminal case, researching securities
laws and managing a discovery project for billion dollar litigation simultaneously.
There is no doubt I received strong classroom preparation at the College of Law.
But for me, it was the opportunities the law school provided outside of the classroom
that have given me the additional skills I’ve needed to succeed. The legal journals,
moot court opportunities, and research assistant positions, along with the clincal/
externship programs are great opportunities. These programs helped me gain practical
experience while also teaching me to juggle multiple tasks and issues at the same time.
No matter where my legal career leads me, these experiences helped me form an
invaluable foundation for working with colleagues and managing my workload. There
is no doubt that Syracuse University College of Law was the right choice for me.”
Juan Renteria, Jr., L‘04
Adjunct Professor
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
law student
senate and student
organizations
Students take active roles in decisions that
help shape the law school experience by
participating in the Law Student Senate.
In addition to representing student views
on important issues, the senate appoints
student representatives to faculty
committees and administers expenditure of
a substantial budget. Officers and senators
are elected from each class.
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The Law Student Senate takes an active role
in many community service projects, regularly
providing volunteers for such activities as Habitat
for Humanity, the Hurricane Katrina Alternative
Spring Break trip, and the Special Olympics.
Each year, the senate sponsors a local charitable
organization (such as AIDS Community Resources
or the Big Brother/Big Sister program) in the
5K “Ambulance Chase” fund-raiser. In addition,
senate members have served as mentors at a local
elementary school, have volunteered at area soup
kitchens, and routinely organize food and clothing
drives for local charities.
The senate also hosts a series of social events
throughout the year. The winter formal, known
as the Barrister’s Ball, and the spring comedy
production, known as the Libel Show, highlight the
year for many law students.
The senate serves as the umbrella organization
for law student groups. The following
organizations are recognized by the senate:
Actual Innocence Society (AIS)
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Constitutional Society (ACS)
Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
(APALSA)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF)
Corporate Law Society (CLS)
Criminal Justice Society (CJS)
disAbility Law Society (dLS)
Environmental Law Society (ELS)
Family Law Society (FLS)
Federalist Society Feminist Action League (FAL)
Grant Opportunity (GO) Program
Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS)
International Law Students Association (ILSA)
Irish-American Law Students Association (IALSA)
Islamic Law Society (ILS)
Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA)
Korean Law Students Association (KLSA)
Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)
Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA)
National Security Association (NSA)
National Women’s Law Student Association
(NWLSA)
Native American Law Society (NALS)
Outlaw
Phi Alpha Delta
Republican Law Caucus
South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)
Student Association on Terrorism and Security
Analysis – Law Student Division (SATSA)
Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELS)
St. Thomas More Society
Syracuse Tax Society
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Syracuse Law Review
The Digest
The most effective
The Digest is the law
advocates possess
journal of the National
exceptional skills in legal
Italian-American
research and writing.
Bar Association. The
Students can perfect
Digest is a profes-
Melanie Gray L‘81
these skills by editing the
sional law journal
Partner and Bankruptcy Litigation Co-chair
Syracuse Law Review.
publishing articles of
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Houston, TX
Now in its 57th year
general interest to
Member, Syracuse University
of publication, the law
the profession. It also
Board of Trustees and College of Law
Board of Advisors
review provides an intense legal research and
issues related to Italian and American trade,
national forum for contributing scholars. The
jurisprudence, and comparative law.
editorial board publishes four law review issues
“Early in my education at Syracuse
University College of Law, I learned
a life-long lesson that has continued
to serve me well: preparation and
commitment are the foundation for
success in every facet of life.
“By absorbing the knowledge
shared by faculty and exploiting the
experiential learning opportunities,
I left SU College of Law aptly prepared
and fully committed to tackle a
profession in commercial litigation.
Those principles of preparedness and
commitment have guided my career
from entry-level associate to partner,
while navigating intricate bankruptcy
cases for notable corporations, including representation of Enron in the most
complex chapter 11 case in history.”
“I extend those principles to every
lecture I give and to every hour I
donate to altruistic organizations,
such as Girls, Inc. I do this because
I learned another valuable lesson
while attending Syracuse University:
we are each responsible for serving
the communities in which we live and
thrive through the continual imparting
of knowledge and generous giving of
our time. These are the kinds of
lessons learned at Syracuse
University that make us good
lawyers and good people.”
The student board of editors, which
annually, one of which is the Annual Survey of
represents a diverse student population, is
New York Law.
selected based on writing competition results
Law review membership is a prized honor at
and personal interviews. Students write and
Syracuse. Students are invited to join the law
publish case comments while engaging in a
review based on their first-year grades or their
full range of editorial activities. In this way,
achievement in an open writing competition
students obtain valuable hands-on experience
held at the conclusion of the first year. Second-
in the law and in improving their own writing
year editorial staff members write notes for
skills, while performing a service for the bar
possible publication in the Syracuse Law Review
and community.
and assist in editorial activities. The third-year
editorial board supervises all aspects of publi-
The Labor Lawyer
cation, including the process of editing articles
The Labor Lawyer is
and notes selected for publication.
the official publication
of the American Bar
Syracuse Journal of
International Law and Commerce
Association’s Labor
and Employment Law
First published in 1972,
section. The College of
the journal has the
Law has the privilege
distinction of being one
of being one of a small
of the oldest student-
number of law schools
edited international law
that edit an ABA pub-
reviews in the United
lication. With more than 22,000 subscribers
States. It features
nationwide, The Labor Lawyer is a distinguished
works by leading
law journal aimed at bringing useful insights
private and public
and current legal trends in the area of labor
international law scholars and practitioners.
The journal also includes student notes and,
and employment law to its readers.
The staff of The Labor Lawyer is responsible
at times, symposia organized by the College of
for selecting and editing the articles for each
Law faculty.
annual issue. Students apply for a position
Students are selected for journal member-
on The Labor Lawyer editorial board at the
ship based on academic ranking or success
end of their first year. Selections are based
in an open writing competition held at the
on a writing sample, editing exercise, and
conclusion of the first year. Members must
personal interview.
demonstrate mastery of legal research and
writing skills by submitting scholarly articles
of publishable quality.
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publishes articles on
writing program for student editors and a
law student
publications
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career services
Syracuse University College of Law
takes pride in its reputation as a
distinguished national law school. Its
graduates are employed throughout
the United States and around the
world. The Office of Career Services
provides a full range of services to
students, including a broad mix of
innovative and traditional support,
empowering students with the
confidence and skills necessary to
conduct an effective job search.
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The college’s Office of Career Services is dedicated to assisting current students and alumni
with their individual job searches. The Office
of Career Services hosts seminars during the
year to teach students effective job search
techniques and sponsors programs in which
attorneys representing dozens of practice
areas speak to students about what their
jobs are really like. The office also conducts
specialized workshops for students interested
in judicial clerkships, career opportunities
outside the traditional legal realm, and long
distance job searching. Individual counseling
and mock interviews are provided by the
career services staff as well.
The office takes pride in its specialized
services and publications designed to assist
first-year law students with skills assessment,
career exploration, and the fundamentals
of job searching. Beyond these services, the
office maintains a reference library that
houses many resources to assist students and
alumni with career exploration.
To keep students apprised of summer, fulland part-time job opportunities, the Office
of Career Services electronically publishes
and maintains this information on its web site
(www.law.syr.edu). The web site also details
upcoming seminars, writing competitions,
fellowships, judicial clerkship opportunities,
and other items of interest to job-seeking
students.
Every year, employers from across the
country recruit Syracuse students through
interview and resume collection programs.
Throughout the academic year, the Office
of Career Services schedules on-campus
interviews for students and coordinates offcampus fall interview programs in New York
City and Washington, D.C.
Alumni Connection
Syracuse law’s network of more than 8,500
graduates helps keep the college informed
of employment opportunities. Our extensive
alumni database is a source for providing
possible employment contacts in a variety
of practice areas throughout the country. In
addition, many alumni serve as mentors to
current students. Alumni are an important
source of information about current trends
and opportunities in various practice areas
of the law and geographic areas. The Career
Services Office and our law students benefit
greatly from our alumni’s eagerness to share
information and provide assistance.
The Office of Career Services also assists
alumni with lateral moves or career transitions. Individual counseling services and job
searching resources continue to be available
beyond graduation to meet the needs of
alumni. Current job opportunities for alumni
are posted on our web site.
The Grant Opportunity Program
The Grant Opportunity (GO) Program is an
organization that encourages, supports, and
funds summer employment for law students in
the public interest sector. It is run primarily by
students with the guidance, support, and
assistance of the Office of Career Services.
Each summer, a number of students receive
grants to assist them financially while they
work in public interest positions. Grant
recipients must participate in GO fund-raising
activities and complete a public service
requirement duringthe academic year to be
eligible for summer funding. A total of
$44,000 was awarded to GO recipients for
the summer of 2006. GO recipients typically
engage in work for legal service organizations,
nonprofit groups, and government entIties
across the country. In the past, students have
found summer internships with the following
organizations:
> Legal Assistance of the Finger Lakes
Geneva, New York
> National Coalition Against Censorship
New York, New York
> Los Angeles County Attorney’s Office
Los Angeles, California
> American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee
Washington, D.C.
> Onondaga County District Attorney’s
Office
Onondaga County, New York
> Center for Community Alternatives
Syracuse
> Office of the Public Defender,
County of Winnebago
Rockford, Illinois
> Legal Services of Central New York Inc.
(AIDS Law Project)
Syracuse
> Office of the Conflict Defender,
Family Court Division
Syracuse
> State of Delaware, Department of Justice
Delaware
> Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society
Syracuse
> Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York Inc.
Binghamton, New York
> U.S. District Court - NDNY;
Hon. David E. Peebles
Syracuse
> U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of
Columbia
Washington, D.C.
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employment
information
Syracuse College of Law
graduates have acquired impressive
employment rates during the past
several years. A survey of the Class
of 2005 indicates that 43 percent
entered private practice, 19 percent
were employed by private sector
corporations, 16 percent joined
government agencies and other
public employers, 13 percent
became judicial clerks, and five
percent entered public interest
law practice.
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“SU Law provided me with the tools I needed to succeed as an attorney. I learned how to think critically through the hands-on
training in the classroom. I was part of a team in my memberships on moot court and the journals. I was a leader through my
roles as moot court coach for the Women’s Law Caucus and APALSA, class senator, and founder of the South Asian Law Students
Association. But most importantly, I experienced the value of being a part of a community through my friendships with classmates,
professors, administrative staff, and my mentor through the Alumni Association. In essence, SU Law laid the foundation for an amazing career in the legal field. Currently, I am a member of the health law practice at Jones Day in Washington, D.C., where I represent
health care facilities in civil and criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Medicare Anti-Kickback Law, the Stark Law, and
the False Claims Act. I also advise health care facilities on regulatory and compliance matters involving Medicare fraud and abuse
laws and reimbursement regulations. My regulatory and litigation practices allow me to pursue two aspects of the law: counselor as
well as advocate.”
Ritu Singh L’00
Associate
Jones Day, Washington, D.C.
Type of Practice
The chart on the upper right indicates the
various types of practice selected by members
of the Class of 2005. Many Syracuse graduates
pursue traditional careers in private practice
with specialized or full-service law firms or as
judicial clerks in one of the many local, state,
and federal courts. Other graduates choose
employment in government, business, and
academia.
Starting Salaries
Practice type and geographic location influence
the starting salaries of law graduates.
Compensation also varies widely between the
public and private sectors and among employers
within each sector of the marketplace. Other
factors that may influence initial earnings for
recent graduates are law school academic
achievements and co-curricular activities.
For members of the Class of 2005 who provided salary information, salaries ranged from
$140,000 for large firm practice to $30,000
for public interest law employment. The
average salary reported by those in private
practice law firm positions was $69,000.
The average salary reported by those in
public sector government jobs was $46,800,
while the average salary reported by those in
private sector jobs was $64,300.
The average starting salary for all
employment types was $56,300.
Salaries vary widely among geographic
locations, with larger metropolitan areas
typically offering higher starting salaries.
The chart on the right displays the geographic
distribution of the survey respondents from
the Class of 2005.
Type of Practice
10
20
30
Private Practice
50
60
70
80
90 100
50
60
70
80
90 100
43%
Business and Industry
19%
Government Agency
16%
Judicial Clerkship
13%
Public Interest
Other
40
5%
4%
Geographic Distribution
10
20
30
40
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
6%
Middle Atlantic (*NY, NJ, PA)
57%
Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
6%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
18%
South (AL, KY, TN, AR, MS, LA, OK, TX)
2%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
3%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
5%
International
3%
*Graduates employed in NYS working in NYC: 28%
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selected
employers
College of Law graduates have
many employment options—
from large private law firms
to government agencies to
Fortune 500 companies. The
following is a sampling of
employers who have sought or
hired Syracuse University
College of Law graduates.
“As a Special Agent with the United States
Secret Service, I draw upon the legal education
I obtained at the Syracuse University College
of Law on a daily basis. The legal intricacies of
conducting criminal investigations and providing
physical protection to the President of the United
States are complex. SU not only provided me
with an exceptional education, it gave me the
opportunity to tailor my law degree towards
specific career interests.”
Christopher C. McCauley L’02 J.D./M.A.
Special Agent
United States Secret Service
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Alaska
Palmer
Newport Beach
Connecticut
Gordon & Rees
Knobb, Martens, Olson & Bear
Alaska Superior Court
Cheshire
Nuzzo & Roberts
Riverside
Arizona
Reid & Hellyer
Mesa
Sacramento
Schmeiser Olsen & Watts
Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehart
Greenwich
Bentley, Mosher & Babson
Ivey Barnum & O’Mara, LLC
Groton
Phoenix
San Diego
Jones, Skelton & Hochuli
Chapin, Fleming & Winet
O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover,
Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum
Hartford
Cruse & Hough
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
Raven, Kirschner & Norell
Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye
Cooney, Scully & Dowling
Riley, Carlock & Applewhite
Hecht, Solbert, Robinson & Goldberg
Day, Berry & Howard
Siegal, Bellovin & Karnas
Latham & Watkins
Dechert LLP
Snell & Wilmer
Lincoln, Gustafson & Cercos
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
Stender & Larkin
Naval Legal Services Office
Halloran & Sage, LLP
Steptoe & Johnson
State Attorney’s Office
Hartford Superior Court
Scottsdale
San Francisco
Office of the Governor of Connecticut
Bennett, Burke & Carmichael
Gordon & Rees
Office of the Attorney General
Klimow & Associates
Limbach & Limbach
Pepe & Hazard
Sarrail, Lynch & Hall
Reid & Reige
Tucson
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
Robinson & Cole
Raven Kirschner & Norell
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Shipman & Goodwin
Siegal Bellovin & Karnas
Steinhart & Falconer
Sullivan, Campine & Connon
California
Colorado
Irvine
Boulder
Ayco Company
Caplan & Earnest
Killingsworth & Beshears
O’Brien, Shafner, Stuart & Kelly
Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney
Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn
Gerald C. Sloat, P.C.
Los Angeles
Lamm, Freeman, Butler, L.L.C.
Christensen, White, Miller, Fink, Jacobs,
Moses, Wittemyer et al
Glaser & Shapiro, LLP
Condon & Forsyth
Denver
Gilbert & Sackman
Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Madden
Internal Revenue Service
Colorado Court of Appeals
Levy, Stern & Ford
Hall & Evans
Littler Mendelson
Holme, Roberts & Owen
Los Angeles Superior Court
Minor & Brown
Monroe & Shapiro
Office of Federal Public Defender
O’Melveny & Myers
Office of the Attorney General
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spanstra
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
Patton Boggs
United Technologies Corporation
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy
New Haven
Wiggin & Dana
Stamford
Benedict & Depuy
Curtis, Brinckerhoff & Barrett
Cummings & Lockwood
Deloitte & Touche
Kelley, Drye & Warren
Ryan, Ryan, Johnson, Clear & Deluca
Shipman & Goodwin
Waterbury
Carmody & Torrance LLP
Moynihan, Reskin, Mascolo & Minella
Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons
Sheridan Ross
Snell & Wilmer
University of Denver College of Law
Walker & Associates
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Delaware
Morrison & Foerster
Jacksonville
Muldoon, Murphy & Aggugia
Draughon
Georgetown
National Labor Relations Board
Delaware Department of Justice
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Melbourne
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Gray, Harris & Robinson
Wilmington
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Potter Anderson & Corroon
Proskauer Rose
Miami
Richards Layton & Finger
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Baker & McKenzie
Steptoe & Johnson
Brumer & Kaufman
Stewart & Stewart
Cole, Scott & Kissane
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman
Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott
Washington
Tucker, Flyer
Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart
Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn
U.S. Department of the Air Force JAG Corps
Katz, Barron, Squitero & Faust
Arnold & Porter
U.S. Department of the Army JAG Corps
Lott & Friedland
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
U.S. Department of Commerce
Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey,
Blooston, Mordkofsky, Jackson & Dickens
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Booz Allen & Hamilton
U.S. Department of Housing
District of Columbia
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
and Urban Development
Crosland & Bramnick
Schmachtenberg & Associates
Steel, Hector & Davis
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. Department of the Interior
Taylor, Brion, Buker & Greene
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
U.S. Department of Justice
Wampler, Buchanan & Breen
Clifford Chance
U.S. Department of Labor
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Cohn & Marks
U.S. Department of the Navy JAG Corps
Comptroller of the Currency
U.S. Department of State
Tampa
Covington & Burling
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Gallagher & Howard
Crowell & Moring
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dechert
U.S. General Accounting Office
West Palm Beach
Dickstein Shapiro
U.S. Marine Corps SJA
Palm Beach Public Defender
Dorsey & Whitney
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Georgia
Electronic Data Systems
U.S. Sentencing Commission
U.S. Tax Court
Atlanta
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget
Van Ness Feldman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
White & Case
Federal Communications Commission
Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Willkie, Farr & Gallagher
Federal Election Commission
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr
Federal Trade Commission
Zuckerman & Spaeder
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner
Florida
Altman, Kritzer & Levick
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fisher & Phillips
Ford & Harrison
Georgia Legal Services Program
Hunton & Williams
Jones Day
King & Spalding
Morris, Manning & Martin
Free Congress Foundation
Bartow
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
10th Circuit Public Defender’s Office
Proctor & Chambers
Fulbright & Jaworski
Thomas, Means, Gillis, Devlin, Robinson & Seay
Graham & James
Boca Raton
Troutman Sanders
Howrey LLP
Anderson St. Denis & Glenn, PA
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Internal Revenue Service
Broad and Cassel
Weinstock & Scavo, PC
Jackson Kelly PLLC
Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear
Jones Day
Hunt, Cook, Riggs, Mehr & Miller, PA
The Lewis Law Firm
Liniak, Berenato, Longacre & White
Fort Lauderdale
Lyon & Lyon
Holland & Knight
Mayer, Brown & Platt
McKenna, Long & Aldridge
Hollywood
Morgan Lewis
Conroy, Simberg & Ganon
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Hawaii
Maine
Michigan
Honolulu
Auburn
Dearborn
Chun, Chipchase, Takayama
Skelton, Taintor & Abbott
Ford Motor Company
Lee, Kim & Wong
Augusta
Detroit
Oliver, Lau, Lawhn, Ogawa & Nakamura
Farris, Foley & Dick, PA
Dickinson Wright
Tokildson, Katz, Jossem, Fonseca,
Natural Resources Council of Maine
Dykema Gossett
Office of the Attorney General
General Motors Corporation Legal Staff
Chun, Kerr, Dodd, Beaman & Wong
Jaffe, Moore & Hetherington
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Verner, Liipfert & Bernhard
Idaho
Boise
Ada County District Attorney's Office
Bangor
Kerr, Russell and Weber
Rudman & Winchell
Lewis & Munday, A Professional Corporation
UAW Legal Services Plan
Bath
Conley, Haley & O’Neil
Southfield
Sommer, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz
Illinois
Portland
Chicago
Bennett & Associates
Traverse City
Allegretti & Witcoff
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson
Smith & Johnson
Aronberg, Goldgehn, Davis & Garmisa
Drummond & Drummond
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd
Friedman & Babcock
Troy
Brand & Novak
Maine Supreme Court
Harness, Dickey & Pierce
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Pretti, Flaherty, Belivau & Pachios
Cohn & Russell
Verril & Dana
Cook County State Attorney’s Office
Minnesota
Minneapolis
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Maryland
Crowley, Barrett, Karuba
Baltimore
Churchill Capital, Inc.
Deloitte & Touche
Ashcraft & Gerel
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Foote, Meyers, Mielke & Flowers
Hogan & Hartson
Faegre & Benson
Gessler, Hughes & Sucol, Ltd.
Maryland Circuit Court
Fredrikson & Byron, PA
Glick & Simon
Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
Leonard, Street & Deinard
Haskell & Perrin
Smith, Somerville & Case
Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stegvers
Jones Day
Kelley, Drye & Warren
Merchant & Gould
Massachusetts
Larson & Nierling
Leahy, Eisenberg & Fraenkel
Boston
Mayer, Brown & Platt
Anderson Adler Cohen & Harvey
Price, Hunney, Lughname & Brittare
Bingham McCutchen, LLP
Rooks, Pitts & Poust
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal
Dike, Bronstein, Roberts & Cushman
Willian, Brinks, Olds, Hofer, Gilson & Lione
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
Ernst & Young
Kentucky
Frankfort
Bowman and Brooke, LLP
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar
Merchant, Gould, Smith & Edell
National Labor Relations Board
Saint Paul
Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly
Missouri
Kansas City
Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton
Investors Bank & Trust
Morrison Mahoney
Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy
Nixon Peabody
Louisiana
Nutter, McClennen & Fish
St. Louis
Senniger, Powers, Leavitt and Roedel
Thompson Coburn
Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster
New Orleans
Ropes & Gray
Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann &
Suffolk County DA’s Office
Hutchinson
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr
Nebraska
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Quincy
Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane
Worcester
Bowditch & Dewey
Seder and Chandler
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Nevada
Las Vegas
Alverson Taylor Mortensen and Sanders
Clark County District Attorney
Conway & Connolly
Deaner, Deaner, Scann, Curtas & Malan
Gordon & Silver, LTD
Hunterton & Associates
Jones, Jones, Close & Brown
Rawlings, Olson, Cannon, Gormley &
Desruisseaux
Schreck, Bregnone & Godfrey
Snell & Wilmer
Newark
Binghamton
Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey
Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP
Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger &
Hinman, Howard & Kattell
Vecchione
Hollander, Strauss & Mastropietro
Levene, Gouldin & Thompson
O’Connor, Gacioch, Pope & Tait
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP
Levy, Ehrlich & Petriello
Bronx
McCarter & English
Bronx County DA’s Office
New Jersey Attorney General’s Office
New Jersey Superior Court
Brooklyn
New Jersey Supreme Court
Kings County DA’s Office
Saiber Schlesinger Satz & Goldstein
Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Dept.
Stryker, Tams & Dill
Tomkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry
Buffalo
United States Attorney’s Office
Chamberlain, D’Amanda, Oppenheimer &
Laconia
Roseland
Damon & Morey
Normandin, Cheney & O’Neil
Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein,
Hamberger & Weiss
New Hampshire
Greenfield
Hammer & Gladstone
Littleton
New Hampshire Public Defender
Manchester
Ravin, Sarasohn, Cook, Baumgarten, Fisch &
Rosen
Hodgson & Russ
Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
Sellar & Richardson, PC
National Labor Relations Board
Wolff & Samson
Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber
Saperston & Day
Devine, Millimet & Branch
McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton
Springfield
Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green
McDonough, Korn and Eichhorn
Central Islip
Suffolk County DA’s Office
Wiggins & Nourie
Woodbridge
New Jersey
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer
Annandale
New Mexico
Chemung County Attorney’s Office
Garden City
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Las Cruces
Hackensack
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard
Deutsch, Resnick & Green
Elmira
Weinstein, Kaplan & Cohen
Holt & Babington
Santa Fe
Ithaca
Shaw Law Firm
Scheuer, Yost, Patterson, PA
Jersey City
New Jersey Superior Court
Morristown
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP
Graham, Curtin & Sheridan
New York
Albany
Kew Gardens
Queens County DA’s Office
Ayco Company
Mineola
Carter, Conboy, Case, Blackmore, Maloney &
Nassau County DA’s Office
Laird
Hersh, Ramsey & Berman
Girvin & Ferlazzo
Latham
McElroy, Deutsch and Mulvaney
Hinman Straub
Gordon, Siegel, Mastro, Mullaney, Gordon
Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch
Nolan & Heller
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman
NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division 3rd
Rand, Algeier, Tosti & Woodruff
Department
Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti
NYS Court of Appeals
Schenck, Price, Smith & King
Shanley, Sweeney, Reilly & Allen
Armonk
IBM Law Department
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& Galvin
Melville
Lamb & Barnosky
Rosen & Livingston
Syracuse
Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman
Alderman & Alderman
New York City
Schulte Roth & Zabel
American Tower Corporation
Ann Israel & Associates
Shearman & Sterling
Baldwin & Sutphen
Aronauer, Goldfarb, Sills & Re
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
Blitman & King
Beveridge & Diamond
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Bond, Schoeneck & King
Buchanon Ingersoll
Smith Mazure Director Wilkins Young
Burr & Brown
New York (continued)
Burlingham Underwood
Yagerman & Tarallo
Center for Community Alternatives
Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft
Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld LLP
Cherundolo, Bottar & Leone
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Standard & Poors
Costello Cooney & Fearon
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
Sullivan & Cromwell
Devorsetz Stinziano Gilberti Heintz & Smith
Clifford Chance
SunAmerica
Green & Seifter
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hancock & Estabrook
D’Amato & Lynch
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Hiscock & Barclay
Darby & Darby
White & Case
Hiscock Legal Aid Society
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker
Jon B. Felice & Associates
Deloitte & Touche
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf
Legal Services of Central New York
Dewey Ballantine
Wisehart & Koch
Mackenzie Hughes
Martin Ganotis Brown Mould & Currie
Dorsey & Whitney
Entwistle & Capucci
Oneida
McDermott, Doerr & Britt
Epstein, Becker & Green
Oneida Indian Nation
Melvin & Melvin
Ernst & Young
Fulbright & Jaworski
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger &
Vecchione
Holland & Knight
Kaye Scholer, LLP
Kelley Drye & Warren
KPMG
Latham & Watkins
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
Legal Aid Society
Martin Clearwater & Bell
McCarthy, Fingar, Donovan, Drazen & Smith
Meister, Seelig & Fein
Mendes & Mount
Moses & Singer
New York City Administration for Children’s
Services
New York City Dept. of Law
New York City Human Resources
Administration
New York County DA’s Office
New York State Insurance Fund
New York State Supreme Court,
Commercial Division
Nixon Peabody
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Postner & Rubin
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Proskauer Rose
Renzulli & Rutherford
Menter Rudin & Trivelpiece
Queens
National Grid
Queens County DA’s Office
O’Hara & O’Connell
Riverhead
Suffolk County DA’s Office
Rochester
Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson
Chamberlain D’Amanda Oppenheimer
& Greenfield
Eastman Kodak Company
Ernstrom & Dreste
Forsyth, Howe, O’Dwyer, Kalb & Murphy
Onondaga County DA’s Office
Onondaga County Dept. of Law
Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Lawler
& Burstein, P.C.
Setright & Longstreet
Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet
Sugarman Law Firm
UAW - Chrysler/General Motors
U.S. Attorney’s Office
U.S. District Court, NDNY
Wolff, Goodrich & Goldman
Goldman, Newman, Shinder and Franklin
Harris Beach & Wilcox
Harter, Secrest & Emery
Lacy, Katzen, Ryen & Mittleman
NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division,
Utica
Calli, Calli & Cully
Kowalczyk, Tolles, Deery & Johnston
Utica National Insurance Group
4th Department
Nixon Peabody
Watertown
Thompson West
Carter, Conboy, Case, Blackmore,
Underberg & Kessler
Maloney and Laird
U.S. District Court, WDNY
Verizon Communications
White Plains
Woods Oviatt Gilman
Baxter & Smith
Kissel & Pesce
Saratoga Springs
Law Office of Joseph Senn, Jr.
Lemery MacKrell Greisler
McCarthy, Fingar, Donovan, Drazen & Smith
O’Connor, McGuinness, Conte, Doyle & Oleson
Texaco Inc. Legal Dept.
Westchester County District Attorney’s Office
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North Carolina
Oregon
Charlotte
Portland
Alston & Bird
Bennett & Hartman
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Callahan & Shears, PC
Kilpatrick Stockton
Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & Tongue
Rayburn, Moon & Smith
Gosgrave, Vergeer & Kester, LLP
Smith, Helms, Milluss & Moore
Lane, Powell, Spears & Lubersky
Seidl & Rizzo
Greensboro
Tooze, Shenker, Duden & Cremer
Elrod, Lawings & Sharpless
Smith, Helms, Milluss & Moore
Salem
Principal Financial Group
Attorney General’s Office
Department of Justice
Raleigh/Durham
Maupin, Taylor & Ellis
Winston-Salem
Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Lea and Lea
Erie
Shapira, Hutzelman, Berlin & May
Bismark
Harrisburg
Zuger, Kirmis & Smith
McNees, Wallace, & Nurick
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cors & Bassett
Hamilton County Prosecutors Office
Helmer, Martins & Morgan
Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss
Procter & Gamble
Thompson Hine
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Cleveland
Baker & Hostetler
Calfee, Halter & Griswold
Jones Day
McDonald Hopkins, LPA
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Thompson Hine
Weston Hurd Fallon Paisley & Howley
Brown & Levicoff
Buchanan Ingersoll
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham
Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling
Margolis Edelstein
Meyer, Unkovic & Scott
Nagel & Goldstein
Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter
Thorp Reed & Armstrong
Reading
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
Willamette University
Citizen Action Group
Duke University
Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
Providence
Adler Pollock & Sheehan
Blish & Cavanagh
Calenda & Iacoi
Decof & Decof
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
Gunning & LaFazia, Inc.
Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
Lovett Schefrin Harnett
Philadelphia
Lynch & Greenfield
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Morrison, Mahoney & Miller
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
Partridge Snow & Hahn
Blank Rome
Powers, Kinder & Keeney
Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg
Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental
Connolly, Epstein, Chicco Foxman Oxholm &
Ewing
Cozen O’Connor
Daller Greenberg & Dietrich
Management
Rice Dolan & Kershaw
Winograd, Shine & Zacks
Dechert
Tennessee
Dilworth Paxson
Chattanooga
Drinker Biddle
Wooden, Fulton & Scarborough
Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel
Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads
Texas
Morgan Lewis
Austin
Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel
Baker Botts LLP
Philadelphia District Attorney
Columbus
Post & Schell
Dallas
Baker & Hostetler
Saul Ewing
Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis
Gardere & Wynne, LLP
Segal, Wolf, Berk, Gaines & Liss
Haynes & Boone
Dayton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jackson Walker
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
Temple University School of Law
Jones Day
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Meadows, Owens, Collier, Reed, Cousins & Blau
U.S. Court of Appeals
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
U.S. Department of Justice
Sayles Lidji & Werbner
U.S. Veterans Administration
Texas Instruments
Weber Goldstein Greenberg & Gallagher
White and Williams
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Houston
Richmond
American Tower Corporation
Crews & Hancock
Bisk & Fitch
Hazel & Thomas
Branch Law Firm
Hunton & Williams
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Kerns, Kastenbaum & Reinhardt
Harris County DA’s Office
Phillip Morris, Inc.
Howrey LLP
Office of the Attorney General
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Vinson & Elkins
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.
Woodard, Hall & Primm
Washington
Seattle
International Employers
London, England
O’Melveny & Meyers
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell
France
Fodor, Masson, Piernn, Swartz & Beaucort
Zurich, Switzerland
Baker & MacKenzie
Dorsey & Whitney
Garvey, Schubert & Barer
Amsterdam, Netherlands
King County Prosecutor’s Office
International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
Tacoma
The Hague
Washington State Court of Appeals
The U.N. International Tribunal
Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison & Tate
Wisconsin
Jerusalem, Israel
Utah
Milwaukee
San Antonio
Clemens & Spencer
Cox & Smith Inc.
Crofts, Callaway & Jefferson
Fulbright & Jaworski
Salt Lake City
Snell & Wilmer
Snow, Christensen & Martineau
Virginia
Alexandria
Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis
Oliff & Berridge
SOS Children’s Villages
The American Bankruptcy Institute
UPS Worldwide Logistics Inc
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Arlington
BTI Americas Inc.
Chemical Manufacturers Association
Gannett CO Inc. Legal Department
Bass & Moglowsky
Foley & Lardner
Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, LLP
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
Kliminst & Sher
Hong Kong/Chiyoda-Ku, China
Lovell, White & Durrant
Braun, Moriay, Hoashi & Kubota
Kyoto, Japan
Procter & Gamble, International
Tokyo, Japan
NEC Software
Bangkok, Thailand
Deacons, Graham & James
Seoul, Korea
Bae, Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Kim, Shin & Yu
Levine & Yates
Longacre & White
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland & Maier
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Phillip Morris, Inc.
Shapiro & Burson
U.S. Patent & Trade Office
McLean
Troutman Sanders
“My education from Syracuse University College of Law, combined
with the strong network of contacts I developed while attending,
are two key factors contributing to my continued success in this
field. I frequently call upon my growing network of colleagues
to assist me in managing Starbucks Coffee Company’s litigation
throughout North America.”
Zabrina Jenkins L’00
Corporate Counsel
Starbucks Corporate Office
Seattle, WA
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Syracuse is located in the center
of New York State, approximately
260 miles northwest of New York
City. In the midst of a metropolitan
area within Central New York with
the college of law,
the university, the city
a population of 500,000, the College
of Law is located on Syracuse
University’s 200-acre Main Campus.
It commands a panoramic view
of downtown Syracuse and the
Onondaga Valley.
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The College of Law Complex
The H. Douglas Barclay Law Library
Students find the law complex conveniently
self-contained. Designed with the student in
mind, the law complex features comfortable
classrooms with wireless access for students’
laptops and multimedia teaching stations with
computer platforms, document cameras, and
VCRs. The classrooms are intimate, designed to
allow lively discussion and interaction.
Students have room to study and relax. The
facility houses a dining room and cafe; a comfortable student lounge with a TV, microwave,
and vending machines; and student lockers
and mailboxes.
The building features two moot courtrooms.
The larger courtroom, equipped with high-tech
videotaping capabilities, provides the setting
for mock trials and moot court competitions.
The caliber of this courtroom is so high that
judges may hold actual hearings there.
MacNaughton Hall and White Hall are joined
by an open-air courtyard and connected by
hallways on the first and second floors. White
Hall houses the deans’, admissions, financial
aid, career services, student life, student
administration and registrar, and advancement
suites; faculty offices and two medium-sized
classrooms. Offices for the Clinical Legal
Education Program, the Technology
Commercialization Law Program, the NYS
Science Technology and Law Center, and the
Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism are housed in MacNaughton Hall.
Grant Auditorium accommodates large
gatherings such as public lectures. Nearby
parking, with a walkway to the law complex,
allows easy access to the buildings.
The mission of the H. Douglas Barclay Law
Library is to promote and to serve the educational and research needs of the College of
Law community and to advance the development of legal scholarship and law librarianship.
The Law Library creates, develops, and
supports appropriate services, resources,
and facilities; promotes the dissemination of
information and creation of knowledge; and
serves as a gateway to information sources
beyond the scope of its collections.
The Law Library’s four spacious levels
house more than 450,000 volumes in print
and microform; more than 3,300 serials; and
extensive audio, video, and CD-ROM holdings—all accessible thought the Universitywide online library catalog. The Law Library
adds approximately 2,500 new titles to
its catalog each year, including a growing
number of licensed electronic databases. The
Law Library’s collection is continually being
expanded and updated through access to
resources on its web site.
The Rosen Reading Room offers an elegant
and comfortable study area with easy access
to adjacent open reserves room. The circulation and reference desks offer conveniently
located services and research support in close
proximity to the Electronic Research Center.
The Electronic Research Center features 18
workstations for integrated research across
electronic formats. The Law Library offers
full-text electronic collection, web-based
indexes, and e-mail access. The Law Library’s
service points are significantly expanded
through the Law Library web site, where
electronic research sources, library information, and services request forms are available
24 hours a day.
All of the College of Law’s computer clusters
and classroom teaching stations offer access
to the Law Library’s online research services.
These resources are also available to students
via the Internet. In addition to the College of
Law’s 24-hour White Computer Cluster, the
Law Library has two computer clusters for
convenience of students who wish to integrate
print and electronic research. Wireless connectivity for laptops is available throughout all
areas of the Law Library.
The Law Library works in partnership
with faculty to build print and electronic
collections in support of the College’s centers
and institute. Law librarians work closely with
faculty in the classroom to offer instruction
in topic-specific legal research. In addition to
the standard primary and secondary tools of
American legal research, the Law Library has
important collections in the areas of legal education, legal history, trial practice skills, New
York State Law, tax law and policy, and law,
technology, and management. The Law Library
is a congressionally designated depository for
U.S. government documents.
The Barclay Law Library is named in honor
of H. Douglas Barclay, a member of the Class
of 1961, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of
El Salvador, former New York State Senator,
distinguished member of the bar, and former
chair of the University’s Board of Trustees.
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Donald T. MacNaughton L’68 recently
retired as a partner at White and Case, L.L.P.,
in New York City, where he concentrated on
international arbitration and international
litigation. In addition to his work in the
New York office, he practiced in the firm’s
The University Campus
University Resources
The University, situated on a hill in the
southeast section of the city and overlooking
downtown Syracuse and the surrounding
countryside, is a sprawling 900-acre campus
of grassy lawns, tall trees, and wide walkways.
The buildings surrounding the University’s
central quadrangle are a blend of contemporary architecture and landmark historical
structures—a blend that reflects Syracuse’s
rich heritage and the University’s commitment
to providing the most modern technology and
research facilities available.
The University’s Main Campus houses 170
academic buildings, libraries, laboratories,
and studios, providing the academic resources
and facilities of a major research university.
The Schine Student Center houses student
organization offices, dining facilities, a large
auditorium, and the main branch of the
Syracuse University Bookstore.
Hendricks Chapel is the focal point for all religious activities on campus. It offers counseling,
study, and fellowship groups, as well as weekly
religious services for many faiths.
Surrounding the campus are residential
neighborhoods and a small shopping center
with a bookstore, shops, and restaurants
catering to students. There are public schools
nearby, and a day care center and nursery
school are located on South Campus.
Syracuse University is a private research
university with more than 15,000 baccalaureate, master’s, professional, and doctoral
students enrolled in 12 schools and colleges.
SU students represent every state, almost
100 countries, and varied economic and social
backgrounds. SU is proud of its reputation as a
comprehensive university that provides study
opportunities in many professional areas as
well as in traditional liberal arts fields.
Law students have access to the University’s
collection in the Ernest Stevenson Bird Library
and its branches that include more than 2.8
million volumes, 15,000 serials and periodicals,
and 7 million microforms, as well as audio and
videocassettes, laser disks, CD-ROMs, and a
variety of electronic resources and databases.
Washington, D.C., office in the mid-’70s and
in its Hong Kong office from 1984 to 1989.
“My legal training at the College of Law
was first class. I came to a major Wall
Street law firm in the late ‘60s at a time
when most of the first-year lawyers at
such firms came from
well-known Ivy League law schools. I
found that at Syracuse, I had received
a better and more rigorous education
in New York law than these other
schools provided.
“My class was a particularly strong
one. The competition among us—while
it was friendly competition—was also
excellent preparation for living and
working in the real world.
“We have a number of SU alumni
at White and Case and interview at
Syracuse every year. We think it is a
law school worthy of national stature.
The SU graduates hired into White
and Case are well prepared and
very reliable.
“White and Case is now an
international law firm with more offices
outside of the United States than inside
and more lawyers practicing outside
of the country than in the U.S. Almost
all the litigation I’ve done has involved
some international ramifications;
either the events occurred overseas or
some of the parties involved are from
overseas. I believe that Syracuse’s
curriculum offers excellent preparation
for students who are interested in
international work.”
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Beyond the Classroom
Even the most conscientious and studious law
student occasionally requires the rejuvenation
of enriching leisure activities. The array of
activities available to law students extends
beyond the College of Law. Students can
attend any of the numerous lectures and discussions offered by the University, individual
colleges, and student organizations.
First-run movies and classics are shown on
campus almost every night. At the Carrier
Dome, music fans gather for concerts featuring
internationally famous entertainers—while
jazz, reggae, and other musical events are
presented in the Goldstein Auditorium.
The Carrier Dome, the only domed stadium
in the Northeast and the largest facility of
its kind on any college campus, is the home
of SU’s Division I football, basketball, and
lacrosse teams. The campus also hosts soccer,
track, and women’s field hockey, and softball
competitions.
Law students can use campus swimming
pools; courts for handball, tennis, basketball,
and squash; dance studios; ice rink; and other
recreational facilities.
The Syracuse Community
The history of Syracuse dates to the origins
of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee
Confederacy, formed hundreds of years ago.
This region also has a long and illustrious
history in major American social movements,
particularly abolitionism and women’s rights.
Located in the center of New York State, the
city is approximately 265 miles northwest
of New York City. Major interstate highways
provide direct access to Boston, Toronto,
Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh, Buffalo,
Cleveland, and Washington, D.C., each less than
a day’s drive away. Syracuse is also accessible
by rail, bus, and air transportation.
Syracuse offers a wealth of cultural activities.
The Landmark Theater, Syracuse Stage, and
Syracuse University Department of Drama
present many excellent stage productions. The
Onondaga County Civic Center is home for the
Syracuse Symphony and a resident opera company; it also hosts touring Broadway shows.
Syracuse’s historic Armory Square district
features specialty shops, contemporary arts
and crafts galleries, clubs and a popular nightlife. The OnCenter Convention Center and War
Memorial complex offers major rock concerts,
sports events, circus performances, ice shows,
antiques sales, and international festivals.
The Everson Museum of Art, designed by I.M.
Pei, features traveling art exhibitions. Minor
league sports in Syracuse include the Syracuse
SkyChiefs baseball team and the Syracuse
Crunch hockey team. The Milton J. Rubenstein
Museum of Science and Technology (MOST)
offers innovative, hands-on science exhibitions
and one of the only IMAX movie theaters in the
state outside of New York City. These downtown attractions are all a short walk or bus ride
from campus. The city bus system connects all
of Syracuse, including the University area.
Syracuse is the seat of county government.
The state capital, Albany, is only 140 miles
away. Major corporations located in Syracuse
include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Carrier
Corporation, Cooper Industries/Crouse-Hinds,
and Lockheed Martin. More information
on business and industry in Syracuse can
be obtained by contacting the Syracuse
Chamber of Commerce, 572 South Salina
Street, Syracuse NY 13202, 315-470-1800.
The Chamber of Commerce will send a relocation package of materials about the area
on request.
Syracuse is situated amid some of New York
State’s most spectacular scenic areas. Nearby
are Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes, the
Thousand Islands, and the Catskill and
Adirondack mountains. Opportunities abound
for swimming, boating, hiking, camping,
downhill and cross-country skiing, fishing,
golfing, ice skating, and horse-back riding.
For additional information, visit syracuse.com.
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Theodore A. McKee L’75, Commencement
2000 speaker, is a federal appeals court
judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Third Circuit in Philadelphia. He
graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law, where he
was active with the Project for Prisoners’ Rights and worked as a research
assistant to Professor Thomas Maroney
who was nominated by President Clinton
and confirmed by the United States
Senate to serve as U.S. Attorney for the
Northern District of New York, a position
he held until 1999 when he returned to
the College of Law.
“Upon graduating from Syracuse
University College of Law, I worked
as an associate at a Philadelphia law
firm, and then became an assistant
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania. From there I became
the deputy city solicitor for the City
of Philadelphia, and, subsequently,
general counsel to the Philadelphia
Parking Authority.
“In 1984 I was sworn in as judge
to the Court of Common Pleas for the
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. I
spent 10 years in that position until my
recent appointment.
“I feel that my legal education at
Syracuse University gave me a broadbased, well-rounded legal education
that allowed me to succeed at a very
competitive law firm and at each of
the positions that I have since held.”
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Housing and Meals
All academic buildings and many undergraduate residence halls are located on
Syracuse University’s Main Campus. Additional
on-campus housing is available about two
miles from the law complex on the University’s
South Campus. Free bus service is available
between Main Campus and South Campus each
weekday during the academic year and on a
limited schedule during the summer months.
Law students new to the Syracuse community find the convenience of on-campus living
to be an attractive option. Campus housing
allows students to live within minutes of all
major campus facilities and among others
who share similar academic and personal
interests. Such advantages as fixed costs,
security, and interaction with student peers
make on-campus housing a popular choice
among first-year law students. All housing
is furnished and utilities are included.
Students interested in campus housing
can apply for an apartment in the Slocum
Heights housing complex for graduate
students and families.
Law students living on or off campus may
purchase meal plans and/or SUpercard food
accounts. Meal plans enable students to choose
from many dining halls located near the law
complex. Students may use SUpercard food
accounts at the cafe in the law complex or at
any other cafe or snack bar on campus.
For further information about on-campus
graduate housing and meal plans, contact
the South Campus Housing Office, 206
Goldstein Student Center, Syracuse University,
Syracuse NY 13244, 315-443-2567.
Law students who opt for off-campus
accommodations can access the Office of
Off-Campus Student Services (OCSS). The
OCSS is dedicated to providing services and
programs to support University students living
off campus. Students can obtain information
about finding suitable housing or learn about
the network of education and community services available to them. For more information
about OCSS, stop by the office at 754 Ostrom
Avenue, call 315-443-5489, or visit the web
site: students.syr.edu/offcampusliving/.
Orange Housing, a local company not affiliated with Syracuse University, maintains an
off-campus housing directory listing of available apartments as well as notices from people
looking for roommates to share apartments.
For more information about Orange Housing,
visit its web site: www.orangehousing.com.
University Health Services
Syracuse University Health Services has a
staff of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses,
and other health care professionals who
provide primary services. These include, but
are not limited to, routine exams and
consultations, evaluation and treatment of
acute illness or injury, immunization, and
support for some chronic health problems.
Referrals to nearby acute care facilities or
specialists are made as needed. Office visits
are provided by appointment.
It is strongly recommended that students
have health insurance to assist with medical
costs not covered by the health fee and
services provided at other facilities and hospitals. The University offers a student health
insurance plan that meets student needs. For
more information, see
www.haylor.com/student/ or call our insurance
coordinator at 315-443-2668.
SU Ambulance
Call 711 from a campus phone, #SU (#78)
from a cell phone, or 315-443-4299.
Medical Services
315-443-9005
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The College of Law encourages prospective
students to visit the campus. A structured
From Interstate 81, exit at Adams Street (Exit
visitor program is offered each spring semester.
18). Proceed up the Adams Street hill to the
The schedule of visitor program dates and
light at Irving Avenue. Make a right on Irving
times is mailed to admitted applicants. At
and proceed to the end. At the end of Irving
other times of the year visits are scheduled on
Avenue, make a right on East Raynor Avenue
an individual basis through the Admissions and
and a quick right onto Stadium Place. Irving
Financial Aid Office at 315-443-1962.
Garage is the first building on your right. VIP
Appointments to visit are encouraged; VIP
parking can be reserved for you in the Irving
parking can be arranged in most instances for
Garage on Stadium Place if you call and make
visitors who call in advance of their arrival.
arrangements with the Admissions Office in
advance of your visit.
Directions to the College of Law
The College of Law building is to the left
of the Carrier Dome and is accessible via the
Syracuse is accessible from major metro-
walkway on level five of the Irving Garage.
politan areas such as New York City, Boston,
After crossing the walkway, bear left and enter
Washington, Philadelphia, Montreal, and
the first door to the College of Law.
Toronto. Each is an hour away by air and within
a day’s drive.
Visitors arriving in Syracuse by plane, bus, or
train, will find taxi service convenient for the
short drive to campus.
Visitors driving to campus who take the New
York State Thruway east or west to Syracuse
should exit at Interstate 81 (Thruway Exit 36)
and proceed south.
Northbound and southbound travelers
should also follow Interstate 81 to Syracuse.
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The Admissions and Financial Aid Office is
located in Suite 340 of White Hall. The office
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday during the academic year
(including breaks), and from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday during the
summer.
Syracuse University Main Campus
To ComArt, Lampe Athletics Complex,
South Campus, Skytop Offices,
Bernice Wright Nursery School
To Interstates
81, 690, and 90
(NYS Thruway).
From Downtown Syracuse,
Interstates 81, 690, and 90
(NYS Thruway).
DIRECTIONS TO THE WAREHOUSE Syracuse University has extended its campus
in the newly renovated Warehouse at 350 West Fayette Street, which currently
houses the School of Architecture and several arts programs. Served by frequent
free shuttle buses, campus visitors can reach the Warehouse by traveling WEST
on HARRISON STREET, turning RIGHT onto SOUTH SALINA STREET and then
taking a LEFT onto JEFFERSON STREET. Curve RIGHT at ARMORY circle, taking a
RIGHT onto FRANKLIN STREET and then LEFT onto WEST FAYETTE STREET. The
Warehouse is at 350 West Fayette Street.
Alibrandi Catholic Center
Archbold Gymnasium, Financial Aid
Office, and Bursar Operations
Biological Research Lab
Bird Library
Boland Hall
Booth Hall
Bowne Hall
Brewster Hall
Brockway Hall
Butterfield House
Carnegie Library
Carrier Dome
Center for Science and Technology
Counseling Center
Crouse College, College of Visual
and Performing Arts
Crouse-Hinds Hall,
Office of Admissions
Day Hall
DellPlain Hall
Eggers Hall
113 Euclid Avenue
Flanagan Gymnasium
Flint Hall and Graham Dining Center
Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center
Hall of Languages,
The College of Arts and Sciences
Haven Hall and Dining Center
H.B. Crouse Hall
Health Center,
Office of Residence Life
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36
12
37
21
Hendricks Chapel
Heroy Geology Laboratory
Hinds Hall,
School of Information Studies
Holden Observatory
Hoople Building
Human Services and Health
Professions, College of
Huntington Hall,
School of Education
International Living Center
Kimmel Hall and Food Court
Lawrinson Hall
Link Hall, College of Engineering
and Computer Science
Lowe Art Gallery
Lyman Hall
Machinery Hall
Marion Hall
Martin J. Whitman School
of Management
Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs
Newhouse School
of Public Communications
Physics Building
Place of Remembrance
420 Ostrom Avenue
426 Ostrom Avenue
Sadler Hall and Dining Center
Schine Student Center,
SU Bookstore,
Goldstein Auditorium
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44
35
42
22
57
20
64
16
69
55
54
32
34
17
10
39
24
47
25
13
14
70
26
Shaffer Art Building
53
Shaw Hall
62
Sheraton University Hotel
& Conference Center
18
Sims Hall, Department of
Public Safety
59
Slocum Hall,
School of Architecture
56
Slutzker Center for
International Services
19
Smith Hall
33
Steele Hall, Registrar
45
SUNY Environmental Science
and Forestry Campus
68
Syracuse University Abroad
5
Syracuse University
Continuing Education
9
Theaters, Department of Drama
and Syracuse Stage
2
Tolley Hall
38
WAER
63
Walnut Hall
11
Warehouse
1
Washington Arms
3
Watson Hall
29
White Hall, Winifred MacNaughton Hall,
College of Law
43
Winnick Hillel Center
4
Women’s Building
65
University Avenue Parking Garage
7
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admission
Individuals of demonstrated ability are
invited to consider Syracuse University
College of Law. Syracuse Law is proud
of its talented and diverse student body.
The class that entered in the fall of 2005
represents 147 colleges and universities,
37 states, and 8 foreign countries. Of the
266 matriculated students, 47 percent
were women and 21 percent were students
of color. The College of Law recognizes the
racial and gender imbalance that exists in
the legal profession and the public interest
in augmenting the number of lawyers
from traditionally underrepresented groups
in the profession. Therefore, the college
encourages qualified members of these
groups to apply for admission.
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Criteria for Admission
Admission Requirements
Legal Education Opportunity Program
In some cases, academic performance at the
undergraduate level and Law School Admission
Test (LSAT) score(s) are reliable measures for
predicting probable success in law study. Thus,
after review by the Admissions Committee,
some applicants are admitted primarily on the
basis of an index combining undergraduate
grades and LSAT test score(s). The source and
formula for the index are described more fully
on below. However, the admission decision
process at Syracuse is more complex than
merely rank-ordering applicants based on a
numerical formula. The Admissions Committee
analyzes undergraduate transcripts closely
for significant progression in grades earned
or unusually difficult coursework. In addition,
the LSAT Writing Sample is reviewed to assess
an applicant’s skill level, writing ability, and
preparedness to start learning to “write like a
lawyer.” The committee also considers subjective factors such as undergraduate institution
attended, graduate study in another discipline,
work experience, leadership ability, and
community service. The committee considers
an applicant’s level of motivation by reviewing
personal experiences indicating determination,
patience, and perseverance. Past success in
overcoming personal hardship, including such
burdens as poverty or disability, are viewed as
important indicators of motivation.
Applicants are encouraged to provide pertinent information in writing for the Admissions
Committee to consider. A personal interview
is not part of the admission decision-making
process at Syracuse; however, we welcome
and encourage prospective students to visit
the College of Law. Refer to page 90 for more
information.
At the time of matriculation, all applicants for
admission must either have been awarded a
bachelor’s degree by an accredited college
or university or have been offered admission
through the combination program (described
on page 8) after successfully completing three
years of undergraduate study. Applicants
must be at least 18 years of age at the time
of matriculation. All students are admitted to
begin study in the fall semester only.
Syracuse University is committed to a diverse
student body as an integral part of its educational program and mission. Diversity within
the law student body, generated through the
selection of individuals having a range of experience and interests, greatly enhances each
student’s legal education by encouraging a
broad exchange of thoughts and ideas.
Recognizing that numerical indicators are not
always the best predictors of success in law
school—even when considered in combination
with other factors—the College of Law admits
a limited number of students each year
through the Legal Education Opportunity
(LEO) Program. The program’s dual objectives
are to recruit and admit persons who may
have been deprived of equal education
opportunities due to race, poverty, or other
factors beyond their control and persons with
unusual accomplishments, backgrounds, and
experiences that suggest traditional admission
criteria may be inadequate predictors of likely
success in law study.
Applicants are selected for admission through
the LEO Program on the basis of grades, test
score(s), and writing samples, but special
weight is given to subjective factors pertinent
to the program objectives.
Students admitted through the LEO Program
are required to complete an intensive threeweek summer program in legal methodology
and legal writing before enrolling in the fall
semester entering class.
Explicit application for admission through
the LEO Program is not required; all applicants
not regularly admitted are considered for
possible LEO admission. However, candidates
who believe they may qualify for admission as
a LEO candidate may include a separate statement along with their admission application
explaining why they believe traditional quantitative admissions criteria may be inadequate
predictors of success in their circumstances.
LEO candidates who are recent undergraduate
or graduate students are encouraged to submit
three academic letters of recommendation.
Detailed resumes and samples of written work
may also be helpful in evaluating potential LEO
students.
The Index
The Law School Data Assembly Service
(LSDAS) provides to law schools a report that
displays an applicant’s LSAT score(s) and index
number(s) and summarizes undergraduate
performance in a standardized format. The
index number(s) results from combining the
LSAT score(s) with the applicant’s undergraduate grade point average (UGPA), using weights
selected by the College of Law based on validity studies conducted for Syracuse by Law
Services. Validity studies show the relationship
between LSAT score(s), UGPA, and first-year
law school grades at Syracuse. The index currently calculated by Law Services for Syracuse
is derived by applying the following formula:
Index = [0.220 x LSAT] + [2.489 x UGPA] 4.00. The index formula is subject to regular
review and modification.
Personal Notebook
Computer Requirement
Syracuse University College of Law requires
new students to purchase a personal computer
for their own use. Having a personal notebook
computer will enhance your classroom
experience and allow you access to Air Orange,
Syracuse University’s wireless network, which
is available throughout most of the College of
Law.
Although Apple MacIntosh computers may
work well for word processing and other
needs, our exam administration software is
not compatible with MACs. For that reason,
we strongly encourage students to purchase a
computer designed to run Microsoft Windows.
If you have questions about what to buy or if
you are wondering if the notebook you already
own fulfills the requirement, please contact
Information Technology Services via e-mail at
lawhelp@law.syr.edu.
The Syracuse University Bookstore sells
notebook computers and offers significant
savings on educationally priced software. Go to
http://bookstore.syr.edu/computers/index.html for
additional information or call 315-443-4089 or
1-888-284-5908.
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Transfer Applicants
Law students in good academic standing who
have completed at least one full year of study
leading to a J.D. degree in schools accredited
by the American Bar Association (ABA) or the
Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
may apply for admission to Syracuse as transfer
students. Admission is competitive; the number of transfer applicants granted admission
depends on available spaces in the second-year
class. After transferring, students must earn
at least 58 of the credits required for the J.D.
degree at Syracuse University College of Law.
Transfer applicants must apply for admission
in the same manner as first-year applicants. In
addition, transfer applicants must forward the
following information:
> written certification from the dean of the
applicant’s law school stating that she or he
is in good academic standing and is
unconditionally eligible to return
> an original LSDAS report from Law Services
(We will also accept a file copy sent directly
from the Office of the Registrar at the
applicant’s law school.)
> at least one letter of recommendation from
a faculty member at the applicant’s law
school; and
> a current official transcript of all course
work completed at the applicant’s law
school.
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The deadline for transfer application is June 1,
2007. Transfer applications are typically
considered between July 10 and August 10 each
year. Transfer applications will not be reviewed
until all first-year grades have been received in
official form.
Visiting Applicants
A limited number of students from other ABAor AALS-approved law schools may be permitted to complete their third year as visiting students at Syracuse University College of Law.
Students applying for visiting status must complete a current admission application. In addition, prospective visiting students must submit
a letter from the dean of the applicant’s current
law school verifying that the student is in good
academic standing and that the law school will
award the J.D. degree after the student completes all requirements. The letter must also
state that the school approves of the student’s
curriculum choice at SU, list any special course
requirements that need to be completed, and
provide the minimum grade acceptable for
coursework completed at Syracuse. A current,
official law school transcript is also required.
The deadline for visiting student application is
June 1, 2007.
International Applicants
Applicants who are not United States citizens
must submit all materials required of
domestic applicants, as well as the following
documentation:
>Educational Records: Syracuse University
College of Law requires that your foreign
transcripts be submitted through the LSAC JD
Credential Assembly Service. If you completed
any postsecondary work outside the U.S.
(including its territories) or Canada, you must
use this service for the evaluation of your
foreign transcripts. One exception to this
requirement is if you completed the foreign
work through a study abroad, consortium,
or exchange program sponsored by a U.S.
or Canadian institution, and the work is clearly
indicated as such on the home campus
transcript. This service is included in the LSDAS
subscription fee. A Foreign Credential Evaluation
will be completed by the American Association
of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
(AACRAO), which will be incorporated into your
LSDAS report.
>Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) and Test of Written English (TWE):
Applicants whose native language is not English
must submit a Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) score, no more than two
years old, as evidence of language competency
sufficient to undertake law study. The Test of
Written English (TWE) is also required. The
Educational Testing Service (ETS) must be
contacted to request that TOEFL scores be sent
directly to LSAC. LSAC’s TOEFL code for the JD
Credential Assembly Service is 0058. Your score
will be reported in the Foreign Credential
Evaluation document that will be included in
your LSDAS law school report.
To use the JD CAS, log in to your online account
and follow the instructions for registering for
the service. Be sure to print out a Transcript
Request Form for each institution and send it
promptly to them. More time is usually required
to receive foreign transcripts.
Questions about the JD Credential Assembly
Service can be directed to LSAC at
215-968-1001 or LSACINFO@LSAC.org.
TOEFL and TWE scores will be waived for
non-resident students who have completed a
four-year undergraduate program or minimum
of two years of graduate work in a U.S. college
or university.
> Proof of Financial Support: International
applicants, including Canadian applicants,
must submit proof of sufficient funding to
cover the cost of attendance for at least one
academic year’s expenses ($52,000). This
proof is required before an appropriate visa
can be issued to the student and is therefore
required as part of the admission application.
Acceptable proof for privately sponsored
applicants is an original signed letter of support
from the sponsor that includes the U.S. dollar
amount of support and certified bank
statements indicating funds sufficient to cover
at least the student’s first-year expenses. For
government-sponsored applicants, acceptable
proof is an official or certified copy of the
award letter that includes the U.S. dollar
amount of the award per year and any special
billing instructions. Photocopies are not
acceptable.
Joint Degree Program Admission
Admission Decision and Notification
Applicants who are interested in pursuing
a joint degree program must apply and be
admitted to both the College of Law and the
other Syracuse University graduate school or
college. Students admitted to the College of
Law are not guaranteed acceptance into other
graduate programs. Refer to page 43 for more
information about joint degree opportunities.
Complete application files are reviewed on
a rolling basis between December and May.
Applicants will be notified in writing, via U.S.
mail, of their admission, rejection, or wait
list decision as soon as the decision is made.
Final decisions on wait-list applicants may
not occur until well into the summer.
Joint degree students are required to
complete their first year of study in the College
of Law. Accordingly, most students apply for
admission to joint degree programs during the
first year of law school. However, applicants
may apply for joint degree candidacy before
beginning the first year of law study.
Candidates for joint degree programs must
obtain advance approval from the College of
Law. Minimum academic requirements apply
to joint degree program participation for law
students.
Admission to Practice Law
Successful completion of law study at an
ABA-approved law school does not guarantee
admission to the bar of the various states.
Most states require applicants to take and
pass a written bar examination in addition
to meeting certain character and fitness
requirements. The written examinations, as
well as the other requirements, may differ
considerably from state to state. Prospective
law students are strongly encouraged to fully
inform themselves of the admission requirements of those states in which they may have
an interest in seeking state bar admission
prior to matriculation in law school.
> Part C of the admission application:
Complete Part C to comply with Immigration
and Naturalization Services (I.N.S.) regulations.
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financing
your legal
education
The cost of attending a professional
from a variety of sources, including
graduate program represents
merit-based Chancellor’s and Dean’s
a significant financial commitment.
scholarships; College of Law tuition
Applicants must fully understand
grants; University fellowships; and
the long-term financial obligation
from federal sources, including the
that may be associated with
work-study program and the Perkins
earning a professional degree and,
and Stafford Loan programs.
consequently, develop a financial
plan.
Syracuse College of Law is
own Financial Aid Office, which is
separate from the University’s
committed to assisting students
Financial Aid Office. This allows for
in financing their legal education
personal, individualized service to
through a comprehensive financial
our students.
aid program. Awards are made
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The College of Law operates its
At Syracuse, approximately 80 percent of law
students receive some form of institutional
financial aid. Our financial aid program
consists of both merit-based and need-based
awards. An applicant’s financial need is determined using data from the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) report, the
College of Law Financial Aid application, and
copies of student and parent signed federal tax
returns and W2s. All applicants under 30 years
of age, unless they have a dependent other
than a spouse, are not considered for College
of Law tuition grants unless their parents
complete the parent section of the College of
Law Financial Aid application.
The financial aid application process is a
separate process that should be undertaken
simultaneously with the admissions application
process. Prospective students should not wait for
an admission decision to apply for financial aid.
Students who plan to apply for financial aid
should complete the required forms by the
Priority Deadline: February 15, 2007.
Instructions for completing the financial
aid process are detailed on page 121 of this
publication. Part-time students with demonstrated financial need may be considered for
modest tuition grants. Part-time students are
not eligible for scholarships, Perkins loans, or
federal work-study awards.
Syracuse University
Graduate Fellowships
Syracuse University awards fellowships each
year to selected graduate students—including
law students—who exhibit exceptional academic promise. Awards consist of a full tuition
scholarship plus a generous stipend.
Full-time matriculated graduate students in
all fields of study at the University are eligible
to hold these fellowships. The College of Law
considers applicants with outstanding records
of academic achievement at the undergraduate and/or graduate level for these
prestigious awards.
Applicants who believe they may qualify for a
university fellowship are urged to complete the
application process for admission by January 31.
Fellowship candidates who are recent undergraduate or graduate students are encouraged
to provide academic letters of recommendation
along with their admission application. Fellowship
candidates who are not recent students should
provide recommendation letters from persons
familiar with their qualifications for the study
of law.
College of Law Scholarships
The College of Law awards Chancellor’s and
Dean’s scholarships to incoming first-year
students to recognize their prior outstanding
academic achievements and to incoming
first-year students who demonstrate
exceptional promise for law study. Scholarships
are awarded without regard to financial need.
Scholarships are renewable from year to
year as long as the recipient remains in good
academic standing and maintains a minimum
grade point average.
Students must be U.S. citizens or permanent
residents and be enrolled full time to
receive a Chancellor’s or Dean’s scholarship.
Scholarships may be applied only toward
tuition charges.
Entering students who believe they may
qualify for a scholarship are urged to complete
the application process for admission by
January 31. Scholarship candidates who are
recent undergraduate or graduate students
are encouraged to provide academic letters of
recommendation along with their admission
application. Transfer and visiting students are
not eligible for these scholarships.
Scholarships
Syracuse University College of Law’s loyal alumni and friends make possible by their contributions many of the tuition grants and scholarships awarded to
law students. Students are automatically considered for these scholarships when they submit the College of Law Financial Aid Application and the FAFSA.
These scholarships are awarded based on financial need, merit, or both.
Adoption Law Scholarship
Robert M. Anderson Scholarship
Black Law Students’ Association Scholarship
John and May Boland Scholarship
Bond, Schoeneck, and King Scholarship
Hon. Theodore and Erna Bowes Scholarship
Dean Daan Braveman Scholarship
Joseph Brecher Memorial Scholarship
Helen and Leo Breed Scholarship
Neal Brewster Scholarship Fund
Helen and Irwin Brodsky Scholarship
Oscar J. Brown Memorial Scholarship
Leon E. and Inez C. Bushnell Scholarship
Edward M. Byrne Scholarship
Class of 1965 Scholarship
Class of 1968 Scholarship
Class of 1987 Scholarship
Class of 1990 Scholarship
Arthur L. Cohen Scholarship
Jeffrey S. Cook and Alan M. Epstein Scholarship
Irving S. Devorsetz Memorial Scholarship
Robert E. and Carolyn Bareham Dineen
Scholarship
Charles J. Dittmar Memorial Scholarship
Dorn-Sparrow Scholarship
Harry A. Dunsmoor Scholarship
William H. Emerson Scholarship Fund
David G. Fellows Scholarship
J. Gordon Flannery Law Scholarship
James P. Fox Scholarship
Gerry Foundation Scholarship
Christopher G. Gillam Scholarship
George and Leora Gray Memorial Scholarship
Melaine Gray/Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP
Scholarship
Lionel O. Grossman Scholarship
Anthony Grosso Scholarship
Kerry Hanlon Scholarship
Peter H. Heerwagen Scholarship
Barbara Dowling Heintz and Henry H. Kirwin
Scholarship
Dana B. Hinman Scholarship
Hiscock & Barclay Scholarship
Hon. T. Blake Kennedy Law Scholarship
Ralph E. Kharas Memorial Fund
Knight Scholarship
Geraldine Koch Scholarship
Robert F. Koretz Scholarship
Labor Law Scholarship
Joseph O. Lampe Bar Award
Lampe Public Service Award
Arthur L. and Rose Lewis Scholarship
Lombino Family Scholarship
Edward Hillyer MacKenzie Scholarship
Mackenzie Strickland Scholarship
Charles L. Mancuso Scholarship
George C. McCrillis Scholarship
Herbert and Ruth Meyer Scholarship
Dean Robert W. Miller Scholarship
Robert W. Miller ’29 Memorial Scholarship
Monroe County Bar Association Scholarship
Judge C. Leonard O’Connor Scholarship
William E. Pelton Scholarship
Rose and Norman Pinsky Scholarship
Herman A. Pomeranz Scholarship
Judge Edmund Port Memorial Scholarship
Gerald Resnick Memorial Scholarship
Rochester Bar Association Fund
J. Russell Rogerson Fund
Bruce B. Roswig Memorial Scholarship
Gregory S. Rubin Scholarship
Judge Bertha Schwartz Memorial Scholarship
Lt. John A. Shaffer Memorial Fund
Maurice Shapiro Scholarship
Ralph and Bessie Shulman Scholarship
Sylvia and Joseph Swarthout Scholarship
Ferdinand Tremiti Memorial Scholarship
Jay and Martha Wason Scholarship
Louis Waters Memorial Scholarship
David Weiss Memorial Scholarship
Moses J. Winkelstein Scholarship
Alfred Wohl Memorial Scholarship
Louis and Harriet Young Scholarship
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Irving and Pola Zwirn Scholarship
College of Law Tuition Grants
The College of Law awards partial tuition
grants to students who qualify based on their
demonstrated financial need. Tuition grants are
not automatically renewable; as with all needbased financial aid, students must reapply each
year. Tuition grants may only be applied toward
tuition charges.
Federal Work-Study Program
“I have always been curious about
government because there were many public
policies that I didn’t understand as a child
immigrant growing up in Houston, Texas.
Getting degrees from the College of Law and
the Maxwell School was the right decision
for me. After graduating from Syracuse, I
entered the Presidential Management Intern
program and completed rotational assignments at the Office of Management and
Budget, the Social Security Administration,
and the Department of Defense. As a
program analyst with the Internal Revenue
Service, I now work on the taxpayer compliance burden of our nation’s $2 trillion tax
system. Education opens doors.”
Peter S. Lee, L‘01
Program Analyst
Internal Revenue Service
Washington, D.C.
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Federal work-study (FWS) funds are awarded
to a limited number of students on the basis of
demonstrated financial need. These awards
provide compensation for part-time
employment opportunities. FWS students may
be employed at the College of Law as research
assistants or library aides, in other University
departments or offices, in government
agencies, or in nonprofit organizations.
Pay rates vary from minimum wage to
approximately $14 per hour. The College of Law
awards work-study funds to first-year students
as well as returning students.
repayment period may extend up to 10 years
and may be postponed up to 3 years if students
actively serve in the U.S. military, Peace Corps,
VISTA, or similar national programs. Students
may not borrow more than $30,000 in Perkins
funds for all post-secondary education. The
availability of these funds for law students
depends on their financial need and the amount
of Federal Perkins Loan funds allocated to the
University.
New York State Tuition
Assistance Program (TAP)
New York State residents may be entitled
to TAP awards for law study from the State
Education Department. The awards vary in
amount from $75 to $550 for each academic
year of professional school and are awarded
based on the student’s New York State net
taxable family income. Only students who are
New York State residents should submit a TAP
application. TAP applications should be filed
online immediately after the FAFSA on the web
has been completed.
Federal Perkins Loans
Federal Perkins Loan funds are awarded to
a limited number of students based on demonstrated financial need. The Federal Perkins
program enables students to borrow a specified
amount without interest until nine months after
graduation or withdrawal from school. The
interest rate is currently fixed at 5 percent. The
Federal Veterans
Administration Benefits
Financial assistance is available to qualified
veterans and/or their dependents who attend
law school. Students who believe they may
qualify should contact their local Veterans
Administration Office.
Other Funding Sources
Federal Stafford Loans
Private Loan Programs
A number of federal, state, regional, and private funding sources are available to law students who meet specific qualifications.
The College of Law recommends that students
research these outside funding sources. Local
libraries offer catalog reference guides and
books that identify financial aid funding sources. The College of Law Financial Aid Office
maintains an outside scholarship directory containing notifications of outside awards.
In addition, the web is another source of
information about financial aid programs.
Below are a few web sites containing financial
aid information:
The Federal Stafford Loan Program consists
of both subsidized and unsubsidized loans.
Currently, banks and other lending institutions
throughout the country administer the Federal
Stafford Loan Program. Graduate students
may borrow up to $18,500 per academic year
and as much as $138,500 in Federal Stafford
Loan funds for all post-secondary education.
Beginning on July 1, 2006, the interest rate will
be fixed at 6.8 percent. The standard repayment period is 10 years, extended repayment is
up to 25 years, and federal loan consolidation
can extend the repayment period to 30 years.
Students who apply for a Federal Stafford
Loan must file the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA).
Through private loans, students may borrow up
to the cost of attendance, less other aid, each
academic year. Interest on these loans begins
to accrue upon disbursement. Interest rates for
these loans are variable. Recipients may defer
payments up to 9 months after graduation. The
maximum repayment period is 20 years.
Because there is no interest rate cap, we
highly recommend that students borrow from
the federal loan programs before pursuing
private loans. Only students who do not qualify
for Federal Stafford and Federal Graduate
PLUS loans should consider applying. Some
private loans may be available to international
students who have a credit-worthy co-borrower who is a U.S. citizen or permanent
resident. A poor credit score from any of the
three major reporting agencies may prevent
applicants from obtaining private loan funds.
Applicants who expect to use the private loan
programs to finance their legal education are
strongly encouraged to investigate their credit
worthiness prior to enrollment. The inability
to access adequate private loan funds has
hindered some students in pursuing their law
study.
> National Association of Student Financial Aid
Administrators (NASFAA):
www.studentaid.org
> New York State Financial Aid Administrators
Association (NYSFAAA): www.nysfaaa.org
> Syracuse University Financial Aid:
http://financialaid.syr.edu
> New York State Higher Education Services
Corporation (HESC): www.hesc.com
> U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov
> FAFSA on the Web: www.fafsa.ed.gov
> Mapping Your Future:
www.mapping-your-future.org
> The Access Group:
www.accessgroup.org
> Fastweb Scholarship Search:
www.fastweb.com
> The Financial Aid Homepage:
www.finaid.org
> Office of Indian Education Programs:
www.oiep.bia.edu
> Veterans Benefits and Services:
www.gibill.va.gov
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans are awarded
to students demonstrating financial need. The
federal government pays interest on these
long-term loans until repayment begins six
months after graduation or withdrawal from
school. Students may qualify, on the basis of
their financial need, to borrow up to $8,500
per academic year through the Subsidized
Stafford Loan.
Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans
Students may borrow their remaining
eligibility, up to the maximum of $18,500,
through the Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. The
government does not pay the in-school interest
on these loans; therefore, interest begins to
accrue immediately.
Federal Graduate PLUS Loans
Additional Information
The financial aid programs described in this
publication, particularly those funded by
government agencies and private organizations, are subject to change at any time.
Accordingly, applicants should consult their
undergraduate financial aid office, the related
government agencies and private organizations, or Syracuse University College of Law’s
Financial Aid Office for current details on
these programs.
Through the Graduate PLUS loan, students
may borrow up to the cost of attendance, less
financial aid, each academic year. To qualify,
students must file the FAFSA and exhaust federal Stafford eligibility. Additionally, students
must pass the lender’s basic credit check for
loan approval. The interest rate is fixed at
8.5 percent and interest begins to accrue at
disbursement. Borrowers will be charged up to
a 4 percent fee, depending on their lender and
guarantee agency, which is deducted at the
time of disbursement. The standard repayment
period is 10 years.
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excellence in professionalism
and service
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Voluntary Pro Bono and
Community Service Program
Special Recognition for Pro Bono
and Community Service
Lawyers are professionals with an obligation
to serve the legal profession and their community. This obligation begins with enrollment in
law school. In order to meet this obligation and
to implement a process for instilling a sense
of service in our students, we encourage every
student at the Syracuse University College of
Law to participate in pro bono and community
service activities.
We undertake this as part of our commitment to the pursuit of excellence in learning,
professionalism, and service. Pro bono and
community service can take on a variety of
forms. In order to count as pro bono and community service in our program, it must be done
without compensation and not for credit.
Activities that qualify as pro bono and community service under this requirement include
providing services to:
Because the College of Law is proud of our
students’ commitment to pro bono and community service work, we have created a special
recognition program. In order for a student
to receive special recognition at graduation,
a student must be in good academic standing
and have completed at least 30 hours of
pro bono and community service within this
program. There are two categories of Pro Bono
and Community Service Recognition Awards.
> people served by legal services and legal
aid organizations;
> In addition, the top three graduating students
providing the most pro bono and community
service hours shall be individually recognized.
> low- and moderate-income people served by
Bar-sponsored programs designed to promote
access to justice and the legal system;
> nonprofit charitable and community groups
and organizations (excluding political parties);
> schools (grades K-12) in programs designed
to advance an understanding of the legal
system.
> Blue Pro Bono Community Service Award:
(complete the recommended 30 hours of
service)
> Orange Pro Bono Community Service Award:
(exceed the recommended 30 hours of
service by at least 1 full hour)
The Special Recognition Awards will be
given out in connection with the end-of-year
graduation and convocation exercise and
will be noted in the graduation materials. In
addition, students will be permitted to wear
a special signifier at graduation, as provided
by the college.
In the spirit of supporting our students
in their efforts to provide pro bono and
community service, faculty also strive to
provide pro bono and community service on
an annual basis.
Serving the Community
Syracuse Law students devote hundreds of
hours of service to the community. They
mentor children in local elementary schools,
coach Special Olympic teams, build homes
for Habitat for Humanity, collect food and
clothing for agencies, raise funds for local
charities, and visit children in hospitals.
Students also participate in the Lawyers in
Action project, providing free legal assistance
to agencies who assist low-income clients in
Western New York. Each year, law students
also work in our six law clinics, providing legal
representation to those with limited means.
Participation in community and pro bono
service activities helps students to develop
professionalism and an understanding of
a lawyer’s responsibility to the community.
Moreover, it facilitates students’ involvement in
the community and increases the availability
of legal services to needy populations. Students
also benefit by gaining practical experience
and developing their lawyering skills.
The Grant Opportunity (GO) Program
This program provides summer grants to
students who accept summer employment
in nonprofit or certain governmental offices.
In the past 12 years, more than 225 summer
grants have been awarded through the GO
Program. A total of $45,000 was awarded to
GO recipients for the summer of 2006.
The Joseph and Shawn Lampe
Public Service Awards
These one-time awards are available for two
students who choose to work in public service
positions after graduation. They provide an
additional incentive for those who may consider beginning their legal career in nonprofit
organizations or governmental agencies.
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tuition, fees, and
related expenses
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Tuition and fees for each
academic year are established
in the spring of the preceding
academic year. Accordingly,
applicants should be aware that
the fee schedule displayed is for
the 2006-2007 academic year and
may not be current at the time
of their enrollment. Applicants
offered admission will be informed
of the current tuition and fee
schedule for the appropriate
academic year.
Application Fee:
(required with admission application;
nonrefundable)
$70
Deposit:
(required upon acceptance;
nonrefundable)
$400
Tuition (first year students):
$35,120
Activity Fee (full-time students):
$60
Activity Fee (part-time students):
$49
Health Fee (full-time students):
$468
Duplication/Computer Services Fee:
$70
Legal Communication and Research Fee:
$70
Tuition and fees are due on August 1, 2007,
for the fall semester and December 15, 2007,
for the spring semester. If payment of the full
amount at one time imposes financial hardship,
students may arrange a monthly payment plan
with the University. The Monthly Payment
Plan spreads charges for each semester over
monthly installments. There is an annual nonrefundable application fee of $55 to enroll.
There is no interest charge or finance charge
for using this plan. For further information
concerning payment plans, students should
contact the Bursar’s Office, 102 Archbold
North, Syracuse NY 13244-1140; telephone:
315-443-2444. The Bursar homepage is
http://bfasweb.syr.edu/bursar/index.html
The University reserves the right to change
or add to tuition and fees at any time.
School-Related Expenses
Average costs for the typical law student are
estimated to be as follows for 2006-2007:
Books and supplies
$1,160
Housing and meals
$11,270
Additional expenses
$3,590
(including health insurance,
personal expenses, and transportation)
The housing and meals figure represents
an average cost both for students living in
campus housing and those living off campus.
Syracuse University College of Law requires
new students to have a notebook computer
for their own use. The estimated cost of a
new notebook computer puchase is $2,500.
Students are not required to purchase a
new notebook computer if the computer
they already own meets the minimum
specifications.
Tuition, Fees, and Related Policies
For further information on the cost of attending and residing at the University, please
refer to the publication Syracuse University
Bulletin: Tuition, Fees, and Related Policies, available from the Bursar’s Office, 102 Archbold
North, Syracuse NY 13244-1140, telephone:
315-443-2444.
Charges for tuition, on-campus housing and
meals, and fees will increase annually. Such
cost increases are necessary to secure the
highest quality instruction, facilities, programs,
and services for students. The University
considers carefully all increases in fees to
ensure that they are reasonable.
Information about refund policies is also
contained in the publication Syracuse University
Bulletin: Tuition, Fees, and Related Policies.
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academic
calendar
Fall Semester 2007
Spring Semester 2008
July 5
12-Month Payment Plan
enrollment deadline
November 20
12-Month Payment Plan
enrollment deadline
August 1
Tuition payment deadline
December 15
Tuition payment deadline
August 20 - 22
Entering student orientation
January 14
First day of classes (all students)
August 23
First day of classes (first-year students)
January 21
Martin Luther King Day–no classes
September 3
Labor Day–no classes
March 9-16
Spring vacation
September 22
Yom Kippur–no classes
March 21
Good Friday–no classes
October 12
Eid Ul-Fitr–no classes
April 22
Mayfest–no classes
November 21-25
Thanksgiving vacation
May 2
Last day of classes (first-year students)
December 7
Last day of classes
May 3-4
Reading period–no classes
December 8-9
Reading period–no classes
May 5-16
Examination period
December 10-20
Examination period
May 17
Awards Convocation
May 18
Commencement
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Admission
Application
Instructions
Our application may be obtained in the following ways:
• In electronic format through the Law School Admission Council
(please contact LSAC at either 215-968-1393 or www.lsac.org for
information). The electronic application may also be accessed
through the Syracuse University College of Law website at
http://www.law.syr.edu/admissions/applyonline.asp
• From the 2006-2007 College of Law catalog; or
• Downloaded from the College of Law’s web site: www.law.syr.edu
1. You must complete and submit the admission application form, Parts A and B, and,
if applicable, Part C, together with a $70 check or money order payable to Syracuse
University. This application fee is neither refundable nor will it be credited toward
tuition and fees. Applications should be mailed to: Syracuse University College of Law,
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, Suite 340, Syracuse NY 13244-1030.
2. You must take and obtain a score on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and register with the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). Registration materials for the
LSAT and LSDAS are available directly from all of the following: your Pre-Law Advisor;
Law Services, Box 2000, Newtown, PA 18940-0998, telephone 215-968-1001,
www.lsac.org; or the College of Law.
3. The College of Law recommends that you take the LSAT no later than December
of the year prior to the year you wish to enroll. Scores from the February test will be
considered, but may delay the admission decision. Scores from the June test will
not be considered for admission in the same year. LSAT scores cannot be more than
five years old (test date in 2002 or later).
4. You must submit transcripts of all previous college or university study through the
LSDAS. Graduate and prior law study transcripts also must be submitted to LSDAS.
Failure to submit all transcripts will delay review of your application.
5. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit up to three letters of recommendation. Statements from persons familiar with your qualifications for the study of law,
especially professors under whom you have studied, often prove helpful. If you are currently in an undergraduate or graduate program, or have recently completed one, the
Admissions Committee will expect to see letters of recommendation from professors
under whom you have studied.
We recommend that applicants submit their letters of recommendation through the
LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service (refer to the LSAT & LSDAS Registration Book
for details). Your letters will be copied and sent to us along with your LSDAS/LSATonly Report, or as received by Law Services. However, letters of recommendation sent
directly from the writer or from a career services office will also be accepted.
Forms for recommendations are provided beginning on page 113.
6. Transfer and visiting student applicants must submit the additional documents
outlined on page 94.
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7. Students applying for the four-year (part-time) program should apply to the College
of Law using the same application process as students applying for full-time status.
Additional information about the four-year program is outlined on page 8.
8. Applicants who are not United States citizens must submit all materials required of
domestic applicants as well as the additional documentation outlined on page 94. This
documentation includes educational records, TOEFL and TWE scores, and proof of
financial support.
9. If you are interested in a joint degree program, you should check the appropriate space
on the application form. Joint degree applicants must apply separately to the College of
Law and to the other Syracuse University graduate program. Application information
and supporting documentation submitted to the College of Law will not be shared with
or photocopied for other Syracuse University departments. In addition, joint degree
candidates should be aware that consistent with Law School Admission Council policy,
LSAT scores may be used for purposes of admission to law schools only. The College of
Law and LSDAS will not report LSAT scores to other graduate departments. Potential
joint degree applicants may have to take additional standardized tests, such as the
GRE or GMAT. Candidates should request the Syracuse University graduate catalog and
application from Syracuse University, Office of Graduate Admissions, 303 Bowne Hall,
Syracuse NY 13244-1200; telephone 315-443-4492.
10. The deadline for receipt of ALL application materials is April 1 to be considered for
admission in the fall semester of the same year. An application is complete and ready
for review after the College of Law receives the LSDAS report from Law Services. If
your recommendation letters will arrive after receipt of the LSDAS report, be advised
that your file may be reviewed before receipt of the letter(s). Materials should be
submitted through LSDAS no later than February 15 to enable LSDAS to compile and
submit them to the College of Law before the April 1 deadline.
11. Students applying for financial aid must submit the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) by January, 2007. The College of Law financial aid application
forms, and all supporting documents, must be submitted to the College of Law by
February 15th. See financial aid application instruction form for more details on this
process.
Application Checklist
■
Application forms, Parts A and B,
dated and signed
■
Application form, Part C, if you are
a non-resident alien
■
Resume or employment history
■
Personal Statement (include name
and Social Security number)
■
$70 application fee, check or money order,
made payable to Syracuse University
■
Signed Certification Statement
(if applying electronically)
■
All Financial Aid application materials
(by February, 15th)
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12. It is your responsibility to make certain that all necessary materials and credentials
are received by Law Services and the College of Law in a timely manner. You should
retain for your records copies of all correspondence forwarded to Law Services and
the College of Law, including your admission application forms, financial aid
application forms, and all attachments and enclosures.
13. For additional information contact, the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
by telephone at 315-443-1962 or by e-mail at admissions@law.syr.edu
The College of Law’s web site is located at http://www.law.syr.edu
PART A
Syracuse University College of Law
Application for J.D. Admission
Fall ’07
All applicants must complete this form. Refer to the instructions (on page 105) before completing this form.
This form must be typed or printed legibly.
1.
Full legal name
________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
2.
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
SUFFIX (i.e., JR)
Personal data
■ Female ■ Male
3a. Social Security Number __________ – ________ – __________
3b. LSAC Account Number __________________________________
4.
Office Use Only:
SUID: ___________________________
Fee status:
S
W
I
Date of Birth __________ / ________ / __________ (see statement on inside back cover)
MONTH
DAY
YEAR
Country of Birth _______________________________
5.
Citizenship
■ U.S. citizen
■ Permanent resident
■ Nonresident alien
6.
Is English your native language? ■ Yes
■ No
If no, please indicate your native language:___________________________________________________________________________
7.
If you wish to identify your race/ethnic background, please indicate: _________________________________________________
(see statement on inside back cover)
8.
E-mail address ________________________________________
9.
Permanent telephone with area code ( ___________ ) _______________________________
10. Permanent address
___________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
APARTMENT NUMBER
___________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
11. Present telephone with area code ( ___________ ) _______________________________
12. Present mailing address __________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
APARTMENT NUMBER
__________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
13. Last date on which mail will reach you at this address. __________ / ________ / __________
MONTH
DAY
YEAR
14. Enrollment Status for Fall 2007
■ Full time
■ Part time
15. Application Category
■ First-year J.D. candidate
■ Transfer student, J.D. candidate
■ Undergraduate/J.D. (3/3) candidate
■ Visiting student, non-J.D. candidate
16. Indicate the date(s) you took the LSAT, or when you intend to take the LSAT. _____ / ______ ; ____ / ______ ; _____ / ______
MONTH
17. Have you registered with LSDAS?
■ Yes, give date of your current registration with them.
YEAR
MONTH
YEAR
MONTH
YEAR
__________ / ________ / __________
MONTH
DAY
YEAR
■ No, give date that you anticipate registering with them. __________ /________ /__________
MONTH
DAY
YEAR
18. Have you ever registered at any law school, taken any law classes on a matriculated or non-matriculated basis at a law
school, or participated in any law school conditional acceptance program?
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, give dates and details on a separate page and include complete official transcript(s) for all prior law study.
19. Have you previously applied to Syracuse University College of Law?
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, give dates and details, including the decision, on a separate page.
20. Have you ever been censured for misconduct, subject to disciplinary action, or are any disciplinary charges pending
or expected to be brought against you, for academic or other reasons (including academic or disciplinary probation,
suspension, warning, or dismissal), in any educational institution you have attended or place of employment?
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, give dates and details, including the specific action, on a separate page. See statements on pages 95 and 110.
(Note: Misrepresentation may result in administrative sanctions. Refer to the certification statement on page 110.)
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21. Have you ever been arrested, charged with, convicted of, plead guilty to, or are you currently under indictment for any
violation of law other than minor traffic violations? Note: Although a conviction may have been expunged from your
record by an order of the court, it nevertheless should be disclosed in answer to this question. Misrepresentation may
result in administrative sanctions. Refer to the certification statement on page 110.
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, give dates and details, including the disposition of such charge, on a separate page. See statements on pages 95 and 110.
22. Has your college, university, graduate school, or professional school course been interrupted for one or more terms
for any reason?
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, give dates and details on a separate page.
23. Have you ever been separated from any branch of the armed forces of the United States, the Peace Corps, or any
other service organization under conditions other than honorable?
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, give dates and details on a separate page.
24. List all colleges and universities attended, most recent first (other law schools must be listed here).
Attach additional page(s) if necessary.
Name ______________________________________________________________
Dates attended: _____ / ______ to _____ / ______
MONTH
Date of Graduation: month/year _____ / ______
Degree Awarded ________
Name ______________________________________________________________
YEAR
MONTH
YEAR
Major ________________________________
Dates attended: _____ / ______ to _____ / ______
MONTH
Date of Graduation: month/year _____ / ______
YEAR
Dates attended: _____ / ______ to _____ / ______
Degree Awarded ________
Name ______________________________________________________________
MONTH
Major ________________________________
MONTH
Date of Graduation: month/year _____ / ______
YEAR
Degree Awarded ________
YEAR
MONTH
YEAR
Major ________________________________
25. On a separate page, provide a listing of any coursework you intend to complete prior to law school. This includes courses
in your senior year of college or graduate coursework. If this coursework will be noted “in progress” on your transcript,
please note this on a separate page. Include course number and title.
26. Who (please include names, as appropriate) or what (prelaw handbook, prelaw advisor, meeting with a recruiter, College
of Law alumnus, etc.) prompted you to apply to Syracuse University College of Law?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
27. Joint Degree Applicant (Refer to instruction item 9.)
■ J.D./Public Administration (M.P.A. or Ph.D.)
■
■ J.D./Management (M.B.A. or Ph.D.)
■
■ J.D./Accounting (M.S. or Ph.D.)
■
■ J.D./Communications (M.S., M.A. or Ph.D.)
■
■ J.D./M.S. in Disability Studies
J.D./M.A. in International Relations
J.D./M.S. in Engineering and Computer Science ___________________
J.D./M.A. or M.S. in _______________________________________________
J.D./Ph.D. in ______________________________________________________
28. In what areas might you concentrate while in law school? Please rank (1 highest) your responses in the corresponding
boxes for your top 3 choices.
■ Bioethics
■ Indigenous Law, Governance
■ Public Interest Law
and Citizenship
■ Civil Rights
■ Real Estate Law
■ Communications Law
■ Intellectual Property
■ Taxation
■ Corporate and Business Law
■ International Law
■ Technology Law
■ Criminal Law
■ Labor Law
■ Trial Practice
■ Disability Studies
■ Law and Economics
■ Women's Rights
■ Environmental Law
■ National Security and
■ Other ___________________________
CounterTerrorism
■ Family Law
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PART B
Syracuse University College of Law
Application for J.D. Admission
Fall ’07
All applicants for admission must complete this form. This form must be typed or printed legibly.
Name ________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
SUFFIX (i.e., JR)
Social Security Number __________ – ________ – __________
29. On a separate page, list the following information (a current resume may be attached):
a) scholastic honors received;
b) extracurricular activities in college and your role in each;
c) jobs and number of hours worked per week while in college (distinguish between school year and
vacation employment); and
d) positions you have held if you have worked after college, including employer, dates of employment,
and reasons for leaving employment.
30. Personal Statement: On a separate page, indicate as concisely as you can how your experiences, talents,
and interests would add diversity to the law school student body or would benefit the educational
experiences of your law school classmates.
31. On a separate page, provide any additional information about yourself or your experiences which you
believe may be helpful to the Admissions Committee in evaluating your application.
32. Students who are interested in being considered for merit scholarships are strongly encouraged to provide responses to
the following two questions (32 a & b). Responses should be typed on a separate page and limited to no more than 500
words per question.
a) Syracuse University is a member of the prestigious American Association of Universities (AAU). The AAU is comprised
of sixty leading research universities in the United States. Within this group of outstanding institutions there are only
seventeen private universities with law schools. Syracuse University is one of the seventeen private universities;
SU College of Law is intellectually and physically embedded within Syracuse University. Studying law at an elite research
university provides advantages and educational opportunities that are not readily available at other private institutions.
Many of these benefits are tangible in specific program opportunities, and other benefits are intangible as in the value
of the intellectual environment of a major research institution, and in the name recognition it brings to one’s degree.
With limited scholarship resources available, only some admittees will be offered a scholarship. If you were the
person responsible for selecting scholarship recipients for the entering class, what factors would you use to determine
who would be offered a scholarship?
b) Syracuse University College of Law has dedicated alumni who have generously donated to our scholarship fund.
What responsibilities do you think scholarship recipients have to their law schools during the time they are enrolled as
students and upon graduation as alumni?
33. List the name, position, and business address of each individual you have asked to provide a letter of recommendation
on your behalf. Please note: Syracuse University College of Law recommends that applicants submit letters of recommendation through
the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service. Refer to the LSAT & LSDAS Registration Information Book for details.
Letters of recommendation received directly from your recommendation writers will also be accepted.
Name _______________________________________________________________ Position _________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
■ Professor
■ Advisor
■ Employer/Supervisor
■ Other _________________________________
Name _______________________________________________________________ Position _________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
■ Professor
■ Advisor
■ Employer/Supervisor
■ Other _________________________________
Name _______________________________________________________________ Position _________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
■ Professor
■ Advisor
■ Employer/Supervisor
■ Other _________________________________
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Certification Statement
It is the policy of Syracuse University not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, religion, marital status, age, disability,
sexual orientation, status as a disabled veteran, or as a veteran of the Vietnam Era in its educational programs, admissions policies, employment
practices, and other University-administered programs. Further information regarding this policy is set out in the statement of nondiscrimination
on the inside back cover. Applicants should consult the statement of nondiscrimination before completing this form.
Applicants answering “yes” to question 20 and/or 21 are strongly encouraged, depending on individual circumstances, to check with the state bar
examiner’s office of the states in which they intend to practice law, regarding character and fitness for admission to the bar.
I understand that all information submitted to the College of Law Admissions Office as a part of my application for admission will be used to evaluate
my candidacy to the College of Law only. No documents from my application file will be copied or forwarded to other departments or individuals,
including myself.
I certify that the information I have provided in this application and in any related material is true and complete. I accept responsibility to promptly
notify Syracuse University College of Law in writing of any change in the information that I have provided in this application. I certify that I am the
author of the statements and/or additional information included with this application. I understand that the statements made herein are the basis
upon which my application will be decided. I also understand that any misrepresentation can result in administrative sanctions and be cause for denial
or cancellation of admission, removal from program if matriculated, and additional sanctions by the bar of any jurisdiction during their investigation
of character and fitness for the practice of law.
Signature ________________________________________________________________________________________ Date ____________
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PART C
Syracuse University College of Law
Application for J.D. Admission
Fall ’07
You must complete this portion of the application if you are a non-resident alien.
U.S. citizens and permanent residents do not need to complete this portion of the application.
The United States is tracking all student visas through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). This is a
database currently in use by the U.S. consulates around the world and all ports of entry to the U.S. In order to give you the best
chance of securing a visa and arriving for study in a timely fashion, Syracuse University must have accurate information about your
official name, permanent address in your home country, and any dependents who would accompany you while you are engaged in
your studies. If you are admitted to the College of Law, this information will appear on your SEVIS I-20 form and the SEVIS
I-20 forms of any dependents that you bring with you, so it is important that it is consistent with any information you provide
for other official or travel purposes. If it is incomplete, inconsistent with other documents (such as your passport), or otherwise
inaccurate, it may make getting a visa more difficult or impossible.
1.
Full legal name (as shown on passport)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
2.
Personal data
■ Female ■ Male
4.
Date of Birth __________ / ________ / __________
MONTH
5.
DAY
SUFFIX (i.e., JR)
YEAR
Foreign Address: Identified by INS as the address to which you intend to return after you have completed your studies.
This cannot be left blank.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
APARTMENT NUMBER
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
6. Current U.S. Address: The address at which you are currently living. INS does not allow the reporting of post-office boxes.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
APARTMENT NUMBER
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
7.
Country of Birth ____________________________________________________________________________________
8.
City of Birth ________________________________________________________________________________________
9.
Country of Citizenship ______________________________________________________________________________
10. Current Visa Status _________________________________________________________________________________
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Dependents:
The information below must be completed for EACH dependent that you plan to bring with you.
Attach additional page(s) if necessary.
Name of Dependent (as shown on passport)
________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
SUFFIX (i.e., JR)
Dependent’s Date of Birth __________ / ________ / __________
MONTH
DAY
YEAR
Dependent’s Country of Birth ________________________________________________________________________________________
Dependent’s City of Birth ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Dependent’s Country of Citizenship __________________________________________________________________________________
Personal data
■ Female ■ Male
Dependent’s Relationship to You (i.e. husband, wife, son, daughter) __________________________________________________
If you are bringing dependents with you, you must also provide proof of financial support documentation for each dependent.
This documentation should demonstrate sufficient proof as follows:
Cost of Housing and Meals
Student only:
Spouse only:
1 Child:
2 Children:
3 Children:
4 Children:
Cost of Insurance:
Student only:
Student and Spouse
(or 1 child):
Student and Family
(Spouse and 1 or more children):
$11,270
$5,600
$3,000
$6,000
$9,000
$12,000
$2,000
$4,068
$6,180
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Syracuse University College of Law
Recommendation Form
To the applicant:
Do NOT use this form if you are submitting letters of recommendation through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation
Service. Refer to the LSAT & LSDAS Registration Information Book for details.
If you choose not to use the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service, follow the instructions outlined below.
This form must be typed or printed legibly.
This form should be given to an individual under whom you have studied or worked and who is able to comment on your
qualifications for law school. Please fill in the upper portion of this side. Have each recommender return this form directly to
Syracuse University College of Law.
Your name (as listed on the application)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
Your Address (as listed on the application)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
APARTMENT NUMBER
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
Social Security Number __________ – ________ – __________
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, provides an applicant with a right of future access to the
contents of this recommendation once the applicant is enrolled as a student in this institution. The Act also allows an applicant
to waive the right of future access, but prohibits a school from requiring an applicant to waive this right as a condition either of
admission or review and evaluation of application for admission. I have read and understand this statement of the federal law
governing my right of access to this recommendation form.
■ I have retained my right to access this recommendation.
■ I have waived my right to access this recommendation.
Applicant’s Signature ________________________________________________________________________________ Date ____________
Name of recommender __________________________________________________________________________________________________
To the recommender:
Please give your appraisal of the applicant in terms of the qualities listed below. Rate the applicant in comparison with others
applying for law school whom you have known.
Characteristic
Outstanding
Unusual
Good
Top 5%
Top 10%
Top 25%
Above Average
Top 40%
Average
Below Average
Mid 20%
Low 40%
Unable to
Estimate
Intelligence
Independence of Thought
Oral Communications
Written Communications
Initiative and Motivation
Leadership
Judgment and Maturity
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To the recommender:
Please provide a narrative description of the applicant’s qualifications for law school. In this regard, please include a candid
assessment of how this applicant compares to others whom you have taught or with whom you have worked. Please type below
or attach a separate letter on official letterhead to completed form.
Name of recommender (type or print legibly)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
■ Professor
■ Advisor
■ Employer/Supervisor
■ Other _______________________________________
Position ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone with area code ( ___________ ) _______________________________
Signature ________________________________________________________________________________ Date ____________
Return this recommendation to Syracuse University College of Law, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid,
Syracuse NY 13244-1030. Thank you.
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Recommendation Form
To the applicant:
Do NOT use this form if you are submitting letters of recommendation through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation
Service. Refer to the LSAT & LSDAS Registration Information Book for details.
If you choose not to use the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service, follow the instructions outlined below.
This form must be typed or printed legibly.
This form should be given to an individual under whom you have studied or worked and who is able to comment on your
qualifications for law school. Please fill in the upper portion of this side. Have each recommender return this form directly to
Syracuse University College of Law.
Your name (as listed on the application)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
Your Address (as listed on the application)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
APARTMENT NUMBER
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
Social Security Number __________ – ________ – __________
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, provides an applicant with a right of future access to the
contents of this recommendation once the applicant is enrolled as a student in this institution. The Act also allows an applicant
to waive the right of future access, but prohibits a school from requiring an applicant to waive this right as a condition either of
admission, or review and evaluation of application for admission. I have read and understand this statement of the federal law
governing my right of access to this recommendation form.
■ I have retained my right to access this recommendation.
■ I have waived my right to access this recommendation.
Applicant’s Signature ________________________________________________________________________________ Date ____________
Name of recommender __________________________________________________________________________________________________
To the recommender:
Please give your appraisal of the applicant in terms of the qualities listed below. Rate the applicant in comparison with others
applying for law school whom you have known.
Characteristic
Outstanding
Unusual
Good
Top 5%
Top 10%
Top 25%
Above Average
Top 40%
Average
Below Average
Mid 20%
Low 40%
Unable to
Estimate
Intelligence
Independence of Thought
Oral Communications
Written Communications
Initiative and Motivation
Leadership
Judgment and Maturity
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To the recommender:
Please provide a narrative description of the applicant’s qualifications for law school. In this regard, please include a candid
assessment of how this applicant compares to others whom you have taught or with whom you have worked. Please type below
or attach a separate letter on official letterhead to completed form.
Name of recommender (type or print legibly)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
■ Professor
■ Advisor
■ Employer/Supervisor
■ Other _______________________________________
Position ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone with area code ( ___________ ) _______________________________
Signature ________________________________________________________________________________ Date ____________
Return this recommendation to Syracuse University College of Law, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid,
Syracuse NY 13244-1030. Thank you.
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Recommendation Form
To the applicant:
Do NOT use this form if you are submitting letters of recommendation through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation
Service. Refer to the LSAT & LSDAS Registration Information Book for details.
If you choose not to use the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service, follow the instructions outlined below.
This form must be typed or printed legibly.
This form should be given to an individual under whom you have studied or worked and who is able to comment on your
qualifications for law school. Please fill in the upper portion of this side. Have each recommender return this form directly to
Syracuse University College of Law.
Your name (as listed on the application)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
Your Address (as listed on the application)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
APARTMENT NUMBER
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
Social Security Number __________ – ________ – __________
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, provides an applicant with a right of future access to the
contents of this recommendation once the applicant is enrolled as a student in this institution. The Act also allows an applicant
to waive the right of future access, but prohibits a school from requiring an applicant to waive this right as a condition either of
admission, or review and evaluation of application for admission. I have read and understand this statement of the federal law
governing my right of access to this recommendation form.
■ I have retained my right to access this recommendation.
■ I have waived my right to access this recommendation.
Applicant’s Signature ________________________________________________________________________________ Date ____________
Name of recommender __________________________________________________________________________________________________
To the recommender:
Please give your appraisal of the applicant in terms of the qualities listed below. Rate the applicant in comparison with others
applying for law school whom you have known.
Characteristic
Outstanding
Unusual
Good
Top 5%
Top 10%
Top 25%
Above Average
Top 40%
Average
Below Average
Mid 20%
Low 40%
Unable to
Estimate
Intelligence
Independence of Thought
Oral Communications
Written Communications
Initiative and Motivation
Leadership
Judgment and Maturity
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To the recommender:
Please provide a narrative description of the applicant’s qualifications for law school. In this regard, please include a candid
assessment of how this applicant compares to others whom you have taught or with whom you have worked. Please type below
or attach a separate letter on official letterhead to completed form.
Name of recommender (type or print legibly)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
■ Professor
■ Advisor
■ Employer/Supervisor
■ Other _______________________________________
Position ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone with area code ( ___________ ) _______________________________
Signature ________________________________________________________________________________ Date ____________
Return this recommendation to Syracuse University College of Law, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid,
Syracuse NY 13244-1030. Thank you.
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Financial
Aid
Application
Instructions
The financial aid application is a separate procedure that should be undertaken simultaneously with the admissions application process. Do not wait for
an admission decision to apply for financial aid. The Priority Deadline to apply
for financial aid is: February 15, 2007.
To apply for financial aid from the College of Law, you must submit:
A. the 2007-2008 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
to the federal processor,
B. the Syracuse University College of Law Financial Aid Application,
C. a signed copy of your 2006 federal tax return
(include all schedules and W2s), and
D. a signed copy of your parents’ 2005 or 2006 federal tax return, whichever
is available (include all schedules and W2s).
Read the more detailed instructions below.
Financial Aid Application
J.D. Candidates
Filing Date: February 15, 2007
Financial aid applicants must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and send it to the Federal Processor
in January, 2007.
This form must be received no later than February 15, 2007 to be considered for a financial aid award from the College of Law.
In addition, a signed copy of your (and your spouse’s, if applicable), 2006 federal tax returns, including all schedules and
W2s, must be submitted to the College of Law Financial Aid Office. A signed copy of your parents’ (if applicable) 2005 or
2006 federal tax return, including all schedules and W2s, must be submitted. If you are under 30 years of age and do not have
dependents other than a spouse, you will not be considered for a College of Law tuition grant unless your parents’ tax return
is submitted and the “Family Information” (Section III) questions are answered.
Retain for your records copies of all application forms and correspondence submitted in support of your financial
aid application.
Section I. Student Information
1. To apply for all types of financial aid, you must submit the enclosed College
of Law Application for Financial Aid, the Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA), a copy of your (and your spouse’s) signed 2006 federal income
tax forms and W2s, and a signed copy of your parents’ 2005 or 2006 federal
income tax forms and W2s.
You should complete the FAFSA on the web at: www.fafsa.ed.gov or you can obtain
the FAFSA from high school guidance offices or financial aid offices of most colleges
and universities in the United States, or you can request it directly from the Federal
Student Aid Information Center by calling 1-800-433-3243. Your financial aid application will be complete when we receive your College of Law Application for Financial
Aid, the processed FAFSA information, your signed 2006 federal tax returns and W2s,
and your parents’ signed 2005 or 2006 federal tax returns.
2. Complete the FAFSA on the web at: www.fafsa.ed.gov or mail your Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the federal processor in January 2007 to
ensure our receipt of the processed information by the financial aid application
deadline (which is February 15).
The estimated FAFSA processing time is two to four weeks. We strongly advise you to
complete your FAFSA online in January to ensure our receipt of the processed information
by the February 15, 2007 financial aid deadline. The College of Law is not responsible
for failure of the processing agency to forward reports in a timely fashion.
Deadlines
January
Submit FAFSA to Federal Processor
February 15
Submit SU College of Law
Financial Aid Application
February 15
Submit your (and your spouse’s
and parents’, if applicable) signed
federal tax returns and W2s
3. To be considered for a financial aid award from the College of Law, you must complete both the admission and financial aid application processes by the published
deadlines—February 15, 2007 for financial aid and April 1, 2007 for admission.
Financial aid funds from the College of Law are limited and will be awarded until
expended, consequently, students are encouraged to submit applications by the published deadlines. Late applicants should still complete all of the required applications in
order to be considered for all remaining sources of funding and to begin the process to
apply for student loans.
4. Do not delay the submission of your FAFSA beyond January 2007.
If actual income amounts for 2006 are not available, you (and your spouse) should
make the most accurate estimates available at that time. If necessary, you can report
changes to original estimates at a later date.
5. We will receive your processed FAFSA information only if you use the appropriate
school name and identification number.
Name: Syracuse University College of Law,
Title IV institution code: 002882
6. Retain for your records copies of all application forms and correspondence
submitted in support of your financial aid application.
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1.
Full legal name
________________________________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME
2.
3.
4.
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE INITIAL
SUFFIX (i.e., JR)
Social Security Number __________ – ________ – __________
Citizenship
■ U.S. citizen
■ Permanent resident
■ Nonresident alien *If you are in the U.S. on an F1 or F2 student visa, you are not eligible for federal or institutional financial aid.
Present mailing address __________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
APARTMENT NUMBER
__________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
5.
STATE
Last date on which mail will reach you at this address. __________ / ________ / __________
MONTH
DAY
YEAR
6.
E-mail address ________________________________________
7.
Permanent telephone with area code ( ___________ ) _______________________________
8.
Date of Birth __________ / ________ / __________
MONTH
9.
ZIP CODE
DAY
YEAR
Fall 2007 Student Status
■ First-year J.D. candidate
■ Advanced Transfer student, J.D. candidate
■ Second-, ■ third-, or ■ fourth-year J.D. candidate
10. Check one: ■ Single ■ Engaged ______ / _____ / ______ ■ Married ■ Separated ■ Divorced ______ / _____ / _______
EXPECTED DATE OF MARRIAGE
DATE OF DIVORCE/SEPARATION
11. Number of children in 2007-2008 (if any) for which you will provide more than one-half of their support ______________
Ages of children _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Number of other dependents in 2007-2008 (if any; don’t include your spouse) ______________
State their age and relationship to you __________________________________________________________________________________
12. Spouse’s Information
Name _________________________________________________________________________________________ Age ____________
Present Occupation _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Present Employer ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Will your spouse be a matriculated student enrolled in a degree-granting program in the 2007-2008 academic year?
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, full-time?
■ Yes
■ No
or at least half time?
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, give name of school and indicate graduate or undergraduate and year in school:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Section II. Financial Information
Section IV. Additional
Student (and spouse, if applicable) financial information is required from every financial aid applicant. Do not leave blank.
1.
2.
1.
2.
Please check one of the following:
■ Enclosed is a copy of my 2006 federal tax return and W2s.
■ I will forward a copy of my 2006 federal tax return and W2s.
■ I am not required to file a 2006 federal tax return.
If you did not file a 2006 tax return, please list all sources of taxable and non-taxable income
you received in 2006, and enclose all W2s, if applicable:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employment Information
Your Present Occupation: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Your Present Employer: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please enter your total current balance for questions 3-8. Answer “zero” if applicable. Do not leave any questions blank.
3.
Value of your and your spouse’s cash, savings, and checking accounts: $ __________________________________
4.
Net worth of your current investments (mutual funds, certificates of deposit, stocks, bonds, education IRAs,
and real estate, not including your home): $ __________________________________
5.
Value of all trusts of which you and your spouse are the beneficiary: $ __________________________________
6.
Value of your and your spouse’s IRA and/or Keogh accounts: $ __________________________________
7.
Amount of child support received in 2006: $ __________________________________
Amount of child support paid in 2006: $ __________________________________
8.
Amount of Social Security benefits received in 2006: $ __________________________________
3.
4.
(please list type of loan)
5.
6.
7.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MAKE/YEAR
____________________________________ Age: __________/____________________________________ Age: _________
FATHER
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MAKE/YEAR
8.
AMOUNT STILL OWED
Will you be covered by major medical health insurance during the 2007-2008 academic year?
■ Yes
■ No
If yes, please indicate:
INSURANCE COMPANY
Yearly premium: $ ______________________
9.
Sources of Aid: List type(s) and amount(s) of any unusual expenses you expect to incur during the 2007-2008 year
(i.e., child care). Attach a separate sheet if necessary. Documentation of these expenses may be requested.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Parent’s Home Address
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
STREET NUMBER AND NAME
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
Parents’ Occupation and Employer:
Mother: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Father: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the case of divorced or separated parents, please answer the following questions about the parent who most
recently provided more financial support. (If that parent is re-married, you must supply information about your
parent and his/her spouse.)
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AMOUNT STILL OWED
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MOTHER
3.
Do you intend to apply for a Federal Stafford Student Loan for the 2007-2008 academic year?
■ Yes ■ No
Do you intend to apply for additional educational loans for the 2007-2008 academic year?
■ Yes ■ No
Will you (or your spouse) own or operate an automobile during the 2007-2008 academic year? If yes, please indicate:
Own? ■ Yes
■ No
Operate? ■ Yes ■ No
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Parent’s Information
2.
Spouse’s total educational loans $ ______________________
(formerly GSL)
POLICY HOLDER
Parental information is required from every financial aid applicant under 30 years of age, regardless of your marital status or
established financial independence, unless you have a dependent other than a spouse. Do not leave any questions blank.
■ If you are a student returning to the College of Law and your parents’ information
is already on file for financial aid, please check this box and proceed to Section IV.
■ If you are 30 years of age or older and/or have dependents other than a spouse, please check
this box and proceed to Section IV.
■ If you are a new financial aid applicant at the College of Law, please check this box
and complete Section III as instructed above.
Full legal name
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If you receive veteran’s education benefits, for how many months will you receive these benefits during
the period of 7/1/07 to 6/30/08 ________ (number of months);
what amount will you receive per month?: $ __________________________________
Indicate the total principal amount owed on the following educational loans as of 08/15/2007:
Federal Perkins/NDSL $ ______________________
Other educational loans $ ______________________
Federal Stafford Student Loan $ ______________________
Section III. Family Information
1.
Financial assistance for the 2007-2008 academic year from your parents and/or other relatives: $ ______________________
Financial aid for the 2007-2008 academic year from outside sources
(do not include student loans for which you may apply): $ __________________________________
Sources of aid:
4.
Value of parents’ cash and savings: $ __________________________________
Net worth of parents’ real estate (other than primary home): $ __________________________________
Net worth of parents’ investments (do not include retirement accounts): $ __________________________________
Net worth of parents’ business: $ __________________________________
5.
Amount of child support received in 2006: $ __________________________________
6.
Amount of Social Security benefits received in 2006: $ __________________________________
7.
■ Enclosed is a signed copy of my parents’ 2005 or 2006 federal tax return and W2s.
■ I will forward a copy of my parents’ 2005 or 2006 federal tax return and W2s.
■ My parents were not required to file a 2005 or 2006 federal tax return.
If your parents did not file a tax return in 2005 or 2006, please list all sources of taxable and
non-taxable income they received in 2006 and enclose all W2s, if applicable: $ __________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Whenever there is a change in a financial aid recipient’s economic circumstances that may in any way reduce present financial need, the recipient has
the responsibility to report that change in writing to the College of Law Financial Aid Office. Failure to report such changed circumstances may result
in the reduction or cancellation of financial aid.
Sign and return this form to the Financial Aid Office, Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse NY 13244-1030. This form must be received no later
than February 15, 2007 to be considered for a financial aid award from the College of Law. Complete your FAFSA in January.
I certify that the information I have provided in this application and in any related material is true and complete. I understand that any misrepresentation may result in the denial or cancellation of financial aid. I accept responsibility to promptly notify Syracuse University College of Law in writing of
any change in the information that I have provided in this application.
Signature ________________________________________________________________________________ Date ____________
It is the policy of Syracuse University not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, status as a disabled veteran, or as a veteran of the Vietnam Era in its educational programs, admissions policies, employment
practices, and other University administered programs. Further information regarding this policy is set out in the statement of nondiscrimination on
the inside back cover. Applicants should consult the statement of nondiscrimination before completing this form.
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Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, national
origin, religion, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, or status as
a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era or to any extent discrimination is prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions,
employment, and access to and treatment in University programs, services,
and activities.
Syracuse University welcomes people with disabilities and in compliance with
Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the
Americans with Disabilities Act does not discriminate on the basis of disability. Services for students with disabilities are coordinated by the Office
of Disability Services, Room 309, 804 University Avenue, 315-443-4498
(VOICE), 315-443-5019 (TDD).
Syracuse University supports equal opportunity regardless of race, color,
national origin, or gender, and in compliance with Title VI and Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or gender.
Questions about any of the University’s equal-opportunity policies, including compliance with Title VI, Title VII, and Title IX, may be directed to Neil
B. Strodel, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Office of Human
Resources, Skytop Office Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY 132445300; telephone 315-443-4224.
The information concerning academic requirements, courses, and programs
of study contained in this publication does not constitute an irrevocable
contract between the student and the University. The University reserves
the right to change, discontinue, or add academic requirements, courses,
and programs of study. Such changes may be made without notice, although
every effort will be made to provide timely notice to students. It is the
responsibility of the individual student to confirm that all appropriate degree
requirements are met.
Campus Security Act
It is Syracuse University’s policy to provide all prospective students, upon
request, with a printed copy of the University’s policies and procedures
regarding campus security and safety, as well as crime rates and statistics for
the most recent three-year period.
Copies of Your Safety and Security at Syracuse University, a handbook which
provides this important information, are available from SU’s Department of
Public Safety, 130 College Place, 005 Sims Hall, Syracuse NY 13244,
315-443-5480. You may also view the handbook on the Department of Public
Safety’s web site at sumweb.syr.edu/pubsafe/safety.html.
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Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Syracuse, NY 13244-1030
PERIODICALS
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