LAW SCHOOL
Lincoln Center Junell,2001
LETTER FROM THE DEAN
To The Class of 200 l:
Congratulations on a job well done! Today, as your family and friends erupt in cheers, as you walk across the stage to receive that coveted diploma, as you look forward to your future, take time to be thankful and excited. Thankful, because no one arrives at Commencement unaccompanied, either in spirit or in person. Those who have supported and encouraged you-family members, spouses, children, and friends here today-must be appreciated. To them you owe great thanks. And, to them let me offer a special, grateful acknowledgment from all of us at New York Law School. Excited, because although you have worked hard and have achieved a great deal, the best is yet to come. Through continued hard work you will have many more achievements. Your career awaits you. You may choose to be a lawyer in the private sector or a public servant. Perhaps you will join industry. Some of you may use law to inform your work in other fields. Whatever you choose, however, remember to have fun: there is incredible joy in helping others and enriching their lives through your advice. I am proud to be the first to welcome you to the ranks of our graduates. New York Law School graduates learn law and take action. Be proud today. Thank those closest to you. Anticipate with relish your unfolding future. New York Law School salutes you.
Sincerely,
#tt4/fRichard A. Matasar Dean and President
109'' Commencement
June 11, 2001
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL OFFICERS
Arthur N. Abbey '59, Chair Gerald C. Crotty '76, Vice Chair Hon. Ernst H. Rosenberger '58, Vice Chair Sandra S. Weiksner, Vice Chair Richard A. Matasar, President and Dean
TRUSTEES
Arthur N. Abbey '59 Judith A. Bresler '74 Anthony Capetola '70 David B. Cornstein Gerald C. Crotty '76 Philip M. Damashek Nancy Lee Giller '97 Bernard Goldberg '56 Kathleen Grimm '80 William H. Hayden Lawrence S. Huntington '64 Ronald LaBow '62 Richard A. Matasar Bernard H. Mendik '58 Ben Pascariu, M.D. Steven E. Pegalis '65 F Peter Phillips '87 Daniel Rappaport '79 H6n. Ernst H. Rosenberger '58 Sybil Shainwald '76 David W Shipper '82 Michael N.Vittorio Sandra S. Weiksner Harry H. Wellington James D. Zirin
*
>1<
TRUSTEES EMERITI
HONORARY TRUSTEE
109"' Commencement
June 11, 2001
Deceased
J. William Campo '48 Jerry Finkelstein '38 Alexander D. Forger Sylvia D. Garland '60 Maurice R. Greenberg '50 Samuel J. LeFrak Bayless Manning Hon. Francis T. Murphy Jr. '52 John M. Regan Jr. John V Thornton Rev. Sydney Woodd-Cahusac Calvin H. Plimpton
ADMINISTRATION Richard A. Matasar, President and Dean
Fred DeJohn, Associate Dean Stephen J. Ellmann, Associate Dean Joan R. Fishman, Associate Dean Barbara I. Leshinsky, Associate Dean
Jethro K. Lieberman, Associate Dean Matthew Wilkes, Associate Dean Joyce D. Saltalamachia, Librarian
FULL-TIME FACULTY/INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF Richard Beck LenniBenson Robert Blecker Michael Botein James Brook Camille Broussard Carol A. Buckler Eugene Cerruti Pamela Champine David Chang Lung-chu Chen Sydney M. Cone, III Paul R. Dubinsky Stephen J. Ellmann Aleta G. Estreicher B. J. George Jr.* *Emeritus :!:Visiting Professor, â&#x20AC;˘Dean Emeritus
I. Cathy Glaser Annette Gordon-Reed Lawrence M. Grosberg Karen Gross Jeffrey J. Haas Seth D. Harris Mariana Hogan Quintin [ohnstone" Randolph N. Jonakait Faith Stevelman Kahn Kenneth C. Kettering Joseph H. Koffler* Kim M. Lang" William P LaPiana Joel S. Lee Arthur S. Leonard
Lawrence C. Levine:!: Jethro K. Lieberman Joseph Marino Richard D. Marsico Richard A. Matasar Carlin Meyer Elaine P Mills William R. Mills Denise C. Morgan Frank W Munger Stephen A. Newman Rudolph J. Peritz Michael L. Perlin Edward A. Purcell Jr. Margaret E. Reuter Sadiq Reza
Elizabeth Rosen Tanina Rostain Joyce D. Saltalamachia Edward Samuels Ross Sandler David S. Schoenbrod E. Donald Shapiro** Richard K. Sherwin James F Sirnon " Michael B.W Sinclair Nadine Strossen Lynn Boepple Su Ruti G. Teitel Ann F Thomas Harry H. Wellington" Donald Zeigler
Fall 2000
ADJUNCT FACULTY (2000-2001) Eleanor Acer Paul Adler Craig Justin Albert Willem F Korthals Altes Sidney H. Asch Victor Balancia Mark Barnes Frances C. Berger Frederic S. Berman '51 Richard B. Bernstein Lois Bloom Judith A. Bresler '74 Jay C. Carlisle Robert E. Carrigan Fredrik Cederqvist '94 Vincent Chirico David Cohen Louise E. Cohen Myron Cohen Julia Cort Julia Davis Tracee Davis Mark F DeWan Rosemary DiBenedetto '94 Stephen Dobkin
Jayni L. Edelstein '92 Karen Eisen Sherri Lee Eisenpress'89 David Epstein Lloyd Epstein Seymour I. Feig '50 Natalie Feinstein Irving N. Feit David Ferstendig Paul Gardephe Bonnie Garone Michele Gartner Eleanor Glanstein David L. Glass Kathleen Grimm '80 Stephen J. Harkavy CaraMia Hart Thomas Hughes '85 Sandra Janin '75 William Jannace '92 Rhonnie Broder Jaus Peter Johnson '96 Pamela Jones Natalie Kabasakalian Judith Kaufman '73 David N. Kelley '86
Steven L. Kessler Eric Lane Sabena Leake Gerald Lebovits Margaret Sipser Leibowitz Andrew K. Levi Martin Levin '83 Lawrence Lewitas Amy Baldwin Littman Robert Marino II '94 Daniel L. Master Maurice Mathis Paul McDonnell Philip J. Michaels '76 Roger J. Miner '56 Martin Minkowitz Zuhayr A. Moghrabi '67 William Mogulescu Avraham C. Moskowitz Russell T. Neufeld Deirdre Newton Jeanne Olivo Deryck Ainsworthe Palmer Dennis David Parker
Steven E. Pegalis '65 Twila Perry J. Scot Pro van Rosalyn H. Richter Ernst H. Rosenberger '58 Stuart Rosenblum Robert M. Rosh Robert A. Ruescher Anne Marie Santangelo Shirley Sarna Stella Schindler Sanford J. Schlesinger Lewis Schnurr Eileen Caulfield Schwab Daniel Shanfield Jay Shapiro Jill Shapiro Stephen P Shea '89 Richard Siegler George Bundy Smith Lawton W Squires '83 Peter J. Strauss Andrew Turro Francis J. Valentino Ad van Loon Alan Vinegrad
Nancy Waite Edward C. Wallace Evan J. Wallach Otto L. Walter '54 Philip Weinberg Patricia Anne Williams Cecil Wray James A. Yates Peter Zablotsky
109'h Commencement
June
11, 2001
ORDER OF EXERCISE Dean Richard A. Matasar, Presiding PRELUDE
PROCESSIONAL
GREETINGS
Jubilate Deo - Gregor Aichinger Contrapuntus IV - J.S. Bach Quintet # 1 - Victor Ewald Pomp and Circumstance, No. 1, op. 39 - Sir Edward Elgar Triumphal March, Aida - Giuseppe Verdi Richard A. Matasar
Dean THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
REMARKS
Kathleen Mahan
Arthur N. Abbey '59
Chairman, Board of Trustees AWARDING OF PRIZES
Otto L. Walter Distinguished Writing Awards Faculty Awards Student Awards
Presentation by Professor Stephen Ellmann, Associate Dean The Trustees' Prize for the Highest Average
Presentation by Professor Jethro K. Lieberman, Associate Dean The Alfred L. Rose Award for Excellence
Presentation by Matthew Wilkes, Associate Dean Special Trustees' Award to Professor Joseph H. Koffler
Presentation by Steven E. Pegalis '65, Trustee
J09'h Commencement
June 11, 2001
STUDENf REMARKS
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES
Kimberly Ann Lebron (Evening Division) Michael Howard Moore (Day Division)
• Taylor R. Briggs, posthumously
Former NYLS Chairman of the Board Accepting on his behalf Mrs. Jane Briggs
• Ira Glasser
Retiring Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Address by
Mr. Glasser
• Judge Judith B. Sheindlin '65
TV's "Judge Judy" and former New York State Family Court Judge Address by
Judge Sheindlin
CONFERRING OF S1UDENr DEGREES
Introduction of Candidates by
Presentation of Candidates by
Associate Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor
Dean Barbara I. Leshinsky Lenni Benson Aleta G. Estreicher Seth Harris Michael L. Perlin Nadine Strossen
Richard A. Matasar
Dean Conferring of Degrees by
Arthur N. Abbey '59
Chairman, Board of Trustees CLOSING REMARKS
Richard A. Matasar
Dean
RECESSIONAL
Two Voluntaries-Henry
Purcell
The members of the audience are asked to remain seated and to refrain from using cell phones and pagers during the commencement ceremony. The audience is invited to a reception on the promenade level immediately following commencement. 109'' Commencement
June 11, 2001
DEGREES WITH HONORS Graduating Class of September Magna Cum Laude Thomas Angelo Pitta
Graduating Class of February 200 I Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Tatiana N. Alyonycheva Sahara Gayle Stone
Robert Anthony Arminante Jr. Ian R. Kaplan Patricia Ann-Margaret Serafinn
Owen Joseph Mckeon Virginia lvanova Andrea De Fatima Louro
Graduating Class of June 2001 Summa Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
Sonia Anne Chung Paul Michael Hotaling Jason Hubschman Amy Rebecca Janofsky Kimberly Ann Lebron John Joseph Leonard Zejreme Radoncic
Christopher Russo Edward F. Sayago Benjamin Alexander Schwartz Stacy Michelle Schwartz Kimberly Hope Taylor Carolyn Joy Tilli Theresa Timmes David Houghton Tomlin Ekaterini Vlahos
Tamara Dale Kelly Rebecca A. Lesser Jessica J. Macarone Louis Francis Maguire Kevin D. Mailman Josephine Marrali January Leigh Marsch Charles A. Martin Graig C. Martin Allison Lynn Mendlowitz Christopher G. Nace Michael Pellegrino Elise L. Perkul Irene Koutzoulis Popovic Jennifer Bessie Rabe Joyce Ann Raspa-Gore Pascual Ramon Semidey Christopher John Solgan James Tampellini George D. Toussaint Frank Anthony Valverde Charles Arthur Whites II James Joseph Wood
Magna Cum Laude Griffin 0. Broadway Christopher Joseph De Cresce Anthea Dinos Colette Blanche Foster-Franck Tara A. Gellman Anna Victoria Genet Eleftherios Georgiou Jessica Graham Anna Marie Grant Sean David Jensen Jennifer Lynn Larkin Harold Y. Levy Deborah Ann Maher Carl Andrew Maietta Celia J. Mitchell Rose Jennifer Murphy Andrew James O'Brien Merritt Albert Pardini Lavanya Pisupati RoseMarie Diana Robinson Jason T. Ross
109'' Commencement
June I i. 2001
Cum Laude Jodi E. Abramowitz Joseph John Altavilla Jr. Ana Gabriela Andrade Michael A. Arcati Carmine Battafarano Amber Noelle Beach Guy Alexander Bell Melissa Gail Cohen Cheryl Lynn Dibona Layli Eskandari Moriah M. Eskow Niblack Charisse Espinosa Jacqueline Paige Flug Shimon Getler Ian David Girshek Chad J. Helin Barry Jerome Heyman Jesse Hiney Charles Vincent Hyde Andrew Joseph Kehoe
PRIZES AWARDED AT COMMENCEMENT Ono L.
WALTER
DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARD
Full-time Faculty Awards
Student Awards
THE TRUSTEES' PRIZE
For the Highest Average
l.
ALFRED
ROSE AWARD
For Excellence SPECIAL TRUSTEES' AWARD
Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor
David Chang Michael L. Perlin Edward Samuels Richard K. Sherwin Ruti G. Teitel
Sharon Finkel (Day Division) David Houghton Tomlin (Evening Division) Sonia Anne Chung (Day Division) Kimberly Ann Lebron (Evening Division) Sonia Anne Chung (Day Division) Kimberly Ann Lebron (Evening Division) Professor Joseph H. Koffler
OTHER AWARD WINNERS PROFESSOR JOSEPH T. ARENSON AWARD
For Excellence in Wills and Decedents' Estates CHIEF JUSTICE ROSE
E.
BIRD AWARD
Sonia Anne Chung (Day Division) Kimberly Ann Lebron (Evening Division) Stephanie Donn Weaver
For Motivation in Pursuing Public Interest Law PROFESSOR LUNG-(HU
(HEN AWARD
Danielle S. Petito
For Excellence in the Field of Human Rights DEAN'S AWARD
For Student Leadership HELEN
&
ANDREW DOKAS
Joseph John Altavilla Michael Howard Moore Moriah Eskow Niblack
MEMORIAL AWARD
For Excellent Achievement ElSBERG PRIZE
Paul Michael Hotaling
For Proficiencyin the Law of Contracts FACULTY AWARD
John Joseph Leonard
To Editor-in-Chief, New York Law School Law Review DANIEL FINKELSTIEN COMMENCEMENT AWARD
ALEXANDER D. FORGER AWARD
For Distinguished Service to the Profession 109"' Commencement
June 11, 2001
Thomas Hoff Prol Sharon Finkel
SYLVIA D. GARLAND AWARD For Excellence in Subjects Relating
Paul Michael Hotaling
to Civil Litigation
MILTON s. GOULD AWARD For Proficiency in the Law of Contracts
Celia J. Mitchell
ANTHONY E. JAN NACE AWARD For Outstanding Achievement
Vasilios C. Angelos
PROFESSOR ALBERT KALTER AWARD For Excellence in Tax Law
Jodi E. Abramowitz
PROFESSOR HENRY ROTHBLATT AWARD For CRIMINAL ADVOCACY PROFESSOR JAMES P. KIBBEY MEMORIAL AWARD For Excellence in Commercial Law
D. GEORGE LEVINE MEMORIAL AWARD For the Highest Grade in the Law of Real Property NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS AWARD For Outstanding Law Graduate COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA CENTER AWARD For Outstanding Performance CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY LAW FELLOWSHIP
Carol A. Giuliano Marisol Martinez Christopher Russo (Day Division) David Houghton Tomlin (Evening Division) Sonia Anne Chung (Day Division) Paul Michael Hotaling (Evening Division) Mickey Michele Ronan
Stacy Michelle Schwartz Olga Koloditskaya (2001-2002) Melanie Cash (2002-2003)
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL RIGHTS AWARD For Outstanding Editorial Contribution For Outstanding Member
Michael James Anastasiades Robin Beth Goldberg
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW AWARD For Outstanding Editorial Contribution
Anna M. Grant
JOURNAL OF HUMAN
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar Award NATIONAL TEAM Moor Cousr AWARD For Outstanding Contribution
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL Moor CouRT AWARD For Serving with Distinction
Thomas Hoff Prol
lkiesha Taquet Al-Shabazz (Best Advocate) Daniel J. Curtin Jr. January Leigh Marsch Marisol Martinez Alexandra Standish Nancy Lopez Preethi Sekharan Alexandra Standish Marisol Martinez Charles A. Martin 109'' Commencement
June 11, 2001
PROFESSOR
ROBERT
R. ROSENTHAL
AWARD
Kimberly Ann Lebron
For Excellence in New York Practice JOSEPH SOLOMON AWARD
For Excellent Character and Fitness ERNST (.
STIEFEL AWARD
For Excellence in Comparative, Common and Civil Law MURRAY STOCKMAN MEMORIAL AWARD
Collette Foster-Franck Eleftherios Georgiou Jennifer Lynn Larkin Frank Anthony Valverde Ana Gabriela Andrade
For the Highest Average in the Law of Evidence LOUIS SUSMAN MEMORIAL AWARD
Lawrence Harold Steele
For Excellence in the Study of the Law of Evidence WOODROW WILSON AWARD
For Proficiency in Constitutional Law HENRY J. WOLFF AWARD
Course of Study
Kimberly Ann Lebron (Evening Division) Harold Levy (Day Division) Sonia Anne Chung (Day Division) Kimberly Ann Lebron (Evening Division)
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERS DR. MAX REICH AWARD
John Joseph Leonard
For Excellence in Civil Trial Advocacy PROFESSOR VINCENT Lo LORDO AWARD
Jason Nardiello
For Excellence in Administration of Criminal Justice PROFESSOR IVAN SOUBBOTITCHAWARD
Sonia Anne Chung
For Excellence in Poverty Law and Civil Rights
ORDER OF BARRISTERS lkiesha Taquet Al-Shabazz Daniel J. Curtin Jr. Andra Haley Feiner Carol A. Giuliano Jessica Michelle La Marche January Leigh Marsch Marisol Martinez Bradley Clayton Schreiber Alexandra Standish Frank Anthony Valverde
109'' Commencement
June 11, 2001
J.D. GRADUATES-SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 Stuart Todd Bassel BA.-Concordia University
Thomas Angelo Pitta BA.-Hofstra University
William J. Emanuel BS.-University of Scranton
Jennifer Lynn Tierney BA.-The College of New Jersey
J.D. GRADUATES-FEBRUARY 1, 2001 Tatiana N. Alyonycheva P.h.D.-Shemyakin Institute of Bioorgsnic Chemistry BS.-Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology Robert Anthony Arminante Jr. BBA.-Pace University
Virginia lvanova MA.-Central University of Venezuela BA.-Central University of Sofia Bulgaria Ian R. Kaplan BA.-Um'versity of Colorado at Boulder
Anita Baker B.S.-Iona Chllege
Jessica Hope Kavoulakis MS.-Camegie Mellon University BA.-The American University
Thomas James Cannon III BS.-.Boston College
Mellissa Layla Longo BA.-New Jersey City University
Joseph Robert Cassidy BA.-Tulane University
Andrea de Fatima Louro BS.-University of Scranton
David P. Crowley BA.-State University of New Yorh13inghamton
Pajareewan Chaiprasert Lucarelli BS.-Fordham University
Elsa Djuardi Ph.D., MS., BS.-New York University
Stephanie McAleer BS.-Utica College of Syracuse University
Ana P. Esteves B.A.-Rutgers University
Owen Joseph McKeon B.S.-Northeastern University
James Joseph Fitzpatrick MS.-Steven's Institute of Technology BS.-St. Peter's College
Justin Patrick Meagher MA.-New York University BA.-Iona OJ/Jege
Francis Vincent Gallucci MBA., B.S.-Manhattan College
Howie Lee Morre} BA.-Berklee College of Music
Ernest Gary Jr. MRA.-St. fohn's University RS.-State University of New York!U't$tbury
John Gerard Muller BBP.-City University of New York/Baruch College MP.-Long Island University
Jonathan J. Golden MD.-Ross University School of Medicine BA.-OJlumhia University
Thomas Hoff Prol MP.H BA-Emory University A.A. -Oxford College
Tatyana Grubnik RA.-New York University Margaret Anne Hankamp MS.-Long Island University MS. State University of New York! New Paltz BA.-State University of New York/Albany 109'' Commencement
June 11, 2001
Kent Robert Rackett RA.-Um'versity of San Diego Maria Sonia Rodriguez BA.-Rutgers Um'versity/Douglass OJllege Regina Ivonne Rodriguez BA.-New York University
Cheryl Leigh Santucci BA.-.Boston University Patricia Ann-Margaret Serafinn MBA.-Fordham University BA.-Wi1liamSmith College Gordon N. Shaw BS. BA.-St. Francis College Lawrence Harold Steele MA.-Webster University BS. BA.-University of Arkansas Sahara Gayle Stone BS.-Syracuse University Pasquale Giuseppe Tamburino BA.-Drew University Richard James Tedeschi MBA.-St.fohn's University BS.-Seton Hall University Rodney Dana Troyan BS.-New York University Reinelda Elizabeth Urena BA.-Fordham University Mary Naomi Wilson BA.-The American Um'versity Erin Patricia Zacher BS.-Um'versity of Hartford
J.D. CANDIDATES-JUNE 11, 2001 Yumiko Abe RA.-City University of New York! City College Jodi E. Abramowitz RA.-University of Msssechusetts Janet Rose Abrams RA.-State University of New York/Albany Dino Romero Agudo RS.-Northwestern University RA.-Nliami Um'versity Sumera Masood Ahmed RA.-College of Mount Saint Vincent Geeta Marcelina Alphonso RA.-City University cf New York/Stony Brook Anthony Karl Alfred RA.-City University of New York/Long Island University
Deana M. Ardente RS.-Boston University
Craig Garret Bienstock RA.-Universityof Arizona
Christine Ann Asanovich RA.-Dickinson College
Michael Christopher Bigelow RA.-California State University A.A.-American River College
Natalie Melanie Elizabeth Ashman RA.-Barnard College Norma Ermina Austin RA.-University of Nlichigan Libby Babu RS.-State University of New York/Binghamton Vanessa Michael Bakert RA.-fohn Hopkins University Santo Barravecchio RA.-City University of New York/Columbia College Michael C. Bartolotti RA.-Western Connecticut State University
Ikiesha Taquet Al-Shabazz RS.-City University of New York/Iohn fay College of Criminal Justice
David Ivar Batt RA.-Tufts University
Joseph John ~ltavilla Jr. . RA. -University of Central Florida
Carmine Battafarano RS.-United States Merchant A13rine Academy
Erika Leigh Altman RA.-Pennsylvania State University Michael Abayomi Aluko RA.-City University of New York!Baruch College Michael James Anastasiades RA.-New York University Pamela C. Ancona Ph.D.-State University of New York/Stony Brook MA.-Columhia University RS.-Hofstra University Jared Anderson RA.-Wagner College Jenna Anderson RA.-University of Southern California
Craig Ian Battle RA.-State University of New York/Albany Ethan Samuel Baumfeld RA.-The George Washington University Erena Diana Baybik RA.-University of Detroit/A1ercy Amber Noelle Beach RA.-North Central College Guy Alexander Bell MA., RA.-A13rshall University Abraham Berger RA.-California State University/Northridge
Ana Gabriela Andrade RA.-Rutgers Um'versity
Derwin-Mark Bernard RA.-City University ot'New Yorklfohn fay College of Criminal Justice
Vasilios C. Angelos RS.-St. John's University
Marianne Elizabeth Bertuna RS.-Georgetown University
Michael Arcati RA.-The George Washington University
John Besse RA.-Boston University'
Marie Louise Blackman Lake RS.-City University of New York!Lehn"Jan College Lisa Yvette Blades RA.-State University' of New York/Albany Beth Ilise Blauer RA.-Um'versity of A13ryland Harold Anthony Bollaci RA.-The George Washington University Dominic Boone RA.-City University of New York/Hunter College 0. Griffin Broadway MA.-State University of New York/Stony Brook RA.-Fordham University Arny Lynn Brodsky . RA.-University of New Hampshire Saskia Brookfield-Martin RA.-Barnard College Maureen Georgia Cajoux RA.-New York University Brian James Casey RS.-St. John's University Arlene C. Chase RA.-City University of New York/Baruch College Todd Joseph Chiaramida RA.-Fairfield University Yohan Choi RA.-City University of New York/Queens College Sonia Anne Chung RS.-The Pennsylvania State University Barry Ronald Clarke RS.-City University of New Yorklfohn fay College of Criminal Justice Melissa Gail Cohen RA.-lndiana University
109'" Commencement
June 11, 2001
J.D. CANDIDATES-JUNE 11, 2001 Christopher John Solgan B.S.-City University of New York/fohn fay College of Criminal Justice A.S.-Suffolk County Community College Marlene Soukavanitch B.S.- New York University
George D. Toussaint B.S.-St. foseph's College Natalie Toussaint B.A.-New York University Julie S. Trivedi B.A.-State University of New York/Albany
Keith Matthew Spadaro B.S.-State University of New York/Buffalo
Peter Chambliss Troxler B.A.-Hobart College
Alexandra Standish B.A.-Columhia University
Jennifer Paige Twill B.S.-University of Venmnt
Salvatore Emilio Strazzullo B.A.-City University of New Yorklfohn Jay College of Criminal Justice
Maria Tzortzatos B.A.-New York University
Raphel Dominik Strzelecki B.A.-University of Illinois
Eleanor P. Vale B.A.-Vassar College
Robert A. Stumpf B.S.-University of the State of New Yorh'Regents College
Frank Anthony Valverde B.A.-City University of New York/Queens College
Natalie M. Suarez B.A.-City University of New York/Baruch College
John J. Van Dyken B.A.-Bowdoin College
Brian A. Sullivan B.S.-State University of New York/College at Oswego
Paul Payot Vestal B.S.-Um'versity of California John J. Veteri Jr. MA.-Rutgers University B.S.-Seton Hall University
Jeremy Lawton Susac B.A.-University of Florida Robert Eli Suss B.A.-State University of New York/Albany James Tampellini B.S.-State University of New York/Empire State College
Daniella Nathalie Wiessen B.A.-Yeshiva University Ian Todd Williamson B.S.-State University of New York/Buffalo James Joseph Wood MA.-New York Institute of Technology B.A.-Long Island University/CW Post Lori Michele Workstel B.A.-City University of New York/Brooklyn College Karen S. Wu B.S.-Cornell University
J ameelah
Michael Gerard Walker B.S.-Kutztown University
Carolyn Joy Tilli B.S.-The College of New Jersey
Keri B. Wasserstein B.A.-Rutgers University
Theresa Timmes B.A.-University of California
Stephanie Donn Weaver B.S.-University of Minnesota
David Houghton Tomlin MA., A.S.-The John Hopkins University
Edward Francis Westfield Jr. B.A.-State University of New York/Oneonta
June I I, 2001
Juliette L. White B.A.-Fordham Uni versify
Robert E. Vivien MA.-Georgetown University B.A.-University of California
Kimbarly Hope Taylor B.S.-Georgetown University
109'' Commencement
Charles Arthur Whites II B.S.-Hampton University JD/MB.A.-City University of New York/Baruch College
Gil Isaac Yardeny B.S.-City Univesity of New York! Queens College
Pragna Vora B.A.-New York University
Joseph Tornberg B.S.-University of Great Falls
Anthony Wells MS. State Universityof New York/Stony Brook B.A.-City University of New York! Baruch College
Anna Eva Vira B.A.-State University cf New York/Stony Brook
Ekaterini Vlahos B.A.-New York University
Joshua Michael Tare B.A.-City University of New York/Queens College
Rebecca Anne Weiss B.A.-Columhia University/ Jewish Theological Seminary
Onaikele Lea Yesufu B.A.-Columbia University
Sukhan Yhun B.A.-City University of New Yorklfohn fay College of Criminal Justice Carol Ann Zanoni MA.- Jersey City State College B.A.-Felician College Johanna Sanger Zapp B.A.-Boston University V. Bill N. Zois B.A.-New York University
As the Chair of the Board from Mr. Briggs was a graduate of 1997 to 1999, he was passionate, Williams College and received his generous and inspirational; he law degree from Columbia Law always focused on the ultimate School. He joined LeBoeuf Lamb goal of offering a diverse student as an associate in 1961. Two years later, he was made a partner, and in body an excellent legal education, and he did it all with great good 1988, he became the Managing grace. Partner. Under his leadership, the Taylor Briggs was married to firm grew from just over 100 Jane Genske Briggs for 44 years. lawyers to more than 400, with 23 They raised four children and he offices in the United States and lived to enjoy his nine grandaround the world. Its reputation grew as well: not only as one of the children as well. He died too soon, but the life he lived and the work preeminent law offices in the aylor R. Briggs was a gentle- nation, but also, as The New York he did are testaments to his man and a scholar. He held Times reported, "The most relaxed decency, his sense of fairness, his to old-fashioned values-a commitment to justice and his law firm on Wall Street. The belief in hard work, in doing good, belief in humanity. They will not people here are people as well as and in ethical conduct, both as a being excellent attorneys." The Times die nor will his impact fade. lawyer and a private individual. continued that LeBoeuf was noted And it is for all theses reasons that But Taylor Briggs also embraced New York Law School today honors for its excellent treatment of staff. change when it resulted in more Taylor R. Briggs. Mr. Briggs brought the same opportunity, more diversity, and wisdom, compassion and sense of more justice. fairness to his volunteer work, In fact, in his first years as a whether as a Trustee of Williams lawyer, he served on New ,York College and the Williamson Art City and State commissions study- Conservation Center or as a ing the hiring, retention and member of the minority promotion of women and minorienhancement committee of the ties in law firms. It would remain Association of the Bar of the City an issue of deep concern and one of New York. At New York Law he was committed to throughout School, Taylor Briggs served with his career at LeBoeuf, Lamb, distinction as a Trustee from 1984 Greene and MacRae as well as his until the time of his death. volunteer efforts, both at New York Law School and elsewhere.
T
109'~ Commencement
June 11, 2001
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS 1955 Hon. Charles William Froessel '13 Hon. John Marshall Harlan '24 Archibald Robinson Watson
1969 Jerry Finkelstein '38 John Seward Johnson John Vincent Thornton
1956 Albert Cohn '08 Albert Conway Denis O'Leary
1970 Adrian P. Burke Joseph I. Lubin '30 Joseph Edward Lumbard Jr. Samuel Miller '26
1957 Nathaniel L. Goldstein '18 Charles H. Griffiths '10 David W Peck.
1971 Willard Heckel John F Scileppi
1958 Hon. Joseph A. Cox James Thomas Hallinan '11 Gerald Nolan Ferdinand Pecora
1972 Maurice R. Greenberg '50 Samuel Rabin Hon. Whitney North Seymour, Jr.
1959 Bernard Botein Theodore Granik Philip M. Klein field '16 Edward J. Neary '15
1973 Hon. Paul J. Curran Charles H. Dyson Harry B. Helmsley E. Donald Shapiro Hon. Joseph Weintraub
1960 Charles Stewart Desmond 1961 Robert Moses 1962 Stanley Howells Fund Sylvester Comstock Smith Jr. '18 Murray Stockman '15 1963 Sydney F. Foster 1964 George J. Beldock Hunter Labatut Delatour '06 Marvin R. Dye Alfred Gross 1965 Edwin L. Weisel Hon. David T Wilentz '17 1966 Daniel Gutman John Van Voorhis 1967 Alfred J. Bohlinger '24 Leo M. Cherne '34 Hon. W Averell Harriman
20
1968 Hon. Ramsey Clark Tom C. Clark David Finkelstein Orison S. Marden Robert Morris Morgenthau Edward Joseph Mortola
1974 Hon. Brendan T Byrne Walter M. Jeffords Jr. Samuel J. LeFrak Hon. Owen McGivern 1975 Hon. Charles D. Breitel William J. Curran Gen. John Einar Murray Hon. Peter W Rodino Jr. Stefan Treschel Hon. Robert F Wagner 1900 William Weary 1976 Hon. Warren E. Burger Milton Helpern Mary Gardiner Jones Gen. Rowland F. Kirks Harry Ostrov '25 Hon. Edward D. Re Joseph Solomon '27 1977 Hon. Dennis DeConcini Elizabeth Hughes Gossett Hon. Howard T Markey Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan Albert M. Sacks 1978 Hon. Griffen B. Bell Hon. Gerald R. Ford Hon. Erwin N. Griswold Hon. Damon J. Keith Rabbi Emmanuel Rackman
1979 Hon. Benjamin R. Civiletti Hon. Lawrence H. Cooke Barbara Knowles Debs Abraham S. Goldstein Hon. Jacob K. Javits Hon. Wade H. McCree Jr. Hon. Francis T Murphy '52 Hon. Potter Stewart
1988 Hon. Patricia McGowan Wald Archibald R. Murray Ernst C. Stiefel 1989 J. William Campo Hon. Roger J. Miner '56 1990 Alvin J. Bronstein '51 Linda A. Fairstein Hon. Milton L. Williams '63
1980 Hon. Richard Reeve Baxter Terence Cardinal Cooke Hon. Richard N. Gardner A. Leo Levin Hon. Lewis F Powell Jr. Edward Allen Tamm
1991 Hon. David N. Dinkins Hon. John H. Sununu
1981 Mario M. Biaggi '63 Hon. William Frank Buckley Jr. Hon. William Joseph Casey Hon. Matthew Joseph Jasen Hon. James Skelly Wright 1982 Hon. Mary S. Coleman Hon. Alfonse M. D'Amato Archbishop Jakovos Rex E. Lee Hon. Shigeru Oda Thomas Grey Wicker
Jr.
1985 Hon. Mario M. Cuomo Robert B. McKay Bill Moyers Hon. Ellen Ash Peters Donna E. Shalala 1986 Barbara Aronstein Black Hon. William Joseph Brennan Jr. Hon. Edward I. Koch Myres Smith McDougal Hon. Spottswood W Robinson III 1987 Fred W Friendly Hon. Thomas Howard Kean Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. Ellen V Futter
1993 Shepard Broad '27 Drew S. Days III Hon. Judith S. Kaye 1994 Hon. Rudolph W Giuliani Bernard H. Mendik '58
1983 Hon. Harry A. Blackmun Hon. Sherman G. Finesilver Hon. Constance Baker Motley Albert Parker '21 Hon. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. 1984 Hon. Geraldine A. Ferraro Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham Eugene V Rostow Robert B. Stevens Otto L. Walter '54
1992 Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor James F Simon
1995 Hon. Jose A. Cabranes Alexander D. Forger 1996 Hon. Sidney H. Asch Boris Leavitt '26 Hon. Jon 0. Newman 1997 Hon. Harry T Edwards Dr. Raymond D. Horton Lewis M. Steel '63 1998 Joseph T Arenson Lawrence S. Huntington Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
'64
1999 Hon. Guido Calabresi 2000 Sybil Shainwald '76 Harry H. Wellington Hon. Ralph K. Winter 2001 Taylor R. Briggs (posthumously) Ira Glasser Hon. Judith B. Sheindlin '65
109'' Commencement June 11, 2001
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL: AT THE HEART OF NEW YORK'S LEGAL COMMUNITY FOR OVER 100 YEARS FOUNDING New York Law School was established in 1891 by Columbia College School of Law faculty, students, and alumni who were protesting their trustees' attempts to dictate the teaching methods used by professors. The central figure in the revolt against Columbia and the subsequent creation of NYLS was Columbia Law School's founder, Theodore Dwight, a major figure in the history of American legal scholarship.
THE EARLY YEARS Almost immediately, New York Law School attained a formidable reputation due to the excellence of its students and faculty. From its beginning, NYLS has been dedicated to providing diverse routes to achievement through innovation in scholarship, service, and professional training. Within the first decade, the evening division was already an asset for those who needed to work to support their studies. By 1904, NYLS was the largest law school in the country; by 1906, it had more than 1,000 students. Among the Law School's early lecturers were Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. The first class included James Gerard, who went on to serve as ambassador to Germany during World War I, and Bainbridge Colby, who became secretary of state under President Wilson. Other early graduates included Robert F Wagner, a future U.S. senator from New York and a leader in developing national labor policy, and two Pulitzer Prize winners: Wallace Stevens (poetry) and Elmer Rice (drama). Another prominent alumnus from the pre-World War I era was Hon. James S. Watson, a distinguished judge and an important member of New York's AfricanAmerican community. The Judge's daughter, Barbara Watson, also attended the Law School and was the first woman to attain the rank of assistant secretary of state of the United States. Many of those attending at the beginning of this century became founders or name partners of leading law firms, including Henry Hurlbut Abbott of Breed, Abbott & Morgan; Edwin Sunderland of Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Sunderland & Kiendel; and Thomas Debevoise of Debevoise & Plimpton.
Classes of the 1920s and 1930s produced graduates who would play a leading role in the profession. Among the most notable was U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. Other prominent graduates included Albert Parker, a founding partner of Parker, Chapin, Flattau & Klimpl, Cameron F MacRae, a former chairman of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae; Chester Carlson, who invented the xerography process leading to the founding of Xerox Corporation; and Justice Emilio Nunez, the first individual of Latino heritage to be named to the bench in New York State. New York Law School closed for one year during World War I, interrupting a steady expansion that had lasted until the mid-I 920s. While the situation improved by the late 1930s, the draft in 1940 dealt the institution another blow when the Law School was forced to close in 1941 for the duration of World War II.
POST-WAR REBUILDING In 1947, New York Law School reopened and began to rebuild. A major impetus came from alumni/ae who formed a committee spearheaded by New York State Supreme Court Justice Albert Cohn. The new program was small, but the Law School made significant strides. In 1975, the school received its first endowed professorship, the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professorship of Law. Many alumni/ae, now prominent in the bar, the judiciary, and business, were students during these years. They include Judge Roger J. Miner, Second Circuit Court of Appeals; Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy, New York Supreme Court Appellate Division; Judge Mary E. Cerbone; Judge Judith B. Sheindlin; Otto L.Walter, founding partner, Walter, Conston, Alexander & Green; Bernard H. Mendik, real estate industry leader and former chairman of the NYLS Board of Trustees; Lawrence S. Huntington, chief executive officer of Fiduciary Trust International and former chairman of the Law School's Board of Trustees; and Kathleen Grimm, deputy state comptroller of New York City. Steady growth marked the next decades. With the appointment of E. Donald Shapiro as dean in the early 1970s, the Law School joined the Association of American Law Schools and the trustees authorized an increase in the size of the full-time faculty. 109'' Commencement
lune 11. 2001
Admissions requirements were raised and enrollment grew. As facilities expanded, an endowment f~n? was established. The School's first center for specialized study, the Communications Media Center, opened in 1977.
GROWfH AND REVITALIZATION Dramatic growth and revitalization continued under the leadership of James F Simon, dean from 1983 until 1992. A series of major facility renovations were begun, highlighted by the opening of the new Mendik Library in 1990. This was followed by the construction of the new Samuel and Ethel LeFrak Moot Court Room, the Ernst Stiefel Reading Room, and the Shepard and Ruth K. Broad Student Center. An extensive remodeling and modernization program transformed the Law School's classrooms, offices, and specialty training areas. During Dean Si~on's te~ure, the Rita and Joseph Solomon Professorship of Wills, Trusts and Estates was added, and the Law School introduced an innovative Lawyering Skills Program into the curriculum. In 1992, Harry H. Wellington, Sterling Professor of Law emeritus and former dean of Yale Law School, became the 14th dean and president of New York Law School. Under Dean Wellington's dynamic leadership, a strategic was plan implemented to position ~ew York Law School as a vital urban law center with an ac~demic program that integrates the strategic and ethical perspectives of the practicing attorney. Dean Wellington broadened the Law School's curriculum to increase emphasis on professional skills development. In addition to the Communication Media Center, two new centers for specialized study opened. The Center for New York City Law was established in 1993 to focus on the study of New York City government. Founded in 1996, the Center for International Law concentrates on the study and teaching global issues and related law. During Dean Wellington's tenure, the Ernst C. Stiefel Professorship of Comparative Law was created.
THE PRESENT Richard A. Matasar, a nationally recognized scholar in civil procedure and federal jurisdiction, was named the 15th President and Dean of New York Law School on July 1, 2000. As a result of leading a comprehensive strategic planning process involving the entire NYLS community, Dean Matasar is initiating a number of innovative programs.
109'' Commencement
June 11, 2001
Two new centers are building on the School's established specialties. The work of the Justice Action Center is comprised of curricular and clinical activities in the areas of civil liberties and human rights, immigration law, gay and lesbian law, and civil rights litigation. Designed to support the preparation of students for their complex roles as lawyers, the Institute for Lawyers and the Profession is comprised of the Center for Professional Skills and Practice and the Lawyering Skills Center. In addition, the new Office of Public Interest and Community Services will focus the Law School's efforts in pro bona and public interest activities. The School has collaborated with the TriBeCa Partnership, a neighborhood organization, and has launched Law In TriBeCa, a series of free public forums in which leading experts address timely topics. New York Law School is poised for continued success during this new century. Its vitality springs from the dedication of its stellar faculty, the talent and energy of its students, and from the strong support and commitment of its alumni and alumnae. The Law School's distinguished full-time faculty is comprised of productive scholars who are dedicated educators. Some of the nation's most prominent scholars from other law schools also have served as visiting NYLS professors. Student enrollment has remained at a level of almost 1,400 students in the day and evening divisions. Minority representation is approximately 29%. The NYLS Office of Ca.reer Services places graduates in law firms, corporations, government and law enforcement agencies, and public defender and public service organizations. Government leaders and judges from the U.S. and abroad often speak at the Law School, including former President Jimmy Carter; Associate Justices of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan Jr., and Sandra Day O'Connor; former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo; former New York City Mayors Edward I. Koch and David N. Dinkins; current New York City Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani; U.S. Solicitor General Drew S. Days III; and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Thomas Pickering. In 1996, Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia presided over the Law School's 20th annual Froessel Moot Court Competition. Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas served as justice for the 23'd and 241h Annual Robert F Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Competition in 1999 and 2000.
THE TRADITION.OF ACADEMIC ATTIRE The caps, gowns, and hoods worn at college and university functions date back to the Middle Ages. Monks and students used them to keep warm in medieval castles and halls of learning. From these practical origins, they have developed into the accepted garb which symbolizes scholarly achievement. Baccalaureate gowns have a long, pleated front with shirring across the shoulders and back. They are primarily distinguished by flowing sleeves, pointed at the fingertip. These gowns may be worn either open or closed. The master's degree gown is worn open, and the sleeve is cut so that the forearm comes through a slit just above the elbow.
Mortar boards or caps worn with baccalaureate and master's gowns generally have black tassels. The tassel of the doctoral cap is usually made of gold bullion. Faculty members and guests in today's procession are robed in gowns and hoods that represent the institutions from which they have received degrees. The hood gives color and real meaning to the academic costume. Its silk lining bears the colors of the institution conferring the degree. The hood is bordered with velvet of a prescribed width and color to indicate the field of learning to which the degree pertains.
Gowns for the doctor's degree are also worn open. They carry broad, velvet panels down the front, and three velvet bars on the full, round sleeves. This velvet trimming may be either black or the color distinctive of the degree.
Agriculture Architecture Arts, Letters, Humanities Commerce, Accountancy, Business Dentistry .' Economics Education Engineering Fine Arts Forestry Journalism Law Library Science Mathematics Medicine Music Nursing Optometry
Maize Blue Violet White Drab Lilac Copper Light Blue Orange Brown Russet Crimson Purple Lemon Gold Kelly Green Pink Apricot Aqua
Oratory (Speech) Pharmacy Philanthropy Philosophy Physical Education Physics, Police Science, Science Podiatry Political Science Psychology Public Administration, Foreign Service, Government Social Science, Service and Work, Urban Life Sociology Theology Urban Planning Veterinary Science
Silver Olive Green Rose Dark Blue Sage Green Science Gold Nile Green Dark Blue Gold Peacock Blue
109'' Commencement
Citron White Scarlet Brown Gray
June 11, 2001
New York Law School 57 Worth Street New York, NY 10013 www.nyls.edu