April 18, 2016
Associate Academic Dean and Professor of Legal Writing Larry Cunningham delivered a
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CLE lecture, “The Failure of CPL § 30.30,” to the Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Association on April 7, 2016. He also had a letter to the editor published in the New York Law Journal on the practice of prosecutors announcing their readiness for trial at Criminal Court arraignments. He recently testified before the New York City Council Committee on Courts and Legal Services on delays in the New York City Criminal Court. At St. John’s, Cunningham teaches Appellate Advocacy, Criminal Procedure, and other courses.
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March 1, 2016
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Professor Larry Cunningham, the Associate Academic Dean, testified before the Committee on Courts and Legal Services of the New York City Council about the right to speedy trial in New York City Criminal Court. His testimony follows a letter-to-the-editor he wrote on the subject to the New York Law Journal, where he argued that systemic reform is needed to the Criminal Procedure Law in order to reduce delays in Criminal Court, which primarily hears misdemeanors. Professor Cunningham testified at the invitation of the Honorable Rory Lancman, the chair of the committee. At St. John’s, Cunningham teaches Criminal Procedure and other courses.
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February 8, 2016
Associate Academic Dean Larry Cunningham was interviewed by the Agence France-
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Presse, an international news agency, for an article about interest in American crime docudramas, such as “Serial” and “Making of a Murderer.” In the interview, Dean Cunningham is quoted about exonerations, innocence investigations by journalists, and the O.J. Simpson trial. The piece has been picked up by publications in Australia, Singapore, Bahrain, and others.
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January 14, 2016
Associate Academic Dean Larry Cunningham’s research on dog bite statistics was cited favorably by
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the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the court of last resort in that state, in State v. Blatt, 774 S.E.2d 570 (2015). Blatt overturned a lower court’s decision ordering the destruction of “Tinkerbell,” a pit bull terrier that bit a child. The question in the case was whether pit bulls are “inherently vicious.” In his 2005 article, Cunningham cited research from the CDC and other experts to conclude that there was no scientific basis for the belief that some breeds of dog, such as pit bulls, are inherently dangerous or are disproportionately responsible for fatal or non-fatal dog bites. The court summarized Cunningham’s article, writing that it “describ[ed] in great detail how dog-bite statistics may not accurately present the nature of the dog bite problem because of how data is collected, what data is collected, and how data is analyzed.” Cunningham’s article is entitled The Case Against Dog Breed Discrimination by Homeowners’ Insurance Companies and is published in volume 11 of the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal.
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October 21, 2015
Associate Academic Dean and Professor Larry Cunningham recently published an article in the Nevada Law Journal entitled,
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Using Principles from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Nervousness in Oral Argument or Moot Court. The article, which is based on a presentation Dean Cunningham gave at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas, examines “stage fright” in the high pressure world of appellate advocacy. Drawing upon a recognized technique for combating anxiety generally, the paper explores ways that principles from “cognitive behavioral therapy” can be infused into a legal writing or appellate advocacy classroom to help students calm fears they may have of public speaking. Dean Cunningham’s article was recently a “top ten download” on the Social Science Research Network and has been discussed internationally, including a recent feature by the Law Society of New Zealand. The paper can be downloaded here. At St. John’s, Dean Cunningham teaches, among other things, Appellate Advocacy for students in the Moot Court Honor Society.
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February 10, 2015
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Associate Academic Dean Larry Cunningham’s article, Appellate Review of Unpreserved Questions in Criminal Cases: An Attempt To Define the “Interest of Justice,” was recently cited by the Supreme Court of Alaska in Moreno v. State, 2015 WL 404251 (Alaska 2015), a decision clarifying the scope of plain error review in criminal cases in that jurisdiction. The article was previously cited favorably by the Supreme Court of Mississippi in Wilson v. State, 96 So.3d 721 (Miss. 2012), which quoted from Cunningham’s article in support of its decision. The article was published in the Journal of Appellate Practice and Process at volume 11, page 285. It articulates a framework by which appellate courts can analyze legal issues that are raised for the first time on appeal.
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October 6, 2014
Larry Cunningham
On October 4, 2014, Larry Cunningham, the Law School’s Associate Academic Dean, spoke at the Fall Leadership Summit of the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division. He presented on the panel, “Getting the Most Out of Law School: Student and Administration Integration.” He addressed ways that law school administrators and students can work together to further career development. Dean Cunningham talked about St. John’s Law’s strategic priority of helping students achieve their career goals and initiatives that have been developed to improve job placement. He provided advice to the audience, student leaders from schools in the northeast and mid-Atlantic, about ways they can work with administrators at their law schools to improve job outcomes.
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