CUNY School of Law is proud to announce that Marianna Wells ’26 has been awarded the 2025 Judge Bernard S. Meyer Scholarship for her essay titled “Trans Rights, Federal Courts and the…
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CUNY Law Student Marianna Wells Awarded Judge Bernard S. Meyer Scholarship for Excellence in Legal Writing and Advocacy with Essay on Trans Rights
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The Time is Now: Professor Jennifer Fernandez Receives National Recognition for Work and Scholarship Advancing Inclusive Legal Education
CUNY Law Professor Jennifer Fernandez’s recent article in the Washington University Journal of Law & Policy highlights the transformative potential of ABA Curriculum Standard 303(c), which requires that all law schools provide…
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Clinic Dean Lisa Davis Honored by NYS Appellate Division for LGBTQI+ Rights Advocacy
Professor Lisa Davis was honored by the NYS Appellate Division for their decades-long international advocacy for LGBTQI+ rights and survivors of gender persecution.
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Four CUNY Law Students Awarded 2025 Peggy Browning Fellowships for Workers’ Rights
CUNY School of Law proudly celebrates four students who were awarded Peggy Browning Fund Fellowships for Summer 2025: Ivy Girdwood, Sarah Southey, Sara David, and Justin Gravlee.
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Professor Natalie M. Chin Receives Inaugural CUNY Award for Outstanding Faculty Research
Scholarship Rooted in Practice: Professor Chin’s Critical Disability Work Earns CUNY’s Highest Research Honor for Associate Professors
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CUNY Law’s Law Library Director Prof. Raquel J. Gabriel Wins 2025 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award
National honor recognizes Prof. Gabriel’s contribution to Integrating Doctrine & Diversity: Beyond the First Year, the second in a landmark series advancing diversity and inclusion in legal education.
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CUNY Law’s Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic Receives National Award for Innovative Clinical Education Project
Professor Nermeen Arastu wins 2025 Clinical Legal Education Association Award for Excellence for pioneering remote advocacy model
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CUNY School of Law Recognized as Nation’s Leading Producer of Public Interest Graduates by U.S. News & World Report
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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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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Academic Dean David C. Baluarte Expands Innovative Legal Education and Practice with U.S.-Mexico Clinical Collaboration
The Fulbright Scholar leads binational webinar series on refugee and migrant protection amid shifting immigration policies
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CUNY Law Student Named Skadden Fellow for Immigration and Disability Rights Project
Parima Kadikar named to the Skadden Foundation’s class of 2025 Skadden Fellows
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CUNY Law Takes Top Diversity Ranking Three Years Running
The nation’s most diverse law school fosters inclusivity and legitimacy in the legal system