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Faculty and Advisors

Criminal Justice Faculty

Our Criminal Justice faculty are international renowned for their scholarship and expertise in criminal law. Students benefit from their commitment to mentorship and their collective real-world expertise, ranging from white collar crime to international war crimes.

Prosecutorial Externship, Honors Prosecutorial Externship, Advanced Issues in Criminal Law: Best Prosecutorial Practices

Criminal Justice Clinic; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure: Investigation; New York Criminal Procedure

Comparative Criminal Procedure; Criminal Procedure: Adjudication; Evidence; Lawyering and Science; Professional Responsibility

Advanced Appellate Advocacy; Federal Criminal Pretrial Simulation; Trial Advocacy

Criminal Justice Advisory Board

Members of our Criminal Justice Advisory Board have served in senior positions in law enforcement agencies, corrections, courts, and related organizations. Their support and insight ensure that our curriculum remains relevant, cutting-edge, and responsive to the needs of today’s criminal justice landscape and opens doors for our students.

William I. Aronwald
Office of William I. Aronwald, White Plains, NY; former Assistant District Attorney, New York County; Special Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section; Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of NY

Coleen Balbert ’98
Deputy Unit Chief, Sex Crimes Unit, New York County District Attorney’s Office

​Mayo Gregory Bartlett ’92
Law Offices of Young and Bartlett, White Plains NY; former Chief, Bias Crimes Unit, Westchester County District Attorney’s Office

Susanne Brody ’88
Federal Defender, Southern District of NY

Christine Hatfield ’96
Deputy Chief, Child Abuse Bureau, Special Prosecutions Division, Westchester County District Attorney's Office

Thomas Kapp ’88
Director of Law and Licensing/E.I.C. of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; Former Chief, Arson/Auto/Economic Crime Bureau, Bronx District Attorney’s Office

Kerry A. Lawrence
Calhoun & Lawrence, LLP, White Plains, NY; former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York

Benjamin Leavitt
Leavitt Legal, White Plains, NY; former Public Defender

James M. Lenihan ’90
Office of James M. Lenihan, White Plains, NY

Lucie Olejnikova
Head of Foreign and International Law, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School

Saad Saddiqui Esq. ’07
Partner, Ferrante & Siddiqui, LLP, White Plains, NY; former Associate Counsel of the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County

Audrey Stone
Chief Counsel for Family Violence Cases at the Office of Court Administration, Office of Policy and Planning​; former Chief, Special Victims Unit, Westchester County District Attorney's Office