This year, CUNY Law’s Public Interest Law Association set a fundraising record despite the pandemic and moving their signature gala to a virtual party. Their $38,158 supported nine students’ summer public interest grants. Grantees share the impact of their awards.
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2020 Grantmaking Report Back from PILA
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In the Balance with Florence O. Otaigbe ‘20
Florence Otaigbe ’20 is a Law Graduate at Catholic Charities, where she provides immigration services. Learn more about how she keeps her life balanced in this interview.
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Celebrating New Academic Leadership: Prof. Allie Robbins ’09 Appointed Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
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In the Balance with Jasmine Valle ’13
Meet Jasmine Valle ’13, CUNY Law alum and Principal Law Clerk to Justice Lourdes M. Ventura, in Queens Supreme Court-Civil Term
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Paris R. Baldacci ’87 Remembered
Read about the life and legacy of CUNY Law alum Paris R. Baldacci ’87, longstanding advocate of tenant and housing law here in NYC.
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CLEAR Founding Director Ramzi Kassem Named 2020 Freedom Scholar
Ramzi Kassem has been named one of 12 Freedom Scholars by the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation.
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3L Jennifer Acevedo awarded The 2020 The Nixon Peabody Summer Civil Rights Fellowship
3L Jennifer Acevedo was awarded The 2020 Nixon Peabody Summer Civil Rights Fellowship
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Coming Home: Getting to Know Professor Gregory Louis
Assistant Professor Gregory Louis discusses joining CUNY Law’s faculty in unprecedented times.
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In the Balance with Bharati Narumanchi ’04
Meet the design thinker, social justice warrior, and creator of diversity and inclusion programs currently serving as the Director of Recruitment for Legal Aid NYC.
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On the Front Lines of DACA, Healthcare Reform, and COVID-19 with Hina Naveed ’21
Hina Naveed ’21 talks about balancing full-time work, part-time law school, and access amid COVID and DACA decision
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Alums go Inside the SCOTUS Decision in June Medical v. Russo
Following the SCOTUS decision reproductive rights decision in June Medical v. Russo, CUNY alumni around the country working to protect and ensure access to abortion care weigh in about the case
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Celebrating Haywood Burns’ 80 Birthday: A Living Legacy
We mark what would have been the 80th birthday of W. Haywood Burns, former Dean of CUNY Law and leader in the Black legal community.