TWO CENTURIES OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL
The office of the State Reporter has a long and rich affiliation with Albany Law School.
- J. Newton Fiero served as Dean.
- Hiram E. Sickels taught evidence.
- Alvah S. Newcomb lectured on international law.
- Edwin A. Bedell, Leland F. Coss, and John T. Fitzpatrick attended the law school.
- Eleven current members of the staff are ALS graduates.
Above: Albany Law School, 80 New Scotland Ave., Albany, N.Y.
LEGAL LITERATURE
Not surprisingly, New York reporters have been prolific authors and editors of legal works.
- George Caines wrote Lex Mercatoria Americana, a commercial law treatise.
- William Johnson translated a work on maritime law.
- Esek Cowen wrote a treatise on civil jurisdiction.
- John L. Wendell edited Blackstone's Commentaries and a work on slander.
- Nicholas Hill and Esek Cowen coauthored a work on evidence.
- Hiram Denio edited an edition of New York statutes.
- George F. Comstock edited Kent's Commentaries.
- Joel Tiffany wrote a treatise on the unconstitutionality of slavery and treatises on trusts and New York practice.
- J. Newton Fiero wrote treatises on torts and special proceedings.
- Gary D. Spivey wrote for American Law Reports and was president of the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects.
Court of Appeals Judge Victoria A. Graffeo and Principal Legal Editor Amy M. Schneider were Albany Law School classmates.
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Title pages from Kent's Commentaries edited by George F. Comstock and Blackstone's Commentaries edited by John L. Wendell.
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