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30th Annual Inspire! Awards Celebrate Public Service
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo’s Center for Public Service Law celebrated the 30th Annual Inspire! Awards on May 23, the first in-person awards ceremony in three years due to the pandemic. The Inspire! Awards celebrate students and community leaders who made strides in public service over the past year.
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Professor Michael Pollack Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Dean Melanie Leslie has appointed Professor Michael Pollack Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Professor Pollack will replace Professor Christopher Buccafusco, who held the post for the past four years.
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Maria F. Garcia-Syngros ’22 is Named a 2022 Equal
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo School of Law is proud to announce that Maria F. Garcia-Syngros ’22 was named a 2022 Equal Justice Works Fellow. She will represent and advise low-income immigrant women and children placed in time-restricted proceedings in Immigration Court while pursuing impact litigation to ensure systemic failings in these proceedings are addressed. Garcia-Syngros will be hosted by the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) and her Equal Justice Works Fellowship is sponsored by Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.
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Cardozo Hosts Leading International Scholars and Advocates for “The Parthenon Marbles Case and the Universal Museum Myth: Policies and Politics”
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
On April 28th, the law school hosted a day-long symposium on the legal, ethical, and political dynamics surrounding one of the major cultural property disputes in the art world. Leading scholars, government ministers and cultural advocates discussed the arguments over the rightful ownership of the Parthenon Marbles, which were taken from Greece by England during the British Colonial period. Professor David Rudenstine’s decades-long research concluded that the statues should be returned to Greece, and his analysis provided the framework for much of the symposium.
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Professor Laura Cunningham Retires After 30 Years of Teaching
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cunningham, a nationally recognized expert in partnership tax law, is a California native who attended U.C. Davis and Hastings College of Law. After earning her J.D., she practiced at Janin, Morgan & Brenner in San Francisco, with a focus on tax and estate planning. She moved to New York in 1987 and earned her LL.M. from NYU School of Law.
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Eight Cardozo Alumni Named to Variety's 2022 Legal Impact Report
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo congratulates the eight alumni who were named to Variety's 2022 Legal Impact Report, which includes the top attorneys winning cases and making deals in Hollywood.
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Civil Rights Clinic and NYCLU File Lawsuit Challenging Censorship in New York Prisons
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
On March 31, Cardozo’s Civil Rights Clinic and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s censorship of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising and Its Legacy, a Pulitzer-prize winning book by Dr. Heather Ann Thompson.
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Scholars in Service Event Celebrates Supporters of Cardozo Summer Public Interest
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Menashe Shapiro ’00 was the guest speaker at an April 6 luncheon to thank sponsors of Cardozo’s Summer Public Interest Stipend Program.
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Cardozo Ranked #7 on Hollywood Reporter's List of Top Law Schools for Entertainment Lawyers
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo is ranked #7 on The Hollywood Reporter's list of top law schools for entertainment lawyers.
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Cardozo Law to Host Symposium on Parthenon Marbles Case and Cultural Property Ownership
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University will convene international art law practitioners, distinguished scholars and a Greek delegation on April 28 for “The Parthenon Marbles Case and the Universal Museum Myth: Policies and Politics,” a symposium on cultural property ownership. The event will focus primarily on the cultural property dispute between Greece and Great Britain over the Parthenon Sculptures, which were taken to London in the early 1800s by the British ambassador Lord Elgin.
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Section 230 Panelists Discuss the Law, the Internet, and Potential Reforms
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
“25 Years of Section 230: Retain, Reform or Repeal," hosted by Cardozo’s Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, was held March 31. The event focused on the law which is a section of Title 47 of the United States Code, enacted as part of the US Communications Decency Act, that generally provides immunity for website platforms with respect to third party content.
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Cardozo's Civil Rights Clinic and the NYCLU File Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Censorship in NY Prisons
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The New York Civil Liberties Union and the Civil Rights Clinic at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law filed a federal lawsuit on March 31, challenging the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s (DOCCS’) blanket censorship of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising and Its Legacy, the Pulitzer-prize winning book by acclaimed professor and historian Dr. Heather Ann Thompson.
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Nine Cardozo Alumni Make Billboard Magazine's 2022 Top Music Lawyers List
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Billboard Magazine's 2022 list of Top Music Lawyers includes nine Cardozo alumni and lists Cardozo as one of the top music law schools in the country.
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“Serving Up Scholarships” Event Celebrates Cardozo Donors and Student Achievements, Dean Leslie Announces Grayson Moronta as the Recipient of the Mark Whitlock
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Dean Melanie Leslie '91 hosted a special in-person breakfast to celebrate the generosity of scholarship donors and the accomplishments of student recipients at Cardozo on March 25. Students and donors spoke about the impact of scholarships on their careers and on the Law School, as well as the value and responsibility of supporting the next generation of Cardozo students. Dean Leslie announced the recipient of the Mark Whitlock Scholarship Fund award, which went to 3L Grayson Moronta.
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Cardozo Ranked #52 in 2023 U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo School of Law continued on an upward trajectory in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings, rising to #52 in the nation. The law school jumped one place in the rankings, up from #53 in the 2022 rankings.
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Dean Melanie Leslie Appoints Professor Luís Calderón Gómez to the Faculty
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Dean Melanie Leslie is pleased to announce Luís Calderón Gómez will join the Cardozo faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law starting in fall 2022. Calderón Gómez is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Tax Law at the NYU School of Law. He has taught Tax Policy Seminar and Taxation of Property Transactions and his current research centers on tax law, law and philosophy, and international law.
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William Ury Receives International Advocate for Peace Award as Part of Melnick
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Author, academic, anthropologist and negotiation expert William Ury was selected to receive the 21st IAP award. Ury is co-author of “Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In,” an international best-selling book considered one of the primary business negotiating texts of the modern era.
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Former Clerks on the Current Court: Cardozo Professors Offer Wisdom from their Supreme Court Clerking Experiences
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
“You will never get the kind of responsibility in your first two years of practice that you will in a clerkship,” Dean Melanie Leslie remarked as she introduced the speakers at “Former Clerks on the Current Court,” an event hosted by Cardozo’s Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy on March 3. Cardozo Professors and former Supreme Court Clerks—Michael Herz, Deborah Pearlstein, Michael Pollack and Kate Shaw—joined Dean Leslie in discussion.
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Dean Melanie Leslie Appoints Professor Christine Kim to the Faculty
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Dean Melanie Leslie is pleased to announce the appointment of Young Ran (Christine) Kim as a Professor of Law. Kim is currently an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law where she teaches Federal Income Tax, Taxation of Business Entities, and International Tax (Seminar).
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Professor Myriam Gilles Testifies About Forced Arbitration and Consumer Products Before Senate Committee
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Professor Myriam Gilles was a witness for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' hearing on March 8, 2022, “Examining Mandatory Arbitration in Financial Service Products.”
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Entertainment Law Week Continues with Panels Celebrating the Life and Work of Gordon Parks and Diversity in Music
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo held its second annual Entertainment (E-Law) Week with a panel of experts in the art, filmmaking and archival industries to celebrate the life and work of Gordon Parks. A photographer, musician, writer and film director, Parks was the first African American photographer for Life and Vogue magazines.
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Dean Melanie Leslie Appoints Jacob Victor to Cardozo
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Dean Melanie Leslie has announced Jacob Victor will join the Cardozo faculty as Associate Professor of Law starting fall 2022. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School where he teaches property and intellectual property. Victor’s research focuses on how the law impacts innovation, culture, and the deployment of new technologies.
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PreLaw Magazine Gives Cardozo an A+ for Trial Advocacy
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo’s trial advocacy program received an A+ ranking in PreLaw Magazine’s winter 2022 issue. Cardozo’s trial advocacy programs include ITAP (Intensive Trial Advocacy Program) and the Benedict Morelli Trial Team. The combined opportunities are considered integral to students’ preparation for trial experience during their law school journey.
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