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Sheridan Albert Legacy Society A Legacy of Generosity The Brooklyn Law School Legacy Society was established in 2003 to honor an extraordinary group of alumni and friends who made the thoughtful decision to provide for BLS in their estate plans. In 2026, the Legacy Society was renamed to honor the transformative and strategic philanthropy of Sheridan Albert, Class of 1948. Sheridan had established a Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust, for the ultimate benefit of BLS, while providing lifetime income and tax benefits for himself and his wife, Helen. Upon the termination of the trust, BLS received the largest contribution in its history, enabling the Law School to endow several professorships and scholarships. While the Society has been renamed in honor of the Albert's historic and creative commitment, it remains an inclusive group—there is no minimum commitment to be welcomed as a member, nor are there age requirements. To learn more about the various planned-giving options available at Brooklyn Law School, please visit our dedicated website or contact Tom McGinley, Director of Major and Planned Giving, at thomas.mcginley@brooklaw.edu or (718) 780-7522. If you have already included BLS in your estate plan, we encourage you to share your intention by filling out this form. Please know that this form in nonbinding, any information you share will be treated with strict confidentiality.

Student Life Study Law in Brooklyn New York’s global hub of culture and innovation Located at the intersection of bustling Downtown Brooklyn and historic Brooklyn Heights—and one subway stop from Downtown Manhattan, the Law School is at the heart of the New York’s legal, cultural, and high-tech communities, offering students an array of experiential learning opportunities and plenty of options to pursue their passions outside the classroom. On campus, the Law School offers a wide range of student organizations, health and wellness programs, and social activities around the city, in addition to networking events with our actively engaged alumni. Brooklyn will become your campus, giving you an unparalleled student experience. Explore what life is like on campus Residence Life Check out all of our Brooklyn Heights housing & dining options. Student Organizations Participate in student-run organizations and activities. Health & Wellness Meditation, yoga, sports and other programs to keep you healthy. Campus Essentials Stay connected, visit our stores, learn about our technology

Many people have heard about the injustices of the criminal legal system in the United States, but the specific role of prosecutorial misconduct is less understood. Please join us to hear from a panel of experts about how wrongful convictions happen. The challenges of accountability and proposals for better solutions. This event is being held online. Sponsored by Brooklyn Law School, the Civil Rights Corps, and Vocal New York.    

Publications Professor of Practice J.D., Yale Law School B.A., Yale College The Multiemployer Concept in the Public Sector, 29 Rutgers Law Review 110 (1975) Arbitration of International Commercial Disputes, in Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel (2010)(with Maryanne Levan, et al.) Litigating International Disputes, in Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (Robert Haig ed., 5th ed. 2021) (with Steven Smith) Warranties, in Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts (Robert Haig ed., 5th ed. 2020) (with Martin Jackson) The Impact of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, in Interim and Emergency Relief in International Arbitration (Diora Ziyaeva ed., 2015) (with Sonia Marquez) How to Make a Project Come Alive for a Tribunal: The Use of Demonstrative Evidence in International Construction Arbitration, in  Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation (Arthur Rovine ed. 2013) (with Suyash Paliwal) Document Production in the United States, in Special Supplement 2006: Document Production in International Arbitration (Ahmed El-Kosheri, et al., eds., 2006) (with Dana MacGrath)

This is an extern clinic in which students work in various public sector field placements that maintain a health law practice. The goal of the clinic is to offer students a practical opportunity to deepen their understanding of legal issues confronting health care organizations and other public and non-profit organizations whose mission include health care delivery, access to care, public health or broader public policy concerns. Students work under the close supervision of an attorney at the placement site. Each student is responsible for producing substantive work products. The nature of the work product will differ from site to site. At some field placements, the work will be advisory, transactional or policy development in nature. Other placements may require direct client or constituent advocacy. No matter where they are placed, students should be prepared to do substantive research and writing. Students must devote a minimum of 12 hours per week to the placement. Students receive 3 credits for the field placement and 1 credit for a required seminar.

This course examines legal, regulatory and policy challenges in the embryonic cybersecurity threat arena. We will examine the national and international legal frameworks that govern actions in cyberspace, including laws related to cyberespionage and cyberwar. The objective of the course is to view the milieu of cybersecurity threats to the government and private sector and responses to them in a national and international law environment, while also recognizing the boundaries of current law. The course will include a survey of federal laws, executive orders, regulations, and cases related to surveillance, cyber intrusions by private and nation-state actors, data breaches, and privacy and civil liberties matters, among other things. The course will also explore the legislative and technology landscape in this dynamic area and will provide students with opportunities to discuss cutting-edge issues at the intersection of law and policy. We will use case corporate studies to examine recovery planning, cyber insurance, business continuity, board responsibility, compliance with best practices and the developing regulatory environment of the Federal Trade Commission, the SEC and other agencies as well as managing social media in the workplace. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Grades will be based on class participation, assignments and practical exercises, and completion of a 15-20 page paper.

Admission Statistics Statistics and Profile Get an overview of Brooklyn Law School by the numbers, including statistics about our most recent incoming class and the current ABA disclosures. 2025 Entering Class Statistics    All Full-Time Extended (Part-Time) AppliedAdmittedEnrolled 4,6392,025416 41671892381 47213335 Men / Women / Other40% / 58% / 2%       Students of color31%       States of permanent residence(including District of Columbia & U.S.Territories)32       Foreign countries of citizenship9       AgeFull-Time medianExtended (Part-Time) medianOldest/Youngest     242646/20         Colleges and universities represented190   Academic majors represented93     Advanced degrees11%       Interval between college and law schoolLess than 1 year1-5 years6 or more years     21%65%14% LSAT / GPA All Full-Time Extended (Part-Time) 75% LSATMedian LSAT25% LSAT75% GPAMedian GPA25% GPA 1631611583.753.593.37 1641611583.763.603.40 1621601573.583.433.00 Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures) For the full list of ABA disclosures, visit our page below.

Law & organizing (sometimes called community lawyering or rebellious lawyering) is increasingly recognized as an important social change practice, and more and more public interest organizations are embracing or experimenting with it as a strategy to help build the power of poor and marginalized communities in the face of rising institutional hostility. This class gives law students an opportunity to learn about the day-to-day realities and skills necessary for the practice of law and organizing. The class will begin with a grounding in the history and principles of community organizing broadly, and law and organizing particularly, with a survey of important organizations and major writings on law and organizing. The bulk of the class will focus on the central challenges and fundamental skills of being a lawyer working in an organizing context: relationship-building, power analysis, strategy, resourcefulness, action, and leadership development. Part of each class session will consist of student-facilitated discussion based on readings. For some topics, current practitioners will visit to discuss their work. The class is open to 2Ls and 3Ls. No prior experience with law and organizing is required, but the class is designed for students interested in seriously considering and wrestling with their role in social change efforts.

CUBE: The Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship How do lawyers prepare for a new landscape? The answer is here in Brooklyn. CUBE harnesses the extraordinary entrepreneurial activity in Brooklyn to prepare our students for careers in a rapidly changing marketplace for new lawyers. CUBE is a center of remarkable energy and activity, offering global opportunities for students to work with businesses, startups, and social entrepreneurs; consultation sessions with small businesses in Brooklyn; networking events that give our students the Brooklyn edge in their career paths; and programs including the CUBE Innovators Competition. The Law School is ideally situated within the Brooklyn Tech Triangle, which had a total economic impact of $5.3 billion. Through CUBE, we are tapping into the tremendous growth of Brooklyn as a leading international hub for innovation in business, technology, and culture to offer unparalleled opportunities to our students right in our own backyard. CUBE’s Three Core Functions: CUBE was created to leverage the Law School’s core strengths in clinical and business law education and proximity to the vibrant Brooklyn startup community. The center enhances the Law School by providing effective legal representation and support for entrepreneurial ventures in the private sector. CUBE programming enables Brooklyn Law School to maximize opportunities to educate and train law students to be effective lawyers and advisors to entrepreneurs through a combination of practical experience and rigorous academic coursework. CUBE Faculty John Rudikoff, its CEO, Managing Director, and Adjunct Professor of Law. -->CUBE's faculty brings diverse expertise from the public and private sectors and academia, and offers its students unique mentorship and training in providing optimum legal services to entrepreneurs and startups. Annual CUBE Innovators Invitational The Stanley M. Grossman Innovators Invitational at CUBE is a legal tech startup competition open to all law school students throughout New York. Teams of up to five law students will compete for $12,000 to launch their legal tech venture. Career Opportunities CUBE students and graduates work for diverse, prestigious firms, companies, and organizations. Learn more about their career placements: CUBE Certificate CUBE’s Certificate in Entrepreneurship Law focuses on legal issues surrounding entrepreneurship and preparing to represent new ventures for startups and growing commercial companies. CUBE-supported courses provide students with a road map to tailor their educations to a business-oriented curriculum that will support a career in the entrepreneurial sector. Watch Past Events CUBE's previous networking events, panels, and competitions: CUBE Consultation Center The CUBE Consultation Center offers students valuable practice experience providing counsel to entrepreneurs and small business owners. Students work under the supervision of alumni and faculty, and alongside community partners including NYC Business Solutions and the Carroll Gardens Association. Contact For questions regarding CUBE, please email cube@brooklaw.edu. John Rudikoff, CEO and Managing Director john.rudikoff@brooklaw.edu-->

Publications David M. Barse Professor of Law J.D., University of Chicago Law School B.A., Yale College Aggregation and Abuse: Mass Torts in Bankruptcy, 91 Fordham Law Review 361 (2022) Anonymous Disclosure of Security Breaches: Mitigating Harm and Facilitating Coordinated Response, in Securing Privacy in the Internet Age (Stanford University Press 2008) (with P. Schwartz) Baby Lehman: A Functional Approach to Non-SIFI Resolution, 27 Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice 591 (2018) Badges of Opportunism: Principles for Policing Restructuring Support Agreements, 13 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate Finance & Commercial Law 169 (2018) (with Adam Levitin) Bankruptcy Sales, in Handbook on Corporate Bankruptcy (Barry Adler ed., 2020) (with Melissa Jacoby) Brandeis, Business Ethics and Enron, in Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (N. Rapoport and B. Dharan eds., Foundation Press, 2004) Brandeis, Progressivism, and Commercial Law: Rethinking Benedict v. Ratner, 37 Brandeis Law Review 63 (1998-1999) Business Reorganizations (LexisNexis 3rd Ed. 2006) (with others) Constitutive Compliance, 30 Loyola Consumer Law Review 104 (2018) Consumer Bankruptcy and Race: Current Concerns and a Proposed Solution, 33 Loyola Consumer Law Review 328 (2021) Consumer Bankruptcy Law and the Heuristic Borrower, in Law and Psychology (B. Brooks-Gordon & M. Freeman eds., Oxford University Press 2006) Consumer Credit and Competition: The Puzzle of Competitive Credit Markets, 6 European Competition Journal 68 (2010) (with S. Block-Lieb) Crystals and Mud in Bankruptcy Law: Judicial Competence and Statutory Design, 43 Arizona Law Review 559 (2001) Demand-Side Gatekeepers in the Market for Home Loans, 82 Temple Law Review 465 (2009) (with S. Block-Lieb) Expert Negotiation Brings New Approach to Prison Litigation in Hawaii, 6 National Prison Project Journal 6 (Winter 1985) Fit for Its Ordinary Purpose: Implied Warranties and Common Law Duties for Consumer Finance Contracts, 59 Houston Law Review 551 (2022) (with Susan Block-Lieb) Genetic Information, Privacy and Insolvency, 33 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 79 (2005) Global Erie and its Limits: Channeling Jurisdictional Competition for Procedure, 56 Texas International Law Journal 181 (2022) Ice Cube Bonds: Allocating the Price of Process in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, ​123 Yale Law Journal 862 (with M.B. Jacoby)(2014) Implementing Symmetric Treatment of Financial Contracts in Bankruptcy and Bank Insolvency, 10 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law 155 (with John Pottow) (Fall 2015) Las Enmiendas al Concurso de Pequeñas Empresas en Estados Unidos: ¿Un Modelo Para la Reforma Global?, 32 Revista de Derecho Concursal y Paraconcursal 273 (2020) Locating the Regulation of Data Privacy and Data Security, 5 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law 97(2010) Muddy Property: Generating and Protecting Information Privacy Norms in Bankruptcy, 44 William and Mary Law Review 1801 (2003) Muddy Rules for Securitization Transactions, 7 Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law 301 (2002) Notification of Security Breaches, 105 Michigan Law Review 913 (2007) (with P.M. Schwartz) One Dollar, One Vote: Mark-to-Market Governance in Bankruptcy, 104 Iowa Law Review 1857 (2019) Predicting When The Uniform Law Process Will Fail: Article 9, Capture and the Race to the Bottom, 83 Iowa Law Review 569 (1998) Privacy Property, Information Costs and the Anticommons, 54 Hastings Law Journal 899 (2003) Private Equity & Industries in Transition: Debt, Discharge, & Sam Gerdano, 71 Syracuse Law Review 521  (2021) Reciprocal Comity, 46 Texas International Law Journal 441 (2011) Reforming Regulation in the Markets for Home Loans, 38 Fordham Urban Law Journal 681 (2011) (with S. Block-Lieb) Roberta Karmel and the "Brooklyn School," 16 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law 5 (2021) Secured Credit, Reorganizations, and Workouts [Lectures to Judges of the Higher Arbitration Court (Commercial Court) of the Ukraine, sponsored by USAID and the Supreme Court of Ohio's Ukraine/Ohio Rule of Law Program (June 1995, Kiev)] Silos: Establishing the Distributional Baseline in Cross-Border Bankruptcies, 9 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law 85 (2014) Strategies for Preserving the Bankruptcy Trustee's Avoidance Power against States after Seminole Tribe,  23 Ohio Northern University Law Review 1431 (1997) The Automatic Stay, in Business Reorganizations (M. Gerber ed., Matthew Bender & Co., 2000) The Costs of Liquidity Enhancement: Transparency, Risk Alteration and Coordination Problems, 4 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law 38 (2010) The Creditors' Bargain Reconstituted: Comments on Barry Adler's The Creditors' Bargain Revisited, 167 University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online 47 (2019) The Death of Secured Lending, 25 Cardozo Law Review 1759 (2004) The Enron Bankruptcy: Financial Engineering, Recharacterization, Substantive Consolidation, and Avoidance, in Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (N. Rapoport and B. Dharan eds., Foundation Press, 2004) The FDIC's Fraudulent Conveyance Power under the Crime Control Act of 1990: Bank Insolvency Law and the Politics of the Iron Triangle, 28 Connecticut Law Review 67 (1995) The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Information Privacy, and the Limits of Default Rules, 86 Minnesota Law Review 1219 (2002) (with P.M. Schwartz) The Heavy Hand of Amazon: A Seller Not a Neutral Platform, 14 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate Financial & Commercial Law 259 (2020) (with Aaron Twerski) The Locus of Lawmaking: Uniform State Law, Federal Law, and Bankruptcy Reform, 74 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 97 (2000) The Logic and Limits of Liens, 2015 University of Illinois Law Review 589 (2015) The Market for Corporate Control In the Zone of Insolvency: Symposium Introduction, 13 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate Finance.& Commercial Law (2018). The Myth of the Rational Borrower: Behaviorism, Rationality and the Misguided Reform of Bankruptcy Law, 84 Texas Law Review 1481 (2006) (with S. Block-Lieb) The Proceduralist Inversion – A Response to Skeel, 130 Yale Law Journal Forum 335 (2020-2021) (with Adam Levitin) The Public Choice of Choice of Law in Software Transactions: Jurisdictional Competition and the Dim Prospects for Uniformity, 26 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 187 (2000) The Reliance Interest in Insolvency Law: A Response to Harris and Mooney, 25 Cardozo Law Review 1895 (2004) The U.S. Small Business Bankruptcy Amendments: A Global Model for Reform?, 29 International Insolvency Review 254 (2020) Towards a Jurisprudence of Public Law Bankruptcy Judging, 12 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate Finance & Commercial Law 39 (2017) Tracing Equity: Realizing and Allocating Value in Chapter 11, 96 Texas Law Review 673 (2018) (with Melissa Jacoby) Understanding Bankruptcy (LexisNexis, 2d Ed. 2007) (with J. Ferriell) Universal Proceduralism, 32 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 819 (2007) Value Tracing and Priority in Cross-Border Group Bankruptcies: Solving the Nortel Problem from the Bottom up, 27 University of Miami International & Comparative Law Review 334 (2020) (with Stephan Madaus) Virtual Territoriality, 48 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 401 (2010) Warranty, Product Liability and Transaction Structure: The Problem of Amazon, 15 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law 49 (2020) (with Aaron Twerski) Enterprise, Liability, and Insolvency: An Essay in Honor of Aaron Twerski, 18 Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law 115 (2023) Impact IPSA Loquitur: A Reverse Hand Rule for Consumer Finance, 45 Cardozo Law Review 1133 (2024) (with Susan Block-Lieb) Functional Tort Principles for Internet Platforms: Duty, Relationship, and Control, 26 Yale Journal of Law & Technology (2023) (with Aaron D. Twerski) Equity for Intermediaries: The Resolution of Financial Firms in Bankruptcy and Bank Resolution, 41 Yale Journal on Regulation 965 (2024)

Publications Allen Grubman Chair in Media and Entertainment Law J.D., Stanford Law SchoolM.A., Arizona State University B.A., University of Massachusetts Copyright: AI & Creative Style, in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence and the Law (Ryan Abbott & Elizabeth Rothman eds., forthcoming 2025) Method+ology and the Means of Innovation (forthcoming 2026)  Oxford Handbook on Music Law & Policy (ed., 2025) 5G and Beyond: Intellectual Property and Competition Policy in the Internet of Things (ed., 2023) (with Jonathan Barnett)  Introduction -The New Music Ecosystem: from the Physical to the Virtual and Back Again?, in Oxford Handbook on Music Law & Policy (ed., forthcoming 2025) Genetic Technologies and the Law: Cases and Materials (2007) (with Patricia Kuszler & Katherine Batuello)  Music as a Continuous Aural Experience: Time for a New Music Copyright Paradigm Beyond European Written Notation, in Oxford Handbook on Music Law & Policy (ed., forthcoming 2025)  Concluding Thoughts: Music Law and Policy for AI, Style, and Aesthetics, in Oxford Handbook on Music Law & Policy (ed., forthcoming 2025) What is a Music Producer?, in Oxford Handbook on Music Law & Policy (ed., 2024) The Lead Sheet Problem in Music Copyright: Williams and Skidmore Revealed the Systematic Diminution of Pop Music’s Aural Composers, in Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice: Access, Inclusion, Empowerment (Steven Jamar & Lateef Mtima eds., 2023)   AI Replication of Musical Styles Points the Way to an Exclusive Rights Regime, in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence (Ryan Abbott ed., 2022)  Determining the Composition, in Oxford Handbook on Music Law & Policy (ed., 2022) (with Joe Bennett)  The Curious Contrast Between Corporate Authorship and Inventorship in the United States, in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Employment Law (Niklas Bruun & Marja-Leena Mansala eds., 2021)  Authors and Inventors Under U.S. IP Law: Implications for Software and AI Generated Works, in La Properiété Intellectuelle en Dehors de Ses Frontières (Amélie Favreau ed., 2019) (with Franck Macrez)  Transforming Professional Services to Build Regional Innovation Ecosystems, in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Evolving Economies: The Role of Law (Megan Carpenter ed., 2012)  The Promises and Perils of Digital Business Models, in Global Perspectives and Challenges for the Intellectual Property System Publication Series (2018)  Controlling the Means of Innovation: The Centrality of Private Ordering Arrangements for Innovators and Entrepreneurs, in Handbook on Law, Innovation and Growth (Robert Litan ed., 2011)  The Central Role of Law as a Meta Method in Creativity and Entrepreneurship, in Law, Creativity & Entrepreneurship (Shubha Ghosh ed., 2011)  Navigating the Issues of Multidisciplinary Student Teams Serving University Spin-offs, in Spanning Boundaries and Disciplines: University Technology Commercialization in the Idea Age (Gary Libecap et al., eds., 2010)  U.S. Perspective on IP and Antitrust Issues in Proposed Biosimilars Regulatory Pathway, in Les Pratiques de L’Industrie Pharmaceutique au Regard du Droit de la Concurrence (Clotilde Jourdain-Fortier & Isabelle Moine-Dupuis, 2010) (France)  IP Transactions as Facilitators of the Globalized Innovation Economy, in Working Within the Boundaries of Intellectual Property (Rochelle Dreyfuss et al., eds., 2010) Enabling Research or Unfair Competition? De Jure and De Facto Research Use Exceptions in Major Technology Countries, in Patent Law And Theory: A Handbook Of Contemporary Research (Toshiko Takenaka ed., 2008)  La Legislación Como Impulsora de las Innovaciones Tecnológicas y Su Comercialización, in Propiedad Industrial Certidumbre Juridica y Competitividad (Jorge Aguirre Hernández & Roberto Garza-Leonard eds., 2005) The Damaging Myth of Patent Exhaustion, 28 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 443 (2020)  Distinguishing Different Kinds of Property in Patents and Copyrights, 27 George Mason Law Review 205 (2019) The Surprising Reach of FDA Regulation of Cannabis, Even After Descheduling, 68 American University Law Review. 823 (2019) (with Erika Lietzan) The Risks of Clouded Property Title for Cannabis Business Owners, Investors, And Creditors, 3 Texas A&M Journal of Property Law 67 (2016) (with Jason Liu) Patented Electric Guitar Pick-Ups and the Creation of Modern Music Genres, 23 George Mason Law Review 1007 (2016)  The Overlooked French Influence on the Intellectual Property Clause, 82 University of Chicago Law Review 733 (2015)  Creators, Innovators, and Appropriation Mechanisms, 22 George Mason Law Review 973 (2015) The Lost “Art” of the Patent System, 2015 University of Illinois Law Review 101 (2015) Crowdfunding’s Impact on Start-Up IP Strategy, 21 George Mason Law Review 895 (2014) The Real Issue Behind Stanford v. Roche: Faulty Conceptions of University Patent Assignment Policies Stemming from the 1947 Biddle Report, 19 Michigan Technology Law Review 379 (2013) Patents as Promoters of Competition: The Guild Origins of Patent Law in the Venetian Republic, 50 San Diego Law Review 1267 (2012) (with Ted Sichelman) Taking, Tort, or Crown Right? The Confused Early History of Government Patent Policy, 12 John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law 145 (2012)  Hired to Invent vs. Work Made for Hire: Resolving the Inconsistency Among Rights of Corporate Personhood, Authorship, and Inventorship, 35 Seattle Law Review 1227 (2012)  The Aftermath of Stanford v. Roche: Which Law of Assignments Governs?, 24 Intellectual Property Journal 29 (2011) (Canada)  Defusing the “Atomic Bomb” of Patent Litigation: Avoiding and Defending Against Allegations of Inequitable Conduct After McKesson et al, 9 John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law 330 (2009) Teaching IP From an Entrepreneurial Counseling and Transactional Perspective, 52 Saint Louis University Law Journal 877 (2008) The Use of MTAs to Control Commercialization of Stem Cell Diagnostics & Therapeutics, 21 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1017 (2006) Using Stock and Stock Options to Minimize Patent Royalty Payment Risks after MedImmune v. Genentech, 3 New York University Journal of Law & Business 381 (2007) Strengthening Auditor Independence: Reestablishing Audits as Control and Premium Signaling Mechanisms, 81 Washington Law Review 525 (2006) Intellectual Property Rights and Stem Cell Research: Who Owns the Medical Breakthroughs?, 39 New England Law Review 665 (2005) The Supreme Court’s Philosophy of Science: Will the Real Karl Popper Please Stand Up?, 35 Jurimetrics Journal 263 (1995) Be Careful What You Wish For: How Accountants and Congress Created the Problem of Auditor Independence, 45 Boston College Law Review 741 (2004) Corporate Governance: Documents, Disclosures, and Communications, in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence and the Law (Ryan Abbott & Elizabeth Rothman eds., forthcoming 2025) Securities Regulation: Disclosures for Reporting Companies, in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence and the Law (Ryan Abbott & Elizabeth Rothman eds., forthcoming 2025)

Security Your safety and security is important to us Brooklyn Heights is a densely populated neighborhood, where it is safe to walk around during the day and night. There is 24-7 security at the main Law School building at 250 Joralemon Street. Our largest student residence, Feil Hall, is also supported with 24-hour security. Read our annual security reports and procedures for more guidance: Annual Security and Fire Safety ReportEmergency Response Procedures  You can also get city-wide information from the New York City Office of Emergency Management. Sign up for NYC OEM alerts about emergency events and receive important information about city services. Campus Alerts Stay safe! In the case of a severe weather event or other emergency, the Brooklyn Law School campus may close or delay opening. Receive alerts so you can be contacted in the event of such changes. Below is the most up-to-date information on how the campus community will be notified. Visitor Policies and Guidelines Visitors who wish to attend in-person events at the main Law School building (250 Joralemon Street) or our high-rise residential building, Feil Hall (205 State St.), will be required to provide the security guard on duty at the Law School with valid government-issued identification upon request. Please view the Brooklyn Law School (BLS) Visitor Policies and Guidelines prior to attending the event. Visitors should refrain from attending campus events or visiting the campus if they test positive for COVID or feel unwell. If you wish to visit or attend an event on campus and you learn you have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for Covid-19, please wear a mask whenever possible during the event or visit. Safety Tips Read our important tips for personal safety in NYC, safety for building residents, protecting yourself during exam periods, surviving an active shooter event, and identity theft protection: COVID-19 Update The COVID-19 national public health emergency ended on May 11, 2023. Brooklyn Law School strongly encourages all students, faculty, administrators, and guests to be vaccinated and stay up to date on all vaccines and boosters as recommended by the CDC (see guidelines Stay Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC). Anyone in the Brooklyn Law School Community who is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, tests positive, or was exposed to COVID-19 should follow CDC guidelines Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses When You’re Sick | CDC. Masking is welcome but not required. Contacts & Resources If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with the Department of Public Safety, or reach out to individual buildings through their official contact numbers. We also offer specialized hotlines for students in need.

Like the nearly 400 other Brooklyn Law School students graduating on May 18th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Francesca Adamo will receive her diploma in front of an enthusiastic crowd of faculty, friends, and family. There’s just one small difference: Francesca’s great-great-aunt (her great-grandmother’s sister) Elena Teresa Sanfilippo, who graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1936 and just turned 103, will present her with her diploma and cap. “She was the person who convinced me to go to Brooklyn Law,” said Francesca, who has just completed the Law School’s pioneering two-year J.D. program and hopes to pursue a career in family law. “Brooklyn was not even on my radar, but Elena kept talking about how wonderful the law school was and said you have to go and visit and see for yourself, so I went.” For Francesca that one visit changed everything. “I came here, and I fell in love with the area, the proximity to everything, and the incredible opportunities at the Law School.” Her aunt’s praise of the school didn’t hurt either. “One of the things she loved so much about Brooklyn, and still does, is that it has always been ahead of the curve,” said Francesca. “When she was going to law school in the 1930s it was one of the few that accepted women. She also felt like she got great experience and was very prepared to practice law because of her Brooklyn education.” Elena, who is the oldest living lawyer in the country, was honored in December by the Italian American Law Students Association at its holiday party, where she was given a proclamation from Borough Hall. She started out as a trial attorney on Court Street at the firm of Marcela Turkish and Perlman, where she practiced for several years before having children and becoming a homemaker. Today, she remains bright-eyed and clear-minded and lives with her daughter and son-in-law in New Jersey. Throughout her lifetime, her love of the Law School has remained strong. “She has always talked about how Brooklyn was the best time of her life and she loved being in the courtroom,” said Lisa Adamo, Francesca’s mother and Elena’s great-niece. “She had a great experience at Brooklyn Law School and so has my daughter.” Francesca says her Law School experience has been incredibly rewarding, in particular her work with children and families. Despite her intense workload as a two-year J.D. student, she has interned at the Children’s Law Center, the South Brooklyn Legal Services Family Law and Domestic Violence Unit, and Sanctuary for Families, in addition to spending two terms clerking for the Hon. Ellen M. Spodek in Kings County Supreme Court. It will all culminate on May 18, when, eight decades after she graduated from this Law School, Elena will don cap and gown and walk on stage with her granddaughter by her side to steady her to present her great-great-niece with her diploma. “I’m very excited to have her there,” said Francesca. “She has been with me the whole way from application through graduation. She is my inspiration.”

Join us as we watch the best and brightest Pre-Seed and Seed startups battle it out at the 1st annual NAIOP NYC PropTech Competition. The competitors are visionary industry leaders, navigating the most transformative period in the real estate tech sector — and one will leave as the winner! By attending this event you will discover tangible solutions moving the real estate industry forward, while connecting with owners, operators, developers, investors, and more! Networking with food, beer, and wine after the competition! Fees: Members: $25 Early Bird (by Friday, June 2nd) / $40 Regular Non-Members: $50 Early Bird (by Friday, June 2nd) / $75 Regular Developing Leaders: $25 Judges: - Michael Rudin, Executive Vice President, Rudin Management Company - Nikki Greenberg, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Real Future of Real Estate - Patrick Tully, previously served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Clarion Partners - Doris Pitilon, Chief Technology Officer, Faropoint - James Barrett, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Turner Construction Company  Emcee:  Eric Brody, Founder & Principal at ANAX and ANAX VENTURES, Host of Real Tech Talk Podcast, Host of The Blue Print @therealdeal Contact Blake Grosch if you are interested in sponsoring this event.   Open to the Brooklyn Law School community only.

About the Symposium Please join the Brooklyn Entertainment & Sports Law Society (BESLS) & the Intellectual Property Law Association (IPLA) on Friday, November 11th for our second annual Sports Law Symposium. The symposium theme is “Sports Intellectual Property in a Time of Disruption," and will feature three panels and a keynote conversation. The event will begin at 9 a.m. with introductions from BESLS and IPLA leadership and Dean Michael Cahill. The subsequent three panels will focus on: Panel 1: “Sports Trademarks: Challenges & Opportunities” Panel 2: “The Future of Sports Broadcasting” Panel 3: “Athlete Publicity Rights: College & Beyond” Following the three panels, we will break for lunch and finish the day with a keynote conversation with Tim Slavin - CEO of One Team Partners. CLE Credits CLE credit: This is a CLE-accredited event! If you would like to receive 4.5 CLE credits for this event, please fill out the CLE Credit form. The CLE credit breakdown is as follows: 0.5 Skills, 0.5 Diversity, 1.0 Ethics, 2.5 Professional Practice. If you are not attending for CLE credit, please fill out this Non-CLE Credit form. Questions Please email daniel.erber@brooklaw.edu Visitor COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Guidelines Brooklyn Law School faculty, students, and staff are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted. One-time visitors and guests who wish to attend in-person events at our campus, including the student residence, will have to provide the security guard on duty at the Law School with current photo identification, proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster, or in lieu of a booster, verification of a recent (within 48 hours of your onsite visit to the Law School), professionally administered negative COVID test. Please view the Brooklyn Law School (BLS) Visitor COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Guidelines for specific details and instructions prior to attending this event.

During this period of racial and economic reckoning, calls for racial solidarity in movements for livable wages and safe, dignified work are resurgent. With Prof. Ruben Garcia's Critical Wage Theory as a touchpoint, a panel of organizers and scholars will explore crosscurrents in contemporary organizing and the future of public/private tensions in work law. This program is available by Zoom webinar only for Alumni and outside guests. Brooklyn Law School students and faculty are strongly encouraged to attend in person. Panelists Professor Ruben Garcia UNLV, author of Critical Wage Theory (forthcoming 2023) Bethany Khan Culinary Workers Union Professor Shirley Lin* Brooklyn Law School Moderator Yanin Peña* Ain't I A Woman?! Campaign Chris Smalls* Amazon Labor Union *Appearing in-person   Student Group Co-Sponsors: Labor and Employment Law Association, LALSA, BLSA, APALSA, SALSA, DALSA, Law Association of Women, Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest, Women of Color Alliance, NLG   Please RSVP by Friday, November 11th Light Lunch will be served.   Visitor COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Guidelines Brooklyn Law School faculty, students, and staff are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted. One-time visitors and guests who wish to attend in-person events at our campus, including the student residence, will have to provide the security guard on duty at the Law School with current photo identification, proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster, or in lieu of a booster, verification of a recent (within 48 hours of your onsite visit to the Law School), professionally administered negative COVID test. Please view the Brooklyn Law School (BLS) Visitor COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Guidelines for specific details and instructions prior to attending this event.

RSVP online The Evolving Definition of Workspace: Exploring the real estate and legal challenges faced by NYC’s incubators, accelerators, and co-working spaces About the Discussion With the rapid growth of New York City’s technology and innovation sector, numerous accelerator programs, incubators, and co-working spaces have sprung up around the city. These evolving workspaces raise critical questions about their financing, operations, and economic impact, as well as the legal challenges faced by operators and business tenants, including entrepreneurs and start-ups. The panelists will explore these questions while also considering how these emerging workspaces are changing the way we work.  Panelists Jonathan Askin Professor of Clinical Law, Brooklyn Law School Rebecca Birmingham '11 General Counsel and Head of Development, New Lab/Macro-Sea Kai Feder Co-Chair, P/PREP and Senior Account Executive, Yoswein New York Mark Jackson '11 General Counsel, Two Trees Management Co. Anisha Steephen  Community Development Officer, LISC Joseph Tazewell New York City Regional Director, Empire State Development Mark Anthony Thomas  Senior Vice President, Partnerships at New York City Economic Development Corporation Presented by: Brooklyn Law School’s Center for Urban Business and Entrepreneurship and P/PREP  Special thanks to Two Trees Management Co. for their support of this event. About CUBE Brooklyn Law School’s Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship, or CUBE, is a hub for exploring legal issues surrounding entrepreneurship, and for providing effective legal representation and for entrepreneurs and start-up businesses — while also training the next generation of business lawyers to empower and protect these sectors. About P/PREP P/PREP is a peer networking group for professionals who work on public-private real estate and economic development projects.