Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law - Res Nova Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Lester Brickman cs Professor of Law. B.S., 1961, Carnegie-Mellon University, JD., 1964, University of Florida, LL.M., 1965, Yale University. Professor Brickman has taught courses in contracts, professional responsibility, land use, federal jurisdiction, and family law since entering into teaching in 1965. He is a specialist in lawyers' ethics and legal services delivery systems, and has written and lectured on the standard of care of the legal professional, lawyers' fees, lawyers' advertising, specialization, use of paraprofessionals, group and pre- paid legal services, unauthorized practice, and systems approaches to law practice. He is also a leading expert in the field of clinical legal education. He has consulted for the U.S. Office of Education, Ford Foundation, National Science Foundation, Council on Legal Educa- tion for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, and Legal Services Corpo- ration. He served as Cardozo's acting dean from 1980 to 1982. '- David G. Carlson Associate Professor of Law. B.A., 1974, University of Cal- ifornia at Santa Barbara, j.D., 1977, Hastings College of Law, University of California. Professor Carlson was editor-in-chief of the Hastings Law Journal. Prior to joining the Cardozo faculty, Profes- sor Carlson was an associate with the firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore, New York City. He teaches in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial law, law and economics, and property. Edwin S. Cohen Visiting Professor of Law. B.A., 1933, University of Richmond, J.D., 1936, University of Virginia. Professor Cohen practiced law in New York City for many years as a partner in the firm of Root, Barrett, Cohen, Knapp 8: Smith, now known as Barrett, Smith, Schapiro, Simon 8: Armstrong. In 1965 he returned to teach at the University of Virginia Law School, where he became Joseph M. Hartfield Professor of Law. From 1969 to 1973 he served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy and later as Under Secretary of the Treasury. He then returned to teach at the University of Virginia and also became a partner in the law firm of Covington 8: Burling in Washington, D.C. He is now senior counsel to that firm and professor of law emeritus at the University of Virginia. FACULTYX97

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r John D. Appel Visiting Professor of Law. B.B.A., 1953, J.D., 1956, University of Michigan. After graduation from University of Michigan Law School, Professor Appel became an in- structor at Columbia University Law School 11956-581, and then entered private practice in New York City 11958-611. ln 1961 he joined the CBS Law Department and was deputy general counsel of CBS, Inc., 1968-80. From 1980 to 1983, he was vice president and general coun- sel of Western Union Corporation. He teaches contracts, trusts and estates, restitution, anti- trust law, and intellectual property. 96X FACULTY J. David Bleich Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics. B.A., 1960, Brooklyn Col- legeg M.A., 1968, Columbia Uni- versityg Ph.D., 1974, New York University. Dr. Bleich has taught at Hunter College, Rutgers University, and Bar-Ilan University, and is pro- fessor of Talmud at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva Universi- ty. He has written extensively on Jewish law and ethics, among his published works are: Jewish Bioethics, With Perfect Faithg Foundations of Jewish Belief, Contemporary Halakhic Prob- lems ftwo volumeslg and Judaism and Healing. He is editor of the Halakhah department of Tradi- tion. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a postdoctoral fellow at the Hastings Center, and is a fellow of the Academy of Jewish Philosophy and a member of the Governor's Commission on Life and the Law. William W. Bratton, Jr. Professor of Law. B.A., 1973, J.D., 1976, Co- lumbia University. Professor Bratton graduated magna cum laude from college. While in law school, he was both Kent and Stone Scholar, and served as articles editor of the Columbia Law Review. He was law clerk to Judge William H. Timbers, Unit- ed States Court of Appeals for the Second Cir- cuit, 1976-77, and was associated with the firm of Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons 8: Gates from 1977 to 1980. He teaches contracts, corpora- tions, and corporate finance, and has written articles dealing with the relations of corpora- tions and senior security holders.

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Norma P. D'Apolito Assistant Dean. B.A., 1971, Vassar College, I.D., 1974, New York University. After graduating from law school, Dean D'Apolito joined the Pennsylva- nia Department of Justice as a deputy attorney general in the Litigation Di- vision. Thereafter she worked in a number of positions specializing in civil rights litigation, including staff counsel for the Prisoners' Rights Pro- ject in New York, managing attorney for Greater Boston Legal Services, and senior attorney for the Juvenile Rights Project in Boston. In 1983 she began at Cardozo as assistant dean for placement and director of the Center for Professional Development. In ad- dition to her administrative responsi- bilities, Dean D'Apolito teaches legal writing and education law. Stephen Diamond Professor of Law. B.A., 1967, Swarthmore College, M.A., 1968, I.D., Ph.D., 1976, Harvard University, Cer- tificate in Social Anthropology, 1970, Cambridge University. Professor Diamond clerked for Judge Frank A. Kauf- man, United States District Court, Maryland. He teaches legal history, torts, and local government law. 98! FACULTY Edward de Grazia Professor of Law. B.A., 1948, J.D., 1951, University of Chicago. Professor de Grazia has taught at the law schools of Catholic University of America, University of Connecticut, Georgetown University, and American University. Prom 1956 to 1959, he served with the Office of Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Orga- nization, Paris, subsequently, as a consul- tant with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, and Arizona Criminal Code Commission. Pro- fessor der, Grazia engaged in the private practice of law for over 10 years in Wash- ington, D.C., specializing in communica- tions law and First Amendment litigation. During 1968-72. he was director of George- town University's Program for Pretrial Di- version of Accused Offenders to Communi- ty Mental Health Treatment Programs. Professor de Grazia was managing editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. His most recent published work is Banned Films: Movies, Censors, and the First Amendment Cwith R. Newmanj. Currently he is a member of PEN American Center and its Freedom to Write Committee. t . '02, . ' 3 ' , .