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July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

Commercial Division Advisory Council Organizes Lecture Series

During June 2023, the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court hosted a lunchtime lecture series, which was organized by the Commercial Division Advisory Council for summer associates at law firms, interns working with Commercial Division Justices, as well as bar association members. The goal of the series was to educate future lawyers about the Commercial Division and commercial practice, showcase the wide variety of cases that come before the Commercial Division, and highlight the value of clerking, interning, and litigating in the Commercial Division. The series comprised four programs, each featuring a Commercial Division Justice and some of the best-known and most-respected commercial litigators in the United States as speakers. The programs were well attended, and the audience reactions were positive.

If you missed the lectures or are interested in learning more, we invite you to visit the recordings of the four programs which are available through the links below:

June 8th – Motion Practice: Hon. Jennifer G. Schecter and Robert J. Giuffra Jr.
https://kelleydrye.zoom.us/rec/share/nr109KTDQWgEvfNi9hUoULvlzjgr3mYbAWAPh5GJcTFBdj3H3ipfI__x79R-vHzh.1sG-guD3_Ach6xf0

June 13th – Depositions: Hon. Andrea Masley, Sandra C. Goldstein, Stefan Atkinson, and Robert Gretch
https://kelleydrye.zoom.us/rec/share/az7UsGec_0pTENTnxCctSLg-Fda2AP0x49SSLRF4b4KPEm2-B1JHYyrSupDjKi2Z.oo4Y7628eh7uWcnu

June 20th – Written and Electronic Discovery: Hon. Joel M. Cohen, Lynn K. Neuner, Linton Mann III, and Rachel Sparks Bradley
https://kelleydrye.zoom.us/rec/share/K5f2AzkBc75rdelDhcI5arvwVckU0wOXlTA03LIJlQpMPdbtxJ0trAwpo3-ZVq-T.7plVWw-jd44cu3cp

June 27th – Trials: Hon. Robert R. Reed, Loretta E. Lynch, and Daniel J. Toal
https://kelleydrye.zoom.us/rec/share/wHa-KewhYwqf9EXvQwMjbG43XYyZY63LTtFo46KKpfR67Yj3esHfjvk-fJwFwjjp.apjK-44xIr0ZtgrB

To learn more about the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court, please click here.

April 16, 2018

AAARI.info – Asian/Asian American Research Institute

From the Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI) at CUNY:

Friday Evening Lecture Series

Please join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) for a book talk on Incidental Racialization: Performative Assimilation in Law School, by Diana Pan, on Friday, April 20, 2018, from 6pm to 8pm, at 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan. This talk is free and open to the general public.

Despite the growing number of Asian American and Latino/a law students, many panethnic students still feel as if they do not belong in this elite microcosm, which reflects the racial inequalities in mainstream American society. While in law school, these students-often from immigrant families, and often the first to go to college-have to fight against racialized and gendered stereotypes. In her book Incidental Racialization, Diana Pan rigorously explores how systemic inequalities are produced and sustained in law schools, and examines their significance in the legal profession and broader U.S. society.

Follow the link in the title for more details.

March 14, 2016

AAARI-CUNY Lecture Series: We Too Sing America

From the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) at the City University of New York (CUNY):

Please join us for a talk on, We Too Sing America – Deepa
Iyer in Conversation with Zohra Saed, on Friday, March 18, 2016, from 6pm to
8pm, at 25 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th
Avenues, Manhattan. This talk is free and open to the general public.

Author and nationally renowned activist Deepa Iyer, in
conversation with Brooklyn based Afghan American poet Zohra Saed, will discuss
her book We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants
Shape Our Multiracial Future.

Many of us can recall the targeting of South Asian, Arab,
Muslim, and Sikh people in the wake of 9/11. We may be less aware, however, of
the ongoing racism directed against these groups in the past decade and a half.
In We Too Sing America, Deepa Iyer catalogs recent racial flash points, from
the 2012 massacre at the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to the violent
opposition to the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and to the Park 51
Community Center in Lower Manhattan.

Iyer asks whether hate crimes should be considered domestic
terrorism and explores the role of the state in perpetuating racism through
detentions, national registration programs, police profiling, and constant
surveillance. She looks at topics including Islamophobia in the Bible Belt; the
“Bermuda Triangle” of anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim hysteria; and the
energy of new reform movements, including those of “undocumented and
unafraid” youth and Black Lives Matter.

Deepa Iyer is an activist, writer, and lawyer with a strong
commitment to intersectional, community-based, racial justice issues in the
United States. The former Executive Director of South Asian Americans Leading
Together (SAALT), Deepa is currently the Senior Fellow at the Center for Social
Inclusion where she provides analysis, commentary and scholarship on how to
build equity and solidarity in America’s changing racial landscape.

Zohra Saed is a Brooklyn based Afghan American poet. Her
poetry and essays have been published in numerous anthologies and journals.
Zohra is a doctoral candidate at The City University of New York Graduate
Center. As a Lecturer, she initiated the following courses at Hunter College:
Arab American Literature; West Asian American Literature and Film; and Central
Asian Film and Literature.

To RSVP for this talk, please visit
www.aaari.info/16-03-18Iyer.htm. Please be prepared to present proper
identification when entering the building lobby.

If you are unable to attend the talk, it will be live
webcasted on our website, www.aaari.info,
beginning 6:15PM EST, and also available the following week as streaming
video and audio podcast. See you on Friday!