Our Faculty

The CUNY Law faculty is an extraordinary group of advocates, scholars, teachers and lawyers uniquely positioned to create and support the next generation of public interest lawyers.

Justice Sotomayor visiting CUNY Law during an event hosted by Sorenson Center accompanied by Camille Masse

Students write on a whiteboard in a classroom

FACULTY NEWS & FEATURES

The faculty at CUNY Law is among the most diverse in the nation. Their areas of expertise, unique perspectives, advocacy efforts, and scholarly work set them apart as individual professors and as an academic community.

Professors Lisa Davis, Nicole Smith Futrell, and Charisa Kiyo Smith

Announcement of Faculty Tenure Appointments

CUNY Law Hosts Annual John Mercer Langston Black Male Law Faculty Writing Workshop

2023 Burns Chair Vince Warren smiles and poses for the camera

CUNY School of Law names Vince Warren as the W. Haywood Burns Chair for 2023

FACULTY DIRECTORY

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Gender Justice

Family Law

Environmental Law

Data Justice

Critical Race Theory

Criminal Justice Reform

Constitutional Law

Community & Economic Development

Civil Rights

First Amendment Rights

Human Rights

Judiciary

LGBTQ2IA+ Rights

Police Reform

Reproductive Justice

Racial Justice and Anti-Racism

Voting Rights

Faculty

Julia Hernandez ’12

Associate Professor of Law
Chris Adams

Visiting Professor and Supervising Attorney, Community and Economic Development Clinic
Beena Ahmad

Assistant Professor of Law
Naz Ahmad

Interim Director and Staff Attorney, CLEAR and
Nermeen Arastu

Co-Director, Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic and Associate Professor of Law
Paula Berg

Professor Emerita
Beryl Blaustone

Professor Emerita
Tamara Bloom

Adjunct Professor
Rebecca Bratspies

Director, Center for Urban Environmental Reform and Professor of Law
Susan Bryant

Professor Emerita
Ann Cammett

Professor of Law
Matthew H. Charity

Professor of Law
Nina Chernoff

Professor of Law
Natalie M. Chin

Co-Director, Disability & Aging Justice Clinic and Professor of Law
Douglas Cox

International Law Librarian & Library Professor
Amanda L. David

Associate Professor of Law
Lisa Davis

Founding Faculty Chair, The Institute for Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace;Co-Director, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic; and Professor of Law
Frank Deale

Professor of Law
Jennifer M. Fernandez

Assistant Professor of Law
Dave Fields

University Dean Emeritus
Nicole Smith Futrell

Co-Director, Defenders Clinic, Director of the Center for Diversity in the Legal Profession, Faculty Director of the W. Haywood Burns Chair in Human & Civil Rights Program, and Professor of Law
Raquel J. Gabriel

Interim Associate Academic Dean, Professor of Law, and Director of the Law Library
Mary Godfrey-Rickards

Assistant Director, Technical Services & Library Associate Professor
Julie Goldscheid

Professor of Law
Natalie Gomez-Velez

Director, Center for Latinx Rights and Equality and Professor of Law
Victor Goode

Professor Emeritus
Malikah Hall-Retteen

Associate Law Library Professor
Yasmin Sokkar Harker

Student Liaison Librarian and Library Law Professor
Babe Howell

Professor of Law
Carmen Huertas-Noble

Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Programs and Professor of Law
Chaumtoli Huq

Associate Professor of Law
Tarek Z. Ismail

Co-Director, Family Law Practice Clinic, Counsel to CLEAR, and Associate Professor of Law
Ramzi Kassem

Founding Director, CLEAR and Professor of Law
Dinesh Khosla

Professor
Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier

Professor of Law
Sarah Lamdan

Professor of Law
Donna Lee

Professor of Law
Stephen Loffredo

Co-Director, Workers' Rights Clinic and Professor of Law
Gregory E. Louis

Assistant Professor of Law
Lynn D. Lu

Co-Director, Economic Justic Project and Associate Professor of Law
Shirley Lung

Professor of Law
Andrea Mcardle

Professor of Law
Haley A. Meade

Director, Irene Diamond ProfessionalSkills Center
Jasmin Mize

Associate Professor of Law
Laura Mott

Director, Academic Support, 1L PT Evening Program
David Nadvorney

Director, Academic Support Programs & Visiting Professor of Law
Alizabeth Newman

Emerging Needs Clinic Faculty
Nancy Ota

Visiting Professor of Law
Jason Parkin

Co-Director, Economic Justice Project and Professor of Law
Talia Peleg

Co-Director, Immigration & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic and Associate Professor of Law
Missy Risser

Co-Director, Community & Economic Development Clinic
Ruthann Robson

University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Law
Joe Rosenberg

Co-Director, Disability & Aging Justice Clinic and Professor of Law
Rick Rossein

Professor of Law
Susan E. Salazar

Director and Supervising Attorney, Mediation Clinic and Assistant Professor of Law
Jonathan Saxon

Electronic Resources Coordinator and Library Associate Professor
Sudha Setty

Dean of CUNY School of Law and Professor of Law
Jeena Shah

Associate Professor of Law
Franklin Siegel

Distinguished Law School Lecturer
Charisa Kiyô Smith

Co-Director, Family Law Practice Clinic and Associate Professor of Law
Cindy Soohoo

Co-Director, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic and Professor of Law
Marbré Stahly-Butts

Associate Professor of Law
Richard Storrow

Professor of Law
Jared M. Trujillo

Associate Professor of Law
Sarah Valentine

Professor of Law
Kara Sheli Wallis

Assistant Professor of Law
Alan White

Professor of Law
John Whitlow

Associate Professor of Law
Sofia Yakren

Professor of Law
Deborah Zalesne

Professor of Law
Steve Zeidman

Co-Director, Defenders Clinic, Director of The Second Look Project and Professor of Law
Eduardo R.C. Capulong ’91

Director of the Lawyering Program, Professor of Law