"BUILDING A ROSTER OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS,
THINK TANKS, & SCHOLARS OF THE NYS CONSTITUTION
& NYS GOVERNMENT"

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CJA's declaratory judgment action
(CJA, et al. v. Gov Cuomo, et al.)

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PROPOSALS FOR SCHOLARSHIP -- 2012

#1: 
BUILDING SCHOLARSHIP:
on 'court interpretation' of constitutional questions" --
beginning with CJA's declaratory judgment action, CJA v. Cuomo 
 
    CJA's July 9, 2012 letter-proposal
to "Citizens' Committee for an Effective Constitution" --
with cc's to, inter alia: (1) its three founders:
Professor Gerald Benjamin; Bill Samuels;
 & Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb &
(2) these scholars -- in addition to Professor Gerald Benjamin --

THOMAS GAIS, Director-Rockefeller Institute of Gov't (SUNY-Albany)
SEYMOUR LACHMAN, Director - Carey Center for Gov't Reform (Wagner College)
E.J. McMAHON -- Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute/Empire Center for Public Policy
 
       
      Enclosures
        (1) CJA’s July 19, 2011 letter to NY Attorney General Schneiderman,
                           analyzing Court of Appeals’ February 23, 2010 decision
        (2) Executive Summary to CJA’s October 27, 2011 Opposition Report
        (3) Press Release of CJA’s March 30, 2012 lawsuit
        (4) Elena Sassower's September 9, 1997 letter to B. Thomas Golisano

Proposal Sent to:

Proposal Sent to:

PROFESSOR VINCENT BONVENTRE,
Albany Law School/Director-Center for Judicial Process &
PROFESSOR RICHARD BRIFFAULT,
Columbia Law School/Director-Legislative Research Drafting Fund --

HERE's TRANSMITTING JULY 25, 2012 E-MAIL
"Building Scholarship on NYS Constitutional lssues & Governance - Beginning with CJA's Publiclnterest Lawsuit vs NYS' Highest Constitutional Officers & 3 Government Branches"

#2: 
BUILDING SCHOLARSHIP: 
on the performance of state attorneys general in ensuring governmental integrity and constitutional governance --
beginning with the NYS Attorney General
& CJA's declaratory judgment action, CJA v. Cuomo

CJA's November 5, 2012 letter-proposal --
 RE:   (1) Building Scholarship:  Assessing the Performance of State Attorneys General in Ensuring Government Integrity & Constitutional Governance – Beginning with the New York State Attorney General and the case Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., et al. v. Cuomo, et al. (NY Co. #401988/2012);
(2) Request for Pro Bono Legal Assistance by Columbia Law School’s Social Justice Initiatives

JAMES TIERNEY, Director/National State Attorneys General Program, Columbia University Law School    website
                                     
Ellen Chapnick, Dean of Social Justice Initiatives:  website
PRPFESSOR RICHARD BRIFFAULT, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation
& Director of Legislative Drafting Research Fund:   website

                  
"State Attorneys General and the Client-Attorney Relationship: Establishing the Power to Sue State Officers",
38 Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, 365 (2005), Justin Davids

"Legal Autopsies: Assessing the Performance of Lawyers and Judges Through the Window of Leading Contract Cases",
73 Albany Law Review 1 (2009) Professor Gerald Caplan

"Legal Ethics in an Adversary System: The Persistent Questions",
31 Hofstra Law Review 641 (2006), Professor Deborah L. Rhode

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subsequent correspondence pertaining to this proposal

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MENU PAGE for CJA's 2012-2019 LITIGATION OUTREACH FOR
AMICUS CURIAE, INTERVENTION & SCHOLARSHIP

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MENU OF CJA's JUDICIAL COMPENSATION WEBPAGES