RELA's Spring 2011 Election Results

The results from the RELA Spring 2011 Election are in:

Secretary: Karina Trost, Class of 2013

Membership Director: Jonathan Chao, Class of 2013

Congratulations to the new RELA Executive Board members!

“Living and Working in New Jersey”

Tuesday, March 1^st at 6:00 PM

Sponsored by the Office of Career Services, the Alumni Affairs Office, and RELA

Location:

Best Western Robert Treat Hotel & Conference Center

50 Park Place, Newark, NJ

Registration:

RSVP on Symplicity

Description:

The Second Annual NJ Student-Alumni networking event. Alumni who live and work in the Garden State will be on hand to discuss their careers, how to break into the NJ market, and the advantages of working outside of NYC. There will be several alumni in attendance who work on corporate real estate, real estate litigation matters, and who have various real estate experience.

Transportation Note:

A RELA group will be meeting at 4:30pm in the lobby of Cardozo and leaving for the event, feel free to join us. To reach the Newark Best Western, we suggest taking the PATH (accessible from 14th Street & 6th Avenue) or NJ Transit to Newark Penn Station. When you arrive at Newark Penn Station, take advantage of the free shuttle service that runs between the hotel and the train station. The law school will reimburse students for the cost of public transportation to attend this event, but receipts are required.

RELA hosts Meyer Last ’82 next Monday!

In collaboration with the Dean's Speaker Series for Students, the Cardozo Real Estate Law Association is excited to host, Meyer Last ’82, who will be coming to Cardozo Law this Monday, November 1st at Noon in Room 512.

Meyer Last is a partner in Fried Frank’s real estate practice and will be coming to speak to students about his practice, the kinds of issues he deals with, as well as about life working in “big law.” Mr. Last's practice focuses on real estate development, commercial leasing, financing and capital market transactions, acquisitions and dispositions, and workouts and bankruptcies. He has represented a broad range of clients, including developers, owners, institutional investors, lenders, real estate advisers and underwriters. See his profile here.

This is a great opportunity to hear from a real estate partner at Fried Frank--the city's #1 real estate big law firm.

If you decide to attend please RSVP to hale@yu.edu or call 212-790-0419 and let her know you are a RELA attendee. Lunch will be served.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Foreclosure Defense

In a follow up to the issues raised in our recent screening of the film, "American Casino," this article from the Wall Street Journal discusses the burgeoning field of foreclosure defense and the current state of the foreclosure crisis:

"Paperwork Trail: The Lawyers Who Fight Foreclosures"

Election Results

RELA recently held their first ever elections. The available positions were: Treasurer, Secretary, and Outreach Director. The turnout was better than we expected and with so many qualified candidates, we had a very close race. The Treasurer was decided by a one vote margin! Congratulations to RELA's newest executive staff members! We look forward to continue growing into one of Cardozo's best clubs!

Treasurer- Charles Bordonaro, Class of 2012

Secretary- Dina Bandman, Class of 2013

Outreach Director- Jonathan Brenner, Class of 2012

Domino Sugar Factory

RELA is invited to attend Hunter College's Urban Monday's at Hunter on October 18th at 7pm. The speaker will be Herrick Feinstein land use Partner, Mitch Korbey and the focus will be the case of the Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn. Hunter has a great undergraduate and graduate urban planning program and we are honored to be invited. We hope you can all make it! Click this link for more info: http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/urban/index.php

Interesting Legal Question

Check out this interesting article from the Huffington Post involving property law and a Muslim cemetary in upstate New York. Thanks to 3L, Ariel Douglas for submitting it. www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-reinbach/tiny-upstate-new-york-tow_b_739832.html