
Jess Velona
Adjunct InstructorJess Velona is a graduate of Harvard College, Columbia Law School, and NYU. He is a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School and was Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at the College of Staten Island. He was a one-time political candidate in Manhattan and a surrogate campaign speaker for Bill Clinton. Velona also was an aide who drafted speeches for Senator Daniel Moynihan. He has practiced law for more than 25 years. Velona teaches 1968: The Year That Shook Our History at NYU SPS.
Currently Teaching
Great Modern Speeches: From Lincoln, FDR and Churchill to JFK and Martin Luther King
Explore famous speeches and the characteristics that made them successful.