Real Estate Law Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | Yeshiva University Center for Real Estate Law and Policy
“Real estate issues are fundamental to every New Yorker—landlord, tenant, homeowner, neighbor, developer. Cardozo trains students to attend to the sometimes competing demands of the real estate world.” —Professor Stewart Sterk, Director of Cardozo’s Center for Real Estate Law and Policy
ABOUT THE CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE LAW The Center for Real Estate Law and Policy provides opportunities for students, faculty and alumni to explore recent trends in real estate development and real estate practice. The center’s faculty consists of prominent scholars and highly successful practitioners. Students have the opportunity to take courses in various aspects of real estate law, pursue the Real Estate Concentration, participate in enriching externships, and attend events featuring top practitioners on various timely topics. Externships In addition to classroom work, the center encourages students to learn by doing. Cardozo’s real estate externship program places students in for-credit positions at a number of law firms and real estate investment firms. Externs work in their placements for 10-15 hours per week and also participate in a seminar that explores issues relating to real estate practice. Real Estate Concentration Students pursuing a Real Estate Concentration take required courses, electives and experiential opportunities related to real estate law. A team of faculty advisors oversees the concentration, creating and refining requirements and offering guidance. Alumni advisors help students integrate course selection with practical work experience.
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The center sponsors major events of interest to the real estate community. Recent examples include:
Construction Law Co-ops and Condominiums Contract Drafting Corporate Finance Environmental Law Land Use Regulation Negotiation Theories and Skills Real Estate Finance Real Estate Reporter Real Estate Transactions Taxation of Partnerships Taxation of Real Estate Transactions
FACULTY Stewart Sterk H. Bert and Ruth Mack Professor of Real Estate Law Director, Center for Real Estate Law and Policy Areas of Expertise: Land Use Regulation, Property Law, Real Estate Laws
David Carlson Professor of Law Area of Expertise: Commercial Law
Mitchell Engler Professor of Law Area of Expertise: Taxation of Real Estate Transactions
Michael Herz Arthur Kaplan Professor of Law Co-Director, Israeli Supreme Court Project Areas of Expertise: Administrative Law, Land Use Regulation, Environmental Law
Michael Pollock Assistant Professor of Law Areas of Expertise: Property Law, Land Use Regulation, Local Government Law, Administrative Law
“The Art of a Successful Deal: Both Sides Must Win” with Scott Rechler and Jason Barnett of RXR Realty “The Impact of Demographics, Consumer Behavior and Government Regulation on the Real Estate Market” with Richard Mack of Mack Real Estate Group
The center also sponsors informational talks designed to introduce students to the practice of real estate law. Recent speakers include: Ziel Feldman ’83 HFZ Capital Group: Investing in Real Estate Alan Goldberg ’79 Anderson Kill: Representing Co-ops and Condominiums Kim Kirk ’83 Fried Frank: Representing Residential Buyers and Sellers Lance Levine Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer: Representing Commercial Real Estate Lenders Carole Slater ’80 and Stuart Beckerman ’84 Slater & Beckerman: Practicing Land Use Law Todd Soloway ’91 Pryor Cashman: Real Estate Litigation
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