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Prof. Lisa Davis to Testify Before The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

March 23, 2011

CUNY Law Adjunct Professor Lisa Davis, who teaches in the Law School’s International Women’s Human Rights Clinic (IWHR), will testify before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on March 25th in Washington, D.C. Davis,

CLRN and YMCA Collaborate on “New American Initiative”

March 3, 2011

CLRN and the YMCA of Greater New York (“the Y”) have partnered to address the needs of New York City’s ever-growing immigrant community and to uphold the Y’s history of helping individuals

Immigrant and Refugee Rights Clinic Student Suha Dabbouseh Discusses Protests at Guantánamo

January 27, 2011

Marking the ninth anniversary of the U.S. military prison camp’s opening, most of the remaining prisoners in Camps 5 and 6 at Guantánamo have joined together to peacefully protest their indefinite imprisonment with a sit-in and signs.

CUNY Law’s Dorothy Matthew Recieves Isaac Liberman Public Service Award

January 13, 2011

Clinic Administrator Dorothy Matthew has been awarded the Hundred Year Association of New York Isaac Liberman Public Service Award. Only ten awardees are selected citywide each year and

CUNY Law Ranked “#1 Public Interest Law School in the Nation” by PreLaw Magazine

January 10, 2011

CUNY Law is ranked “#1 Public Interest Law School in the Nation” in the latest issue of PreLaw. Following CUNY Law are Yale, Rutgers, Stanford and University of California at Berkley School of Law.

Prof. Lisa Davis on Sexual Violence in Haiti

October 21, 2010

Prof. Lisa Davis and students from CUNY Law’s International Women’s Human Rights Clinic conducted an on-the-ground investigation into the ongoing rape and

Princeton Review Rankings: CUNY Law in Top Ten in Four Categories

October 12, 2010

The Princeton Review has once again ranked CUNY School of Law among the top ten in the following categories: Best Professors, Most Chosen by Older Students, Most Diverse Faculty, Most Liberal Students.

CUNY Law Supports DREAM Act

September 24, 2010

CUNY School of Law stands with CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, our faculty, and our students in urging Congress to pass the DREAM Act

Human Rights Champion Rhonda Copelon Dies: Broke New Ground to Open U.S. Federal Courts to Victims of International Human Rights Abuses

May 7, 2010

Pioneering Attorney Won Landmark Rights Case in U.S. Court of Appeals on Same Day Supreme Court Narrowly Rejected Her Challenge to the Hyde Amendment on Abortion Restrictions for the Poor

Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Makes Special Visit to CUNY Law

February 18, 2010

In a special visit with CUNY Law students, Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, talked emphatically about the need for public interest lawyers.