This spring, preLaw magazine ranked CUNY Law #2 for Social Justice and named the school to its Justice & Opportunity Honor Roll.
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What It Means to Be a Top Law School for Social Justice, Access, and Opportunity
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Lawyering for Liberation Comes to CUNY Law: Professor Stahly-Butts Hosts Contributors and Movement Lawyers for a Conversation on the Field
Movement lawyers and organizers on the frontline of social movements on how lawyers and legal workers can strengthen social movements through radical, movement-centered advocacy and power-building.
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Professor Ramzi Kassem Appointed Chief Counsel to Mayor Zohran Mamdani
CUNY Law clinical professor, CLEAR founder, and former White House advisor appointed to senior City Hall role
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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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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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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…
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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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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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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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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