Recent Graduate Kat Gafycz Stands for Climate Justice in Austin

Kat Gafycz ’22 went to Texas to present her proposal that could transform climate justice: affirmative citizen suit provisions granting standing to youth plaintiffs enabling them to bring suit against an agency’s act or failure to act. What she left with affirmed her faith in herself and the work ahead.

Professor Jeena Shah delivers the Faculty Address at the 2022 Commencement.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor receives the Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa and delivers the 2022 Commencement Address.

Labor Organizer Christian Smalls addresses the class of 2022 at commencement.

On Friday, May 13, 2022, CUNY Law had its first in-person commencement since 2019. Celebrate the classes of 2022, 2021, and 2020.

Go inside the Office of Career Planning’s annual Speed Mock Interview Night (SPIN), where alumni help prepare students for summer internship interviews and public interest law school career fairs.

Explore the impetus behind CUNY’s Formerly Incarcerated Law Student Advocacy Association (FILSAA) and Unlock the Bar’s call to abolish the Character and Fitness portion of the Bar admission process.

Meet the 2021-2022 LaunchPad Student Fellows. Their collective bios tell our CUNY Law story and give us a glimpse of where we are going. And it’s inspiring!

Clemency Granted for Seven Defender Clinic Clients

Please welcome Professors Carmen Huertas-Noble and Fareed Nassor-Hayat as our newest Deans, and welcome Professor Donna Lee back to faculty.

We invited CUNY Law alum, Jose Abrigo ‘13 to speak to David Mixner to hear first-hand about his activism, career, movement building, and his hopes for the future.