For the first time, the U.S. News & World Report ranked law schools based on the percentage of graduates entering public interest law and CUNY Law was ranked #1.
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CUNY School of Law Recognized as Nation’s Leading Producer of Public Interest Graduates by U.S. News & World Report
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HRGJ Clinic Report to UN Highlights the Misuse of Laws to Criminalize Abortion and Punish Pregnant People
The HRGJ Clinic, If/When/How, and Pregnancy Justice submitted a report to the United Nations exposing how criminal and civil laws in the United States are misused to punish people based on pregnancy…
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Institute Executive Director Speaks at Global Launch of the United Nations Beijing+30 Action Agenda
Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, Executive Director of the Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace, spoke on peace and security during the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women to…
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At the United Nations, Movement Leaders Share Stories from the Frontlines
The Institute brought together movement leaders, policymakers, and advocates at the UN Commission on the Status of Women to discuss strategies and struggles for organizers globally.
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CUNY Law Foundation Welcomes Alumna Clarissa M. Rodriguez ’07 to the Board of Directors
The nationally recognized advocate for workers’ rights, equity in government, and legal system reform brings decades of public interest lawyering
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Professor Steve Zeidman on CUNY TV: Rethinking Extreme Sentencing and the Possibility of Redemption
On the Second Look Project: Beyond Guilt, which advocates for legislative and cultural change around clemency, resentencing, and parole
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Paulina Leyva Hernandez and Salimah Khoja ’24 Win Prestigious Burton Award for Student Legal Writing
CUNY Law students win Burton Award for legal writing on Texas’ Operation Lone Star and S.B. 4, published in CUNY Law Review
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CUNY Law’s Family Defense Practicum Contributes to Groundbreaking Report on Family Policing
The report, published by Black Families Love and Unite, exposes the racialized harm embedded in the family regulation system
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Academic Dean David C. Baluarte Provides Expert Analysis in Historic Birthright Citizenship Case
Leading scholar on statelessness demonstrates far-reaching impact of proposed changes in expert declaration and CUNY TV interview
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Incarcerated Journalist Kwaneta Harris and Prof. Deborah Zalesne Expose Sexual Violence in Solitary Confinement
The exposé connects to Prof. Deborah Zalesne’s forthcoming book, Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement
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CUNY Law Professor Daniel Loehr Exposes Eugenic Roots of Modern Sentencing Laws
Published by The Sentencing Project, the report examines the historical development of habitual offender laws and their foundations
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CUNY Law Announces David H. Savidge ’99 Memorial Fund to Support Public Interest Law Students
New endowment to provide funding for students pursuing careers in prisoners’ rights advocacy and international human rights.
