Sylvia Shaz Shweder
Adjunct Associate Professor of Law

Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023 		Email: Sylvia.Shweder@usdoj.gov

Teaching

  • First-Year Legal Writing, Fordham University School of Law, 2009-2010

Experience

  • Assistant U.S. Attorney, EDNY, 2008-present
  • Litigation Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 2006-2008
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Loretta A. Preska, U.S. Court, SDNY, 2005-2006

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D. 2005, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
         Editor, Fordham Law Review
  • Northwestern University, B.S. 1994

Publications

  • Article, "Judicial Limitations in ADR: The Role and Ethics of Judges Encouraging Settlements" (2007)
  • Note, "Donating Debt to Society: Prosecutorial and Judicial Ethics of Plea Agreements and Sentences that Include Charitable Contributions", 73 Fordham L. Rev. 377 (2004)
  • "Policing the Police: Community Perceptions of the CCRB and Police Misconduct" (2004) http://www.nycpr.org/LocalResources.cfm?pagename=Publications (with R. Lippman & J. Rivera)