Clinic News: expanding the national conversation on marijuana legalization and immigration, impacting policy on gendered violence before the International Criminal Court, and leading the vanguard of clemency

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Go inside the Office of Career Planning’s annual Speed Mock Interview Night (SPIN), where alumni help prepare students for summer internship interviews and public interest law school career fairs.

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.