columbia law school alumni and affiliate law teaching candidates

152 Pages·2017·7.34 MB·English

2018
COLUMBIA LAW
SCHOOL ALUMNI
AND AFFILIATE
LAW TEACHING
CANDIDATES
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
435 WEST 116TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10027
Introduction
Columbia Law School is delighted to introduce our candidates
that will be on the teaching market this year. You will find
their resumes in this book, giving you a quick overview of our
alumni, current JD and graduate students as well as various
fellows that are interviewing for teaching positions. Please
note that there may be additional candidates who are affiliated
with Columbia but who did not submit their resumes for this
book. Their information will be included in the AALS Faculty
Appointments Register.
The candidates can be found by searching for their name
(index 1) or for their teaching preferences (index 2). If you have
any questions or would like to obtain a PDF copy of this book,
please email Zoe Attridge at [email protected].
Thank you for your interest and consideration.
We also welcome you to stop by at our hospitality suite
at the AALS conference on October 12 to discuss our
candidates further.
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ACKERMAN, WYSTAN M., J.D. 2001
Preferred Subjects: Clinical Teaching; Appellate Practice; Legal Research and Writing; Alternative
Dispute Resolution; Professional Responsibility
Additional Subjects: Legal Methods; Insurance Law; Civil Procedure; Contracts; Federal Courts
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BERGAN, DAVID A., J.D. 2002
Preferred Subjects: Law and Social Science; Legal Methods; Intellectual Property; Critical Legal
Studies; Civil Procedure
Additional Subjects: Evidence; Comparative Law; Appellate Practice; Administrative Law;
Immigration Law
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2018 BREEDON, KIMBERLY M., LL.M. 2012
Preferred Subjects: Constitutional Law; Legislation; Estates and Trusts; Civil Procedure;
Legal Methods
Additional Subjects: Employee Benefit Plans; Conflict of Laws; Federal Courts; Property;
COLUMBIA LAW
Law and Social Science
SCHOOL ALUMNI
AND AFFILIATE PAGE 15
ENCARNACION, ERIK, J.D. 2006
LAW TEACHING
Preferred Subjects: Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Commercial Law; Creditors and
CANDIDATES Debtors Rights; Bankruptcy Law; Business Associations
Additional Subjects: Torts; Remedies; Products Liability; Consumer Law; Jurisprudence
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FIEGENBAUM, ITAI, LL.M. 2008
Preferred Subjects: Business Associations; Corporate Finance; Securities Regulation;
Financial Institutions; Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law
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HAMMOND, DAVID J., LL.M. 2017
Preferred Subjects: Estates and Trusts; Property; Native American Law; Computers and the Law;
Criminal Law
Additional Subjects: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Military Law; International Law;
Constitutional Law
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JACOBS, CHRISTOPHER W., LL.M. 2015
Preferred Subjects: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Military Law; National Security;
Constitutional Law
Additional Subjects: International Law; Administrative Law; Government Contracts;
International Organizations; Criminal Justice
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KELLEY, MELVIN J., J.D. 2011
Preferred Subjects: Civil Rights; Critical Race Theory; Constitutional Law; Property; Welfare Law
Additional Subjects: Education Law; Employment Discrimination; Legislation; Administrative Law;
Clinical Teaching
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MULL, NICHOLAS W., LL.M. 2017
Preferred Subjects: International Law; National Security; Military Law; Contracts; Criminal Law
Additional Subjects: Estates and Trusts; Family Law; Evidence; Employment Discrimination;
Professional Responsibility
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MYSLINSKA, DAGMAR R., J.D. 2004
Preferred Subjects: Civil Procedure; Contracts; Commercial Law; Evidence; Criminal Law
Additional Subjects: Immigration Law; International Law; Labor Law; Employment Discrimination;
Civil Rights
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SUNG, WOONG KYU, LL.M. 2005, J.D. 2007
Preferred Subjects: International Law; International Organizations; Environmental Law; Human
Rights; Critical Legal Studies
Additional Subjects: Jurisprudence; Law and Social Science; Legal History; Labor Law;
Criminal Law
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SZTO, MARY C., J.D. 1986
Preferred Subjects: Property; Contracts; Business Associations; Race and the Law; Remedies
Additional Subjects: Real Estate Transactions; Payment Systems; Estates and Trusts; International
Business Transactions; Commercial Law
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THORNTON, BRENDA S., LL.M. 1992
Preferred Subjects: International Law; Human Rights; Legal Drafting; Administrative Law
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VISGER, MARK A., LL.M. 2011
Preferred Subjects: Computers and the Law; Military Law; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law;
Criminal Procedure
Additional Subjects: Professional Responsibility; Trial Advocacy; International Law; National
Security; Administrative Law
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WALKER, BELA AUGUST, J.D. 2003
Preferred Subjects: Property; Family Law; Estates and Trusts; Civil Rights; Land Use Planning
Additional Subjects: Intellectual Property; Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues; Critical
Race Theory; Juvenile Law; Legal History
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BEYLIN, ILYA, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLAR, 2014-2016
Preferred Subjects: Business Associations; Securities Regulation; Contracts; Creditors
and Debtors Rights; Financial Institutions
Additional Subjects: Corporate Finance; Computers and the Law; Insurance Law; Commercial
Law; Taxation
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BLAZSEK, VIRAG ILONA, VISITING SCHOLAR, 2017
Preferred Subjects: Business Associations; Financial Institutions; Corporate Finance; International
Business Transactions; Comparative Law
Additional Subjects: Creditors and Debtors Rights; Bankruptcy Law; Regulated Industries;
Antitrust; Consumer Law; Commercial Law
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CARRAI, MARIA ADELE, VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/FELLOW, 2017
Preferred Subjects: International Law; Critical Legal Studies; Legal History; Law and Economics;
Comparative Law
COLUMBIA LAW
Additional Subjects: Criminal Law; Property; Human Rights; Constitutional Law;
SCHOOL AFFILIATES Financial Institutions
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HANANIA, RICHARD, RESEARCH FELLOW, SALTZMAN INSTITUTE OF WAR AND PEACE
STUDIES, 2018
Preferred Subjects: International Law; International Organizations; Human Rights; Criminal Law;
Criminal Procedure
Additional Subjects: Conflict of Laws; Constitutional Law; Property; Administrative Law;
Immigration Law
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KOH, STEVEN A., VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/FELLOW, 2017-19
Preferred Subjects: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence; Conflict of Laws; Civil Procedure
Additional Subjects: International Law; International Organizations; Human Rights; Immigration
Law; Professional Responsibility
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LIFSHITZ, YAEL R., VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/FELLOW, 2017-19
Preferred Subjects: Property; Energy Law; Land Use Planning; Torts;
Environmental Law
Additional Subjects: Contracts; Remedies; Natural Resources; Law and Economics; Oil and Gas
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MACLEOD, JAMES, ASSOCIATE IN LAW, 2017-19
Preferred Subjects: Criminal Law; Torts; Evidence; Criminal Procedure; Legislation
Additional Subjects: Contracts; Civil Procedure; Products Liability; Professional Responsibility;
Business Associations
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MIN, GEEYOUNG, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, 2017-19
Preferred Subjects: Business Associations; Securities Regulation; Contracts; International Business
Transactions; Antitrust
Additional Subjects: Law and Economics; Corporate Finance; Financial Institutions; Administrative
Law; Comparative Law
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OSSEI-OWUSU, SHAUN, VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/FELLOW, 2018-19
Preferred Subjects: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Professional Responsibility; Health Care
Law; Torts
Additional Subjects: Civil Procedure; Legal History; Critical Race Theory; Welfare Law; Civil Rights
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THORLEY, DANE, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN EMPIRICAL LAW AND
ECONOMICS, 2017-18
Preferred Subjects: Civil Procedure; Professional Responsibility; Election Law; Criminal Procedure;
Criminal Law
Additional Subjects: Constitutional Law; Contracts; Local Government; Federal Courts; Law and
Social Science
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COLUMBIA SUBJECT MATTER CANDIDATE NAME PAGE
LAW SCHOOL
Administrative Law David A. Bergan 5
INDEX BY Richard Hanania 101
TEACHING Christopher W. Jacobs 29
Melvin J. Kelley 33
INTEREST
Geeyoung Min 119
(CATEOGRIES FROM Brenda S. Thornton 69
AALS FAR FORM)
Mark A. Visger 79
Alternative Dispute Resolution Wystan M. Ackerman 1
(including Arb., Mediation, Negotiation) David J. Hammond 25
Antitrust Geeyoung Min 119
Virag Ilona Blazsek 91
Appellate Practice Wystan M. Ackerman 1
(including Appellate Advocacy) David A. Bergan 5
Business Associations Ilya Beylin 87
(including Agency & Part., Corps, Virag Ilona Blazsek 91
Bus. Planning) Erik Encarnacion 15
Itai Fiegenbaum 21
James Macleod 115
Geeyoung Min 119
Mary C. Szto 59
Civil Procedure Wystan M. Ackerman 1
Kimberly M. Breedon 11
Steven A. Koh 105
James Macleod 115
Dagmar R. Myslinska 49
Shaun Ossei-Owusu 127
Dane Thorley 133
Civil Rights Melvin J. Kelley 33
Dagmar R. Myslinska 49
Shaun Ossei-Owusu 127
Bela August Walker 83
Clinical Teaching Wystan M. Ackerman 1
Melvin J. Kelley 33
Commercial Law Ilya Beylin 87
Virag Ilona Blazsek 91
Erik Encarnacion 15
Dagmar R. Myslinska 49
Mary C. Szto 59
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SUBJECT MATTER CANDIDATE NAME PAGE
Comparative Law David A. Bergan 5
Virag Ilona Blazsek 91
Maria Adele Carrai 97
Geeyoung Min 119
Computers and the Law Ilya Beylin 87
David J. Hammond 25
Mark A. Visger 79
Conflict of Laws Kimberly M. Breedon 11
Richard Hanania 101
Steven A. Koh 105
Constitutional Law Kimberly M. Breedon 11
Maria Adele Carrai 97
David J. Hammond 25
Richard Hanania 101
Christopher W. Jacobs 29
Melvin J. Kelley 33
Dane Thorley 133
Mark A. Visger 79
Consumer Law Virag Ilona Blazsek 91
Erik Encarnacion 15
Contracts Wystan M. Ackerman 1
Ilya Beylin 87
Erik Encarnacion 15
Yael R. Lifshitz 111
James Macleod 115
Geeyoung Min 119
Nicholas W. Mull 37
Dagmar R. Myslinska 49
Mary C. Szto 59
Corporate Finance Ilya Beylin 87
(including Corporate Reorganization) Virag Ilona Blazsek 91
Itai Fiegenbaum 21
Geeyoung Min 119
Creditors and Debtors Rights Ilya Beylin 87
(including Bankruptcy Law) Virag Ilona Blazsek 91
Erik Encarnacion 15

Criminal Justice Christopher W. Jacobs 29

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SUBJECT MATTER CANDIDATE NAME PAGE
Criminal Law Maria Adele Carrai 97
David J. Hammond 25
Richard Hanania 101
Christopher W. Jacobs 29
Steven A. Koh 105
James Macleod 115
Nicholas W. Mull 37
Dagmar R. Myslinska 49
Shaun Ossei-Owusu 147
Woong Kyu Sung 55
Dane Thorley 133
Mark A. Visger 79
Criminal Procedure David A. Bergan 5
Richard Hanania 101
Christopher W. Jacobs 29
Steven A. Koh 105
James Macleod 115
Shaun Ossei-Owusu 127
Dane Thorley 133
Mark A. Visger 79
Critical Legal Studies David A. Bergan 5
Maria Adele Carrai 97
Woong Kyu Sung 55
Critical Race Theory Melvin J. Kelley 33
Shaun Ossei-Owusu 127
Bela August Walker 83
Education Law Melvin J. Kelley 33
Election Law Dane Thorley 133
Employee Benefit Plans Kimberly M. Breedon 11
Employment Discrimination Erik Encarnacion 15
Melvin J. Kelley 33
Nicholas W. Mull 37
Dagmar R. Myslinska 49
Energy Law Yael R. Lifshitz 111
Environmental Law Yael R. Lifshitz 111
Woong Kyu Sung 55
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SUBJECT MATTER CANDIDATE NAME PAGE
Estates and Trusts Kimberly M. Breedon 11
David J. Hammond 25
Nicholas W. Mull 37
Mary C. Szto 59
Bela August Walker 83
Evidence David A. Bergan 5
Richard Hanania 105
Christopher W. Jacobs 115
Steven A. Koh 37
James Macleod 49
Family Law Nicholas W. Mull 37
Bela August Walker 83
Federal Courts Wystan M. Ackerman 1
Kimberly M. Breedon 11
Dane Thorley 133
Financial Institutions Ilya Beylin 87
Virag Ilona Blazsek 91
Maria Adele Carrai 97
Itai Fiegenbaum 21
Geeyoung Min 119
Government Contracts Christopher W. Jacobs 29
Health Care Law Shaun Ossei-Owusu 127
Human Rights Maria Adele Carrai 97
Richard Hanania 101
Steven A. Koh 105
Woong Kyu Sung 55
Brenda S. Thornton 69
Immigration Law David A. Bergan 5
Richard Hanania 101
Steven A. Koh 105
Dagmar R. Myslinska 49
Insurance Law Wystan M. Ackerman 1
Ilya Beylin 87
Intellectual Property David A. Bergan 5
(including Patents, Copyright, Trademark) Bela August Walker 83
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