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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Kristen Clarke Named 2025 W. Haywood Burns Chair at CUNY School of Law
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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
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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