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Jacob Worenklein is the CEO of US Grid Company (USGRDCO), which is focused on owning and operating major power plants in US cities and transitioning them to lower carbon. From 2017 to early 2020, he was also Chairman of LS Power's Ravenswood Power Holdings, which owns the largest power plant in New York. Jay founded and served from 2003 to 2008 as Chairman and CEO of US Power Generating Company, which owned 5,200 MWs of generating capacity in New York City and Boston, representing 20% of NYC's capacity and 50% of Boston's. Jay began his career at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, where he practiced law for 20 years, created the world's largest global power and projects practice and served on Milbank's three-person executive committee. Jay left Milbank to head the global project finance and independent power business of Lehman Brothers, where he helped open the global capital markets to the financing of projects. He then served as global head of the energy, power and infrastructure groups at Societe Generale, which under his leadership was named by Euromoney in 2001 as the World's Best Project Finance Bank. In 2002 Jay received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from Infrastructure Journal in London. Jay has served on the boards and audit committees of public and private companies. He is chairman of the Interfaith Alliance, dedicated to safeguarding the constitutional rights of all Americans. He is a trustee and co-chair of the Policy & Impact Committee of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a board member of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. Jay has taught classes on ethics and business at Princeton, Yale and NYU. He is a graduate of Columbia and has JD and MBA degrees from NYU.

Since 2011, Cameron Myler has been a member of the faculty at New York University's Tisch Institute for Global Sports, where her teaching and research is focused on legal and governance issues in Olympic and international sport. Cameron teaches students in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. After retiring from Olympic competition, Cameron attended Boston College Law School. She practiced law for a decade in New York City, first at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and then at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. Cameron represented Olympic athletes, sports organizations and executives in regulatory, eligibility, anti-doping and ethics matters. Cameron was a member of the U.S. National Luge Team for 14 years, won the National Championships seven times, was named U.S. Female Luge Athlete of the Year nine times, and had the good fortune of representing the United States at four Olympic Games. In 1994, Cameron was elected by her teammates to carry the American flag at the Opening Ceremonies, which was both humbling and exciting. During her tenure on the National Team, she also won 11 World Cup medals. Trace Jordan is the Faculty Fellow-in-Residence in Senior House at West 13th Street. He is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Foundations of Science Inquiry program in the College Core Curriculum. In addition to offering science courses in the Core Curriculum, he teaches a CAS First-Year Seminar entitled “What is College For?” He is a three-time recipient of the Golden Dozen Teaching Award from CAS and received an FAS Teaching Innovation Award in 2020. Trace earned a BSc in Applied Physics and an MSc in Laser Physics from the University of Essex (UK), an MA in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University. He is a first-generation college student and a founding member of the Proud to be First initiative in CAS. Trace plays the drums and enjoys performing at residence hall open mic nights! Michael Sean Funk is a proud alumnus of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, where he received his M.A. from the Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology. In 2012, he received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Social Justice Education program. His dissertation, Making Something of It, explores The Untold Stories of Promising Black Males at a Predominately White Institution of Higher Education. He currently serves as coordinator of the M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs Program where he teaches courses including Diversity in Higher Education, Leadership in Higher Education, Foundations of Higher Education, Internship Seminar, and Undergraduate Advising. University-wide, Dr. Funk resides as a Faculty Fellow in Residence at the first-year residence hall, Founders. Michael is also a Steinhardt Knowledge Partner that works with faculty to support efforts toward creating inclusive classroom settings. Additionally, he contributes as an Alternative-Senator for the Continuing Faculty Senate Council (C-FSC). Some of Dr. Funk’s noteworthy accomplishments and most proud moments include: receiving the Star Award in 2017 from NYU's Graduate Student Organization; selection into the inaugural cohort of the NASPA 2016, Emerging Faculty Leader Academy; recipient of the Senior Bertha Reynolds Fellowship at Smith College School for Social Work; Distinguished Teaching Award in 2011 from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and induction into his High School Hall of Fame for his work surrounding issues of social justice.

In this episode...Bridget Crawford, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, shares key strategies for students engaged in distance learning.Some takeaways are...1. Identify learning objectives from each class and make certain you understand them2. Treat online learning like a classroom experience, dress, sit at a desk3. While in class cameras on, mics offAbout Professsor CrawfordProfessor Bridget J. Crawford teaches Federal Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; and Wills, Trusts and Estates at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law. Prof. Crawford has been engaged in distance learning for the past 11 years. Her teaching has received both national and school-wide attention having received every major faculty award (including best professor 8 times!) and Michael Hunter Schwartz' included her in his book, What the Best Teachers Do. Her scholarship focuses on issues of taxation, especially wealth transfer taxation; property law, especially wills and trusts; tax policy; and women and the law. Prior to joining the Pace faculty, Professor Crawford practiced law at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York. Her practice was concerned with income, estate and gift tax planning for individuals, as well as tax and other advice to closely-held corporations and exempt organizations. Professor Crawford is a member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She is the Editor of the ACTEC Journal. Professor Crawford is the former chair of the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education and the AALS Section on Trusts & Estates. She is one of 26 law professors profiled in the book by Michael Hunter Schwartz et al., What the Best Law Teachers Do, recently published by Harvard University Press. From 2008 through 2012, Professor Crawford served as Pace Law School's inaugural Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, and she served again in that role in 2014-2015. Her book Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court (co-edited with Linda L. Berger and Kathryn M. Stanchi), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016. Her following book, Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions (co-edited with Anthony C. Infanti), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. Professor Crawford is the co-editor of a series of Feminist Judgments books that cover a wide range of subject matters. Most recently, Professor Crawford is a co-author of the seventh edition of Federal Income Taxation: Cases and Materials (with Joel Newman and Dorothy Brown). You can follow Professor Crawford on Twitter at @ProfBCrawford

In this episode.Bridget Crawford, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, walks listeners through the steps necessary to create a distance learning class.Some key takeaways are...1. Take time to understand the platform you will use.2. Decide whether you want to create a synchronistic or asynchronistic class.3. For asynchronistic classes: a. Layout the agenda, prepare a lesson plan, include powerpoint presentations b. Record in bits rather than one long session c. Create post-recording assessments.4. For Synchronistic classes a. Choose your technology b. Set student expectations5. One other option is to hold the class in a conference call format. About Professsor CrawfordProfessor Bridget J. Crawford teaches Federal Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; and Wills, Trusts and Estates at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law. Prof. Crawford has been engaged in distance learning for the past 11 years. Her teaching has received both national and school-wide attention having received every major faculty award (including best professor 8 times!) and Michael Hunter Schwartz' included her in his book, What the Best Teachers Do. Her scholarship focuses on issues of taxation, especially wealth transfer taxation; property law, especially wills and trusts; tax policy; and women and the law. Prior to joining the Pace faculty, Professor Crawford practiced law at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York. Her practice was concerned with income, estate and gift tax planning for individuals, as well as tax and other advice to closely-held corporations and exempt organizations. Professor Crawford is a member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She is the Editor of the ACTEC Journal. Professor Crawford is the former chair of the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education and the AALS Section on Trusts & Estates. She is one of 26 law professors profiled in the book by Michael Hunter Schwartz et al., What the Best Law Teachers Do, recently published by Harvard University Press. From 2008 through 2012, Professor Crawford served as Pace Law School's inaugural Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, and she served again in that role in 2014-2015. Her book Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court (co-edited with Linda L. Berger and Kathryn M. Stanchi), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016. Her following book, Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions (co-edited with Anthony C. Infanti), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. Professor Crawford is the co-editor of a series of Feminist Judgments books that cover a wide range of subject matters. Most recently, Professor Crawford is a co-author of the seventh edition of Federal Income Taxation: Cases and Materials (with Joel Newman and Dorothy Brown). You can follow Professor Crawford on Twitter at @ProfBCrawford

In this episode, Prof. Bridget Crawford, James D. Hopkins Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University discusses her fail-proof acronym for challenging a will on an exam, on the bar or in practice! Just use FIDO PPD and you are set for success. About our guest…Professor Bridget J. Crawford teaches Federal Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; and Wills, Trusts and Estates. Her scholarship focuses on issues of taxation, especially wealth transfer taxation; property law, especially wills and trusts; tax policy; and women and the law. Prior to joining the Pace faculty, Professor Crawford practiced law at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York. Her practice was concerned with income, estate and gift tax planning for individuals, as well as tax and other advice to closely-held corporations and exempt organizations.Professor Crawford is a member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She is the Editor of the ACTEC Journal. Professor Crawford is the former chair of the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education and the AALS Section on Trusts & Estates. She is one of 26 law professors profiled in the book by Michael Hunter Schwartz et al., What the Best Law Teachers Do, recently published by Harvard University Press. From 2008 through 2012, Professor Crawford served as Pace Law School's inaugural Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, and she served again in that role in 2014-2015. Her book Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court (co-edited with Linda L. Berger and Kathryn M. Stanchi), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016. Her following book, Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions (co-edited with Anthony C. Infanti), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. Professor Crawford is the co-editor of a series of Feminist Judgments books that cover a wide range of subject matters.Want to learn more about Professor Crawford? Visit the links below: https://law.pace.edu/faculty/bridget-j-crawford As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com.

Episode 3 of the Blacklines & Billables podcast: our interview with David Wolfson, Executive Director of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP, discussing the "Milbank@Harvard" associate training program and exploring the associate-development lessons learned from the firm’s implementation of this novel, firm-wide, multi-year training program.Offering a week of immersive, offsite training to associates in the firm’s fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-year classes, Milbank@Harvard is a unique program designed to give mid-level and senior associates the legal, business/finance, and leadership/management tools they need to excel and provide the highest level of client service.Our interview with with Mr. Wolfson explores the contours of the program, the motivations driving Milbank’s investment, and the insights garnered from the program's first five years of implementation. Among other topics, we discuss:why the program begins in the associates’ fourth year;how the program’s focus and curriculum has evolved;the primary associate-training obstacles faced by Biglaw firms;the keys to associate success in the modern law firm;the impact of technology and other stresses facing the modern law firm on associate training;common associate weaknesses; andassociate-development advice for junior associates and law students.More information about the Milbank@Harvard is available at https://www.milbank.com/en/careers/milbank-harvard.html. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.