On June 6, 2008 Nancy Connery spoke to the Cooperative and Condominium Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association about proposed legislation requiring cooperatives to, among other things, develop a standard purchase application disclosing the cooperative’s purchase requirements and disclose reasons for rejection of any purchase application. Ms. Connery chairs the Task Force created by the Committee to review the draft legislation.

Norman L. Greene presented “An Evening on Judicial Selection Reform: Where Are We and Where Should We Be Going in the Selection of Our State Court Judges?” at Fordham Law School on February 26, 2008. He both discussed and responded to questions on state judicial selection both in New York and nationwide, including on judicial elections, existing and model appointive selection plans for the selection of state court judges, and judicial performance review.