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Inside CUNY Law’s Clinic Built to Train Lawyers on the Frontlines of Crises
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CUNY Law to Lead Clinics in $5M Investment in Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network
The new Emerging Needs Clinic is part of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and community-based organizations citywide in the launch of $5M Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network. The Law School, along with CUNY Citizenship Now!, will design and oversee information sessions, screenings, and application assistance clinics to train Law School students, as well as students throughout CUNY schools, to provide direct legal support.
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Announcement of Faculty Tenure Appointments
Recognizing three faculty members for their commitment to teaching, scholarship, and service by granting tenure from the Board of Trustees.
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Defender’s Clinic & the Second Look Project Win Clemency, Bring Two Clients Home
On April 24, Stanley Bellamy and Bruce Bryan walked out of prison after receiving clemency. Together, they had served almost 80 years inside.
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Lawyering Seminar III Takes the New Trial Courtroom For a Spin
Professor Sennett takes you inside the case her students tried at the end of the semester
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INRC Secures Asylum for Prominent Venezuelan Human Rights and LGBTQ2IA+ Activist
Two students share how their client won asylum after a seven-year wait and lifetime of organizing and activism
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CUNY Citizenship Now! Powered by CUNY Law’s Community of Immigrants, DACA Recipients, First-Generation Students, and Advocates
While the program itself is singular, the many people who make it possible are remarkable.
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Inside the Classroom: Engaging with The Exonerated Five Firsthand
Law, Media and Public Discourse students hear from a journalist, an attorney, and an exonerated man
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CUNY School of Law Unveils Cutting-Edge Trial Courtroom to Train Next Generation of Legal Minds
The state-of-the-art training ground will prepare students at CUNY Law to defend communities largely underserved and underrepresented and be a resource available to CUNY and the greater Queens community.
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Defenders Clinic on the Need for More Clemency and the Power of Video
The Defenders Clinic, along with individuals it has helped win clemency, explores what needs to change in politics and public understanding in the fight to expand clemency.
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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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preLaw Magazine Ranks CUNY Law #2 for Racial Justice, Awards A- in Criminal Law
Named to the number two spot for the second time, the Law School received an A+ rating as a “Top School for Racial Justice” in preLaw Magazine’s fall 2022 issue.