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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Only Two: Inside the CUNY Law Clinic Behind New York’s 2025 Clemency Grants
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CUNY School of Law Hosts Annual CUNY-Wide Pre Law Conference
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Maya Alperin Advances National Work on Inclusive Admissions
She is helping to set national standards for how inclusion is understood and operationalized across legal education.
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Alumni Class Notes
Catch up on the latest from CUNY Law alumni—career moves, personal milestones, and the many ways they’re advancing justice
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Inside the 2025 Youth Summer Institute with First Impressions Youth Legal Collaborative
During this summer’s First Impressions Youth Legal Collaborative’s Summer Institute, six CUNY Law students led 31 high school students from across New York City in program designed to build civic engagement and…
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The Frontlines: CUNY Law Faculty in Focus Summer 2025
Inside the recent work of CUNY Law faculty across litigation, advocacy, scholarship, public dialogue, and more
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Celebrating Youth Empowerment and Civic Leadership at the First Impressions Cocktail Reception
CUNY Law leaders, elected officials, and the legal community celebrated the success of the 2024 First Impressions summer institute and announced the 2025 program plans, highlighting civic education, leadership, and social justice…
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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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CUNY Law Announces David H. Savidge ’99 Memorial Fund to Support Public Interest Law Students
New endowment to provide funding for students pursuing careers in prisoners’ rights advocacy and international human rights.
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CUNY Law Hosts Immigration Roundtable Convened by Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez
Elected Officials, Community Advocates, and Policymakers Join Forces at CUNY Law in Response to New Executive Orders