The Defenders Clinic’s project hires two people it supported on their pathways to freedom
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All In: How the newest members of the Second Look Project are changing everything now that they are out
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Block by Block: Rae Ellis ’24 is building one brick at a time
The 2023 Belle Zeller Scholar on how mutual aid work inspired her pandemic pivot to law school
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Expansion Update: CUNY Law’s City Counseling Program to Reach More New Yorkers
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Statement on Supreme Court Admissions Decision in SFFA v. UNC and SFFA v. Harvard
We will continue to invest in a future built around the inclusion of people and communities historically and presently excluded and most impacted by the justice system.
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FIVE CUNY LAW STUDENTS AWARDED PEGGY BROWNING FELLOWSHIPS
The proven fighters for workplace justice join the PBF’s largest cohort of law students from across the nation
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Class Notes for April 2023
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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
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Megan Carr Named 2023 Skadden Fellow, Plans to Advance Environmental Justice in NYC
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.
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CUNY Law hosts University LGBTQIA+ Consortium
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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.
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Student Awarded Customs and International Trade Bar Association Fellowship
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.
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Students Lead Movement to Remove Criminal History Question from CUNY Law Application
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.