Paula G. Walter

Professor of Law

(646) 312 3574
Paula.Walter@baruch.cuny.edu
http://aux.zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/home/law/paulawalter.htm

Education:

BA	McGill University	History and Political Science	1970
BCL	McGill University	Civil Law	1973
LLB	McGill University	Common Law	1974

 

Areas of Expertise:

Contract Law, Health Law, Medical Ethical/Legal Issues

 

Selected Publications:

"His, Hers, or Theirs? Custody, Control and Contracts--Allocating Decisional Authority over Frozen Embryos." Seton Hall Law Review, Spring 1999, pp. 937-69.

"The Doctrine of Informed Consent: A Tale of Two Cultures and Two Legal Traditions." Issues in Law and Medicine, Spring 1999, pp. 357-73.

"The Mentally Incompetent and Medical/Drug Research Experimentation, New York Courts Save the Day for the Underdog."Health Law Journal 6: 149-68, 1998.

"The Doctrine of Informed Consent: To Inform or Not to Inform." St. John's Law Review71: 543-90, 1997.

Business Contracts Law. 2d ed. Needham Heights, Mass.: Simon and Schuster Custom Publishing, 1996.

 

Academic Activities:

Zicklin School of Business, Graduate Committee on Academic Standing – 2007 to present

Baruch College Committee on Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Business Ethics – 2002 to present

Baruch College Committee on Undergraduate Honors – 2003 to 2009

Professional Activities:

Member, New York State Bar.

Member, Ontario, Canada Bar.

 

Awards, Honors, etc.:

Zicklin School of Business Teaching Excellence Award, 2008, 1995