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About Stewart Sterk

Professor Sterk’s publications span a wide variety of areas, ranging from property and land use regulation to trusts and estates, copyright, and the conflict of laws. A member of the American Law Institute, he served as an advisor in the preparation of the Restatement (Third) of Property (Servitudes). He has co–authored casebooks on Trusts and Estates and on Land Use, and he also edits the New York Real Estate Law Reporter, a monthly newsletter published with the assistance of Cardozo students.

The winner of a number of teaching awards at Cardozo, Sterk has taught as a visiting professor at Columbia and at the University of Pennsylvania. While in law school, he served as managing editor of the Columbia Law Review, and he subsequently clerked for Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel of the New York Court of Appeals.

Positions

1990 - Present Mack Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Present Director, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law ‐ Center for Real Estate Law & Policy
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2015 Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law
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2014 Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School
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2013 Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law
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2012 Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law
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2011 Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law
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2003 Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School
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2002 Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School
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2001 Acting Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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2000 - 2001 Senior Associate Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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1993 Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law
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1992 Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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1991 Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School
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1984 - 1990 Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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1989 Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School
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1987 Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School
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1986 Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School
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1985 Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School
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1981 - 1984 Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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1979 - 1981 Assistant Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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1976 - 1978 Law Clerk, Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel, New York Court of Appeals
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Disciplines

Law

Research Interests

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Honors and Awards

  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2017)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2016)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2013)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law 2011)
  • Best Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2008)
  • Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2007)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2006)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law 2005)
  • Best Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2002)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2000)
  • Best Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 1999)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 1996)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 1994)
  • Best Professor or Best First Year Professor (Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 1990)

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Articles & Essays (62)