Sixteenth Annual Dyson Distinguished Lecture 

WHAT: “Progressive Prosecution: A Cooperative Multidisciplinary Approach to Combating Crime,” the sixteenth annual Dyson Distinguished Lecture, presented by Pace Law School .

WHEN: Wednesday, April 19, 5:00 PM

WHERE: New York State Judicial Institute Lecture Hall, Pace Law School , 78 North Broadway, White Plains , New York

WHO: Janet DiFiore is the 32nd District Attorney of Westchester County. DA DiFiore served as a Westchester County assistant district attorney under Carl A. Vergari (1981-1987) and Jeanine F. Pirro (1994-1998). As a prosecutor, DA DiFiore served as chief of narcotics and also in the Rackets and the Homicide and Special Investigations bureaus.

She was elected as a Westchester County Court judge in 1998 and as a New York State Supreme Court justice in 2002. From 2003 until 2005, she served as the supervising judge for the Criminal Courts in the 9th Judicial District.

DA DiFiore served on Chief Judge Judith Kaye’s Commission on the Future of Criminal Indigent Defense Services; as the N.Y.S. Unified Court System’s Coordinator for Access to Justice Initiatives, 9th Judicial District; as a member of the Office of Court Administration’s Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions; on the Westchester County Criminal Justice Advisory Board; on the Westchester County Domestic Violence Council; on the Advisory Board of the Westchester Holocaust Commission’s Juvenile Offender Program; and on Chief Judge Kaye’s Commission on Drugs and the Courts. DA DiFiore has lectured widely on domestic violence and its effects on children, ethics, problem solving courts, and effective case management techniques.

Founded in 1976, Pace University School of Law has nearly 5,000 alumni/ae throughout the country. It offers full- and part-time day and evening JD programs on its White Plains, N.Y., campus. The School also offers the Master of Laws in Environmental Law and in Comparative Legal Studies. The School, which has one of the nation's top-rated environmental law programs, also offers the SJD program in that field. The School of Law is part of a comprehensive, independent and diversified University with campuses in New York City and Westchester County. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, NY, and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, NY. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu