The convening marks a milestone in the development of Critical Race Theory as a field and features panels with nationally recognized scholars examining CRT’s trajectory from academic intervention to transformative practice.
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CUNY Law Faculty to Present at UCLA Law’s Critical Race Theory 25th Anniversary Symposium
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Professor Deborah Zalesne’s New Collaborative Book Ending Isolation Demands an End to Solitary Confinement
“Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement” is a powerful collaboration between incarcerated writers, legal scholars, and mental health experts that dismantles the moral, legal, and medical foundations of solitary confinement. Blending lived experience with rigorous advocacy, the book offers a humanizing lens on a practice increasingly recognized as torture — and calls for urgent abolition through storytelling, scholarship, and creative activism.
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Seven Scholars and Practitioners Join CUNY Law Faculty in 2025
Seven Scholars and Practitioners Join CUNY Law, Advancing Public Interest Legal Education.
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The Frontlines: CUNY Law Faculty in Focus Summer 2025
Inside the recent work of CUNY Law faculty across litigation, advocacy, scholarship, public dialogue, and more
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CUNY Law Professor Kara Sheli Wallis to Serve as Visiting Scholar at Seattle University School of Law
Professor Wallis ’15 will spend the Fall 2025 semester as a visiting scholar at Seattle University School of Law
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Kristen Clarke Named 2025 W. Haywood Burns Chair at CUNY School of Law
Kristen Clarke, former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights of the US Department of Justice, has joined the CUNY School of Law community.
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Interim Dean Natalie Gomez-Velez: Advancing the Promise of Public Legal Education
Dean Natalie Gomez-Velez brings a deep and enduring belief in the power of public institutions to expand opportunity and strengthen communities.
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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 education on bias, cross-cultural competency and racism, and calls for a more inclusive legal education, especially during the critical first year.
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CUNY Law Announces the Faculty Members Recognized for Their Commitment to Teaching, Scholarship, And Service by Being Granted Tenure by The Board of Trustees.
CUNY School of Law congratulates Nermeen Arastu, Jeena Shah, and John Whitlow, who have been granted tenure in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.
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From Public Dialogue to Trial Advocacy: James Forman Jr.’s Year Challenging the Criminal Legal System as the 2025 W. Haywood Burns Chair at CUNY Law
A feature video, panel conversations, and photo galleries highlighting the work of the past year
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Protecting Commoners’ Goods: Professor Gregory Louis’s Vision for Pluralist Coexistence Published in British Journal of American Legal Studies
His new article outlines a pluralist legal framework that reclaims tradition to resist threats like Project 2025
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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