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Biography of Daan Braveman

Daan Braveman, the ninth president of Nazareth College, is a Rochester, N.Y., native. Braveman graduated from Brighton High School in 1965 and the University of Rochester in 1969. He obtained his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and was a law clerk to Justice Samuel J. Roberts of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and an attorney for the Greater Upstate Law Project. Braveman joined Syracuse University College of Law in 1977 and served as Dean from 1994 -- 2002. During his tenure, he taught courses in civil procedure, civil rights, constitutional law, federal courts, law firm, and federal Indian law.

Braveman's accomplishments at Syracuse University College of Law include:

  • leading the most successful fundraising campaign in the College's 105-year history;
  • significantly expanding alumni programs, publications and events;
  • the development of the Applied Learning Program, which emphasizes experiential learning through the integration of theory and practice;
  • expansion of the College's interdisciplinary programs;
  • enhancement of the College's writing program and creation of its first writing center;
  • an increase in quantity and quality of applicants and accepted students;
  • expansion of the geographic distribution of the student body;
  • expansion of the career services program;
  • substantial increase in the number of minority students and faculty;
  • the creation of programs that enhanced staff morale; and
  • the development of programs linking the College of Law with the local Syracuse community through the provision of free legal assistance.

In addition to having been a visiting professor of law at Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law in New York City, Braveman is also the author of many books and articles on issues dealing with constitutional law, civil rights, child poverty and legal education.

Daan is married to Lorraine Winn Braveman, a certified social worker and a native of Rochester. They have one child, Adam, who lives in Washington D.C.

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Curriculum Vitae

View Daan Braveman's Curriculum Vitae, including a full list of publications.
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Speeches & Publications

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Books:

  • Constitutional Law: Structure and Rights in Our Federal System (5th Ed. 2005) (co-authors: William Banks & Rodney Smolla) (Published by Lexis Publishing)
  • Power, Privilege and Law: A Civil Rights Reader (Co-author: Leslie Bender) (West Publishing Co., 1995
  • Protecting Constitutional Freedoms: A Role for Federal Courts (1989) (Greenwood Press).
  • Constitutional Law: Structure and Rights in our Federal System (1987) (co-author: William Banks) (Published by Matthew Bender, Inc.)
  • Manual for Teachers, to accompany Constitutional Law: Structure and Rights in Our Federal System (Matthew Bender, Inc.) (with Banks & Smolla)
  • Annual Supplements (1987-2004) for Constitutional Law: Structure and Rights in Our Federal System (Matthew Bender, Inc.) (with Banks & Smolla)

Articles:

  • Class Certification in State Court Welfare Litigation: A Request for Procedural Justice, 28 Buffalo L. Rev. 57 (1979).
  • The Standing Doctrine: A Dialogue Between the Court and Congress, 2 Cardozo L. Rev. 31 (1980).
  • "Averting the Flood": Henry J. Friendly, The Comity Doctrine, and the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts - Park II, 31 Syracuse L. Rev. 469 (1980) (co-author - Thomas J. Maroney).
  • Interstate Federalism and Personal Jurisdiction, 33 Syracuse L. Rev. 533 (1982).
  • Book Review, Eisenberg's Civil Rights Legislation, 33 J. Legal Ed. 158 (1983).
  • Fair Assessment and Federal Jurisdiction in Civil Rights Cases, 45 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 351 (1984).
  • Chadha: The Supreme Court as Umpire in Separation of Powers Disputes, 35 Syracuse L. Rev. 735 (1984).
  • The Establishment Clause and the Course of Religious Neutrality, 45 Maryland L. Rev. 352 (1988).
  • Rules of Preclusion and Challenges to Official Action, 39 Syracuse L. Rev. 599 (1988) (Co-author: Richard Goldsmith).
  • Children, Poverty and State Constitutions, 38 Emory L.J. 577 (1989).
  • Law Firm: A First Year Course on Lawyering, 39 J. Legal Ed. 501 (1989).
  • Impassioning a Civil Rights Course, 16 Vermont L. Rev. 943 (1992) (co-author: Leslie Bender).
  • A Cubist Vision of Legal Education, 43 Syracuse L. Rev. 997 (1992).
  • "Let Them Starve": Government's Obligation to Children in Poverty, 68 Temple L. Rev. 1607 (1995) (co-author: Sarah Ramsey).
  • When Welfare Ends: Removing Children From the Home for Poverty Alone, 70 Temple L. Rev. 447 (1997) (co-author: Sarah Ramsey).
  • Enforcement of Federal Rights Against the States: Alden and Federalism Non-Sense, 49 American L. Rev. 611 (2000).
  • The Integration of Theory and Practice in Teaching Structural Issues in Constitutional Law, 17 Const. Commentary 361 (2000) (co-author: Bill Banks).
  • Staff Development, 34 U. Toledo L. Rev. 27 (2002) (part of the Leadership in Legal Education Symposium).
  • Tribal Sovereignty: Them and Us, 82 Oregon L. Rev. 75 (2003).

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Press Releases

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