International human rights advocate and alum to strengthen top-ranking experiential learning program
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Building on Excellence: CUNY Law’s Clinical Program Welcomes Lisa Davis as New Dean
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LANDMARK RULING: CLEAR Victory Affirms Right to Immigration Counsel
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Inside CUNY Law’s Transformative Disability Rights and Social Justice Clinic
Director Professor Natalie M. Chin Leads the former Disability and Aging Justice Clinic’s next evolution
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All In: How the newest members of the Second Look Project are changing everything now that they are out
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Defender’s Clinic & the Second Look Project Win Clemency, Bring Two Clients Home
On April 24, Stanley Bellamy and Bruce Bryan walked out of prison after receiving clemency. Together, they had served almost 80 years inside.
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INRC Secures Asylum for Prominent Venezuelan Human Rights and LGBTQ2IA+ Activist
Two students share how their client won asylum after a seven-year wait and lifetime of organizing and activism
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Exhibition: Faces of Resilience: Portraits of Afghan Women Human Rights Defenders
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Defenders Clinic on the Need for More Clemency and the Power of Video
The Defenders Clinic, along with individuals it has helped win clemency, explores what needs to change in politics and public understanding in the fight to expand clemency.
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INRC Evening Students Expand National Conversation: Marijuana legalization is an immigrant justice issue
Students are partnering with the Immigrant Defense Project to launch a new initiative using policy papers and litigation of individual cases to change the conversation and influence national policy formation for immigrants.
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Nominations Open for the W. Haywood Burns Chair in Human & Civil Rights
CUNY Law is excited to announce the return of the W. Haywood Burns Chair in Human & Civil Rights and is seeking nominations and applications for the distinguished visiting faculty position.
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Human Rights & Gender Justice Clinic and Collaborators Help Decriminalize Abortion in Colombian Constitutional Court Ruling
Students and faculty of the HRGJ Clinic submitted amicus briefs central to the landmark human rights and reproductive justice victory
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Professor Lisa Davis appointed Special Adviser on Gender Persecution by Prosecutor of ICC
Lisa is one of 17 advisers appointed by the prosecutor to provide advice within their respective mandates and may assist in training initiatives of the Office.