In response to a call to action from student advocates, CUNY Law has expanded its access mission for justice-impacted people: application to the Law School will no longer ask students about any criminal history, making it the second law school in the country to do so.
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Students Lead Movement to Remove Criminal History Question from CUNY Law Application
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CUNY Law Celebrates 37th Commencement
On Friday, May 13, we welcome Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author and Professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University, to receive an honorary degree and provide the 2022 Commencement Address. Elected faculty and student speakers will also deliver remarks to the crowd.
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CUNY Names Sudha Setty as Dean of School of Law, Nation’s Leading Public Interest Law School
Known as an exceptional legal educator, collaborative leader, and successful litigator with a commitment to social justice, Setty is thrilled to join the community and its mission. She will be the first person of South Asian descent appointed to lead a CUNY school.
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CUNY Law Responds to Attorney General’s Call to Action for Eviction Protection
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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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Two CUNY Law Professors and Alums are Awarded Fulbrights
Professor Julia Hernandez ’12 receives the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa, and Professor Lisa Davis ’08 receives the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award to the Netherlands.
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CUNY Law and LaGuardia Community College jointly announce David Mixner Fellowship Program
The CUNY School of Law and LaGuardia Community College jointly announce the David Mixner Fellowship Program that will support, inspire, and prepare the next generation of leaders committed to equality and justice for the LGBTQ2IA+ community.
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Delivering Justice: CUNY Law and The Legal Aid Society Team Up to Reduce Incarceration through Post-conviction Testing of DNA Evidence
The U.S. Department of Justice has granted CUNY Law nearly $500,000 to establish a project powered in part by students that will review and litigate select wrongful conviction claims of New Yorkers incarcerated in state prisons.
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Delivering Justice: CUNY Law and The Legal Aid Society Team Up to Reduce Incarceration through Post-conviction Testing of DNA Evidence
The U.S. Department of Justice has granted CUNY Law nearly $500,000 to establish a project powered in part by students that will review and litigate select wrongful conviction claims of New Yorkers incarcerated in state prisons.
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CUNY CLEAR WINS UNANIMOUS SUPREME COURT DECISION: MUSLIMS PLACED ON NO-FLY LIST FOR REFUSING TO SPY ON THEIR COMMUNITIES CAN SUE FBI AGENTS FOR DAMAGES
After seven years of advocacy and work powered by CUNY Law students and faculty, CLEAR’s Muslim clients won 8-0 at the US Supreme Court against the FBI agents who tried to force them to become informants.
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CUNY CLEAR WINS UNANIMOUS SUPREME COURT DECISION: MUSLIMS PLACED ON NO-FLY LIST FOR REFUSING TO SPY ON THEIR COMMUNITIES CAN SUE FBI AGENTS FOR DAMAGES
After seven years of advocacy and work powered by CUNY Law students and faculty, CLEAR’s Muslim clients won 8-0 at the US Supreme Court against the FBI agents who tried to force them to become informants.
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CLEAR Founding Director Ramzi Kassem Named 2020 Freedom Scholar
Ramzi Kassem has been named one of 12 Freedom Scholars by the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation.