President Braveman at Podium

About the President

Biography of Daan Braveman

Daan Braveman, the ninth president of Nazareth College, is a Rochester, N.Y., native. Braveman graduated from Brighton High School and the University of Rochester. He obtained his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and was a law clerk to Justice Samuel J. Roberts of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He worked as an attorney for the Greater Upstate Law Project, located in Rochester.  While at the Project he was engaged in civil rights litigation throughout New York state. 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, and federal Indian law, and was one of the founders and directors of the Public Interest Law Firm at the College.  He has published many articles and books on constitutional law, civil rights, legal education, and federal Indian law. In 2003, Braveman was one of seven candidates nominated by the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination for position as Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. In 2005, Braveman was inaugurated as the President of Nazareth College.  

Braveman serves on a number of boards, including the New York Council of Independent Colleges and Universities, the New York Interest on Lawyers’ Accounts, the Rochester Business Alliance, Rochester General Hospital Systems and, the Jewish Federation.  He is co-chair of the Sage Commission, a task force of the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency. 


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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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