Sneha Jayaraj reflects on their experience in starting law school during the pandemic, building community, organizing with the OUTLaws, and embracing queerness as an identity.

Melissa Rodney, a current 3L student, takes us inside this year’s virtual work led by movement lawyers and Professors Jaribu Hill ’95 and Chaumtoli Huq. The Project brought the student delegation into a gripping employment discrimination case and new advocacy for Emmett Louis Till.

Melissa Rodney, a current 3L student, takes us inside this year’s virtual work led by movement lawyers and Professors Jaribu Hill ’95 and Chaumtoli Huq. The Project brought the student delegation into a gripping employment discrimination case and new advocacy for Emmett Louis Till.

1L Reachelle Ramirez, CUNY John Jay ACE Program alum ’19 and Pre-Law Institute (PLI) member, reflects on applying to law school and starting and finishing her first semester during the pandemic.

1L Reachelle Ramirez, CUNY John Jay ACE Program alum ’19 and Pre-Law Institute (PLI) member, reflects on applying to law school and starting and finishing her first semester during the pandemic.

Four Evening students in the Immigrant and Non-Citizen Rights Clinic share their story of advocacy and perseverance to support a mother and daughter who sought asylum in the U.S. but were instead separated and traumatized by the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols.

Four Evening students in the Immigrant and Non-Citizen Rights Clinic share their story of advocacy and perseverance to support a mother and daughter who sought asylum in the U.S. but were instead separated and traumatized by the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols.

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.

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.

This year, CUNY Law’s Black Law Students Association awarded four students Victor Goode Summer Grants to support their public interest summer internships. Hear from the grantees committed to BLSA’s mission of serving the Black and Latino community.

This year, CUNY Law’s Public Interest Law Association set a fundraising record despite the pandemic and moving their signature gala to a virtual party. Their $38,158 supported nine students’ summer public interest grants. Grantees share the impact of their awards.

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.