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Cardozo Introduces Gates Scholars Program To Support Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo Law announced a new initiative called the E. Nathaniel Gates Scholars Program to support students from underrepresented backgrounds throughout their law school years.
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Cardozo Law School Launches Center for Visual Advocacy and Educational Website for Filmmakers
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo Law School has launched the Center for Visual Advocacy (CVA). The CVA, under the leadership of Professor Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, will, among other activities and outreach, host a new educational website for filmmakers, providing practical legal information to help these visual artists understand and protect their rights and avoid common and costly legal missteps.
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Cardozo Students Compete Virtually in Annual Monrad G. Paulsen Competition
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo’s Monrad G. Paulsen Competition, an intramural competition named after Cardozo's first Dean, was held November 4, 5 and 9 and this year was done in a virtual format.
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Clinics Work To Free Incarcerated People During the Pandemic
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo’s Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and Immigration Justice Clinic students have worked tirelessly during the course of the pandemic, seeking help for those who are currently incarcerated and are medically vulnerable. Their exposure to COVID-19 in prisons, jails and immigration detention puts them at great risk.
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Cardozo's Moot Court Honor Society Earns a Spot as a Regional Finalist at Tang Competition
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo’s Moot Court Honor Society’s six-person team came away victorious on October 23, as a regional finalist at the Thomas Tang National Moot Court Appellate Advocacy Competition, an annual event sponsored by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA).The team also qualified for the national competition.
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Cardozo Ranked 6th in Racial Justice by PreLaw Magazine
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo was ranked #6 in the nation and given an A+ in Racial Justice by PreLaw Magazine. Cardozo's Business Law program also received an A+ and the law school's Criminal Law program received an A.
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3L Student Harold Kang is the New York Winner of the ADR Law Student Writing Competition
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Harold Kang, a Cardozo 3L student studying in the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, is the New York winner of the ADR Law Student Writing Competition sponsored by the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and the NY State Bar Association.
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Sabarish Suresh, JSD Student, to Present Research at The Annual Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Sabarish Suresh is a JSD student at Cardozo and when he completes the program in 2022, it will be his second degree from the law school. He received an LLM in Comparative Legal Thought in 2019, and credits Professor Peter Goodrich and his scholarship in helping spearhead his interest in psychoanalysis, philosophy, and legal theory.
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Ira Dizengoff ’92 and Betsy W. Dizengoff Establish Dizengoff Family Summer Public Interest Fund
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo School of Law is pleased to announce, with gratitude, that Ira Dizengoff ’92 and Betsy W. Dizengoff have established a new endowment to expand the Public Service Summer Stipend Program at the law school, through the formation of the Dizengoff Family Summer Public Interest Fund.
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Moot Court Honor Society Competition Team Makes Semifinals at Emory Competition
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo's Moot Court Honor Society Competition Team emerged as semifinalists at the14th Annual Emory University School of Law Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition which took place October 16-18. Professor Burt Lipshie is the team's faculty advisor.
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Visual Advocacy: Cardozo Indie Film Clinic Helps Underrepresented Voices Be Heard
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
In 2018, writer/director Ekwa Msangi was working on her first feature film. She had experience with short films but knew that to attract investors for a feature, she would have to have her business in order. That summer, the Cardozo Indie Film Clinic led a panel presentation at the Tribeca Film Institute development laboratory.
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Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic Students Work to Help Prevent Changes to Medicaid Home Care Eligibility
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Sara Lunden and Katherine Fustich, 2L students in the Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic are working hard to help New Yorkers who need homecare services through Medicaid.
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Associate Dean Val Myteberi Speaks to LLM Guide about Law School Innovation During the Pandemic
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Associate Dean for Graduate, International & Online Programs Val Myteberi was quoted in LLM Guide, on how law schools are revamping their LL.M. programs in response to the pandemic.
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Indie Film Clinic Receives Grant from Legal Clinic Fund
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo School of Law is pleased to announce that its Indie Film Clinic, directed by Professor Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, is the recipient of a grant from The Legal Clinic Fund.
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Professor Michel Rosenfeld Writes about Trump and American Politics in Esprit Magazine
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
From a bird’s-eye perspective, the Trump phenomenon in the US seems to bear strong resemblance to the wave of right wing populism that has spread through Europe in recent times.
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Professor Deborah Pearlstein to Serve on NYSBA Election 2020 Task Force
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Professor Deborah Pearlstein, Co-Director of Cardozo's Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, was appointed to a new task force of legal scholars organized by The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), who will advise fellow attorneys, journalists and members of the public on issues related to the upcoming 2020 presidential race.
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Rudenstine Fellow Abigail Finkelman Defends NYC’s Children
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Surrounded by plush stuffed animals resting on the windowsill and children’s drawings adorning the walls, Cardozo’s 2019 Rudenstine fellow, Abigail Finkelman, looks right at home. Finkelman is spending her fellowship year at the Children’s Law Center, representing children in court and researching New York’s pilot program for civil court alternative dispute resolution initiatives.
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Cardozo Mourns the Loss of Professor Emeritus Paris Baldacci
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Paris R. Baldacci, a clinical professor emeritus of law at Cardozo who pioneered new programs for housing rights and gay rights, died on Sept. 6 of complications from pancreatic cancer.
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Cardozo Student Works with Borough President's Office to Make 19th Amendment Statue a Reality
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Madison Marlow’s first week of law school at Cardozo coincided with an important milestone in New York City: the installation of a new statue in Central Park commemorating the 19th Amendment Centennial, which represents “real” women –Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Professor Ekow Yankah Writes about Voting Reforms in NY in Newsday
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Professor Ekow Yankah wrote an op-ed in Newsday, focusing on voter reforms in New York state that will make it easier for residents to vote.
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Message from Dean Melanie Leslie on Jacob Blake shooting
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin once again raises the issue of police violence against black Americans.
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Professor Edward Zelinsky Talks Tax with The New York Times
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Professor Edward Zelinsky spoke to The New York Times about the tax consequences of moving out of state for remote work during the pandemic.
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Cardozo Welcomes Bobby Codjoe as Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo School of Law is pleased to welcome Bobby Codjoe as its new Director of Diversity and Inclusion.
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Cardozo Faculty Set the Trend in Fashion Law with New Casebook: "The Business and Law of Fashion and Retail"
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Professor Barbara Kolsun, Director of Cardozo's FAME Center for fashion, art, media and entertainment law and Cardozo Adjunct professor Douglas Hand co-edited the new casebook on the topic of fashion law and business: The Business and Law of Fashion and Retail.
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Class of 2023 Joins the Cardozo Community
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo’s Class of 2023 began their journey to becoming lawyers this week, as the fall semester kicked off with a portion of the class coming to campus for in-person classes on August 18. The new class boasts a 3.65 median GPA, a historic high for the law school, and a median LSAT score of 162.
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