Five CUNY School of Law students have been awarded prestigious, highly competitive public interest fellowships through The Peggy Browning Fund

From neighborhood dreams to a daily odyssey across NYC

The proven fighters for workplace justice join the PBF’s largest cohort of law students from across the nation

While the program itself is singular, the many people who make it possible are remarkable.

Her project with the New York Lawyers for Public Interest will use New York’s Environmental Rights Act for community power, distributive justice, and environmental abolitionism.

One of only four recipients, Sulafa Grijalva Quénard will be the first CUNY Law student to serve in Court of International Trade Judge Claire R. Kelly’s chambers.

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.

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