Sentencing Reform from the Bench: The Emerging Role of District Court Judges

Sentencing Reform from the Bench:
The Emerging Role of District Court Judges

Monday, March 26th, 2018 2:00PM – 4:00PM
Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge
40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012  
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Attendees can register here.

To obtain the 1.5 units of CLE credit, click here for the reading material

Popular perception of the judiciary’s role in sentencing reform tends to focus on the way appellate courts interpret the law in the course of criminal appeals. In this narrative, appellate judges spur criminal justice reform by handing down binding precedent reinterpreting criminal law. But this doesn’t tell the whole story. According to recent scholarship by Professor Jessica Roth, a narrow focus on appellate law downplays the significant role trial judges can play in effecting sentencing reform, through non-binding dicta, law review articles, speeches, and other forums of advocacy.

Join us for an exciting panel discussion on how trial judges use their unique position to change sentencing practices.

Our panel will include:

The Honorable John Gleeson
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
Former Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

The Honorable Denny Chin
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Professor Jessica Roth
Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University
Co-Director, Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law

Professor Frank O. Bowman III
Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law

Professor Bruce A. Green
Louis Stein Chair of Law, Fordham Law School
Director, Stein Center for Law and Ethics

Professor Rebecca Roiphe
Professor of Law, New York Law School
Co-Dean for Faculty Scholarship

Professor Kate Stith
Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky
Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Executive Director, Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics

Please RSVP here by 5:00 pm Thursday March 22nd

Copyrighting Fashion After Varsity Brands

Copyrighting Fashion After Varsity Brands

Friday, February 24, 2017 | 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge
40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012  
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Attendees can register here.

To obtain 1.5 units of CLE credit, click here for the reading material.

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Interested in the law of fashion?  Join us for this exciting panel on the first Supreme Court case in decades to grapple with the subject.  Four panelists will discuss Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands, in which the Court discusses whether the design of a cheerleading uniform can gain copyright protection.  Dozens of law professors, including several from NYU, have submitted amicus briefs for both sides.  Our panelists will explore what the ramifications will be both for scholars and the industry.

The panel will be moderated by NYU’s own Professor Christopher Sprigman (coauthor of one of the amicus briefs in the case).  The panelists will be:

Professor Doug Hand (NYU, partner at Hand Baldachin & Amburgey LLP)

Professor Barbara Kolsun (Cardozo, former General Counsel of Kate Spade)

Professor Betsy Rosenblatt (Whittier, coauthor of an amicus brief in the case)

Professor Jeffey Trexler (Fordham, coauthor of an amicus brief in the case)

This event is part of “Copyrighting What We Wear: A Legal and Technological Restyling,” the Annual Survey of American Law 2017 Symposium on Fashion and Copyright.

Please RSVP here by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, 2/21