Debbie N. Kaminer
Assistant Professor of Law
Debbie.Kaminer@baruch.cuny.edu
http://aux.zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/home/law/debbiekaminer.htm
Education:
BA University of Pennsylvania 1987 JD School of Law, Columbia University 1991
Areas of Expertise:
Employment Law and Constitutional Law, Particularly Religious Accommodation and Religious Harassment in the Workplace; Church-State Separation
Selected Publications:
Stanford Law and Policy Review, 13 (2): 267-322, 2002.
"Silence as Symbol: When Government Mandates 'A Moment of Silence,' Students Hear 'A Moment of Prayer.'" Legal Times, 24 (35): 59 and 61, September 3, 2001.
"When Religious Expression Creates a Hostile Work Environment: The Challenge of Balancing Competing Fundamental Rights." New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, 4: 81-142, Fall 2000.
"Title VII's Failure to Provide Meaningful and Consistent Protection of Religious Employees: Proposals for an Amendment." Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, 21: 575-631, Summer 2000.
"When Business and Employees' Religion Clash." New York Law Journal, July 21, 2000, p.1.
Academic Activities:
Member, Zicklin School of Business Executive Committee.
Member, Law Department Executive Committee.
Law Department Representative for Articulation Matters.
Law Department Web Page Coordinator.
Professional Activities:
Assistant Director of Legal Affairs, Anti-Defamation League, 1993-97. Attorney, IBM, 1991-93.
Member, American Bar Association, Anti-Defamation League's National Legal Affairs Committee, Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
Admitted to Bars of New York, Connecticut, Eleventh Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court.
Awards, Honors, etc.:
School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000.
Featured in 1996 "Profiles of the Profession" issue of Barrister, the official magazine of the American Bar Association's Young Lawyer's Division.
Human Rights Fellowship, Columbia University School of Law, 1991.
National Merit Sponsored Thomas J. Watson Memorial Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, 1987.
