Sofia Yakren, Professor of Law, teaches Lawyering, Torts, and Disability Law. Professor Yakren received her B.A. from Yale College and her J.D. from Yale Law School. Prior to joining CUNY Law, she was on the faculty at American University Washington College of Law, teaching Disability Law, Mental Disability Law, and the Women and the Law Clinic, where her students represented clients facing a broad range of civil issues related to family law, public benefits, special education, and immigration. In her courses, Professor Yakren emphasized reflection, engaged client-centeredness, rigorous legal analysis, the reality and value of emotions in lawyering, and self-awareness/actualization.

Before entering academia, Professor Yakren was a civil rights litigator at Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, where she represented individual and class plaintiffs in employment discrimination, false arrest, and wrongful conviction actions. As an Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellow at the Mental Health Project of the Urban Justice Center, Professor Yakren challenged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act in New York City’s welfare system. Professor Yakren also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Nancy Gertner of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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Email
sofia.yakren@law.cuny.edu
Phone
718-340-4144
Office
4-317

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