The Cardozo News 2024 collection serves as a comprehensive digital archive preserving key updates and milestones from the law school's vibrant community. It covers a wide range of categories, including Alumni achievements, Campus News, Career Services opportunities, Programs and Centers highlights, Clinics and Externships, Faculty News, Students' accomplishments, and Cardozo’s presence In the Media. This collection captures the ongoing growth and development of the law school, ensuring that its dynamic contributions to legal education and society are recorded for future generations.
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Scientist Zafra Lerman To Receive Cardozo’s 24th Annual International Advocate for Peace Award in March
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Scientist, educator and humanitarian Zafra M. Lerman will receive Cardozo School of Law’s 24th International Advocate for Peace Award on March 6. The award, which originated in 2000, is presented annually by the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution to a person, organization or group that is exemplary in the field of conflict resolution.
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Civil Rights Clinic Files Brief in Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Against Mayor Eric Adams
Cardozo Civil Rights Clinic
The New York City Council and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams filed a joint lawsuit to invalidate New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ emergency executive orders that suspend parts of Local Law 42, which bans solitary confinement in city jails. Cardozo School of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic represents the #HALTsolitary Campaign & Jails Action Coalition. Clinic students Elisa Davila ’26 and Ciara Lavin ’26, along with Clinic Director Professor Betsy Ginsberg, are filing an amicus brief on their behalf. The organizations joined public defenders’ offices and the New York Civil Liberties Union as amici to the case.
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Cardozo's Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice Helps Vacate Convictions of Four Men Falsely Accused of 1991 Murder
Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law
Lorain County, OH, Prosecutor J.D. Tomlinson Moves to Vacate Convictions of Four Men Falsely Accused of 1991 Murder
Defendants Collectively Served More than 100 Years in Prison; Joint Motion for Exoneration by all Parties Follows Rally Last Week for the “Ohio 4” Lorain, OH (December 2, 2024)
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PCLJ at Cardozo Shares Statement from Ohio Prosecutor Tomlinson On Vacating Conviction of "Ohio 4"
Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law
Statement by Lorain, OH Prosecutor J.D. Tomlinson On Vacatying Conviction of Four Ohio Men Convicted of 1991 Murder
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Professor Jessica Roth Speaks to Bloomberg About Hunter Biden Pardon
Jessica A. Roth
Professor Jessica Roth appeared on Bloomberg's Balance of Power to discuss President Joe Biden's recent pardoning of his son, Hunter Biden, why Biden pardoned him and why President Biden decided to pardon his son now.
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Lela Love, Founder of Cardozo’s Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Honored at Peace Gala
Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution
Inspirational. Compassionate. Revolutionary.
Those were among the adjectives that guests at Cardozo’s Peace Gala used to describe Professor Lela Love, the founding director of the law school’s Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution.
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A Boutique Startup that Balances Creativity with Flexibility
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Founding and serving as a managing partner at her own boutique law firm—ESCA—was not something that Francesca Witzburg ’14 planned during or immediately after her years in law school. She aspired to pursue a career in big law and eventually make partner.
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Robyn Weinstein Appointed to Statewide Advisory Committee on ADR
Robyn Weinstein
Robyn Weinstein, director of the Cardozo Mediation Clinic and Associate Director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, was appointed to the Statewide Advisory Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution on October 29.
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Cardozo’s IJC Files Immigration Bond National Class Action Lawsuit
Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic
In October, the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic (IJC) filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alleging that the agency illegally kept more than $300 million in bond payments from tens of thousands of low-income immigrant families and U.S. citizens.
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Sam and Libby Edelman Visit Cardozo to Discuss Their Journey in the Footwear Industry
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Footwear designers Sam and Libby Edelman visited Cardozo on Oct. 10 to talk about the success of their eponymous brand and give advice to future lawyers on how to work in a creative industry.
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Professor Matthew Wansley Quoted in The Washington Post About Tesla Self-Driving Car Federal Investigation
Matthew Wansley
“Matthew Wansley, a professor at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law in New York who specializes in emerging automotive technologies, said the new investigation could be linked to Tesla’s decision to prioritize cameras in its automated systems. Other kinds of sensors like radar and the laser-based lidar can help detect obstacles even when visibility is poor. Musk has previously said that lidar was unnecessary and that automakers who relied on it were ‘doomed.’
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Evelyn Konrad ’05 Shares Story of Resilience After Surviving Holocaust and Establishing a New Life in America
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Evelyn Konrad ’05 shared her powerful story of surviving the Holocaust and finding a new life in America during a discussion with the Cardozo community on October 10.
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Immigration Justice Clinic Graduates Help Win Motion to Overturn Deportation Order
Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic
Norberto Peets, who spent years in prison due to a wrongful conviction overturned by the Innocence Project, faced deportation before Cardozo's Immigration Justice Clinic (IJC) fought for him.
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Cardozo Law Ranked #7 for Racial Justice
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
In the fall 2024 issue of preLaw Magazine, Cardozo School of Law earned the No. 7 ranking for Top Law Schools for Racial Justice. The National Jurist/preLaw selected Cardozo Law as one of the national leaders in creating “educational environments that foster change and prepare students to tackle the legal challenges associated with racial justice.”
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Immigration Justice Clinic Releases New Report that Exposes Failures of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Provide Language Access to Detained People
Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic
In early September, the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic (IJC) released Held Incommunicado: The Failed Promise of Language Access in Immigration Detention, the first report of its kind, focusing on how language access was denied to those who have limited English proficiency being held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. The denial of language access the report uncovered includes multiple instances of ICE not providing translators and interpreters, impeding detained peoples' ability to request medical care and legal assistance, and demonstrates that the agency failed to meet its own guidelines.
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The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law Expands its Team
Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law
The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law announced it has expanded its team through the hiring of Benjamin Burger ’05 and Karena Rahall as Senior Staff Attorneys. The expansion of the team is a result of the $1M in funding the Perlmutter Center received from international law firm Milbank LLP earlier this year which also established the Milbank Exoneration and Resentencing Review Unit at the Perlmutter Center.
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Cardozo Marks New School Year by Welcoming Newest Class of JD, LL.M. Students
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo welcomed its newest members of the JD and LL.M. community during orientation this week.
Approximately 260 students in the fall JD class began their law school journey. Many are native New Yorkers, while others traveled from other countries to study at Cardozo. About half have already worked in the legal field with various law firms or in different professional careers.
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Cardozo Welcomes Forum for Jewish Leadership for a Discussion about Immigration Law with Adjunct Professor Michael Wildes ’89
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo welcomed students with the Forum for Jewish Leadership (FJL) on July 23 to hear from Adjunct Professor Michael Wildes ’89 about immigration law.
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NALP Names Sherry-Ann Smith-Gomez as Recipient of Service Excellence Award
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) announced on Tuesday that Sherry-Ann Smith-Gomez, senior director of Career Services and coordinator of Diversity Initiatives at Cardozo, has received a NALP Service Excellence Award.
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Cardozo Cheers on NYC Pride March at Ninth Annual Pride Brunch
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The lobby of Cardozo’s Ruth & H. Bert Mack Pavilion was bursting with rainbow colors on June 30 as students and alumni gathered to celebrate the school’s LGBTQIA+ community while cheering on the NYC Pride March during the ninth annual Pride Brunch.
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Cardozo Professor Emeritus Eva Hanks, Pioneer in Legal Education, Dies at 95
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Eva Hanks, a pioneer in legal education and founding member of the Cardozo Law School faculty, died on Wednesday June 12th at the age of 95. Among other firsts, she was a founder in the field of environmental law and Cardozo’s first woman associate dean. During her 38-year tenure at Cardozo she taught Property, Torts and Elements of Law to generations of Cardozo students, before retiring in 2014.
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Class of 2024 Graduates Elected to Order of the Coif
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo School of Law is proud to recognize 31 members of the Class of 2024 who have been elected to membership in the Order of the Coif. The Order of the Coif is an honorary scholastic society, which encourages excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study, recognizing those who as law students attained a high grade of scholarship, and honoring those who as lawyers, judges and teachers attained high distinction for their scholarly or professional accomplishments.
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Cardozo Celebrates The Class of 2024 at 46th Annual Commencement
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo School of Law celebrated the Class of 2024 during their graduation ceremony at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center on June 3.
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The Class of 2024’s Achievements Celebrated at Pre-Commencement Awards Ceremony
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Excellence, dedication, and stellar were just a few of the words used to describe the outstanding students who were recognized at this year’s Commencement Awards Ceremony. The awards ceremony, which takes place before the Commencement Ceremony, highlights students' hard work inside and outside of the classroom.
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Cardozo Law Mourns the Loss of Gail Cohen ’83
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva University mourn the passing of Gail Cohen, a member of Cardozo’s graduating class of 1983 and a pillar of the Cardozo community.
