| Shirley Lung
Email
Phone
(718) 340-4322
Office
305A
Shirley Lung, Associate Professor, is a graduate of Cornell University
and received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was a
Root-Tilden Scholar. Before coming to CUNY Law, she was Executive Director of
the Center for Immigrants' Rights. She has worked on labor issues affecting
Chinese garment, restaurant, and construction workers in New York City through participation in
several independent workers' centers. She writes about issues affecting
immigrant and low-wage workers as well as academic support and law school
pedagogy. She serves on the board of directors of the Asian American Legal
Defense and Education Fund. At CUNY, she has helped develop an array of
academic support programs for first- and second-year students, and teaches Torts,
Lawyering Seminar, Evidence, and a Labor Law elective on Immigrant and Contingent
Workers. She received awards for excellence in teaching and community service
from the graduating classes of 1994, 1995, 1997, and 2000.
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