Retired Judge Robert G.M. Keating, an adjunct professor at Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law and a former administrative judge in New York City who was founding dean of the New York State Judicial Institute from 2002 to 2008, has died.

Judge Keating, who also was credited with creating the first community court for low-level and drug offenses, died on July 14 at age 76, according to Fairchild Sons Funeral Home in Garden City, N.Y. The cause of death was complications of a stroke, according to several sources.