Cardozo News 2022

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  The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law's First Client, Bruce Bryant, Granted Clemency

  Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law

  The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University commends New York Governor Kathy Hochul for commuting the life sentence of its first client, Bruce Bryant.

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  Criminal Defense Clinic's Work to Petition Gov. Hochul to Grant Clemency to NY Man Covered by Law360

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Law360 covered the work of the Criminal Defense Clinic to petition Governor Kathy Hochul to grant clemency to Joaquin Winfield.

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  3L Anda Totoreanu Awarded American Immigration Lawyers Association DEI Law Student Scholarship

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion National Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has selected Cardozo 3L Anda Totoreanu to receive AILA’s DEI Law Student Scholarship this year.

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  2L Ryen Lim Writes Article for the New York Law Journal on Equity Compensation

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  2L Ryen Lim wrote an article for the New York Law Journal on equity compensation.

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  Cardozo Students Hold Clinic for Asylum-Seeking Families

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Students and faculty from the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic stepped in to help newly arrived migrants who were bused to New York City from Texas at a local high school in midtown Manhattan on November 18.

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  Cardozo Welcomes Alumni for First In-Person Reunion in Three Years

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  On November 14, Cardozo alumni from class years ending in 2, 3, 7 and 8 reunited, reconnected and reminisced at Cardozo Reunion: Homecoming 2022. This year was especially significant as it was the first in-person Reunion since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The presenting sponsor was Seeger Weiss LLP and the bronze sponsors were Cole Schotz P.C., Marc Lieberstein '92 and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, and Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP.

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  The New York Law Journal Covers Launch of The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice

  Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law

  The New York Law Journal covered the launch of the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice.

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  Cardozo Mourns the Loss of Professor Mitchell Engler

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Professor Engler was a highly regarded tax scholar and Professor at Cardozo for 23 years. He loved teaching and influenced generations of Cardozo students, who will remember him as passionate, extraordinarily kind and dedicated to them. He spent hours refining new approaches to teaching, and was relentlessly encouraging to students who were struggling.

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  Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University Announces $15 Million Gift from Isaac and Laura Perlmutter to Create The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice

  Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law

  Law school’s largest-ever gift continues the success of Yeshiva University’s recently launched Rise Up Campaign. The Center will train lawyers to prevent the use of junk science in court cases, fight wrongful convictions and obtain clemency for the unjustly incarcerated.

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  Cardozo Faculty Step In To Help Ukrainian Law Students

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  When Professor Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin heard that professors and clinicians at Ukrainian law schools needed help teaching materials to better help students navigate their new reality, she decided to help launch an initiative to give clinical education to law students adversely impacted by the war.

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  First Monday: Cardozo Professors Preview the Supreme Court Term at the Floersheimer Center’s Annual Event

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  The Floersheimer Center held its annual Supreme Court Term Preview on Monday, where Cardozo professors discussed what they believe will be the "blockbuster” cases the Supreme Court will be adjudicating when the new term starts on Oct. 3, also known as “First Monday.”

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  Weekly Pop-Up Class: Understanding the LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Movement And Why It Matters

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Cardozo launches a weekly pop-up class exploring LGBTQ+ law, policy, history,and civil rights challenges past, present and future with prominent scholars, researchers and movement leaders.

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  Statement on YU’s Request for a SCOTUS Stay on Pride Alliance Student Organization

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

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  Cardozo Welcomes Class of 2025 and New LL.M. Class at Orientation

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Cardozo School of Law welcomed a highly credentialed, motivated and enthusiastic class of 1L J.D. students on August 15. The Class of 2025, comprised of 268 students, comes from far and wide to study law in the heart of New York City. This year’s incoming class hail from 30 states, 12 different countries and includes a classical pianist, firefighter and restaurateur.

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  Cardozo Hosts CrimFest 2022

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  On July 18-19, 2022, more than 50 criminal law scholars from around the country gathered at Cardozo for CrimFest, an annual conference dedicated to cutting-edge works in progress in criminal law and procedure, which is open to all scholars writing in these fields.

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  Professor Kate Shaw Comments to Top-Tier Media Outlets on SCOTUS Dobbs Decision

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

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  Class of 2022 Graduates Elected to Order of the Coif

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Cardozo School of Law is proud to recognize 28 members of the Class of 2022 who have been elected to membership in the Order of the Coif.

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  Cardozo Launches New Anti-Racist DEI Curricular Resources for Faculty

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Diversity and inclusion are central values at Cardozo Law School. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are critical to legal education and the legal profession.

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  Professor Matthew Wansley Talks to The New York Times about Self Driving Cars and Crash Data

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

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  CLIHHR Releases Reasonable Person Standard Module for Inclusion in Law Teaching

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  The Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR) has just released a downloadable Teaching Guide on the Reasonable Person Standard, a flexible, free resource that can be adapted for introductory courses or upper-level seminars, class discussions, exam materials and more. It helps students understand what the “reasonable person” standard is in U.S. criminal law as it relates to the establishment of particular defenses.

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  Dean Melanie Leslie Appoints Rachel Landy Director of the Heyman Center for Corporate Governance

  Heyman Center on Corporate Governance

  Dean Melanie Leslie is pleased to announce that Rachel Landy has been appointed Director of the Heyman Center on Corporate Governance and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, effective July 1. Landy has been an adjunct professor at Cardozo since 2018, teaching Contract Drafting and Technology Transactions, and as a Visiting Assistant Professor, she will teach Professional Responsibility and Technology Transactions.

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  Q&A with Emily Tisch Sussman ’08 on New Podcast, “She Pivots,” About Women and Their Careers

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Emily Tisch Sussman ’08 is a family policy advocate, leading democratic political strategist, and mother of three. She is Senior Advisor for Paid Leave U.S. and an advocate for how the policy supports families and businesses. Sussman has extensive experience guiding young activists, having previously served as executive director of Young Democrats of America, and as founder of Think Blue, an organization to increase youth participation in the democratic electoral process.

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  Cardozo Celebrates the Class of 2022 at 44th Annual Commencement

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  On May 31 Cardozo School of Law hosted its forty-fourth annual commencement ceremony at United Palace in Upper Manhattan. Cardozo’s Class of 2022 spent their entire 2L year learning remotely.

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  Class of 2022 Achievements Celebrated at Pre-Commencement

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Congratulations to the Class of 2022 Award Winners, who were given their honors at a special ceremony at Cardozo on May 31, preceding Commencement.

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  Cardozo Welcomes the 2022 May-Entry Class

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Cardozo’s Class of 2025’s “May class,” getting a head start on their 1L year, began their law school journey on May 18. There are 51 students in the class, many from the tri-state area, and also hailing from Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Connecticut, Louisiana, Texas, California, Iowa, Maryland and Georgia.