The Process of Democracy

Dean Bilek’s community remarks on January 7, 2021 center our Law School’s mission, and the work that each of us do, as more critical than ever.

This year, CUNY Law’s Latin American Law Students Association raised funds to award four grants to support students’ unpaid public interest summer internships. Learn more about the recipients here.

The City University of New York Law Review awarded two student grants to fund summer public interest work at the Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Law Unit and Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project. Read the grantees report on the impact of their work and funding.

On October 8th, Professor Carmen Huertas-Noble will be inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. Read more about her path-breaking advocacy and lawyering strategies, as well as how she found her way into this work.

The orientation team had plans to make this year’s program an all-new experience. Then they had to plan around a pandemic. Read how “Connecting to Community, Healing & Joy” guided this year’s class.

Join us in welcoming our new faculty, staff, and clinics to CUNY Law.

The orientation team had plans to make this year’s program an all-new experience. Then they had to plan around a pandemic. Read how “Connecting to Community, Healing & Joy” guided this year’s class.

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

Professor Ruthann Robson, Alums Shirley Lin ’10 and Stephen Bergstein ’93, along with the National Lawyer’s Guild NYC Chapter President Andy Izenson talk about the SCOTUS Title VII decision’s future implications

The decision is a victory for Dreamers, young people who were brought to the U.S. as children and under DACA received temporary relief from deportation and work authorization among other important benefits.