Through Expanding CUNY Consortium, Sorensen Center Builds Momentum in Service to LGBT2QIA+ Clients

Go inside the Sorensen Center’s partnership with the CUNY-wide LGBTQI+ Consortium, and meet Fellows providing vital legal services to trans/non-binary, queer, and HIV+ communities across New York City.

Professor Sofia Yakren delivers the Faculty Address at the 2020/2021 Commencement.

Professor Jeena Shah delivers the Faculty Address at the 2022 Commencement.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor receives the Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa and delivers the 2022 Commencement Address.

Labor Organizer Christian Smalls addresses the class of 2022 at commencement.

On Friday, May 13, 2022, CUNY Law had its first in-person commencement since 2019. Celebrate the classes of 2022, 2021, and 2020.

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.

The Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice recently received a second $300,000 multi-year grant from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation, enabling the Center to fortify its Fellowship Program and support CUNY Law students to address global challenges at home in all five boroughs of New York City.

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.

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

Student Reachelle Ramirez, currently a 2L and Co-Director of LALSA, and Interim Dean Eduardo R.C. Capulong ’91 are featured in PreLaw Magazine’s exploration of what diversity means when we go beyond numbers and consider the matter at the heart of justice.

Students and faculty of the HRGJ Clinic submitted amicus briefs central to the landmark human rights and reproductive justice victory