May 11, 2012
On April 11, 2012, CUNY Law’s Career Planning Office held a networking reception for students and recent graduates at Macaulay Honors College in Manhattan. This was the fourth networking event of its kind, and the turnout from students, alumni, and friends of CUNY Law School was tremendous. Thank you to those of you who joined us.
May 9, 2012
More than 140 CUNY School of Law students will receive their Juris Doctor degrees at a May 18th graduation ceremony. “We are confident our graduates will make a difference in the lives of the underprivileged and disempowered. As public interest lawyers, they follow proudly in the tradition of CUNY Law alums who serve the greater good,” said CUNY Law Dean Michelle J. Anderson. CUNY Law’s clinical education program continues to rank in the top five in the country.
May 8, 2012
On March 30, 2012, a packed auditorium of human rights advocates, lawyers, students, and others gathered at the CUNY Graduate Center for the CUNY Law Review Symposium, “Looking Forward: Rhonda Copelon’s Legacy in Action and the Future of International Women’s Human Rights Law.”
May 4, 2012
On April 12, 2012, The Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality and the Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) hosted UN Legal Officer Fernando Ortiz Jr.
April 27, 2012
In April 2012 students in the Immigrant and Refugee Rights Clinic (IRRC) provided free, confidential information in English and Spanish to individuals around New York City facing immigration issues.
April 26, 2012
In March 2012, CUNY Law School’s Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality (CLORE) convened leading progressive lawyers and activists in an effort to chart out new strategies to address threats to civil rights
April 23, 2012
On his recent visit to the Law School on April 12, New York State Assembly Member and alum Daniel O’Donnell (’87) inspired students with his work on championing key legislation that legalized same-sex marriage in New York State
April 2, 2012
On Thursday, March 27, students hosted an inter-disciplinary discussion about intimate and state-sanctioned power, violence, and control within and against LGBTQ and immigrant communities.
March 26, 2012
On March 20, the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic presented oral testimony to the U.N. Human Rights Committee about human rights abuses in Guatemala.
March 16, 2012
Students from Prof. Susan Bazilli’s International Human Rights Law class and members of the CUNY International Law Society recently met with Ivan Šimonovic’, assistant secretary-general for human rights and head of the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
