Press Room

The Journal News ran a story on the “Completely Legal” blog about an event that took place at the Law School’s Judicial Institute. A federal judge and two state judges took center stage on Tuesday, Nov. 15 to share their personal struggles with challenges their judicial independence and other political challenges to judges around the world.

On April 7, Pace hosts an “Evening of Culture and Wine, Insurance and the Environment, Politics, Song and Family Dynasties” by honoring at its 48th Annual Leaders in Management Awards Dinner:

*Robert S. Sands, President and CEO, Constellation Brands
* F. Daniel Gabel, Chairman and CEO, Hagedorn & Company

* Master of Ceremonies: Ken Rudin, NPR’s Political Editor

* Presenter: Brent Blackwelder, Environmental Advocate

* Jazz & Cabaret Artist: Ann Hampton Callaway, Cole Porter’s Only Collaborator

* Silent Auction: Fine Luxury Wines from Constellation Brands’ Private Collection

(Above left: Rob Sands)

To keep students abreast of changes in the entertainment industry, Pace Law School adjunct professor and alumnus, Vernon Brown (left), is convening the second annual entertainment law panel, “Where Do I Sign.” The entertainment industry’s biggest execs and labels, including Cash Money Records, and top sports lawyers and agents, will give students a true insiders’ look at how the industry operates from the legal perspective.

For its work as a “tireless advocate” for clean energy, the Pace Energy and Climate Center received the Outstanding Outreach Partner Award from the Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY) at its annual meeting in Albany this afternoon.

Student interns at the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, under the supervision of law professors Karl S. Coplan, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Daniel Estrin, took the first step today in bringing a lawsuit against three mining companies in Kentucky for violations of the Clean Water Act.

Pace Law School Dean Michelle S. Simon announced today that the faculty had voted to “gradually phase out” the part-time evening program. The viability and vitality of part-time evening programs has been an issue nationwide. Demand is down, with employer-subsidized law degrees a thing of the past, and employees reluctant to jeopardize their primary jobs by pursuing a part-time advanced degree.

Pace Law grad Peter Cambs will lecture on hydro-fracking, the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victims Protection Act. Hydro-fracking is the controversial gas drilling process exposed as a public health threat by this year’s award-winning documentary “Gasland.”

Pace Law School’s assistant dean Alexandra Dunn was quoted in a thoughtful article in the American Bar Association Journal on the disappointing record of the federal “vaccine court” set up to adjudicate disputes about diseases related to vaccines, including autism.

Pace University has been ranked by Forbes.com as one of the top 20 “colleges that will make you rich.” The Forbes survey echoes previous findings from a PayScale/Business Week survey that found the starting median salary of recent Pace graduates was in the same league as that for graduates of Yale, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Columbia. That survey found Pace graduates earning a starting median salary of $53,200, listed a mid-career median salary of $89,700 and found top incomes of $187,000 for Pace graduates. According to that article, “the Ivy League isn’t the only path to big bucks.”

Joined by representatives from the Pace Women’s Justice Center, My Sisters’ Place, Hope’s Door, and Legal Services for the Hudson Valley, Senator Suzi Oppenheimer (D-Mamaroneck) will call on Governor Paterson to sign into law sweeping legislation to strengthen the rights and protections of domestic violence survivors and increase the criminal penalties for domestic abuse.