Law Library Access Services Supervisor Ricardo Pla’s Curated Black History Month Highlights (Alumni Edition)

In celebration of Black History Month, Professor Ricardo Pla and the CUNY Law Library have compiled a list of virtual and in-person events held within New York City, including media resources that aim to give readers a deeper appreciation of the past achievements and recent contributions of people of the African Diaspora.

In celebration of Black History Month, Professor Ricardo Pla and the CUNY Law Library have compiled a list of virtual and in-person events held within New York City, including media resources that aim to give readers a deeper appreciation of the past achievements and recent contributions of people of the African Diaspora.

In celebration of Black History Month, Professor Ricardo Pla and the CUNY Law Library have compiled a list of virtual and in-person events held within New York City, including media resources that aim to give readers a deeper appreciation of the past achievements and recent contributions of people of the African Diaspora.

In celebration of Black History Month, Professor Ricardo Pla and the CUNY Law Library have compiled a list of virtual and in-person events held within New York City, including media resources that aim to give readers a deeper appreciation of the past achievements and recent contributions of people of the African Diaspora.

This year, CUNY Law’s Latin American Law Students Association raised funds to award four grants to support students’ unpaid public interest summer internships. Learn more about the recipients here.

The City University of New York Law Review awarded two student grants to fund summer public interest work at the Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Law Unit and Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project. Read the grantees report on the impact of their work and funding.

On October 8th, Professor Carmen Huertas-Noble will be inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. Read more about her path-breaking advocacy and lawyering strategies, as well as how she found her way into this work.

The orientation team had plans to make this year’s program an all-new experience. Then they had to plan around a pandemic. Read how “Connecting to Community, Healing & Joy” guided this year’s class.

The orientation team had plans to make this year’s program an all-new experience. Then they had to plan around a pandemic. Read how “Connecting to Community, Healing & Joy” guided this year’s class.

Our colleagues of color have called us to recommit to our mission, to recapture its boldness, and to interrogate it through the lens of racial equity.

Following the SCOTUS decision reproductive rights decision in June Medical v. Russo, CUNY alumni around the country working to protect and ensure access to abortion care weigh in about the case