CUNY Law clinical professor, CLEAR founder, and former White House advisor appointed to senior City Hall role
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Professor Ramzi Kassem Appointed Chief Counsel to Mayor Zohran Mamdani
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Shaping the Environmental Future of Western Queens: CUER, Community Power, and a New Chapter at CUNY Law
Celebrating and carrying forward the legacy of Professor Rebecca Bratspies and the Center for Urban Environmental Reform
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CUNY Law Hosts Cheryl Harris for a Campus Dialogue on Law, History, and Power
Harris, a leading scholar of Critical Race Theory engaged the community in wide-ranging discussion of frameworks guiding contemporary legal analysis.
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In Citizenship & Immigration Practicum, Students Navigate Real Challenges with Real People
How one class turns theory into lived advocacy and prepares students for the realities of modern citizenship and immigration practice
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CUNY Law’s INRC and Coalition Partners Release New Report on the Campaign That Closed 3 ICE Detention Sites in New Jersey
New report examines the community-led movement that closed ICE detention sites at three NJ county jails and offers strategies for today’s rapidly changing enforcement landscape
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CUNY Law Discusses Where Our Community Stands On The First Amendment, Censorship, and Higher Education
The CUNY Law community came together for this informative presentation presented by our Faculty Professional Development Committee and vital dialogue with faculty, students, and staff.
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Confronting True Crime: Defenders Clinic Client John J. Lennon Discusses Clemency from Sing Sing
The Defenders Clinic hosted a powerful conversation with incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon on true crime, mass incarceration, and his new book, The Tragedy of True Crime. The event spotlighted the clinic’s clemency work and challenged prevailing narratives about justice and redemption.
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CUNY Law Faculty to Present at UCLA Law’s Critical Race Theory 25th Anniversary Symposium
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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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