Moderator's introduction.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 22 June 2011
• Author: Bonventre, Vincent Martin

Good afternoon and welcome. As Faculty Advisor of the Albany Law Review, I get to bask in the reflected glory of these extraordinary students, and I get to stand up here before you, neither an alum nor a chief justice. My Italian mother thinks I'm great, so ...

But the credit, of course, for this event goes to the Albany Law Review, and especially our Editor-in-Chief, Caitlain Lewis, and our State Con Editor, Jessie Cardinale. Now, we are talking about "great women, great editors". And Jessie--Jessie is responsible for organizing and coordinating every little thing about this event.

This event is hosted by the Albany Law Review's annual issue of State Constitutional Commentary.

The Albany Law Review, as some of you may not know, is actually the first student-edited law journal in the country, and it remains one of the most esteemed, and in fact one of the most heavily cited, of any law journals in existence.

State Constitutional Commentary is now in its sixteenth year. It began at this school with the help of Founding Chair Chief Judge Lawrence H. Cooke, and it serves as the only law school scholarly publication devoted exclusively to American state courts and American state judges and their decision-making, especially in the realm of public law.

This symposium is now in its fifth year, and I have to say we have...