For the first time, the U.S. News & World Report ranked law schools based on the percentage of graduates entering public interest law and CUNY Law was ranked #1.
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CUNY School of Law Recognized as Nation’s Leading Producer of Public Interest Graduates by U.S. News & World Report
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CUNY Law Launches World’s First Resource Documenting Gender-based Crimes in Conflict
Law School Clinic and CUNY Institute Lead New Era with Data Hub Amid Landmark ICC Developments
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CUNY School of Law Ranked #2 for Racial Justice by preLaw Magazine
The Law School remains committed to recruiting and training public interest lawyers dedicated to advancing racial equity.
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Pipeline to Justice Program at CUNY Law Receives $550K Grant to Expand Groundbreaking Diversity Initiative
AccessLex grant positions program to set new standard for legal education pipelines
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CUNY School of Law Names James Forman Jr. as the W. Haywood Burns Chair for 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and expert in race and class dimensions of schools, police, and prisons visits CUNY Law as teacher and mentor
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Professor Lisa Davis Heads to U.S. Department of State
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Institute Executive Director Leymah Gbowee Receives Georgetown Honorary Degree, Delivers Oliver Tambo Lecture
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MacKenzie Scott Donates $1 Million Dollars to CUNY School of Law’s Top-Ranking Social Justice Project & Clinic
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CUNY Law announces new Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace
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CUNY Law to Lead Clinics in $5M Investment in Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network
The new Emerging Needs Clinic is part of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and community-based organizations citywide in the launch of $5M Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network. The Law School, along with CUNY Citizenship Now!, will design and oversee information sessions, screenings, and application assistance clinics to train Law School students, as well as students throughout CUNY schools, to provide direct legal support.
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CUNY Law Hosts Annual John Mercer Langston Black Male Law Faculty Writing Workshop
Leading Black male legal scholars from across the nation gather at the Law School.
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CUNY School of Law names Vince Warren as the W. Haywood Burns Chair for 2023
His work will explore social movement lawyering and the role that lawyers, activists, journalists, and artists play in mobilizing movements that advance racial, economic, and social justice.