UNIVERSITY | NEWARK
School of Law
GRADUATE
RECOGNITION CEREMONY
May 22, 2015
U N I V E R S I T Y | N E WA R K
SCHOOL OF LAW | NEWARK
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NEWARK
MAY 22, 2015
10 A.M.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Robert L. Barchi, Ph.D.
President
Nancy Cantor, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Todd R. Clear, Ph.D.
Provost
Shirley Collado, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Executive Vice Provost
Nabil Adam, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research and Collaborations
Roland Anglin, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser to the Chancellor
Arcelio Aponte, M.B.A.
Vice Provost for Finance and Administration
Marcia W. Brown, J.D.
Vice Chancellor for External and Governmental Relations
Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser to the Chancellor
Peter Englot, M.A.
Senior Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs and Chief of Staff
John Gunkel, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs and Services
Diane Hill, Ph.D.
Assistant Chancellor for University-Community Partnerships
Gerald Massenburg, B.S.
Associate Chancellor for Student Life
Irene O’Brien, M.P.A.
Vice Chancellor for Development
Bonita M. Veysey, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Planning and Implementation
DEANS
OF THE
COLLEGES
IN
NEWARK
Kyle Farmbry, J.D., Ph.D.
Acting Dean, Graduate School-Newark
Marc Holzer, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Public Affairs and Administration
Jan Ellen Lewis, Ph.D.
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Lei Lei, Ph.D.
Dean, Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick
Shadd Maruna, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Criminal Justice
RUTGERS SCHOOL
OF
LAW - NEWARK
Ronald K. Chen, J.D.
Acting Dean, Distinguished Professor of Law, Judge Leonard I. Garth Scholar
Reid K. Weisbord, J.D.
Vice Dean, Associate Professor of Law, Judge Norma L. Shapiro Scholar
Frances V. Bouchoux, J.D.
Senior Associate Dean (on leave of absence)
Stuart L. Deutsch, J.D.
Senior Associate Dean and University Professor
Jon Dubin, J.D.
Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Professor of Law,
Alfred C. Clapp Public Service Scholar
John P. Joergensen, J.D.
Associate Dean for Information Services, Professor of Law & Director of the Law Library
Marie L. Melito
Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
Andrew Rossner, J.D.
Associate Dean for Professional and Skills Education &
Director, Institute for Professional Education
Andrew J. Rothman, J.D.
Associate Dean
Robert Steinbaum, J.D.
Associate Dean for Advancement
Yvette Bravo-Weber, J.D.
Assistant Dean for the Minority Student Program and Externships
Wei Fang, M.S.C.S.
Assistant Dean for Information Technology
Linda Garbaccio, B.S.
Assistant Dean for Academic Services
Stephanie Richman, J.D.
Assistant Dean for Career Services
Anita T. Walton, M.B.A.
Assistant Dean for Admissions
PROGRAM
PRESIDING
Ronald K. Chen, Acting Dean, Distinguished Professor of Law,
Judge Leonard I. Garth Scholar
PROCESSIONAL
Majestic Brass Quintet
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Majestic Brass Quintet
GREETINGS
AND
WELCOME
Ronald K. Chen, Acting Dean, Distinguished Professor of Law,
Judge Leonard I. Garth Scholar
STUDENT SPEAKER
Yousef Jamal Saleh
FACULTY SPEAKER
Laura Cohen, Clinical Professor of Law, Justice Virginia Long Scholar,
and Director of the Criminal & Youth Justice Clinic
CONVOCATION ADDRESS
Associate Justice Barry T. Albin, New Jersey Supreme Court
PRESENTATION
OF
AWARDS & PRIZES
Diana Sclar, Associate Professor of Law and Allan Axelrod Scholar
PRESENTATION
OF JURIS
DOCTOR DEGREES
Ronald K. Chen, Acting Dean, Distinguished Professor of Law,
Judge Leonard I. Garth Scholar
Assisted by Reid K. Weisbord, Vice Dean and Associate Professor of Law
Andrew J. Rothman, Associate Dean
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Keith J. Miller, Esq., ’93
RECESSIONAL
James O. Tansey ‘01
CONVOCATION CEREMONY SPEAKER
Rutgers University–Newark is pleased to welcome Rutgers
alumnus The Honorable Barry T. Albin, a justice of the New
Jersey Supreme Court, as convocation speaker for the School
of Law.
Justice Albin was nominated by Gov. James E. McGreevey on
July 10, 2002, to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. He
was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on Sept. 12, 2002,
and was sworn in as an associate justice by Chief Justice
Deborah T. Poritz at a private ceremony on Sept. 18, 2002. On Oct. 3, 2002, he
reaffirmed the oath of office in a public ceremony at the Trenton War Memorial.
Justice Albin was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate for a second term and
tenure on June 22, 2009.
At the time of his nomination, Justice Albin was a partner in the Woodbridge law
firm of Wilentz, Goldman and Spitzer.
Justice Albin was born on July 7, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated
from Rutgers College in 1973. After graduating from Cornell Law School in 1976,
he began his career as a deputy attorney general in the Appellate Section of the
New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. Justice Albin then served as an assistant
prosecutor in Passaic and Middlesex counties from 1978 to 1982. He began his
association with the Wilentz firm in 1982 and was named a partner in 1986.
Justice Albin is a past president of the New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers (1999-2000) and served as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court
Criminal Practice Committee from 1987 to 1992. While in private practice, he
received awards for community service from the Metuchen-Edison branch of the
NAACP, for lawyer achievement from the Middlesex County Bar Association, and
for outstanding commitment to law enforcement from the New Jersey Honor
Legion Departments.
Justice Albin and his wife, Inna, have two sons, Gerald and Daniel.
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF JURIS DOCTOR
Michael J. Affrunti III
Daniel James Algieri
Achille Alipour
John Peter Allen
Portia Lynne Allen-Kyle j
Joseph Michael Amico
Michael J. Antolini j
Michael K. Arroyo
Marcus A. Banks
Mohamed Barry
Jake Bayak
Neal W. Beegle
Nicole O. Benitez
Michael James Bennett
Jason M. Bloom
Kevin Joseph Bloom
Keith Thomas Bostwick
Sean Jarryd Bowen
Nicole V. Branda
Harold Gerard Brantley Jr.
Ryan L. Brooks
Jasmine Ashley Brown
Melissa Malia Brown
Tareq G. Brown
Radiance H. Bucknor
Stephen E. Burke
Maximilian Cadmus
Austin C. Cahill
Christian Campaniolo
Stephanie Raye Carney
Elizabeth L. Carter
Christopher Scott Celentano
Wan Cha
Alan Chen
Robert K. Chewning
Jason Yonghoon Chong
Colin Michael Chudzik
Pina Nicoletta Cirillo
Darrell Stefano Coco
Janis G. Cohen
Sara Cohen
Katrina Cokleski
Wayne Werner Cole �
Chelsea D. Coleman
Maura E. Connelly
Michelle Jaclynn Cortese
Catherine W. Costigan
Brett Rosenbloom Cotler
Anne Katherine Curtis
Savvy Theresa Darragh
Carlyle H. Dauenhauer
Shashwat K. Dave
Clifford Delroy Dawkins Jr.
Robert M. Dennerlein
Nicholas L. DePaolo
Walter J. Deptuch
Kevin G. Desai
Sean D. Dickson j
Anthony Diionno 鵼
Samuel Dillon
Mary Frances DiPastina
Shannon C. Dobel
Kimberly Michelle Dobyns
Meredith Wood Doherty 鵼
Valeria Dominguez
Craig M Drachtman
Konrad Drazyk
Jessica H. Dubnoff
Matthew Vincent Dunn
David Michael Dunne j
Paola Durasno
Shikha Dutta
Elizabeth Katherine Ehret
Alexis SungHi Elder
Yafresie Feliz-Santos
Michael Christopher Fernicola
Jason Firestein 鵼
Sarah Ailene Fletcher
Jenine Francolla
Jared Ross Franzblau
Andrew Mark Friedman j
Jeffrey S. Geltman
Graham Maxwell Gering
Janet Joanne Glore
David Alexander Gonzalez
Javier Phillip Gonzalez
Marisol Irma González
James Christopher Weir Goodall
Todd Gorham
John Monroe Green
David Heron Greenwald
Andrew Michael Grenell
James Grimes
Jessica E. Haas j
Michael Haughney 鵼
Richard W. Hawkins
Gregory J. Hazley
Jason Henderson
Shawn Anthony Hendricks
Ashley Nicole Higginson
Kevin S. Hill
Sarah Carolyn Hunt
Nicholas F. Jensen j
Yiou Jiao
Courtney Amber Johnson
Gregory D. Jones
Thomas Buckner Jones
Daniel P. Julian
Woo Jung Kang
Melanie S. Kaplan
Jennifer A. Kelliher
Daniel E. Kelly
Kiera Eileen Kenniff
Tamar Kherlopian
Thamsanqa N. Khumalo
Hiroyuki Kiyono
Matthew Klein
David Korsen 鵼
Ashley M. Kotarski
Ilya Kraminsky
Lawrence A. Krayn Jr.
Robert Brandon Kress
Seth Andrew Kupilik
Joseph A. Lamberson j
Alexandra Lynn Larkin
Zafer Javed Latef
Hieu Trung Le
Linda Mikyung Lee
David Ross Lehman
James Luddy Leight
Janelle Lester 鵼
Bryan T. Lew
Stephanie Lopez
Piel A. Lora
Elizabeth Toni Lundi �
Pankaj Maknoor
Nicholas C. Malet
Alexander Marcus
Neil Marion
Salvatore J. Mautone
Andy Guarionex Mercado
Mariel M. Mercado-Guevara
Denise M. Meyer j
Gregory B. Mgrditchian
Arundhati Mohankumar
Abdelkader Mondumba
Rachel Elizabeth Moody
Rafiq Elliott Moorman
Jason Moreira
Lucy P. Moreno
Joseph David Mourad
Niles Barry Murphy j
Ameir Myers
Wei-Min Ning 鵼
Maximillian A. Novel
Megan Adeyinka Oduyela
Michael Stuart Oliff
Tiffany Kim Ornedo
Mike Ortega-Rendon
Ali Ozbek
Tomasz Pacholec
Julian Lucas Padilla
Nicole Catherine Parelli
Daniel Pelic
Natalie Brigitte Peña
Kimberly Lauren Pennella
Ana J Pérez
Carlos Regino Perez
Matthew Joseph Petrozziello
Tiffany L Pho
Robert Piedra
Daniel Pierre
Reginald Pierre
Benjamin J. Powers �
Crystal Marie Prais
Travis Provost
Edward Joesph Pudup
Ryan Andrew Raichilson
Omari S. Reid
Spencer Alvin Richards III
Brian Matthew Riehl
Sascha Birdie Rips
Gary Anthony Risha j
Cynthia Lee Ritter
Carlos Francisco Rivera
Kara R. Robertson
Emily Jane Rodriguez
Jacob P. Rothschild
Raquel C. Rothschild
Melanie Rowan-Quinn
Tanya Roychowdhury
Fabian A. Ruiz
Jessica Saad
Yousef Jamal Saleh
Mahdey Salhab
Wallace Joseph Salvador
Heather M. Samuylov
Jerry Wesner Santer
Joseph John Sawczak
Ronald C. Schineller j
Nina M. Sedlacek
Viktor Semenyuk 鵼
Rinat Shangeeta
Andrew W. Sherman
Nicole Marie Siano
Mallory S. Sidali
Cory A Simmons-Edler
Nilima Minakhshi Singh
Ian Haneman Siracusa
Bryan A. Small
Robert Joshua Solomon
Paul Y. Soon
Daniel George Spafford
Jordan A. Speranza
Christa M. Spinelli
Daniel Craig Stark
Michael John Starrett
Frank P. Stefanelli
Eric Storjohann
Robert Nelson Strobel
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer Strong
Benjamin S. Strumeier
Jennifer Ann Stupak
Julius J. Suarez
Derek Svendsen
Max S. Sverdlove
Katrina Tattoli
Anthony Testa
Samantha Tilipman
Jonathan Michael Tolentino
Michael Tomasino
Curtis O. Townsend II �
Amy Lynn Travis
Gülsun Türkmenoğullari
Ifeoma Maureen Ukwubiwe
Steven Andrew Unterburger
Charles J. Vaccaro
Daniel F. Villa
Gregory G. Waite
Ihman A. Wells
Jason White 鵼
Susan Wilkerson
Kebra-Ann E. Williams-Manning j
Christina Ann Winslow
Ernest A. Yazzetti Jr.
Eunice Sunyoung Yoon
Samuel A Youssof
Angela Li-Hwa Yu
Kristin Ye-Jin Yu
Yelena Yukhvid
Elizabeth Zambrana
Matthew Byron Zanedis
Michelle Zaretsky
Joseph Y. Zhu
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January 2015 Graduate
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October 2015 Graduate
Lists of graduates are correct as of April 21, 2015. Every effort has been made to
ensure accuracy in compiling the lists.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
ORDER
OF THE
COIF
The first New Jersey chapter of the Order of the Coif, the nationwide honor
society for law students, was established at Rutgers School of Law-Newark in
1991. The prestigious society, which recognizes the top 10 percent of each
year’s graduating class with membership in the society, encourages excellence
in legal education, and honors lawyers, judges, and teachers for significant
professional contributions. Chapters of the Order are established at law
schools whose faculty have been recognized for their contributions to legal
scholarship.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Honors are awarded to not more than 20 percent of the graduating class for
distinguished scholastic achievement over the entire law school course. In
exceptional cases, high honors and highest honors may be awarded. The
awards are made by the faculty on the advice of the Committee
on Scholastic Standing. Recipients are announced at the graduation
convocation.
JUSTICE HENRY E. ACKERSON JR. PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the student who has most distinguished himself or
herself in the area of legal skills. It was donated by Justice Ackerson and,
since his death in 1970, has been continued by the Rutgers Law School
Alumni Association in recognition of his unique contribution to the school.
ABA/BNA AWARD
FOR
EXCELLENCE – HEALTH LAW
This award is given to honor superior academic performance in the area of
health law.
ABA/BNA AWARD
PROPERTY LAW
FOR
EXCELLENCE – INTELLECTUAL
This award is given to the full-time and part-time student demonstrating the
highest academic achievement in the area of intellectual property law.
ABA/BNA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCELABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
This award will be presented to the full-time and to the part-time student
with the highest academic achievement in the fields of labor and
employment law.
ALI CLE SCHOLARSHIP
AND
LEADERSHIP AWARD
This prize is awarded in recognition of the graduate who best represents a
combination of scholarship and leadership, the qualities embodied by the
American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education.
ALUMNI SENIOR PRIZE
Established by the Alumni Association, this prize is awarded to the graduating
senior exhibiting the greatest achievement during his or her entire law school
career and the greatest promise as a future member of the legal profession.
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
OF
MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS AWARD
This award is sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers and is given to the student who has shown the most
aptitude in family law.
THE AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE
MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE
This prize is awarded to the student who most excelled in the area of bankruptcy
studies.
THE FRANK AND MARILYN ASKIN AWARD
IN CLINICAL STUDIES
FOR
EXCELLENCE
This prize is awarded by the law school clinical faculty to the student who, over
the course of their legal education, has demonstrated an extraordinary
commitment to the clients of the Rutgers Law School Clinics and to the principles
and values of clinical legal education.
THE ALLAN AXELROD PRIZE
This prize was established to recognize the immense commitment by Professor
Axelrod to Rutgers Law School, and is given to the student with the best grades in
commercial law.
THE CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
(CLEA) AWARD
This prize is awarded for excellence in clinical fieldwork based on the high quality
of representation provided to clients and for exceptionally thoughtful, selfreflective participation in an accompanying clinical seminar.
THE ANTHONY ENGELBRECHT PRIZE
Miss Ann Engelbrecht of Union City created a prize in honor of her brother
that is awarded annually to the senior with the highest general average during
the year.
MORRIS GANN PRIZE
IN
EVIDENCE
A prize in memory of Morris Gann is offered to the member of the graduating
class having the best grade in evidence. It is donated by Gann Law Books, Newark.
LEONARD GARTH ADVOCACY AWARD
This award is given to the student who has shown the most promise as an
appellate advocate.
MYRON HARKAVY PRIZE
The friends and relatives of the late Myron Harkavy, a graduate of the law school,
have established a prize to be awarded to the member of the senior class showing
the most promise as a trial lawyer.
CHIEF JUSTICE RICHARD J. HUGHES PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the graduating student who has achieved the best record
in the New Jersey Practice course. This prize was funded by a donation from the
County Court Judges’ Association of New Jersey upon its dissolution in 1979.
ELI JARMEL MEMORIAL PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the student who demonstrated the greatest interest and
proficiency in public interest law. It is awarded by the Alumni Association in
memory of Professor Eli Jarmel, a former professor at the law school and the first
director of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE).
THE PHILIP KRAVITZ MEMORIAL PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the part-time student with the highest academic average.
It was established by the class of 1995 as a tribute to, and in memory of,
their classmate.
A. HARRY MOORE PRIZE
Made possible through the generosity of former Gov. A. Harry Moore (Class of
1924), this prize is awarded to the member of the graduating class receiving the
highest grade for his or her entire three years.
G.A. MOORE JR. PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the student who has done distinguished work in the field
of equal employment opportunity law. It was donated by Mr. Moore, a participant
in a symposium held in 1975 at the law school to celebrate the 10th anniversary of
the Civil Rights Act.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF
WOMEN LAWYERS AWARD
This prize is given to the student showing the greatest commitment to
women’s issues.
NEW JERSEY BAR FOUNDATION STREET LAW PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the student who has demonstrated the greatest interest in
the success of the Street Law Program.
CAROL RUSS MEMORIAL PRIZE
Established by the Class of 1980 in honor of a classmate, this prize is awarded to
the graduating student who has demonstrated a commitment to and a record of
distinction in promoting women’s rights through the law.
RUTGERS OUTSTANDING SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This prize is awarded to the students selected for overall scholarly achievement in
four areas of law, and for outstanding scholarly publications.
H. THEODORE SORG PROPERTY PRIZE
This prize, established by H. Theodore Sorg (Class of 1912), is given to the
graduating class member who has the highest average in property courses.
SAUL TISCHLER MEMORIAL PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the student with the highest average for the entire three
years in law school, as provided in the will of the late Saul Tischler, an alumnus,
professor at the law school, and Standing Master of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
MIRON M. WALLEY MEMORIAL PRIZE
This award is given to a graduating student who has excelled in course work in the
area of real estate transactions.
KENNETH G. WOLFSON LAND USE PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the graduating student showing the greatest interest and
scholarship in the field of land use law.
THE JUDGE J. SKELLY WRIGHT PRIZE
This award is given annually to the member of the graduating class who has
contributed the most to the civil rights, liberties, and human affairs of his or her
fellow citizens during his/her law school career. The award was created in honor of
the distinguished judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia, J. Skelley Wright. The purpose of this award is twofold: to recognize
extraordinary achievement on the part of a Rutgers law student, and to pay tribute
to the selfless and courageous defense of human freedom represented by the life of
the man whose name it bears. This award was established and is supported by the
Student Bar Association.
SERA RAMCHARITAR MEMORIAL AWARD
Created in 1994 by the Women’s Rights Law Reporter in memory of a staff
member, this award is presented to the student who has excelled in work on behalf
of the underprivileged, particularly women, children and families.
THE ACADEMIC COSTUME
The wearing of academic dress dates back to the early days of the oldest
universities in the world. In the American Council on Education’s book entitled
American Universities and Colleges, it is suggested that “Gowns may have been
counted necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings frequented by medieval
scholars. Hoods seem to have served to cover the tonsured head…”
American universities established a code of regulations which today is followed
by almost all American institutions. The establishment of this code has made it
possible to distinguish the bachelors, masters and doctors, and at the same time,
to recognize the university awarding the degree.
The colors of the lining of the hoods for the nine original colonial colleges are:
scarlet, Rutgers; crimson, Harvard; green-gold-silver, William and Mary; blue, Yale;
red and blue, Pennsylvania; orange and black, Princeton; light blue and white,
Columbia; brown, Brown; and green and white, Dartmouth. The bachelor’s gown
has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The master’s gown has oblong sleeves,
open at the wrist. The rear part of its oblong shape is square-cut, and the front
part has an arc cut away. It is worn open or closed.
The hoods vary in size: 48 inches for the doctor’s degree, 42 inches for the
master’s, and 36 inches for the bachelor’s. All hoods are lined in the academic
color or colors of the institution conferring the degree. If the institution has more
than one color, the colors are shown in divisions using chevrons. The binding or
edge of the hood is usually made of velvet in the color designating the subject in
which the degree was granted. Black mortarboards are worn for all degrees.
Some of the colors in the bindings of the hoods are: white, Arts and Letters; drab,
Business Administration; violet, Criminal Justice; light blue, Education; purple,
Law; apricot, Nursing; peacock blue, Public Administration; blue, Philosophy;
gold, Science; and citron, Social Work.
RUTGERS SCHOOL OF LAW
Rutgers School of Law is located on the Newark campus of Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey. The campus is situated in the heart of
Newark's cultural center, close to the Newark Public Library, the Newark
Museum, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The social, cultural,
professional, and educational opportunities of the Newark/New York City area
combine to provide a fitting location for the study of law.
Qualities that typify the Rutgers School of Law include its outstanding legal
education, nationally recognized faculty, very diverse student body,
commitment to public service, and affordable tuition. Of approximately 800
students in both day and evening programs, more than 45 percent are women
and 38 percent are members of minority groups. The majority of students are
New Jersey residents, but students hail from all parts of the country and
from many countries around the world. They have earned degrees from more
than 120 different colleges and universities in the U.S. and many schools
abroad. The excellence and the diversity of the School of Law-Newark
students are reflected in their varied professional interests, goals, and
outlooks, making classroom discussion and other law school interactions
dynamic and educationally stimulating. The faculty is as diverse as the
student body and brings to the students and the classroom their experiences
as nationally recognized experts in a multitude of legal areas ranging from
corporate law to public interest law.
Faculty scholarship and extracurricular service are well-known and respected
in the legal community, as well as in the academic legal community. As a
result, the Rutgers School of Law was awarded the first New Jersey chapter of the
Order of the Coif, the national honor society for law students.
The oldest law school in the state, the Rutgers School of Law has had many
ancestors and locales. It began in 1908 in an imposing Victorian town house as a
proprietary institution, the New Jersey Law School. Its business-oriented
curriculum quickly attracted many students, and by the 1920s it had become the
nation's second largest law school. In 1927, it moved to a former brewery at 40
Rector Street. The school joined in 1936 with another private institution, the
Mercer Beasley Law School, to become the University of Newark Law School.
In 1946, the entire University of Newark was absorbed by Rutgers University,
and the School of Law was officially born. Over the next several decades,
the school became an institution of national stature. Its library expanded
to become the most comprehensive collection in New Jersey, and its faculty
tripled in size. In the 1960s, the law school pioneered in developing
clinical education and in providing the opportunity to study law to women
and minority groups. In 1967, the school of law in Camden, which had been
administered by the dean of the law school in Newark, was created as a
separate unit of the university, and the university's original law school
became the Rutgers School of Law. After outgrowing several buildings in
downtown Newark, it moved in 1978 to the skyscraper that became the S.I.
Newhouse Center for Law and Justice. In January 2000, the Rutgers School of
Law moved to the new 225,000-square-foot Center for Law and Justice,
located at the corner of Washington and New streets.
The New Jersey Law School was registered with the Board of Regents of New
York on March 2, 1922. In 1941, the University of Newark Law School became a
member of the Association of American Law Schools. This membership was
transferred to the Rutgers School of Law in December 1946. Also in 1941, the
University of Newark Law School was placed on the approved list of schools of
the American Bar Association and registered by the Board of Regents of
New York. This accreditation and registration continued after the incorporation of
the school into the university.
Situated on 38 acres in downtown Newark, New Jersey's largest city, Rutgers
University-Newark serves 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The
campus is home to the College of Arts and Sciences, University College, the
Graduate School, Rutgers Business School, the School of Law, the School of
Criminal Justice, the School of Public Affairs and Administration and a number of
research and outreach centers. Since 1997, Rutgers University-Newark has been
ranked the nation's most diverse national university by U.S. News & World Report.
Further information on Rutgers University-Newark is available at
www.newark.rutgers.edu.
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
Professors of Law
Frank Askin, Distinguished Professor of Law, Robert E. Knowlton Scholar &
Director of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic
Carlos A. Ball, Distinguished Professor of Law & Judge Frederick Lacey Scholar
Bernard W. Bell, Professor of Law & Herbert Hannoch Scholar
Vera Bergelson, Professor of Law & Robert E. Knowlton Scholar
Cynthia A. Blum, Professor of Law, Robert E. Knowlton Scholar & Co-Director of the
Federal Tax Law Clinic
Elise Boddie, Associate Professor of Law
Jean-Marc Coicaud, Professor of Law & Global Affairs and
Director of the Division of Global Affairs
Jorge Contesse, Assistant Professor of Law
Sarah Dadush, Assistant Professor of Law
Donna I. Dennis, Professor of Law & Justice Frederick W. Hall Scholar
John J. Farmer, University Professor, Justice Alan B. Handler Scholar &
Special Counsel to the President
Douglas S. Eakeley, Alan V. Lowenstein Professor of Corporate & Business Law
Gary L. Francione, Board of Governors Professor, Distinguished Professor of Law &
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy
Matteo Gatti, Assistant Professor of Law
Steve C. Gold, Professor of Law & Judge Raymond J. Dearie Scholar
Carlos Gonzalez, Professor of Law & Herbert Hannoch Scholar
Stuart P. Green, Distinguished Professor of Law & Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar
Anjum Gupta, Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic
Yuliya Guseva, Assistant Professor of Law
Adil Ahmad Haque, Professor of Law & Judge Jon O. Newman Scholar
Taja-Nia Y. Henderson, Associate Professor of Law
Christina S. Ho, Associate Professor of Law
Alan Hyde, Distinguished Professor of Law & Sidney Reitman Scholar
Jonathan M. Hyman, Professor of Law & Alfred C. Clapp Public Service Scholar
Suzanne A. Kim, Professor of Law & Judge Denny Chin Scholar
Howard Latin, Distinguished Professor of Law & Justice John J. Francis Scholar
John Leubsdorf, Distinguished Professor of Law & Judge Frederick B. Lacey
Distinguished Scholar
Ji Li, Associate Professor of Law
David L. Noll, Assistant Professor of Law
Chrystin Ondersma, Asscoiate Professor of Law
Brandon Paradise, Associate Professor of Law
Twila L. Perry, Professor of Law & Judge Alexander P. Waugh Sr. Scholar
James Gray Pope, Professor of Law & Sidney Reitman Scholar
Louis S. Raveson, Professor of Law & Alfred C. Clapp Public Service Scholar
Sabrina Safrin, Professor of Law & Arthur L. Dickson Scholar
Diana Sclar, Associate Professor of Law & Allan Axelrod Scholar
Fadi Shaheen, Associate Professor of Law & John M. Payne Scholar
Peter Simmons, University Professor
George C. Thomas III, Board of Governors Professor of Law &
Judge Alexander P. Waugh Sr. Distinguished Scholar
Paul L. Tractenberg, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor &
Alfred C. Clapp Distinguished Public Service Professor of Law
David Dante Troutt, Professor of Law & Justice John J. Francis Scholar
Mark S. Weiner, Professor of Law & Sidney I. Reitman Scholar
Emeriti/ae Professors of Law
Cameron Allen, Professor of Law & Director of the Law Library Emeritus
Paul Axel-Lute, Librarian Emeritus
Alfred W. Blumrosen, Thomas A. Cowan Professor of Law Emeritus
Norman L. Cantor, Justice Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar & Professor of Law Emeritus
Charles Davenport, Arthur L. Dickson Scholar & Professor of Law Emeritus
Helen A. Garten, Alan Schwarz Scholar & Professor of Law Emerita
David Haber, Professor of Law Emeritus
Charles H. Jones, Professor of Law Emeritus
Saul H. Mendlovitz, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace &
World Order Studies Emeritus
Sidney Lee Posel, Professor of Law Emeritus
Carol A. Roehrenbeck, Associate Dean, Professor of Law & Director of the
Law Library Emerita
Annamay Sheppard, Alfred C. Clapp Public Service Professor of Law Emerita
Alfred A. Slocum, Professor of Law Emeritus
Nadine Taub, S.I. Newhouse Professor of Law Emerita
Clinical Professors of Law
Charles I. Auffant, Clinical Professor of Law
Esther Canty-Barnes, Clinical Professor of Law & Director of the Education and
Health Law Clinic
Laura Cohen, Clinical Professor of Law, Justice Virginia Long Scholar &
Director of the Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic
Jack Feinstein, Clinical Professor of Law & Director of the Civil Justice Clinic
Sandy Freund, Clinical Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Federal Tax Law Clinic
Robert C. Holmes, Clinical Professor of Law, Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. Scholar,
Deputy Director of Clinical Programs & Director of the Community and
Transactional Lawyering Clinic
John R. Kettle, III, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Intellectual Property
Law Clinic
Randi Mandelbaum, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Child Advocacy Clinic
& Annamay Sheppard Scholar
Jennifer Rosen Valverde, Clinical Professor of Law
Penny M. Venetis, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the International Human
Rights Clinic & Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise Scholar
Law Library Faculty
Marjorie E. Crawford, Head of Technical & Automated Services
Dennis Kim-Prieto, Reference Librarian
Rebecca Kunkel, Reference and Metadata Librarian
Susan Lyons, Associate Director for Public Services
Lee Sims, Associate Director for Library Operations
Caroline Young, Reference & Technology Librarian
Legal Research & Writing Faculty
Amy Bitterman, Instructor
Marcia Crnoevich, Instructor
Barbara Hoffman, Instructor
Emily Kline, Instructor
Amy Soled, Instructor
Visiting Faculty
Beth Stephens, Visiting Professor of Law
Jeena Shah, Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
Administration
Elizabeth Lorenz Acevedo, Associate Director of Career Services
Edna Y. Baugh, Assistant Director for Clinical Administration
Mayra Caraballo, Faculty Support/User Support Specialist
Bernadette Carter, Unit Computing Manager
Roselene Correia, Budget & Finance Coordinator
Gina Davila, Clinical Program
Frances De Simone, Assistant Director of Career Services
Janet Donohue, Director of Communications
Nina Ford, Documents Associate, Law Library
Nancy E. Fornarotto, Director of Law Student Financial Aid
Roberta Geddis, Assistant to the Dean of Admissions
Elaine Giordano, Departmental Administrator, Law Library
Arbana Frasheri Gjoca, Bibliographic Access Manager, Law Library
Yvena Hypolite, Circulation Associate, Law Library
Susan Feathers, Director of the Eric Neisser Public Interest Program
Christopher Krantz, Unit Computing Specialist
Andrea Manna, Director, Academic Administration
Mary Ann Moore, Coordinator of Faculty Support Services
Josephine T. Nagle, Program Assistant, Institute for Professional Education
Mildred Perez, Senior Adminstrative Assistant, Office of the Dean
Sarah K. Regina, Director of Academic Support
Daniel Sanders, Evening Circulation Supervisor, Law Library
Estania Schmidt, Assistant, Admissions & MSP
Rebecca Enright Siroky, Coordinator for Student Affairs
Wendi L. Taylor, Recruitment and Events Coordinator, Career Services
Ruth C. Ware, Technical Services Associate, Law Library
Support Staff
Loretta Burr Butler, Evening Assistant, Law Library
Quintella Hanks, Secretarial Assistant, Law Clinic
Cassandra Lester-Key, Library Assistant, Law Library
Timothy Moore, Building Services
Evelyn Ramones, Inter-Library Loan & Circulation Assistant, Law Library
Stan Sniecikowski, Evening Assistant, Law Library
Norma Torres, Secretarial Assistant, Law Clinic
Joann Watral, Receptionist
Helene Wright, Secretarial Assistant, Faculty Support
Adjunct Faculty
Bruce Afran
David C. Albalah
Brian Alexander
Marilyn Askin
Thomas Auriemma
Abed Awad
Holly Bakke
Hon. Christine V. Bator
Jonathan D. Bick
Andrew Bondarowicz
Harold I. Braff
Randall P. Brett
John M. Cannel
Hon. Michael Carroll
Hon. Amy P. Chambers (Ret.)
Anna Charlton
Robert D. Chesler
Hon. James B. Clark III
Arnold Shep Cohen
Richard E. Constable III
Michael R. DiChiara
Michael Dore
Christopher G. Dorman
Conway Ekpo
Barry H. Evenchick
Hon. Mark Falk
Hon. Travis L. Francis
Hon. Harold W. Fullilove
Kevin R. Gardner
J. Patrick Geraghty
Daniel J. Gibbons
Robert S. Goldsmith
Bruce I. Goldstein
Sheryl Mintz Goski
Amy Gottlieb
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges
Stephen F. Herbes
Doug Jacobs
Hon. Michael B. Kaplan
Christopher T. Karounos
Henry M. Karwowski
Terri Keller
George J. Kenny
Peggy Sheahan Knee
Dale C. Krouse
Erika Levin
Allen B. Levithan
Erez Liebermann
Robert J. MacPherson
Jeffrey S. Mandel
Ira B. Marcus
Robert E. Margulies
Nicole K. Martin
John F. McMahon
Elizabeth Minott
T. Gary Mitchell
Scott H. Moss
Hon. Edward M. Neafsey (Ret.)
Brian J. Neary
Philip D. Neuer
Mitchell M. Novitsky
Bertram C. Okpokwasili
Jason F. Orlando
Laurence B. Orloff
Robert J. Paradiso
Todd M. Poland
Robert S. Popescu
Peter Psiachos
Jonathan I. Rabinowitz
Ellen Lewis Rice
Bruce S. Rosen
William Schroeder
Joseph P. Scorese
Stuart D. Sender
Hon. Patty Shwartz
Brian A. Silikovitz
William Slover
Elissa Steglich
Hon. Gary Stein (Ret.)
Christina W. Strong
Robert A. Suarez
Michael J. Sullivan
Heidi A. Tallentire
Alan C. Thomas
David Toma
Hon. Bette E. Uhrmacher (Ret.)
Jordan Weinreich
Richard A. West, Jr.
Amelia Wilson
Andrew R. Wolf
Hon. Douglas K. Wolfson (Ret.)
Donald B. Zief
Eupremio Zizza
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Congratulations, Class of 2015!
Welcome to the Rutgers University Alumni Association (RUAA), the universitywide
alumni organization in which all Rutgers graduates are members—for free, for
life! You are joining a powerful network of more than 460,000 alumni worldwide,
a legion of scarlet enthusiasts who have shared many of the same experiences and
traditions that have made your time at Rutgers memorable.
As you embark upon this new chapter in your life, the Rutgers University Alumni
Association website will help you stay connected with Rutgers and fellow alumni in
ways that are meaningful to you. Networking events, social outings, exclusive
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Make sure you update your information on the RUAA website to customize which
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address: Ralumni.com/newgrads15.
Your days as a student are over, but as a Rutgers graduate, you are scarlet forever.
Rutgers and the RUAA look forward to being a part of the next exciting stage of
your life. Congratulations and welcome to the RUAA!
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
School of Law-Newark
Graduate Recognition Ceremony 2015
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