Please join us in congratulating six CUNY Law students — Xhoana Ahmeti, Amanda Jimenez, Nicolette Moore, Elizabeth Pudel, Heather L. Ramirez, and Hugh Schlesinger — who are awarded 2022 Peggy Browning Fellowships for their commitment to workers’ rights through their previous educational, work, volunteer, and personal experiences.
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Six Students Awarded Peggy Browning Fellowships
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FILSAA & Unlock the Bar Tackle Character & Fitness Barrier to Bar Entry in Week of Action
Explore the impetus behind CUNY’s Formerly Incarcerated Law Student Advocacy Association (FILSAA) and Unlock the Bar’s call to abolish the Character and Fitness portion of the Bar admission process.
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Advocate & Law Professor John Delaney Remembered
We celebrate the life of Professor Delaney, whose love of educating CUNY Law students leaves a legacy of learning now honored through the John Delaney Memorial Fund, created by his friends and family to champion need-based student support
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Human Rights & Gender Justice Clinic and Collaborators Help Decriminalize Abortion in Colombian Constitutional Court Ruling
Students and faculty of the HRGJ Clinic submitted amicus briefs central to the landmark human rights and reproductive justice victory
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Mask Mandate Reminder: high grade, proper placement and more
We encourage everyone to wear the highest-grade masks to which they have access out of respect for our community and immunocompromised members; the mask mandate is in effect and new eating zones have been designated
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Professor Nicole Smith Futrell Named Writing as Activism Fellow by NYC Literary Action Coalition and PEN America
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Update on Spring Semester and Return to Building
Guidance on required vaccinations, boosters, free PCR tests, and return to work 70% in-person beginning 2/28.
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Groundbreaking Study Shows Forensic Medical Evaluations Can Substantially Impact Immigration Relief Claims
INRC co-director Professor Nermeen Arastu collaborated with colleagues at the CUNY School of Medicine and CUNY School of Public Health, along with Physicians for Human Rights, to complete a first-of-its-kind, cross-disciplinary study that shows great promise for people seeking humanitarian relief.
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Cesar Vargas ’11 Awarded the David Prize to Support Immigrants and Families in Military
Cesar and a coalition of lawyers, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and representatives of local and state government will empower military immigrants and their families as they navigate law.
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CUNY Law Unites with Community Orgs. and City Partners to Form TPS Clinic For Haitian New Yorkers
Life of Hope, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, the Office of the Public Advocate, and CUNY Law’s Community Legal Resource Network (CLRN) are hosting a weekly clinic in Brooklyn to assist with TPS applications.
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Clemency Granted for Seven Defender Clinic Clients
Clemency Granted for Seven Defender Clinic Clients
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CLEAR and M4BL Release Report Showing Feds Targeted BLM Protesters
CLEAR and M4BL reveal report “Struggle For Power: The Ongoing Persecution of Black Movement By The U.S. Government.”