The Center for Law & Policy Solutions investigates how decisions of law and policy affect ordinary people and communities to help policymakers, community organizers, and the public develop practical solutions to pressing public policy issues.
How are state courts interpreting immigration laws? How can communities build trust among civilians and police? How is New York’s Raise the Age law being implemented? How are local law enforcement and courts dealing with the opioid crisis? These are the kinds of questions that the researchers at the Center for Law & Policy Solutions are working to answer. Focusing on a single issue at a time, they let the evidence point the way to effective policy solutions.
The center is a collaboration among the following institutions:
+ The Rockefeller Institute of Government
+ SUNY Empire State College
+ Hudson Valley Community College
+ The Government Law Center at Albany Law School
+ The Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany
+ The University at Buffalo School of Law
Laura Schultz, executive director of research, Rockefeller Institute of Government
Scott Fein, chair, Government Law Center of Albany Law School Board of Advisors
David Fullard, visiting assistant professor and faculty advisor for the Black Male Initiative at SUNY Empire State College
Aviva Abramovsky, dean, University at Buffalo School of Law
Ava Ayers, assistant professor of law, Albany Law School
Joseph Belluck, member of the SUNY Board of Trustees, founding partner of Belluck & Fox law firm
Matt Ingram, chair and associate professor of political science, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany
Timothy Taylor, chair-elect, Labor and Employment Section, NYSBA & member of the Government Law Center Advisory Board
Robert “Sid” Whitaker, associate professor of history, philosophy, and social sciences, Hudson Valley Community College
Jenny Mincin, associate professor and associate department chair, SUNY Empire State College in Health and Human Services
Contact Information
Laura Rabinow
CLPS Director
Deputy Director of Research
518-445-4158
[email protected]
