Fordham Law Welcomes LLM Students, First MSL Class
This semester, Fordham Law welcomes its first class of MSL students and largest-ever spring class of LLM students. In January, Fordham Law School welcomed 52 new students into its LLM program, the...
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Digital Common’s DC Telegraph reported that an article published by the Fordham Law Review was among the top three most downloaded publications on the Law School library’s institutional repository,...
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Following Trips to Africa, Asia, a New Legal Perspective
From almost day one of the fall semester, students in the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic had a single task: research, design, and draft a manual on sex workers’ rights in Africa. By...
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Fordham Network Effect in Action: Employers Meet Fordham 1Ls
Each January Fordham Law’s Career Planning Center hosts employer receptions for the newest 1L class to welcome employers who participate in the School’s Fall On-Campus Interview Program. Over the...
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Stein Scholar Awarded Scholarship from MLB Players Association
Denis Nolasco ’17 Stein Scholar Denis Nolasco ’17 recently received a national award from the Major League Baseball Players Association for her workers’ rights advocacy in Central America and continued...
View ArticleClinic Wins Breast Cancer Survivor’s Case
Morgan Manley’s representation of the breast cancer survivor seeking help at the New York Civil Court was supposed to end on the September morning they met. Yet, the “profound injustice” of the woman’s...
View ArticleAt Regional Convention of Black Law Students Association, Fordham Law Shines
Fordham Law Professor Robin Lenhardt received the Constance Baker Motley Award and Stein Scholar Derick Dailey ’17 was selected regional chair-elect during the 2016 Northeast Black Law Students...
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Fordham Network Effect in Action: Judicial Clerks Meet Fordham Law Students
Pursuing judicial clerkships is a well-worn path for Fordham Law students. Fordham Law alumni coming back to engage and assist current students is a hallmark of the Law School. On February 18 more...
View ArticleClinic Students Argue Case Before U.S. Tax Court
A pair of 3L Tax Clinic students appeared before the U.S. Tax Court in Manhattan earlier this month representing a mother the IRS accuses of defaulting on a retirement loan while on maternity leave in...
View ArticleWhen Law and Neuroscience Collide
Legal, neuroscientific, and medical scholars, along with active and retired judges, discussed the impact of neuroscience advances in the courtroom, on sentencing, and in the criminal justice system...
View ArticleMoot Court Team: Semifinalists at Nationals
Fordham Law School placed fourth out of 158 competing teams in the 66th annual National Moot Court Competition, the country’s premier moot court event held last month at the New York City Bar. The 3L...
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Fordham Network Effect in Action: Small to Midsize Law Firm Networking Reception
On February 24 more than 50 members of the student and alumni community gathered for the first networking reception hosted by the Small to Midsize Law Firm Leaders Dean’s Advisory Council. Formed in...
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Fordham Network Effect in Action: Government and Public Interest Lawyers Meet...
On March 10, approximately 50 Fordham Law alumni and students gathered for Lunch with a Lawyer: Government and Public Interest Alumni, an interactive and informal roundtable designed to help current...
View ArticleStein Scholar Organizes Panel On Prize-Winning Student Note
As a 2L in Professor Bruce Green’s Ethics in Criminal Advocacy seminar, Stein Scholar Brandon Ruben pored over prison emails, judge’s orders, and other archival documents to write an award-winning...
View ArticleFordham Network Effect in Action: Alumni Leaders Become Counselors for a Day
This spring semester 2016, the Career Planning Center launched a pilot initiative “Alumni Counselors in Residence” offering JD students the unique opportunity to have one-on-one meetings with alumni...
View ArticleDerick Dailey ’17 Elected Chair of the National Black Law Students Association
The National Black Law Students Association elected Derick Dailey ’17 as its national chair-elect earlier this month at its annual convention in Baltimore, making him the first Fordham Law student to...
View ArticleBrendan Moore Trial Advocates Continue Strong Spring
The Brendan Moore Trial Advocates continued their stellar spring, placing two teams, including a finalist, among the top four at a recent trial advocacy competition in Brooklyn and another team as a...
View ArticleDispute Resolution Society to Compete at ABA National Mediation Competition
Fordham Law’s Dispute Resolution Society will seek to continue its impressive spring with a strong showing next week at the ABA National Mediation Competition in New York City. The 2L team of Elizabeth...
View ArticleStein Scholar Co-Moderates Email Monitoring Panel
A bipartisan piece of legislation that would stop federal prosecutors from reading attorney-inmate emails has a strong chance of reaching President Barack Obama’s desk this year, the bill’s co-sponsor...
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APALSA Students Give Heart to Heart Mountain
During World War II, over 110,000 Japanese Americans—two-thirds of them U.S. citizens—were forcibly removed from their West Coast homes and detained in inland concentration camps, one of which was the...
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