Pace Law Advocacy Board announces inaugural publication of The Advocate’s Advantage blog

The Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic is featured in a recent Sierra Magazine article examining the successful effort to protect the 1011 2nd Avenue Forest, one of the last remaining waterfront forests in Troy, New York. In the case, the Clinic provided pro bono representation challenging the City of Troy’s environmental review and rezoning decisions, arguing that the City improperly issued a negative declaration under New York’s State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and failed to adequately assess potential environmental and cultural impacts of the proposed development. As Managing Attorney Todd Ommen notes in the piece, the case reflected the Clinic’s core mission: representing environmental groups in matters where legal advocacy can play a critical role in protecting the natural environment.

Pace Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman was widely cited this week for his expertise on criminal law, accountability, and media ethics. In Newsweek, Professor Gershman weighs in on whether ICE agent Jonathan Ross could succeed in a defamation lawsuit after fatally shooting Renee Good, calling such a claim “inconceivable” given the legal standards surrounding defamation and public accusations of wrongdoing.

Bennett L. Gershman, a distinguished professor at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law, authored the amNY opinion piece exploring whether accidentally causing a person’s death can legally qualify as a homicide, using a recent Greenwich Village case to unpack the nuances of criminally negligent homicide under New York law.