PROFESSOR VALERIE J. WATNICK
Office: 1949A, 360 Park Avenue South
(212) 802-6963
Valerie_Watnick@Baruch.cuny.edu

I. EDUCATION:

Cornel Law School, J. D., 1988
Bucknell University, B.S. cum laude in Accounting, 1985

II. Selected Professional and Teaching Experience

A. Teaching Experience:

City University of New York, Baruch College, Assistant Professor of Law, Fall 2000 to present

Courses taught: Business law (Law 1101) and the Law of Business Organizaions (Law 3102). I am the Law Department representative to the Subotnick Financial Center and the Department coordinator for outside speakers.

City University of New York, Bronx Community College, Associate Professor of Law, Fall 1999 to Spring 2000, Assistant Professor of Law, Fall 1994 to Spring 1999

Courses taught: Business Law, Business Organizations, Real Estate Law, Torts, Legal Advocacy and Writing, Legal Research and Writing, The Paralegal Internship

B. Professional Experience:

Giddins, Claman & Langs, Litigation Consultant, New York, New York,
1996 to 1998

Stillman, Friedman & Shaw, Litigation Associate, New York, New York, 1990 to 1993; Consultant, 1994

Webster & Sheffield, Litigation Associate, New York, New York, 1988 to 1990

Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, Summer Associate, New York, New York, Summer 1987

United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps, Legal Intern, Frankfurt, Germany, Summer 1996

III. Research Interests:

A. Publications:

"Risk Assessment: Obfuscation of Policy Decisions in Pesticide Regulation and the EPA's Dismantling of the Food Quality Protection Act's Safeguards for Children," 31 Arizona State Law Journal 1315 (January 2000).

"Who's Minding The Schools: Toward Least Toxic Methods of Pest Control In Our Nation's Schools," 8 Fordham Environmental Law Journal 73 (1996).

"Pesticide Use in Schools Linked to Health Problems," III Education Update 9 (October 1997).

B. Presentations:

Academic Integrity Policy Round Table Discussion, Bronx Community College, Moderator, Fall 1999

New Faculty Workshop, Bronx Community College, Presenter, the Academic Integrity Policy, Spring 1999

"Sexual Harassment in the University Setting," Women's History Month, Bronx Community College, March 1996.

Real Estate Seminar, Moderator, " Nuts and Bolts For First Time Home Buyers," Bronx Community College, Fall 1995.

C. Research Interests:

Pesticide Regulation; Tort law as it relates to misuse of pesticides; Contract law.

V. Selected Honors

Student Government Organization Award of Merit - Annual Awards Dinner, Bronx Community College, Spring 1997.

Paralegal Society Award For Dedication to Students, Bronx Community College, December 1998.