January 30, 2004
Jamaica, NY – St. John’s University has announced the
appointment of Mary C. Daly, James H. Quinn Professor of Legal
Ethics at Fordham University School of Law, as the next Dean of the
St. John’s School of Law. Professor Daly will assume the Deanship
on August 1, 2004, succeeding Dean Joseph W. Bellacosa, who will
step down from that position in accordance with his previously
articulated schedule.
Photograph of Mary C. Daly.
“We are very excited to have found such a capable person to take
the reins from Judge Bellacosa,” said Rev. Donald J. Harrington,
C.M., President of St. John’s University. “Professor Daly has
proven herself to be a bright, articulate and compassionate person,
as well as a brilliant scholar. We welcome her and look forward to
her leadership.”
“I am thrilled to have this opportunity and challenge,” said Prof.
Daly. “St. John’s School of Law is highly-regarded as an
outstanding law school by lawyers and scholars across the country.
It has flourished under the stewardship of Judge Bellacosa. I am
looking forward to continuing the work begun by him in making St.
John’s School of Law the best it can be, for its students, faculty
and alumni.”
Dean Bellacosa added that he and the Faculty are delighted with the
appointment of Professor Daly as Dean. "We are all confident that
her role as Dean and Professor will add lustre to the great
reputation of our Law School", he said, " and her leadership and
initiatives will take the Law School to even new heights."
Mary C. Daly is the James H. Quinn Professor of Legal Ethics at
Fordham University School of Law. She serves as the Director of the
law school's Graduate Program and the Co-Director of its Louis
Stein Center for Law and Ethics. Professor Daly has published
numerous articles on legal ethics, especially in the area of
corporate and cross-border practice. She is the co-editor of
Rights, Liability and Ethics in International Legal Practice
(Transnational Juris Publications, Inc.1995) and the editor of The
New York Code of Professional Responsibility: Opinions, Commentary,
and Caselaw (Oceana Publications 1997 & 2003 Supp).
Professor Daly was the Reporter for the ABA Commission on
Multidisciplinary Practice. She is the past chair of the
Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics of the Association of
the Bar of the City of New York, the Professional Responsibility
Section and the Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers of
the Association of American Law Schools, and the Editorial Board of
the ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. She served as
a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the
Appellate Division, First Department in 1990-96 and as the Reporter
to the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Profession
in 1994-95.
She is a graduate of Thomas More College and Fordham University
School of Law and holds an LL.M. degree from New York University.
After graduating from Fordham Law School, she was a fellow at the
University of Paris Law School. From 1973 through 1975, she
was an associate at the firm of Rogers & Wells. From 1975
to 1983, she was as an Assistant United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York and served as the Deputy Chief and
Chief of that Office's Civil Division.
For more information, please contact Jody Fisher, Director of Media
Relations, at 718-990-6185 or at fisherjo@stjohns.edu.