Fabiana Araujo (’13) and Sarika Saxena (’13) represent Guantanamo detainee Abdulhadi Faraj as part of their work with CUNY Law’s Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic (INRC).
Prof. Jonathan Moore One of Lawyers Who Delivered Summation in Historic Racial Profiling Trial
May 29, 2013
Adjunct Professor Jonathan Moore was one of the lawyers who presented summations in the historic federal civil rights trial challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department’s stop, question and frisk program.
Prof. Borgmann on Impact of Feticide Laws on Anti-Abortion Movement
May 29, 2013
Professor Caitlin Borgmann spoke to the New Republic about the rise in statutes criminalizing feticide and what impact, if any, this is having on the anti-abortion movement.
Prof. Bratspies on Queens Residents Continuing Battle Over Airplane Noise
May 28, 2013
The Queens Chronicle spoke to Professor Rebecca Bratspies about the continuing battle between residents of Queens and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over airplane nose resulting from new flight patterns at LaGuardia Airport.
Prof. Kassem Speaks to MSNBC, Rolling Stone on Guantanamo and Counterterrorism
May 28, 2013
Professor Ramzi Kassem was a featured guest on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show on Saturday discussing President Obama’s recent address at the National Defense University about the U.S.’s counterterrorism policy and the future of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Kassem represents some of the men held at Guantanamo.
Farah Diaz-Tello (’09) on Mississippi Case Against Woman for Stillbirth
May 23, 2013
Alum Farah Diaz-Tello (’09), a staff attorney with the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, spoke to Mother Jones for an article about a Mississippi woman indicted for manslaughter after the stillborn birth of her baby.
Prof. Kassem in HuffPost on Obama’s Address on Counterterrorism and Guantanamo
May 23, 2013
In a piece for the Huffington Post, Professor Ramzi Kassem writes on “What Obama Should Not Say on Thursday” and the president’s upcoming address later today on United States counterterrorism policy, including his pledge to close the prison in Guantanamo, Cuba.
Center for Urban Environmental Reform Releases Environmental Justice Comic Book for Classrooms
May 20, 2013
The Center for Urban Environmental Reform (CUER) at the City University of New York School of Law is helping to bring environmental justice to classrooms with the release of its comic book Mayah’s Lot.
LA Times: Prof. Robson on Labeling Clothing Manufactured “Sweat-Free”
May 16, 2013
In an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, Distinguished Professor Ruthann Robson responds to a May 7 op-ed that called for consumers to support the workers who make our clothes, in the aftermath of a factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 600 garment workers.
Prof. Borgmann on Trial of Philadelphia Abortion Doctor
May 13, 2013
USA Today spoke with Professor Caitlin Borgmann about the conviction of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell on first-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges.