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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The City University Of New York School Of Law Would Like to Announce the Faculty Members Recognized for Their Commitment to Teaching, Scholarship, And Service by Being Granted Tenure by The Board of Trustees.
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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
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CUNY Law’s Law Library Director Prof. Raquel J. Gabriel Wins 2025 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award
National honor recognizes Prof. Gabriel’s contribution to Integrating Doctrine & Diversity: Beyond the First Year, the second in a landmark series advancing diversity and inclusion in legal education.
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CUNY Law’s Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic Receives National Award for Innovative Clinical Education Project
Professor Nermeen Arastu wins 2025 Clinical Legal Education Association Award for Excellence for pioneering remote advocacy model
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Professor Steve Zeidman on CUNY TV: Rethinking Extreme Sentencing and the Possibility of Redemption
On the Second Look Project: Beyond Guilt, which advocates for legislative and cultural change around clemency, resentencing, and parole
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CUNY Law’s Family Defense Practicum Contributes to Groundbreaking Report on Family Policing
The report, published by Black Families Love and Unite, exposes the racialized harm embedded in the family regulation system
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Academic Dean David C. Baluarte Provides Expert Analysis in Historic Birthright Citizenship Case
Leading scholar on statelessness demonstrates far-reaching impact of proposed changes in expert declaration and CUNY TV interview
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Incarcerated Journalist Kwaneta Harris and Prof. Deborah Zalesne Expose Sexual Violence in Solitary Confinement
The exposé connects to Prof. Deborah Zalesne’s forthcoming book, Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement
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CUNY Law Professor Daniel Loehr Exposes Eugenic Roots of Modern Sentencing Laws
Published by The Sentencing Project, the report examines the historical development of habitual offender laws and their foundations
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Academic Dean David C. Baluarte Expands Innovative Legal Education and Practice with U.S.-Mexico Clinical Collaboration
The Fulbright Scholar leads binational webinar series on refugee and migrant protection amid shifting immigration policies