Paula Franzese Explained

Paula Ann Franzese
Children:2
Education:Columbia University (B.A.), (J.D.)
Discipline:Legal scholar
Workplaces:Seton Hall University
Main Interests:property law

Paula Ann Franzese is an American legal scholar based in New Jersey who focuses on government ethics and property law.[1] She is the Peter W. Rodino Professor of Law at the Seton Hall University School of Law.[2] [3] Franzese is an educator who has been named one of the 26 best law teachers in the United States.[4] [5] She is also a prominent advocate for government ethics reform,[6] a spokesperson for legal education,[1] [7] a housing advocate,[8] and an author.[9]

Career

Franzese graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with a Bachelor's degree from Barnard College, Columbia University.[10] Franzese received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School and won several academic prizes, including the Rosenman Prize for excellence in public law courses.[10]

Franzese became a professor of law at Seton Hall Law School in 1986, and she later became the Peter W. Rodino Professor of Law at Seton Hall.[11] In 2020, she was named one of the Top Women in Law by the New Jersey Law Journal.[12]

Scholarship

Franzese's scholarship focuses on two main areas of the law: government ethics and property law.[13] [14] Her research into property law includes landlord-tenant reform,[15] [16] common interest communities including homeowners' boards,[17] [18] and affordable housing, including a legal analysis of the Mount Laurel doctrine.[19] In addition to her scholarship, Franzese wrote two general-purpose guidebooks for students, including A Short & Happy Guide To Being A College Student and A Short & Happy Guide To Being A Law Student.[20] [21] Franzese has advocated for a right to counsel for low-income tenants facing eviction[22] and moderated fair housing programs.[23]

Franzese has written about the law as an instrument for social justice in the New Jersey Law Journal,[24] has received national attention for her scholarship on the struggles of indigent tenants,[25] and has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the 2017 Justice Marie Garibaldi Award for Distinguished Service and Excellence. Her research and recommendations have been used by legislatures to formulate key ethics reform legislation.[26]

Teaching

Franzese was featured as one of the 26 best law teachers in the nation in the book What the Best Law Teachers Do and has been named as an Exemplary Teacher by the American Association of Higher Education.[27] [28] In 2019, the Seton Hall Student Bar Association's Professor of the Year Award was renamed the Paula A. Franzese Professor of the Year Award in her honor after she won the award 10 times.[29] Franzese was recognized as one of twenty Inspiring Women in Education by SheKnows media for her volunteer efforts teaching middle school students civics and has presented on education as a human right at the UN International Human Rights Summit.[30] [31] Franzese pioneered the cause of law-related and civic education during her tenure as President of the Justice Resource Center, the largest non-profit provider of law-related and civic education for grades four through twelve. Franzese also lectured for ten years at BarBri, a bar-exam preparation firm, serving as its national lecturer on property law.[32]

Franzese urges that law professors emphasize a "conceptual, contextual and empathetic understanding."[33] Franzese encourages law students to have empathy with others as a way of better understanding the law and becoming more effective lawyers.[34] At Seton Hall Law, she is the director of The Leadership Fellows Program.[35] The Program includes "a distinguished speakers series, mentoring component and opportunities for experiential learning that include implementation of a community-based leadership project."[36] She has written on the benefits of a J.D. degree and reasons to go to law school.[37]

Ethics and Reform Advocacy

Franzese is an advocate of ethics reform.[38] As Special Ethics Counsel, she and retired Justice Daniel J. O'Hern promulgated the Uniform Ethics Code in New Jersey, a pioneering statutory achievement that has become a model for national replication. She has published and presented on best practices for ethics reform and restoring the public trust.[39] She received the National Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) Award, the highest honor conferred by the organization, in recognition of her "significant, demonstrable and positive contributions to the fields of campaign finance, elections, ethics, freedom of information and lobbying over a significant period of time."[40]

In 2014 and again in 2016, Franzese criticized the administration of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, stating that officials in the administration conflated their official duties with campaign efforts.[41] [42]

Publications

Law Review articles

Books and book chapters

External links

Notes and References

  1. JACOB GERSHMAN, May 21, 2013, The Wall Street Journal, Are Law Schools Neglecting Half of the Brain?, Accessed July 4, 2014, "...Paula A. Franzese, a property and government ethics professor...."
  2. Web site: Steve. Adubato. June 22, 2015. NJ.com. Which Gifts to Politicians Are Legal?. October 4, 2015. ...aula Franzese, Peter W. Rodino Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School, breaks down the letter and intent of the law as it relates to public officials accepting gifts while in office, ....
  3. News: Smith . Allan . Rent's due. Now what? Experts warn a housing crisis shadows the health crisis. . 28 April 2020 . MSNBC . March 31, 2020.
  4. Web site: What The Best Law Teachers Do . 2017-05-08 . 2017.
  5. 2013, Harvard College (publisher), authors of book => Michael Schwartz, Gerald F. Hess, Sophie M. Sparrow, What the Best Law Teachers Do, Accessed July 4, 2014, (chosen among the 26 best law school teachers in the nation) -- see opening methodology in book
  6. Bill Ward, April 18, 2006, New Jersey Eminent Domain Law, Eminent Domain: Viewing N.J.'s ethical landscape, Accessed July 4, 2014, "..."In a state where news of public corruption seems to be never ending, can we ever make real the promise of ethics reform?" - Paula A. Franzese, Chair of the State Ethics Commission..."
  7. Paula A. Franzese, December 2007, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, No. 249, The Good Lawyer: Finding Meaning Through Service, Accessed July 4, 2014, Chapter by Paula Franzese, (see page 37 onwards) "...We must take care, then, in defining our profession and our place in it...."
  8. Web site: Less than 1% of N.J. tenants know their rights . NJ.com . 2017-02-27 . 2017.
  9. JIM DAVIDSON, 2010, Cleveland Daily Banner, Have we become an ‘uninspired’ people?, Accessed July 4, 2014
  10. Martindale Hubbell, Profile, Accessed July 4, 2014, "Peter Rodino Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, ... Areas of Focus: Property; Commercial Law ... University: Columbia University, B.A.; Law School: Columbia University, J.D.; Born New York, New York..."
  11. Web site: Paula Franzese. 2017. Seton Hall. 2017-02-27.
  12. Web site: Gialanella . David . Top Women in Law . New Jersey Law Journal . 26 November 2022.
  13. Maddie Hanna, Inquirer Trenton Bureau, May 13, 2014, Philadelphia Inquirer, Did Christie office cross the line between campaign and government?, Accessed July 4, 2014, "...conflation of official duties and campaign efforts is problematic..."
  14. March 16, 2014, MSNBC, Keystone battle highlights landowner issue: The battles over the Keystone Pipeline have highlighted what is an issue that impacts landowners all across our country. Karen Finney talks with Texas farm owner Julia Trigg Crawford and Seton Hall law professor Paula Franzese, Accessed July 4, 2014
  15. Web site: Less than 1% of N.J. tenants know their rights . NJ.com . 2017-02-27 . 2017.
  16. Web site: How to stop slumlords from abusing poor tenants . NJ.com . 2017-02-27 . 2017.
  17. Web site: LAURA. MANSNERUS . March 12, 2006 . The New York Times . Chalk One Up for Homeowners . October 4, 2015 . ...homeowners board... one state ... treat these councils like real governments... "This is the hottest, most-litigious field now in property law," said Prof. Paula Franzese... .
  18. Paula Franzese, August 8, 2011, Rutgers Law Review, NEW JERSEY COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES: PREDICTORS OF DISTRESS AND AN AGENDA FOR REFORM, Accessed July 4, 2014, "...homeowners associations and the dilemma of privatization, the law of servitudes, exclusionary zoning, affordable housing, adverse possession doctrine and takings law. ..."
  19. Paula Franzese, Volume 19, 1991, Fordham Law Review, Mount Laurel and the Fair Housing Act: Success or Failure? A Presentation by the Affordable Housing Colloquium of the Seton Hall University Center for Social Justice with an Introduction and Commentary by Paula A. Franzese, Accessed July 4, 2014, ".. concerning affordable housing. This article explores the historical and theoretical underpinnings of the Mount Laurel doctrine, ...."
  20. March 16, 2014, CBS News, Mom, Professor Pens Books About Going Off To College, Law School, Accessed July 4, 2014, "...Paula Franzese..."
  21. MAIA BIX, March 5, 2014, Columbia Spectator, Barnard professor writes two books giving advice to college students, Accessed July 4, 2014
  22. Web site: Why N.J. should provide low-income tenants facing eviction free legal help . NJ.com. 2017-11-08 . 2017.
  23. Web site: Join NJ Eviction Expert Professor Paula Franzese for the Oct 12 #EvictionNJForum at Drew University . Monarch Housing Associates. 2017-11-07 . 2017.
  24. Web site: Celebrating our Love of the Law . New Jersey Law Journal . 2017-04-20 . 2017 .
  25. Web site: Stop Subsidizing Bad Landlords . RoofLines . 2017-04-20 . 2017 .
  26. Web site: Tenants' Rights Professor Tells Students to be Advocates for the Disenfranchised . Rutgers . 2017-04-20 . 2017 .
  27. Citation error. See inline comment how to fix.
  28. Web site: Paula Franzese . Seton Hall Law . 26 November 2022.
  29. Web site: Paula Franzese . Seton Hall Law . 26 November 2022.
  30. Web site: Ricciardelli . Michael . Law Professor Paula Franzese Presents at UN Human Rights Summit . Seton Hall University . 28 August 2017 . 26 November 2022.
  31. Web site: Kirsch . Melissa . 20 Inspiring Women Who Are Transforming the Way Kids Learn . She Knows Media . October 2015 . 26 November 2022.
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  33. JACOB GERSHMAN, May 21, 2013, The Wall Street Journal, Are Law Schools Neglecting Half of the Brain?, Accessed July 4, 2014, "...Paula A. Franzese, a property and government ethics professor...."
  34. 2013, Harvard College (publisher), authors of book => Michael Schwartz, Gerald F. Hess, Sophie M. Sparrow, What the Best Law Teachers Do, Accessed July 4, 2014, (chosen among the 26 best law school teachers in the nation) -- see opening methodology in book
  35. Web site: Leadership Fellows Program . Seton Hall Law . 26 November 2022.
  36. Web site: Leadership Fellows Program . Seton Hall Law . 26 November 2022.
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  38. Bill Ward, April 18, 2006, New Jersey Eminent Domain Law, Eminent Domain: Viewing N.J.'s ethical landscape, Accessed July 4, 2014, "..."In a state where news of public corruption seems to be never ending, can we ever make real the promise of ethics reform?" - Paula A. Franzese, Chair of the State Ethics Commission..."
  39. Web site: Franzese . Paula . Restoring the Public Trust: An Agenda for Ethics Reform of State Government and a Proposed Model for New Jersey . SSRN . 22 December 2005 . 871255 . 1 December 2022.
  40. Web site: 2011 COGEL Conference . COGEL . 26 November 2022.
  41. Maddie Hanna, Inquirer Trenton Bureau, May 13, 2014, Philadelphia Inquirer, Did Christie office cross the line between campaign and government?, Accessed July 4, 2014, "...conflation of official duties and campaign efforts is problematic..."
  42. Citation error. See inline comment how to fix.
  43. March 16, 2014, CBS News, Mom, Professor Pens Books About Going Off To College, Law School, Accessed July 4, 2014, "...Paula Franzese..."
  44. Web site: 'Short & Happy' advice from a Cedar Grove mom. Cutler. Jacqueline. May 10, 2015. Star-Ledger. October 3, 2015. ...she wrote "A Short & Happy Guide to Being a College Student" (West Academic Publishing, 248 pp., $17), a....

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