Stephen Younger, N.Y. State Bar President, Receives Albany Law School Award, Presented by Citigroup Chair Richard Parsons

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Stephen Younger, president of the New York State Bar Association, will be presented with Albany Law School's Distinguished Alumni Award by Richard Parsons, chairman of Citigroup Inc. and an Albany Law graduate, at an event in New York City on Wednesday, Jan. 26.

Younger, also a partner with Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, graduated from Albany Law School in 1982. Parsons graduated in 1971. Both alumni have been valuable partners with the law school since graduating.

The Annual New York City Albany Law School Alumni Reception will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Le Parker Meridien, 119 West 56th Street, New York, N.Y. Reception attendees will also toast Thomas Guernsey, Albany Law School's president and dean, who is in his final year as dean.

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL is a small, independent private school in the heart of New York state's capital since 1851. As the oldest law school in New York and the oldest independent law school in the nation, the institution offers students an innovative, rigorous curriculum taught by a committed faculty. Several nationally recognized programs—including the Government Law Center and the Albany Law Clinic & Justice Center—provide opportunities for students to apply classroom learning. Students have access to New York's highest court, federal courts and the state legislature. With more than 9,000 alumni practicing in every state in the country, the employment rate for graduates has been well above the national average for law schools for more than 25 years. Visit www.albanylaw.edu.

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SOURCE Albany Law School

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